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In This Issue

General Community News

Personal Package Archives(PPAs) session

http://ubuntupackaging.wordpress.com/2009/05/06/personal-package-archives-ppas/

Monthly BugSquad Meeting: May 12th

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2009-May/000541.html (NOTE: meeting is in #ubuntu-meeting but is not listed that way in the email, please add thanks.)

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

Pittsburgh and Philadelphia Release Party Photos

http://ubuntupennsylvania.org/?p=41

Ubuntu-ZA Lo``Co discs have arrived

http://jonathancarter.co.za/2009/05/07/ubuntu-za-loco-discs-have-arrived/

The way to a new party for Jaunty Jackalope

http://kalon33.blogspot.com/2009/05/way-to-new-ubuntu-party-for-jaunty.html

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

The Planet

Michael Rooney: Counting the number of Ubuntu users

http://mrooney.blogspot.com/2009/05/counting-number-of-ubuntu-users.html

Dustin Kirkland: byobu 2.0 released

http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2009/05/byobu-20-released-project-formerly.html

In The Press

The 14 best Linux Distros

http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/the-14-best-linux-distros-465771?artc_pg=3 (NOTE: Report only on Ubuntu please)

ARM11 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

Review: ASUS EeePC 1000 HE

http://www.osnews.com/story/21433/Review_Asus_EeePC_1000_HE (NOTE: concentrated on the part about Ubuntu close to the bottom of page.)

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

Five Must Try Linux Distros

http://www.blogpirate.org/2009/05/04/5-must-try-linux-distros/ (NOTE: concentrate on Ubuntu only)

Is Ubuntu elitist?

http://www.workswithu.com/2009/05/06/is-ubuntu-elitist/

Ubuntu 9.04 on an 8510P Compaq Laptop

http://www.geekzone.co.nz/tonyhughes/6476

10 Reasons Ubuntu is a big failure in India

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

Why Ubuntu should embrace Wine

http://www.workswithu.com/2009/05/07/why-ubuntu-should-embrace-wine/

In Other News

Ubuntu Podcast #27

http://ubuntupodcast.net/

Portable Ubuntu, Windows live together in Perfect Harmony

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

Meeting Summaries

Technical Board Meeting: May 5th

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2009-May/000536.html

Ubuntu Server Team Meeting: May 5th

http://ubuntuserver.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/server-team-20090505-meeting-minutes/

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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Conclusion

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