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## Bug stats only take a second to do.
## Data can be found at: http://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bugs
## See last week's UWN to calculate change over last week.
## NOTE: To be done ONLY on the release date of the UWN (or latter if late).

    * Open (#) +/- # over last week
    * Critical (#) +/- # over last week
    * Unconfirmed (#) +/- # over last week		  * Open (76766) +399 over last week
 * Critical (27) -2 over last week
 * Unconfirmed (36996) +23 over last week
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## http://www.ubuntu.com/usn
## List all security advisories since last UWN.
## Format: * USN-###-#: <package name> vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-###-#
## Ex: * USN-389-1: GnuPG vulnerability - [WWW] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-389-1		  * USN-912-1: Audio File Library vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-912-1
 * USN-913-1: libpng vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-913-1
 * USN-914-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-914-1
 * USN-915-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-915-1
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## https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes
## List all uploads since last UWN.
## Format: * <packagename> - <link to mailing list message>
## Ex: * postgresql-8.1_8.1.11-0ubuntu0.6.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2008-January/008478.html		  * None Reported
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## https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/
## List all uploads since last UWN.
## Format: * <packagename> - <link to mailing list message>
## Ex: * tzdata 2007h-0ubuntu0.8.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-May/009951.html		  * libvirt 0.4.0-2ubuntu8.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-March/012424.html
 * nfs-utils 1:1.1.2-2ubuntu2.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-March/012425.html
 * python-apt 0.7.4ubuntu7.6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-March/012426.html
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## https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/
## List all uploads since last UWN.
## Format: * <packagename> - <link to mailing list message>		  * python-apt 0.7.7.1ubuntu4.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2010-March/009861.html
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## https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/
## List all uploads since last UWN.
## Format: * <packagename> - <link to mailing list message>
  * python-apt 0.7.9~exp2ubuntu10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/2010-March/010026.html
 * kdepim 4:4.2.2-0ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/2010-March/010027.html
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## https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/
## List all uploads since last UWN.
## Format: * <packagename> - <link to mailing list message>		  * app-install-data-partner 12.9.10.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-March/012285.html
 * python-apt 0.7.13.2ubuntu4.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-March/012286.html
 * poppler 0.12.0-0ubuntu2.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-March/012288.html
 * papyon 0.4.3-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-March/012298.html
 * kde-i18n-zhcn 4:3.5.9-0ubuntu4.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-March/012300.html
 * kde-i18n-zhtw 4:3.5.9-0ubuntu4.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-March/012299.html
 * gst-plugins-bad0.10 0.10.14-4ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-March/012301.html
 * mountall 1.0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-March/012302.html
 * packagekit 0.4.9+20090825-0ubuntu6.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-March/012303.html
 * linux-firmware-nonfree 1.2.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-March/012304.html
 * devicekit-disks 007-2ubuntu5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-March/012305.html
 * lupin 0.27.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-March/012307.html
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 * Liraz Siri

Contents

Contents

  1. UWN Translations
  2. In This Issue
  3. General Community News
  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. Testing The Different Ubuntu 10.04 Kernels
    2. Testing The Power Management Of Ubuntu 10.04
    3. Shuttleworth heir opens up on Ubuntu biz
    4. Ubuntu Lucid Lynx: Ubuntu's Most Innovative
    5. Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Beta Released
  11. In The Blogosphere
    1. Mark Shuttleworth responds to the window button issue; hints at good things to come
    2. See Nouveau in action on Ubuntu 10.04 (plus how to help test it!)
    3. Ubuntu Without a Human Face
    4. Why Window Button Placement Doesn’t Matter
    5. Why Mark Shuttleworth is right - Ubuntu is not a democracy and nor should it be
  12. In Other News
  13. Meeting Summaries: <MONTH> <YEAR>
  14. Upcoming Meetings and Events
  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 #185 for the week March 14th - March 20th, 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

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open (76766) +399 over last week
  • Critical (27) -2 over last week
  • Unconfirmed (36996) +23 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. Language (#) +/- # over last week
  2. Language (#) +/- # over last week
  3. Language (#) +/- # over last week
  4. Language (#) +/- # over last week
  5. Language (#) +/- # over 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

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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

The Planet

In The Press

Testing The Different Ubuntu 10.04 Kernels

Michael Larabel of Phoronix tells us that the release of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" is quickly approaching next month. While it may not be as exciting as looking at the many new end-user features, in this article he is testing out the available kernels for Ubuntu 10.04. Besides the standard Linux 2.6.32 kernel used in the Lucid release, there is also a specialized server kernel as well as a new -preempt kernel is now available. Larabel looks at how these different kernels perform and how they compare to the mainline Linux kernels with the 2.6.32, 2.6.33, and 2.6.34-rc1 releases. For the benchmarks that were influenced by the different kernels Larabel tested, his simple summary is that the -preempt kernel had its advantages in the disk tests. Follow this link for further details: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_lucid_kernels&num=1

Testing The Power Management Of Ubuntu 10.04

Phoronix's Michael Larabel reports that a call for testing went out to try out the new pm-utils-powersave-policy package that should be making its way into the Lucid Lynx repository in time for the release of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS next month. This package offers up several fixes and new power savings features that should help those mobile users running Ubuntu 10.04 to prolong their battery life. Larabel tested out this new package with a notebook and netbook to see how it changes the power game for Ubuntu 10.04 along with whether it's much of an improvement over the current Ubuntu 9.10 release. From Phoronix's Core 2 Duo notebook it's looking like Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" shaping up to go through less power than Ubuntu 9.10, but with the Atom netbook this is not necessarily the case. Click on this link to read more on the tests that Larabel conducted and what the results were: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_lucid_pmutils&num=1

Shuttleworth heir opens up on Ubuntu biz

Timothy Prickett Morgan of Channel Register thinks that when you have Mark Shuttleworth as your backer, as commercial Linux distributor Canonical does, it is a bit like having money in the bank when the bank also believes fervently in your cause. While Shuttleworth may be the Self Appointed Benevolent Dictator For Life at the Ubuntu project, that does not mean that he is the best person to lead Canonical, or taht he wants to steer Canonical. He clearly doesn't, since Jane Silber, the long-time chief operating officer at Canonical, was tapped last December to replace Shuttleworth as CEO. Timothy speaks to Jane Silber on a range of topics in this article, which you can find here: http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2010/03/14/canonical_ceo_silber/

Ubuntu Lucid Lynx: Ubuntu's Most Innovative

Datamation's Bryce Byfield notes that Ubuntu’s Lucid Lynx (Ubuntu 10.04) is still six weeks away from release. However, the daily builds and news releases suggest that Lucid will be one of the most innovative versions of Ubuntu for several years. Scheduled as a Long Term Support release that will be supported for three years on the desktop and five on the server, Lucid also shows Ubuntu pressing hard toward well-defined goals. Usability, adaptability, commercialization -- few releases of any distribution can be summarized so tidily as Ubuntu's Lucid Lynx does. Such well-defined goals alone would make Lucid an ambitious release. http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3871481/Ubuntu-Lucid-Lynx-Ubuntus-Most-Innovative.htm

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Beta Released

Michael Larabel of Phoronix reports that it's arriving a day late, but Steve Langasek has announced the release of the Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Beta on Friday March 19th. This first major Ubuntu update of 2010 is codenamed "Lucid Lynx". Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Edubuntu, Ubuntu Studio, and Mythbuntu have all reached a 10.04 Beta status too. Details and download links for all of the different flavors can be found on the mailing list. [1]

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODA3OA

In The Blogosphere

Mark Shuttleworth responds to the window button issue; hints at good things to come

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/03/mark-shuttleworth-explains-why-window.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+d0od+%28Omg!+Ubuntu!%29

See Nouveau in action on Ubuntu 10.04 (plus how to help test it!)

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

Ubuntu Without a Human Face

http://www.workswithu.com/2010/03/14/ubuntu-without-a-human-face/

Why Window Button Placement Doesn’t Matter

http://www.workswithu.com/2010/03/16/why-window-button-placement-doesnt-matter/

Why Mark Shuttleworth is right - Ubuntu is not a democracy and nor should it be

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/03/why-mark-shuttleworth-is-right-ubuntu.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

Community Spotlight

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

Security Updates

Ubuntu 6.06 Updates

  • None Reported

Ubuntu 8.04 Updates

Ubuntu 8.10 Updates

Ubuntu 9.04 Updates

Ubuntu 9.10 Updates

UWN #: A sneak peek

Subscribe

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Archives and RSS Feed

You can always find older Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter issues at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter

You can subscribe to the Ubuntu Weekly News via RSS at: http://fridge.ubuntu.com/uwn/feed

Additional Ubuntu News

As always you can find more news and announcements at:

and

Conclusion

Thank you for reading the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter.

See you next week!

Credits

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

  • John Crawford
  • Craig A. Eddy
  • Dave Bush
  • Amber Graner
  • Your Name Here
  • Liraz Siri
  • And many others

Glossary of Terms

Other acronyms can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/glossary

Ubuntu - Get Involved

The Ubuntu community consists of individuals and teams, working on different aspects of the distribution, giving advice and technical support, and helping to promote Ubuntu to a wider audience. No contribution is too small, and anyone can help. It's your chance to get in on all the community fun associated with developing and promoting Ubuntu. http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate

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