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Contents

Contents

  1. In This Issue
  2. General Community News
    1. Call for Ubuntu User Days Instructors
    2. Window indicators
    3. Packaging Training: Packaging and MOTU Q&A
    4. New Ubuntu Regional Membership Boards
    5. Want to get involved in Ubuntu Development?
    6. Maverick UDS Translations Sessions
    7. Ubuntu Open Week en Español closes on high note
  3. Ubuntu Stats
    1. Bug Stats
    2. Translation Stats Lucid
    3. Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week
  4. LoCo News
    1. LoCos, Leaders, and Lessons Learned: Florida Team
    2. Lucid release party in Beijing!
    3. Scottish Lucid Release Party
  5. New in Lucid Lynx
  6. Launchpad News
    1. Launchpad meet-up Brussels 12th May
    2. The Economist and Launchpad
    3. Ubuntu package suggestions
    4. Automatic generation of translation templates
  7. Ubuntu Forums News
  8. The Planet
    1. Akademy 2010 Travel Requests
    2. Philippines 2010 Elections and Ubuntu
  9. In The Press
    1. Is Windows 7 Actually Faster Than Ubuntu 10.04?
    2. Ubuntu 10.04 Is More Power Hungry Than Windows 7
    3. Ubuntu 10.10 To Not Use GNOME Shell By Default
    4. Kubuntu Linux 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx)
  10. In The Blogosphere
    1. Ubuntu 10.04 - Perfect
    2. MARK SHUTTLEWORTH: NO GNOME-SHELL IN MAVERICK
    3. The other Ubuntu Linux distributions
    4. Ubuntu 10.04 Gets Free Manual
  11. In Other News
    1. Ubuntu Server and Apache Tomcat – refreshed and supported together with MuleSoft
    2. ZaReason are now sponsors of the World Play Day competition!
    3. Canonical licenses H.264 – Theora out for the count?
    4. 3+ months and 300+ great people
    5. Full Circle Podcast #6: Mark’s Space Brain from the Future
    6. THE MOST GORGEOUS LUCID WALLPAPER. EVER.
  12. Monthly Team Reports: <MONTH> <YEAR>
  13. Upcoming Meetings and Events
    1. Monday, May 10, 2010
      1. Security Team Catch-up
    2. Tuesday, May 11, 2010
      1. Ubuntu Mobile Team Meeting
      2. Developer Membership Board
      3. Ubuntu Bugsquad Monthly Meeting
      4. Desktop Team Meeting
      5. Kernel Team Meeting
      6. Server Team Meeting
      7. Ubuntu Beginners Team Meeting
    3. Wednesday, May 12, 2010
      1. Foundation Team Meeting
      2. QA Team Meeting
      3. Jono Bacon @ Home Videocast : Various Topics and Q+A
      4. Edubuntu Meeting
    4. Thursday, May 13, 2010
      1. Ubuntu Women Project Meeting
      2. Ayatana UX team meeting
      3. Ubuntu Java Meeting
    5. Friday, May 14, 2010
    6. Saturday, May 15, 2010
      1. BugJam
      2. DC Loco IRC meeting
    7. Sunday, May 16, 2010
  14. Community Spotlight
  15. Updates and Security for 6.06, 8.04, 8.10, 9.04, 9.10, and 10.04
    1. Security Updates
    2. Ubuntu 6.06 Updates
    3. Ubuntu 8.10 Updates
    4. Ubuntu 9.04 Updates
    5. Ubuntu 9.10 Updates
    6. Ubuntu 10.04 Updates
  16. UWN Translations
  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 192 for the week May 2nd - 8th, 2010. In this issue we cover ...

In This Issue

General Community News

Call for Ubuntu User Days Instructors

It's time to start planning for the second Ubuntu User Day! This time it will be held on June 5, 2010. We are going to attempt to fill 24 time slots so that everyone around the world has the ability to participate in the User Day! You can find out more information about Ubuntu User Days by visiting the Ubuntu User Day wiki page [1] or the planning wiki page [2]. To sign up to lead a session, visit the Course Suggestions wiki page [3] and look through the course suggestions that we have provided. We are also willing to take your suggestions on other courses to teach, just keep in mind that Ubuntu User Days are geared towards new and newer Ubuntu Users. You can see the logs [4] from the last Ubuntu User Day to see some of the courses that were taught then. Please feel free to email me if you have any questions and I look forward to working with you soon.

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UserDays [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UserDaysTeam [3] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UserDaysTeam/CourseSuggestions [4] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UserDays/Logs/January2010

To view original announcement go to: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-classroom/2010-May/000188.html

Window indicators

http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/333

Packaging Training: Packaging and MOTU Q&A

http://ubuntuclassroom.wordpress.com/2010/05/06/packaging-training-packaging-and-motu-qa/

New Ubuntu Regional Membership Boards

http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/2033

Want to get involved in Ubuntu Development?

http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/?p=680

Maverick UDS Translations Sessions

http://davidplanella.wordpress.com/2010/05/05/maverick-uds-translations-sessions/

Ubuntu Open Week en Español closes on high note

The Spanish speaking community wrapped up its Ubuntu Open week. The IRC sessions offered the community a chance to learn, network and share. The event was organized by the Central American LoCo ninjas. Sessions covered topics like, new features in the different desktops, Community building, Documentation session, Bug triaging,General community orientation, and even a historial recap session highlighting all the achievements of Ubuntu as a project so far.

This Open Week featured the use of Lernid, which made joining much easier for people who had never used IRC before and ClaseBot, a ClassBot clone made ready by the great Nathan Handler and the ClassBot folks. A special session dedicated to feedback also gave users an open mic to express their opinions on the event. the session was very refreshing and energizing for the organizing party. It was a very interesting week filled with Ubuntu spirit for all participants. Looking forward to Ubuntu User Day.

http://effiejayx.wordpress.com/2010/05/08/ubuntu-open-week-en-espanol-closes-on-high-note/

===Call For Nominations for the Ubuntu Women Leader Leadership Committee are now open ===

Early this week Amber Graner, the current leader of the Ubuntu Women Project, opened up nominations for the Ubuntu Women Project Leadership Committee.

Amber writes, the Ubuntu Women Project Team is moving from the transitional appointed Leader to a New Ubuntu Women Project Leadership Committee of 3 co-leaders. This committee is loosely based on the TresChix approach that some chapters of LinuxChix use.

For More information on the team elections please go to: http://wiki.ubuntu-women.org/LeadershipElectionProcess

http://akgraner.com/?p=435

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open (80551) +1165 over last week
  • Critical (25) -1 over last week
  • Unconfirmed (36398) +749 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. English (United Kingdom) (912) -20 over last week
  2. Spanish (11449) -76 over last week
  3. Brazilian Portuguese (36213) -92 over last week
  4. French (40298) -4 over last week
  5. German (55724) -16 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

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

LoCos, Leaders, and Lessons Learned: Florida Team

http://ubuntu-us.org/?q=node/14368

Lucid release party in Beijing!

http://blogs.gnome.org/happyaron/2010/05/07/lucid-release-party-in-beijing/

Scottish Lucid Release Party

http://www.10people.co.uk/2010/05/05/scottish-lucid-release-party/

New in Lucid Lynx

Launchpad News

Launchpad meet-up Brussels 12th May

http://blog.launchpad.net/general/launchpad-meet-up-brussels-12th-may

The Economist and Launchpad

http://blog.launchpad.net/projects/the-economist-and-launchpad

Ubuntu package suggestions

http://blog.launchpad.net/general/ubuntu-package-suggestions

Automatic generation of translation templates

http://blog.launchpad.net/translations/automatic-template-generation

Ubuntu Forums News

The Planet

Akademy 2010 Travel Requests

This is a friendly reminder to get your travel subsidy requests in sooner rather than later*. As many of you have noticed, The KDE Akademy conference has been growing in size over the years. We try our best to provide support to community members to attend, but funding is always limited.

Many of you are familiar with the travel request procedure, but everyone should review the reimbursement policy to be familiar of any policy changes. Also, when you send your request please include a summary estimate of costs when you request travel funding.

* Two weeks before the event is later rather than sooner.

http://obso1337.org/2010/akademy-2010-travel-requests/

Philippines 2010 Elections and Ubuntu

The Philippines 2010 Election will be using an electronic counting machine for the first time. The Linux-powered machines were provided by Smartmatic and the ROMs are managed by (and supposedly programmed in) Ubuntu.

Yes, Ubuntu has a major role to play, albeit obscurely, in our country’s history.

http://blog.knightlust.com/?p=237

In The Press

Is Windows 7 Actually Faster Than Ubuntu 10.04?

Michael Larabel, writing for Phoronix, took a look at the two operating systems on a variety of equipment to try to find out. This series of tests concentrated on gaming, with some desktop testing at the end. Although some tests were close or favored Ubuntu 10.04, most of them showed Windows 7 a clear leader. Intel's Linux drivers seemed to have the most problem, but the NVidia, AMD and ATI seem to hold their own in many cases. The article is very detailed in it's results of the tests, and provides valuable information. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=linux_windows_part1&num=1

Ubuntu 10.04 Is More Power Hungry Than Windows 7

Michael Larabel, writing for Phoronix, looked at the power consumption of netbooks and notebooks for both Ubuntu 10.04 and Windows 7. The tests were made on fresh installs at idle, then with the latest proprietary drivers installed. Netbook power consumption was significantly less for Windows 7. On the notebooks the power consumption totals were much closer, but with Windows 7 still coming out better. See the results of the tests at the link. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=linux_windows_part2&num=1

Ubuntu 10.10 To Not Use GNOME Shell By Default

Michael Larabel of Phoronix reports that Mark Shuttleworth has determined that the GNOME shell will not be the default for Ubuntu 10.10, though it will be available in the repositories. This, according to Michael, will give the GNOME Shell developers more time to stabilize the work and the X.Org/Mesa developers to further improve the graphics stack. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODIxNg

Kubuntu Linux 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx)

Jim Lynch, of Desktop Linux Reviews, looks at Kubuntu 10.04, and isn't particularly pleased with what he sees in comparison to the GNOME installation. He steps the reader through the install process with lots of screen shots to show the ease of installation. His initial problem is that the branding and theme appear to be generic, rather than *bunutu branding, though you can change the theme, wallpaper and icons readily enough. KPackagekit is another disappointment compared to the SoftwareCenter in Ubuntu. Lack of a social networking application, like Gwibber, was also a disappointment. Likewise, the lack of UbuntuOne with the music store and online service didn't make any sense to him. Over all, he felt that he couldn't recommend Kubuntu 10.04 to anyone http://desktoplinuxreviews.com/2010/05/03/kubuntu-linux-10-04-lts-lucid-lynx/

In The Blogosphere

Ubuntu 10.04 - Perfect

Six months ago Bryan Lunduke declared Ubuntu 9.10 to be the best version of Linux he had ever used on a desktop computer. In fact, he went on to call it “almost perfect“. The only thing that kept it from being perfect was that it wasn't a LTS version. So Ubuntu 10.04 is important. This is a release we are going to be using for the next two years, and it is the release that many companies will measure up against Windows and MacOS X. But how does it stack up? Ubuntu 10.04 ups the ante significantly by bringing polished features that Windows 7 and MacOS X users simply do not have. The user experience is clean and elegant, with an almost timeless quality to it. The functionality is advanced and the integration between applications superb. Add to this the fact that Ubuntu 10.04 has 3 years of full support ahead of it, and it is by far, the best operating system for desktops, laptops and netbooks available today.

http://lunduke.com/?p=1095

MARK SHUTTLEWORTH: NO GNOME-SHELL IN MAVERICK

Every Ubuntu release is followed by Ubuntu Open Week during which Mark Shuttleworth holds a Q&A session where users can ask him pretty much anything.

A condensed selection of highlights follow:

  • Maverick will not be coming with the GNOME Shell interface by default but will be available to download via the repos.
  • RGBA transparency will more than likely be enabled by default
  • Missing those indicator tooltips in Lucid? Well, they won’t be returning for the Meerkat.
  • Remember that “application ballot screen” brainstorm idea that I hated? When asked if Ubuntu could have something similar Mark said no, reasons being that: -
  • No plans to support blu-ray playback out of the box due to the usual reasons
  • The Ubuntu Netbook Moblin Remix idea has been dropped
  • He was asked if Nautilus-Elementary could become default. He responded that whilst he hadn’t seen it that it ‘seems to be generating a lot of excitement’.

The full transcript can be read @ https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/openweekLucid/AskMark

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/05/mark-shuttleworth-no-gnome-shell-in.html

The other Ubuntu Linux distributions

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols of ComputerWorld likes Ubuntu 10.04 a lot, but while he likes its GNOME 2.30 interface, he also likes other interfaces such as KDE. It would be nice if Ubuntu could also play MP3s, common video formats, and Flash from the get-go. You can install all these, and other extras from the Ubuntu repositories, but there's also a wide-variety of Ubuntu spin-offs that come ready to give you the functionality you want right out of the box. For Steven's summary on the other Ubuntu versions, including his take on each one, visit the link below.

http://blogs.computerworld.com/16044/the_other_ubuntu_linux_distributions

Ubuntu 10.04 Gets Free Manual

Christopher Tozzi at WorksWithU posts a review of the new Ubuntu Manual that was created for 10.04 by the team lead by Benjamin Humphrey. The Ubuntu Manual is aimed at non-technical new users. Christopher likes the manual and says it reaches out well to non-geeks by not going into every little detail and every little option availible. Instead they worked on making the default instlal as clear to the new user as possible. He is also impressed with how well organized and presented the Ubuntu Manual is, especially compaired to some of the Ubuntu Wiki pages, which are not always well written or edited. Christopher does admit that it's not as complete as the wiki, but says that's okay as it covers everything he can think of that a new, non-technical user might want to know. Christopher seems quite happy to be able to have the Ubuntu Manual as something he can direct new users to.

To post a full review, see: http://www.workswithu.com/2010/05/03/ubuntu-10-04-gets-free-manual/

In Other News

Ubuntu Server and Apache Tomcat – refreshed and supported together with MuleSoft

Earlier this year, MuleSoft approached us with the desire to partner and offer to work with Canonical to improve our default java container, Tomcat, for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Server. The idea was to make Tomcat on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS easier to download, install, and configure on Ubuntu than JBOSS is on RHEL. The Ubuntu Server engineering team worked with Mulesoft engineering to update Tomcat upstream and those updates were pulled into Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. We are now pleased to announce that the Apache Tomcat package for Ubuntu has been updated and refreshed to the latest Apache release (6.0.26).

Mulesoft is a great example of our ISV community stepping up with key community contributions. With Ubuntu being community driven, Mulesoft worked closely with Ubuntu Server engineering to bring the Tomcat packages up to the latest release and pushed those changes upstream. Contributions from the community are key to the success of Ubuntu. MuleSoft also provides enterprise class support for running Apache Tomcat on Ubuntu Server in mission-critical deployments. If you use Tomcat and have servers running in test or production, check out MuleSoft’s add-on product for Tomcat, called Tcat Server.

http://blog.canonical.com/?p=376

ZaReason are now sponsors of the World Play Day competition!

ZaReason has kindly come forth as a sponsor for the Ubuntu Women World Play Day competition! Cathy and Earl of ZaReason have kindly offered their support by donating a Terra A20 netbook[1] and a gold USB necklace[2].

This means that the competition can now offer 3 prizes! Not only that, after contacting Canonical CEO Jane Silber, we can confirm that she would be honoured to choose the second netbook prize! For a listing of all the donated prizes, and information on the drawings, please visit the link below.

http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/2034

Canonical licenses H.264 – Theora out for the count?

Canonical LTD, is currently the only Linux company to license H.264/AVC, the patented non-free technology used to compress video and favoured by companies such as Apple & Microsoft for HTML5 Video. What’s interesting is that the rival to H.264, is the free and open codec, Ogg Theroa. One would naturally assume it would be the favored choice for a Linux distribution’s parent to support. With Canonical putting their weight behind H.264, and already having the most popular desktop Linux distribution, this might tip the scales to H264 adoption for HTML5 video on the web. And does this mean Ubuntu 10.04 LTS users are covered and can install H.264 to their systems without worrying about patent issues?

  • Update: Mark Shuttleworth has helped clarify the issue: "I believe the licenses he's referring are purely in support of OEMs in specific cases"

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/05/canonical-licenses-h264.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+d0od+%28Omg!+Ubuntu!%29

3+ months and 300+ great people

http://voices.canonical.com/matt.asay/2010/05/08/3-months-and-300-great-people/

Full Circle Podcast #6: Mark’s Space Brain from the Future

Your Hosts: Robin Catling, Ed Hewitt, Dave Wilkins, with audio by Victoria Pritchard

  • Ubuntu 10.04 Released!
  • Ubuntu Manual Released
  • Ubuntu’s Indicator Menus

  • Pre-order Ubuntu 10.04 ShipIt CDs

  • Ubuntu 10.10 – Windicators!

FCM Podcast #6 - MP3: http://fullcirclemagazine.org/podpress_trac/web/675/0/fullcirclepodcast_ep6_060510.mp3

FCM Podcast #6 - OGG: http://fullcirclemagazine.org/podpress_trac/web/675/1/fullcirclepodcast_ep6_060510.ogg

http://fullcirclemagazine.org/2010/05/08/full-circle-podcast-6-marks-space-brain-from-the-future/

THE MOST GORGEOUS LUCID WALLPAPER. EVER.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/05/omg-ubuntu-podcast-ubuntuesday-episode.html

Monthly Team Reports: <MONTH> <YEAR>

Upcoming Meetings and Events

Monday, May 10, 2010

Security Team Catch-up

  • Start: 17:00 UTC
  • End: 17:30 UTC
  • Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
  • Agenda: nothing formal, just a weekly catch-up.

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Ubuntu Mobile Team Meeting

Developer Membership Board

  • Start: 14:00 UTC
  • End: 15:00 UTC
  • Location: Not listed as of publication
  • Agenda: Not listed as of publication

Ubuntu Bugsquad Monthly Meeting

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

Server Team Meeting

Ubuntu Beginners Team Meeting

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

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

Jono Bacon @ Home Videocast : Various Topics and Q+A

Edubuntu Meeting

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Ubuntu Women Project Meeting

Ayatana UX team meeting

  • Start: 12:00 UTC
  • End: 12:30 UTC
  • Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
  • Agenda: None 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, May 14, 2010

  • None listed as of publication

Saturday, May 15, 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, May 16, 2010

  • None listed as of publication

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

  • None Reported

Ubuntu 8.10 Updates

  • None Reported

Ubuntu 9.04 Updates

  • None Reported

Ubuntu 9.10 Updates

Ubuntu 10.04 Updates

UWN Translations

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https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Translations

UWN #: A sneak peek

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