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=== Global Bug Jam: Retrospective ===

http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/?p=167

=== MOTU School sessions for Ubuntu Developer Week wanted ===

http://jameswestby.net/weblog/ubuntu/00-developer-week-school.html

=== MOTU News ===
Nicolas Valcárcel (also known as nxvl) has joined the MOTU team. He has done great work in the Server team, is the star of a Spanish packaging video and is involved in various places in the MOTU team.
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http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=business6_aug12_2008


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Canonical's Smartest Move of 2008 - Joe Panettieri reflects on why Canonical's cancellation of Ubuntu Live and instead focusing more on LinuxWorld Expo was a very smart move. http://www.workswithu.com/2008/08/10/canonicals-smartest-move-of-2008/

Canonical To VARs: 11% of U.S. Businesses Use Ubuntu Linux - For more than a year, Canonical has been piecing together a global channel of partners, distributors and solutions providers. Today Canonical's partner program remains in its infancy, but they hope to change that by bolstering Ubuntu Server Edition's support among ISV's. http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/08/10/canonical-to-vars-11-of-us-businesses-use-ubuntu-linux/

http://loungedaddy.wordpress.com/2008/08/10/ubuntu-really-is-linux-for-humans/
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## Any news or links that don't fit neatly into other sections. http://onlineathens.com/stories/080908/news_2008080900419.shtml

http://crashsystems.net/2008/08/comcast-wont-support-linux/

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WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #104 for the week August 10th - August 16th, 2008. In this issue we cover ...

UWN Translations

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In This Issue

General Community News

Global Bug Jam: Retrospective

http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/?p=167

MOTU School sessions for Ubuntu Developer Week wanted

http://jameswestby.net/weblog/ubuntu/00-developer-week-school.html

MOTU News

Nicolas Valcárcel (also known as nxvl) has joined the MOTU team. He has done great work in the Server team, is the star of a Spanish packaging video and is involved in various places in the MOTU team.

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

New in Hardy Heron

Launchpad News

http://news.launchpad.net/general/legal-page-updates

Ubuntu Forums News

In The Press

http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=business6_aug12_2008

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10013233-16.html?part=rss&subj=TheOpenRoad

In The Blogosphere

Canonical's Smartest Move of 2008 - Joe Panettieri reflects on why Canonical's cancellation of Ubuntu Live and instead focusing more on LinuxWorld Expo was a very smart move. http://www.workswithu.com/2008/08/10/canonicals-smartest-move-of-2008/

Canonical To VARs: 11% of U.S. Businesses Use Ubuntu Linux - For more than a year, Canonical has been piecing together a global channel of partners, distributors and solutions providers. Today Canonical's partner program remains in its infancy, but they hope to change that by bolstering Ubuntu Server Edition's support among ISV's. http://www.thevarguy.com/2008/08/10/canonical-to-vars-11-of-us-businesses-use-ubuntu-linux/

http://loungedaddy.wordpress.com/2008/08/10/ubuntu-really-is-linux-for-humans/

In Other News

http://onlineathens.com/stories/080908/news_2008080900419.shtml

http://crashsystems.net/2008/08/comcast-wont-support-linux/

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

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Conclusion

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