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Contents

  1. In This Issue
  2. General Community News
  3. Ubuntu Stats
    1. Bug Stats
    2. Translation Stats Lucid
    3. Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week
  4. LoCo News
  5. Launchpad News
  6. Ubuntu Forums News
  7. The Planet
  8. In The Press
  9. In The Blogosphere
  10. In Other News
    1. Ubuntu Tweak 0.5.6 Released - Adds Desktop Recovery Feature
  11. Featured Podcasts
  12. Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  13. Monthly Team Reports: <MONTH> <YEAR>
  14. Upcoming Meetings and Events
    1. Tuesday Aug. 31, 2910
      1. Asia - Oceania RMB Meeting
      2. Ubuntu Mobile Team Meeting
      3. Developer Membership Board
      4. Desktop Team Meeting
      5. Kernel Team Meeting
  15. Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010
      1. Weekly Ubuntu Foundations team meeting
      2. Jono Bacon @ Home Videocast : Various Topics and Q+A
      3. Edubuntu Meeting
      4. QA Team Meeting
  16. Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010
      1. Ayatana UX team meeting
      2. Ubuntu Translations Meeting
      3. Ubuntu News Team Meeting
    2. Friday, Sept. 3, 2010
      1. Maverick Weekly Release Meeting
    3. Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010
    4. Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010
    5. Monday, Sept. 6, 2010
      1. Security Team Catch-up
  17. 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
  18. UWN Translations
  19. Subscribe
  20. Archives and RSS Feed
  21. Additional Ubuntu News
  22. Conclusion
  23. Credits
  24. Glossary of Terms
  25. Ubuntu - Get Involved
  26. Feedback

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WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 208 for the week August 22nd - August 28th, 2010.

In This Issue

General Community News

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open (77701) +455 over last week
  • Critical (35) +5 over last week
  • Unconfirmed (37605) +16 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) +/-0 over last week
  2. Spanish (8577) -296 over last week
  3. Brazilian Portuguese (33658) -194 over last week
  4. French (37746) -98 over last week
  5. German (54047) -66 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

Launchpad News

Ubuntu Forums News

The Planet

In The Press

In The Blogosphere

===Keep the "Linux" out of it Please===

Jeff Hoogland looks at why Android and Ubuntu share such large success as Linux-based operating systems. He posits that this is partially because neither mentions Linux in its advertising. He wants to know if others agree and if this is a sign of problems with Linux as a brand.

http://jeffhoogland.blogspot.com/2010/08/keep-linux-out-of-it-please.html

===Rethinking Canonical’s Ubuntu Business Strategy===

Christopher Tozzi of WorksWithU writes about the changes of Canonical's business strategy since 2007/2008. He focuses on how they've branched out from just being concerned about the desktop and server editions to how now they also have other incentives for people using Ubuntu. This ranges from things like Unity and Ubuntu Light to Ubuntu One, Launchpad, and their work on cloud computing.

http://www.workswithu.com/2010/08/24/rethinking-canonicals-ubuntu-business-strategy/

===Back to School with Ubuntu===

Joe Panettieri of WorksWithU talks about the ZaReason back-to-school specials for computers preinstalled with Ubuntu. He thinks these are important and wonders how Canonical and Ubuntu OEMS can work to better promote such specials so that more people are aware of them outside of the existing community.

http://www.workswithu.com/2010/08/25/back-to-school-with-ubuntu/

In Other News

Ubuntu Tweak 0.5.6 Released - Adds Desktop Recovery Feature

OMG!Ubuntu reports on the new version of Ubuntu Tweak. Ubuntu Tweak just released version 0.5.6 which includes now a desktop recovery. This will backup current settings and be able to reset to either a backup or default should settings go awry.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/08/ubuntu-tweak-056-released-adds-desktop.html

Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings

Monthly Team Reports: <MONTH> <YEAR>

Upcoming Meetings and Events

Tuesday Aug. 31, 2910

Asia - Oceania RMB Meeting

Ubuntu Mobile Team Meeting

Developer Membership Board

  • Start: 14:00 UTC
  • End: 15:00 UTC
  • Location: not listed as of publication
  • Agenda: not listed as of publication

Desktop Team Meeting

Kernel Team Meeting

  • Start: 17:00 UTC
  • End: 18:00 UTC
  • Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
  • Agenda: Not listed as of publication

Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010

Weekly Ubuntu Foundations team meeting

Jono Bacon @ Home Videocast : Various Topics and Q+A

Edubuntu Meeting

QA Team Meeting

Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010

Ayatana UX team meeting

  • Start: 12:00 UTC
  • End: 12:30 UTC
  • Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-quality
  • Agenda: Introductions * Review team charter * Organize first UX activity * Brainstorm future UX activities

Ubuntu Translations Meeting

Ubuntu News Team Meeting

  • Start: 23:00 UTC
  • End: 00:00 UTC
  • Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-news
  • Agenda: #ubuntu-news IRC Channel on freenode.net Agenda: TBD

Friday, Sept. 3, 2010

Maverick Weekly Release Meeting

Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010

  • None listed as of publication

Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010

  • None listed as of publication

Monday, Sept. 6, 2010

Security Team Catch-up

  • Start: 17:00 UTC
  • End: 17:30 UTC
  • Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-news
  • Agenda: nothing formal, just a weekly catch-up. Weekly Ubuntu Security Team catch-up meeting. Anyone is welcome to join if they want to watch, contribute, etc.

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

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Archives and RSS Feed

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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:

  • J Scott Gwin
  • 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

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