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## Bug stats only take a second to do.
## Data can be found at: http://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bugs
## See last week's UWN to calculate change over last week.
## NOTE: To be done ONLY on the release date of the UWN (or latter if late).

    * Open (#) +/- # over last week
    * Critical (#) +/- # over last week
    * Unconfirmed (#) +/- # over last week
    * Unassigned (#) +/- # over last week
    * All bugs ever reported (#) +/- # over last week
 * Open (60088) +700 over last week
 * Critical (27) -3 over last week
 * Unconfirmed (27966) +430 over last week
 * Unassigned (51788) +647 over last week
 * All bugs ever reported (301219) +1659 over last week
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## Translation stats only take a second to do.
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## See last week's UWN to calculate change over last week.
## NOTE: To be done ONLY on the release date of the UWN (or latter if late).
## List the top 5 untranslated languages.

 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
 * Spanish (12470) -256 over last week
 * French (39572) -151 over last week
 * Brazilian Portuguese (48583) -308 over last week
 * Swedish (53814) -17 over last week
 * English (United Kingdom) (55729) +/-0 over last week
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 4. Language (#) +/- # over last week
 5. Language (#) +/- # over last week
 * Spanish (22220) -1771 over last week
 * French (57908) +1924 over last week
 * Swedish (68237) +2174 over last week
 * Brazilian Portuguese (71936) -3738 over last week
 * English (Uk) (81467) +2534 over last week

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## Ex: * USN-389-1: GnuPG vulnerability - [WWW] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-389-1
 * USN-810-1: NSS vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-810-1
 * USN-810-2: NSPR update - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-810-2
 * USN-811-1: Firefox and Xulrunner vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-811-1
 * USN-812-1: Subversion vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-812-1
 * USN-813-1: apr vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-813-1
 * USN-813-2: Apache vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-813-2
 * USN-813-3: apr-util vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-813-3
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 * acroread 9.1.3-1jaunty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/2009-August/009877.html
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 * Liraz Siri

Contents

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WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #154 for the week August 2nd - August 8th, 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

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open (60088) +700 over last week
  • Critical (27) -3 over last week
  • Unconfirmed (27966) +430 over last week
  • Unassigned (51788) +647 over last week
  • All bugs ever reported (301219) +1659 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 (12470) -256 over last week
  • French (39572) -151 over last week
  • Brazilian Portuguese (48583) -308 over last week
  • Swedish (53814) -17 over last week
  • English (United Kingdom) (55729) +/-0 over last week

Remaining strings to translate in Ubuntu 9.04 "Jaunty Jackalope," see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/jaunty/

Translation Stats Karmic

  • Spanish (22220) -1771 over last week
  • French (57908) +1924 over last week
  • Swedish (68237) +2174 over last week
  • Brazilian Portuguese (71936) -3738 over last week
  • English (Uk) (81467) +2534 over last week

1. Language (#) +/- # over last week Remaining strings to translate in Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala", see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/karmic/

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 Karmic Koala

Launchpad News

Ubuntu Forums News

In The Press

Canonical Expands Ubuntu Linux Landscape

InternetNews.com's Sean Michael Kerner says that while there is a mad rush toward putting more IT resources in the cloud, not everything belongs in the cloud -- just ask Ubuntu Linux vendor Canonical. The Canonical Landscape Ubuntu systems management server is now moving in from the cloud with a new dedicated, on-site offering. "Canonical's Landscape Dedicated Server is a software appliance that is installed on the users' hardware. Updates will be made available by download on an as-needed basis when major kernel/security patches become available," Ken Drachnik, Landscape manager at Canonical, told InternetNews.com. "Of course, this points out one of the major differences between the Hosted edition and Dedicated edition -- users will need to provide hardware and a trained resource to manage Landscape on-site." http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3833111/Canonical+Expands+Ubuntu+Linux+Landscape.htm

Canonical removes middleman from Ubuntu management

Timothy Prickett Morgan of The Register reports that Canonical is offering a dedicated, local version of its Landscape systems management and monitoring server for Ubuntu, rather than insist you access the service through the company's own systems. Canonical will next month launch the Landscape Dedicated Server, which is a local copy of the current Landscape service. It will run inside the data center, giving IT managers some piece of mind about security. Launched in March 2008 to help deploy monitor, manage and patch large numbers of Ubuntu servers or PCs, Landscape wasn't a service you bought from Canonical. Instead you accessed it through a web interface and portal. Landscape does more than just monitor physical machines individually or in groups. It can also control the deployment of applications from the Ubuntu repository to machines individually or in groups. And if Ubuntu shops want to create their own Ubuntu spin with its own repositories and deploy them on boxes, Landscape can do this as well. The Landscape service is priced $150 per machine per year if you want to just purchase it by itself, but if you buy a normal support contract for Ubuntu Linux for a PC or server, Landscape access comes with the price of that support contract. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/04/ubuntu_landscape_desktop/

The Official Ubuntu Server Book

Paul Ferrill of Linux Planet thinks that a newbie system administrator that might not have a system working or connected to the Internet but needs help getting a problem solved would find a good basic book like The Official Ubuntu Server Book handy. This recent release from Prentice Hall comes in several versions including a Barnes & Noble Special Edition with extra content. One good measure of a book of this type is the length of the index. "The Official Ubuntu Server Book" checks in at 501 pages with 48 dedicated to the index. List price for this book is $39.99, but you can pick it up on the B&N site for a good bit less. It also includes a 45-day pass to an online version available through Safari.com. This book is definitely worth the money if you need a good reference to help you over the newbie Linux admin hump. http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/6815/1/

No Intel Poulsbo Driver For Ubuntu 9.10

Michael Larabel of Phoronix thinks that Intel's Poulsbo driver for their GMA 500 IGP on the SCH U15W is a bloody mess. Unlike their X.Org driver for their other Intel IGPs, the Poulsbo driver is closed-source since Intel licensed some of the technologies for this graphics processor, but the problems go beyond just whether or not you like to use a binary blob. Intel hasn't done a good job at maintaining this driver and ensuring it works with the latest kernel and X.Org releases, and tracking down all of the components to use the driver on a non-supported distribution can be challenging. Originally the Intel Poulsbo driver was found with Ubuntu where those using Mark Shuttleworth's operating system could get this driver working with not so many steps. However, that will not be the case with Ubuntu 9.10. Canonical's David Mandala, who serves as the manager of the Ubuntu Mobile project, shared an interesting statement on the ubuntu-devel list: there will be no Poulsbo support in Ubuntu 9.10. Intel is not interested in supporting Ubuntu 9.10 and as a result their proprietary driver will not work or be included with this next Ubuntu release known as the Karmic Koala. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzQzMg

Torvalds and Shuttleworth to speak at LinuxCon 2009

The inaugural LinuxCon organized by the Linux Foundation is set to become the biggest Linux gathering of 2009. Scheduled for next month, September 21-23, in Portland, Oregon, the event will draw some of the best and the brightest that the Linux community has to offer. No less than Linus Torvalds and Mark Shuttleworth among other industry experts will speak at LinuxCon. Just about anyone who is interested in Linux can join. Early registration is available until August 15. http://www.junauza.com/2009/08/torvalds-and-shuttleworth-among-many.html

Ubuntu: Patent Policy and Private Support

Linux Pro Magazine's Marcel Hilzinger reports that Ubuntu has introduced a new Patent Policy to help developers and rights holders deal with software patent issues. With the Private Support, Canonical hopes to improve its revenue. Its new Patent Policy is designed to avoid such problems as far as possible. The policy lists the steps developers and rights holders should take when faced with a possible breach in patent. One clause contained in the policy states that, if Canonical has not heard from the alleged rights holder for an extended period of time and the patent is near expiration, the code will continue to be shipped as normal. http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/Online/News/Ubuntu-Patent-Policy-and-Private-Support

In The Blogosphere

Canonical’s Ubuntu Server Edition Gains ISV Support

http://www.workswithu.com/2009/08/06/canonicals-ubuntu-server-edition-gains-isv-support/

Coming Soon: Landscape Dedicated Server for Ubuntu

http://www.workswithu.com/2009/08/07/coming-soon-landscape-dedicated-server-for-ubuntu/

Reader Polls: Google Is Both Ubuntu Rival, Friend

http://www.workswithu.com/2009/08/03/reader-polls-google-is-both-ubuntu-rival-friend/

Rethinking Ubuntu’s Update Policy…Or Not

http://www.workswithu.com/2009/08/05/rethinking-ubuntus-update-policyor-not/

Shuttleworth wants Debian/Ubuntu co-operation

http://blogs.computerworld.com/14499/shuttleworth_wants_debian_ubuntu_co_operation

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

  • None Reported

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

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See you next week!

Credits

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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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