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=== Mark Shuttleworth interview - We are our own worst enemy ===

http://video.golem.de/desktop-applikationen/1875/mark-shuttleworth-interview-(part-one).html
http://video.golem.de/desktop-applikationen/1876/mark-shuttleworth-interview-(part-two).html

Contents

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WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #130 for the week February 15th - February 21st, 2009. In this issue we cover ...

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In This Issue

General Community News

Ubuntu 9.10 - Karmic Koala

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2009-February/000536.html

UDS Karmic Koala

http://www.jonobacon.org/2009/02/19/announcing-the-karmic-koala-ubuntu-developer-summit/ (be sure to include this link to the UDS Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UDSKarmic)

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 Jaunty

  1. Language (#) +/- # over last week
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Remaining strings to translate in Ubuntu 9.04 "Jaunty Jackalope," see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/jaunty/

Translation Stats Intrepid

  1. Language (#) +/- # over last week
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  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

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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

Global Bug Jam Chicago

http://blog.nixternal.com/2009.02.20/ubuntu-chicago-global-bug-jam-kicks-off/

Global Bug Jam - Berlin

http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/?p=368

New in Jaunty Jackalope

New Notification

http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/265

Launchpad News

Meet Martin Albisetti

http://blog.launchpad.net/meet-the-devs/meet-martin-albisetti

AJAX in Launchpad

http://blog.launchpad.net/coming-features/ajax-in-launchpad

Ubuntu Forums News

In The Press

Mark Shuttleworth interview - We are our own worst enemy

http://video.golem.de/desktop-applikationen/1875/mark-shuttleworth-interview-(part-one).html http://video.golem.de/desktop-applikationen/1876/mark-shuttleworth-interview-(part-two).html

In The Blogosphere

http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=4160

In Other News

Meeting Summaries

Technical Board Meeting

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TeamReports/February2009

Upcoming Meetings and Events

Monday, February 23, 2009

LoCo Council Meeting

  • Start: 20:00 UTC
  • End: 21:00 UTC
  • Location: None listed as of publication
  • Agenda: None listed as of publication

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Technical Board Meeting

  • Start: 15:00 UTC
  • End: 16:00 UTC
  • Location: #ubuntu-meeting
  • Agenda: None listed as of publication

Server Team Meeting

Desktop Team Meeting

Kernel Team Meeting

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

Wednesday, February 25, 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

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Jaunty Alpha 5

Ubuntu Bug Day

  • Location: #ubuntu-bugs

Ubuntu Mobile Team Meeting

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

Ubuntu Java Meeting

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

MC Meeting

  • Start: 17:00 UTC
  • End: 18:00 UTC
  • Location: None listed as of publication
  • Agenda: None listed as of publication

Friday, February 27, 2009

REVU Day

Jaunty Weekly Release Meeting

  • Start: 15:00 UTC
  • End: 16:00 UTC
  • Location: #ubuntu-meeting
  • Agenda: Non listed as of publication

Saturday, February 28, 2009

LoCo Team Meeting

  • Start: 17:00 UTC
  • End: 18:00 UTC
  • Location: #ubuntu-locoteams
  • 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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Additional Ubuntu News

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Conclusion

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Credits

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Glossary of Terms

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