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In This Issue

General Community News

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

• Open (77454) +428 # over last week
• Critical (27) +1 # over last week
• Unconfirmed (38755) −209 # 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. English (United Kingdom) (7874) −8360 # over last week
2. Spanish (10400) −4 # over last week
3. French (40178) −23 # over last week
4. Brazilian Portuguese (40304) −264 # over last week
5. Swedish (65063) 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

• Move the min, max, close buttons back to the right in 10.04 - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/23899/

• Save network settings during install - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/23876/

• Ship the vastly improved AoTuv Vorbis encoder in Ubuntu - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/23838/

• add more RTL (Hebrew, Arabic) fonts to the Ubuntu fonts collection - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/23844/

• Integrate Cheese Application in F-Spot - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/23849/

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

Canonical CEO Elucidates on Lucid Lynx Linux Server

Server Watch's Sean Michael Kerner notes that Canonical, the lead commercial sponsor behind the Ubuntu Linux project, has a new CEO this week. Jane Silber, the former chief operating officer of the company, has now officially taken the reins from Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth and is already talking up what's ahead for the popular Linux distribution. While a lot is happening at Canonical, Silber does not see the change in CEO as marking a dramatic shift in Ubuntu's direction. "So far, it has been a pretty smooth transition," Silber told InternetNews.com. "Over the last three months, Mark Shuttleworth and I have continued to do many of the things that we've done together, and I've additionally started to pick up more of his responsibilities as he has transitioned to focus more on some of the product design and strategy areas." Follow this link to read more of Kerner's talk with Jane Silber: http://www.serverwatch.com/news/article.php/3868581/Canonical-CEO-Elucidates-on-Lucid-Lynx--Linux-Server.htm

Hands-on: Ubuntu goes social, gains Me Menu in 10.04 alpha 3

Ryan Paul of ARS Technica tells us that Canonical is planning to overhaul the desktop panel and integrate social networking features in Ubuntu 10.04, codenamed Lucid Lynx. One of the key components of this effort is the Me Menu, which shipped in the Lucid alpha 3 last week. The Me Menu, which Canonical unveiled in December, provides a unified interface for managing your presence on instant messaging and social networking services. A text box that is embedded in the menu allows users to publish status messages to all of their accounts. The Me Menu expands on the concept of Ubuntu's existing presence menu, which was included in the panel session applet in Ubuntu 9.04. Like the original presence menu, the new Me Menu is designed to work with GNOME's Empathy instant messaging client. When you post a status message in the menu, it will be propagated to all of your Empathy accounts. The social networking functionality in the new Me Menu is powered by Gwibber, an open source microblogging client. http://arstechnica.com/open-source/reviews/2010/03/hands-on-ubuntu-goes-social-gains-me-menu-in-1004-alpha-3.ars

Ubuntu 10.10 To Be Released on 28th of October

Phoronix's Michael Larabel states that while Ubuntu 10.04 LTS will not even be released until the end of April, Ubuntu 10.10 (with a codename yet to be announced) already has its release schedule available. Ubuntu 10.10 is scheduled to be released to the world officially on the 28th of October. Prior to this year's release of Ubuntu 10.10 that is six months after the release of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (the "Lucid Lynx") will be four alpha releases, a beta, and then a release candidate. The details for the Ubuntu 10.10 release schedule can be found on the Ubuntu Wiki. [1]

• [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MReleaseSchedule

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODAzMg

Interviews: Matt Asay Answers Your Questions About Ubuntu and Canonical

Slashdot solicited questions from their readers for new Canonical COO Matt Asay. Asay has responded back to the questions posted, such as Enderandrew's question "You often praise proprietary, closed-source products on your blog (especially products from Apple and IBM). What is your stance on mixing proprietary and open products?" Asay had this to say in response, "Ubuntu is about choice. While we believe that an operating system is best developed with the source code openly available, that does not mean that the applications running on it need to be restricted to only those using the same development method. Our own users tell us, in large numbers, that they would like to see apps become available from the likes of Adobe and the games developers. On server the case is even more apparent where there are excellent proprietary applications that we would love to make available to Ubuntu users and we work to do that." Click this link to see all the questions posed to Asay and his responses: http://interviews.slashdot.org/story/10/03/02/186206/Matt-Asay-Answers-Your-Questions-About-Ubuntu-and-Canonical

Ubuntu 10.04 To Support iPhone/iPod Touch?

Thom Holwerda of OS News thinks that it is a welcome surprise for those of us waiting for Ubuntu 10.04, the Lucid Lynx. Several users are reporting that their iPod Touches and iPhones (including the 3GS) work in alpha 3 - without tweaking, without jailbreaking, without patching - with Nautilus and Rythmbox. Several users have reported that upon installing the third alpha release of Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx, their iPod Touches and iPhones are recognised by the operating system. You can browse your iPhone/iPod with the file manager, and Rythmbox can work with them as well. Hopefully, everything will work by the time the new Ubuntu release is out, and hopefully, other distributions adopt this functionality as well. http://www.osnews.com/story/22942/Ubuntu_10_04_To_Support_iPhone_iPod_Touch_

http://www.osnews.com/story/22942/Ubuntu_10_04_To_Support_iPhone_iPod_Touch_

Ubuntu dumps the brown, introduces new theme and branding

ARS Technica's Ryan Paul reports that Canonical has revealed the style of the new default theme that will be used in Ubuntu 10.04, the next major version of the popular Linux distribution. In a significant departure from tradition, Ubuntu is shedding its signature brown color scheme and is adopting a new look with a palette that includes orange and an aubergine shade of purple. Ubuntu's distinctive brown look dates back to the very first version of the distribution, which was released in 2004. Although the style has evolved considerably since then and new colors like orange gradually gained a foothold in the desktop palette, brown has been the dominant color of Ubuntu's default themes for the past five years. Although Ubuntu has made great strides in the area of usability, it has still lagged behind other distros like openSUSE in the quality of its theming and visual style. The new theme is a nice improvement that will move Ubuntu forward and make the desktop more visually appealing. http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/03/ubuntu-dumps-the-brown-introduces-new-theme.ars

Ubuntu Lucid Makes Scanning Simple

Starry Hope's Jim tells us that Canonical is aiming to make the task of scanning documents super simple with version 10.04 Lucid Lynx. Canonical developer Robert Ancell is working on Simple Scan, a great little program that does exactly what it claims – it makes scanning documents simple! Simple Scan is now the default scanning software in Lucid. Simple Scan offers only the most basic of controls. It lets you choose the type of document you are scanning (photo or text), lets you do basic cropping, then lets you save the scan as a file, email your scans via Evolution or just print. It also handles multi-page documents, allowing you to save them as a PDF file or as a series of JPG images. That’s about all there is to it – it’s simple! http://www.starryhope.com/linux/ubuntu/2010/ubuntu-lucid-makes-scanning-simple/

In The Blogosphere

17 Featured Applications in Ubuntu 10.04 Software Center - But are they wise Choices?

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/03/17-featured-applications-in-ubuntu-1004.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+d0od+%28Omg!+Ubuntu!%29

Ubuntu has new themes – but what is up with those window buttons?

http://elementmypc.com/blog/?p=15

Lubuntu Gets a New Look

http://www.workswithu.com/2010/03/04/lubuntu-gets-a-new-look/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+WorksWithU+%28Works+With+U%29

Ubuntu Gets New Themes, Logo, Boot Screen, Indentity and So Much More!

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/03/ubuntu-gets-new-themes-logo-more.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 8, 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 9, 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

Technical Board Meeting

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

Ubuntu Bugsquad Monthly Meeting

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

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

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

Global Jam Meeting

• Start: 20:00 UTC
• End: 21:00 UTC
• Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
• Agenda: Not listed as of publication

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Server Team Meeting

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

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

Foundation Team Meeting

• Start: 16:00 UTC
• End: 17:00 UTC
• Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
• Agenda: Not 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

How to Run a Jam

• Start: 21:00 UTC
• End: 22:00 UTC
• Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-locoteams
• Agenda: Not listed as of publication

Thursday, March 11, 2010

How to run a Translation Jam

• Start: 09:00 UTC
• End: 10:00 UTC
• Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-locoteams
• Agenda: Not listed as of publication

Ubuntu Java Meeting

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

Friday, March 12, 2010

How to run a Packaging Jam

• Start: 09:00 UTC
• End: 10:00 UTC
• Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-locoteams
• Agenda: Not listed as of publication

Lucid Weekly Release Meeting

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

• Agenda: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReleaseTeam/Meeting/2010-03-12

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Ubuntu IRC Council Meeting

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

• Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IrcTeam/IrcCouncil/MeetingAgenda

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 14, 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-906-1: CUPS vulnerabilities- http://www.ubuntu.com//usn/USN-906-1

Ubuntu 6.06 Updates

• cupsys (delayed)- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2010-March/012818.html

Ubuntu 8.04 Updates

• db2exc-amd64 9.7.1-2hardy1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-March/012408.html

• cupsys_1.3.7-1ubuntu3.8_ia64_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-March/012409.html

• cupsys 1.3.7-1ubuntu3.9 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-March/012410.html

• python-clamav- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-March/012411.html

• php-clamavlib_0.13-1.2ubuntu1~hardy4.1_hppa_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-March/012412.html

• klamav_0.46-2~hardy2.1_hppa_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-March/012413.html

• havp_0.89-2ubuntu2~hardy2.1_amd64_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-March/012414.html

• gurlchecker_0.10.3svn2009032900-0ubuntu1~hardy2.1_ia64_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-March/012415.html

• dansguardian (delayed)- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-March/012416.html

• clamav- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-March/012417.html

Ubuntu 8.10 Updates

• fckeditor- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2010-March/009852.html

• cups_1.3.9-2ubuntu9.5_amd64_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2010-March/009853.html

Ubuntu 9.04 Updates

• cups_1.3.9-17ubuntu3.6_ia64_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/2010-March/010017.html

• cups 1.3.9-17ubuntu3.7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/2010-March/010018.html

Ubuntu 9.10 Updates

• alfresco-community 3.2.0-3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-March/012268.html

• alfresco-community 3.2.0-4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-March/012269.html

• cups_1.4.1-5ubuntu2.4_amd64_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-March/012270.html

• rrdtool 1.3.1-4ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-March/012271.html

• logcheck 1.2.69ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-March/012272.html

• ec2-init 0.4.999-0ubuntu7.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-March/012273.html

• xorg-server 2:1.6.4-2ubuntu4.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-March/012274.html

• linux-fsl-imx51 2.6.31-108.23 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-March/012275.html

• eucalyptus 1.6~bzr931-0ubuntu7.6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-March/012276.html

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