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Contents

  1. UWN Translations
  2. In This Issue
  3. General Community News
    1. New Ubuntu Developers
  4. Ubuntu Stats
    1. Bug Stats
    2. Infamous Bugs
    3. Translation Stats Karmic
    4. Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week
  5. LoCo News
  6. New in Karmic Koala
  7. Launchpad News
  8. Ubuntu Forums News
  9. In The Press
    1. 10 reasons Ubuntu 9.10 will be a game changer for business
    2. The Karmic Koala - Not Ubuntu's Vista
    3. Is Ubuntu Broken?
    4. Installing Ubuntu 9.10
    5. New Ubuntu OS Features Create Good Karma
    6. Two Simple Suggestions for Ubuntu
    7. Ubuntu chief responds to sexism allegations
    8. Computerbank installs Ubuntu on recycled PCs
  10. In The Blogosphere
    1. Nicaraguan schools go Ubuntu
    2. Canonical's Jono Bacon on the agony, ecstacy of Ubuntu Karmic - and my rant on the state of Linux today
    3. Advice Against Upgrading Ubuntu 9.04 to 9.10
    4. Ubuntu 9.10: My First 10 Days
  11. In Other News
    1. Arkeia Releases Free Network Backup Software for Ubuntu
    2. Canonical and Creative Commons Meet Donations Target
  12. Meeting Summaries: <MONTH> <YEAR>
  13. Upcoming Meetings and Events
    1. Monday, November 16, 2009
      1. Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS)
      2. Security Team Catch-up
    2. Tuesday, November 17, 2009
      1. Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS)
      2. Community Council Meeting
      3. Ubuntu Mobile Team Meeting
      4. Technical Board Meeting
      5. Desktop Team Meeting
      6. Kernel Team Meeting
      7. LoCo Council Meeting
    3. Wednesday, November 18, 2009
      1. Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS)
      2. Server Team Meeting
      3. Foundation Team Meeting
      4. QA Team Meeting
      5. Americas Membership Board Meeting
    4. Thursday, November 19, 2009
      1. Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS)
      2. Ubuntu Java Meeting
    5. Friday, November 20, 2009
      1. Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS)
    6. Saturday, November 21, 2009
      1. Ubuntu Forums Unanswered Posts Team Meeting
    7. Sunday, November 22, 2009
      1. Ubuntu Gaming Team Meeting
  14. Community Spotlight
  15. Updates and Security for 6.06, 8.04, 8.10, 9.04 and 9.10
    1. Security Updates
    2. Ubuntu 6.06 Updates
    3. Ubuntu 8.04 Updates
    4. Ubuntu 8.10 Updates
    5. Ubuntu 9.04 Updates
    6. Ubuntu 9.10 Updates
  16. UWN #: A sneak peek
  17. Archives and RSS Feed
  18. Additional Ubuntu News
  19. Conclusion
  20. Credits
  21. Glossary of Terms
  22. Ubuntu - Get Involved
  23. Feedback

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WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #168 for the week November 8th - November 14th, 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

New Ubuntu Developers

  • MC Meeting 2009-11-13:
    • Mackenzie Morgan was voted into the MOTU team.
    • Charlie Smotherman was recommended for upload rights for Quickplay, Upnp-Inspector and Pylirc.
    • David Henningsson was voted into the Contributing Developers team.

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open (74528) +1454 over last week
  • Critical (30) +2 over last week
  • Unconfirmed (38335) +919 over last week
  • Unassigned (65268) +1331 over last week
  • All bugs ever reported (348233) +4438 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 Karmic

  1. Spanish (14060) -307 over last week
  2. Brazilian Portuguese (49154) -2 over last week
  3. French (50270) -403 over last week
  4. Swedish (68771) +188 over last week
  5. English (United Kingdom) (76218) -1220 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

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

10 reasons Ubuntu 9.10 will be a game changer for business

Jack Wallen, writing for TechRepublic, feels that businesses will like Ubuntu 9.10, and lists 10 reasons for feeling that way.

  1. The new Software Center that includes commercial programs.
  2. Ubuntu One, with it's ability to synchronize between machines automatically
  3. Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud Images that are easily downloaded and installed.
  4. Quickly, which is a new framework for developers to accelerate the development process.
  5. Better Intel graphics support with the move from EXA to UXA acceleration method.

  6. Faster and stronger AppArmor for additional security

  7. Blocking module loading to prevent kernel root kits from being installed
  8. Boot time, which is getting closer to the elusive 10-second boot time.

  9. HAL deprecation in favor of DeviceKit-Power, DeviceKit-Devices and udev.

  10. Telepathy, the pluggable framework for real-time communication like chat, voice/video over IP and logging.

The full write-up on his reasons can be found at the link.

http://resources.zdnet.co.uk/articles/comment/0,1000002985,39875320,00.htm

The Karmic Koala - Not Ubuntu's Vista

http://www.ghabuntu.com/2009/11/karmic-koala-not-ubuntus-vista.html

Is Ubuntu Broken?

Erlik of Tech-no-Media says that there seems to be quite a few concerns and complains about recent Ubuntu releases. Are there really that many regressions and instabilities with the latest releases of Ubuntu? Probably! So is Ubuntu broken? Erlik says he doesn't think so, at least not more than most other Linux distributions. He feels that the problem is that we have two kinds of Linux desktops with their own problems. On one side you have the sedate LTS releases that are stable and ready for the average user, but may be incompatible with newer hardware and software. On the other side you have the bleeding edge interim releases with all the their problems and breakneck 6 month release cycles. Most problems arise when someone wanting a long term solution (a LTS) is forced to use an interim release instead because of hardware compatibility. In the end there is probably no perfect solution. http://www.tech-no-media.com/2009/11/is-ubuntu-broken.html

Installing Ubuntu 9.10

Softpedia's Marius Nestor states that Ubuntu 9.10, also known as the Karmic Koala, arrived exactly on October 29, 2009 and is the eleventh release of Ubuntu OS. He has created a tutorial to teach Linux newcomers how to install the Ubuntu 9.10 operating system on their personal computer. Therefore, it is addressed to people who have just heard about Ubuntu, those who have never installed Ubuntu before and want to test it, but don't know how. The tutorial will make things very simple for you, but if you get stuck somewhere in the middle of the installation and you need help, do not hesitate to use Softpedia's commenting system at the end of the article! http://news.softpedia.com/news/Installing-Ubuntu-9-10-126370.shtml

New Ubuntu OS Features Create Good Karma

http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/68639.html?wlc=1258298998

Two Simple Suggestions for Ubuntu

Christopher Smart of Linux Magazine notes that his last (admittedly strongly worded) article ("Hey Ubuntu, Stop Making Linux Look Bad", http://www.linux-mag.com/cache/7600/1.html) appears to have touched quite a nerve out there in the community. Perhaps some readers jumped the gun when they saw the title and didn’t read the whole article, or perhaps he didn’t make his point clear. Either way, Smart has decided to clarify his perspective a little, because he actually does care about Linux. Follow this link to read further what Smart has to say: http://www.linux-mag.com/cache/7607/1.html

Ubuntu chief responds to sexism allegations

"If there are women in this forum who are here because they want to participate in a vibrant and positive free software project, then I welcome you all to participate in Ubuntu. I’m confident that, like (Ubuntu community member) Mackenzie (Morgan), you’ll be able to find innumerable ways to exercise your talents and socialize (sic) with like-minded individuals." Mark Shuttleworth.

Sam Varghese writing for iTWire takes a long look at the allegations of sexism and those that made the allegations. http://www.itwire.com/content/view/29268/1090/

Computerbank installs Ubuntu on recycled PCs

http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/325438/computerbank_installs_ubuntu_recycled_pcs?fp=4&fpid=1968336438

In The Blogosphere

Nicaraguan schools go Ubuntu

http://leogg.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/nicaraguan-schools-go-ubuntu/

Canonical's Jono Bacon on the agony, ecstacy of Ubuntu Karmic - and my rant on the state of Linux today

http://www.insidesocal.com/click/2009/11/canonicals-jono-bacon-on-the-a.html

Advice Against Upgrading Ubuntu 9.04 to 9.10

http://mathaba.net/news/?x=622051

Ubuntu 9.10: My First 10 Days

http://www.workswithu.com/2009/11/10/ubuntu-910-my-first-10-days/

In Other News

Arkeia Releases Free Network Backup Software for Ubuntu

http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/111209_Arkeia_Releases_Free_Network_Backup_Software_for_Ubuntu

Canonical and Creative Commons Meet Donations Target

Jono Bacon posted on his blog that Melissa from the Creative Commons pointed him to the rather good news that Canonical’s offer to match Creative Commons donations up to $3000 has already been matched. "Just five days ago we announced that Canonical would be generously matching every donation dollar for dollar for the next week – up to $3,000. Well, we met that goal in record time! Thanks to everyone who donated in the past five days and had your donation doubled – for a total of $6,000 going toward our annual campaign to sustain CC! Many thanks to Canonical for their ongoing support of free culture and Creative Commons. We still have a long way to go to reach our $500,000 goal for this year’s campaign, so please donate today and show your support for a culture of sharing!" Thanks to everyone who donated, and if you haven’t donated yet, go and contribute! http://www.jonobacon.org/2009/11/09/canonical-and-creative-commons-meet-donations-target/

Meeting Summaries: <MONTH> <YEAR>

Upcoming Meetings and Events

Monday, November 16, 2009

Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS)

Security Team Catch-up

  • Start: 18:00 UTC
  • End: 18:30 UTC
  • Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
  • Agenda: nothing formal, just a weekly catch-up.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS)

Community Council Meeting

Ubuntu Mobile Team Meeting

Technical Board Meeting

  • Start: 15:00 UTC
  • End: 16:00 UTC
  • Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
  • Agenda: None listed as of publication

Desktop Team Meeting

Kernel Team Meeting

  • Start: 17:00 UTC
  • End: 18:00 UTC
  • Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
  • Agenda: None listed as of publication

LoCo Council Meeting

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS)

Server Team Meeting

Foundation Team Meeting

  • Start: 16:00 UTC
  • End: 17:00 UTC
  • Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
  • Agenda: None listed as of publication

QA Team Meeting

Americas Membership Board Meeting

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS)

Ubuntu Java Meeting

  • Start: 14:00 UTC
  • End: 15:00 UTC
  • Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
  • Agenda: None listed as of publication

Friday, November 20, 2009

Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS)

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Ubuntu Forums Unanswered Posts Team Meeting

Sunday, November 22, 2009

Ubuntu Gaming Team Meeting

  • Start: 20:00 UTC
  • End: 22:00 UTC
  • Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
  • Agenda: None listed as of publication

Community Spotlight

Updates and Security for 6.06, 8.04, 8.10, 9.04 and 9.10

Security Updates

Ubuntu 6.06 Updates

Ubuntu 8.04 Updates

Ubuntu 8.10 Updates

Ubuntu 9.04 Updates

Ubuntu 9.10 Updates

UWN #: A sneak peek

Archives and RSS Feed

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Additional Ubuntu News

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Conclusion

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Credits

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Glossary of Terms

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Ubuntu - Get Involved

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