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https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2008-July/000457.html

=== Ubuntu Screencasts ===
Mixing A Podcast In Ardour - Part 1 http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/Mixing_A_Podcast_In_Ardour_-_Part_1

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## Things Ubuntu-specific are great, but general Linux goings-on are good to, to an extent.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080722-mark-shuttleworth-life-on-mars-ubuntu-in-emerging-markets.html (Concentrate on Ubuntu in emerging markets angle)

http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/07/oscon_pt_21_a_f.html (Video of the interview)

http://oakhazelnut.com/2008/07/22/legion-of-talk-event-podcast-mark-shuttleworth-on-ubuntu-and-space-travel/ (We may put all these interviews under a separate header)
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## In this section we want to highlight the blogs that are exceptionally well-written and in-depth.
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http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com/2008/07/nasa-uses-ubuntu.html

http://oilee.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/a-week-of-ubuntu/

http://amumtaz.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/ubuntu-linux-my-favorite-desktop/

http://nicbou.com/2008/07/21/a-few-suggestions-to-improve-ubuntu/

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WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #101 for the week July 20th - July 26th, 2008. In this issue we cover:

UWN Translations

  • Note to translators and our readers: We are trying a new way of linking to our translations pages. Please follow the link below for the information you need.

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

In This Issue

General Community News

Main frozen for Alpha 3

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2008-July/000457.html

Ubuntu Screencasts

Mixing A Podcast In Ardour - Part 1 http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/Mixing_A_Podcast_In_Ardour_-_Part_1

Ubuntu Stats

Look at Chris_c2's suggestion on the Ideas page.

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

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2008-July/000103.html

New in Hardy Heron

Launchpad News

Ubuntu Forums News

In The Press

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080722-mark-shuttleworth-life-on-mars-ubuntu-in-emerging-markets.html (Concentrate on Ubuntu in emerging markets angle)

http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/07/oscon_pt_21_a_f.html (Video of the interview)

http://oakhazelnut.com/2008/07/22/legion-of-talk-event-podcast-mark-shuttleworth-on-ubuntu-and-space-travel/ (We may put all these interviews under a separate header)

In The Blogosphere

http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com/2008/07/nasa-uses-ubuntu.html

http://oilee.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/a-week-of-ubuntu/

http://amumtaz.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/ubuntu-linux-my-favorite-desktop/

http://nicbou.com/2008/07/21/a-few-suggestions-to-improve-ubuntu/

In Other News

Meeting Summaries

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

UWN #: A sneak peek

Archives and RSS Feed

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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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