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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 147 for the week June 15th - June 21st, 2009. In this issue we cover ...

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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"

http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/06/canonical-to-boost-ubuntu-usability-by-tackling-papercuts.ars

Canonical to Certify Ubuntu 9.04 Server Edition on HP ProLiant G6

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/Canonical-to-Certify-Ubuntu-904-Server-Edition-on-HP-ProLiant-G6-191072/

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

http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2009/06/16/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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