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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue ## for the week May 3rd - May 9th, 2009. In this issue we cover ...

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In This Issue

General Community News

MOTU Council News

• After some great work on the Ibus input method packages (among other things), Li Daobing joined the Contributing Developers.
• The MOTU Council unanimously decided to recommend James Westby for Core Developer membership.

• Jo Shields' work in Ubuntu's and Debian's Mono world paid off: Jo joined 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 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/

# 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

Chișinău Jaunty Release Party

http://stas.nerd.ro/index.php/read/490

New in Intrepid Ibex

Launchpad News

What's a build score then?

http://blog.launchpad.net/ppa/whats-a-build-score-then

Ubuntu Forums News

In The Press

ARM 11 MIDs run Ubuntu

http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7369824937.html?kc=rss

Running Ubuntu 9.04 With Older Hardware

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_904_old&num=1

The Ubuntu and ATI Blues

http://blogs.computerworld.com/the_ubuntu_and_ati_blues

There's Way More to Linux than Ubuntu: 8 Distros Compared

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/theres_way_more_linux_ubuntu_8_distros_compared?page=0,4

In The Blogosphere

10 Reasons Ubuntu is a big failure in India

http://agnipulse.com/2009/05/10-reasons-why-ubuntu-is-a-big-failure-in-india/

In Other News

Portable Ubuntu, Windows live together in Perfect Harmony

http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/67016.html

Meeting Summaries

Upcoming Meetings and Events

Community Spotlight

Updates and Security for 6.06, 8.04, 8.10 and 9.04

Security Updates

Ubuntu 6.06 Updates

Ubuntu 8.04 Updates

Ubuntu 8.10 Updates

Ubuntu 9.04 Updates

UWN #: A sneak peek

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Additional Ubuntu News

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Conclusion

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See you next week!

Credits

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Glossary of Terms

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