Issue130
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)
===New Ubuntu Members - Americas Board ===
The following is to report on the Membership meeting held by the Membership Board of Americas. The board noted the great amount of support for the applicants from great people in the community. We are pleased to present the new members of the Ubuntu Project.
Dave Bush(myrtlebeach)
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DaveBush2 - https://launchpad.net/~myrtlebeachbums
Dave is an LPI level 1 certified on his way to UCP certification, and he currently work as a Infrastructure Engineer at the Myrtle Beach office of a network security company based in Atlanta, GA. He is an active participant in the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. He currently takes care of The Blogosphere, In Other News. He had previously worked with the Security and Updates listings. He is a member of the Ubuntu South Carolina Team (US team).
Kenny McHenry(kennymc0)
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kennymc0 - https://launchpad.net/~kennymc0
Kenny recently graduated in DeVry University with a Bachelors of Science degree in Electronics Engineering Technology at the end of October 2008. His significant participation in Ubuntu is through his Arizona LoCo team work, and his contributions to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter team. He has helped the Arizona Team organize release parties and other events, and he has also contributed to the teams website.
Michael Lustfield(MTecknology)
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MTecknology - https://launchpad.net/~MTecknology
Michael is the current LoCo team Contact for Ubuntu South Dakota LoCo Team. He is working hard on promoting the team nad has even set up a website. His contributions are also noticeable in the LoCo-Drupal project. He is a very active bug squasher. Michael had applied for membership a couple of months ago and he was told to try again in the future. His contributions to Ubuntu have surpassed the expectations of the Council.
Chris Crisafulli(itnet7)
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/itnet7 - https://launchpad.net/~itnet7
Chris is the LoCo team contact for the Florida Team. He is currently very active in participating in events across the state and the country. He belongs to other LUGs and SIGs where he actively promotes Ubuntu. He is also working on bugs and he is encouraging Bug Jams and other events in his region.
The Membership Board of Americas bids welcome to this great community contributors. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2009-February/000415.html
Ubuntu Stats
Bug Stats
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- 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
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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
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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
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
Ubuntu 9.04 will not ship with Linux 2.6.29 Kernel
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzA1OA
In The Blogosphere
Does Ubuntu have the "Guts" to beat Apple
http://www.buntfu.com/news,page,59,topic_id,content_pages
Exploring Ubuntu 9.04
http://certcities.com/editorial/columns/story.asp?EditorialsID=352
Google Android - Pushing Ubuntu off of Netbooks?
http://www.workswithu.com/2009/02/17/google-android-pushing-ubuntu-off-netbooks/ (Use the part under: Canonical's new competitor)
First Look: Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope
http://www.workswithu.com/2009/02/17/first-look-ubuntu-904-jaunty-jackalope/
HP to certify Ubuntu Server Edition for Pro``Liant servers
http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=4160
In Other News
Canonical's April 2009 Surprise - More than Ubuntu 9.04
http://www.workswithu.com/2009/02/19/canonicals-saas-landscape-upgrade-managing-ubuntu-from-afar/
Barcelona - Canonical discusses Ubuntu Mobile Internet Devices
Meeting Summaries
Technical Board Meeting
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TeamReports/February2009
QA Team Meeting
http://blog.qa.ubuntu.com/node/32
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
- 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, 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
- Start: 17:00 UTC
- End: 18:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-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
Location: http://revu.ubuntuwire.com/
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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