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General Community News

New Ubuntu Members: Americas Board Meeting

The approval results from the February 25th Americas Membership meeting are as follows:

Dylan Mccall

• Wiki - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DylanMccall

• Launchpad - http://launchpad.net/~dylanmccall

Dylan is a student from Vancouver, Canada who has been using and following development of Ubuntu since 2006. He is the maintainer of the slideshow that runs during Ubuntu's desktop installation process, simply named "ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu" and also contributes to the forums, writes patches and submits bugs.

Penelope Stowe

• Wiki - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Pendulum

• Launchpad - https://launchpad.net/~pendulum/

Penelope has been using Ubuntu since 7.04 and is currently involved with several projects in the community, including: Ubuntu Women, Ubuntu User Days as an organizer and now member of the Classroom team, Ubuntu NGO as co-head of the Advocacy team, has worked with Ubuntu UK and is also involved with research to create an open source device for people who cannot communicate orally or through sign.

Anthony Hook

• Wiki - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AnthonyHook

• Launchpad - https://launchpad.net/~anthonyhook

Anthony is a Computer Science student at the University of Wisconsin and is currently the team lead for Ubuntu Wisconsin where he has hosted a successful release party, launched a new website and organized monthly team meetings. He also is involved with bug reporting, testing and has done some work with application development.

Robert Wall

• Wiki - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RobertWall

• Launchpad - https://launchpad.net/~robertwall

Robert has been an active member of the California LoCo team since December 2008, working on many projects and events, including: the team's approval application, manning booths at both OSCON 2009 and SCaLE 8x 2010, handling mailing list, IRC channel and launchpad administration, and also even has time for the occasional forays into Launchpad Answers and Ubuntu bug triaging.

Brett Alton

• Wiki - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BrettAlton

• Launchpad - https://launchpad.net/~brett-alton

Brett Canadian web developer and computer science undergrad who began using Ubuntu with 5.10. In addition to deploying over 60 Ubuntu installations, he is active on the forums, brainstorm ideas, bug reports, feature requests, blog posts and blog posts. He is currently helping the GetDeb.net project with user interface work and doing work on the Ground Control project.

Pablo Rubianes

• Wiki - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PabloRubianes

• Launchpad - https://launchpad.net/~pablorubianes-uy

Pablo is a member of Uruguay's LoCo Community Council where he has done a considerable amount of work with the team site and wiki, handling administrative tasks and developing tutorials in Spanish. He is also a member of the Ubuntu Beginners team, was also instrumental in the recent Spanish version of Ubuntu User Day, has done translations and documentation work.

A big welcome from the Americas Board and the Ubuntu community to all of these great new members!

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2010-February/000872.html

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

• Open (77026) +335 over last week
• Critical (26) +/-0 over last week
• Unconfirmed (38964) -38 over last week

As always, the Bug Squad needs more help. If you want to get started, please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad

Translation Stats Karmic

1. Spanish (10404) −210 # over last week
2. English (United Kingdom) (16234) −3819 # over last week
3. French (40201) −89 # over last week
4. Brazilian Portuguese (40568) −1120 # over last week
5. German (65160) Not listed 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

• Idea Lifetimes - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/23756/

• Auto-solving problems in synaptic, when "no space left on device" - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/23784/

• Avoid duplication of the "Generating Grub.cfg" script during upgrade - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/23797/

• evolution should import emails and addressbook at instalation - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/23774/

• slow ISP bandwidth speeds and no way to prove it - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/23789/

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

A preview of Ubuntu 10.04

http://thepcreport.net/2010/02/preview-of-ubuntu-10-04/

An Update On The Boot & Power Performance In Ubuntu 10.04

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_lucid_boot2&num=1

Ubuntu 10.04 to Include Built-In Music Store

http://lifehacker.com/5478063/ubuntu-1004-to-include-built+in-mp3-store?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lifehacker%2Ffull+%28Lifehacker%29

Ubuntu goin' gray, like the Mac OS way?

http://www.junauza.com/2010/02/ubuntu-goin-gray-like-mac-os-way.html

In The Blogosphere

Customizing the Ubuntu Application Stack Before Installation

http://www.workswithu.com/2010/02/22/customizing-the-ubuntu-application-stack-before-installation/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+WorksWithU+%28Works+With+U%29

EFL brings Ubuntu Netbook Remix to ARM

http://www.enlightenment.org/p.php?p=news/show&l=en&news_id=20

Ubuntu 10.04 Alpha 3 Released - What's new?

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/02/ubuntu-1004-alpha-3-released-later.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+d0od+%28Omg!+Ubuntu!%29

Ubuntu Linux Now Available to Fed Customers on GSA Advantage

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/190264/ubuntu_linux_now_available_to_fed_customers_on_gsa_advantage.html

UbuntuOne Music Store - Your Questions Answered

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/02/ubuntuone-music-store-your-questions.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+d0od+%28Omg!+Ubuntu!%29

In Other News

Meeting Summaries: <MONTH> <YEAR>

Upcoming Meetings and Events

Monday, March 1, 2010

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, March 2, 2010

Ubuntu Mobile Team Meeting

• Start: 13:00 UTC
• End: 14:00 UTC
• Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting

• Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MobileTeam/Meeting

Developer Membership Board

• Start: 15:00 UTC
• End: 16:00 UTC
• Location: None listed as of publication
• Agenda: None listed as of publication

Desktop Team Meeting

• Start: 16:30 UTC
• End: 17:30 UTC
• Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-desktop

• Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Meeting

Kernel Team Meeting

• Start: 17:00 UTC
• End: 18:00 UTC
• Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
• Agenda: Not listed as of publication

LoCo Teams Meeting

• Start: 18:00 UTC
• End: 19:00 UTC
• Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-locoteams
• Agenda: Not listed as of publication

Building multimedia into your app with GStreamer - Laszlo Pandy

• Start: 20:00 UTC
• End: 21:00 UTC
• Location: None listed as of publication
• Agenda: None listed as of publication

EMEA Membership Meeting

• Start: 20:00 UTC
• End: 21:00 UTC
• Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting

• Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Membership/RegionalBoards/EMEA

Community Council Meeting

• Start: 22:00 UTC
• End: 24:00 UTC
• Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting

• Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CommunityCouncilAgenda

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Ubuntu Beginners Team Meeting

• Start: 00:00 UTC
• End: 01:00 UTC
• Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting

• Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BeginnersTeam/Meetings

Ubuntu Women Project IRC Meeting

• Start: 02:00 UTC
• End: 03:00 UTC
• Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-women

• Agenda: http://wiki.ubuntu-women.org/Meetings/March2010/Agenda

Server Team Meeting

• Start: 14:00 UTC
• End: 15:00 UTC
• Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting

• Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam/Meeting

Cameroonian LoCoTeam monthly IRC meeting

• Start: 15:00 UTC
• End: 17:00 UTC
• Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-cm

• Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CameroonianTeam/NextMeeting

How to run a Translation Jam

• Start: 15:00 UTC
• End: 16:00 UTC
• Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-locoteams
• Agenda: Not listed as of publication

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

• Start: 17:00 UTC
• End: 18:00 UTC
• Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting

• Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Meetings/

Edubuntu Meeting

• Start: 19:00 UTC
• End: 20:00 UTC
• Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting

• Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Edubuntu/Meetings/Agenda

Ubuntu-uk LoCo Meeting

• Start: 20:00 UTC
• End: 21:00 UTC
• Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-uk-meeting

• Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeamMeetingAgenda

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Ubuntu Java Meeting

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

How to run a Packaging Jam

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

Ubuntu Translations Meeting

• Start: 16:00 UTC
• End: 17:00 UTC
• Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting

• Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TranslatingUbuntu/Events/Meetings

Friday, March 5, 2010

Lucid Weekly Release Meeting

• Start: 16:00 UTC
• End: 17:30 UTC
• Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting

• Agenda: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReleaseTeam/Meeting/2010-03-05

Saturday, March 6, 2010

How to Run a Jam

• Start: 19:00 UTC
• End: 20:00 UTC
• Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-locoteams
• Agenda: None listed as of publication

BugJam

• Start: 21:00 UTC
• End: 23:00 UTC
• Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-us-dc and IRC channel #ubuntu-bugs
• Agenda: None listed as of publication

DC Loco IRC meeting

• Start: 23:00 UTC
• End: 24:00 UTC
• Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-us-dc
• Agenda: None listed as of publication

Sunday, March 7, 2010

• None listed as of publication

Community Spotlight

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

Security Updates

• USN-902-1: Pidgin vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-902-1

• USN-903-1: OpenOffice.org vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-903-1

• USN-904-1: Squid vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-904-1

• USN-905-1: sudo vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-905-1

Ubuntu 6.06 Updates

• sudo- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2010-February/012817.html

Ubuntu 8.04 Updates

• pidgin_2.4.1-1ubuntu2.9_sparc_translations.tar.gz (delayed)- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-February/012399.html

• linux 2.6.24-27.67 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-February/012400.html

• openoffice.org_2.4.1-1ubuntu2.3_ia64_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-February/012401.html

• acroread 9.3.1-1hardy1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-February/012402.html

• acroread 9.3.1-1hardy2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-February/012403.html

• squid_2.6.18-1ubuntu3.2_ia64_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-February/012404.html

• db2exc 9.7.1-3hardy1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-February/012405.html

• polipo- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-February/012406.html

• sudo- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-February/012407.html

Ubuntu 8.10 Updates

• pidgin_2.5.2-0ubuntu1.7_i386_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2010-February/009844.html

• openoffice.org- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2010-February/009845.html

• acroread 9.3.1-1intrepid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2010-February/009846.html

• squid_2.7.STABLE3-1ubuntu2.3_i386_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2010-February/009847.html

• polipo- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2010-February/009848.html

• ajaxterm- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2010-February/009849.html

• otrs2_2.2.7-2lenny3build0.8.10.1_i386_translations.tar.gz (delayed)- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2010-February/009850.html

• sudo- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2010-February/009851.html

Ubuntu 9.04 Updates

• pidgin_2.5.5-1ubuntu8.6_amd64_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/2010-February/010009.html

• amsn 0.97.2~debian-2ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/2010-February/010010.html

• drupal6 (delayed)- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/2010-February/010011.html

• drupal5- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/2010-February/010012.html

• acroread 9.3.1-1jaunty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/2010-February/010013.html

• squid_2.7.STABLE3-4.1ubuntu1.2_ia64_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/2010-February/010014.html

• polipo- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/2010-February/010015.html

• sudo- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/2010-February/010016.html

Ubuntu 9.10 Updates

• ifupdown 0.6.8ubuntu21.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-February/012253.html

• pidgin_2.6.2-1ubuntu7.2_powerpc_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-February/012254.html

• ddclient 3.8.0-4ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-February/012255.html

• bansheelyricsplugin 0.7-1ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-February/012256.html

• gcalctool 5.28.2-0ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-February/012257.html

• python-bzutils 0.2-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-February/012258.html

• ubuntu-dev-tools 0.81.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-February/012259.html

• recordmydesktop 0.3.8.1-0ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-February/012260.html

• ifupdown 0.6.8ubuntu21.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-February/012261.html

• cryptsetup 2:1.0.6+20090405.svn49-1ubuntu7.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-February/012262.html

• drupal6 (delayed)- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-February/012263.html

• drupal5- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-February/012264.html

• acroread 9.3.1-1karmic1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-February/012265.html

• squid_2.7.STABLE6-2ubuntu2.2_i386_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-February/012266.html

• sudo- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-February/012267.html

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