Issue197
WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 197 for the week June 6th - June 12th, 2010. In this issue we cover ...
In This Issue
General Community News
Kubuntu Council Elections
http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/2058
Welcome New Ubuntu Members
The approval results from the June 8th Asia-Oceanic Membership meeting are as follows:
Vadim Nevorotin
Malamut has been heavily involved with Ubuntu in Russia through the Ubuntu Russian Forum http://forum.ubuntu.ruand and help.ubuntu.ru. He is also the author of the Ubuntu Russian Guide http://help.ubuntu.ru/manual
Jeff Waugh
The Ubuntu community welcomes back jdub to the community after a long absence. Jeff was involved in Ubuntu as an early employee of Canonical and is currently working on Ubuntu’s Bleeding Edge(http://ubuntuedge.wordpress.com/) and giving Planet Ubuntu a face-lift.
Eleanor Chen
Destine is one of the leading members in Ubuntu China LoCo. Her contributions are in localization and loco events. She translated and rewrote the Ubuntu Desktop Course's Chinese Edition and recently hosted the Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Release Party in Beijing. Elanor is looking forward to getting more involved in Ubuntu Women and starting up a local chapter.
Zach Kriesse
Zach is an enthusiastic member of the Ubuntu Beginners Team where he assists new users to adopt Ubuntu. He is leader of the teams Wiki Focus Group and has been working with the Ubuntu Weekly News project. Zach is looking further his contribution by learning how to code using Python/Java and to learn how to Triage Bugs on Launchpad.
Welcome to all of our new members!
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2010-June/001096.html
Ubuntu sparc and ia64 ports
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2010-June/000722.html
Ubuntu Stats
Bug Stats
- Open (76983) -32 over last week
- Critical (27) -4 over last week
- Unconfirmed (37086) +265 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) (418) -216 over last week
- Spanish (9821) -733 over last week
- Brazilian Portuguese (35311) -87 over last week
- French (39153) -333 over last week
- German (54717) +1 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
Counting of characters without spaces in OpenOffice.org - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/25090/
Automatic mirror change on upgrades - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/25082/
Nautilus window icon is different from the folder icon - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/25122/
Balance the server load and increase download speeds - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/25103/
3D display technology is coming to markets, Ubuntu should be the first 3D OS - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/25086/
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 10.04 Release Party at Kanchipuram
Shrinivasan talks about the KanchiLUG team having an Ubuntu release party on June 6, 2010, with a vision to share the features of Linux to the general public. The release party was held at Pachaiyappan Higher Secondary School. They printed pamphlets and circulated the news via local newspapers. The chief guest of the event was Ramadas (amachu). The event started at 3.45 p.m. and ran till 6:45 p.m. with talks like History of GNU/Linux, Open source and its concepts, Why Linux, and many other talks. The Chief Guest, Ramadhas, explained how the proprietary world is making us slaves, the need for Open source, the need for localizations, etc. He released the Ubuntu CD and the “Ubuntu Manual in Tamil”. The activities of KanchiLUG were explained and the audience was encouraged to join the mailing list. Overall, it was a successful gathering with the audience totaling around 75.
http://kanchilug.wordpress.com/2010/06/07/ubuntu-10-04-release-party-at-kanchipuram/
Sunday Special: Ubuntu Hour
The Ubuntu Massachusetts LoCo held an Ubuntu Hour on June 6, organised by David Wolfman in Arlington. They had 10 members show up for this social event and it was very successful. Martin has a few photos from the event in the blog.
http://doctormo.org/2010/06/06/sunday-special-ubuntu-hour/
Día del usuario Ubuntu ROCKED!!!
Efrain Valles had an unusual Día del Usuario Ubuntu in the middle of his sister-in-law’s wedding. He was scheduled to talk about Kubuntu and plasmoids. He followed most of it through a cellphone. At the time of his session, he pulled out his laptop, went to the very far side of the ballroom, and connected via his phone to give his talk. His talk reflected his newly found love for KDE. Many users, mostly GNOME users were impressed by the idea and he believes this what makes KDE stand out from most desktop experiences.
http://effiejayx.wordpress.com/2010/06/06/dia-del-usuario-ubuntu-rocked/
Launchpad News
Ubuntu Forums News
The Planet
Daniel Holbach: Reviewing 2000 patches
http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/?p=689
In The Press
In The Blogosphere
Ubuntu’s Bleeding Edge, an act of niche journalism
Jeff Waugh discusses his new blog Ubuntu's Leading Edge which tracks Ubuntu's development branch. The blog will allow people who don't want to run all the alpha and beta releases to keep track of what is happening with Maverick Meerkat. So far Ubuntu's Leading Edge has posts on the first month of development, the Alpha 1 release, and information about the freeze for Alpha 1 and the uploads done during the freeze.
For more information on why Jeff decided to start Ubuntu's Leading Edge, see: http://bethesignal.org/blog/2010/06/04/ubuntu-bleeding-edge-niche-journalism/
Ubuntu One Blog: Ubuntu One Blog: Ubuntu One Music Store Top Sellers
The Ubuntu One Music Store blog has the top album and singles sold.
The Top 5 Albums:
- Jack Johnson – To The Sea
- Lady Antebellum – Need You Now
- LCD Soundsystem – This Is Happening
- Green Day – International Superhits!
- Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
The Top Singles:
- Rush – Caravan
- La Roux – Bulletproof
- Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dog - California Gurls
- Lena – Satellite
For the rest of the top music sold see:
http://voices.canonical.com/ubuntuone/?p=459
In Other News
Severed Fifth Part Two Begins
Severed Fifth is a project that Jono Bacon started to see how far an unknown musician could take his music when releasing it under a Free Culture license. NOW there is a new website, http://www.severedfifth.com/, as well as a new album in the works. Check out this article, and find out the various ways to follow Severed Fifth. A Severed Fifth twitter page is on the way, and plans for an online community where followers can meet up and discuss the project.
http://www.jonobacon.org/2010/06/07/severed-fifth-part-two-begins/
EtherPad: web-based collaborative editor
In this blog post, we get a look at EtherPad, a web-based collaborative editor. EtherPad is a collaborative editor much like gobby, but using a browser instead of a stand-alone application. Check out a free online instance of EtherPad at http://ietherpad.com.
http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/blog/?p=496
Canonical Rolling Out Ubuntu Advantage for Enterprise Linux OS
Canonical is gearing up to launch a new series of support and services for enterprise both desktop and server users. These new services, named Ubuntu Advantage, replace other service offerings. However, for those interested in training programs, technical consulting and training services will still be offered in addition to Ubuntu Advantage. Ubuntu Advantage is a support and services offering for any standard or LTS version of Ubuntu within its lifecycle. Canonical Landscape management for servers is an integrated part of this solution. Windows integration is also another key component included as a part of Ubuntu Advantage. See this article for more information about the aim of the Ubuntu Advatage service.
http://www.serverwatch.com/news/article.php/3886216/article.htm
Featured Podcasts
Full Circle Podcast #8: More Opinion Than You Can Handle
http://fullcirclemagazine.org/2010/06/10/full-circle-podcast-8-more-opinion-than-you-can-handle/
Ubuntu Development Weekly Team Report links
Upcoming Meetings and Events
Monday, June 13, 2010
Ubuntu Forums Unanswered Posts Team Meeting
- Start: 21:00 UTC
- End: 22:00 UTC
- Location: IRC channel #ubuntuforums-unanswered on irc.freenode.net
Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UnansweredPostsTeam/Meetings
Tuesday, June 14, 2010
Security Team Catch-up
- Start: 17:00 UTC
- End: 17:30 UTC
- Location: Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting on irc.freenode.net
- Agenda: nothing formal, just a weekly catch-up. Anyone is welcome to join if they want to watch, contribute, etc.
Community Council Meeting
- Start: 10:00 UTC
- End: 12:00 UTC
- Location: IRC Channel #ubuntu-meeting on irc.freenode.net
Ubuntu Mobile Team Meeting
- Start: 13:00 UTC
- End: 14:00 UTC
- Location: IRC Channel #ubuntu-meeting on irc.freenode.net
Technical Board Meeting
- Start: 14:00 UTC
- End: 15:00 UTC
- Location: IRC Channel #ubuntu-meeting on irc.freenode.net
- Agenda: Not listed as of publication
Kernel Team Meeting
- Start: 17:00 UTC
- End: 18:00 UTC
- Location: IRC Channel #ubuntu-meeting on irc.freenode.net
- Agenda: Not listed as of publication
LoCo Council Meeting
- Start: 20:00 UTC
- End: 21:00 UTC
- Location: IRC Channel #ubuntu-meeting on irc.freenode.net
- Agenda: Not listed as of publication
Wednesday June 15, 2010
Weekly Ubuntu Foundations team meeting
- Start: 15:00 UTC
- End: 16:00 UTC
- Location: IRC Channel #ubuntu-meeting on irc.freenode.net
Agenda: ttps:/wiki.ubuntu.com/FoundationsTeam/Meetings/YYYY/MMDD * Info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FoundationsTeam
QA Team Meeting
- Start: 17:00 UTC
- End: 18:00 UTC
- Location: IRC Channel #ubuntu-meeting on irc.freenode.net
Jono Bacon @ Home Videocast : Various Topics and Q+A
- Start: 18:00 UTC
- End: 19:00 UTC
Location: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/at-home-with-jono-bacon
- Agenda: This is a weekly videocast by the Ubuntu Community Manager, Jono Bacon in which he discusses a range of topics and also provides a regular weekly Q+A
Edubuntu Meeting
- Start: 19:00 UTC
- End: 20:00 UTC
- Location: IRC Channel #ubuntu-meeting on irc.freenode.net
Thursday, June 16, 2010
==== Ubuntu Java Meeting ====
- Start: 14:00 UTC
- End: 15;00 UTC
- Location: IRC Channel #ubuntu-meeting on irc.freenode.net
- Agenda: None listed as of publication
Americas Regional Membership Board Meeting
- Start: 23:59 UTC
- End: 01:00 UTC
- Location: IRC Channel #ubuntu-meeting on irc.freenode.net
Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Membership/RegionalBoards/Americas
Friday, June 17, 2010
Maverick Weekly Release Meeting
- Start: 15:00 UTC
- End: 16:30 UTC
- Location: IRC Channel #ubuntu-meeting on irc.freenode.net
Saturday, June 18, 2010
BugJam
- Start: 20:00 UTC
- End: 21:00 UTC
- Location: IRC Channel #ubuntu-meeting on irc.freenode.net
- Agenda: None listed as of publication
Sunday, June 19, 2010
None listed as of publication
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Updates and Security for 6.06, 8.04, 9.04, 9.10, and 10.04
Security Updates
USN-949-1: OpenOffice.org vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-949-1
USN-950-1: MySQL vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-950-1
Ubuntu 6.06 Updates
langpack-locales 2.3.18.36 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2010-June/012849.html
mysql-dfsg-5.0 5.0.22-0ubuntu6.06.14 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2010-June/012850.html
Ubuntu 8.04 Updates
tzdata 2010j~repack-0ubuntu0.8.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-June/012478.html
tzdata 2010j~repack-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-June/012479.html
xchat 2.8.4-0ubuntu7.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-June/012480.html
xchat 2.8.4-0ubuntu7.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-June/012481.html
xchat 2.8.4-0ubuntu7.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-June/012482.html
xchat 2.8.4-0ubuntu7.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-June/012483.html
xchat 2.8.4-0ubuntu7.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-June/012484.html
xchat 2.8.4-0ubuntu7.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-June/012485.html
xchat 2.8.4-0ubuntu7.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-June/012486.html
xchat 2.8.4-0ubuntu7.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-June/012487.html
xchat 2.8.4-0ubuntu7.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-June/012488.html
xchat 2.8.4-0ubuntu7.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-June/012489.html
xchat 2.8.4-0ubuntu7.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-June/012490.html
openoffice.org 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-June/012491.html
mysql-dfsg-5.0 5.0.51a-3ubuntu5.7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-June/012492.html
adobe-flashplugin 10.1.53.64-1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-June/012493.html
flashplugin-nonfree 10.0.1.218+really9.0.277.0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-June/012494.html
Ubuntu 9.04 Updates
tzdata 2010j~repack-0ubuntu0.9.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/2010-June/010079.html
openoffice.org 1:3.0.1-9ubuntu3.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/2010-June/010080.html
mysql-dfsg-5.0 5.1.30really5.0.75-0ubuntu10.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/2010-June/010081.html
adobe-flashplugin 10.1.53.64-1jaunty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/2010-June/010082.html
flashplugin-nonfree 10.1.53.64ubuntu0.9.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/2010-June/010083.html
Ubuntu 9.10 Updates
openoffice.org 1:3.1.1-5ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-June/012392.html
mysql-dfsg-5.1 5.1.37-1ubuntu5.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-June/012393.html
adobe-flashplugin 10.1.53.64-1karmic1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-June/012394.html
uex 1.2.0.9-1karmic2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-June/012395.html
flashplugin-nonfree 10.1.53.64ubuntu0.9.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-June/012396.html
Ubuntu 10.04 Updates
tzdata 2010j-0ubuntu0.10.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-June/011362.html
openoffice.org 1:3.2.0-7ubuntu4.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-June/011363.html
udisks 1.0.1-1ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-June/011364.html
debian-installer 20081029ubuntu102.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-June/011365.html
eucalyptus 1.6.2-0ubuntu30.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-June/011366.html
anki 0.9.9.8.6-2~lucid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-June/011367.html
xorg-server 2:1.7.6-2ubuntu7.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-June/011368.html
telepathy-butterfly 0.5.11-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-June/011369.html
evolution 2.28.3-0ubuntu10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-June/011370.html
evolution-data-server 2.28.3.1-0ubuntu3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-June/011371.html
kubuntu-default-settings 1:10.04ubuntu23.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-June/011372.html
libgnomekbd 2.30.1-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-June/011373.html
linux-meta-rt 2.6.31.11.13 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-June/011374.html
linux-rt 2.6.31-11.154 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-June/011375.html
compiz 1:0.8.4-0ubuntu15.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-June/011376.html
installation-guide 20081208ubuntu7.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-June/011377.html
libsdl1.2 1.2.14-4ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-June/011378.html
gst-plugins-good0.10 0.10.21-1ubuntu3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-June/011379.html
gst-plugins-ugly-multiverse0.10 0.10.14-0ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-June/011380.html
kpackagekit 0.5.4-0ubuntu4.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-June/011381.html
krb5 1.8.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-June/011382.html
ido 0.1.6-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-June/011383.html
gdm 2.30.2.is.2.30.0-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-June/011384.html
linux-backports-modules-2.6.32 2.6.32-22.15 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-June/011385.html
linux-firmware 1.34.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-June/011386.html
mysql-dfsg-5.1 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-June/011387.html
adobe-flashplugin 10.1.53.64-1lucid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-June/011388.html
uex 1.2.0.9-1lucid2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-June/011389.html
netbook-meta 2.025.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-June/011390.html
linux 2.6.32-23.37 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-June/011391.html
flashplugin-nonfree 10.1.53.64ubuntu0.10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-June/011392.html
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