Issue143
WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #143 for the week May 17th - May 23rd, 2009. In this issue we cover ...
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In This Issue
General Community News
UDS Karmic Koala begins
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UDSKarmic
Team Reporting
http://nhandler.wordpress.com/2009/05/22/team-reporting/
New Ubuntu Members
The approval results from tonight's Americas Membership meeting are as follows:
Carl de-Avillez: Carl has been active with Ubuntu since end of 2006. Very active in bugs, he has been part of Bug Squad since February 2007, and a member of Bug Control since March 2007 and had some great testimonials of his work from the community. Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Hggdh Launchpad: http://launchpad.net/~hggdh2
Leigh Honeywell: Leigh has been a part of the Ubuntu community since 5.10, supporting users and advocating Ubuntu on IRC and offline through her work with HackLabTO. She has also been a very helpful and supportive member of the Ubuntu Women team. Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/hypa7ia Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/~hypa7ia
Collin Pruitt: Colin is an active contributor to the Ubuntu Forums Beginner Team, has recently become involved with the Georgia LoCo team and has worked Launchpad in Answers and Blueprints. His work was cheered on by several people from the community. Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Collin15 Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/~hellow
The Americas Board is delighted to welcome these new members to the project!
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2009-May/000566.html
The Asia Oceania Membership Board reports two new members after the meeting held on 12 May 09.
David Planella - works for Canonical as the Ubuntu Translations Coordinator (UTC) in the Community Team. He is currently leading the Ubuntu Catalan Translators Team and he contributes to GNOME translation also facilitating interaction between Ubuntu downstream and GNOME upstream. Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DavidPlanella Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/~dpm
Nick HS - is part of the Singapore LoCo Team. He holds the responsibility of being its IRC operator, forums moderator, launchpad team administrator and website administrator. He is also a Brainstorm Moderator. Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NickHS Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/~nickhs
The Asia Oceania Membership Board is proud to welcome these new Ubuntu Members!
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2009-May/000567.html
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
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
Remaining strings to translate in Ubuntu 9.04 "Jaunty Jackalope," see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/jaunty/
# NEEDS UPDATING. # #=== 5-a-day bug stats === # #==== Top 5 contributors for the past 7 days ==== # # * person (#) # * person (#) # * person (#) # * person (#) # * person (#) # #==== Top 5 teams for the past 7 days ==== # # * team (#) # * team (#) # * team (#) # * team (#) # * team (#) # #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
New in Intrepid Ibex
Launchpad News
Ubuntu Forums News
Ubuntu Forums Interview
Please meet with tinivole (http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=490875), one of the forums moderators from UK. He's ibuclaw on IRC. Tinivole has been a wonderful addition to the Staff. He has many skills, from computer engineer to musician and programmer. He's also a member of the Ubuntu Forums Beginners Team, always helping on both the forums and IRC. Before running a real-time tweaked ubuntu kernel, he first used debian, until he installed Hardy alpha 1. "The rest is history", as he puts it.
http://matthewhelmke.net/2009/05/21/an-interview-with-tinivole/
Tutorial of the Week
May 18, 2009.
This week's featured tutorial is "Comprehensive ndiswrapper troubleshooting guide" by pytheas22 (http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=358340). This tutorial is well written, regularly updated and supported, and has been very popular. If you have troubles configuring ndiswrapper even thought it properly installed, this is the place to look at. Wireless is just a few steps away!
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=885847
In The Press
Dell launches $700 Ubuntu Linux netbook onto Australian market
http://apcmag.com/Content.aspx?id=3919
Desktop Linux For The Windows Power User
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ubuntu-linux-guide,2293.html
Dell’s Position Makes Sense, Reality Not So Much
http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2009/05/20/dells-position-makes-sense-reality-not-so-much/
Dell Ubuntu Versioning: Now With Even Less Logic
http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2009/05/16/dell-ubuntu-versioning-now-with-even-less-logic/
Why Canonical Will Succeed Where Most Do Not
http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2009/05/18/why-canonical-will-succeed-where-most-do-not/
Managing Ubuntu Linux on the cloud
http://blogs.computerworld.com/managing_ubuntu_linux_on_the_cloud
Ubuntu 64-bit More Competitive Against Mac OS X
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_osx_64bit&num=1
In The Blogosphere
Canonical, Ubuntu Get A Virtual Lift
http://www.workswithu.com/2009/05/21/canonical-ubuntu-get-a-virtual-lift/
Landscape 1.3: Can Canonical, Ubuntu Partners Profit?
http://www.workswithu.com/2009/05/18/landscape-13-can-canonical-ubuntu-partners-profit/
Ubuntu: Muslim Edition (Sabily) Review
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2347168,00.asp
Ubuntu One Service Stirs Up Open-Source Controversy
http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2009/051809-ubuntu-one-service-stirs-up.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news
In Other News
Meeting Summaries
Upcoming Meetings and Events
Monday, May 25, 2009
Ubuntu Developer Summit - Karmic
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Ubuntu Developer Summit - Karmic
Asia Oceania Membership Board Meeting
- Start: 10:00 UTC
- End: 11:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Membership/RegionalBoards/AsiaOceania
Server Team Meeting
- Start: 15:00 UTC
- End: 16:00 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, May 27, 2009
Ubuntu Developer Summit - Karmic
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: 16:00 UTC
- End: 17:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Ubuntu Developer Summit - Karmic
Packaging Training: Packaging using CDBS
- Start: 00:00 UTC
- End: 01:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-classroom
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
Friday, May 29, 2009
Ubuntu Developer Summit - Karmic
MOTU Council Meeting
- Start: 04:00 UTC
- End: 05:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Ubuntu Developer Summit - Karmic
Community Spotlight
Updates and Security for 6.06, 8.04, 8.10 and 9.04
Security Updates
Ubuntu 6.06 Updates
Ubuntu 8.04 Updates
Ubuntu 8.10 Updates
Ubuntu 9.04 Updates
UWN #: A sneak peek
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