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WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 147 for the week June 15th - June 21st, 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
Another https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuFreeCultureShowcase
3 new members added to America RMB: Greg Grossmeier, Martin Albisetti, Nick Ali
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-mobile/2009-June/002527.html
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1154769&page=11#post7467226
http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/1869
Important for teams that might be using Mibbit to let allow users to communicate with IRC: http://blog.freenode.net/2009/06/new-freenode-webchat-and-why-to-use-it/
Ubuntu Stats
Bug Stats
- Open (57720) +363 over last week
- Critical (19) +/-0 over last week
- Unconfirmed (27019) +285 over last week
- Unassigned (49819) +325 over last week
- All bugs ever reported (289630) +1623 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
- Spanish (13555) -35 over last week
- French (42457) -242 over last week
- Brazilian Portuguese (52991) -414 over last week
- Swedish (54416) -1 over last week
- English (United Kingdom) (59005) -1 over last week
Remaining strings to translate in Ubuntu 9.04 "Jaunty Jackalope," see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/jaunty/
Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week
Change the way tabs behave in gedit, nautilus, terminal - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/20271/
Apt should be easier and more flexible - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/20302/
Auto detect the wireless security for WEP encryption - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/20303/
Suggest application for recently added hardware class - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/20314/
Transfer a running application between computers - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/20313/
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 Karmic Koala
Launchpad News
Ubuntu Forums News
In The Press
Fit-PC2: Ubuntu Desktop In A Tiny Box
http://www.linux.com/news/hardware/desktops/18899-fit-pc2-ubuntu-desktop-in-a-tiny-box
Canonical to boost Ubuntu usability by tackling "papercuts"
Canonical to Certify Ubuntu 9.04 Server Edition on HP ProLiant G6
HP servers still half-cold to Ubuntu
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2009/06/15/hp_debian_ubuntu_support/
Karmic Koala To Offer More Diverse Wallpaper Selection
http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2009/06/16/karmic-koala-to-offer-more-diverse-wallpaper-selection/
One Hundred Papercuts: The Most Exciting Thing Since the Last Thing Canonical Did
Ubuntu's First Ten Paper Cuts Spotted
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzMzNg
ZaReason Ion Breeze 3770
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=zareason_ion_breeze&num=1
Ubuntu 8.04 update: Happy to be back in a Linux environment (revised)
http://www.insidesocal.com/click/2009/06/ubuntu-804-update-running-surp.html
Ubuntu a minor player? Not outside the States
http://education.zdnet.com/?p=2709
1/10th of 100 Papercuts Selected
http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2009/06/19/110th-of-100-papercuts-selected/
In The Blogosphere
Reconstructor - Version 3.0 Tech Preview
http://reconstructor.aperantis.com/ (reference http://aperantis.com/news/article/3/ for what reconstructor is)
13 things to get excited for in Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala
http://pinstack.blogspot.com/2009/06/13-things-to-get-excited-for-in-ubuntu.html
HP is business Linux friendly
http://blogs.computerworld.com/hp_is_business_linux_friendly
HP Servers and Ubuntu: Reading Between the Lines
http://www.workswithu.com/2009/06/17/hp-servers-and-ubuntu-reading-between-the-lines/
IBM’s Cloud Will Feature Ubuntu
http://www.workswithu.com/2009/06/15/ibms-cloud-will-feature-ubuntu/
Microsoft, Ubuntu and Social Networking
http://www.workswithu.com/2009/06/19/microsoft-ubuntu-and-social-networking/
Dropbox vs Ubuntu-One
http://yatsite.blogspot.com/2009/06/dropbox-vs-ubuntu-one.html
Ubuntu Improves User Experience Via “Paper Cut” Campaign
http://www.workswithu.com/2009/06/20/ubuntu-improves-user-experience-via-paper-cut-campaign/
Using Ubuntu as your sole operating system in academia
http://edtechdev.blogspot.com/2009/06/using-ubuntu-as-your-sole-operating.html
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
- None Reported
Ubuntu 6.06 Updates
langpack-locales 2.3.18.22 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2009-June/012782.html
Ubuntu 8.04 Updates
gvfs 0.2.5-0ubuntu7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2009-June/012247.html
base-files 4.0.1ubuntu5.8.04.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2009-June/012248.html
casper 1.132ubuntu0.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2009-June/012249.html
debian-installer 20070308ubuntu40.9 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2009-June/012250.html
apache2 2.2.8-1ubuntu0.9 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2009-June/012251.html
open-iscsi 2.0.865-1ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2009-June/012252.html
tzdata 2009j-0ubuntu0.8.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2009-June/012253.html
Ubuntu 8.10 Updates
tzdata 2009j-0ubuntu0.8.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2009-June/009748.html
Ubuntu 9.04 Updates
gnome-do-plugins 0.8.1.3+dfsg-0ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/2009-June/009834.html
poppler 0.10.5-1ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/2009-June/009835.html
xen-3.3 3.3.0-1ubuntu9.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/2009-June/009836.html
cups 1.3.9-17ubuntu3.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/2009-June/009837.html
tzdata 2009j-0ubuntu0.9.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/2009-June/009838.html
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