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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 200 for the week June 27 - July 3rd, 2010. In this issue we cover ...

In This Issue

UWN 200th issue

History

Retrospect

Issue #1 high points:

• New look for www.ubuntu.com
• Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu 6.06 Released
• Paris Summit to be held at the Charles de Gaulle, Paris hotel from Monday 19th to Friday 23rd June 2006

Issue #25 high points: Contributors - Cody Somerville, Jenda Vancura, Corey Burger, Toby Smithe, Martin Albisetti, Freddy Martinez, Melissa Draper

• Feisty Herd 1 released
• Ubuntu-devel mailing list split into core developers and MOTU
• Ubuntu Canada and Ubuntu Nebraska and UbuntuAZ(South Africa) holds first meeting
• Call for installer developers
• Ubuntu named "King Distro for 2006" Distrowatch and Google Trends
• Mark Shuttleworth sends an open letter to openSUSE developers asking for those concerned with Novell's recent pact with Microsoft to "come join the Ubuntu project."

Issue #50 high points: Contributors - Martin Albisetti, Dawid van Wyngaard, Nick Ali, John Crawford, Corey Burger

• Canonical working on Desktop Training courses, and asks for help from the community to develop

• US LoCo Teams "Call to Arms!- An effort to get LoCo teams in every US state by the end of 2008

• New in Gutsy Gibbon - Drag and Drop Gnome application tabs now featured
• Launchpad 1.1.7 released - Answer Tracker for FAQ, Personal Package Archives(PPA)
• Canonical announces Landscape, a Web-based systems management application for servers and desktops at Ubuntu Live conference in Portland, OR

Issue #75 high points: contributors - Nick Ali, John Crawford, Craig Eddy

• Hardy Heron Alpha 4 Freeze announced
• Ubuntu 6.06.2 LTS Release
• Voting open on MOTU Council Election
• Launchpad 1.2.1 released - No more sysadmin request need to delete a PPA package
• Dell releases XPS 1330n Ubuntu preinstalled laptops to the European Markets
• Full Circle Magazine issue #9 available

• Community Council decides on the concept of a LoCo Council to streamline membership approval

Issue #100 high points: contributors -

Issue #125 high points: contributors -

Issue #150- high points: contributors -

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Editors and Staff - Past and Present

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter has been brought to you by: (in order of appearance)

Silviu Bojica, Rocco Stanzione, Jeff Schering, Jonathan Riddell, Matt Galvin, Jerome Gotangco, Christian Bjälevik, John Dong, Jenda Vancura, ZM Chen, Brian Burger, Matt Zimmerman, Rich Johnson, Daniel T. Chen, Paul Sladen, Matthew Revell, Richard Johnson, Corey Burger, Jordan Mantha, Eldo Varghese, John Little, Christian Reis, Henrik Omma, Melissa Draper, Hubert Figuiere, Paul O'Malley, Jenda Vancura, Paul Sladen, Eldo Varghese, Christian Reis, Szilveszter Farkas, Brandon Holtsclaw, Jerome S. Gotangco, Jenda Vancura, Joey Stanford, Matthew Walster, Alexandre Vassalotti, Michael Vogt, Paul O'Malley, David Symons, Pete Savage, "towsonu2003", Fabian Rodriguez, William Grant, Ryan Paul, Jorge O. Castro, Lotusleaf, Jenda Vančura, Matthew Walster, Tony Yarusso, Matty Janssen, Cody Somerville, Toby Smithe, Martin Albisetti, Freddy Martinez, Isabelle Duchatelle, Rj Ian S. Sevilla, Tony Yarusso, RJ Marsan, Mariano Mara, Markus Wimmer, Dan Buch, Nick Ali, Audrey Deutschmann, Gabriele Monti, John Crawford, Dawid van Wyngaard, Lionel Porcheron, Craig A. Eddy, Ruben - Hubuntu

And many others

Comments from Past & Present UWN Editors

Joey Stanford - Over the years the UWN has been the voice of Ubuntu. It's started out as a way to keep the Ubuntu Community informed and continues to this day. Over the years there have been a large number of dedicated people who have contributed to the UWN. Pause for a moment and think what the news and the Ubuntu community would be without these unpaid volunteers. I applaud everyone who's worked on the UWN over the years and wish you the best and many good issues to come.

Joining the UWN staff

General Community News

Maverick Alpha 2 released

Welcome to Maverick Meerkat Alpha 2, which will in time become Ubuntu 10.10. Pre-releases of Maverick are *not* encouraged for anyone needing a stable system or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even frequent breakage. They are, however, recommended for Ubuntu developers and those who want to help in testing, reporting, and fixing bugs.

Alpha 2 is the second in a series of milestone CD images that will be released throughout the Maverick development cycle. The Alpha images are known to be reasonably free of showstopper CD build or installer bugs, while representing a very recent snapshot of Maverick. You can download it here:

• http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/maverick/alpha-2/ (Ubuntu Desktop and Netbook)

• http://uec-images.ubuntu.com/releases/maverick/alpha-2/ (Ubuntu Server for UEC and EC2)

• http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/maverick/alpha-2/ (Kubuntu Desktop and Netbook)

• http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/maverick/alpha-2/ (Xubuntu)

• http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/maverick/alpha-2/ (Ubuntu Studio)

• http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/mythbuntu/releases/maverick/alpha-2/ (Mythbuntu)

See http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Mirrors for a list of mirrors.

Alpha 2 includes a number of software updates that are ready for wider testing. Please refer tohttp://www.ubuntu.com/testing/maverick/alpha2 for information on changes in Ubuntu.

This is quite an early set of images, so you should expect some bugs. For a list of known bugs (that you don’t need to report if you encounter), please see:

• http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/maverick/alpha2

If you’re interested in following the changes as we further develop Maverick, have a look at the maverick-changes mailing list:

• http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/maverick-changes

We also suggest that you subscribe to the ubuntu-devel-announce list if you’re interested in following Ubuntu development. This is a low-traffic list (a few posts a week) carrying announcements of approved specifications, policy changes, alpha releases, and other interesting events.

• http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-announce

Bug reports should go to the Ubuntu bug tracker:

• https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs

For more information go to:

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2010-July/000731.html

Ubuntu Developer Week is back!

Ubuntu Developer Week is back again, which means five days of action-packed IRC sessions where you learn more about hacking on Ubuntu, developing Ubuntu and how to interact with other projects.

We’ll have a fantastic time from July 12^th 2010 to July 16^th 2010, great speakers, interesting sessions, lots of good questions and great people who get to know each other.

If you’re new to Ubuntu Developer Week and what it is, check out [[UbuntuDeveloperWeek|the general page]], how to join in and how it all works.

Our sessions cover:

• Getting involved with Ubuntu development, becoming a Kubuntu Ninja, Authoring Upstart jobs, Working With Translations, Having fun with Packaging QA
• How Daily Builds work, Operation Cleansweep, Setting up a validation dashboard, Working with Merge Proposals, Working with Django, Adopting an Upstream, Forwarding Bugs and Patches Upstream
• How to work with Debian, Ubuntu Server, Xubuntu and Edubuntu goodness, Kernel Triage
• Widgetcraft, QT Quick, QML
• Desktop goodness, Application Indicators, Rocking Papercuts

• Lots of FUN

Please help spread the news, this will be an awesome opportunity to learn more and get involved.

DIGG IT!

For more information on developer week go to:

http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/?p=699

Translations Advocacy

http://davidplanella.wordpress.com/2010/06/30/translations-advocacy/

Help wanted: Testing programs that use the notification area

http://design.canonical.com/2010/06/help-wanted-notification-area/

ubuntu-jobs@lists.ubuntu.com mailing list

Recently https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-jobs was set up to inform about Ubuntu-related jobs from Canonical, but also other employers looking for Ubuntu specialist . Please note that this is an announce-only list.

An explanatory post from the Canonical HR department:

• Dear Friends,

• At Canonical we pride ourselves in our determination to be the best not only in the products and software we produce but with the people who make this company great and the way we reach out to new talent.

• Most companies only let you know when they have jobs available on a careers web site and you never hear from them at any other time. We on the other hand, a growing company in an ever expanding community, want to try to create something different and believe that with your help we can.

• We are launching a mailing list with the aim of keeping you up to date with new roles as they arise at Canonical and possibly other Ubuntu related roles. Periodically there will be career profiles and articles we feel may be of value to you in your quest for your ideal job.

• To join the list go to: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-jobs

• We recognize that our company is incredibly unique and has a way of doing things what will appeal to many, we also believe our employee brand has the potential to be one of the best in the world and this is just one way to tell you about it.

• We hope that by signing up to this mailing list you'll have the opportunity to get to know us in a way that is not usually available to someone outside the business.

• This is an announce only mailing list, as always if you are interested in a career at Canonical please check out our jobs at: http://webapps.ubuntu.com/employment/

• We look forward to you joining our mailing list and hope that you find it a useful way of staying in touch with us.

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

loco.ubuntu.com meeting

If you haven’t seen loco.ubuntu.com yet, click here.

It’s what we call the LoCo Directory and where more and more data of our Local Community teams goes. In the beginning we started with just a simple list of LoCo teams and additional data they can put there. After some time we added the functionality to put events in there too. It’s awesome and the work the whole team put into it is just amazing. The good thing is that we all hang out in #ubuntu-locoteams, do code reviews together and learn from each other. It’s a fantastic project.

To continue the great story and plan our next steps a bit, we’ll meet in #ubuntu-meeting (irc.freenode.net) on July 8th, 14:00 UTC.

Topics we’d like to talk about:

• explain the project to new interested contributors

• review the list of open bugs and reprioritise for the next 2 or 3 releases

• general Q&A

If you know a bit about Django, Python, Web development or are keen to learn about it and be part of a fantastic project that powers a great and fantastic part of our community, be there and talk to us.

(Also if you microblog about this and other LoCo stuff, use the #locoteams hashtag.)

For more information go to:

http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/?p=714

Launchpad News

UPDATED: Launchpad read-only 23.00 UTC 6th July

This replaces the previously announced period of unavailability for the 1st of July.

Launchpad’s web interface will be read-only, with other aspects offline, for around 90 minutes from 23.00 UTC on the 6th of July 2010.

This is to allow for the release of the latest Launchpad code.

Starts: 23.00 UTC 6th July 2010 Expected back online: 00.30 UTC 7th July 2010

For more information go to:

http://blog.launchpad.net/notifications/launchpad-read-only-23-00-utc-1st-july

Ubuntu Forums News

The Planet

Jorge Castro: Cleansweep Updates

Here are the stats for the last week’s worth of patch review, as part of Operation Cleansweep:

Total bugs with patches: 2243 (-27)

Reviewed patches: 321 (+11)

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Bugs with ‘patch-needswork’: 82 (+2)

Bugs with ‘patch-forwarded-upstream’: 123 (+4)

Bugs with ‘patch-forwarded-debian’: 38 (+5)

Bugs with ‘indicator-application’: 43 (-1)

Bugs with ‘patch-accepted-upstream’: 46 (-2)

Bugs with ‘patch-accepted-debian’: 13 (+1)

Bugs with ‘patch-rejected-upstream’: 12 (+1)

Bugs with ‘patch-rejected-debian’: 1 (0)

http://castrojo.tumblr.com/post/745744996/cleansweep-updates

Rubén Romero: Drupal usage within the Ubuntu Community

http://huayra.wordpress.com/2010/07/03/drupal-usage-within-the-ubuntu-community/

Colin Watson: GRUB 2: With luck...

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~cjwatson/blosxom/2010/07/02#2010-07-02-grub2-with-luck

Jorge Castro: Application Menu status update for 2 July

http://castrojo.tumblr.com/post/762068716/application-menu-status-update-for-2-july

Brett Alton: Local School Board and Ubuntu

http://blog.brettalton.com/2010/07/02/local-school-board-and-ubuntu/

Jonathan Jesse: Review of Kubuntu Netbook – Maverick Alpha 2

https://jjesse.wordpress.com/2010/07/02/review-of-kubuntu-netbook-maverick-alpha-2/

Randall Ross: Dropping the "L" Word

http://randall.executiv.es/node/15

Dustin Kirkland: Creating Ubuntu Server Disk Images using vmbuilder

http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2010/06/creating-ubuntu-server-disk-images.html

In The Press

Ubuntu Nearing X Server Not Running as Root

Canonical is inching closer to one of it's goals for Maverick Meerkat 10.10, to be able to run the X.org Server without root privileges. There are a few details left to iron out still, for more details and links to the discussion read below:

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODM2Ng

Debian vs. Ubuntu: Contrasting Philosophies

Bruce Byfield addresses the philosophical and some of the technical differences between Ubuntu and it's ancestral roots, Debian. Many common misconceptions are addressed as well as an overview of the technical similarities between the cousin distros. Bruce ends the article on the philosophical and community oriented differences between Ubuntu and Debian; citing, as one example, Ubuntu's Code of Conduct and how the CoC has helped maintain an overall polite and courteous discussion in forums and mailing lists. For the full article and the accompanying in-depth discussion, read more below:

http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3890111/Debian-vs-Ubuntu-Contrasting-Philosophies.htm

Devs Manage to Get Ubuntu on HTC HD2

Some of the "unofficial" developers on XDA-Forums [1] have managed to port Ubuntu to an HTC HD2 smartphone. While perhaps not the best choice for making phone calls it does represent a rather large milestone for this unofficial team.

[1] http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=651632

http://wirelessstyle.info/2010/07/02/devs-manage-to-get-ubuntu-on-htc-hd2/

In The Blogosphere

Discussing Unity in Linux Format

Jono Bacon inteviews David Siegel for Linux Format magazine.

http://davidsiegel.org/discussing-unity-in-linux-format/

Virtualization on the Ubuntu Desktop: An Overview

http://www.workswithu.com/2010/07/01/virtualization-on-the-ubuntu-desktop-an-overview/

The One Stop Shop For Ubuntu Customization

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/07/one-stop-shop-for-ubuntu-customization.html

Talking To Oracle About The MySQL Community

http://www.jonobacon.org/2010/07/02/talking-to-oracle-about-the-mysql-community/

OMG! Interviews: Alex Chiang, Canonical OEM Team Member

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/07/omg-interviews-alex-chiang-canonical.html

Accessing Apps Has Never Looked So Good (UNITY)

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/06/accessing-apps-has-never-looked-so-good.html

In Other News

Firefox is Enterprise Ready says IBM

http://blog.brettalton.com/2010/07/02/firefox-is-enterprise-ready-says-ibm/

2010 ARRL Field Day Running Ubuntu

http://9w2pju.blogspot.com/2010/06/2010-arrl-field-day-running-ubuntu.html

TurnKey Linux Beta Launches Byobu by Default at Login

http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2010/06/turnkey-linux-beta-launches-byobu-by.html

Ohio LinuxFest Call For Presentations Extended

http://www.ohiolinux.org/node/674

Free *software* training, *free* software training, or just GNOME Training!

http://stormyscorner.com/2010/06/free-software-training-free-software-training-or-just-gnome-training.html

Featured Podcasts

Full Circle Podcast #9: Playing a Unicycle and the Trombone

In this episode, a little later than scheduled; Unity, Gnome-Shell and UNE go head to head.

News: Ubuntu in Business Event, More Maverick Development, Aptitude is out,

Games: Ed’s goes on a Steam-spree; Dave ‘s second childhood with the Gameboy Emulator VGA.

Opinion: Gnome-Shell vs. Unity vs. UNE launcher

Interview: Part II of the Lubuntu Project

Q and A: Part III of Mark Shuttleworth’s sessions from UDS

Feeds for both MP3 and OGG:

• MP3: http://fullcirclemagazine.org/podpress_trac/web/796/0/fullcirclepodcast_ep9_010710.mp3

• OGG: http://fullcirclemagazine.org/podpress_trac/web/796/1/fullcirclepodcast_ep9_010710.ogg

http://fullcirclemagazine.org/2010/07/02/full-circle-podcast-9-playing-a-unicycle-and-the-trombone/

At Home With Jono Bacon

This is the link to Jono Bacon's, Ubuntu Community Manager, weekly videocast. Jono takes any and all questions from the community about all things Ubuntu and more. If you missed last weeks episode you can find it at:

For more information about At Home with Jono Bacon go to:

Ubuntu Development Team Weekly Meeting Minutes Links

• Ubuntu Desktop Team Meeting Minutes for June 22nd, 2010 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Meeting/2010-06-22

• Ubuntu Mobile Team Meeting Minutes from June 22nd, 1010 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MobileTeam/Meeting/2010/20100622

• Ubuntu Server Team Meeting Minutes for June 22nd, 2010 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/20100622

• Ubuntu Kernel Team Meeting Minutes for June 22nd, 2010 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Meeting/2010-06-22

• Ubuntu Foundations Team Meeting Minutes for June 23rd, 2010 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FoundationsTeam/Meetings/2010/0623

• Ubuntu Release Team Meeting Minutes for June 25, 2010 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReleaseTeam/Meeting/2010-06-25

Monthly Team Reports: <MONTH> <YEAR>

Upcoming Meetings and Events

Monday, July 5th, 2010

Tuesday, July 6th, 2010

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

Friday, July 9th, 2010

Saturday, July 10th, 2010

Sunday, July 11th, 2010

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

Security Updates

Ubuntu 6.06 Updates

Ubuntu 9.04 Updates

Ubuntu 9.10 Updates

Ubuntu 10.04 Updates

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