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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #126 for the week January
18th - January 24th, 2009. In this issue we cover: Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS
released, Ubuntu Developer Week, Ubuntu Classroom upcoming sessions,
Developer application process changes, Technical Board run-off results,
Ubuntu Developer News: issue #1, Ubuntu on Italian TV, Japanese LoCo
holds "Offline Meeting Tokyo," Nordic Ubuntu LoCo team working together,
Ubuntu Podcast #18, Meeting summaries, and much, much more!

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== In This Issue ==

* Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS released
* Ubuntu Developer Week
* Ubuntu Classroom upcoming sessions
* Developer application process changes
* Technical Board run-off results
* Ubuntu Developer News: issue #1
* Ubuntu Stats
* Ubuntu on Italian TV
* Japanese LoCo holds "Offline Meeting Tokyo"
* Nordic Ubuntu LoCo teams working together
* In the Press & Blogosphere
* Ubuntu Podcast #18
* Meeting Summaries: January 2009
* Upcoming Meetings & Events
* Updates & Security

== General Community News ==

=== Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS released ===

The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the release of Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS,
the second maintenance update to Ubuntu's 8.04 LTS release. This
release includes updated server, desktop, and alternate installation CDs
for the i386 and amd64 architectures.

In all, over 200 updates have been integrated, and updated installation
media has been provided so that fewer updates will need to be downloaded
after installation. These include security updates and corrections for
other high-impact bugs, with a focus on maintaining stability and
compatibility with Ubuntu 8.04 LTS.

Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download

Release Notes: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/releasenotes/804

Post release update list:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardyReleaseNotes/ChangeSummary/8.04.2

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2009-January/000117.html

=== Ubuntu Developer Week ===

It was a very exciting Ubuntu Developer Week. There were lots and lots
of attendees and it was surprising how many really great questions there
were, and how awesome the atmosphere was. Everybody was really thrilled
about getting started with Ubuntu Development.

It all started off with a two hour session called "Getting Started." For
the first time there were sessions in English, Finnish, French, German,
Italian and Spanish, and it was a roaring success. Day one also included
Packaging 101, Working with Debian, and Understanding Gnome technologies.

Day Two was another jam packed day of sessions and answers that included
Launchpad Bug Tracking, QA Tools, Launchpad Web Service API,
High-quality Updates. One session that had to be cancelled on day two
was Martin Pitt's talk on Debugging Program Crashes due to a misplaced
keystroke that deleted his presentation. Look for a rescheduling of his
talk here: http://martinpitt.wordpress.com/

With the community primed after two days of sessions, Day Three didn't
fail to grab everyones attention. Talks on: Pushing out Gnome releases,
Fixing Bugs in Ubuntu, Bazaar for Packaging, Kubuntu Bug Squishing, and
Using VMBuilder to create test environments made the day a rousing
success for all who attended.

After three solid days of exceptional sessions you'd think the Ubuntu
Developers would be running out of topics for discussion, but think
again, developing a first class distro like Ubuntu takes endless work.
Day Four included topics covering: Automated Desktop Testing, Ubuntu
Netbook Remix Q&A, Boot Performance, Kubuntu Ninjas in Unicorn mode, and
Packaging software for Mono.

The sessions ended up on Friday, but Day 5 was anything but dull. Talks
included the following titles: Testing your .deb with piuparts, Fun with
python-apt, Bazaar and Launchpad - How to do it, packaging Kernel
modules with DKMS, and Xubuntu.

If you missed any of the sessions, or just want a refresher, you can
visit the link and click on any title to follow along with the log of
the session. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDeveloperWeek

Ubuntu Developer Week was a huge success. Thanks to all the developers
for their hard work putting on this great event, and to the Ubuntu
Community for their enthusiastic participation.

http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/?p=340

=== Ubuntu Classroom upcoming sessions ===

"Bug Jam" is coming. And for those who are interested in learning how
to run one the Ubuntu-Classroom Team has put together some classes.

* 30 Jan 2009 ( -at -) 1200 UTC: How to Run a Bug Jam presented by Daniel Holbach
* 31 Jan 2009 ( -at -) 0000 UTC: How to Run a Bug Jam presented by Jorge Castro
* 13 Feb 2009 ( -at -) 1200 UTC: How to Run a Bug Jam presented by Daniel Holbach
* 14 Feb 2009 ( -at -) 0000 UTC: How to Run a Bug Jam presented by Jorge Castro

The classes will be held in IRC channel #ubuntu-classroom. Mark your
calendars now to attend and learn more about squishing bugs. More
information can be seen at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Classroom

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-classroom/2009-January/000139.html

=== Developer application process changes ===

Here's how future applications will be handled for:

* Ubuntu Contributing Developers
* Ubuntu Developers (MOTU)
* Ubuntu Core Developers (core-dev)

1. Set up a personal wiki page for your application. Please make use of
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopment/DeveloperApplicationTemplate.
(Talk to your sponsors beforehand and ask them to add some information
to the wiki page. In a regular application your will have 3-5 sponsors.)

2. Add your application details to MOTU/Council/Meeting, give the
motu-council list a quick heads-up and pick a meeting time you'll be
able to attend. Please allow at least one week of time for the MOTU
Council members to review your application. (If you can't make it to one
of the meetings, please email motu-council at lists.ubuntu.com for
either a different meeting time or to process the application on the