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## Bug stats only take a second to do.
## Data can be found at: http://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bugs
## See last week's UWN to calculate change over last week.
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    * Unassigned (#) +/- # over last week
    * All bugs ever reported (#) +/- # over last week		  * Open (61473) +233 over last week
 * Critical (26) -7 over last week
 * Unconfirmed (28516) -68 over last week
 * Unassigned (53084) +240 over last week
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## Translation stats only take a second to do.
## Data can be found at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/jaunty (or current release)
## See last week's UWN to calculate change over last week.
## NOTE: To be done ONLY on the release date of the UWN (or latter if late).
## List the top 5 untranslated languages.

 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		  * Spanish (11336) -1075 over last week
 * French (38674) -806 over last week
 * Brazilian Portuguese (48340) -183 over last week
 * Swedish (53641) -167 over last week
 * English (United Kingdom) (53841) -7 over last week
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 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
  * Spanish (17468) -2125 over last week
 * French (58694) -166 over last week
 * Swedish (69248) +847 over last week
 * Brazilian Portuguese (72125) +247 over last week
 * English (Uk) (82759) +1909 over last week

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## These come from http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/. Click on the link on the left that says "most popular this week" then put the title for the most popular 5.

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 * heading		  * Fix file size confusion - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/21184/
 * Optimize shutdown time - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/21170/
 * Allow parallel (de-)compression of archives - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/21158/
 * 99% of users don't check the installation CD at the boot menu - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/21200/
 * Empathy doesn't show the number of available and/or online contacts - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/21173/
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## Make each article a subsection, via === Section name ===
## Add notes about new locoteams, changed ones, meetings, etc.		 === Ubuntu Pennsylvania at Pennsylvania Open Source Conference ===

The Pennsylvania team will be running a table at the upcoming Central Pennsylvania Open Source Conference (CPOSC) 2009. The Central Pennsylvania Open Source Conference (CPOSC) is a small, low-cost, one-day conference about all things Open Source. It will be held on Saturday, October 17, 2009. Ubuntu Pennsylvania team member Elizabeth Krumbach will also be presenting at this conference on “Contributing to Open Source Projects. You can find their wiki page about the event here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PennsylvaniaTeam/EventsTeam/CPOSC2009

http://ubuntupennsylvania.org/?p=48

=== Ubuntu-Mexico: Podcast #1 ===

The Ubuntu Mexico team has release their first podcast. The podcast is available in ogg format and available at the link below. If you are a Spanish speaker, will want to be sure and check it out. Congrats to the ubuntu-mx team for adding this new podcast to their growing accomplishments.

http://podcast.ubuntumexico.org/index.php?id=3
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## This section is provided to include any interesting updates from the Ubuntu Forums.
 === Tutorial of the Week ===

This week we will explore some basic networking skills, and how to block IP lists from the GUI. uljanow (http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=335776) has written a very popular "HOWTO: Graphical IP Blocker" which he's been actively supporting for two years now. The thread is huge and uljanow made it easy for beginners. Please stop by!

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=530183

=== Marking Threads as Solved ===

The feature is available again, from the Thread Tools menu. The plugin had been deactivated due to databases corruption issues, and was reactivated after rewriting of the code by the developpers. Hopefully, we'll be able to keep it.

== The Planet ==

=== Daniel Holbach: New week = Ubuntu Developer Week ===

Ubuntu Developer Week will happen for the fourth time and we’re still not running out of exciting topics. We’ll have twenty-four action-packed sessions where you can

 * learn more,
 * get involved,
 * ask questions,
 * have fun,
 * meet new friends!

If you can’t make it to the session, there will be logs available on the UDW wiki page afterwards. Also if you are not fluent in English enough, we will have IRC channels where you can ask questions that will be translated and relayed to the speakers. Also check out if you need to prepare for a session. Check out the brochure for more information on the sessions and speakers.

 * UDW wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDeveloperWeek
 * Sessions schedule: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDeveloperWeek/Sessions
 * UDW brouchure: http://people.canonical.com/~dholbach/Ubuntu_Developer_Week4.pdf

http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/?p=481

=== Ryan Troy: VMware cookbook - preview ===

Ryan and co-author Matthew Helmke recently completed their VMware Cookbook which is being published by O’Reilly and will be on the shelved October 22, 2009. Their editor Andy Oram posted a quick blurb with a couple of examples from the book. Check it out if you dig VMware ESX and virtualization..http://broadcast.oreilly.com/2009/08/a-peek-at-vmware-cookbook-reci.html

 * order your pre-release here: http://www.amazon.com/VMware-Cookbook-Real-World-Guide-Effective/dp/0596157258/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251512058&sr=8-1

http://moxiefoxtrot.com/2009/08/28/vmware-cookbook-preview/

=== Jorge Castro: Linking bugs to upstream trackers podcast ===

Behold, Jorge's first screencast, and it’s about linking bugs to upstream trackers. He is having a hard time figuring out how to do the <video> tag in wordpress (it keeps removing(!) it when he tries to publish), so if you know how please post a comment so can add it to the docs. Jorge freely admits that he speaks way too fast in this first podcast, but says he just sort of got "on a roll". We look forward to more podcasts from Jorge.

 * Link to podcast: http://blip.tv/file/2527267

http://castrojo.wordpress.com/2009/08/28/linking-bugs-to-upstream-trackers/
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## Things Ubuntu-specific are great, but general Linux goings-on are good to, to an extent.
## We don't need to replicate Digg & Slashdot, but certain things are of special interest.
## Just pulling one example from my memory, the story about Indiana schools piloting
## a classroom Linux deployment, a portion of which was Ubuntu, are good. Ubuntu
## release reviews are also common items in this section.		 === 5 Annoying “Papercuts” to be Fixed in Ubuntu 9.10 ===

The Linux Loop reminds us that Ubuntu 9.10 is coming in October, and, in addition to some new features, it will also feature 100 fewer “papercuts”. Papercuts are minor bugs that cause a usability issue. Five of these paper cuts include:

 * Renaming "Auto eth0" to something more easily understood by new users
 * Modifying how scrolling works on a touchpad so that workspaces don't fly by
 * Adding icons for the various file systems on a user's computer
 * Having icons that clearly tell a user when they should and should not remove USB and other drives
 * The printing notificatio will give the document name instead of the print job number

http://www.linuxloop.com/2009/08/26/5-annoying-papercuts-to-be-fixed-in-ubuntu-9-10/

=== Coming Soon: Ubuntu App Centre – Replacing Add/Remove, Synaptic, Gdebi, Update Manager… ===

OMG! Ubuntu! reports that Ubuntu is currently developing a centralised “App Store” to simplify the adding/removing/updating/configuring of software within Ubuntu. The plan is to completely replace Synaptic, Software Sources, Gdebi, and (if appropriate) Update Manager with a centralised ‘App Centre’. This ‘App Centre’ aims to combine the ”human-readable” approach of Add/Remove, the power of Synaptic and the ease of Update manager all within one single interface. It’s hoped this “one stop” approach will make handling software easier, improve visibility and prominence of applications, potentially free space on the Ubuntu CD and, above all else, be better for end users. The team behind it have set out a preliminary road map for the development of an Ubuntu ‘App Centre’ that stretch over the next four releases. (9.10 –> 11.04 ) with the full replacement the current Package Management tools by App Centre being introduced during 10.04 and refinement/new features being added to it after that. The Ubuntu ‘App Centre’ has the makings of being the single greatest evolution for the Ubuntu Desktop so far. http://d0od.blogspot.com/2009/08/ubuntu-appcentre.html

=== Canonical Unveils The Ubuntu Software Store ===

Michael Larabel of Phoronix notes that beyond pushing out a new graphical boot screen just before the feature freeze went into effect for Ubuntu 9.10, Canonical released the first public version of their own app store, previously codenamed App``Center, but now known as the Ubuntu Software Store (or software-store as its package is called). With the Ubuntu Software Store, Canonical is hoping to unify all of the different package management needs into a single, unified interface. While this will not be achieved in Ubuntu 9.10, Canonical is hoping that all of the capabilities of the update-manager, Synaptic, the computer janitor application, gdebi, and other package management-related programs will be merged into Ubuntu Software Store. When this has occurred, it will be easier on the new end-user having to just deal with a single program to provide all of this functionality. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_software_store&num=1

=== Checking In On Ubuntu Karmic's Boot Time ===

Phoronix's Michael Larabel tells us that by the time Ubuntu 10.04 LTS rolls around next April, Canonical is interested in seeing Ubuntu boot on an Intel Atom netbook (specifically the Dell Mini 9) in less than ten seconds. Phoronix installed Ubuntu 8.10, 9.04, and a 9.10 development snapshot on two netbooks and one laptop to see how Ubuntu's boot time is changing. Under Ubuntu 8.10 it took 33 seconds to boot, just 14 seconds to boot Ubuntu 9.04, and the Ubuntu 9.10 development snapshot took 14 seconds too. Also worth noting from the Bootchart graphs is the maximum disk throughput, which peaked at 58MB/s in Ubuntu 8.10, but for Ubuntu 9.04 and 9.10 was at 72 MB/s. 14 seconds for a boot time is nice, but still not the 10 seconds or less that we will be looking for on this Mini 9 within the next eight months or so when Ubuntu 10.04 LTS rolls out. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_910_boot&num=1

=== Early Ubuntu 9.10, OpenSuSE 11.2, Mandriva 2010 Benchmarks ===

Michael Larabel of Phoronix did some benchmarks of Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 4 last week, but Ubuntu is not the only Linux distribution preparing for a major update in the coming months. Also released in the past few days were OpenSuSE 11.2 Milestone 6 and Mandriva Linux 2010.0 Beta 1. To see how these three popular distributions compare, Phoronix set out to do their usual Linux benchmarking dance. Depending upon the test scenario, different leaders came out on top. For the most part, all three distributions performed roughly the same, which is not that surprising since all of the core packages are the same between Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 4, OpenSuSE 11.2 Milestone 6, and Mandriva Linux 2010.0 Beta 1. Once these distributions are officially released, Phoronix will be out with new numbers and will throw Fedora and others into the mix. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=linux_aug_09&num=1

=== Ubuntu 9.10 Gets A New Splash Screen, Not Plymouth ===

Phoronix's Michael Larabel recalls that Plymouth, a project to replace the aging Red Hat Graphical Boot (RHGB) software, was introduced last year with Fedora 10. Canonical then decided it would look at integrating Plymouth into Ubuntu 9.10, but at the most recent Ubuntu Developer Summit it was decided that no Plymouth would be coming to Ubuntu. There is now actually a new splash screen for Ubuntu 9.10 and it's not Plymouth. Just in time for the Ubuntu Karmic feature freeze there is Xsplash, which is a splash screen that uses the X Server. Stay tuned as the boot splash screen for Ubuntu 9.10 is likely to receive more refinements before the final release of the Karmic Koala comes in late October. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzQ4Mw

=== Sharp's 5-inch PC-Z1 NetWalker honors Zaurus legacy with touchscreen Ubuntu ===

Engadget's Thomas Ricker says that fanboys have been running Ubuntu on Sharp's deceased Zaurus lineup of PDAs for years. Now Sharp makes it official with the launch of this 5-inch, 1024 x600 TFT LCD touchscreen Net``Walker smartbook, aka the PC-Z1. It's not a Zaurus per se, but the compact 161.4 x 108.7 x 19.7 ~ 24.8mm / 409g device certainly resurrects its ghost. Underpinning the device is an 800MHz Freescale i.MX515 CPU built around the ARM Cortex-A8 architecture, 512MB of memory, 4GB of on-board flash storage (with microSDHC expansion for another 16GB), 802.11b/g Wi``Fi, 2x USB, and QWERTY keyboard going 68 percent of full-size. The PC-Z1 features a 3-second quick launch, non-removable 10-hour battery, and is purposely positioned by Sharp as a taint -- it ain't quite a smartphone and 't ain't quite a laptop. http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/sharps-5-inch-pc-z1-netwalker-honors-the-zaurus-legacy/

=== Top 15 Linux Distributions for Netbooks ===

Bablotech states that as all of us know a netbook has very limited resources, so running Windows Vista or Windows 7 on a netbook is not really a great idea. Although Windows XP can run much better on a netbook, if we compare the Linux distributions available for netbooks (e.g. Ubuntu netbook remix) then Linux surely beats windows. Bablotech goes on to say that Ubuntu 9.04 Netbook Remix is the most feature-rich open platform for netbooks, and it debuts as a simple download for most popular netbook models. Ubuntu Netbook Remix includes a new consumer-friendly interface that allows users to quickly and easily get on-line and use their favorite applications. http://www.bablotech.com/2009/08/25/top-15-linux-distributions-for-netbooks/
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## In this section we want to highlight the blogs that are exceptionally well-written and in-depth.
## Blogs tend to make it easy for low-quality content, so be extra careful on what goes here.
## We should encourage bloggers to spread the word, so this section might be a good way to do so.		 === Likewise Software: Ubuntu Meets Microsoft Active Directory ===

Joe Panettieri, of Works With U, has posted information on an upcoming webinar hosted by Likewise Software[1] and specifically designed for Ubuntu users and administrators. He feels that Likewise is making news by specifically reaching out to the Ubuntu community — and to Windows administrators who may need to manage Ubuntu systems. The webinar will be held in September of 2009.

 1. https://likewisesoftwareevents.webex.com/likewisesoftwareevents/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=662371339

http://www.workswithu.com/2009/08/24/likewise-software-ubuntu-meets-microsoft-active-directory/

=== Rethinking Empathy in Ubuntu 9.10 ===

Christopher Tozzi, writing for Works With U, explains why the question of Empathy versus Pidgin has come up again, and this late in the development cycle of Karmic Koala - in the middle of a feature freeze. Pidgin has recently added video chat, which had been one reason to go to Empathy. However, Empathy has the Telepathy framework, which offers a rich infrastructure for desktop collaboration that Pidgin will likely never implement. Christopher doesn't feel that Empathy will be switched back out of being the default instant messaging application at this time, simply because Karmic is so deep in feature freeze. See his reasons at: http://www.workswithu.com/2009/08/24/rethinking-empathy-in-ubuntu-910/

=== Ubuntu 9.10 vs. Mac OS X Snow Leopard vs. Windows 7 ===

Jun Auza, in his blog "Tech Source From Bohol", takes a look at some of the features of three operating systems being released to the public in October of 2009: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard); Windows 7; and Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala). His comparison of the same areas of each - User Interface, System Enhancements, and Additional Features - is only a small example of what each can do, and links are provided for more information on each of them. He also states, "I've noticed that Windows and Mac OS X is trying to be like Linux right now --fast and resource efficient." View the rest of his comments and critique at: http://www.junauza.com/2009/08/ubuntu-910-vs-mac-os-x-snow-leopard-vs.html

=== The Ubuntu Server: Slowly Gaining Acceptance ===

The Begin``Linux blog notes that, though the server edition of Ubuntu hasn't reached the acceptance level of the desktop, the server edition is gaining ground. One reason for the increased interest in Ubuntu Server Edition is the adoption of cloud computing. Lack of hardware certification is still a factor that is slowing down the growth, however. "The largest growth is seen in small and medium-sized businesses, which could benefit from the cost savings of cloud deployment." Read the blog for more details: http://beginlinux.com/blog/2009/08/the-ubuntu-server-slowly-gaining-acceptance/
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== Meeting Summaries ==

## Any news from any Ubuntu Team listed here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TeamReports/January2008 be sure to udate to current month.		 == Meeting Summaries: August 2009 ==

=== Ubuntu Governance ===

==== Forum Council ====

Ubuntu Forums Council August 2009



 {*} August was a busy month for several of us outside of the forums and we were unable to have a FC IRC meeting. We will attempt to resolve pending agenda items via mailing list.



 {*} The Ubuntu Forums Unanswered team is organizing it's leadership and has organizational meetings scheduled.



 {*} The Testimonial Team (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Forum/Spec/TestimonialTeam) has started to improve user experience in Forums Help and Feedback.


==== MOTU Council ====

 * MC Meeting 2009-08-14,

  * We are very happy to have Julien Lavergne (gilir) join the MOTU team. His great work in Ubuntu and great passion for collaborating with Debian made the decision very easy.

  * Yulia Novozhilova was recommended for upload privileges for `netbeans` (and related packages). We're very happy to have somebody new being very active with Java-related packages!

  * Andy Whitcroft was recommended for upload prileges for the Kernel. His great work clearly spoke for himself. :-)


==== Technical Board ====

 * Technical Board meeting, 2009-08-11

  * Review of outstanding actions; actions carried over:

   * Action: Scott to implement Developer Membership Board proposal (LP, mailing list, documentation, etc.)

   * Action: Jono to see that documentation is updated to reflect the Developer Membership Board (blocked on above)

   * Action: Colin to update http://www.ubuntu.com/community/processes/techboard

   * Action: Jono to draft text to communicate the TB's willingness to review key topics submitted by the community

  * Debian TC liaison

   * Brief discussion of the role of a Debian representative on the TB, in order to follow up to Bdale; Colin will take it back to e-mail.

  * Technical Board nominations (MattZimmerman)

   * All nominees have agreed, but there is a Launchpad-related hitch: m-of-n votes are not supported. As a fallback, the board agreed to use the Condorcet Internet Voting Service (http://www.cs.cornell.edu/andru/civs.html).

   * The vote will run from the 17th to the 31st of August, and will elect board members for a two-year term.

   * Action: Mark to create and announce TB vote

  * Ubuntu security policies (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/Policies) (KeesCook)

   * The board approved all the non-draft items in revision 15 of this wiki page.

   * Action: Jamie Strandboge to add a reference to the previously-approved mDNS policy (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ZeroConfPolicySpec)

   * Discussion on the execute bit policy will continue by e-mail; there are obvious difficulties around WINE and Java, and disagreement on the proper semantics for .desktop files.

  * Handling community problems (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingCommunityProblems) (JonoBacon)

   * No objections to Jono proceeding with this; the TB will add a standing agenda item to review the bug list.

  * Investigate alternative to Google CSE (Bug:305905, Bug:402767) (PaulSladen)

   * The multisearch experiment in Firefox has ended (https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2009-August/006000.html), so this is no longer of immediate concern, although the desktop team still needs to decide on and implement the final experience for 9.10.

   * It appears that the desktop team is not wedded to the implementation tried out in Alpha 3, and is aware of the issues, so it does not appear that the TB needs to intervene at this time.

   * There is likely to be further discussion on search options at UDS in November.

  * Statistics gathering policy (PaulSladen)

   * Paul proposed a draft policy with best practices for developers in the field of active statistics gathering.

   * Mark indicated that he would not be happy with a policy that required Canonical to share all the statistics it gathers; although that was not the intent of Paul's draft.

   * The members of the Technical Board are not domain experts in statistics. There is some overlap with usability testing, for which there is certainly expertise in the Ubuntu community, although active statistics gathering is a more precise art.

   * We asked Paul to bring his proposal to the attention of a wider audience, in order to attract attention from people with direct experience with this kind of problem; it may come back to the board later.

  * Chair for next meeting to be discussed by mail.



 * Technical Board meeting, 2009-08-25

  * Yulia Novozhilova was approved for per-package upload privileges to netbeans

   * Action: cjwatson to implement

  * Andy Whitcroft was approved for per-package upload privileges to the kernel

   * Action: cjwatson to implement



  * Review of outstanding actions; actions carried over:

   * Action: TB to review Jono's draft text to communicate the TB's willingness to review key topics submitted by the community

   * Action: Colin to update http://www.ubuntu.com/community/processes/techboard

    * Done, with further text to be applied

    * Action: Colin to apply further updates to http://www.ubuntu.com/community/processes/techboard based on his new text

   * Action: Colin to discuss role of a Debian representative on the TB by e-mail.

    * No reply from Debian TC, Colin to chase and continue discussions

   * Action: Jamie Strandboge to add a reference to the previously-approved mDNS policy (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ZeroConfPolicySpec)

    * Done.

   * Action: Mark to create and announce TB vote

    * Done, the vote in is in progress. 78 votes have been cast out of 130 voters.



  * Developer Membership Board (ScottJamesRemnant)

   * LP changes have been implemented

   * RT tickets filed (#35428, #35429) for mailing list changes

   * Action: Scott to complete implementation of Developer Membership Board proposal

   * Action: Jono to see that documentation is updated to reflect the Developer Membership Board (blocked on above)



  * Archive reorganisation (ColinWatson)

   * The majority of MOTUs have responded to the initial feelers about their final privileges, most want to be generalists

   * Action: cjwatson to do a final check with the Soyuz team on the details, and start pushing initial sets into LP

   * After that, the next step is to start talking with the release teams about unifying processes there



  * Check up on community bugs

   * Zarro boogs.



  * Drivers for Ubuntu (MattZimmerman, Curtis Hovey)

   * We received an authorative explanation from the LP team about what the driver teams can currently do, and they are now looking for us to tell them what they *should* be able to do

   * cjwatson to draft proposed ubuntu drivers scheme for consensus



  * Base-2 prefix names (BenjaminDrung)

   * Benjamin Drung asked that the Technical Board discuss the use of units in Ubuntu, specifically the distinction between IEC base-2 multiple units such as kibibyte (KiB) vs. SI base-10 multiple units such as kilobyte (kB) vs. the current scattered implementations.

   * (as an aside, there's a third "standard" in the form of the O'Reilly Style Guide which species a base-2 multiple unit (KB))

   * The Technical Board agreed that the current scattered forms are a mess, and that we should have a nuanced policy on their use in Ubuntu

   * Action: bdrung to draft an initial policy to serve as a basis for discussion



  * Select a chair for the next meeting

   * The next meeting takes place after the TB vote has been completed.

   * It seems unfair to bestow the chair on a newly elected member

   * If mdz is elected for a further turn, he is the next chair on rotation

   * If mdz is not elected, the next chair on rotation would fall to cjwatson


=== Ubuntu Development Teams ===



==== Xubuntu Team ====

'''Xubuntu team report for August 2009'''



===== Packaging, Development, & Testing =====



 * Cody updated xubuntu-artwork package to include Murrina``Xubuntu theme for testing.

 * Cody/Mario patched gnome-screensaver to recommend gnome-power-manager OR xfce4-power-manager to prevent gnome-screensaver from pulling in gnome-power-manager.

 * Cody seeded libasound2-plugins to fix no sound issue.

 * Cody patched exaile to drop bad and ugly gstreamer plugins to suggests instead of recommends to fix ISO oversize issue. (comment from Si``Di : did you patch exaile 0.2.14 old package ? the 0.3 one does not recommend ugly/bad plugins and weights 11.4 MB instead of 65)

 * Si``Di wrote a notify-osd patch that allows building notify-osd with xfconf for use of XFCE's font settings

 * Si``Di wrote a notify-osd patch to enable color / opacity / text size gconf/xfconf keys for a11y reasons

 * Si``Di fixed one of the two bugs in xfce4-volumed (crashes when no sound card is available)

 * Cody packaged and uploaded gdm-2.20 for use instead of the new gnome-dependent gdm.


=== Ubuntu LoCo Teams ===



==== Chilean Team ====

 * IRC Triagging Session I (Taller de Triage). By VictorVargas and MarlonCisternas (August 1st, #ubuntu-cl).

 * IRC Activity for Bug Jam (August 8th and 9th, #ubuntu-cl)

 * IRC Monthly Meeting (August 24th, #ubuntu-cl). The meeting page with the log is here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ChileanTeam/Reuniones/2009-08-24.


==== Greek Team ====

 * An Ubuntu repository (http://ts.sch.gr/repo/) has been created for educational software used in Greek schools. Members of our loco team where involved in the project.

 * 5th issue of Ubuntistas (http://ubuntu-gr.org/story/31-07-09/ubuntistas-%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%8D%CF%87%CE%BF%CF%82-5-%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82-%CE%B1%CF%8D%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82-2009), our team's e-magazine was released.


==== Honduras Team ====

 * Ubuntu Honduras Loco Team has a web page.http://ubuntu-honduras.org/Ubuntu-Honduras.

 * Planning next visits for the Ubuntu-Tour (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HondurasTeam/Ubuntu_Tour) on the following months (https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-hn/2009-August/thread.html).

 * '''August 1st: '''

  *I Ubuntu Coffee Bash (http://ubuntu-honduras.org/node/13) at the city of San Pedro Sula.


==== Irish Team ====

 * We ran a Geeknic (http://wiki.geeknic.org/index.php/Dublin_2009_2) on Sunday 2nd August in Dublin. It was a great day out. Some pictures here: http://pix.ie/czajkowski/album/349891.

 * Face to face meet up on Thursday 6th of August in the Longstone (http://www.thelongstone.com).

  * Czajkowski (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/czajkowski) and Rory (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RoryMcCann) gave a short talk on Ubuntu NGO (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NGO) at the meeting.

 * Regular Monthly IRC Meeting (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IrishTeam/IRCMeetings/2009-08-12) was held at 9pm Irish time on Wednesday 12th August.


==== Japanese Team ====

 * We held "Ubuntu Offline Meeting Tokyo" on August 1st at Hirose Building, Akihabara.

   * This event, organized by Ubuntu Japanese Team and Hirose Electric Works, ltd. had Ubuntu 9.04 install party, a number of seminar sessions and lunch party.

   * We recived more 70 visitors.

   * Report page (Japanese): https://wiki.ubuntulinux.jp/Offline200908Report

 * pores_n joined the Japanese team.

   * He has been participated in many offline events and helped other members. We are glad to welcome him to the team.

   * https://wiki.ubuntulinux.jp/pores_n

   * https://launchpad.net/~pores-n

 * Fumihito Yoshida, who is team member, started new series "Do you know? - processes behind OS" on Software Design September issue.

   * http://gihyo.jp/magazine/SD/archive/2009/200909

 * Yoshida wrote "How to use TOMOYO Linux on Ubuntu" on Thin``IT which is Japanese web magazine.

   * http://thinkit.jp/article/979/1/

 * Our team wrote up yearly team report from July 2008 to June 2009.

   * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JapaneseTeam/ApprovalApplication/2009

 * We are arranging for Open Source Conference Nagoya.


==== United States Teams ====



===== Ohio Team =====

 * Ohio LinuxFest

  * Conference materials and CDs have arrived

  * Ordered and received Ubuntu books from Pearson to display at booth

 * Set team contact from ~ubuntu-us-oh-council back to ~jpeddicord

  * ~ubuntu-us-oh-council still in place; change just to make things easier for external contacts

 * Discussed alternate IRC meeting times

 * More NEO group discussions

 * Filed a team report on time (yeah! :) )


===== Pennsylvania Team =====

 * Team member Alex Launi presented on bzr (http://ubuntupennsylvania.org/?p=47) at PLUG (http://www.phillylinux.org)

 * South Central PA hosted a Social/Planning Meeting (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PennsylvaniaTeam/EventsTeam/080809SCPA)

 * Began planning our portion of the UbuntuGlobalJam with a Philadelphia Mythbuntu Installfest (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PennsylvaniaTeam/EventsTeam/PhillyMythJam2009) and participation in the US Teams Wiki Doc Day (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/USTeams/Events/WikiDocDay2009)

 * Started planning and taking donations for a table at CPOSC 2009 (http://ubuntupennsylvania.org/?p=48) where team member Elizabeth Krumbach (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/lyz) will be speaking in October


=== Ubuntu Beginners Team ===

 * Ubuntu Beginners Team Meeting 2009-08-11 (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BeginnersTeam/Meetings/20090811)

  * Explain Folding@Home (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FoldingAtHome) and how to install and setup origami (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FoldingAtHome/origami)

  * Agree to stop using the Ubuntu Beginners Team Calendar and to use the Fridge Calendar (http://fridge.ubuntu.com/calendar) instead

  * Agree to drop ##beginners-classroom and use #ubuntu-classroom instead

 * Ubuntu Beginners Team Meeting 2009-08-25 (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BeginnersTeam/Meetings/20090825)

  * Status update about ##beginners-classroom being dropped and progress being made on new mailing list creation

  * Yvan Pierre (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/yvan300) joined the Ubuntu Beginners Team. He has been a great participant in all team activities, and has done an excellent job of helping people in #ubuntu-beginners-help.

  * Agree to try and revive the quiz that is given to Padawans
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## ==== MOTU Meeting ====
## * Start: 10:00
## * End: 12:00
## * Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
## * Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MOTU/Meetings		 === Monday, August 31, 2009 ===

==== Ubuntu Developer Week, Day 1 ====
 * Agenda: None listed as of publication

=== Tuesday, September 1, 2009 ===

==== Ubuntu Developer Week, Day 2 ====
 * Agenda: None listed as of publication

==== Ubuntu Mobile Team Meeting ====
 * Start: 13:00 UTC
 * End: 14:00 UTC
 * Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
 * Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MobileTeam/Meeting

==== Server Team Meeting ====
 * Start: 15:00 UTC
 * End: 16:00 UTC
 * Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
 * Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam/Meeting

==== Desktop Team Meeting ====
 * Start: 16:30 UTC
 * End: 17:30 UTC
 * Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-desktop
 * Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Meeting

==== Kernel Team Meeting ====
 * Start: 17:00 UTC
 * End: 18:00 UTC
 * Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
 * Agenda: Not listed as of publication

==== LoCo Teams Meeting ====
 * Start: 17:00 UTC
 * End: 18:00 UTC
 * Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-locoteams
 * Agenda: None listed as of publication

==== EMEA Membership Meeting ====
 * Start: 20:00 UTC
 * End: 21:00 UTC
 * Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
 * Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Membership/RegionalBoards/EMEA

==== Community Council Meeting ====
 * Start: 21:00 UTC
 * End: 22:00 UTC
 * Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
 * Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CommunityCouncilAgenda

=== Wednesday, September 2, 2009 ===

==== Ubuntu Developer Week, Day 3 ====
 * Agenda: None listed as of publication

==== Cameroonian LoCoTeam monthly IRC meeting ====
 * Start: 14:00 UTC
 * End: 16:00 UTC
 * Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-cm
 * Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CameroonianTeam/NextMeeting

==== Foundation Team Meeting ====
 * Start: 16:00 UTC
 * End: 17:00 UTC
 * Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
 * Agenda: None listed as of publication

==== QA Team Meeting ====
 * Start: 17:00 UTC
 * End: 18:00 UTC
 * Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
 * Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Meetings/

=== Thursday, September 3, 2009 ===

==== Ubuntu Developer Week, Day 4 ====
 * Agenda: None listed as of publication

==== Karmic Alpha 5 ====
 * Agenda: http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/karmic/alpha5

==== Ubuntu Java Meeting ====
 * Start: 14:00 UTC
 * End: 15:00 UTC
 * Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
 * Agenda: None listed as of publication

=== Friday, September 4, 2009 ===

==== Ubuntu Developer Week, Day 5 ====
 * Agenda: None listed as of publication

==== Karmic Weekly Release Meeting ====
 * Start: 15:00 UTC
 * End: 16:30 UTC
 * Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
 * Agenda: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReleaseTeam/Meeting/2009-09-04

==== How to run a successfull Jam (Jorge Castro) ====
 * Start: 21:00 UTC
 * End: 22:00 UTC
 * Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-classroom
 * Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuGlobalJam

=== Saturday, September 4, 2009 ===
 * None listed as of publication

=== Sunday, September 5, 2009 ===
 * None listed as of publication
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## http://www.ubuntu.com/usn
## List all security advisories since last UWN.
## Format: * USN-###-#: <package name> vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-###-#
## Ex: * USN-389-1: GnuPG vulnerability - [WWW] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-389-1		  * USN-822-1: KDE-Libs vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-822-1
 * USN-823-1: KDE-Graphics vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-823-1
 * USN-824-1: PHP vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-824-1
 * USN-825-1: libvorbis vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-825-1
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## https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes
## List all uploads since last UWN.
## Format: * <packagename> - <link to mailing list message>
## Ex: * postgresql-8.1_8.1.11-0ubuntu0.6.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edgy-changes/2008-January/008478.html		  * langpack-locales 2.3.18.23 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2009-August/012783.html
 * sun-java5 1.5.0-20-0ubuntu0.6.06.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2009-August/012784.html
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## https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/
## List all uploads since last UWN.
## Format: * <packagename> - <link to mailing list message>
## Ex: * tzdata 2007h-0ubuntu0.8.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2008-May/009951.html		  * tzdata 2009l-0ubuntu0.8.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2009-August/012280.html
 * ganeti 1.2.0-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2009-August/012281.html
 * compiz-fusion-bcop 0.6.0-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2009-August/012282.html
 * zabbix 1:1.4.2-4ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2009-August/012283.html
 * wasce-server 2.1.1.3final-4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2009-August/012284.html
 * sun-java6 6-16-0ubuntu1.8.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2009-August/012285.html
 * sun-java5 1.5.0-20-0ubuntu0.8.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2009-August/012286.html
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## https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/
## List all uploads since last UWN.
## Format: * <packagename> - <link to mailing list message>		  * tzdata 2009l-0ubuntu0.8.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2009-August/009760.html
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## https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/
## List all uploads since last UWN.
## Format: * <packagename> - <link to mailing list message>		  * tzdata 2009l-0ubuntu0.9.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/2009-August/009881.html
 * zabbix 1:1.6.1-3ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/2009-August/009882.html
 * packagekit-gnome 0.3.13-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/2009-August/009883.html
 * gitosis 0.2+20080825-2ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/2009-August/009884.html
 * sun-java6 6-16-0ubuntu1.9.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/2009-August/009885.html
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 * Your Name Here  * Sayak Banerjee
 * Isabelle Duchatelle
 * Liraz Siri
 * Nathan Handler

Contents

Contents

  1. UWN Translations
  2. In This Issue
  3. General Community News
  4. Ubuntu Stats
    1. Bug Stats
    2. Infamous Bugs
    3. Translation Stats Jaunty
    4. Translation Stats Karmic
    5. Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week
  5. LoCo News
    1. Ubuntu Pennsylvania at Pennsylvania Open Source Conference
    2. Ubuntu-Mexico: Podcast #1
  6. New in Karmic Koala
  7. Launchpad News
  8. Ubuntu Forums News
    1. Tutorial of the Week
    2. Marking Threads as Solved
  9. The Planet
    1. Daniel Holbach: New week = Ubuntu Developer Week
    2. Ryan Troy: VMware cookbook - preview
    3. Jorge Castro: Linking bugs to upstream trackers podcast
  10. In The Press
    1. 5 Annoying “Papercuts” to be Fixed in Ubuntu 9.10
    2. Coming Soon: Ubuntu App Centre – Replacing Add/Remove, Synaptic, Gdebi, Update Manager…
    3. Canonical Unveils The Ubuntu Software Store
    4. Checking In On Ubuntu Karmic's Boot Time
    5. Early Ubuntu 9.10, OpenSuSE 11.2, Mandriva 2010 Benchmarks
    6. Ubuntu 9.10 Gets A New Splash Screen, Not Plymouth
    7. Sharp's 5-inch PC-Z1 NetWalker honors Zaurus legacy with touchscreen Ubuntu
    8. Top 15 Linux Distributions for Netbooks
  11. In The Blogosphere
    1. Likewise Software: Ubuntu Meets Microsoft Active Directory
    2. Rethinking Empathy in Ubuntu 9.10
    3. Ubuntu 9.10 vs. Mac OS X Snow Leopard vs. Windows 7
    4. The Ubuntu Server: Slowly Gaining Acceptance
  12. In Other News
  13. Meeting Summaries: August 2009
    1. Ubuntu Governance
      1. Forum Council
      2. MOTU Council
      3. Technical Board
    2. Ubuntu Development Teams
      1. Xubuntu Team
        1. Packaging, Development, & Testing
    3. Ubuntu LoCo Teams
      1. Chilean Team
      2. Greek Team
      3. Honduras Team
      4. Irish Team
      5. Japanese Team
      6. United States Teams
        1. Ohio Team
        2. Pennsylvania Team
    4. Ubuntu Beginners Team
  14. Upcoming Meetings and Events
    1. Monday, August 31, 2009
      1. Ubuntu Developer Week, Day 1
    2. Tuesday, September 1, 2009
      1. Ubuntu Developer Week, Day 2
      2. Ubuntu Mobile Team Meeting
      3. Server Team Meeting
      4. Desktop Team Meeting
      5. Kernel Team Meeting
      6. LoCo Teams Meeting
      7. EMEA Membership Meeting
      8. Community Council Meeting
    3. Wednesday, September 2, 2009
      1. Ubuntu Developer Week, Day 3
      2. Cameroonian LoCoTeam monthly IRC meeting
      3. Foundation Team Meeting
      4. QA Team Meeting
    4. Thursday, September 3, 2009
      1. Ubuntu Developer Week, Day 4
      2. Karmic Alpha 5
      3. Ubuntu Java Meeting
    5. Friday, September 4, 2009
      1. Ubuntu Developer Week, Day 5
      2. Karmic Weekly Release Meeting
      3. How to run a successfull Jam (Jorge Castro)
    6. Saturday, September 4, 2009
    7. Sunday, September 5, 2009
  15. Community Spotlight
  16. Updates and Security for 6.06, 8.04, 8.10 and 9.04
    1. Security Updates
    2. Ubuntu 6.06 Updates
    3. Ubuntu 8.04 Updates
    4. Ubuntu 8.10 Updates
    5. Ubuntu 9.04 Updates
  17. UWN #: A sneak peek
  18. Archives and RSS Feed
  19. Additional Ubuntu News
  20. Conclusion
  21. Credits
  22. Glossary of Terms
  23. Ubuntu - Get Involved
  24. Feedback

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WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #157 for the week August 23rd - August 29th, 2009. In this issue we cover ...

UWN Translations

  • Note to translators and our readers: We are trying a new way of linking to our translations pages. Please follow the link below for the information you need.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Translations

In This Issue

General Community News

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open (61473) +233 over last week
  • Critical (26) -7 over last week
  • Unconfirmed (28516) -68 over last week
  • Unassigned (53084) +240 over last week
  • All bugs ever reported (307416) +2278 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

  • Spanish (11336) -1075 over last week
  • French (38674) -806 over last week
  • Brazilian Portuguese (48340) -183 over last week
  • Swedish (53641) -167 over last week
  • English (United Kingdom) (53841) -7 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

  • Spanish (17468) -2125 over last week
  • French (58694) -166 over last week
  • Swedish (69248) +847 over last week
  • Brazilian Portuguese (72125) +247 over last week
  • English (Uk) (82759) +1909 over last week

1. Language (#) +/- # over last week Remaining strings to translate in Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala", see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/karmic/

Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week

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

Ubuntu Pennsylvania at Pennsylvania Open Source Conference

The Pennsylvania team will be running a table at the upcoming Central Pennsylvania Open Source Conference (CPOSC) 2009. The Central Pennsylvania Open Source Conference (CPOSC) is a small, low-cost, one-day conference about all things Open Source. It will be held on Saturday, October 17, 2009. Ubuntu Pennsylvania team member Elizabeth Krumbach will also be presenting at this conference on “Contributing to Open Source Projects. You can find their wiki page about the event here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PennsylvaniaTeam/EventsTeam/CPOSC2009

http://ubuntupennsylvania.org/?p=48

Ubuntu-Mexico: Podcast #1

The Ubuntu Mexico team has release their first podcast. The podcast is available in ogg format and available at the link below. If you are a Spanish speaker, will want to be sure and check it out. Congrats to the ubuntu-mx team for adding this new podcast to their growing accomplishments.

http://podcast.ubuntumexico.org/index.php?id=3

New in Karmic Koala

Launchpad News

Ubuntu Forums News

Tutorial of the Week

This week we will explore some basic networking skills, and how to block IP lists from the GUI. uljanow (http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=335776) has written a very popular "HOWTO: Graphical IP Blocker" which he's been actively supporting for two years now. The thread is huge and uljanow made it easy for beginners. Please stop by!

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=530183

Marking Threads as Solved

The feature is available again, from the Thread Tools menu. The plugin had been deactivated due to databases corruption issues, and was reactivated after rewriting of the code by the developpers. Hopefully, we'll be able to keep it.

The Planet

Daniel Holbach: New week = Ubuntu Developer Week

Ubuntu Developer Week will happen for the fourth time and we’re still not running out of exciting topics. We’ll have twenty-four action-packed sessions where you can

  • learn more,
  • get involved,
  • ask questions,
  • have fun,
  • meet new friends!

If you can’t make it to the session, there will be logs available on the UDW wiki page afterwards. Also if you are not fluent in English enough, we will have IRC channels where you can ask questions that will be translated and relayed to the speakers. Also check out if you need to prepare for a session. Check out the brochure for more information on the sessions and speakers.

http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/?p=481

Ryan Troy: VMware cookbook - preview

Ryan and co-author Matthew Helmke recently completed their VMware Cookbook which is being published by O’Reilly and will be on the shelved October 22, 2009. Their editor Andy Oram posted a quick blurb with a couple of examples from the book. Check it out if you dig VMware ESX and virtualization..http://broadcast.oreilly.com/2009/08/a-peek-at-vmware-cookbook-reci.html

http://moxiefoxtrot.com/2009/08/28/vmware-cookbook-preview/

Jorge Castro: Linking bugs to upstream trackers podcast

Behold, Jorge's first screencast, and it’s about linking bugs to upstream trackers. He is having a hard time figuring out how to do the <video> tag in wordpress (it keeps removing(!) it when he tries to publish), so if you know how please post a comment so can add it to the docs. Jorge freely admits that he speaks way too fast in this first podcast, but says he just sort of got "on a roll". We look forward to more podcasts from Jorge.

http://castrojo.wordpress.com/2009/08/28/linking-bugs-to-upstream-trackers/

In The Press

5 Annoying “Papercuts” to be Fixed in Ubuntu 9.10

The Linux Loop reminds us that Ubuntu 9.10 is coming in October, and, in addition to some new features, it will also feature 100 fewer “papercuts”. Papercuts are minor bugs that cause a usability issue. Five of these paper cuts include:

  • Renaming "Auto eth0" to something more easily understood by new users
  • Modifying how scrolling works on a touchpad so that workspaces don't fly by
  • Adding icons for the various file systems on a user's computer
  • Having icons that clearly tell a user when they should and should not remove USB and other drives
  • The printing notificatio will give the document name instead of the print job number

http://www.linuxloop.com/2009/08/26/5-annoying-papercuts-to-be-fixed-in-ubuntu-9-10/

Coming Soon: Ubuntu App Centre – Replacing Add/Remove, Synaptic, Gdebi, Update Manager…

OMG! Ubuntu! reports that Ubuntu is currently developing a centralised “App Store” to simplify the adding/removing/updating/configuring of software within Ubuntu. The plan is to completely replace Synaptic, Software Sources, Gdebi, and (if appropriate) Update Manager with a centralised ‘App Centre’. This ‘App Centre’ aims to combine the ”human-readable” approach of Add/Remove, the power of Synaptic and the ease of Update manager all within one single interface. It’s hoped this “one stop” approach will make handling software easier, improve visibility and prominence of applications, potentially free space on the Ubuntu CD and, above all else, be better for end users. The team behind it have set out a preliminary road map for the development of an Ubuntu ‘App Centre’ that stretch over the next four releases. (9.10 –> 11.04 ) with the full replacement the current Package Management tools by App Centre being introduced during 10.04 and refinement/new features being added to it after that. The Ubuntu ‘App Centre’ has the makings of being the single greatest evolution for the Ubuntu Desktop so far. http://d0od.blogspot.com/2009/08/ubuntu-appcentre.html

Canonical Unveils The Ubuntu Software Store

Michael Larabel of Phoronix notes that beyond pushing out a new graphical boot screen just before the feature freeze went into effect for Ubuntu 9.10, Canonical released the first public version of their own app store, previously codenamed AppCenter, but now known as the Ubuntu Software Store (or software-store as its package is called). With the Ubuntu Software Store, Canonical is hoping to unify all of the different package management needs into a single, unified interface. While this will not be achieved in Ubuntu 9.10, Canonical is hoping that all of the capabilities of the update-manager, Synaptic, the computer janitor application, gdebi, and other package management-related programs will be merged into Ubuntu Software Store. When this has occurred, it will be easier on the new end-user having to just deal with a single program to provide all of this functionality. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_software_store&num=1

Checking In On Ubuntu Karmic's Boot Time

Phoronix's Michael Larabel tells us that by the time Ubuntu 10.04 LTS rolls around next April, Canonical is interested in seeing Ubuntu boot on an Intel Atom netbook (specifically the Dell Mini 9) in less than ten seconds. Phoronix installed Ubuntu 8.10, 9.04, and a 9.10 development snapshot on two netbooks and one laptop to see how Ubuntu's boot time is changing. Under Ubuntu 8.10 it took 33 seconds to boot, just 14 seconds to boot Ubuntu 9.04, and the Ubuntu 9.10 development snapshot took 14 seconds too. Also worth noting from the Bootchart graphs is the maximum disk throughput, which peaked at 58MB/s in Ubuntu 8.10, but for Ubuntu 9.04 and 9.10 was at 72 MB/s. 14 seconds for a boot time is nice, but still not the 10 seconds or less that we will be looking for on this Mini 9 within the next eight months or so when Ubuntu 10.04 LTS rolls out. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_910_boot&num=1

Early Ubuntu 9.10, OpenSuSE 11.2, Mandriva 2010 Benchmarks

Michael Larabel of Phoronix did some benchmarks of Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 4 last week, but Ubuntu is not the only Linux distribution preparing for a major update in the coming months. Also released in the past few days were OpenSuSE 11.2 Milestone 6 and Mandriva Linux 2010.0 Beta 1. To see how these three popular distributions compare, Phoronix set out to do their usual Linux benchmarking dance. Depending upon the test scenario, different leaders came out on top. For the most part, all three distributions performed roughly the same, which is not that surprising since all of the core packages are the same between Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 4, OpenSuSE 11.2 Milestone 6, and Mandriva Linux 2010.0 Beta 1. Once these distributions are officially released, Phoronix will be out with new numbers and will throw Fedora and others into the mix. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=linux_aug_09&num=1

Ubuntu 9.10 Gets A New Splash Screen, Not Plymouth

Phoronix's Michael Larabel recalls that Plymouth, a project to replace the aging Red Hat Graphical Boot (RHGB) software, was introduced last year with Fedora 10. Canonical then decided it would look at integrating Plymouth into Ubuntu 9.10, but at the most recent Ubuntu Developer Summit it was decided that no Plymouth would be coming to Ubuntu. There is now actually a new splash screen for Ubuntu 9.10 and it's not Plymouth. Just in time for the Ubuntu Karmic feature freeze there is Xsplash, which is a splash screen that uses the X Server. Stay tuned as the boot splash screen for Ubuntu 9.10 is likely to receive more refinements before the final release of the Karmic Koala comes in late October. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NzQ4Mw

Sharp's 5-inch PC-Z1 NetWalker honors Zaurus legacy with touchscreen Ubuntu

Engadget's Thomas Ricker says that fanboys have been running Ubuntu on Sharp's deceased Zaurus lineup of PDAs for years. Now Sharp makes it official with the launch of this 5-inch, 1024 x600 TFT LCD touchscreen NetWalker smartbook, aka the PC-Z1. It's not a Zaurus per se, but the compact 161.4 x 108.7 x 19.7 ~ 24.8mm / 409g device certainly resurrects its ghost. Underpinning the device is an 800MHz Freescale i.MX515 CPU built around the ARM Cortex-A8 architecture, 512MB of memory, 4GB of on-board flash storage (with microSDHC expansion for another 16GB), 802.11b/g WiFi, 2x USB, and QWERTY keyboard going 68 percent of full-size. The PC-Z1 features a 3-second quick launch, non-removable 10-hour battery, and is purposely positioned by Sharp as a taint -- it ain't quite a smartphone and 't ain't quite a laptop. http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/27/sharps-5-inch-pc-z1-netwalker-honors-the-zaurus-legacy/

Top 15 Linux Distributions for Netbooks

Bablotech states that as all of us know a netbook has very limited resources, so running Windows Vista or Windows 7 on a netbook is not really a great idea. Although Windows XP can run much better on a netbook, if we compare the Linux distributions available for netbooks (e.g. Ubuntu netbook remix) then Linux surely beats windows. Bablotech goes on to say that Ubuntu 9.04 Netbook Remix is the most feature-rich open platform for netbooks, and it debuts as a simple download for most popular netbook models. Ubuntu Netbook Remix includes a new consumer-friendly interface that allows users to quickly and easily get on-line and use their favorite applications. http://www.bablotech.com/2009/08/25/top-15-linux-distributions-for-netbooks/

In The Blogosphere

Likewise Software: Ubuntu Meets Microsoft Active Directory

Joe Panettieri, of Works With U, has posted information on an upcoming webinar hosted by Likewise Software[1] and specifically designed for Ubuntu users and administrators. He feels that Likewise is making news by specifically reaching out to the Ubuntu community — and to Windows administrators who may need to manage Ubuntu systems. The webinar will be held in September of 2009.

  1. https://likewisesoftwareevents.webex.com/likewisesoftwareevents/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=662371339

http://www.workswithu.com/2009/08/24/likewise-software-ubuntu-meets-microsoft-active-directory/

Rethinking Empathy in Ubuntu 9.10

Christopher Tozzi, writing for Works With U, explains why the question of Empathy versus Pidgin has come up again, and this late in the development cycle of Karmic Koala - in the middle of a feature freeze. Pidgin has recently added video chat, which had been one reason to go to Empathy. However, Empathy has the Telepathy framework, which offers a rich infrastructure for desktop collaboration that Pidgin will likely never implement. Christopher doesn't feel that Empathy will be switched back out of being the default instant messaging application at this time, simply because Karmic is so deep in feature freeze. See his reasons at: http://www.workswithu.com/2009/08/24/rethinking-empathy-in-ubuntu-910/

Ubuntu 9.10 vs. Mac OS X Snow Leopard vs. Windows 7

Jun Auza, in his blog "Tech Source From Bohol", takes a look at some of the features of three operating systems being released to the public in October of 2009: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard); Windows 7; and Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala). His comparison of the same areas of each - User Interface, System Enhancements, and Additional Features - is only a small example of what each can do, and links are provided for more information on each of them. He also states, "I've noticed that Windows and Mac OS X is trying to be like Linux right now --fast and resource efficient." View the rest of his comments and critique at: http://www.junauza.com/2009/08/ubuntu-910-vs-mac-os-x-snow-leopard-vs.html

The Ubuntu Server: Slowly Gaining Acceptance

The BeginLinux blog notes that, though the server edition of Ubuntu hasn't reached the acceptance level of the desktop, the server edition is gaining ground. One reason for the increased interest in Ubuntu Server Edition is the adoption of cloud computing. Lack of hardware certification is still a factor that is slowing down the growth, however. "The largest growth is seen in small and medium-sized businesses, which could benefit from the cost savings of cloud deployment." Read the blog for more details: http://beginlinux.com/blog/2009/08/the-ubuntu-server-slowly-gaining-acceptance/

In Other News

Meeting Summaries: August 2009

Ubuntu Governance

Forum Council

Ubuntu Forums Council August 2009

  • Ubuntu August was a busy month for several of us outside of the forums and we were unable to have a FC IRC meeting. We will attempt to resolve pending agenda items via mailing list.

    Ubuntu The Ubuntu Forums Unanswered team is organizing it's leadership and has organizational meetings scheduled.

    Ubuntu The Testimonial Team (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Forum/Spec/TestimonialTeam) has started to improve user experience in Forums Help and Feedback.

MOTU Council

  • MC Meeting 2009-08-14,
    • We are very happy to have Julien Lavergne (gilir) join the MOTU team. His great work in Ubuntu and great passion for collaborating with Debian made the decision very easy.

    • Yulia Novozhilova was recommended for upload privileges for netbeans (and related packages). We're very happy to have somebody new being very active with Java-related packages!

    • Andy Whitcroft was recommended for upload prileges for the Kernel. His great work clearly spoke for himself. Smile :-)

Technical Board

  • Technical Board meeting, 2009-08-11
    • Review of outstanding actions; actions carried over:
      • Action: Scott to implement Developer Membership Board proposal (LP, mailing list, documentation, etc.)
      • Action: Jono to see that documentation is updated to reflect the Developer Membership Board (blocked on above)

      • Action: Colin to update http://www.ubuntu.com/community/processes/techboard

      • Action: Jono to draft text to communicate the TB's willingness to review key topics submitted by the community
    • Debian TC liaison
      • Brief discussion of the role of a Debian representative on the TB, in order to follow up to Bdale; Colin will take it back to e-mail.

    • Technical Board nominations (MattZimmerman)

      • All nominees have agreed, but there is a Launchpad-related hitch: m-of-n votes are not supported. As a fallback, the board agreed to use the Condorcet Internet Voting Service (http://www.cs.cornell.edu/andru/civs.html).

      • The vote will run from the 17th to the 31st of August, and will elect board members for a two-year term.
      • Action: Mark to create and announce TB vote

    • Ubuntu security policies (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/Policies) (KeesCook)

      • The board approved all the non-draft items in revision 15 of this wiki page.

      • Action: Jamie Strandboge to add a reference to the previously-approved mDNS policy (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ZeroConfPolicySpec)

      • Discussion on the execute bit policy will continue by e-mail; there are obvious difficulties around WINE and Java, and disagreement on the proper semantics for .desktop files.

    • Handling community problems (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingCommunityProblems) (JonoBacon)

      • No objections to Jono proceeding with this; the TB will add a standing agenda item to review the bug list.

    • Investigate alternative to Google CSE (305905, 402767) (PaulSladen)

      • The multisearch experiment in Firefox has ended (https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2009-August/006000.html), so this is no longer of immediate concern, although the desktop team still needs to decide on and implement the final experience for 9.10.

      • It appears that the desktop team is not wedded to the implementation tried out in Alpha 3, and is aware of the issues, so it does not appear that the TB needs to intervene at this time.
      • There is likely to be further discussion on search options at UDS in November.

    • Statistics gathering policy (PaulSladen)

      • Paul proposed a draft policy with best practices for developers in the field of active statistics gathering.
      • Mark indicated that he would not be happy with a policy that required Canonical to share all the statistics it gathers; although that was not the intent of Paul's draft.
      • The members of the Technical Board are not domain experts in statistics. There is some overlap with usability testing, for which there is certainly expertise in the Ubuntu community, although active statistics gathering is a more precise art.
      • We asked Paul to bring his proposal to the attention of a wider audience, in order to attract attention from people with direct experience with this kind of problem; it may come back to the board later.
    • Chair for next meeting to be discussed by mail.
  • Technical Board meeting, 2009-08-25
    • Yulia Novozhilova was approved for per-package upload privileges to netbeans
      • Action: cjwatson to implement
    • Andy Whitcroft was approved for per-package upload privileges to the kernel
      • Action: cjwatson to implement
    • Review of outstanding actions; actions carried over:
      • Action: TB to review Jono's draft text to communicate the TB's willingness to review key topics submitted by the community

      • Action: Colin to update http://www.ubuntu.com/community/processes/techboard

      • Action: Colin to discuss role of a Debian representative on the TB by e-mail.
        • No reply from Debian TC, Colin to chase and continue discussions

      • Action: Jamie Strandboge to add a reference to the previously-approved mDNS policy (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ZeroConfPolicySpec)

        • Done.
      • Action: Mark to create and announce TB vote
        • Done, the vote in is in progress. 78 votes have been cast out of 130 voters.

    • Developer Membership Board (ScottJamesRemnant)

      • LP changes have been implemented
      • RT tickets filed (#35428, #35429) for mailing list changes
      • Action: Scott to complete implementation of Developer Membership Board proposal
      • Action: Jono to see that documentation is updated to reflect the Developer Membership Board (blocked on above)

    • Archive reorganisation (ColinWatson)

      • The majority of MOTUs have responded to the initial feelers about their final privileges, most want to be generalists
      • Action: cjwatson to do a final check with the Soyuz team on the details, and start pushing initial sets into LP
      • After that, the next step is to start talking with the release teams about unifying processes there
    • Check up on community bugs
      • Zarro boogs.

    • Drivers for Ubuntu (MattZimmerman, Curtis Hovey)

      • We received an authorative explanation from the LP team about what the driver teams can currently do, and they are now looking for us to tell them what they *should* be able to do
      • cjwatson to draft proposed ubuntu drivers scheme for consensus

    • Base-2 prefix names (BenjaminDrung)

      • Benjamin Drung asked that the Technical Board discuss the use of units in Ubuntu, specifically the distinction between IEC base-2 multiple units such as kibibyte (KiB) vs. SI base-10 multiple units such as kilobyte (kB) vs. the current scattered implementations.
      • (as an aside, there's a third "standard" in the form of the O'Reilly Style Guide which species a base-2 multiple unit (KB))
      • The Technical Board agreed that the current scattered forms are a mess, and that we should have a nuanced policy on their use in Ubuntu
      • Action: bdrung to draft an initial policy to serve as a basis for discussion
    • Select a chair for the next meeting
      • The next meeting takes place after the TB vote has been completed.
      • It seems unfair to bestow the chair on a newly elected member
      • If mdz is elected for a further turn, he is the next chair on rotation
      • If mdz is not elected, the next chair on rotation would fall to cjwatson

Ubuntu Development Teams

Xubuntu Team

Xubuntu team report for August 2009

Packaging, Development, & Testing

  • Cody updated xubuntu-artwork package to include MurrinaXubuntu theme for testing.

  • Cody/Mario patched gnome-screensaver to recommend gnome-power-manager OR xfce4-power-manager to prevent gnome-screensaver from pulling in gnome-power-manager.
  • Cody seeded libasound2-plugins to fix no sound issue.

  • Cody patched exaile to drop bad and ugly gstreamer plugins to suggests instead of recommends to fix ISO oversize issue. (comment from SiDi : did you patch exaile 0.2.14 old package ? the 0.3 one does not recommend ugly/bad plugins and weights 11.4 MB instead of 65)

  • SiDi wrote a notify-osd patch that allows building notify-osd with xfconf for use of XFCE's font settings

  • SiDi wrote a notify-osd patch to enable color / opacity / text size gconf/xfconf keys for a11y reasons

  • SiDi fixed one of the two bugs in xfce4-volumed (crashes when no sound card is available)

  • Cody packaged and uploaded gdm-2.20 for use instead of the new gnome-dependent gdm.

Ubuntu LoCo Teams

Chilean Team

Greek Team

Honduras Team

Irish Team

Japanese Team

United States Teams

Ohio Team

  • Ohio LinuxFest

    • Conference materials and CDs have arrived
    • Ordered and received Ubuntu books from Pearson to display at booth
  • Set team contact from ~ubuntu-us-oh-council back to ~jpeddicord
    • ~ubuntu-us-oh-council still in place; change just to make things easier for external contacts
  • Discussed alternate IRC meeting times
  • More NEO group discussions

  • Filed a team report on time (yeah! Smile :) )

Pennsylvania Team

Ubuntu Beginners Team

Upcoming Meetings and Events

Monday, August 31, 2009

Ubuntu Developer Week, Day 1

  • Agenda: None listed as of publication

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Ubuntu Developer Week, Day 2

  • Agenda: None listed as of publication

Ubuntu Mobile Team Meeting

Server Team Meeting

Desktop Team Meeting

Kernel Team Meeting

  • Start: 17:00 UTC
  • End: 18:00 UTC
  • Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
  • Agenda: Not listed as of publication

LoCo Teams Meeting

  • Start: 17:00 UTC
  • End: 18:00 UTC
  • Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-locoteams
  • Agenda: None listed as of publication

EMEA Membership Meeting

Community Council Meeting

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Ubuntu Developer Week, Day 3

  • Agenda: None listed as of publication

Cameroonian LoCoTeam monthly IRC meeting

Foundation Team Meeting

  • Start: 16:00 UTC
  • End: 17:00 UTC
  • Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
  • Agenda: None listed as of publication

QA Team Meeting

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Ubuntu Developer Week, Day 4

  • Agenda: None listed as of publication

Karmic Alpha 5

Ubuntu Java Meeting

  • Start: 14:00 UTC
  • End: 15:00 UTC
  • Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
  • Agenda: None listed as of publication

Friday, September 4, 2009

Ubuntu Developer Week, Day 5

  • Agenda: None listed as of publication

Karmic Weekly Release Meeting

How to run a successfull Jam (Jorge Castro)

Saturday, September 4, 2009

  • None listed as of publication

Sunday, September 5, 2009

  • None listed as of publication

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

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