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Contents

In This Issue
General Community News
Ubuntu Stats
1. Bug Stats
2. Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week
3. Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions this week
LoCo News
Launchpad News
Ubuntu Forums News
The Planet
In The Press
In The Blogosphere
1. Testing the new Login Manager for Ubuntu, LightDM
2. First Impressions of VirtualBoxed Ubuntu
3. LoCo Council Meeting
In Other News
1. Full Circle Magazine - Issue #50
Featured Podcasts
1. Ubuntu UK Podcast: S04E09 – Brave New World
2. Full Circle Podcast #21: Wibberty Wibberty Woo
Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
Upcoming Meetings and Events
Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 10.10 and 11.04
1. Security Updates
2. Ubuntu 8.04 Updates
3. Ubuntu 10.04 Updates
4. Ubuntu 10.10 Updates
5. Ubuntu 11.04 Updates
UWN Translations
Subscribe
Archives
Additional Ubuntu News
Conclusion
Credits
Glossary of Terms
Ubuntu - Get Involved
Feedback

WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 222 for the week June 19 - 25, 2011.

In This Issue

General Community News

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

Open (90506) -17 over last week
Critical (150) +1 over last week
Unconfirmed (49430) -648 over last week

As always, the Bug Squad needs more help. If you want to get started, please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad

Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week

Make it easier for new users to find the correct software - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28148/
Right-clicking on a unity's launcher icon should list opened window titles. - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28159/
Add save and load option for backups to the gnome-config-tool (gcontool) - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28151/
Tomboy is great and could even be better - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28155/
Ubuntu One Notes is nice...but could be better - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28154/

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/

Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions this week

What does a beginner need to know before switching to Ubuntu? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/49827/what-does-a-beginner-need-to-know-before-switching-to-ubuntu
What is the “proposed” repository? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/49691/what-is-the-proposed-repository
Application for taking pretty screenshots (like OS X does) - http://askubuntu.com/questions/50604/application-for-taking-pretty-screenshots-like-os-x-does
What is the default swap size? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/50308/what-is-the-default-swap-size
What is the difference between remove and completely remove in synaptic package manager? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/49890/what-is-the-difference-between-remove-and-completely-remove-in-synaptic-package-m

Ask (and answer!) your own questions at http://AskUbuntu.com

LoCo News

Launchpad News

Ubuntu Forums News

The Planet

In The Press

In The Blogosphere

Testing the new Login Manager for Ubuntu, LightDM

In 11.10 Ubuntu will be switching to the LightDM for a display manager. See some suggested mock-ups and learn how you can now help with testing this new light, themeable display manager.

More information can be found at: http://ubuntu4beginners.blogspot.com/2011/06/testing-new-login-manger-for-ubuntu.html

First Impressions of VirtualBoxed Ubuntu

At this blog post, Josh Braun, Cornell University Ph.D. Candidate, shares his first impressions having recently switched from dual-booting OSX and ubuntu to running ubuntu in virtualbox under OSX.

More information can be found at: http://wideaperture.net/blog/?p=3312

LoCo Council Meeting

Paul Mellors discusses his attendance at his first LoCo Council meeting and the process which teams go through to be re-approved for the council.

More information can be found at: http://paulmellors.blogspot.com/2011/06/loco-council-meeting.html

In Other News

Full Circle Magazine - Issue #50

Full Circle - the independent magazine for the Ubuntu Linux community are proud to announce the release of our half-centenary issue.

This month:

Command and Conquer.
How-To : Program in Python - Part 24, LibreOffice - Part 5, Ubuntu Development - Part 2, and Use KDE (4.6).
Linux Lab - Gnome Shell -vs- Unity.
Review - PAM Facial Recognition.
Top 5 - USB Installers.
I Think - Should Ubuntu keep it's current schedule, or switch to a rolling release?

plus: Ubuntu Games, My Story, and much much more!

Get it while it's hot! http://fullcirclemagazine.org/issue-50/

Featured Podcasts

Ubuntu UK Podcast: S04E09 – Brave New World

Laura Cowen, Tony Whitmore, Alan Pope, and guest presenter Alan Bell are back oop North in Studio B (with noisy podcats but no dishwasher) for episode 9 of season 4 of the Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo Team!

In this week’s show:

We talk about monkeying around with a MicroServer (we really must do a segment about them at some point), going to the Doctor Who Experience in London (we don’t reveal any spoilers), and going through 108 locks in one weekend on a canal boat.
In the news
We give updates on OggCamp11 * We interview actor, director, DRM-free audio books advocate Barnaby Edwards about his new venture, TextBookStuff (which you can get via the Ubuntu One Music Store).
We have a competition to win an audio book from TextBookStuff. Entries to competition@ubuntu-uk.org by Sunday 17th July
We have a Bit About Ubuntu
..and a bit that’s Not About Ubuntu
And we had some Command Line Love
Finally we have your feedback.

More information is available at: http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2011/06/22/s04e09-brave-new-world/

Full Circle Podcast #21: Wibberty Wibberty Woo

In this episode, why do we need Ubuntu? The desktop versus the cloud.

OGG: http://fullcirclemagazine.org/podpress_trac/web/1381/0/fullcirclepodcast_ep21_240611.ogg

MP3: http://fullcirclemagazine.org/podpress_trac/web/1381/1/fullcirclepodcast_ep21_240611.mp3

More information is available at: http://fullcirclemagazine.org/2011/06/24/full-circle-podcast-21-wibberty-wibberty-woo/

Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings

Ubuntu Desktop Team Meeting Minutes for June 21st, 2011 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Meeting/2011-06-21
Ubuntu Mobile Team Meeting Minutes from June 23rd, 2011 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MobileTeam/Meeting/2011/20110623
Ubuntu Server Team Meeting Minutes for June 21st, 2011 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/20110621
Ubuntu Kernel Team Meeting Minutes for June 21st, 2011 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Meeting/2011-06-21
Ubuntu Release Team Meeting Minutes for June 24th, 2011 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReleaseTeam/Meeting/2011-06-24

Upcoming Meetings and Events

For upcoming meetings and events please visit the calendars at ubuntu-news.org: http://ubuntu-news.org/calendars/

Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 10.10 and 11.04

UWN Translations

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

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

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

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:

Elizabeth Krumbach
Mike Holstein
Tubuntu
Unit193
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, this issue of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 License

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 * Add save and load option for backups to the gnome-config-tool (gcontool) - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28151/
 * Tomboy is great and could even be better - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28155/
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 * What is the “proposed” repository? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/49691/what-is-the-proposed-repository
 * Application for taking pretty screenshots (like OS X does) - http://askubuntu.com/questions/50604/application-for-taking-pretty-screenshots-like-os-x-does
 * What is the default swap size? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/50308/what-is-the-default-swap-size
 * What is the difference between remove and completely remove in synaptic package manager? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/49890/what-is-the-difference-between-remove-and-completely-remove-in-synaptic-package-m

Ask (and answer!) your own questions at http://AskUbuntu.com
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+=== Testing the new Login Manager for Ubuntu, LightDM ===

In 11.10 Ubuntu will be switching to the LightDM for a display manager. See some suggested mock-ups and learn how you can now help with testing this new light, themeable display manager.

More information can be found at: http://ubuntu4beginners.blogspot.com/2011/06/testing-new-login-manger-for-ubuntu.html

=== First Impressions of VirtualBoxed Ubuntu ===

At this blog post, Josh Braun, Cornell University Ph.D. Candidate, shares his first impressions having recently switched from dual-booting OSX and ubuntu to running ubuntu in virtualbox under OSX.

More information can be found at: http://wideaperture.net/blog/?p=3312

=== LoCo Council Meeting ===

Paul Mellors discusses his attendance at his first Lo``Co Council meeting and the process which teams go through to be re-approved for the council.

More information can be found at: http://paulmellors.blogspot.com/2011/06/loco-council-meeting.html
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Full Circle - the independent magazine for the Ubuntu Linux community are proud to announce the release of our half-centenary issue. 

This month:
 * Command and Conquer.
 * How-To : Program in Python - Part 24, Libre``Office - Part 5, Ubuntu Development - Part 2, and Use KDE (4.6).
 * Linux Lab - Gnome Shell -vs- Unity.
 * Review - PAM Facial Recognition.
 * Top 5 - USB Installers.
 * I Think - Should Ubuntu keep it's current schedule, or switch to a rolling release? 

plus: Ubuntu Games, My Story, and much much more!

Get it while it's hot! http://fullcirclemagazine.org/issue-50/
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Laura Cowen, Tony Whitmore, Alan Pope, and guest presenter Alan Bell are back oop North in Studio B (with noisy podcats but no dishwasher) for episode 9 of season 4 of the Ubuntu Podcast from the UK Lo``Co Team!

In this week’s show:

 * We talk about monkeying around with a Micro``Server (we really must do a segment about them at some point), going to the Doctor Who Experience in London (we don’t reveal any spoilers), and going through 108 locks in one weekend on a canal boat.
 * In the news
 * We give updates on Ogg``Camp11 * We interview actor, director, DRM-free audio books advocate Barnaby Edwards about his new venture, Text``Book``Stuff (which you can get via the Ubuntu One Music Store).
 * We have a competition to win an audio book from Text``Book``Stuff. Entries to competition@ubuntu-uk.org by Sunday 17th July
 * We have a Bit About Ubuntu
 * ..and a bit that’s Not About Ubuntu
 * And we had some Command Line Love
 * Finally we have your feedback.

More information is available at: http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2011/06/22/s04e09-brave-new-world/

=== Full Circle Podcast #21: Wibberty Wibberty Woo ===

In this episode, why do we need Ubuntu? The desktop versus the cloud.

OGG: http://fullcirclemagazine.org/podpress_trac/web/1381/0/fullcirclepodcast_ep21_240611.ogg 

MP3: http://fullcirclemagazine.org/podpress_trac/web/1381/1/fullcirclepodcast_ep21_240611.mp3

More information is available at: http://fullcirclemagazine.org/2011/06/24/full-circle-podcast-21-wibberty-wibberty-woo/
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