This Week In Linux #9: Nokia N900, Ubuntu goes to Yahoo? Free Linux Training!
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MWKN Weekly News for Monday, 11 Jun 2012
Front Page maemo.org Coding Competition begins this week The tradition of a community-run coding competition for Maemo and Meego devices continues this year. “Beginning Monday 11th June, and running for 3 months, new applications for Maemo and MeeGo Harmattan devices (and significant updates to existing ones) will be eligible to enter in this years competition.
MWKN Weekly News for Monday, 4 Jun 2012
Front Page 2012 Device Program We mentioned the start of the 2012 Device Program last issue (well, more specifically, the Community Awards portion of the program), but we'd like to remind you both of its existence and its purpose again this week. Nokia has alloted 100 devices (60 N9s and 40 N950s) for distribution by the community to community contributors
maemo.org Extras Bug Jar 2012.15
A Quick Look at Extras in Bugzilla 2012-04-02 through 2012-04-08 As of 2012-04-09 Extras contains: total items 2849 ( 5) total open items 928 ( 
open bugs 516 ( 6) critical/blocker 42 ( 2) “easyfix” 3 “moreinfo” 6 “crash” 1 “patch” 5 ( 3) reopened 7 unconfirmed 306 open enhancements 412 ( 2) “easyfix” 3 “moreinfo” 0 “patch” 6 reopened 2 unconfirmed 179 ( 1) Top Tens Ten biggest open bugs by number of votes (unchanged for 4 weeks): (7%) 7334 [FM Radio] audio disappear using other device functions(connecting-disconnecting wi-fi,hspa) (5%) 7351 [Recorder] Recorder app closes automatically after few mins (4%) 6511 [Canola] Unable to type text in Canola on N900 (4%) 11031 [PyMaemo] python-all depending on specific python version breaks updating python modules (4%) 11842 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] RDesktop halt on connection screen (3%) 6847 [gPodder] gPodder does not attempt to connect to internet if no ambient connection (2%) 7505 [Mauku] Claims to be free, but ships no license and says ‘You are NOT allowed to modify or redistribute the source code.’ (2%) 8508 [The One Ring] Integration with System Contacts isn’t working (2%) 7500 [BlueMaemo] Hardware keyboard doesn’t work in Maemo5 (2%) 7938 [BlueMaemo] Connection dies immediately on Mac OS X 10.4.11 Please visit Bugzilla to vote. Registration is easy and free
maemo.org Extras Bug Jar 2012.12
A Quick Look at Extras in Bugzilla 2012-03-12 through 2012-03-18 As of 2012-03-19 Extras contains: total items 2838 total open items 934 open bugs 518 critical/blocker 44 “easyfix” 3 “moreinfo” 6 “crash” 1 “patch” 9 reopened 7 unconfirmed 303 open enhancements 416 “easyfix” 3 “moreinfo” 4 “patch” 6 reopened 2 unconfirmed 182 Top Tens Ten biggest open bugs by number of votes : (7%) 7334 [FM Radio] audio disappear using other device functions(connecting-disconnecting wi-fi,hspa) (5%) 7351 [Recorder] Recorder app closes automatically after few mins (4%) 6511 [Canola] Unable to type text in Canola on N900 (4%) 11031 [PyMaemo] python-all depending on specific python version breaks updating python modules (4%) 11842 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] RDesktop halt on connection screen (3%) 6847 [gPodder] gPodder does not attempt to connect to internet if no ambient connection (2%) 7505 [Mauku] Claims to be free, but ships no license and says ‘You are NOT allowed to modify or redistribute the source code.’ (2%) 8508 [The One Ring] Integration with System Contacts isn’t working (2%) 7500 [BlueMaemo] Hardware keyboard doesn’t work in Maemo5 (2%) 7938 [BlueMaemo] Connection dies immediately on Mac OS X 10.4.11 Please visit Bugzilla to vote.
maemo.org Extras Bug Jar 2012.10
A Quick Look at Extras in Bugzilla 2012-02-27 through 2012-03-04 As of 2012-03-05 Extras contains: total items 2836 ( 5) total open items 933 ( 1) open bugs 519 ( 1) critical/blocker 44 ( 1) “easyfix” 3 “moreinfo” 6 ( 1) “crash” 2 “patch” 9 reopened 7 unconfirmed 303 ( 1) open enhancements 414 ( 2) “easyfix” 3 “moreinfo” 4 “patch” 6 reopened 1 unconfirmed 181 ( 2) Top Tens Ten biggest open bugs by number of votes : (6%) 7334 [FM Radio] audio disappear using other device functions(connecting-disconnecting wi-fi,hspa) (6%) 11961 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] Random email application (modest) crashes with CSSU (5%) 7351 [Recorder] Recorder app closes automatically after few mins (4%) 6511 [Canola] Unable to type text in Canola on N900 (4%) 11031 [PyMaemo] python-all depending on specific python version breaks updating python modules (3%) 11842 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] RDesktop halt on connection screen (2%) 6847 [gPodder] gPodder does not attempt to connect to internet if no ambient connection (2%) 7505 [Mauku] Claims to be free, but ships no license and says ‘You are NOT allowed to modify or redistribute the source code.’ (2%) 8508 [The One Ring] Integration with System Contacts isn’t working (2%) 7500 [BlueMaemo] Hardware keyboard doesn’t work in Maemo5 Please visit Bugzilla to vote.
maemo.org Extras Bug Jar 2012.02
A Quick Look at Extras in Bugzilla 2012-01-02 through 2012-01-08 As of 2012-01-09 Extras contains: total items 2799 ( 3) total open items 942 ( 7) open bugs 530 ( 2) critical/blocker 41 “easyfix” 3 “moreinfo” 4 “crash” 2 “patch” 2 reopened 7 unconfirmed 328 ( 1) open enhancements 412 ( 5) “easyfix” 3 “moreinfo” 3 “patch” 6 reopened 1 unconfirmed 172 ( 4) Top Tens Ten biggest open bugs by number of votes (unchanged for 4 weeks): (6%) 7334 [FM Radio] audio disappear using other device functions(connecting-disconnecting wi-fi,hspa) (6%) 11961 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] Random email application (modest) crashes with CSSU (4%) 7351 [Recorder] Recorder app closes automatically after few mins (4%) 6511 [Canola] Unable to type text in Canola on N900 (3%) 11031 [PyMaemo] python-all depending on specific python version breaks updating python modules (3%) 11842 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] RDesktop halt on connection screen (2%) 6847 [gPodder] gPodder does not attempt to connect to internet if no ambient connection (2%) 8508 [The One Ring] Integration with System Contacts isn’t working (2%) 7505 [Mauku] Claims to be free, but ships no license and says ‘You are NOT allowed to modify or redistribute the source code.’ (2%) 7938 [BlueMaemo] Connection dies immediately on Mac OS X 10.4.11 Please visit Bugzilla to vote. Registration is easy and free. Ten biggest open enhancements by number of votes (unchanged for 7 weeks): (6%) 8224 [Hermes] Support for getting orkut contact details with Hermes (5%) 5453 [Hermes] Add google as a source for contact information (feature request) (5%) 5823 [Personal GPRS Monitor] programmable auto-reset (5%) 7738 [FM Radio] Scan and auto-preset feature (4%) 5045 [Conboy] Add undo and redo (4%) 11976 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] viewing sms conversations in portrait mode without horizontal scrolling (patch) (4%) 5452 [Hermes] Don’t overwrite pre-existing contact info (3%) 6383 [PasswordSafe] Add support for V3 Format (2%) 5018 [StockThis] Create a Desktop widget to display portfolio (2%) 7374 [FM Radio] Record FM radio to file Please visit Bugzilla to vote
maemo.org Extras Bug Jar 2012.01
A Quick Look at Extras in Bugzilla 2011-12-26 through 2012-01-01 As of 2012-01-02 Extras contains: total items 2796 ( 3) total open items 949 ( 1) open bugs 532 ( 2) critical/blocker 41 ( 2) “easyfix” 3 “moreinfo” 4 “crash” 2 “patch” 2 reopened 7 unconfirmed 329 open enhancements 417 ( 1) “easyfix” 3 “moreinfo” 3 “patch” 6 reopened 1 unconfirmed 176 ( 1) Top Tens Ten biggest open bugs by number of votes : (6%) 7334 [FM Radio] audio disappear using other device functions(connecting-disconnecting wi-fi,hspa) (6%) 11961 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] Random email application (modest) crashes with CSSU (4%) 7351 [Recorder] Recorder app closes automatically after few mins (4%) 6511 [Canola] Unable to type text in Canola on N900 (3%) 11031 [PyMaemo] python-all depending on specific python version breaks updating python modules (3%) 11842 [Maemo 5 Community SSU] RDesktop halt on connection screen (2%) 6847 [gPodder] gPodder does not attempt to connect to internet if no ambient connection (2%) 8508 [The One Ring] Integration with System Contacts isn’t working (2%) 7505 [Mauku] Claims to be free, but ships no license and says ‘You are NOT allowed to modify or redistribute the source code.’ (2%) 7938 [BlueMaemo] Connection dies immediately on Mac OS X 10.4.11 Please visit Bugzilla to vote.