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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 84 for the weeks March
23rd - March 29th, 2008. In this issue we cover: new MOTUs, Ubuntu
6.10 End-of-Life, Xubuntu refocuses, Ubuntu countdown graphics,
Launchpad 1.2.3, Launchpad logo contest closing, Ubuntu UK Podcast #2,
Reside@HOME: Linux Health Care, PWN To OWN (Ubuntu wins), and much,
much more!

== In This Issue ==

* MOTU Team news
* Ubuntu Stats
* Launchpad news
* Ubuntu Forum news
* In the Press & Blogosphere
* Ubuntu UK Podcast #2
* Reside@HOME: Linux for Elderly Health Care
* Automatix discontinued
* Full circle Magazine #11
* CanSecWest PWN2OWN 2008 - Ubuntu Wins!
* Meeting & Events
* Updates & Security
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It’s time again!  Issue #11 is out - one more until our 1 year anniversary.

Issue 11

This month:

• Linux Mint vs Ubuntu.
• How-To: TrueCrypt on Ubuntu, iPod Classic & Amarok, Introduction to LaTeX and more!
• Review of an old Lenovo 3000 C200 laptop running Ubuntu.
• Letters, Q & A, My Desktop, Top 5 and more!

Download (http://fullcirclemagazine.org/issue-11)

Well the day has finally come, development of Automatix has been discontinued. We are doing this, NOT because we think Automatix is no longer necessary on Ubuntu and Debian, but because all of the Automatix developers have become wrapped up in more pressing commitments.

I, Jared, have been asked by Technalign Inc. to assist in the development of the next version of their GNU/Linux distribution, Pioneer Warrior. I will use what I have learned as an Automatix developer to make Pioneer Warrior the best GNU/Linux distribution for the average user.

Arnie, and the other Automatix Team members, currently are too involved in their personal lives to do justice to the Automatix project as well.

We thank our loyal users for the years of support they have given us, and we wish them well on their journey in the world of free software.

Read more at Automatix forum

Ubuntu announced the release of 6.10 almost 18 months ago, on October
26, 2006. As with the earlier releases, Ubuntu committed to ongoing
security and critical fixes for a period of 18 months. The support
period is now nearing its end and Ubuntu 6.10 will reach end of life
on Friday April 25th, 2008. At that time, Ubuntu Security Notices will
no longer include information or updated packages for Ubuntu 6.10. Read the rest of this entry »

This is something that I have been toying with as an idea - creating my own distribution, based on the Ubuntu core, but making sure some basics that continue to go ignored are covered. In this quest, I have been led down an interesting road of discovery. Here are some of the tools that I think might be helpful, should you decide to take this path.

Read more at OSWeekly

First of all I would like to thank all the ones who contributed to EnvyNG with their icons and logos. You all did an amazing work. I received many works and they were simply beautiful, therefore it was very hard for me to choose only one. My choice is based on my (questionable) personal taste and on my (anything but clear) idea of what EnvyNG should look like, therefore I don’t expect everyone to agree with my decision.

In the end I chose Alberto Gasparin’s icon and logo which I find beautiful, stylish and representative of the spirit of EnvyNG:

Read and look more at Alberto Milone’s Blog

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 83 for the weeks March
16th - March 22nd, 2008. In this issue we cover: Ubuntu and Kubuntu
8.04 LTS Beta releases, interview with Jerome Gotangco (former
Community Council member), 8.04 release parties, Launchpad logo
contest, Ubuntu Forum News, Document Freedom Day, and much, much more!

== In This Issue ==

* Ubuntu & Kubuntu 8.04 LTS Beta Releases
* Ubuntu 8.04 Release Parties
* Interview with Jerome Gotangco, former Community Council member
* Launchpad News
* Ubuntu Forum News
* In the Press & Blogosphere
* In Other News
* Team Meeting Summaries
* Upcoming Meetings & Events
* Updates & Security
* Bug & Translation Stats
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This is a development version of PUD but contains lots of experiments and new features so that we would like to make it a beta release, including installer, new package selection, enhanced livecd build kit, kernel patches, optimizations to speed up boot time, and better laptop/mobile device support.

* LiveCD: pud-0.4.8.5.iso (256MB)
* LiveUSB: pud-0.4.8.5-usb.zip (256MB)
* Build Kit: build-livecd-r164.tar.gz

This system is based on Ubuntu 8.04 so it may contain bugs
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The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the beta release of Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
(Long-Term Support) on desktop and server. Codenamed “Hardy Heron”, 8.04
LTS continues Ubuntu’s proud tradition of integrating the latest and
greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux
distribution.

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Desktop Edition features incremental improvements to
familiar applications, with an emphasis on stability for this second Ubuntu
long-term support release, and is easier than ever to try out with the new
Wubi installer. Read the rest of this entry »

This past few weeks, we’ve had a whole load of high quality entries to our logo competition. We’re heading fast towards the 31st March deadline, so if you want to take part you’d best fire up Inkscape pretty sharpish!

Back in January I shared a couple of the entries we’d had at that time. As a bit of inspiration, in case your arty side is twitching, here are some of the proposed logos we’ve had since.

Read more at Launchpad