Issue126
WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #126 for the week January 18th - January 24th, 2009. In this issue we cover ...
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In This Issue
General Community News
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2009-January/000117.html
Some sort of wrap up from Ubuntu Developer Week
http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/?p=340 (this link also has Day 1-Day 4 summary. Use as a starting point)
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
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
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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
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Top 5 teams for the past 7 days
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5-A-Day stats provided by Daniel Holbach. See http://daniel.holba.ch/5-a-day-stats/
Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week
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Ubuntu Brainstorm is a community site geared toward letting you add your ideas for Ubuntu. You can submit your own idea, or vote for or against another idea. http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/
LoCo News
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2009-January/000369.html
Japanese LoCo held the "Offline Meeting Tokyo"
Ubuntu Japanese Team held the "Ubuntu Offline Meeting Tokyo" on January 17th at Hirose Building, Akihabara. This event, organized by the Ubuntu Japanese Team and Hirose Electric Works, Ltd. included install party and troubleshooting, and several advanced sessions. There were over 40 attendees.
More information: https://wiki.ubuntulinux.jp/Offline200901Report/En
Nordic Ubuntu LoCo teams working together
http://martinpihl.dk/words/the-birth-of-a-new-planet
New in Intrepid Ibex
Launchpad News
Ubuntu Forums News
In The Press
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/22671/1141/
In The Blogosphere
French Lawmakers Hope to Inspire Linux Revolution - Blogger Ashlee Vance says that, "about 18 months ago, the [French National Assembly] shifted from running Windows on the 1,100 computers of its members and their assistants to running a version of Linux called Ubuntu." They are doing this not only for financial reasons, but for political reasons. They have expect to save about 500,000 euros, or 648,750 dollars over the next 5 years. They also hope to create more local jobs by giving local companies the chance to offer services to install and manage Linux for businesses. "A survey polling members of the French Assembly foudn taht 80 percent of the members were happy with the new software, which included new e-mail and office applications, while 14 percent felt Windows should return." http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/21/french-lawmakers-hope-to-inspire-linux-revolution/
TechCrunch Tablet Update: Prototype B - Blogger Michael Arrington of TechCrunch goes over their prototype of a small and cheap tablet for web surfing. Their goal was to make it so that it would cost around $200, but he goes on to say that $299 is a more realistic price. It has a 12-inch touchscreen with a 1024x768 resolution, which will make it easy to view full webpages without scrolling. It's powered by a Via Nano processor, with 1 GB of ram and a 4 GB flashdrive to store the OS and browser. Other features include: wifi, an accelerometer, camera and a 4 cell battery. For the OS they are using Ubuntu with a custom browser, drivers and a virtual keyboard. The software was created by Fusion Garage. So far they have not decided whether they will start making production units. http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/01/19/techcrunch-tablet-update-prototype-b/
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/22/shuttleworth_windows_7/
http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/65877.html
http://www.ubuntuforyou.com/node/16
http://www.workswithu.com/2009/01/20/ubuntu-mobile-internet-devices-mids-still-coming-soon/
In Other News
Ubuntu Podcast #18
Josh Chase and Nick Ali from the Georgia US LoCo released episode #18. Some of the topics covered in this episode include:
- The Dell and college student story
- Ubuntu hard drive “killer” bug gets fixed
- Differences between Ubuntu and Debian users
- An interview with Jorge Castro
Jorge covers a lot of areas, like the upcoming Global Bug Jam, Ubuntu and social networking, and Ubuntu and Debian getting along.
http://ubuntupodcast.net/2009/01/23/ubuntu-podcast-episode-18/
Meeting Summaries
Upcoming Meetings and Events
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Server Team Meeting
- Start: 16:00 UTC
- End: 17:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Desktop Team Meeting
- Start: 16:30 UTC
- End: 17:30 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-desktop
Kernel Team Meeting
- Start: 17:00 UTC
- End: 18:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
- Agenda: Not listed as of publication
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Foundation Team Meeting
- Start: 16:00 UTC
- End: 17:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
- Agenda: None listed as of publication
QA Team Meeting
- Start: 17:00 UTC
- End: 18:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Kubuntu Developers Meeting
- Start: 22:00 UTC
- End: 00:00 UTC
- Location: #ubuntu-meeting
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Ubuntu Mobile Team Meeting
- Start: 12:00 UTC
- End: 13:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
- Agenda: None listed as of publication
Desktop Team Meeting
- Start: 13:00 UTC
- End: 14:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Ubuntu Java Meeting
- Start: 14:00 UTC
- End: 15:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
- Agenda: None listed as of publication
Friday, January 30, 2009
Jaunty Weekly Release Meeting
- Start: 15:00 UTC
- End: 16:30 UTC
- Location: #ubuntu-meeting
Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReleaseTeam/Meeting/2009-01-30
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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