Issue205
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
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/
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
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
- 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
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/
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
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
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
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?
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
In Other News
Linaro Alpha-3 Released
http://www.linuxuk.org/2010/08/linaro-alpha-3-released/
5 Linux powered e-book readers
http://cityblogger.com/archives/2010/08/04/5-linux-powered-e-book-readers
Featured Podcasts
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
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