Issue171
WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #171 for the week November 29th - December 5th, 2009. In this issue we cover ...
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In This Issue
General Community News
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 Karmic
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
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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
First look at Kubuntu Netbook Edition 9.10 Technology Preview and the KDE Plasma-Netbook 4.4 interface
http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20091130
Five Years of Ubuntu
http://www.packtpub.com/five-years-of-ubuntu/
'Ubuntu Needs a Longer Release Schedule!'
http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/6918/1/
Ubuntu X.org Guru Calls for Desktop Help
http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Ubuntu-X.org-Guru-Calls-for-Desktop-Help
Nouveau DRM Getting Pulled Into Lucid Soon
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Nzc1Mg
Ubuntu 10.04 May Backport Newer Kernels
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Nzc3MA
Ubuntu, Google, and the Future of Linux. And rsync too.
Ubuntu's B-Sides: Alternative Apps
http://ubuntu-user.com/Online/News/Ubuntu-s-B-Sides-Alternative-Apps
In The Blogosphere
Eucalyptus: Boosting Ubuntu’s Cloud Efforts?
http://www.workswithu.com/2009/11/29/eucalyptus-boosting-ubuntus-cloud-efforts/
In Other News
Forensic Cop Journal 2(1): Ubuntu Forensic
http://forensiccop.blogspot.com/2009/12/forensic-cop-journal-21-ubuntu-forensic.html
Ubuntu CE 6.0 Beta Brings Dansguardian Fix
http://beginlinux.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/ubuntu-ce-dansguardian-fi/
Meeting Summaries: <MONTH> <YEAR>
Upcoming Meetings and Events
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
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Conclusion
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