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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #159 for the week September 6th - September 12th, 2009. In this issue we cover ...

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In This Issue

General Community News

New Developers

  • Four applications and three new developers:
    • Benjamin Drung joined the MOTU team from Berlin, Germany.
    • Andres Rodriguez put some hard work into Server and HA applications and joined the MOTU team.
    • Cody Somerville was recommended for core-dev membership by the MOTU Countil.
    • Martin-Éric Racine was approved as a MOTU and recommended for xserver-xorg-video-geode upload rights.

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

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  • 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

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

Translation Stats Karmic

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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. http://qa.ubuntu.com/reports/five-a-day/

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

The Planet

Collin Pruitt: Ubuntu Forums Unanswered Posts Team Meeting

The Ubuntu Forums Unanswered Posts Team will be having a meeting on September 26, 2009 at 19:00UTC.

As some of you may, or may not, know, the UA has has a revival of sorts recently. We elected new leaders in the absence of the previous leader (who has since returned, and stayed leader, along with the new leaders), myself being one. I have been trying to get members together and re-spark interest in the team. I, hopefully, have done/been doing a good job Smile :) .

More information on the meeting can be found here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UnansweredPostsTeam/Meetings

http://scalar.cluenet.org/~hellow/2009/09/11/ubuntu-forums-unanswered-posts-team-meeting/

Joe Barker: An Interview With nhandler

Joe is thrilled to say that his next interview is from somebody he feels is an almost under-rated member of the community. Nathan Handler (nhandler) is a member of numerous teams within the community. Nathan lives near Chicago, Illinois, USA, where he is an active member of the Ubuntu Chicago LoCo. He is currently a full-time student, and he enjoys contributing to Ubuntu and programming in his free time. Read the whole interview at the link below to find out more about Ubuntu Community Member Nathan Handler.

http://blog.joeb454.com/2009/09/an-interview-with-nhandler/

In The Press

Canonical adds Premium Service Engineers to support options

The Linux Loop reports that Canonical has added another option to their ever-increasing list of enterprise support options. Businesses requiring frequent support may pay for access to a Premium Service Engineer, an Ubuntu expert who works with the company’s existing team to keep the company’s Ubuntu installations running smoothly. Ubuntu Premium Service Engineers, as opposed to more traditional Ubuntu support plans, gives businesses a single person to contact, who will already know how the servers and desktops are set up in advance of any help being needed. PSEs offer an extremely valuable resource of businesses: a person with specific Ubuntu training. http://www.linuxloop.com/2009/09/05/canonical-adds-premium-service-engineers-to-support-options/

Five Features We Want to See in Ubuntu

Life Hacker says that Ubuntu isn't the only Linux operating system, but it's where the dream of a usable, completely free desktop is closest to reality. If every Ubuntu developer were assembled at one place, there are five things they'd ask them to accomplish.

  • An App Store better than Apple's
  • Integrate dual-booting and virtualization
  • A wave of right-brain rethinking
  • Awesome cloud-based backup
  • Good video editing software

Hit the link below for further details on why Life Hacker feels this way, and Life Hacker also invites people to tell them what they think Ubuntu needs, or needs to change, to become a great alternative desktop in their comments section.

http://lifehacker.com/5355900/five-features-we-want-to-see-in-ubuntu

Ubuntu Community Manager Responds to Our Wishlist

Life Hacker's Kevin Purdy reports that Ubuntu's community manager, Jono Bacon, wrote a thoughtful, informative response, which details and links what's being done on a few of the fronts that he previously considered crucial in a Life Hacker article. Bacon explains and shows a screenshot of what's happening with the Ubuntu Software Store, notes Ubuntu backer Canonical's efforts in the design field, and writes that cloud-based backup, particularly Ubuntu One, is going to see "new and exciting development" in the next six months. He also points to some video editors "on the horizon," which are promising, if still not quite average-user-friendly yet.

http://www.jonobacon.org/2009/09/10/lifehacker-and-ubuntu-a-response/

http://lifehacker.com/5357229/ubuntu-community-manager-responds-to-our-wishlist

How do Kubuntu, Xubuntu, and Edubuntu fit in?

The Linux Loop reminds everyone that in addition to the highly popular Ubuntu operating system, Canonical also sponsors several “official” derivatives of Ubuntu, aimed at different types of hardware, different user preferences, and different use cases.

  • Ubuntu – The main OS that everything else is based on
  • Ubuntu Server Edition – Ubuntu without any GUI (by default) and designed for use on servers
  • Kubuntu – Ubuntu with the KDE desktop
  • Edubuntu – Ubuntu with additional applications aimed at education
  • Ubuntu MID Edition – Ubuntu with a customized interface and various other tweaks for mobile internet devices
  • Ubuntu Netbook Remix – A customized version of Ubuntu MID Edition for Netbooks

Follow the link below for more information on each of these Ubuntu versions.

http://www.linuxloop.com/2009/09/07/how-do-kubuntu-xubuntu-and-edubuntu-fit-in/

The New Artwork in Ubuntu 9.10

Marius Nestor of Softpedia took September 11th to show his readers some of the community themes and icons that will be present in the upcoming Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala). If they will not be installed by default, the following themes can be easily added by accessing the Synaptic Package Manager and search for the community-themes package, which is already available in the daily builds. These themes include:

  • The Kin theme
  • The Night Impression theme
  • The Impression theme
  • The Hanso theme
  • The Turrican theme
  • The Breathe icon theme

Nestor says to remember that this is not the official artwork for the next Ubuntu release, and that these are third-party themes developed by the community members.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-New-Artwork-in-Ubuntu-9-10-121453.shtml

In The Blogosphere

Lifehacker and Ubuntu: A Response

http://www.jonobacon.org/2009/09/10/lifehacker-and-ubuntu-a-response/

Analysis: Canonical’s Ubuntu Support Strategy

http://www.workswithu.com/2009/09/04/analysis-canonicals-ubuntu-support-strategy/

Dell Ships Ubuntu 9.04 Systems Ahead of Windows 7 Launch

http://www.workswithu.com/2009/09/04/dell-launches-ubuntu-904-systems/

Dell Ubuntu Oops

http://brendanscott.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/dell-ubuntu-oops/

Red Hat Challenges Ubuntu With KVM Support

http://www.workswithu.com/2009/09/09/red-hat-challenges-ubuntu-with-kvm-support/

Canonical’s Ubuntu Cloud Strategy

http://www.workswithu.com/2009/09/09/ubuntu-ready-for-the-clouds/

Dell renews Ubuntu Linux desktop lineup

http://blogs.computerworld.com/14701/dell_renews_ubuntu_linux_desktop_line_up

In Other News

Jolicloud Innovates Atop Ubuntu Netbook Remix

Phoronix's Michael Larabel states that linux distributions designed specifically for use on netbooks is nothing new. Canonical produces the Ubuntu Netbook Remix version of Ubuntu for these small-sized devices, Intel has their Moblin distribution that is very fast and offers an attractive interface, gOS has their own netbook distribution, Linpus has QuickOS, and the list goes on. One of the newest netbook distributions coming around is Jolicloud, which is based upon Ubuntu Netbook Remix and is self-described as a cool new OS for your netbook. Jolicloud is focused upon building an OS around the web and one that merges open-source and the open web. More on Jolicloud can be learned from the project's web-site, and Larabel says that Phoronix will likely have more on this netbook-focused Linux distribution in the future. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=jolicloud_preview&num=1

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

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