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## Bug stats only take a second to do.
## Data can be found at: http://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bugs
## See last week's UWN to calculate change over last week.
## NOTE: To be done ONLY on the release date of the UWN (or latter if late).

    * Open (#) +/- # over last week
    * Critical (#) +/- # over last week
    * Unconfirmed (#) +/- # over last week		  * Open (78246) -43 over last week
 * Critical (30) -1 over last week
 * Unconfirmed (37087) -44 over last week
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## Translation stats only take a second to do.
## Data can be found at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/lucid (or current release)
## See last week's UWN to calculate change over last week.
## NOTE: To be done ONLY on the release date of the UWN (or latter if late).
## List the top 5 untranslated languages.

 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		  1. English (United Kingdom) (0) -1 over last week
 2. Spanish (8779) -1582 over last week
 3. Brazilian Portuguese (34580) -23 over last week
 4. French (38148) -67 over last week
 5. German (54183) -87 over last week
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## These come from http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/. Click on the link on the left that says "most popular this week" then put the title for the most popular 5.

 * heading
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 * heading
 * heading
 * heading		  * option to keep bluetooth radio default off - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/25499/
 * remember boot parameter (in grub.cfg) when installing / upgrading Ubuntu - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/25500/
 * Move Workspaces with their Contents - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/25545/
 * An app or program to install Android free and priced apps - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/25517/
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## http://www.ubuntu.com/usn
## List all security advisories since last UWN.
## Format: * USN-###-#: <package name> vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-###-#
## Ex: * USN-389-1: GnuPG vulnerability - [WWW] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-389-1		  * USN-964-2: Likewise Open regression - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-964-2
 * USN-966-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-966-1
 * USN-968-1: Dell Latitude 2110 vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-968-1
 * USN-969-1: PCSC-Lite vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-969-1
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## https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/
## List all uploads since last UWN.
## Format: * <packagename> - <link to mailing list message>
## Ex: * postgresql-8.1_8.1.11-0ubuntu0.6.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2008-January/008478.html
## End of Life July 14th,2009 for desktop - Server End of life is June 2011		  * linux-source-2.6.15 2.6.15-55.86 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2010-August/012858.html
 * langpack-locales 2.3.18.37 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2010-August/012859.html
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## https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes
## List all uploads since last UWN.
## Format: * <packagename> - <link to mailing list message>
## End of life - April 2011 (Desktop) - April 2013 (Server)		  * linux 2.6.24-28.73 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-August/012521.html
 * tzdata 2010k~repack-0ubuntu0.8.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-August/012522.html
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## https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/
## List all uploads since last UWN.
## Format: * <packagename> - <link to mailing list message>
## End of life - October 2010		  * linux 2.6.28-19.62 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/2010-August/010117.html
 * tzdata 2010k~repack-0ubuntu0.9.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/2010-August/010118.html
 * pcsc-lite 1.4.102-1ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/2010-August/010119.html
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## https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/
## List all uploads since last UWN.
## Format: * <packagename> - <link to mailing list message>
## End of Life - April 2011		  * backintime 0.9.26-3ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-August/012432.html
 * linux-mvl-dove 2.6.31-214.29 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-August/012433.html
 * linux-ec2 2.6.31-307.16 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-August/012434.html
 * linux 2.6.31-22.61 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-August/012435.html
 * tzdata 2010k-0ubuntu0.9.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-August/012436.html
 * base-files 5.0.0ubuntu7.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-August/012437.html
 * pcsc-lite 1.5.3-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-August/012438.html
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## https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/
## List all uploads since last UWN.
## Format: * <packagename> - <link to mailing list message>
## End of Life - April 2013 (Desktop) - April 2015 (Server)		  * alien 8.79ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-August/011579.html
 * slurm-llnl 2.1.0-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-August/011580.html
 * tuxtype 1.8.0-1ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-August/011581.html
 * tuxpaint 1:0.9.21-1ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-August/011582.html
 * qtm 1.1.1-1build0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-August/011583.html
 * linux-ti-omap 2.6.33-502.9 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-August/011584.html
 * linux-mvl-dove 2.6.32-207.21 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-August/011585.html
 * linux-ec2 2.6.32-308.14 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-August/011586.html
 * linux 2.6.32-24.39 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-August/011587.html
 * tzdata 2010k-0ubuntu0.10.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-August/011588.html
 * base-files 5.0.0ubuntu20.10.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-August/011589.html
 * pcsc-lite 1.5.3-1ubuntu4.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2010-August/011590.html
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 * Liraz Siri


Contents

  1. In This Issue
  2. General Community News
    1. Maverick Alpha-3 Released
    2. Desktop Testing Team
    3. Request For Candidates: Application Review Board
    4. Making room in the sound indicator
    5. Interview with Isabell Long
  3. Ubuntu Stats
    1. Bug Stats
    2. Translation Stats Lucid
    3. Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week
  4. LoCo News
    1. Free Books For Approved LoCo Teams
    2. Ubuntu Global Jam: We Need Your Events!
    3. Global Jam Nicaragua
    4. Thanks Ubuntu-fr!‎
    5. Contribute to Ubuntu in your own language
    6. Bangladesh LoCo team rockin’ it at Bontu Mintur Adda
  5. Launchpad News
    1. Launchpad read-only 08.00-09.30 UTC 12th August
    2. Launchpad’s Build Farm Improvements
  6. Ubuntu Forums News
  7. The Planet
    1. Mark Shuttleworth: Healing Old Wounds
    2. Thierry Carrez: The increased cloud focus in Ubuntu Server
    3. David Planella: The Hebrew translation team needs your help
    4. Ara Pulido: Alpha 3 ISO Tracker New Features
    5. Daniel Holbach's: Ubuntu Global Jam… slowly getting there
    6. Brian Curtis: Introducing new Ubuntista (and Ubuntu Trap author) Philip Kneitinger
    7. Matthew Helmke: Interviewed by SearchEnterpriseLinux.com
    8. Seif Lotfy: Integrating Zeitgeist into GNOME (and some GAJ stuff)
    9. Ddorda: multilingual ubuntu planet?‎
    10. Daniel Hahler: Ubuntu Stack Exchange opened for public beta
    11. Dustin Kirkland: Celebrating the Big 3-0
  8. In The Press
    1. Ubuntu Empire Strikes Back
  9. In The Blogosphere
    1. Workstation Benchmarks: Windows 7 vs. Ubuntu Linux
    2. Does Ubuntu Contribute its Share to Free Software Projects?
    3. The New Ubuntu (10.10) Font Available For (almost) Everyone To Download [PPA]
    4. OMG! Interviews: Jono Bacon
    5. The State of Ubuntu Studio 2010
  10. In Other News
    1. Linaro Alpha-3 Released
    2. 5 Linux powered e-book readers
    3. MeeGo Conference 2010: call for participation
  11. Featured Podcasts
    1. Ubuntu UK Podcast – Three Wise Fools
    2. At Home With Jono Bacon
  12. Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  13. Monthly Team Reports: <MONTH> <YEAR>
  14. Upcoming Meetings and Events
  15. Updates and Security for 6.06, 8.04, 9.04, 9.10, and 10.04
    1. Security Updates
    2. Ubuntu 6.06 Updates
    3. Ubuntu 8.04 Updates
    4. Ubuntu 9.04 Updates
    5. Ubuntu 9.10 Updates
    6. Ubuntu 10.04 Updates
  16. UWN Translations
  17. Subscribe
  18. Archives and RSS Feed
  19. Additional Ubuntu News
  20. Conclusion
  21. Credits
  22. Glossary of Terms
  23. Ubuntu - Get Involved
  24. Feedback

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WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 205 for the week August 1st - August 7th, 2010.

In This Issue

General Community News

Maverick Alpha-3 Released

http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/2093

Desktop Testing Team

http://ubuntutesting.wordpress.com/2010/08/06/desktop-testing-team/

Request For Candidates: Application Review Board

http://www.jonobacon.org/2010/08/06/request-for-candidates-application-review-board/

Making room in the sound indicator

http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/446

Interview with Isabell Long

http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/2096

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open (78246) -43 over last week
  • Critical (30) -1 over last week
  • Unconfirmed (37087) -44 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) (0) -1 over last week
  2. Spanish (8779) -1582 over last week
  3. Brazilian Portuguese (34580) -23 over last week
  4. French (38148) -67 over last week
  5. German (54183) -87 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

Free Books For Approved LoCo Teams

http://www.jonobacon.org/2010/08/05/free-books-for-approved-loco-teams-2/

Ubuntu Global Jam: We Need Your Events!

http://www.jonobacon.org/2010/08/02/ubuntu-global-jam-we-need-your-events/

Global Jam Nicaragua

http://josernestodavila.blogspot.com/2010/08/global-jam-nicaragua.html

Thanks Ubuntu-fr!‎

http://ddorda.useopensource.net/?p=1394

Contribute to Ubuntu in your own language

http://en.andregondim.eti.br/?p=164

Bangladesh LoCo team rockin’ it at Bontu Mintur Adda

http://humphreybc.wordpress.com/?p=987

Launchpad News

Launchpad read-only 08.00-09.30 UTC 12th August

Launchpad’s web interface will be read-only (most other aspects will be offline) for 90 minutes on August 12th while we roll-out the latest code.

  • Going offline: 08.00 UTC 12th August 2010 Expected back: 09.30 UTC 12th August 2010

http://blog.launchpad.net/notifications/launchpad-read-only-08-00-09-30-utc-12th-august

Launchpad’s Build Farm Improvements

http://blog.launchpad.net/cool-new-stuff/launchpads-build-farm-improvements

Ubuntu Forums News

The Planet

Mark Shuttleworth: Healing Old Wounds

http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/442

Thierry Carrez: The increased cloud focus in Ubuntu Server

http://fnords.wordpress.com/2010/08/06/the-increased-cloud-focus/

David Planella: The Hebrew translation team needs your help

http://davidplanella.wordpress.com/2010/08/05/%ef%bb%bf%ef%bb%bfthe-hebrew-translation-team-needs-your-help/

Ara Pulido: Alpha 3 ISO Tracker New Features

http://ubuntutesting.wordpress.com/2010/08/03/alpha-3-iso-tracker-new-features/

Daniel Holbach's: Ubuntu Global Jam… slowly getting there

http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/?p=756

Brian Curtis: Introducing new Ubuntista (and Ubuntu Trap author) Philip Kneitinger

http://ubuntutrap.blogspot.com/2010/08/introducing-new-ubuntista-and-ubuntu.html

Matthew Helmke: Interviewed by SearchEnterpriseLinux.com

http://matthewhelmke.net/?p=1236

Seif Lotfy: Integrating Zeitgeist into GNOME (and some GAJ stuff)

http://seilo.geekyogre.com/?p=1355

Ddorda: multilingual ubuntu planet?‎

http://ddorda.useopensource.net/?p=1400

Daniel Hahler: Ubuntu Stack Exchange opened for public beta

http://daniel.hahler.de/ubuntu-stack-exchange-opened-for-public-beta

Dustin Kirkland: Celebrating the Big 3-0

http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2010/08/celebrating-big-3-0.html

In The Press

Ubuntu Empire Strikes Back

http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/ubuntu-empire-strikes-back

In The Blogosphere

Workstation Benchmarks: Windows 7 vs. Ubuntu Linux

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_win7_ws&num=1

Does Ubuntu Contribute its Share to Free Software Projects?

http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/12068_3896496_3/Does-Ubuntu-Contribute-its-Share-to-Free-Software-Projects.htm

The New Ubuntu (10.10) Font Available For (almost) Everyone To Download [PPA]

http://www.webupd8.org/2010/08/new-ubuntu-1010-font-available-for.html

OMG! Interviews: Jono Bacon

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/08/omg-interviews-jono-bacon.html

=== A handful of Unity updates...===

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/08/handful-of-unity-updates.html

The State of Ubuntu Studio 2010

This post is from the blog 'Confessions of a Ubuntu Studio Developer' by Scott Lavender, currently the project lead for Ubuntu Studio. In this post, Scott gives us the facts on where the Ubuntu Studio project is right now, and where it is heading, and how the community can get involved to help the project maintain momentum. For those of us who take advantage of the Ubuntu Studio packages and development, this is a must-read, 'call to action'.

http://dullass.blogspot.com/2010/08/state-of-ubuntu-studio-2010.html

In Other News

Linaro Alpha-3 Released

Check out this post from Jamie Bennett about the new Linaro Alpha-3 release. Highlights are: "A small Linaro headless image with basic OMAP3 beagle board support. A new software archive rebuild with GCC 4.4.4, CodeSourcery enhancements and ARM-related improvements. Support for opengl ES development through MESA. GPS support via gypsy and geoclue. Netbook user interface capabilities with the latest EFL software stack." More Information on this development release can be found at http://wiki.linaro.org/Releases/1011/Alpha3 .

http://www.linuxuk.org/2010/08/linaro-alpha-3-released/

5 Linux powered e-book readers

In this blog post by Prakash Advani, 5 popular e-book readers that run linux are listed, and discussed.

http://cityblogger.com/archives/2010/08/04/5-linux-powered-e-book-readers

MeeGo Conference 2010: call for participation

The first MeeGo Conference will be held in Dublin’s Aviva Stadium on November 15-17. What is the MeeGo Conference? see - http://conference2010.meego.com/ . Registraion is free, volunteers are needed. The call for session proposals is open until August 23rd. Proposals about hardware support, platform development, application development, MeeGo project process and progress, and any other MeeGo related topics are welcome.

http://flors.wordpress.com/?p=217

Ubuntu UK Podcast – Three Wise Fools

  • What we’ve been doing
  • In the news
  • Upcoming events
  • Command Line Love
  • Ubuntu related news
  • Feedback

http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/?p=1382

At Home With Jono Bacon

If you missed the videocast last week it can be found at:

Covered in this episode was

  • CALL FOR EVENTS: Ubuntu Global Jam
  • HOWTO: Team Reporting

  • LoCo Council

  • Q+A

For more information go to:

http://www.jonobacon.org/2010/08/04/at-home-with-jono-bacon-2/

Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings

Monthly Team Reports: <MONTH> <YEAR>

Upcoming Meetings and Events

Updates and Security for 6.06, 8.04, 9.04, 9.10, and 10.04

Security Updates

Ubuntu 6.06 Updates

Ubuntu 8.04 Updates

Ubuntu 9.04 Updates

Ubuntu 9.10 Updates

Ubuntu 10.04 Updates

UWN Translations

  • Note to translators and our readers please follow the link below for the information you need.

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

Subscribe

Get your copy of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter delivered each week to you via email at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-news

Archives and RSS Feed

You can always find older Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter issues at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter

You can subscribe to the Ubuntu Weekly News via RSS at: http://fridge.ubuntu.com/uwn/feed

Additional Ubuntu News

As always you can find more news and announcements at:

and

Conclusion

Thank you for reading the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter.

See you next week!

Credits

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

  • Your Name Here
  • Liraz Siri
  • And many others

Glossary of Terms

Other acronyms can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/glossary

Ubuntu - Get Involved

The Ubuntu community consists of individuals and teams, working on different aspects of the distribution, giving advice and technical support, and helping to promote Ubuntu to a wider audience. No contribution is too small, and anyone can help. It's your chance to get in on all the community fun associated with developing and promoting Ubuntu. http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate

Feedback

This document is maintained by the Ubuntu Weekly News Team. If you have a story idea or suggestions for the Weekly Newsletter, join the Ubuntu News Team mailing list at https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/Ubuntu-news-team and submit it. Ideas can also be added to the wiki at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Ideas. If you'd like to contribute to a future issue of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, please feel free to edit the appropriate wiki page. If you have any technical support questions, please send them to ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com.

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