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## These are big articles that don't fit within another section		 === Ubuntu Global Bug Jam! ===

Friday August 8th to Sun August 10th 2008 has been designated as the very first Ubuntu Global Bug Jam. What is the Ubuntu Global Bug Jam? Put simply, it is a world-wide online and face-to-face event to get people together
to fix Ubuntu bugs. The idea is to get as many people online fixing bugs, having a great time, and making their contribution for free software. It's going to be a great opportunity to not only contribute to Ubuntu, but to also get together with other Ubuntu fans to make a difference, either via your Lo``Co team, your LUG, other free software group. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GlobalBugJam

If you are in a Lo``Co Team, the Ubuntu Global Bug Jam it a great opportunity to get together and have a physical bug-jam. To get started there is a Running a Bug Jam guide https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RunningBugJam, which offers some helpful advice for getting your jam organised. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/loco-contacts/2008-June/002253.html

=== New Members ===

There was a small invasion from IRC land, three excellent IRC helpers
and operators have applied for membership and Matt Darcy, Miia Ranta and
Benjamin Rubin are now all Ubuntu members.
https://launchpad.net/~matt-darcy - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MattDarcy
https://launchpad.net/~myrtti - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Myrtti
https://launchpad.net/~bnrubin - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BenjaminRubin

Continuing the stream of Italian members we saw in the last meeting,
Riccardo Coccioli has been approved as member, he has done good work on
the Italian forums. Fellow Italian Devid Filoni is active both in the
Italian locoteam and as a MOTU hopeful and now also Ubuntu member.
https://launchpad.net/~volans - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Volans
https://launchpad.net/~d.filoni - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DevidFiloni

Jad Madi has been rocking hard in Jordan, promoting Ubuntu on the Jordan
University and many other places.
https://launchpad.net/~jad - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Syntux

Natacha Menjibar is one of the heroes of the Spanish Ubuntu community,
working hard in documentation, forums and more.
https://launchpad.net/~kelp - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/kelp

Vojtěch Trefný is a core contributor of the Czech LoCoTeam and has
also managed to collect over 36000 karma points answering questions on
launchpad.
https://launchpad.net/~vojtech.trefny - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/VojtěchTrefný

Sayak Banerjee is an active contributor to the forums who has impressed
the forum members and staff with his positive and welcoming attitude.
http://launchpad.net/~sayakb - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Dave701

Nicolas Barceret is Ubuntu Server Product Manager at Canonical and is
working hard to make Ubuntu the #1 choice for servers.
https://launchpad.net/~nijaba - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NicolasBarcet

The EMEA board is happy to welcome aboard these excellent members! Our
next meeting will be on June 10, 18:00 UTC.

---- Laudeci Oliveira (Pretto) ----
- https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Pretto
- https://launchpad.net/~Elaudeci

---- Chris Gregan (cgregan) ----
- https://wiki.kubuntu.org/cgregan
- https://launchpad.net/~Ecgregan

---- A. Walton (awalton) ----
- https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Awalton
- https://launchpad.net/~Eawalton

---- Norman Garcia (n0rman) ----
- https://wiki.kubuntu.org/norm
- https://launchpad.net/~Enaguilarg

---- Kurt von Finck (mneptok) ----
- https://wiki.kubuntu.org/KurtvonFinck
- https://launchpad.net/people/mneptok

---- Nick Ellery (nickellery) ----
- https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Cloudfx
- https://launchpad.net/~Enick.ellery

---- LaRoza ----
- https://wiki.kubuntu.org/LaRoza
- https://launchpad.net/~Elaroza

---- Bodhi.zazen ----
- https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Bodhi6
- https://launchpad.net/~Ebodhi-zazen

---- Michael Garrido (xander21c) ----
- http://wiki.ubuntu.com/xander21c
- https://edge.launchpad.net/~Exander21c

---- Mike Rushton (leftyfb) ----
- https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Leftyfb
- https://launchpad.net/~Eleftyfb

---- Brandon Perry (brandonperry) ----
- https://wiki.kubuntu.org/BrandonPerry
- https://launchpad.net/~Ebperry-volatile

---- Martin Kossick (hacktick) ----
- https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Mkossick
- https://launchpad.net/~Ehacktick

== Newly Approved LoCos ==

|| El Salvador || ["ElSalvadorTeam/ApprovalApplication"] ||
|| Perú || ["PeruvianTeam/ApprovalApplication"] ||
|| Arizona, USA || ["ArizonaTeam/ApprovalApplication"] ||
|| Ecuador || ["EcuadorTeam/ApprovalApplication"] ||

Look at the approval applications for summaries. Don't include above table when released.


http://www.ubuntu.com/news/netbook-remix

http://blog.qa.ubuntu.com/node/9

http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/3494

http://blog.qa.ubuntu.com/node/10 (include highlights, don't need to overwhelm with technical mumbo-jumbo, may also want to move to a more appropriate section? Like replace New in Hardy with Technical Updates or something)

http://www.ubuntu.com/news/spotlight/oscon2008
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## Make each article a subsection, via === Section name ===
## Add notes about new locoteams, changed ones, meetings, etc.		 http://www.belutz.net/2008/06/01/government-award-for-ubuntu-indonesia/

http://konsilience.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/michigan-loco-bug-jam-summer-2008/
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## This section is provided by the infrequent Launchpad updates Christian Reis
## sends out via email. Copy that email into here and refactor as needed		 The Launchpad Podcast, which records on Wednesdays, is always looking for user questions. If you have some, please submit them to feedback@launchpad.net.
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## Things Ubuntu-specific are great, but general Linux goings-on are good to, to an extent.
## We don't need to replicate Digg & Slashdot, but certain things are of special interest.
## Just pulling one example from my memory, the story about Indiana schools piloting
## a classroom Linux deployment, a portion of which was Ubuntu, are good. Ubuntu
## release reviews are also common items in this section.		 http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;1631359451;pp;1;fp;16;fpid;1

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9092899

http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2008/060308-ubuntu-offers-remix-a-lighter.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,146400-c,linux/article.html
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http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2008/06/03/ubuntu-disapointment/
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## Any news or links that don't fit neatly into other sections. http://enterpriselinuxlog.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/06/03/ubuntu-server-receives-positive-reviews/

http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=2467

http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2008/06/03/s01e07-do-not-disturb/
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Ubuntu Technical Board meeting, 2008-06-03
=== Ubuntu Core Developer application from Till Kamppeter ===

The MOTU council recommended Till Kamppeter for membership in the core
development team:

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/motu-council/2008-May/001100.html

In the course of the interview, it was agreed that more limited access
privileges would be sufficient and appropriate for Till to continue his work
on printing in Ubuntu.

launchpad does not yet provide this type of fine-grained access control, but
it is expected in the near future. As such, the board resolved to grant
Till membership in ubuntu-core-dev, to be transitioned to the new mechanism
once it becomes available. In the meantime, Till agreed to voluntarily
limit his use of ubuntu-core-dev privileges to the relevant set of packages
(to be agreed with the board separately).

=== Ubuntu Core Developer application from Jamie Strandboge ===

The MOTU council recommended Jamie Strandboge for membership in the core
development team:

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/motu-council/2008-May/001101.html

The board approved Jamie's application and welcomed him to the core
development team.
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 * John Crawford 

WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #94 for the week June 1st - June 7th, 2008. In this issue we cover...

UWN Translations

In This Issue

General Community News

Ubuntu Global Bug Jam!

Friday August 8th to Sun August 10th 2008 has been designated as the very first Ubuntu Global Bug Jam. What is the Ubuntu Global Bug Jam? Put simply, it is a world-wide online and face-to-face event to get people together to fix Ubuntu bugs. The idea is to get as many people online fixing bugs, having a great time, and making their contribution for free software. It's going to be a great opportunity to not only contribute to Ubuntu, but to also get together with other Ubuntu fans to make a difference, either via your LoCo team, your LUG, other free software group. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GlobalBugJam

If you are in a LoCo Team, the Ubuntu Global Bug Jam it a great opportunity to get together and have a physical bug-jam. To get started there is a Running a Bug Jam guide https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RunningBugJam, which offers some helpful advice for getting your jam organised. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/loco-contacts/2008-June/002253.html

New Members

There was a small invasion from IRC land, three excellent IRC helpers and operators have applied for membership and Matt Darcy, Miia Ranta and Benjamin Rubin are now all Ubuntu members. https://launchpad.net/~matt-darcy - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MattDarcy https://launchpad.net/~myrtti - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Myrtti https://launchpad.net/~bnrubin - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BenjaminRubin

Continuing the stream of Italian members we saw in the last meeting, Riccardo Coccioli has been approved as member, he has done good work on the Italian forums. Fellow Italian Devid Filoni is active both in the Italian locoteam and as a MOTU hopeful and now also Ubuntu member. https://launchpad.net/~volans - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Volans https://launchpad.net/~d.filoni - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DevidFiloni

Jad Madi has been rocking hard in Jordan, promoting Ubuntu on the Jordan University and many other places. https://launchpad.net/~jad - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Syntux

Natacha Menjibar is one of the heroes of the Spanish Ubuntu community, working hard in documentation, forums and more. https://launchpad.net/~kelp - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/kelp

Vojtěch Trefný is a core contributor of the Czech LoCoTeam and has also managed to collect over 36000 karma points answering questions on launchpad. https://launchpad.net/~vojtech.trefny - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/VojtěchTrefný

Sayak Banerjee is an active contributor to the forums who has impressed the forum members and staff with his positive and welcoming attitude. http://launchpad.net/~sayakb - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Dave701

Nicolas Barceret is Ubuntu Server Product Manager at Canonical and is working hard to make Ubuntu the #1 choice for servers. https://launchpad.net/~nijaba - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NicolasBarcet

The EMEA board is happy to welcome aboard these excellent members! Our next meeting will be on June 10, 18:00 UTC.

Laudeci Oliveira (Pretto)

- https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Pretto - https://launchpad.net/~Elaudeci

Chris Gregan (cgregan)

- https://wiki.kubuntu.org/cgregan - https://launchpad.net/~Ecgregan

A. Walton (awalton)

- https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Awalton - https://launchpad.net/~Eawalton

Norman Garcia (n0rman)

- https://wiki.kubuntu.org/norm - https://launchpad.net/~Enaguilarg

Kurt von Finck (mneptok)

- https://wiki.kubuntu.org/KurtvonFinck - https://launchpad.net/people/mneptok

Nick Ellery (nickellery)

- https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Cloudfx - https://launchpad.net/~Enick.ellery

LaRoza

- https://wiki.kubuntu.org/LaRoza - https://launchpad.net/~Elaroza

Bodhi.zazen

- https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Bodhi6 - https://launchpad.net/~Ebodhi-zazen

Michael Garrido (xander21c)

- http://wiki.ubuntu.com/xander21c - https://edge.launchpad.net/~Exander21c

Mike Rushton (leftyfb)

- https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Leftyfb - https://launchpad.net/~Eleftyfb

Brandon Perry (brandonperry)

- https://wiki.kubuntu.org/BrandonPerry - https://launchpad.net/~Ebperry-volatile

Martin Kossick (hacktick)

- https://wiki.kubuntu.org/Mkossick - https://launchpad.net/~Ehacktick

Newly Approved LoCos

Look at the approval applications for summaries. Don't include above table when released.

http://www.ubuntu.com/news/netbook-remix

http://blog.qa.ubuntu.com/node/9

http://www.kdedevelopers.org/node/3494

http://blog.qa.ubuntu.com/node/10 (include highlights, don't need to overwhelm with technical mumbo-jumbo, may also want to move to a more appropriate section? Like replace New in Hardy with Technical Updates or something)

http://www.ubuntu.com/news/spotlight/oscon2008

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open (#) +/- # over last week
  • Critical (#) +/- # over last week
  • Unconfirmed (#) +/- # over last week
  • Unassigned (#) +/- # over last week
  • All bugs ever reported (#) +/- # over last week

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

Infamous Bugs

Translation Stats Hardy

  1. Language (#) +/- # over last week
  2. Language (#) +/- # over last week
  3. Language (#) +/- # over last week
  4. Language (#) +/- # over last week
  5. Language (#) +/- # over last week

Remaining strings to translate in Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron," see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/hardy/

LoCo News

http://www.belutz.net/2008/06/01/government-award-for-ubuntu-indonesia/

http://konsilience.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/michigan-loco-bug-jam-summer-2008/

New in Hardy Heron

Launchpad News

The Launchpad Podcast, which records on Wednesdays, is always looking for user questions. If you have some, please submit them to feedback@launchpad.net.

Ubuntu Forums News

In The Press

http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/index.php/id;1631359451;pp;1;fp;16;fpid;1

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9092899

http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2008/060308-ubuntu-offers-remix-a-lighter.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,146400-c,linux/article.html

In The Blogosphere

http://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2008/06/03/ubuntu-disapointment/

In Other News

http://enterpriselinuxlog.blogs.techtarget.com/2008/06/03/ubuntu-server-receives-positive-reviews/

http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=2467

http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2008/06/03/s01e07-do-not-disturb/

Meeting Summaries

Ubuntu Technical Board meeting, 2008-06-03

Ubuntu Core Developer application from Till Kamppeter

The MOTU council recommended Till Kamppeter for membership in the core development team:

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/motu-council/2008-May/001100.html

In the course of the interview, it was agreed that more limited access privileges would be sufficient and appropriate for Till to continue his work on printing in Ubuntu.

launchpad does not yet provide this type of fine-grained access control, but it is expected in the near future. As such, the board resolved to grant Till membership in ubuntu-core-dev, to be transitioned to the new mechanism once it becomes available. In the meantime, Till agreed to voluntarily limit his use of ubuntu-core-dev privileges to the relevant set of packages (to be agreed with the board separately).

Ubuntu Core Developer application from Jamie Strandboge

The MOTU council recommended Jamie Strandboge for membership in the core development team:

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/motu-council/2008-May/001101.html

The board approved Jamie's application and welcomed him to the core development team.

Upcoming Meetings and Events

Community Spotlight

Updates and Security for 6.06, 7.04, 7.10, and 8.04

Security Updates

Ubuntu 6.06 Updates

Ubuntu 7.04 Updates

Ubuntu 7.10 Updates

Ubuntu 8.04 Updates

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