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=== New Ubuntu Members: Asia Oceanic Board ===

K. Vishnoo Charan Reddy

Vish concentrates on artwork for apps or projects which are in need of artwork. He also does some triage bug reports in launchpad. He is not actually a programmer, but he has submitted one minor patch, which changes the default options in compiz for a papercut bug.

 * Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/vish
 * Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/~vish.../

Nigel Babu

nigelb is a computer applications student who has contributed to both the Beginners Team and the Ubuntu Community Project where he been reviewing and updating courses. Nigel also works with the Bug Squad and the Ubuntu Classroom Team.

 * Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NigelBabu
 * Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/~nigelbabu

The Asia Oceanic Board and the Ubuntu Community wish to welcome both of these new Ubuntu Members.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2010-March/000889.html
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=== New Ubuntu Members: Asia Oceanic Board ===

K. Vishnoo Charan Reddy

Vish concentrates on artwork for apps or projects which are in need of artwork. He also does some triage bug reports in launchpad. He is not actually a programmer, but he has submitted one minor patch, which changes the default options in compiz for a papercut bug.

 * Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/vish
 * Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/~vish.../

Nigel Babu

nigelb is a computer applications student who has contributed to both the Beginners Team and the Ubuntu Community Project where he been reviewing and updating courses. Nigel also works with the Bug Squad and the Ubuntu Classroom Team.

 * Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NigelBabu
 * Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/~nigelbabu

The Asia Oceanic Board and the Ubuntu Community wish to welcome both of these new Ubuntu Members.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2010-March/000889.html

Contents

Contents

  1. UWN Translations
  2. In This Issue
  3. General Community News
    1. New Ubuntu Members: Asia Oceanic Board
    2. International Womens Day "How I Discovered Ubuntu" Winners
  4. Ubuntu Stats
    1. Bug Stats
    2. Translation Stats Karmic
    3. Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week
  5. LoCo News
  6. New in Karmic Koala
  7. Launchpad News
  8. Ubuntu Forums News
  9. The Planet
  10. In The Press
    1. The Linux Desktop Will Have Its Day: Q&A With Canonical Founder Mark Shuttleworth
    2. PC-BSD 8.0 vs. Kubuntu 9.10 Benchmarks
    3. Ubuntu 10.04 To Hang Onto Old Intel Driver
    4. Redesigning Ubuntu – behind the scenes on 10.04
    5. Taking Ubuntu 9.10 Netbook Remix out for a Spin
    6. Ubuntu Server: The Linux OS Dark Horse
    7. Ubuntu, The Ultimate Linux Distribution
  11. In The Blogosphere
    1. 16 things that could be improved in Ubuntu 10.04
    2. Ubuntu 10.04 Live CD Installer gets a slick new look
    3. Ubuntu Software Centre Gets Brand New Look for Lucid; Paid software to feature soon?
  12. In Other News
    1. Ubuntu hits HTC's Touch Pro2, is any Windows Mobile handset safe?
  13. Meeting Summaries: <MONTH> <YEAR>
  14. Upcoming Meetings and Events
    1. Monday, March 15, 2010
      1. Security Team Catch-up
    2. Tuesday, March 16, 2010
      1. Community Council Meeting
      2. Ubuntu Mobile Team Meeting
      3. Developer Membership Board
      4. Desktop Team Meeting
      5. Kernel Team Meeting
      6. LoCo Council Meeting
    3. Wednesday, March 17, 2010
      1. Server Team Meeting
      2. Foundation Team Meeting
      3. QA Team Meeting
      4. Edubuntu Meeting
    4. Thursday, March 18,2010
      1. Ubuntu Java Meeting
      2. Ubuntu Backports team
    5. Friday, March 19, 2010
      1. Lucid Weekly Release Meeting
    6. Saturday, March 20, 2010
      1. BugJam
      2. DC Loco IRC meeting
    7. Sunday, March 21, 2010
      1. Xubuntu Team Meeting
  15. Community Spotlight
  16. 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
  17. UWN #: A sneak peek
  18. Subscribe
  19. Archives and RSS Feed
  20. Additional Ubuntu News
  21. Conclusion
  22. Credits
  23. Glossary of Terms
  24. Ubuntu - Get Involved
  25. Feedback

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WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #184 for the week March 7th - March 13th, 2010. 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 Members: Asia Oceanic Board

K. Vishnoo Charan Reddy

Vish concentrates on artwork for apps or projects which are in need of artwork. He also does some triage bug reports in launchpad. He is not actually a programmer, but he has submitted one minor patch, which changes the default options in compiz for a papercut bug.

Nigel Babu

nigelb is a computer applications student who has contributed to both the Beginners Team and the Ubuntu Community Project where he been reviewing and updating courses. Nigel also works with the Bug Squad and the Ubuntu Classroom Team.

The Asia Oceanic Board and the Ubuntu Community wish to welcome both of these new Ubuntu Members.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2010-March/000889.html

International Womens Day "How I Discovered Ubuntu" Winners

The Ubuntu Women Project celebrated International Womens Day 2010 by conducting a contest to select favorite stories from how women in the Ubuntu community discovered Ubuntu. http://wiki.ubuntu-women.org/InternationalWomensDay

The stories were all inspirational and exciting, but a few were selected to receive "Ubuntu goodie bags" as well as having an honorable mention:

  • Winner by popular vote: Elvira Martinez
  • Winner as selected by Jono Bacon: Karen Y. Perez
  • Winner by random drawing: Caterina Brigandi
  • Honorable Mention: Jen Phillips

We are grateful for everyone involved in the Ubuntu Women Project and the greater Ubuntu Community as a whole, They are continually helping to provide both the platform and encouragement for women to contribute to Ubuntu. You can read each of the winners submission at the link below.

http://wiki.ubuntu-women.org/InternationalWomensDay/HowIDiscoveredUbuntu

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open (76367) -1087 over last week
  • Critical (29) +2 over last week
  • Unconfirmed (36973) -1782 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) (2273) +5601 # over last week
  2. Spanish (10317) +83 # over last week
  3. French (40137) −41 # over last week
  4. Brazilian Portuguese (40342) +38 # over last week
  5. German (64952) 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

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

The Planet

In The Press

The Linux Desktop Will Have Its Day: Q&A With Canonical Founder Mark Shuttleworth

LinuxInsider's Jack M. Germain had an opportunity to interview Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth recently, and he asked Shuttleworth questions such as "Given the growing reach of the Ubuntu server and desktop editions, what do you see as the driving factors for their acceptance?", and, "What will take Ubuntu to the next level?" To the second question Shuttleworth answered, "On the consumer front, we're seeing a shift in the way people think about alternative platforms to Windows amongst the PC companies. It used to be a kiss of death to present yourself as a genuine alternative to Windows. But the success of the Web and the success of Apple have really made the PC companies think that it is possible to offer something that is perceived to be valuable even if it is not Windows." Click on the following link to read what else Shuttleworth had to say, or listed to the Podcast of the interview: http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/69444.html

PC-BSD 8.0 vs. Kubuntu 9.10 Benchmarks

Michael Larabel of Phoronix states that PC-BSD 8.0 was released last week and he took this opportunity to deliver a fresh set of PC-BSD 8.0 x64 benchmarks against Kubuntu 9.10 x86_64. In a majority of the tests, Kubuntu 9.10 performed better than PC-BSD 8.0, but the tests that Larabel used in this article are just a subset of what is available to run on both platforms via the Phoronix Test Suite so for those deciding between running PC-BSD / FreeBSD it is important to run the tests relevant to you and also consider the other features at hand for both free software operating systems. Click on this link to see the details of how Kubuntu 9.10 x86_64 compares to PC-BSD 8.0 x64: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=pcbsd8_benchmarks&num=1

Ubuntu 10.04 To Hang Onto Old Intel Driver

Phoronix's Michael Larabel says that when it comes to Intel's X.Org driver for Linux, xf86-video-intel, the most recent release was version 2.10 and it arrived in early January complete with Pineview (their next-generation Intel Atom systems) support, X-Video improvements, and various other features. The xf86-video-intel 2.11 driver is now emerging as their next quarterly update that brings in the KMS page-flipping and DRI2 swap events support. However, Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, which is set to be released in April, will not be shipping with either of these drivers. Instead Canonical's Bryce Harrington has announced that they have decided to stick with the xf86-video-intel 2.9 driver that was released last September. The decision to stick with this aging release is based on the fact that Intel stripped out user-space mode-setting (UMS) support from the xf86-video-intel 2.10 driver and that leaves this X.Org driver to only supporting kernel mode-setting. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODA1Mw

Redesigning Ubuntu – behind the scenes on 10.04

Dave Walker of LinuxUser reminds us that the next version of Ubuntu – codename Lucid Lynx – will be the 10.04 release, and is scheduled to be released and declared stable in April. As a long-term support version, coupled with increasing popularity, this is undoubtedly the most important Ubuntu release to date. Walker was privileged to be invited to the Canonical offices in London recently to preview the image changes and comment on how LinuxUser might adopt them; offer opinions on how he felt the community would interpret the changes, and offer feedback. Walker states that he is really positive about the changes and he's greatly motivated with Canonical's extended effort with requesting non-employee influence. It really helps reinforce Canonical’s stance of community empowerment. Particularly, as they made it clear they wanted to increase community involvement in this area which hasn’t traditionally had a massive community commitment. http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/news/redesigning-ubuntu-behind-the-scenes-on-10-04/

Taking Ubuntu 9.10 Netbook Remix out for a Spin

IT News Today's Jeremy LaCroix tells us that for quite some time he has been intrigued by Ubuntu’s Netbook Remix (UNR), but he's never given it a shot up until now. LaCroix says that he's been using UNR for a couple of months now. When he first started playing with it, he didn’t own a netbook, so instead he tried it out on a Dell Latitude E6400 laptop. About a month later, he was gifted a Dell Mini 10 netbook, which afforded him the opportunity to try UNR in it’s intended environment. Overall, even though LaCroix typically doesn’t use GNOME, the way the desktop was presented in UNR 9.10 was actually pretty cool. "Sure, it took some getting used to, and I probably have strange tastes, but I did enjoy using it, despite the little issues I ran into." UNR also seems like the best choice for any compatible Netbook, because LxCroix says that he has tried using Windows on Netbooks and it’s not pretty at all. http://www.itnewstoday.com/?p=1427

Ubuntu Server: The Linux OS Dark Horse

Kenneth Hess of ServerWatch knows that everyone has heard of Ubuntu Linux and how great it is on the desktop, but have you heard that there's a server version of that same uber-cool operating system? There is, and you should know about it. Ubuntu Server not only follows the same twice yearly updates (April and October) as its desktop counterpart does, but it also benefits from unsurpassed commercial support, consulting and training available through Canonical. Ubuntu melds outstanding performance with easy installation and excellent hardware support. Add those features to its superior commercial support, long-term support commitment and unique cloud computing platform, and you have a formidable rival to its entrenched competition. Keep an eye on Ubuntu, it's likely to be a photo finish for this dark horse. http://www.serverwatch.com/trends/article.php/3870141/Ubuntu-Server-The-Linux-OS-Dark-Horse.htm

Ubuntu, The Ultimate Linux Distribution

DaniWeb's Ken Hess thinks that from its Debian roots to its commercially available support to its overwhelming popularity, Ubuntu is the ultimate Linux distribution. Ubuntu is the distribution most often recommended to users new to Linux or those switching from other distributions. Its ease of installation, quick boot times, GNOME user interface and twice yearly major updates keep it at the top of everyone's best distribution list. And, every two years, a new LTS (Long Term Support) version is released. Ubuntu has two major subversions: Desktop and Server. For the desktop, you may choose something other than the default GNOME desktop: Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Edubuntu and a Netbook Remix. On the server side, you can select the standard Ubuntu server or the Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud. It's no wonder that Ubuntu is the world's most popular Linux distribution with several choices for any purpose or application, an absolutely easy to install system, commercial support and a successful track record of security and popularity that speaks volumes since its inception. http://www.daniweb.com/news/story265826.html#

In The Blogosphere

16 things that could be improved in Ubuntu 10.04

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/03/16-things-that-could-be-improved-in.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+d0od+%28Omg!+Ubuntu!%29

Ubuntu 10.04 Live CD Installer gets a slick new look

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

Ubuntu Software Centre Gets Brand New Look for Lucid; Paid software to feature soon?

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/03/ubuntu-software-centre-gets-brand-new.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+d0od+%28Omg!+Ubuntu!%29

In Other News

Ubuntu hits HTC's Touch Pro2, is any Windows Mobile handset safe?

http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/09/ubuntu-hits-htcs-touch-pro2-is-any-windows-mobile-handset-safe/

Meeting Summaries: <MONTH> <YEAR>

Upcoming Meetings and Events

Monday, March 15, 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 16, 2010

Community Council Meeting

Ubuntu Mobile Team Meeting

Developer Membership Board

  • Start: 15:00 UTC
  • End: 16:00 UTC
  • Location: Not listed as of publication
  • Agenda: Not listed as of publication

Desktop Team Meeting

Kernel Team Meeting

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

LoCo Council Meeting

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Server Team 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

Edubuntu Meeting

Thursday, March 18,2010

Ubuntu Java Meeting

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

Ubuntu Backports team

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

Friday, March 19, 2010

Lucid Weekly Release Meeting

Saturday, March 20, 2010

BugJam

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

DC Loco IRC meeting

  • Start: 22:00 UTC
  • End: 23:00 UTC
  • Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-us-dc
  • Agenda: None listed as of publication

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Xubuntu Team Meeting

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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