Hi all, I'm observing this emerging weekly newsletter, and I'm happy to read the contained information, but I have several suggestions concerning its format:
- do not use wiki formating, it makes no sense in plain email, nor I'm aware of any email client that can display it, it's difficult to distinguish second level (==) and third-level (==) heading, which makes the text just mix of headings and text. Why not use plain *bold* and _italics_ semantics? - do wrap the text at 76 chars, the last issue contained some "unwrappable" lines, that were very hard to read/quote in mozilla mail / thunderbird that I'm using. - do not put links directly into paragraphs of text, any reason why not to adopt more conservative approach debian weekly news are using in email (put all urls below each paragraph that references them), makes it easy to do a printout that you can hand to somebody, I know it's probably ancient, but looks way more professional. - first two lines in the text and subject are saying the same, just with different format. - subject of weekly newsletters is oscialting among various formats, probably according to who is sending the news. thanx and keep up good work, Martin John Little wrote On 2006-08-20 09:51,: > = Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter - Issue 10 = > > Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter - Issue 10 for the week of August, 13 - 19 2006 > > You can always find this and other Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issues at: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter > > == In This Issue == > > * Ubuntu wins Golden Penguin > * Ubuntu at LinuxWorldExpo in San Francisco > * Security updates > * Ubuntu 6.06 LTS updates > * Edgy new and updated apps > > * Summer of Code update > * Weekly Developer meeting notes > * Launchpad news and updates > * Bug Stats > * In the Press > * Feature of the Week: GNOME Deskbar applet > > == General Community News == > > > === Ubuntu wins the Golden Penguin Award === > > As reported in the Fridge, Ubuntu won the Golden Penguin Award at LinuxWorld > Expo 2006, playing against the Novell OpenAudio team. The Ubuntu team, > consisting of volunteers Jorge Castro, Corey Burger and Canonical's Malcolm > Yates, led the scoring from the very beginning and despite the Novell team > strong showing the the 3rd round, Ubuntu finished ahead. Congrats to all the > players. See more at the Fridge: > > http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/508 > > === LinuxWorld Expo a great success === > > LinuxWorld Expo in San Francisco recently finished, and both the Ubuntu > community and Canonical had a strong showing. Both booths were very busy, > with many people discussing how they used Ubuntu or thanking us for making > Ubuntu. The .org pavilion booth, run by the Ubuntu California team, was busy > demonstrating Ubuntu > 6.06 and all the great Ubuntu books currently out, while the Canonical booth > focused on working business to business relationships. > > At the GNOME booth, Ubuntu and GNOME community members Jorge Castro and Corey > Burger helped the GNOME Foundation spread the message about how great GNOME > was, which included showcasing the many great features coming both in GNOME > 2.16 (due to be in Edgy) and beyond. Anecdotal evidence suggests an > overwhelming number of visitors to the GNOME booth ran Ubuntu. > > == Security Updates == > > USN-337-1 imagemagick vulnerability > http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-337-1 > USN 336-1 binutils vulnerablity http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-336-1 > USN 335-1 heartbeat vulnerability > http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-335-1 > USN 334-1 krb5 vulnerability http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-334-1 > > More information and a full listing can be found at > http://www.ubuntu.com/security > > == Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Updates == > > There were no updates to 6.06 this week. > > == New Apps In Edgy == > > Glade 3 was uploaded this week. A description from the Gnome Journal "The GUI > designer tool that has been building your GTK+ applications for years is back > with a completely new generation of homegrown free software. Supporting all > the widgets in the gtk+ > 2.8 family, gnomeui widgets, the gnome canvas widget, and a whole new feature > set; this new tool is sure to raise a few eyebrows." > > Other packages of note included: > > * sun java 1.5.0-08 - small upgrade to the Sun Java package > > * openoffice.org-starter-guide 1.0.0 -- a new package of a OpenOffice.org > guide > * xubuntu-at-speech 0.1 - new package, speech part of the accessiblity > support for Xubuntu > * xubuntu-at-mag 0.1 - new package, screen magnifier part of the > accessiblity support for Xubuntu > > * agave 0.4 - colour schemer for GNOME > * gshare 0.92 - a new pacakge included easy user-level file sharing > > == Ubuntu Summer of Code update == > > This week we profile Peter Moberg, who is currently working on two tools for > Ubuntu as part of SoC. > > > His first tool, called Panel Switcher, is designed to make switching panel > layouts, even quite complicated ones, very easy. Implemented in Python and > pyGTK, you can find more information at > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PanelSwitcher > > Session Backup, his second tool, allows a user to save and restore multiple > GNOME sessions. As it stores the data in a zipped file, it also allows users > to migrate that information to other computers. Also implemented in Python > and pyGTK, you can find more information about Session Backup at > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SessionBackup > > == Weekly developer meeting == > > In the most recent developer meeting - 17 August at 23:00 UTC in > #ubuntu-meeting - the developers planned the list of topics to be discussed > at next week's Development Sprint in Wiesbaden, Germany. > > > A number of features were reported as implemented or complete, including: > > * the speakup kernel module > * boot-message-logging > * kubuntu-accessibility > * Firefox 2.0 beta merge. > > The desktop team is keeping very busy with bug triaging and fixing - and > could use your help! > > > == Launchpad News == > > This week's full Launchpad news is at > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/launchpad-users/2006-August/000536.html > <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/launchpad-users/2006-August/000536.html> > > Highlights include: > > * Details of the staging server at https://staging.ubuntu.com/ > * An answer to "Can I use Launchpad (Malone) to track bugs for my software > project?" (it's "yes", by the way). > > * Launchpad is now 100% hosted in Bazaar's native format, with over 600 > branches registered. > * Each distribution or upstream product now has a listing of its top > contributors, both general and per-activity. > * Edgy translations should be open on Monday. > > * 30% speed improvement in the package publishing process. > * Preparations under way for a move to per-application domains and a secret > new page layout. > > To say up to date, join the launchpad-users mailing list: > > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/launchpad-users > > We'd be honored to have you with us. > > == Bug Stats == > > * Open (14220) > > * Unconfirmed (7608) > * Unassigned (9491) > * All bugs ever reported (50805) > > As always, the Bug Squad needs more help. If you want to get started, please > see > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HelpingWithBugs > > === Infamous Bugs - Bug #56125 === > > attachment:ubuntubug.png > > More: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/56125 > <https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/56125> > > === Osnews covers Bug #1 === > > OSnews recently covered Bug #1, the "Microsoft has a majority marketshare" > one. You can read more information > athttp://osnews.com/comment.php?news_id=15554 > > > == In The Press == > > === Ubuntu and Other Distros Rolled Out to American Students === > > ''"Students in Indiana are using new Linux desktops under a state grant > program to roll out low-cost workstations to > schools.More than 22,000 kids have been Linuxed up under the programme which > is being run by the Indiana Department of Education. Mike Huffman, special > assistant for technology told CRN that Linux workstations were rolled out for > 22,000 students over the last year under the Affordable Classroom Computers > for Every Secondary Student (ACCESS) programme. The plan is to expand that > even further with Novell SUSE, Red Hat and Ubuntu > installations.Currently, 24 high schools are using Linux and the plan is to > increase that to 80."'' > > Read more at http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33756 > <http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33756> > > == Feature Of The Week - GNOME Deskbar == > > Deskbar allows you to embed an incredibly powerful search interface in a > GNOME panel. Search across multiple search engines, enter an email address to > send email, jump straight to a web page by entering the URL, or open files > and folders by entering the path. There really are too many features to list. > To see them all, and what's in store for future versions, visit Raphael > Slinckx's blog at: > http://raphael.slinckx.net/deskbar/ > > To add the Deskbar applet to your desktop just right click on an existing > GNOME panel, select '''Add to Panel''', and select it from the applets listed > in the '''Accessories''' section. > > > attachment:deskbarjl.png > > == Additional News Resources == > > As always you can find more news and announcements at: > > http://www.ubuntu.com/news > > and > > > http://fridge.ubuntu.com/ > > == Conclusion == > > Thank you for reading the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. See you next week! > > == Credits == > > The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by: > > > * Matthew Revell > * John Little > * Christian Reis > * Henrik Omma > * Corey Burger > * Melissa Draper > * anyone else that contributes > * And many others > > == Feedback == > > This document is maintained by the Ubuntu Marketing Team. Please feel free to > contact us regarding any concerns or suggestions by either sending an email > to > ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com <mailto:ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com> > or by using any of the other methods on the > [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MarketingTeam > Ubuntu Marketing Team Contact Information Page]. > -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
