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In This Issue

General Community News

Personal Package Archives(PPAs) session

Dustin Kirkland (kirkland) led a session on Personal Package Archives (PPAs) on Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 06:00 UTC in IRC channel #ubuntu-classroom. This session was about how to share the packages that you create with other users. http://ubuntupackaging.wordpress.com/2009/05/06/personal-package-archives-ppas/

Monthly BugSquad Meeting: May 12th

The BugSquad will hold it's first monthly meeting this Tuesday, May 12, 2009, at 16:00 UTC in IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting. The proposed agenda for the meeting can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad/Meeting . Everyone is invited to discuss how to improve the Team and actions. Topics that you feel important can be added to the agenda. Due to time factors, some topics may not be addressed at this meeting. It is also possible that, if the meeting runs over, it may be moved to #ubuntu-bugs. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2009-May/000541.html

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 LoCo 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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