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## Things Ubuntu-specific are great, but general Linux goings-on are good to, to an extent.
## We don't need to replicate Digg & Slashdot, but certain things are of special interest.
## Just pulling one example from my memory, the story about Indiana schools piloting
## a classroom Linux deployment, a portion of which was Ubuntu, are good. Ubuntu
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=== Open Source Television ===

http://www.ddj.com/linux-open-source/219100482

=== Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" Alpha 4 Released ===

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzQ1Mg

=== Technical School changes to Ubuntu and saves Millions ===

http://www.pmabox.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26:technical-school-changes-to-ubuntu-and-saves-milli

=== The Perfect Desktop - Kubuntu 9.04 ===

http://www.howtoforge.com/the-perfect-desktop-kubuntu-9.04
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## In this section we want to highlight the blogs that are exceptionally well-written and in-depth.
## Blogs tend to make it easy for low-quality content, so be extra careful on what goes here.
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=== Dell’s Ubuntu Strategy: Restoring My Faith ===

http://www.workswithu.com/2009/08/13/dells-ubuntu-strategy-regaining-my-faith/

=== Kubuntu Netbook Release Coming ===

http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10013420o-2000498448b,00.htm

=== System76 Refreshes, Expands Ubuntu Netbook and Desktop Lineup ===

http://www.workswithu.com/2009/08/11/system76-refreshes-expands-ubuntu-netbook-and-desktop-lineup/

=== An Early Look at Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala - Overview & Screenshots ===

http://tuxarena.blogspot.com/2009/08/early-look-at-ubuntu-910-karmic-koala.html

=== Free Book Review: Ubuntu Pocket Guide and Reference ===

http://tuxarena.blogspot.com/2009/08/free-book-review-ubuntu-pocket-guide.html

=== Ubuntu Coming to Amahi Home Server? ===

http://www.workswithu.com/2009/08/12/ubuntu-coming-to-amahi-home-server/

=== Ubuntu Support for Non-Geeks ===

http://www.workswithu.com/2009/08/10/ubuntu-support-for-non-geeks/

=== ZaReason Launches Ubuntu Linux Netbook ===

http://www.workswithu.com/2009/08/12/zareason-launches-ubuntu-linux-netbook/

Contents

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WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #155 for the week August 9th - August 15th, 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

Developer News

  • We are very happy to have Julien Lavergne (gilir) join the MOTU team. His great work in Ubuntu and great passion for collaborating with Debian made the decision very easy.
  • Yulia Novozhilova was recommended for upload privileges for netbeans (and related packages). We're very happy to have somebody new being very active with Java-related packages!

  • Andy Whitcroft was recommended for upload prileges for the Kernel. His great work clearly spoke for himself. Smile :-)

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/

Translation Stats Karmic

  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 9.10 "Karmic Koala", see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/karmic/

# 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 Karmic Koala

Launchpad News

Ubuntu Forums News

In The Press

Open Source Television

http://www.ddj.com/linux-open-source/219100482

Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" Alpha 4 Released

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzQ1Mg

Technical School changes to Ubuntu and saves Millions

http://www.pmabox.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26:technical-school-changes-to-ubuntu-and-saves-milli

The Perfect Desktop - Kubuntu 9.04

http://www.howtoforge.com/the-perfect-desktop-kubuntu-9.04

In The Blogosphere

Dell’s Ubuntu Strategy: Restoring My Faith

http://www.workswithu.com/2009/08/13/dells-ubuntu-strategy-regaining-my-faith/

Kubuntu Netbook Release Coming

http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10013420o-2000498448b,00.htm

System76 Refreshes, Expands Ubuntu Netbook and Desktop Lineup

http://www.workswithu.com/2009/08/11/system76-refreshes-expands-ubuntu-netbook-and-desktop-lineup/

An Early Look at Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala - Overview & Screenshots

http://tuxarena.blogspot.com/2009/08/early-look-at-ubuntu-910-karmic-koala.html

Free Book Review: Ubuntu Pocket Guide and Reference

http://tuxarena.blogspot.com/2009/08/free-book-review-ubuntu-pocket-guide.html

Ubuntu Coming to Amahi Home Server?

http://www.workswithu.com/2009/08/12/ubuntu-coming-to-amahi-home-server/

Ubuntu Support for Non-Geeks

http://www.workswithu.com/2009/08/10/ubuntu-support-for-non-geeks/

ZaReason Launches Ubuntu Linux Netbook

http://www.workswithu.com/2009/08/12/zareason-launches-ubuntu-linux-netbook/

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

Archives and RSS Feed

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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

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

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Glossary of Terms

Ubuntu - Get Involved

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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