news 28 Posted October 4, 2009 Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #162 for the week September 27 - October 3rd, 2009. In this issue we cover: Ubuntu 9.10 Beta Released, Ubuntu 9.10 Countdown Banners, Ubuntu 9.10: Testers Needed, Planning of Karmic Release Parties Kicks off, Ubuntu Karmic Free Culture Showcase Winners Announced, Changes to releases.ubuntu.com rsync/FTP access, LoCo News: France, Ohio, Florida, Massachusetts, Honduras, Philly, Michigan, North Carolina, & El Salvador, Help Launchpad get better icons, Ubuntu Forums Tutorial of the Week, The Planet: Michael Lustfield, Martin Meredith, Mathias Gug, Shane Fagan & Luis de Bethencourt, PlayOnLinux to be in Ubuntu Karmic repositories, September Team Meeting Summaries, and much, much more! == UWN Translations == * Note to translators and our readers: We are trying a new way of linking to our translations pages. Please follow the link below for the information you need. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Translations == In This Issue == * Ubuntu 9.10 Beta Released * Ubuntu 9.10 Countdown Banners * Ubuntu 9.10: Testers Needed * Planning of Karmic Release Parties Kicks off * Ubuntu Karmic Free Culture Showcase Winners Announced * Changes to releases.ubuntu.com rsync/FTP access * Ubuntu Stats * LoCo News: France, Ohio, Florida, Massachusetts, Honduras, Philly, Michigan, North Carolina, & El Salvador * Help Launchpad get better icons * Ubuntu Forums Tutorial of the Week * The Planet: Michael Lustfield, Martin Meredith, Mathias Gug, Shane Fagan & Luis de Bethencourt * In the Press & Blogosphere * PlayOnLinux to be in Ubuntu Karmic repositories * September Team Meeting Summaries * Upcoming Meetings & Events * Updates & Security == General Community News == === Ubuntu 9.10 Beta released === The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the beta release of Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop, Server editions, and Ubuntu Netbook Remix. Codenamed "Karmic Koala", 9.10 continues Ubuntu's proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop Edition improves on the work of 9.04 to get you going faster, with improved start-up times and a streamlined boot experience. Ubuntu 9.10 Server Edition integrates Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud set-up in the installer and provides improvements to system security with AppArmor, including an AppArmor profile for libvirtd to further isolate virtual machines from the host system. The Ubuntu 9.10 family of variants, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Edubuntu, Ubuntu Studio, and Mythbuntu, also reach beta status. To upgrade to Ubuntu 9.10 Beta from Ubuntu 9.04, follow these instructions: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KarmicUpgrades Or, download Ubuntu 9.10 Beta here (choose the mirror closest to you): * Europe: * http://ubuntu.ipacct.com/releases/9.10 (Bulgaria) * http://ftp.oleane.net/ubuntu-cd/9.10 (France) * http://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/ubuntu.iso/9.10 (Germany) * http://ie.releases.ubuntu.com/9.10 (Ireland) * http://nl.releases.ubuntu.com/releases/9.10 (Netherlands) * http://no.releases.ubuntu.com/9.10 (Norway) * http://se.releases.ubuntu.com/9.10 (Sweden) * North America: * http://mirrors.cat.pdx.edu/ubuntu-releases/9.10 (United States) * http://ubuntu.cs.utah.edu/releases/9.10 (United States) * Oceania/Australia: * http://ftp.citylink.co.nz/ubuntu-releases/9.10 (New Zealand) * Rest of the world: * http://releases.ubuntu.com/9.10 (Great Britain) Please download using BitTorrent if possible. The final version of Ubuntu 9.10 is expected to be released in October 2009. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2009-October/000125.html === Ubuntu 9.10 Countdown Banners === Ubuntu 9.10 Beta images were released Thursday. What you might not know is that the countdown banners have also been released. *You can grab them here: http://go2.wordpress.com/?id=725X1342&site=andrewsomething.wordpress.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ubuntu.com%2Fgetubuntu%2Fcountdown There are 3 different version, 2 different image groups that use a java script, and a static non-java version for those who can't use java scripts on their website or blogs. Help us to promote the new Karmic release by adding the banner to your website to express your "Ubuntu Pride." http://andrewsomething.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/ubuntu-9-10-countdown-banners/ === Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala Beta Released: Testers Needed! === Our global community of contributors and developers has worked tirelessly to get this Beta out, and there are lots of great features in there including Upstart switched on by default, improved boot experience, the new Ubuntu Software Center, new messaging indicator changes, and lots of EC2 and Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud awesomeness. But wait, before you go and download it, we want to talk about the point of a beta…it is, in a word…TESTING! Unfortunately, nestled inside all of the lovelyness described are some inevitable bugs. While we have an incredible bunch of people at Canonical and in the community that fix bugs, we are really looking to you good people to hunt these bugs down and report them so we (a) know about them and can ( fix them and make Ubuntu the best Operating System it can be. The whole system needs testing, but there are some key topics which some of us in Ubuntu land would like you to give a solid test to. It is these features which are new to Ubuntu and need the most love and attention. So, let’s cover them: * Empathy Audio and Video calls * Boot Experience * EC2 If you have any questions or queries about testing and filing bugs, here are some resources: * Reporting Bugs – this page provides more detail about how to file a bug with ubuntu-bug and other tools. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs * General Testing Team Documentation – there is lots of help here on these pages about how to help with testing Ubuntu. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing Detailed information on the above listed items for testing can be found at the link below. http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/1920 === Planning of Karmic Release Parties kicks off! === For every Ubuntu release we like to organize parties all over the world. At these parties everyone is welcome and we get together to celebrate, meet new friends and often introduce people new to Ubuntu to our community and our Operating System. Release parties are not only a great way to meet people but they are a lot of fun! This guide[1] explains how best to run a great release party and you can get a lot of advice and help with the planning on the Share this post Link to post
