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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 190 for the week April 25 - May 1, 2010. In this issue we cover ...

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In This Issue

General Community News

Announcing the Release Candidate for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2010-April/000132.html

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

• Open (#) +/- # over last week
• Critical (#) +/- # over last week
• Unconfirmed (#) +/- # 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 Lucid

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 10.04 "Lucid Lynx", see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/lucid/

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

Ubuntu @ Anime Boston was a success!

http://blog.thesilentnumber.me/2010/04/thank-you-for-ubuntus-success-at-anime.html

New in Lucid Lynx

Launchpad News

Ubuntu Forums News

The Planet

In The Press

Ubuntu 10.04 delivers usability, strength

IT World's Brian Proffitt says what finally convinced him that Ubuntu was worthy of the average desktop user: Proffitt installed it on his Mom's computer. Actually, this happened quite some time ago, so this is not necessarily news. But it's key to note that Proffitt indicated "average" desktop user. While he says he was very willing to recommend Ubuntu for users who just needed to handle day-to-day operations like surfing, e-mail, word processing, and the like, Proffitt was personally holding back from using it himself, preferring instead to use openSUSE, which enabled me to complete more advanced tasks, like video editing and conversion, pretty easily. Earlier versions of Ubuntu gave the feel of a pretty, shiny face over the old existing Linux strengths and limitations. Ubuntu 10.04 delivers a sense of a strong, cohesive operating system underneath. Beauty, for Ubuntu, has at last become more than skin deep. http://www.itworld.com/open-source/104760/ubuntu-1004-delivers-usability-strength

50 Places Linux is Running That You Might Not Expect

http://www.focus.com/fyi/information-technology/50-places-linux-running-you-might-not-expect/

Canonical and MuleSoft partner to improve Tomcat packaging

http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Canonical-and-MuleSoft-partner-to-improve-Tomcat-packaging-983242.html

Canonical open sources Launchpad and Ubuntu Single Sign On code

http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Canonical-open-sources-Launchpad-and-Ubuntu-Single-Sign-On-code-983946.html

File system support: Ubuntu vs. OS X.

http://openattitude.com/2010/04/19/file-system-support-ubuntu-vs-os-x/

Ubuntu 10.04 Is Hit By Major X.Org Memory Leak

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODE3MA

Ubuntu 10.04 Release Candidate Is Here

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODE3Mg

In The Blogosphere

Ubuntu Women World Play Day Competition – Win a new netbook!

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/04/ubuntu-women-world-play-day-competition.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+d0od+%28Omg!+Ubuntu!%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

Ubuntu: How to Measure Canonical’s Business Progress

http://www.workswithu.com/2010/04/18/ubuntu-how-to-measure-canonicals-business-progress/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+WorksWithU+%28Works+With+U%29

Canonical CTO Matt Zimmerman Talks Window buttons, mono & more

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/04/canonical-cto-matt-zimmerman-talks.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+d0od+%28Omg!+Ubuntu!%29

OMG Interviews Elizabeth Krumbach, Ubuntu women, learning team, beginners team all star

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/04/omg-interviews-elizabeth-krumbach.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+d0od+%28Omg!+Ubuntu!%29

5 Ways To Celebrate Ubuntu 10.04’S Release

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/04/5-ways-to-celebrate-ubuntu-1004s.html

Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx Release Candidate Released

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/04/ubuntu-1004-lucid-lynx-release.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+d0od+%28Omg!+Ubuntu!%29

Ubuntu Manual Project To Release Quickstart Booklets For Ubuntu 10.10

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/04/ubuntu-manual-project-to-release.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+d0od+%28Omg!+Ubuntu!%29

Ubuntu Improved Enough… No Desire for Windows anymore!

http://www.edhewitt.co.uk/2010/04/24/ubuntu-improved-enough/

In Other News

Full Circle Magazine Podcast Episode 5: Manual Dexterity

http://fullcirclemagazine.org/2010/04/24/full-circle-podcast-5-manual-dexterity/

Canonical Training Set To Announce New Ubuntu Certified Professional Certification

http://www.ubuntu-user.com/Online/Blogs/Amber-Graner-You-in-Ubuntu/Canonical-Training-Set-To-Announce-New-Ubuntu-Certified-Professional-Certification

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Community Spotlight

Updates and Security for 6.06, 8.04, 8.10, 9.04, 9.10, and 10.04

Security Updates

Ubuntu 6.06 Updates

Ubuntu 8.04 Updates

Ubuntu 8.10 Updates

Ubuntu 9.04 Updates

Ubuntu 9.10 Updates

Ubuntu 10.04 Updates

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