I got the newest and final edition of the Harry Potter Series Yesterday (July 21st, 2007) at 12:01 AM. I only slept yesterday for about 9 hours out of a possible 12 that i can usually sleep. So I woke up yesterday in good spirits… just to find that the book was not on my bedside table that morning! It seems that when i went downstairs my mom was reading it an had taken it out of my room when she was letting the dog out (the dog locked herself in so it was not my fault, though it could also be because of the air pressure as it changes while going through my window into the house.) I have read so far as of 10:15 PM  last night about 450 of the 607 pages that are in the book! Yesterday night (July 21st, 2007) I went to sleep at around 2 AM since i was reading Harry Potter. Today I have not (yet) gone to sleep as i will be reading Harry Potter! I plan to have this final Harry Potter book done before tonight (around 5:00 PM) and to know the final ending which ofcourse I will not tell (I promise.) that is all for now as i have a lot more reading to do.

Ryan Orser.

Today I have decided that I would talk about something else other then How to install Applications. Todays post will be about Ubuntu and Launch Pad

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1. Launchpad 1.1.7 release notes (Matthew Revell)
2. Tribe 3 released (Sarah Hobbs)

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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:03:54 +0100
From: Matthew Revell <matthew.revell@canonical.com>
Subject: Launchpad 1.1.7 release notes
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The past four weeks have flown by in a flurry of activity here in the
Launchpad team, resulting in the most improvements of any 2007 release
so far! 1.1.7 brings bug fixes and new features right across Launchpad.

What’s new in 1.1.7?
====================

Highlights in Launchpad 1.1.7 include:

* Larger font size: visit launchpad.net and you’ll see that we’ve
increased the size of the text used on the site, making it easier to
read Launchpad’s default text size.
* New remote bug tracker support: Launchpad can now track bugs in the
Mantis bug tracker.
* Improved duplicate bug handling: if someone has already reported the
bug you’ve encountered it’s now much easier to select that report
rather than create a duplicate.
* Frequently Asked Questions in the Answer Tracker: answer contacts
can now mark frequently asked questions and create a canonical
answer that is available to anyone using the Answer Tracker.
* Teams can now set their default language, allowing a team to become
an answer contact for a specific language.
* Branch associations: you can now see all bugs, blueprints and
subscribers associated with a branch on its branch associations
page.

Read on for full details of Launchpad 1.1.7!

General Launchpad
=================

* Launchpad’s font size is now larger and is now easier to read.
(Bug 82344 and Bug 87471)
* If a team member has the rights to extend their own membership,
Launchpad will now provide them with a link to do so (Bug 12136)
* Safari rendering has been improved (Bugs 102155 and 109517)
* A layout problem on distribution series pages has been fixed.
(Bug 111783)
* Chart bars in Launchpad Translations are now displayed more
correctly by W3M. (Bug 39292)
* Links to “Report a bug” in the Bug Tracker have been reworked to be
less confusing and easier to read. (Bugs 3786 and 121199)
* Expandable areas, such as the bug comment field, no longer flicker
open while pages are loading. (Bug 87221)
* Internet Explorer no longer encounters a JavaScript error on most
Launchpad pages. (Bug 110926)
* The text of the link to see project membership has been reworded
for clarification (Bug 121761)
* The green home menu’s projects link now correctly links to projects
instead of products. (Bug 124246)
* A logic error in the team invite form has been fixed. Previously
this would result in an error being displayed to users. (Bug 125042)
* Several updates were made to how we deal with folding quoted (and
other) text to increase readability. (Bugs 40526 and 122681)
* When filing new bugs and questions, the algorithm to look for
similar items was tweaked to offer better suggestions when there are
very few existing items. (Bug 126587)

Distribution management (Soyuz)
===============================

* Upload archive consistency checks have been improved. They now
detect file collisions before they get into publishing tables.
(Bug 119753)
* The “builder page” has been modified to store logs as utf-8 text.
(Bug #122439)
* We now use the changed-by person instead of the maintainer for
announcing the -changes (e.g. gusty-changes) emails. A typo in the
upload rejection email was also fixed (Bug 122086 and Bug 120605)
* We now extend the distroseries FROZEN state to allow uploads for all
pockets. (Bug 67790)
* Minor fixes were applied to the ftpmaster-tool to correct some
functionality issues. (Bug 121784) A larger refactoring effort is
planned for the future.
* “change-override.py -S” now only affects binaries built by the
source package in the suite currently being acted upon (32135)
* Uploads rejected because of non-ASCII chars will now be accepted.
(Bug 121711)

Infrastructure and System Administration
========================================

* Further changes have been made to improve our ability to reconnect
to the database when an individual server has issues. This helps
to prevent the appearance that Launchpad is down when actually only
one individual server is unhappy.
* The accuracy of database timeouts has been improved thus preventing
tardy timeout errors. (Bug 107722)

Code Branch Management (Code Hosting)
=====================================

* Launchpad now serves hosted and mirrored branches over bzr+ssh, as
well as sftp. (Spec supermirror-smart-server)
* We no longer display merged or abandoned branches on the Latest Code
portlet for projects. (Bug 116033)
* When registering a branch via “bzr register-branch” we now correctly
check to see if the branch URL is valid and has a unique branch
name. When register-branch does fail, it now produces a more
informative error message. (Bug 78522 and Bug 124441)
* There is a new page that shows a branch’s associated bugs,
blueprints and subscribers. (branch-associations-view) e.g.
https://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-doc/ubuntu-doc/trunk/+associations

Bug Tracker
===========

* Initial support for tracking bugs in the Mantis bug tracker has
been added. (Bug 32266)
* Triaged bugs are now correctly included in the default bug listing.
(Bug 121636)
* Closing bugs from changelogs now works when the changelog contains
a URL or CVE reference.(Bug 123534)
* A temporary issue prevented bugs from being closed via changelogs.
This has now been fixed. (Bug 121606)
* The warning about a bug contact subscription is now gender neutral.
(Bug 97268)
* Including CVEs in a package upload that closes a bug now works
correctly (Bug 123968)
* Improvements to the bug search should result in fewer timeout
errors when filing new bugs with long text strings. (Bug 86361)
* The +filebug page now prompts users, who find their bug is already
reported, to subscribe to the bug instead of creating a duplicate.
(Bug 116364)
* The list of bugs returned when using +filebug (i.e. “Your bug may
have already been reported”) now display their current status.
(Bug 79115)
* The BugZilla resolutions ‘CODE_FIX’ and ‘PATCH_ALREADY_AVAILABLE’
(for bugs of status CLOSED, VERIFIED or RESOLVED in BugZilla) are
now mapped to the Launchpad ‘Fix released’ bug status. Bugzilla’s
‘WONTFIX’ resolution now correctly maps to Launchpad’s ‘Won’t Fix’
status. Previously, these resolutions were incorrectly mapped to
Launchpad’s ‘Invalid’ status (Bug 121348 and Bug 113974).
* Anonymous users may no longer nominate a bug for release and will
be asked to log in when they attempt to do so. Previously, anonymous
users trying to nominate a bug for release would trigger an
application error (Bug 90791).
* The text displayed on the ‘report a bug as affecting another
upstream project’ form has been reworded to support teams and be
gender neutral (Bug 97268).
* It is no longer possible to use the bug-filing forms at
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/+filebug to file bugs against
projects that do not use Launchpad for bug tracking (Bug 113268).
* It is no longer possible to attempt to file bugs, answers or
blueprints against empty project groups. Previously, users would be
presented with blank or un-submittable forms when attempting to add
these items to an empty project group. Empty project groups’ Bugs,
Blueprints, Translations and Answers facets are now disabled by
default. A warning will be shown to empty groups’ owners advising
them to add projects to their group
(Bugs 106523, 124428 and 124434).
* The Bug Tracker statistics now report Bug Tracker statistics and
not Translations Statistics. (Bug 121353)
* A situation where bugs could be both targeted and nominated for a
release has been fixed. (Bug 118915)
* Bug search bookmarks no longer generate an error when clicked. This
was fixed in production shortly after it occurred. (Bug 122550)
* A distribution driver may now add and remove any person to/from the
bug contacts list. (Bug 29022)
* The “Date Last Updated” has been added to the bug details portlet.
(Bug 5936)

Answer Tracker
==============

* Launchpad now has an FAQ management facility. (Implement faq-base
blueprint and closes bug 117914)
* It is now possible for a team to set their default language.
(Bugs 121075, 121077, 121089, 121093, and 121094)
* Highlighting and contrast in answers has been improved.
(Bug 73009 and Bug 105135)
* The question page HTML no longer claims to be in English even when
it’s known not to be. It now claims to be non-English for better
search engine processing. (Bug 119288)
* It is now possible to add a new question from the question page.
(Bug 120211)
* When users state that their problem is solved, we no longer highlight
a best answer. Instead, they can now select the specific answer that
helped them solve the problem at a later time. To reflect this
change, the button called ‘I Solved My Problem’ was renamed to
‘Problem Solved’. (Bug 107810)
* The Answer Tracker now recognises English variants – e.g. Canadian
English – and will send questions in English to anyone who selected
an English variant in their preferred languages. (Bug 122063)
* The “Unsupported View” which contained questions asked in a language
for which there was no answer contact has been removed. Instead we
display a leading paragraph of links to unsolved questions by
language. (Bug 118726)
* Minor aesthetic improvements have been made to the questions page.

Translations
============

* The user interface for translating strings has been improved:
packaged translations are marked clearly, suggestions display has
been cleaned up, and fonts have changed to emphasize translation text
over less important information. (Bugs 81681, 83360, 103525)
* The +pots pages have been made clearer and easier to read.
* Duplicate suggestions will no longer appear when translating using
the Launchpad interface. (Bug 121582)
* Launchpad no longer reports an error on both the translation and
translation status pages when products don’t have a translation
reviewer assigned.
* Translation credits are now automatically handled by Launchpad by
listing all contributors in Launchpad along with credits coming from
the PO files. GNOME and KDE style translation credits are supported.
(Bug 116, specification translation-credit-strings)
* Launchpad translation modes have changed. The former CLOSED mode is
now called RESTRICTED and we have a new CLOSED mode, which limits
all translation activity – including suggestions – to translation
team members. This is useful where a project requires copyright
assignment and requires that translators sign an agreement before
starting work.
* Selecting translation suggestions from an alternate language works
again. (Bug 85117)
* Uploaders of translation templates are notified by email when their
uploads have been processed. (Bug 88875)
* Uploading translation tarballs will no longer fail if the tarballs
contain empty translation files, editor backups of translation
files etc. (Bug 102381)

Blueprint Tracker
=====================

* When registering a blueprint with an upper-case name, Launchpad
no longer issues an error message. Instead, names are now
automatically converted to lower case. (Bug 111799)
* It is now possible to register blueprints directly from project group
pages. While looking at a project group page, select “register a
blueprint” from the actions panel.
(Spec register-blueprints-from-project-groups)
* Vertical white-space and a ‘register blueprint’ button have been
added to the listing pages. (Bug 99967 and Bug 123494)
* Previously, blueprints with the same name but for different
projects could mistakenly be linked instead of the relevant
blueprint in the target project. This has been fixed. (Bug 79377)
* Email notifications now correctly state Blueprints instead of the
deprecated “Specification” name. (Bug 88561)
* Adding dependencies to blueprints now uses a pop-up control instead
of a drop-down control. This should make the process of establishing
dependencies easier. (Bug 78265)
* The graphical “register a blueprint” link now works correctly.
(Bug 125126)
* Blueprints can now be registered from a sprint homepage and
automatically proposed for that sprint.
* The implementation status of blueprints requiring no implementation
can now be set to informational. Use this option to track blueprints
that do not result in any products other than the blueprint itself.
(Spec implicitly-informational-blueprint)
* Launchpad now notifies a user by email when their subscription to a
blueprint is changed by someone else. (Bug 70982)

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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:51:12 +1000
From: Sarah Hobbs <hobbsee@ubuntu.com>
Subject: Tribe 3 released
To: Ubuntu Development Announcements
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Hello Ubuntu developers,

Welcome to Gutsy Gibbon Tribe 3, which will in time become Ubuntu 7.10.

Pre-releases of Gutsy are *not* encouraged for anyone needing a stable
system or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, or even
frequent breakage. They are, however, recommended for Ubuntu developers
and those who want to help in testing, reporting, and fixing bugs.

Tribe 3 is the third in a series of milestone CD images that will be
released throughout the Gutsy development cycle. The Tribe images are
known to be reasonably free of show-stopper CD build or installer
bugs, while representing a very recent snapshot of Gutsy. You can
download it here:

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/gutsy/tribe-3/ (Ubuntu)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/gutsy/tribe-3/ (Kubuntu)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/gutsy/tribe-3/ (Edubuntu)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/gutsy/tribe-3/ (Xubuntu)

See http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Mirrors for a list of mirrors.

Another set of new features landed in Tribe 3, and are ready for
large-scale testing. Please refer to the following web pages for
details:

http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/tribe3 (Ubuntu)
https://wiki.kubuntu.org/GutsyGibbon/Tribe3/Kubuntu (Kubuntu)
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GutsyGibbon/Tribe3/Xubuntu (Xubuntu)

This is quite an early set of images, so you should expect some
bugs. Among these are the following (so you don’t need to bother
reporting these if you encounter them):

* The desktop CD hangs on a lot of systems, especially slower ones
with little RAM. Sometimes it is just slow, sometimes it will hang
eternally. If you experience this and waiting a bit longer does
not help, try to restart the computer and the live CD. If that
still does not help, please use the alternate CD.
(https://launchpad.net/bugs/126964)

* On Edubuntu server installs, the “Building LTSP root” step takes a
very long time (in the order of 15 minutes) without visible
progress. It will eventually finish, though.
(https://launchpad.net/bugs/121547)

If the graphical system does not come up or is very slow, please
file a bug against compiz:

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+filebug

Please include a copy of the files ~/.xsession-errors and
/var/log/Xorg.0.log, and the output of glxinfo and xdpyinfo.

If you’re interested in following the changes as we further develop
Gutsy, have a look at the gutsy-changes mailing list:

http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/gutsy-changes

Please be aware that this list usually has several dozen mails every
day.

We also suggest that you subscribe to the ubuntu-devel-announce list
if you’re interested in following Ubuntu development. This is a
low-traffic list (a few posts a month) carrying announcements of
approved specifications, policy changes, alpha releases, and other
interesting events.

http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-announce

Bug reports should go to the Ubuntu bug tracker:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu

Enjoy,

The Ubuntu Development Team
http://www.ubuntu.com

Here we are again with a installation with yum.

first of all you need to have yum.

second of all you need to open terminal

thirdly type in ‘su’ into the terminal

Fourth type in your password

fifth type in ‘yum install azureus’

sixth type ‘Y’ when the terminal asks you if you still want the download

seventh let the installation move forward til its complete.

eighth you now have azureus so you can use it as a bit torrent client.

ninth type into terminal azureus

its a little slow on a plugin. though it should work.

Well here we are again with another Fedora 7 CLi (command line) installation of a executable.

First of all you need a linux client that supports YUM (ie Redhat, Fedora)

1) open terminal

2) type ‘su’

3) type your password

4) type ‘yum install thunderbird’

5) when terminal asks you if its ok to download 23 MB (MegaBytes) of the executable type in ‘y’

6) Terminal will download all the packages and dependencies then will install.

7) after it completes type in the terminal ‘thunderbird’ to run the program.
Set up the email client so that it collects your mail.

9) Your done!

Update to Yesterdays post on How to install Synaptic with yum:
as you have already have seen I have looked at the synaptic again and I have seen what there is in the Synaptic: Practically nothing since its for Debian Packages. I am getting this out a day late.

Here is how to install Synaptic Package Manger in yum

1) You need a linux distro that has yum

2) You need to have a window manager

3) open terminal

4) type su (superuser)

5) Type your password

6) Type yum install synaptic

7) wait for the packages to be installed
Type the command ‘clear’

9) type into the terminal ‘synaptic’

10) if there are any broken packages then go to  Edit>Fix Broken Packages

Now you have Synaptic Package Manager installed by you in CLi (Command Line) with yum.

Hello again happy Tuesday. here is an article from http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS9933912441.html

Dell Ubuntu Linux buyers were recently outraged when a price comparison between identical Inspiron 1420 laptops showed that instead of the Ubuntu system being cheaper, it actually ended up costing $225 more than the same laptop with Vista Home Basic Edition. This was after Dell had announced the week before that Ubuntu systems would be $50 cheaper than similar systems running Vista Home Basic Edition.

“Bottom line this was an oversight, pure and simple,” a Dell spokesperson told DesktopLinux.com. “We will be posting a comment to IdeaStorm to that effect by tomorrow.” In the meantime, Dell says that the prices have been reset to the appropriate prices.

The systems that were compared were Inspiron 1420s with Intel Core 2 Duo T5250 processors running at 1.5GHz, with a 667MHz FSB (front-side bus) and 2MB of cache. Each uses an Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 for video. For memory and storage, the notebooks come with 1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 (double-data-rate two) RAM, an 80GB SATA hard drive and a 24x CD burner/DVD combo drive. To connect to the Internet, they use an Intel 3945 802.11a/g Mini Card. The only difference between the systems was that one ran Ubuntu 7.04 while the other ran Vista Home Basic Edition.

The base price of the systems remained the same. The Vista system cost
$819, while the Ubuntu system came in at $50 less: $774. Where Dell ran into trouble was that it was offering a special deal where customers could buy one of the colorful Inspiron 1420 line with Vista and get a ‘free’ upgrade to 2GB of RAM and a 160GB hard drive. Dell valued this package at $275. If you wanted that same upgrade with Ubuntu, you’d have to pay the full price and the additional $275.

Now, Dell has corrected its mistake. If you go to the Dell Inspiron 1420 page, you’ll find you can get the same offer for the free upgrade to 2GB of memory and 160GB hard drive for the Ubuntu Inspiron 1420.

So, as of July 12, once more you can get exactly the same laptops from Dell, except for the operating systems, and you’ll pay $50 less for the Ubuntu-powered notebook.

so have a good day.

1. Ubuntu Server: time to get on board (Mathias Gug)

The Ubuntu Server Team is dedicated to building a stable, feature rich
server platform based on the Ubuntu Linux distribution.

We are interested in improving Ubuntu in the server space, and we’re
looking for help from other interested community members.

= What are you guys doing now? =

Here is an excerpt of the specific tasks and projects we are currently
working on:

* Integrate the AppArmor security framework into Ubuntu.

* Provide an easy to use administration interface for a file and
print server.

* Provide an easy way to install and configure client LDAP
authentication.

You can find the complete list of features we are implementing on our
Roadmap: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam/Roadmap

= How can I get involved ? =

There are various areas where you can contribute:

* Triage bugs

The Ubuntu Server team is looking after server related packages. You can
view the list of bugs related to ubuntu-server and help triaging them or
submit patches for outstanding bugs :
https://bugs.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-server/

Our current focus is to triage all bugs related to mysql.

* Maintain packages

You can browse the list of packages looked after by the Ubuntu Server
Team to see if some need packaging work.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-server/+packagebugs

This is a excellent way to gain experience to become a MOTU!

* Testing

If you have server-type hardware, you can make sure that Ubuntu is
supported and works well on it. You can also test software and features
worked on by the Ubuntu Server Team:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/Server.

We currently have a testing plan for the AppArmor profiles.

There are other ways to get involved in the Ubuntu Server Team :
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam/GettingInvolved

= Interested ? Join the Server Team =

Becoming a member of the Ubuntu Server Team is really easy:
* Subscribe to the ubuntu-server mailing list :
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server.
* Apply for membership for the ubuntu-server team on launchpad:
https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-server/+join.

= More information =

You can find more information on our website :
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam

We usually hang out on the ubuntu-server mailing list and in
#ubuntu-server on Freenode:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server

The Contact page has more information on how to reach us:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam/Contact

We will hold our bi-weekly meeting next Tuesday, 2007-07-17, at 15:00
UTC in #ubuntu-meeting. Stop by and help shape the future of Ubuntu
Server.

The Ubuntu Server Team.

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Starting today and then until wednesday i will not be putting posts out. unless i can think of somethings today.

there is now ROTE2008 Developement version to download it go to http://ryanorser.com/ROTEV2008/ there is no linux binary yet though i am working on it.

1) You need RhythmBox Music Player. (If you do not have it you will have to get it from your package manager (ie in ubuntu its synaptic in Kubuntu its Adept and in Fedora its Add/Remove Packages))

2) You need to go into your package manager and search for ‘GStreamer’.

3) Download all the GStreamer packages excluding the Development and debugging versions.

4) Install all the packages you downloaded.

5) load an MP3 into your library if you do not have one.

6) If you have an MP3 Play it!

Finished!

Wasn’t that easy? There is a much harder method if you wanted to download and install them trough command line (CLI)

Though I prefer The package manager way since i do not know that much on the command line.

So if you are using RhythmBox you now have MP3 Support so you can play your MP3′s!