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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #138 for the week April 12th - April 18th, 2009. In this issue we cover ...

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In This Issue

General Community News

Announcing the Ubuntu 9.04 Release Candidate

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2009-April/000121.html

Packaging Training Session Update

http://ubuntupackaging.wordpress.com/2009/04/17/packaging-training-session-update/

Announcing Ubuntu Open Week

http://castrojo.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/announcing-ubuntu-open-week-2/

New Ubuntu Members

The approval results from last Americas Membership meeting are as follows:

• Craig Huffstetler: Craig is active on Launchpad Answers, has helped with the US Teams project revitalization and is currently the head of the US South Carolina LoCo team, which they're working to get Approved this year. Current projects US-SC is working on include work with a local college to get a computer lab converted to Ubuntu. Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/~xq Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CraigHuffstetler

• Michael Terry: Michael is a Canonical employee working on OEM customization projects (like Dell Mini), with a focus on install experience (ubiquity, oem-config), and GNOME. He's also been working on PPAs for backported/bleeding-edge duplicity and deja-dup packages. Moving forward he also intends to get involved with MOTU. Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/~mterry Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/mterry

• Tim Sharitt: Tim is an active contributor on ubuntuforums.org, including being recently approved for the Unanswered Posts team, and in the past 6 months has begun getting involved with bug work. He is also a member of the Ubuntu Forums Beginners Team and is working on their Education Focus Group and is planning on helping with the development of Moodle courses for folks new to Ubuntu. Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/~tsharitt Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/tsharitt

• Dan Trevino: Dan has been an Ubuntu user since Warty and has been a major contributor to the US Florida LoCo team since 2007. He's been involved with organizing and has attended and participated in many LoCo events, has worked with Canonical on the Ubuntu Certified Professional training and Ubuntu Server training courses and is a Mentor on the US Teams project. Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/~dantrevino Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DanTrevino

• Alex Launi: Alex has been an active member of the US Pennsylvania LoCo team since 2007 and is a developer for GNOME Do. Within the core Ubuntu community his contributions have been primarily to the LoCo as one of the mailing list admins and a launchpad admin, as well as contributing to development of the website and attending and participating in many events. He is also active on the forums giving support and does bug reporting and was recently involved with some testing with the Intel video drivers in Jaunty. Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/~alexlauni Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AlexLauni

• David Siegel: David is the founder of the GNOME Do project, having gone from a part time user just a few years ago to fully-engaged use and development a year and a half ago with the founding of this project. He is currently working for Canonical in their User Experience team where he plans to work further with the community to improve the user experience through projects like GNOME Do and Ayatana. Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/~djsiegel Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DJSiegel

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2009-April/000513.html

The Asia Oceania Membership Board approved two new members after the meeting held on April 14th.

• Fumihito Yoshida is a member of Japanese LoCo Team and has been contributing by administering its archive and CD Images mirrors. Besides he has also written on Ubuntu in Japanese Magazines. Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/~hito Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FumihitoYoshida

• Mohd Faizul Bin Zulkipli is part of Ubuntu Malasian Team and has been maitaining its web resources. He has also conducted workshops on Ubuntu at colleges. Launchpad: http://launchpad.net/~gunbladeiv Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Gunbladeiv

The next meeting of the Asia Oceanic Membership Board will take place on 28 Apr 2009, 10.00 UTC.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2009-April/000515.html

The Americas and Asia Oceanic Boards are very happy to welcome these great new members to the project!

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 Jaunty

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 9.04 "Jaunty Jackalope," see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/jaunty/

Translation Stats Intrepid

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 8.10 "Intrepid Ibex," see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/intrepid/

# NEEDS UPDATING. # #=== 5-a-day bug stats === # #==== Top 5 contributors for the past 7 days ==== # # * person (#) # * person (#) # * person (#) # * person (#) # * person (#) # #==== Top 5 teams for the past 7 days ==== # # * team (#) # * team (#) # * team (#) # * team (#) # * team (#) # #5-A-Day stats provided by Daniel Holbach. See http://daniel.holba.ch/5-a-day-stats/

Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week

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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/

LoCo News

Japanese Team: 9.04 Release Party in Tokyo

In celebration of Ubuntu 9.04, we are planning an install party and a number of seminar sessions. During the install party, beginners will be assisted by more experienced users.

Details of the event are as follows:

• Date: April 25th, 2009
• Time: 13:00 - 17:00 JST (UTC+9)
• Location: 5F Hirose Building in Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan

• Map: http://www.hirosedenko.co.jp/company/access.html

Further details can be found at https://wiki.ubuntulinux.jp/Offline200904

All are welcome to attend.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2009-April/000514.html

Philippine Ubuntu Team Jaunty Release Party

Announcing the Philippine Teams Jaunty Release Party. It will be held on April 25, 2009 at 6:00PM/1800H. They will be meeting at Strata 2000 F. Ortigas Jr. (Emerald) Ave., Ortigas Center, Pasig - 3 buildings away from Orient Square and walking distance from Megamall. This will be an informal event, a chance to meet the person behind the nick/username and discuss/plan activities for the coming months. If you're in the Philippines, and have plans of joining us, please add your name to the list here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PhilippineTeam/ReleaseParty

http://blog.knightlust.com/?p=118

New in Intrepid Ibex

Launchpad News

Launchpod #18: What's new in 2.2.3 or more

http://blog.launchpad.net/podcast/launchpod-18-whats-new-in-223-and-more

Karma - Where did mine go?

http://blog.launchpad.net/general/karma-where-did-mine-go

Ubuntu Forums News

The Planet

Jorge Castro: Support your LoCo(l) economy...

http://castrojo.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/support-your-locol-economy/

Sayak Banerjee: KDE Brainstorm - 30 days, 700 ideas!

http://blog.sayakbanerjee.com/?p=247

In The Press

Shuttleworth: Oracle a Litmus test for Linux, Ubuntu

http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2009/04/shuttleworth-oracle-a-litmus-t.html

Ubuntu 9.04 Release Candidate arrives

http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/04/ubuntu-904-release-candidate-arrives.ars

The five best, new things in Ubuntu Linux 9.04

http://blogs.computerworld.com/the_five_best_new_things_in_ubuntu_linux_9_04

Death of Linux on netbooks greatly exaggerated

http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/04/death-of-linux-on-netbooks-greatly-exaggerated.ars

Ubuntu circus set to start again

http://www.itwire.com/content/view/24486/1231/

Why Dell Should Stay On Top of Ubuntu Releases

http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2009/04/16/why-dell-should-stay-on-top-of-ubuntu-releases/ NOTE: include the phoronix link to the original article please.

Ubuntu 9.04 due April 23, includes native ARM port

http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/ubuntu-904-due-april-23-include-native-arm-port-20090414/

In The Blogosphere

Ordering Ubuntu on a Dell Laptop

http://red-gecko.blogspot.com/2009/04/ordering-ubuntu-on-dell-laptop.html

Ubuntu 9.04 boots in 17.5 seconds!

http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/ubuntu-904-boots-in-175-seconds/

Notification Disappointment in Ubuntu Jaunty

kennymc0 - please talk to johnc4510, tyche, or myrtlebeachbums if you want guidance on this one

http://glyph.twistedmatrix.com/2009/04/notification-disappointment-in-ubuntu.html

Ubuntu 9.04 Server Edition: What to Expect

http://www.workswithu.com/2009/04/13/ubuntu-904-server-edition-what-to-expect/

Memo to Canonical: Follow Red Hat’s Partner Lead

http://www.workswithu.com/2009/04/14/memo-to-canonical-follow-red-hats-partner-lead/

In Other News

System76: Ubuntu PC Maker’s Revenue Up 61 Percent

http://www.workswithu.com/2009/04/15/system76-ubuntu-pc-makers-revenue-up-61-percent/

Open-source server distro builds on Ubuntu

http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS3601094260.html

Book Review: Beginning Ubuntu LTS Server Administration: From Novice to Professional, Second Edition by Sander van Vugt

http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/book_review_server_administration_novice_professional_second_edition

Set Up a Computer for Kids with Qimo

http://lifehacker.com/5182339/set-up-a-computer-for-kids-with-qimo

Meeting Summaries

Server Team Meeting Minutes: April 14th

http://ubuntuserver.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/server-team-20090414-meeting-minutes/

Upcoming Meetings and Events

Community Spotlight

Updates and Security for 6.06, 7.10, 8.04, and 8.10

Security Updates

Ubuntu 6.06 Updates

Ubuntu 7.10 Updates

Ubuntu 8.04 Updates

Ubuntu 8.10 Updates

Ubuntu 9.04 Updates

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