Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter - Numero 13

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter - Numero 13 per la settimana dal 3 Settembre al 9 Settembre , 2006 n questa settimana sono divenute operative molte modifiche al supporto del tracker. Se si visita il sito Ubuntu:

• https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+tickets

Si può notare come la visualizzazione sia una tabella che mostra in maniera più compatta tutte le richieste per facilitare la ricerca semplice ed ordinata delle medesime. Un esempio lo sitrova sul sito:

• http://tinyurl.com/hjba2

Il nuovo supporto ora passa attraverso un procedimento guidato che cerca prima di trovare se esiste una segnalazione simile, evitando i duplicati, aiutando gli utenti nell'ottenere delle risposte più rapidamente. Lo si può verificare sul sito:

• https://staging.launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+addticket

inserendo un riassunto della richiesta; il passo successivo sarà la ricerca di richieste simili, che se trovate verranno elencate.

Una novità del supporto riede nell'attribuzione del Karma a coloro che hanno realmente provveduto alla soluzione delle segnalazioni; l'elenco verrà aggiornato con i nominativi dei più attivi nella soluzione delle medesime.

Altre notizie

Altri aggiornamenti degni di nota: BR L'URL ufficiale per le segnalazione è stata modificata in :

• http://features.launchpad.net/ ed è parte integrante del nostro processo di verifica.

Una grande mole di lavoro è servita per rigenerare e perfezionare Soyuz, sistema di gestione della nostra distribuzione. Siamo in fase di esecuzione del primo test di verifica delle modifiche effettuate, che hanno evidenziato un peggioramento della performance.

Sul fronte della gestione della branca si possono modificare i metadati senza incorrere in problemi d'importazione; la procedura è molto più solida ed è l'unico pratico beneficio della transizione bzr.

Anche la gestione delle chiavi di OpenPGP e di SSH sono state esaminate e riparate; chiunque avesse incontrato problemi nella firma del codice di condotta, o nella registrazione dell chiavi può effettuare dei test e fornirci un adeguato resoconto.

As always, the launchpad-users mailing list which is shared between developers and users of Launchpad and is good place to raise issues:

https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/launchpad-users

Come help us define what Launchpad should become. Thanks!

You can read the full announcement, including a detailed changelog, at:

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/launchpad-users/2006-September/000606.html

Statistiche sui bug

• Aperti (15019) (+332 rispetto alla settimana precedente)
• Non confermati (8023)
• Non assegnati (10310)
• Tutti i bug fin'ora riportati (53238)

As always, the Bug Squad needs more help. If you want to get started, please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HelpingWithBugs

La Stampa dice

Media watchers may have noticed that Forbes is paying an unusual amount of attention to Linux and open source software. That positive trend continues with their look at Mark Shuttleworth and Ubuntu:

"Ubuntu now has 4 million users, half of which are governments, universities and a smattering of businesses. It adds new ones at a rate of 8% per month. After its public release in October 2004, Ubuntu quickly deposed Red Hat's Fedora as the most popular version of Linux on DistroWatch, a Web site that caters to Linux users. Ubuntu works in 22 languages, and Canonical, the company Shuttleworth set up to distribute his software, will send a free Ubuntu CD anywhere in the world. New users rave about the simple user interface, which has gained recent converts in a couple of well-known bloggers who switched from Apple Computer's OS X."

While we applaud Forbes for covering Free Software and Ubuntu, we thought we might correct a few of their facts. Ubuntu is installed on somewhere between 6 and 7 million computers (the exact number is hard to tell) in a great many languages, about 30 of which are fairly complete, and the reigning champion on Distrowatch, until Ubuntu came along, was Mandrake (later Mandriva) not Red Hat or Fedora.

There's more at http://www.forbes.com/technology/2006/09/05/linux-ubuntu-opensource_cz_mr_0906shuttleworth.html

Tectonic interviews Canonical's education programme manager Richard Weideman in its look at the prospects for open source in education.

"We are also participating in high level projects and studies, funded by organisations such as the European Union, to build blueprints for the next generation. These collaborations of education experts and learning culture experts, alongside technical organisations like ourselves, take the benefits of an open source future for education as a given," he says.

"Right now, open source is now firmly on the education agenda; it is no longer a fringe element but a cornerstone. This is the year to be on the lookout for large scale deployment and successes."

Read more at http://www.tectonic.co.za/view.php?id=1146

Melissa Draper of counter fame gets a mention in the Sydney Morning Herald, in an article that spends a large amount of time telling people that they have choice, and there is support in all shapes and sizes.

"While it is hard to estimate how many everyday users have defected from Windows or Apple software to join the open-source movement, Ubuntu (pronounced oo-boon-too) has emerged as one of the Linux desktop packages of choice for those looking for a basic desktop alternative."

http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/linux-wins-over-new-fans/2006/09/04/1157222061911.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1

Caratteristica della settimana - Katapult

Katapult is an application for KDE, designed to allow faster access to applications, bookmarks, music and other many items. It is plugin-based, so it can launch anything that is has a plugin for. Its display is driven by plugins as well, so its appearance is completely customizable. It was inspired by Quicksilver for OS X.

Simply by pressing alt+spacebar, you can launch Katapult and then just start typing, for example in the screen shot "ka" was typed and brought up the obvious choice of KDE's kate, it can also handle math equations on the fly, no need to actually launch kcalc. Give it a shot, you'll find it a great asset to your KDE toolbox.

[http://www.imbrandon.com/misc/katapult.png http://www.imbrandon.com/misc/katapult_thumb.png]

Eventi in arrivo

To keep you informed, here are some of the upcoming events in the Ubuntu and Free Software world.

Hungarian Ubuntu Conference 2006

The FSF Foundation and the Hungarian Ubuntu Community are presenting the first Hungarian Ubuntu Conference on the 28th October. Many well-known developers have accepted our invitation to present in English, on various Ubuntu related projects: Mario Đanić (Edubuntu Developer), Ante Karamatić (Ubuntu Developer, Ubuntu Printing Team), Jani Monoses (Xubuntu Lead Developer), and Raphaël Pinson (Kubuntu Core Developer, Itchtux Lead Developer).

The conference will be held on the 28th October, 2006 (Saturday) in Building 'I' of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary. We also plan to have the presentations streamed online, so that anybody can watch in real time. Stay tuned for further info on that!

For more information, please visit the homepage of the conference at http://ubuntu.hu/konf/?q=english. The organizers are happy to help you with anything, including travel information, just use the contact form.

Related Links: FSF.hu Foundation - http://www.fsf.hu Hungarian Ubuntu Community - http://ubuntu.hu

Linuxfest Ohio

The one-day Linuxfest Ohio has been announced for 30th September 2006 with an impressive list of presenters. Opening the show is an Ubuntu double-bill from Jeff Waugh with "Linux for Human Beings", followed by Jorge "whiprush" Castro:

http://ohiolinux.org/speakers.html#talk5

Registration for the event, to be held at the the Greater Columbus Convention Centre is free:

http://www.columbusconventions.com/info/parking.asp http://ohiolinux.org/attend.html

If the Ubuntu showing didn't impress you. Jon "maddog" Hall will be there. Michael Johnson (of 'rpm' fame) will be showing off 'rbuilder'. Chris DiBona will be leaking secrets from Google and to top it off, the Columbus Zoo keepers are promising to attend with a pair of Genuine Real Live Penguins(tm). Don't let our feathered friends see Tuxracer!

Software Freedom Day

September 16th is Software Freedom Day! Software Freedom Day (SFD) is a worldwide celebration of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). The goal of this celebration is to educate the worldwide public about of the benefits of using high quality FOSS in education, in government, at home, and in business -- in short, everywhere! The non-profit company Software Freedom International provides guidance in organizing SFD, but volunteer teams around the world organize their own SFD events to impact their own communities.

To find out how you can do it yourself learn more here:

http://softwarefreedomday.org

You can prepare by burning some disks yourself and join the community out there.

Risorse Aggiuntive

Come semrpe nuove informazioni e aggiornamenti sono dispobili su:

• http://www.ubuntu.com/news

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• http://fridge.ubuntu.com/

Conclusioni

Grazie per aver letto la Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. Alla prossima settimana!

Crediti

La Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter è scritta da:

• Corey Burger
• Christian Reis
• Szilveszter Farkas
• John Little
• Paul Sladen
• Jonathan Riddell
• Brandon Holtsclaw
• E molti altri

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