Issue182
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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #182 for the week February 21st - February 27th, 2010. In this issue we cover ...
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In This Issue
General Community News
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
- Spanish (10404) −210 # over last week
- English (United Kingdom) (16234) −3819 # over last week
- French (40201) −89 # over last week
- Brazilian Portuguese (40568) −1120 # over last week
- 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
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
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?
Ubuntu Linux Now Available to Fed Customers on GSA Advantage
UbuntuOne Music Store - Your Questions Answered
In Other News
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
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
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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