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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue ## for the week MONTH DAY - DAY, YEAR.

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 244 for the week of November 28 - December 4, 2011.
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## This section is for various "Thank You's" and appreciation stories from the community.
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## Bug stats only take a second to do.
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## See last week's UWN to calculate change over last week.
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    * Open (#) +/- # over last week
    * Critical (#) +/- # over last week
    * Unconfirmed (#) +/- # over last week
 * Open (88316) +147 over last week
 * Critical (124) -5 over last week
 * Unconfirmed (46098) -77 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/maverick (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.

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 2. Language (#) +/- # over last week
 3. Language (#) +/- # over last week
 4. Language (#) +/- # over last week
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 1. English (Australia) (7290) -17061 over last week
 2. Spanish (9039) -34 over last week
 3. Brazilian Portuguese (45262) -143 over last week
 4. English (United Kingdom) (45733) -149 over last week
 5. Bosnian (62504) -2661 over last week
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=== Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week ===

## 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.

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=== Ubuntu Brainstorm Top Ideas This Week ===

 * More information from Ubuntu One Music Store - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28925/
 * Excessive Titling of Active Application - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28916/
 * Simpler import of GPG-keys - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28921/
 * The version number can be confusing. - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28927/
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=== Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions this week ===
=== Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions This Week ===

 * Find and replace text within multiple files - http://askubuntu.com/questions/84007/find-and-replace-text-within-multiple-files
 * Why is there 'amd' in the ubuntu iso filename? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/84774/why-is-there-amd-in-the-ubuntu-iso-filename
 * Will 12.04 default into Unity the way 11.10 did? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/83334/will-12-04-default-into-unity-the-way-11-10-did
 * Converting mp4 to mp3 - http://askubuntu.com/questions/84584/converting-mp4-to-mp3
 * I need some data on the distribution of Ubuntu users -http://askubuntu.com/questions/84029/i-need-some-data-on-the-distribution-of-ubuntu-users
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## Run security-and-updates/ListSecurity.py YEAR MONTH  * USN-1282-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1282-1
 * USN-1283-1: APT vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1283-1
 * USN-1284-1: Update Manager vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1284-1
 * USN-1285-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1285-1
 * USN-1286-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1286-1
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## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH hardy
## End of life - April 2013 (Server)
 * apt 0.7.9ubuntu17.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2011-November/012701.html
 * update-manager 1:0.87.31.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2011-November/012702.html
 * python-apt 0.7.4ubuntu7.7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2011-November/012703.html
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## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH lucid
## End of Life - April 2013 (Desktop) - April 2015 (Server)
 * apt 0.7.25.3ubuntu9.9 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-November/012559.html
 * update-notifier 0.99.3ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-November/012560.html
 * update-manager 1:0.134.11.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-November/012561.html
 * phpldapadmin 1.2.0.5-1ubuntu1.10.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-November/012562.html
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## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH maverick
## End of Life - April 2012
 * software-center 3.0.11 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-November/009680.html
 * apt 0.8.3ubuntu7.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-November/009681.html
 * update-notifier 0.105ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-November/009682.html
 * update-manager 1:0.142.23.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-November/009683.html
 * phpldapadmin 1.2.0.5-1.1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-November/009684.html
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## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH maverick
## End of Life - October 2012
 * software-center 4.0.6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-November/012302.html
 * apt 0.8.13.2ubuntu4.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-November/012303.html
 * update-notifier 0.111ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-November/012304.html
 * update-manager 1:0.150.5.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-November/012305.html
 * phpldapadmin 1.2.0.5-2ubuntu1.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-November/012306.html
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## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH oneiric
## End of Life - April 2013
 * fglrx-installer-updates 2:8.911-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011453.html
 * evolution-data-server 3.2.2-0ubuntu1~oneiric - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011454.html
 * update-manager 1:0.152.25.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011455.html
 * mcollective 1.2.1-0ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011456.html
 * phpldapadmin 1.2.0.5-2ubuntu1.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011457.html
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 * Liraz Siri

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WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 244 for the week of November 28 - December 4, 2011.

In This Issue

General Community News

Community Acknowledgments and Success Stories

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open (88316) +147 over last week
  • Critical (124) -5 over last week
  • Unconfirmed (46098) -77 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 Oneiric

  1. English (Australia) (7290) -17061 over last week
  2. Spanish (9039) -34 over last week
  3. Brazilian Portuguese (45262) -143 over last week
  4. English (United Kingdom) (45733) -149 over last week
  5. Bosnian (62504) -2661 over last week

Remaining strings to translate in Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Oncelot", see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/oneiric/ and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Translations

Ubuntu Brainstorm Top Ideas 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/

Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions This Week

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

LoCo News

Launchpad News

Ubuntu Forums News

Ubuntu Cloud News

The Planet

In The Press

In The Blogosphere

In Other News

Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings

Monthly Team Reports: <MONTH> <YEAR>

Upcoming Meetings and Events

For upcoming meetings and events please visit the calendars at fridge.ubuntu.com: http://fridge.ubuntu.com/calendars/

Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 10.10, 11.04 and 11.10

Security Updates

Ubuntu 8.04 Updates

Ubuntu 10.04 Updates

Ubuntu 10.10 Updates

Ubuntu 11.04 Updates

Ubuntu 11.10 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

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Additional Ubuntu News

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Conclusion

Thank you for reading the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter.

See you next week!

Credits

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Glossary of Terms

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