Issue192
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
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
- English (United Kingdom) (912) -20 over last week
- Spanish (11449) -76 over last week
- Brazilian Portuguese (36213) -92 over last week
- French (40298) -4 over last week
- 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
- Include the word 'Ubuntu' in the ubuntu dictionary
- Too many hardware support issues after new installation.
- Display configuration presets for laptops
- Evolution lost when minimized on another desktop
- Add an option to istantly reboot another os (without make reload the bios)
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 Lucid Lynx
Launchpad News
Ubuntu Forums News
The Planet
In The Press
Is Windows 7 Actually Faster Than Ubuntu 10.04?
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=linux_windows_part1&num=1
Tracking The Performance Of Ubuntu 10.10
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODIwNg
Ubuntu 10.04 Is More Power Hungry Than Windows 7
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=linux_windows_part2&num=1
Ubuntu 10.10 To Not Use GNOME Shell By Default
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODIxNg
Kubuntu Linux 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx)
http://desktoplinuxreviews.com/2010/05/03/kubuntu-linux-10-04-lts-lucid-lynx/
In The Blogosphere
Canonical licenses H.264 – Theora out for the count?
Ubuntu 10.04 - Perfect
Mark Shuttleworth: No GNOME-Shell in Maverick
The other Ubuntu Linux distributions
http://blogs.computerworld.com/16044/the_other_ubuntu_linux_distributions
Ubuntu 10.04 Gets Free Manual
http://www.workswithu.com/2010/05/03/ubuntu-10-04-gets-free-manual/
Windicators – Ubuntu Meerkat Innovation Starts Here
In Other News
Full Circle Podcast #6: Mark’s Space Brain from the Future
http://fullcirclemagazine.org/2010/05/08/full-circle-podcast-6-marks-space-brain-from-the-future/
Monthly Team Reports: <MONTH> <YEAR>
Upcoming Meetings and Events
Community Spotlight
Updates and Security for 6.06, 8.04, 8.10, 9.04, 9.10, and 10.04
Security Updates
USN-936-1: dvipng vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-936-1
USN-937-1: TeX Live vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-937-1
Ubuntu 6.06 Updates
- None Reported
Ubuntu 8.04 Updates
- None Reported
Ubuntu 8.10 Updates
- None Reported
Ubuntu 9.04 Updates
- None Reported
Ubuntu 9.10 Updates
installation-guide 20081208ubuntu5.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-May/012363.html
sbuild 0.59.0-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-May/012364.html
apt-mirror 0.4.6-0ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-May/012365.html
Ubuntu 10.04 Updates
dssi-vst 0.8-2ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-May/011230.html
visualvm 1.2.2-0ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-May/011231.html
rabbit 0.6.1-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-May/011232.html
kgb-bot 1.01-3ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-May/011233.html
simplecommeubuntu 10.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-May/011234.html
update-manager 1:0.134.8 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-May/011235.html
oggconvert 0.3.2-3ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-May/011236.html
gwibber 2.30.0.1-0ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-May/011237.html
planner 0.14.4-1ubuntu2build1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-May/011238.html
obexd 0.22-0ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-May/011239.html
system-config-printer 1.2.0+20100408-0ubuntu5.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-May/011240.html
etherboot 5.4.4-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-May/011241.html
logcheck 1.3.7ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-May/011242.html
ghostscript 8.71.dfsg.1-0ubuntu5.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-May/011243.html
php5 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-May/011244.html
nut 2.4.3-1ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-May/011245.html
gwibber 2.30.0.1-0ubuntu3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-May/011246.html
kde-l10n-ptbr 4:4.4.2-0ubuntu7.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-May/011247.html
libgdata 0.5.2-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-May/011248.html
nvidia-graphics-drivers 195.36.15-0ubuntu3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-May/011249.html
arkeia 8.1.14.1-1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-May/011250.html
clamav 0.96+dfsg-2ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-May/011251.html
xubuntu-default-settings 10.04.8 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-May/011252.html
gvfs 1.6.1-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-May/011253.html
gnome-keyring 2.92.92.is.2.30.1-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-May/011254.html
poppler 0.12.4-0ubuntu5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-May/011255.html
totem 2.30.1-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-May/011256.html
libanyevent-perl 5.240-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-May/011257.html
synaptic 0.63.1ubuntu7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-May/011258.html
clamav 0.96+dfsg-2ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-May/011259.html
vlc 1.0.6-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-May/011260.html
qbzr 0.18.6-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-May/011261.html
soprano 2.4.2+dfsg.1-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-May/011265.html
taglib 1.6.3-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-May/011266.html
apt 0.7.25.3ubuntu8 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-May/011267.html
cairomm 1.8.4-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-May/011268.html
pangomm 2.26.2-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-May/011269.html
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