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=== Ubuntu in national Danish TV again ===

The Danish Lo``Co has done it again. Following their first appearance on television, where they set up Ubuntu for a family with children, they have now followed up with the family. The family is still using Ubuntu, and the father's company has also moved to Ubuntu. This tops off their 2008 year of parties and advertising very nicely. http://martinpihl.dk/words/ubuntu-in-national-danish-tv-again

Contents

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WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #122 for the week December 14th - December 20th, 2008. In this issue we cover ...

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In This Issue

General Community News

Holiday Schedule for Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter

Due to the holidays, the UWN will not be published next week, Sunday, December 28th, 2008.
We will return to normal activity on January 4th, 2009.
May you have happy and safe holidays.

Announcing the next "Global Ubuntu Bugjam"

jorge has given us the dates for the next Global Bugjam: February 20 to 22, 2009. This is an opportunity for people to get together online and really make an impact on fixing bugs. For LoCo Teams, it's an opportunity to physically get together, socialize, meet new people, and share the love of Ubuntu. jorge even supplies a way to organize local support for the bugjam. http://castrojo.wordpress.com/2008/12/17/announcing-the-next-ubuntu-global-bug-jam/

Ubuntu on Amazon EC2 Beta released

Rick Clark has released the information that Amazon has started beta testing the Ubuntu 8.10 Server Edition EC2 Cloud Computing, and is accepting applications for access[1]. Amazon will charge EC2 users for their usage of the service, but there is no additional charge for the Ubuntu Server. You can find out more information about Ubuntu on Amazon:

Information about Amazon's EC2 service is available at:

Main frozen for Alpha 2

Steve Langasek has reported that the Alpha 2 second milestone for Jaunty Jackalope occurred on December 18, 2008. With this, the milestone freeze is in effect, and hold any disruptive or unnecessary files until after the release of Alpha 2. Primary focus should be on resolving existing bugs[1] and helping get the archive in a consistent state[2].

Next Ubuntu Developer Week set for January

Ubuntu Developer Week is coming in January. This means a week of IRC sessions where you can jump right in, participate, learn and ask all your questions. Daniel Holbach wants your questions, so he can get the appropriate people together to be presenters. So, what you like, what you want to learn, what would excite you and help you get started. Go to Daniel's blog site and leave a comment. http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/?p=303

New MOTUs: Stéphane Graber and Nathan Handler

Nathan Handler just joined the MOTU team. He has done fantastic work and we're very happy he's on board now. Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/~nhandler Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/nhandler

Stéphane Graber joined the MOTU team. Having put a lot of effort into LTSP and friends, we were only too happy to welcome him on board. Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/~stgraber Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/stgraber

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open (#) +/- # over last week
  • Critical (#) +/- # over last week
  • Unconfirmed (#) +/- # over last week
  • Unassigned (#) +/- # over last week
  • All bugs ever reported (#) +/- # over last week

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

Infamous Bugs

Translation Stats Intrepid

  1. Language (#) +/- # over last week
  2. Language (#) +/- # over last week
  3. Language (#) +/- # over last week
  4. Language (#) +/- # over last week
  5. Language (#) +/- # over last week

Remaining strings to translate in Ubuntu 8.10 "Intrepid Ibex," see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/intrepid/

5-a-day bug stats

Top 5 contributors for the past 7 days

  • crimsun (392)
  • maco.m (60)
  • chrisccoulson (47)
  • hew (35)
  • angusthefuzz (29)

Top 5 teams for the past 7 days

  • dcteam (452)
  • ubuntu-au (35)
  • ubuntu-us-ohio (29)
  • ubuntu-pl (15)
  • ubuntu-cl (12)

5-A-Day stats provided by Daniel Holbach. See http://daniel.holba.ch/5-a-day-stats/

LoCo News

Ubuntu in national Danish TV again

The Danish LoCo has done it again. Following their first appearance on television, where they set up Ubuntu for a family with children, they have now followed up with the family. The family is still using Ubuntu, and the father's company has also moved to Ubuntu. This tops off their 2008 year of parties and advertising very nicely. http://martinpihl.dk/words/ubuntu-in-national-danish-tv-again

New in Intrepid Ibex

Launchpad News

Launchpad interveiw: Meet Johnathan Lange

http://news.launchpad.net/meet-the-devs/meet-jonathan-lange

Launchpad interview with Adam Olsen(Exaile)

http://news.launchpad.net/projects/exaile-media-player

Launchpad 2.1.12 released

http://news.launchpad.net/releases/launchpad-2112-new-bug-tracker-plugin-api

Preparing for signed PPA's

http://news.launchpad.net/general/preparing-for-signed-ppas

Launchpod episode #14: Drupal Modules

http://news.launchpad.net/podcast/launchpod-episode-14-more-on-the-drupal-modules

Ubuntu Forums News

In The Press

http://www.linux.com/feature/155866

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=java_vm_performance&num=1

http://www.workswithu.com/2008/12/15/one-linux-to-rule-them-all/

http://www.workswithu.com/2008/12/17/zareason-preparing-ubuntu-servers/

In The Blogosphere

http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2008/12/15/back-from-uds

http://www.junauza.com/2008/12/going-loco-over-ubuntu-logo.html

In Other News

http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/locutus/linux-is-a-way-of-life-not-a-clone-of-windows-28864

Ubuntu podcast #15

http://ubuntupodcast.net/2008/12/16/ubuntu-podcast-episode-15/

Meeting Summaries

Upcoming Meetings and Events

Christmas Week

New Years Week

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Server Team Meeting

Server Team Meeting

Ubuntu Start: 16:00 UTC
Ubuntu End: 17:00 UTC
Ubuntu Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Ubuntu Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam/Meeting

Ubuntu Start: 16:00 UTC
Ubuntu End: 17:00 UTC
Ubuntu Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Ubuntu Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam/Meeting

Kernel Team Meeting

Kernel Team Meeting

Ubuntu Start: 17:00 UTC
Ubuntu End: 18:00 UTC
Ubuntu Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Ubuntu Agenda: Not listed as of publication

Ubuntu Start: 17:00 UTC
Ubuntu End: 18:00 UTC
Ubuntu Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Ubuntu Agenda: Not listed as of publication

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Foundation Team Meeting

Foundation Team Meeting

Ubuntu Start: 16:00 UTC
Ubuntu End: 17:00 UTC
Ubuntu Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Ubuntu Agenda: None listed as of publication

Ubuntu Start: 16:00 UTC
Ubuntu End: 17:00 UTC
Ubuntu Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Ubuntu Agenda: None listed as of publication

QA Team Meeting

QA Team Meeting

Ubuntu Start: 17:00 UTC
Ubuntu End: 18:00 UTC
Ubuntu Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Ubuntu Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Meetings/

Ubuntu Start: 17:00 UTC
Ubuntu End: 18:00 UTC
Ubuntu Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Ubuntu Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Meetings/

Thursday, December 25, 2008

Thursday, January 1, 2008

Ubuntu Mobile Team Meeting

Ubuntu Mobile Team Meeting

Ubuntu Start: 12:00 UTC
Ubuntu End: 13:00 UTC
Ubuntu Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Ubuntu Agenda: None listed as of publication

Ubuntu Start: 12:00 UTC
Ubuntu End: 13:00 UTC
Ubuntu Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Ubuntu Agenda: None listed as of publication

Desktop Team Meeting

Desktop Team Meeting

Ubuntu Start: 13:00 UTC
Ubuntu End: 14:00 UTC
Ubuntu Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Ubuntu Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Meeting

Ubuntu Start: 13:00 UTC
Ubuntu End: 14:00 UTC
Ubuntu Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Ubuntu Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Meeting

Ubuntu Java Meeting

Ubuntu Java Meeting

Ubuntu Start: 14:00 UTC
Ubuntu End: 15:00 UTC
Ubuntu Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Ubuntu Agenda: None listed as of publication

Ubuntu Start: 14:00 UTC
Ubuntu End: 15:00 UTC
Ubuntu Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Ubuntu Agenda: None listed as of publication

Friday, December 26, 2008

Friday, January 2, 2008

Tunisian LoCo Team Meeting

Ubuntu Start: 20:00 UTC
Ubuntu End: 22:00 UTC
Ubuntu Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-tn
Ubuntu Agenda: None listed as of publication

Community Spotlight

Updates and Security for 6.06, 7.10, 8.04, and 8.10

Security Updates

Ubuntu 6.06 Updates

Ubuntu 7.10 Updates

Ubuntu 8.04 Updates

Ubuntu 8.10 Updates

UWN #: A sneak peek

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Conclusion

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