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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #154 for the week August 2nd - August 8th, 2009. In this issue we cover ...

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In This Issue

General Community News

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 Karmic

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 9.10 "Karmic Koala", see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/karmic/

# 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

New in Karmic Koala

Launchpad News

Ubuntu Forums News

In The Press

Canonical Expands Ubuntu Linux Landscape

http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3833111/Canonical+Expands+Ubuntu+Linux+Landscape.htm

Canonical removes middleman from Ubuntu management

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/04/ubuntu_landscape_desktop/

Debian and Ubuntu: uneasy coexistence continues

http://www.itwire.com/content/view/26695/1231/

The Official Ubuntu Server Book

http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/6815/1/

Canonical Launches Landscape Dedicated Server

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzQyOA

No Intel Poulsbo Driver For Ubuntu 9.10

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzQzMg

Shuttleworth: On cadence and collaboration

http://lwn.net/Articles/345353/

Torvalds and Shuttleworth to speak at LinuxCon 2009

http://www.junauza.com/2009/08/torvalds-and-shuttleworth-among-many.html

Ubuntu: Patent Policy and Private Support

http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/Online/News/Ubuntu-Patent-Policy-and-Private-Support

In The Blogosphere

Canonical’s Ubuntu Server Edition Gains ISV Support

http://www.workswithu.com/2009/08/06/canonicals-ubuntu-server-edition-gains-isv-support/

Coming Soon: Landscape Dedicated Server for Ubuntu

http://www.workswithu.com/2009/08/07/coming-soon-landscape-dedicated-server-for-ubuntu/

Reader Polls: Google Is Both Ubuntu Rival, Friend

http://www.workswithu.com/2009/08/03/reader-polls-google-is-both-ubuntu-rival-friend/

Rethinking Ubuntu’s Update Policy…Or Not

http://www.workswithu.com/2009/08/05/rethinking-ubuntus-update-policyor-not/

Shuttleworth wants Debian/Ubuntu co-operation

http://blogs.computerworld.com/14499/shuttleworth_wants_debian_ubuntu_co_operation

In Other News

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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Credits

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