Ubuntu Wiki

WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue ## for the week MONTH DAY - DAY, YEAR. In this issue we cover ...

In This Issue

General Community News

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

• Open (80400) -133 over last week
• Critical (39) +1 over last week
• Unconfirmed (45473) -55 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 (UK) (1) -4385 over last week
2. Spanish (6766) -1928 over last week
3. Brazilian Portuguese (28263) -1714 over last week
4. French (35531) -4029 over last week
5. Turkish (44019) -7368 over last week

Remaining strings to translate in Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat", see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/

Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week

• Links using favicons - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/27003/

• Unity interface only shows pictures - this is not ideal. - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/27019/

• coherent single-click interface for the desktop and file-manager - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/27009/

• Spam is increasing on Ubuntu Brainstorming - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/26991/

• Make use of "copy" or "backup" button on external hdd enclosure - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/27012/

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

In Other News

Featured Podcasts

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, 10.04 and 10.10

Security Updates

• USN-1044-1: D-Bus vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1044-1

• USN-1045-1: FUSE vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1045-1

• USN-1045-2: util-linux update - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1045-2

• USN-1046-1: Sudo vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1046-1

Ubuntu 6.06 Updates

• None Reported

Ubuntu 8.04 Updates

• dbus 1.1.20-1ubuntu3.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2011-January/012605.html

• mydms 1.7.0-1+lenny1build0.8.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2011-January/012606.html

• mumble 1.1.3-0ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2011-January/012607.html

Ubuntu 9.04 Updates

• None Reported

Ubuntu 9.10 Updates

• dbus 1.2.16-0ubuntu9.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2011-January/012561.html

• xpdf 3.02-1.4ubuntu2.9.10.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2011-January/012562.html

• sudo 1.7.0-1ubuntu2.6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2011-January/012563.html

• mumble 1.1.8-3ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2011-January/012564.html

Ubuntu 10.04 Updates

• dbus 1.2.16-2ubuntu4.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-January/012109.html

• debian-installer 20081029ubuntu102.7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-January/012110.html

• sudo 1.7.2p1-1ubuntu5.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-January/012111.html

• grub2 1.98-1ubuntu10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-January/012112.html

• casper 1.236.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-January/012114.html

• nfs-utils 1:1.2.0-4ubuntu4.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-January/012113.html

• dovecot 1:1.2.9-1ubuntu6.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-January/012115.html

• portmap 6.0.0-1ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-January/012116.html

• samba 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-January/012117.html

• mysql-dfsg-5.1 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.9 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-January/012118.html

• euca2ools 1.2-0ubuntu10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-January/012119.html

• apparmor 2.5.1-0ubuntu0.10.04.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-January/012120.html

• thunderbird-locales 1:3.1.7ubuntu0.10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-January/012121.html

• util-linux 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.10.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-January/012122.html

• base-files 5.0.0ubuntu20.10.04.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-January/012123.html

• xpdf 3.02-2ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-January/012124.html

• asterisk 1:1.6.2.5-0ubuntu1.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-January/012125.html

• mumble 1.2.2-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-January/012126.html

• eglibc 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.8 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-January/012127.html

• upstart 0.6.5-8 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-January/012128.html

Ubuntu 10.10 Updates

• dbus 1.4.0-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-January/009157.html

• sudo 1.7.2p7-1ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-January/009158.html

• xpdf 3.02-9ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-January/009159.html

• asterisk 1:1.6.2.7-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-January/009160.html

• mumble 1.2.2-4ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-January/009161.html

• eglibc 2.12.1-0ubuntu10.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-January/009162.html

• upstart 0.6.6-4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-January/009163.html

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:

• http://www.ubuntu.com/news

and

• http://fridge.ubuntu.com/

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.

Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License Creative Commons License 3.0 BY SA