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Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter - Numero 7
Newsletter settimanale di Ubuntu - Numero 7 per la settimana dal 15 Luglio 2006 al 21 Luglio 2006
Si possono sempre trovare questa ed altre newsletter settimanali di Ubuntu all'indirizzo: http://www.ubuntu-it.org/index.php?page=u-weekly
In questo numero
- Edgy Eft Knot 1 Release
- The Classroom
- Ubuntu Magazine Meeting
- Repository commerciali Canonical
- Opera 9 su Ubuntu
- Hug Day
- Technical Board Meeting
- Ubuntu Marketing Team Meeting
- Lugradio Live 2006
Notizie generali sulla comunità
Pubblicazione della versione Edgy Eft Knot 1
Il 20.06.2006 è la data di rilascio della versione "Edgy Eft Knot 1", che si chiamerà, appena ultimata, Ubuntu 6.10.BR Knot 1 è la prima delle pietre miliari disponibili nel ciclo di approntamento di Edgy. BR Queste pietre miliari, prive di bug d'installazione, sono immagini dell'edizione corrente. BR Knot 1 valido per Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Edubuntu e Xubuntu, può essere scaricato rispettivamente:
- Ubuntu Edgy Eft Knot 1 -
- Kubuntu Edgy Eft Knot 1 -
- Edubuntu Edgy Eft Knot 1 -
- Xubuntu Edgy Eft Knot 1 -
La variazione più importante da Dapper è l'insieme delle modifiche da Debian. BR Comune a tutte le variazioni è l'aggiornamento al kernel 2.6.17. BR In Ubuntu, GNOME è alla versione 2.15.4, mentre il GTK+ alla 2.10. BR Le modifiche più interessanti sono elencate:
http://wiki.kubuntu.org/Testing/Kubuntu/Edgy/Knot1 BR E' una serie d'immagini di prima mano in cui sono evidenti le imperfezioni (bugs), tra le quali ve ne sono alcune che non sarà necessario evidenziare, in quanto già note ai programmatori:
- L'installazione di volumi LVM non va a buon fine: s'interrompe.
La chiusura del CD dimostrativo: il prompt di richiesta di premere <Invio> a conferma della rimozione del medesimo, la legge dal terminale sbagliato. Bisogna agire allora sul tasto di<Reset> o su quello dell'alimentazione del pc.
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IL TESTO CHE SEGUE E' DA TRADURRE
If you're interested in following the changes made in Edgy, have a look at the edgy-changes mailing list: http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-announce
The Wiki suggests various tests that can be performed on Knot CD releases to fix bugs before the final release in late October: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing
Bug reports should go to Malone: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bugs
You may read the full Edgy Knot 1 announcement in its entirety at the following: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2006-July/000164.html
The Classroom
The NewUserNetwork announces its latest project, The Classroom, which creates an educational atmosphere in an IRC channel teaching new users basic, as well as more advanced, tasks involved in using their Ubuntu systems. Classes will be held in #ubuntu-classroom on the scheduled dates. People interested in instructing may join #ubuntu-nun for further information or can check out the New User Network Wiki page. New User Network: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NewUserNetwork The Classroom: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Classroom
The Ubuntu Magazine Meeting
July 17, 2006 20:00 UTC
The Ubuntu Magazine, a new project of the Ubuntu Marketing Team, met on July 17, 2006, to discuss a Wiki redesign, a project charter, a magazine name, and concerns for future contests. For more information concerning the meeting, please check out https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuMagazine/Meetings/2006-07-17
Repository commerciali Canonical
Canonical ha annunciato il 6 Luglio 2006 la creazione e l'implementazione dei Repository commerciali. Per abilitare i repository bisogna aggiungere le seguenti linee al file /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu dapper-commercial main
Consultare https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories per conoscere meglio il funzionamento dei repository.
Opera 9 su Ubuntu
Insieme all'annuncio dei nuovi repository commerciali di Canonicl arriva la notizia che Opera 9 è la prima applicazione disponibile per la comunità di Ubuntu. Per maggiori informazioni leggi la news qui http://www.ubuntu.com/news/opera9 (in italiano: [http://www.ubuntu-it.org/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=26&cntnt01dateformat=d-M-Y&cntnt01returnid=6 Opera 9 su Ubuntu])
Hug Day
July 19, 2006
The Ubuntu BugSquad and many volunteers worked countless hours triaging bugs. #ubuntu-bugs on IRC was the busiest many have seen in a while. People came from everywhere to help knock down the current bug list. When asked about the results of the Hug Day, the following quote was made:
<nixternal> any results from yesterday's 'Hug Day'??? this is for the UWN <crimsun> "we closed some bugs".
I think he is understating the whole event, but I think that qualifies as a down n' dirty interview. When the results become available, they will be posted here in the UWN.
Technical Board Meeting
July 18, 2006, 20:00 UTC
Agenda - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TechnicalBoardAgenda IRC Log - http://people.ubuntu.com/~fabbione/irclogs/ubuntu-meeting-2006-07-18.html
- Membership Approvals
- Masters of the Universe (MOTU)
- Sarah Hobbs (Hobbsee)
- Jeremie Corbier (Toadstool)
- Core Developer
- Anthony Mercatante (Tonio)
- Masters of the Universe (MOTU)
- Debian Collaboration Team (DCT) - A Ubuntu team aimed at improving collaboration between Ubuntu and Debian tracks changes in Ubuntu's packages.
Ubuntu Marketing Team Meeting
July 21, 2006, 19:00 UTC
- Spread Ubuntu Design
- The team discussed designs committed by people in the community.
- One design was chosen and recommended for restructuring.
- Marketing Wiki page design - Rich Johnson asked for ideas, topics, and content from the community.
Lugradio Live 2006
Saturday, July 22, 2006, through Sunday, July 23, 2006
http://www.lugradio.com/live/2006/index.php/Main_Page
Wolverhampton, are you ready? The LUGRadio Live event driven by and for OpenSource is upon us! The following is just a FEW of the speakers you can see or hear:
- Mark Shuttleworth (sabdfl)
- Jonathan Riddell (Riddell)
- Scott James Remnant (Keybuk)
- Henrik Omma (Heno)
There will be plenty to hear and see, so make sure you check it out!
Interviste
Jordan Mantha (LaserJock)
Aggiornamenti di sicurezza
USN-319-1: Linux kernel vulnerability http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-319-1
USN-313-2: OpenOffice.org vulnerabilities http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-313-2
USN-319-2: Linux kernel vulnerability http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-319-2
USN-320-1: PHP vulnerabilities http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-320-1
Ubuntu
Development Team Meeting
July 20, 2006 15:00 UTC
Agenda - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DistroTeamMeeting20060720 IRC Log - http://people.ubuntu.com/~fabbione/irclogs/ubuntu-meeting-2006-07-20.html
- Members provided updates on their current tasks
- Went over Completed tasks as well as the tasks that still need to be finished.
- Discussion of Knot-2 release/freeze
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Updates
gfxboot-theme-ubuntu 0.1.26
- Rename identifier for "Install in text mode" from txt_menuitem_install to txt_menuitem_install_text to avoid clashing with "Install to the hard disk" (closes: Malone #47615)
- Make "lang" file work with locales that require _CC (pt_BR, zh_CN, zh_TW).
Kubuntu
Meeting July 17, 2006
Minutes - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kubuntu/Meetings/2006-07-17 IRC Log - http//people.ubuntu.com/~fabbione/irclogs/ubuntu-meeting-2006-07-17.html
- Kubuntu releases web page
- CSS templates were proposed for everyone to discuss.
- Kubuntu Artwork Updates
- Kenneth Wimer (kwwii) reported on the current status of Kubuntu art and displayed a possible theme.
Stronger Firefox & KDE integration
- Brandon Holtsclaw (imbrandon) talked about nsFilePicker.js and a Kubuntu theme for Firefox.
- To-do list, organization, and many additional items were also discussed.
- Kubuntu Membership Approval
- Rich Johnson (nixternal)
New Apps in Edgy
More information available at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/Kubuntu/Edgy/Knot1/
- KDE 3.5.3
- Launchpad Integration
- K3b 0.12.16
Edubuntu
Meeting
July 19, 2006 20:00 UTC
Agenda - https://wiki.edubuntu.org/EdubuntuMeetingAgenda IRC Log - http//people.ubuntu.com/~fabbione/irclogs/ubuntu-meeting-2006-07-19.html
- The Edubuntu Cookbook has a new name - "Edubuntu Handbook"
- Edubuntu Documentation
- Edubuntu School Advocacy
Xubuntu
The buzz on the Xubuntu mailing list is over a new logo and additional artwork. There have been productive discussions used to create some of the new logos and artwork. I must say they look pretty darn good. If you are interested in checking them out, look at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/XubuntuEdgy/Proposals
Bug Stats
Open Bugs: 13,445 Critical Bugs: 22 Unconfirmed Bugs: 7,194 Unassigned Bugs: 8,560
Infamous Bugs
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuBugDay/BugsForExtraPoints
In The Press
- Ubuntu 6.06 Is Current Desktop Linux Champ
Features/Tips of The Week
Changing the Default Action of your Shutdown Button
Tip provided by Jojoman
This is currently not implamented in the GUI of gnome-power-manager, but will be soon (see [https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/gnome-power-manager/+bug/49214 bug #49214]). The current default option of the shutdown button is to display the "Exit" menu. Some users would just like their computer to shutdown. The following steps show how to set the action of the shutdown button:
- Press ALT+F2 (run menu)
Type: gconf-editor
Find the Key: /apps/gnome-power-manager/action_button_power
Change the value to one of these: "suspend", "hibernate", "interactive", "shutdown" or "nothing"
Forward & Back MS Intellimouse Buttons
Tip provided by Steven Harms
Did you know that your "forward" and "back" mouse buttons on Microsoft Intellimice work in Dapper with the following small changes to your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file? The following changes need to be completed in order for this to work. Remember to restart X when completed:
First step:
Tip provided by John Stowers Do you know that Ubuntu ships with an included RSI-avoidance application?. Taking regular breaks from typing helps avoid RSI and other repetitive keyboard-use injuries. To enable a typing break reminder, perform the following steps: First step: Open the keyboard preferences application from the "System", "Preferences" menu. Second step: Select the typing break tab, and place a tick beside "Lock screen to enforce typing break". You may also place a tick beside "Allow postponing of breaks" if you wish to be able to ignore the occasional break reminder. Third step: A new bar like icon will appear in the notification area. To monitor how long before your next break, simply hover the mouse over the new icon.
Application provided by ["JorgeJuan"] http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/ Unison is an application to synchronize files between machines. It is very efficient because it uses the rsync algorithm and detects if you rename or move files around. There is a GTK+ interface as well in unison-gtk, and there is also an MS Windows version! I just cannot live without it. I used to have all my important documents in a single folder in my work computer (it is about 800MB). I sync everything with my home computer and laptop whenever I start or stop working. Due to the use of rsync, synchronization takes only a few seconds over a DSL connection and is also very efficient over a 56k modem line. rsync alone is very good for synchronizing in one direction (like a backup), but it can be very risky to do two-way synchronizations when you can have files deleted on one side and the other at the same time. Unison takes care of this gracefully and tells you when files have been modified on both sides, so you can select the appropriate version, although this is not a common situation for me. With text files it can also do diffs and merges. Unison is not officially supported by Ubuntu (it is in Universe). Ubuntu really lacks a synchronization utility (maybe there is one I do not know). Unison could be a good choice, although the interface can be improved as well as some behavior, for example some options can only be set by editing the configuration files, and it does not keep partially transferred files or directories, which is very annoying when transferring a new large file or directory for hours and you need to interrupt the process. All in all, it is a great tool not in active development but in active use by the author as stated on its web page.
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sudo gedit xorg.conf
Second step: Use gedit's search and find "Configured Mouse" and replace the section with: Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 6 7"
EndSectionThird step: Save and restart your X server (crtl-alt-backspace) RSI Prevention - Typing Breaks
Application of the Week
Unison
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