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=== MOTU Council ===
  * Please give Stephen Stalcup a warm welcome to the team, where he's continue to work on KDE packages and sponsoring.
  * We're very pleased to welcome a new member to the MOTU team: Nick Ellery. Nick has been working a lot on merging changes from Debian and lowering the delta between Debian and Ubuntu.
  * Stéphane Graber wants to expand his activities a bit and work some more on server packages and Edubuntu and applied for Core Dev. The MC recommends Stéphane.
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== New in Intrepid Ibex == == New in Jaunty Jackalope ==
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=== Ubuntu aims for ten second boot time ===

http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/06/ubuntu-aims-for-ten-second-boot-time.ars

=== Upgrading Ubuntu 8.04 to 9.04 ===

http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2009/06/07/upgrading-ubuntu-804-to-904/

=== Testing Out ATI Kernel Mode-Setting On Ubuntu ===

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

=== GRUB2 To Be Used By Default In Ubuntu 9.10 ===

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzMxMg

=== Explaining Ubuntu's 10 Second Boot Time ===

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzMxMw

=== Ubuntu One Beta Finally Kicks Off ===

http://www.kabatology.com/06/09/ubuntu-one-beta-finally-kicks-off/

=== Ubuntu 9.04 vs. Fedora 11 Performance ===

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=fedora11_ubuntu904_perf&num=1

=== Ubuntu 9.04: New Intel Graphics Drivers ===

http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/online/news/ubuntu_9_04_new_intel_graphics_drivers

=== Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 2 Released ===

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzMyMw
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=== Sandisk collaborates to improve Ubuntu netbook SSD performance ===

http://www.ubuntu.com/news/sandisk-ssd-netbooks

=== GRUB 2 now default for Ubuntu 9.10 ===

http://www.fsdaily.com/EndUser/GRUB_2_now_default_for_Ubuntu_9_10_Karmic_Koala

=== Dell's new inexpensive Linux notebook ===

http://blogs.computerworld.com/dells_new_inexpensive_linux_notebook

=== Trouble Brews With Ubuntu Users Mailing List ===

http://www.workswithu.com/2009/06/10/trouble-brews-with-ubuntu-users-mailing-list/

=== Memo to Canonical: Don’t Repeat IBM’s Mistakes ===

http://www.workswithu.com/2009/06/10/memo-to-canonical-dont-repeat-ibms-mistakes/

=== Fair is Fair - Ubuntu Netbook Remix ===

http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10012930o-2000498448b,00.htm

=== Review: Ubuntu 9.04 on my ASUS Eee PC 901 ===

http://blog.hydrasystemsllc.com/2009/06/11/review-ubuntu-904-on-my-asus-eee-pc-901/
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 * Jeff Martin

Contents

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WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 146 for the week June 8th - June 14th, 2009. In this issue we cover ...

UWN Translations

  • Note to translators and our readers: We are trying a new way of linking to our translations pages. Please follow the link below for the information you need.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Translations

In This Issue

General Community News

MOTU Council

  • Please give Stephen Stalcup a warm welcome to the team, where he's continue to work on KDE packages and sponsoring.
  • We're very pleased to welcome a new member to the MOTU team: Nick Ellery. Nick has been working a lot on merging changes from Debian and lowering the delta between Debian and Ubuntu.
  • Stéphane Graber wants to expand his activities a bit and work some more on server packages and Edubuntu and applied for Core Dev. The MC recommends Stéphane.

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
  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 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 Jaunty Jackalope

Launchpad News

Ubuntu Forums News

In The Press

Ubuntu aims for ten second boot time

http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/06/ubuntu-aims-for-ten-second-boot-time.ars

Upgrading Ubuntu 8.04 to 9.04

http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2009/06/07/upgrading-ubuntu-804-to-904/

Testing Out ATI Kernel Mode-Setting On Ubuntu

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

GRUB2 To Be Used By Default In Ubuntu 9.10

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzMxMg

Explaining Ubuntu's 10 Second Boot Time

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzMxMw

Ubuntu One Beta Finally Kicks Off

http://www.kabatology.com/06/09/ubuntu-one-beta-finally-kicks-off/

Ubuntu 9.04 vs. Fedora 11 Performance

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=fedora11_ubuntu904_perf&num=1

Ubuntu 9.04: New Intel Graphics Drivers

http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/online/news/ubuntu_9_04_new_intel_graphics_drivers

Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 2 Released

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzMyMw

In The Blogosphere

Sandisk collaborates to improve Ubuntu netbook SSD performance

http://www.ubuntu.com/news/sandisk-ssd-netbooks

GRUB 2 now default for Ubuntu 9.10

http://www.fsdaily.com/EndUser/GRUB_2_now_default_for_Ubuntu_9_10_Karmic_Koala

Dell's new inexpensive Linux notebook

http://blogs.computerworld.com/dells_new_inexpensive_linux_notebook

Trouble Brews With Ubuntu Users Mailing List

http://www.workswithu.com/2009/06/10/trouble-brews-with-ubuntu-users-mailing-list/

Memo to Canonical: Don’t Repeat IBM’s Mistakes

http://www.workswithu.com/2009/06/10/memo-to-canonical-dont-repeat-ibms-mistakes/

Fair is Fair - Ubuntu Netbook Remix

http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10012930o-2000498448b,00.htm

Review: Ubuntu 9.04 on my ASUS Eee PC 901

http://blog.hydrasystemsllc.com/2009/06/11/review-ubuntu-904-on-my-asus-eee-pc-901/

In Other News

Meeting Summaries

Upcoming Meetings and Events

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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Additional Ubuntu News

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Conclusion

Thank you for reading the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter.

See you next week!

Credits

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  • And many others

Glossary of Terms

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The Ubuntu community consists of individuals and teams, working on different aspects of the distribution, giving advice and technical support, and helping to promote Ubuntu to a wider audience. No contribution is too small, and anyone can help. It's your chance to get in on all the community fun associated with developing and promoting Ubuntu. http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate

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