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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

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

  • 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?

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

Ubuntu 10.04 - Perfect

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

Mark Shuttleworth: No GNOME-Shell in Maverick

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/05/mark-shuttleworth-no-gnome-shell-in.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+d0od+%28Omg!+Ubuntu!%29

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

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

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

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

Ubuntu 10.04 Updates

UWN Translations

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UWN #: A sneak peek

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