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Contents

  1. UWN Translations
  2. In This Issue
  3. General Community News
    1. Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Beta 2 released
    2. Countdown Banner is live, help spread the word
    3. Call for New Operators in the #ubuntu, #kubuntu and #ubuntu-offtopic channels
  4. Ubuntu Stats
    1. Bug Stats
    2. Translation Stats Lucid
    3. Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week
  5. LoCo News
  6. New in Lucid Lynx
  7. Launchpad News
  8. Ubuntu Forums News
  9. The Planet
  10. In The Press
    1. Ubuntu 10.04 Gets Cloud-Based Contact Syncing
    2. Ubuntu Claims 12 Million Users as Lucid Linux Desktop Nears
    3. New Ubuntu look too destructive
    4. Beta 2 Arrives For Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx"
  11. In The Blogosphere
    1. Ubuntu: Canonical Focuses on Wall Street
    2. Dell’s Ubuntu Linux Strategy Extends to China
    3. Eye On Ubuntu 10.10
    4. Linux: The Best New User Distribution is not Necessarily Ubuntu
    5. Lubuntu not joining the ubuntu family until 10.10
    6. Ubuntu 10.04 drops yahoo! will use google as search engine
    7. What's coming in the new Ubuntu Linux desktop?
  12. In Other News
    1. Canonical, Upgrading GNOME Bugzilla, and Commercial Sponsorship
    2. Portable Ubuntu Tres Runs 9.10 on Windows Desktops
  13. Monthly Team Reports: <MONTH> <YEAR>
  14. Upcoming Meetings and Events
  15. Community Spotlight
  16. Updates and Security for 6.06, 8.04, 8.10, 9.04, 9.10, and 10.04
    1. Security Updates
    2. Ubuntu 6.06 Updates
    3. Ubuntu 8.04 Updates
    4. Ubuntu 8.10 Updates
    5. Ubuntu 9.04 Updates
    6. Ubuntu 9.10 Updates
    7. Ubuntu 10.04 Updates
  17. UWN #: A sneak peek
  18. Subscribe
  19. Archives and RSS Feed
  20. Additional Ubuntu News
  21. Conclusion
  22. Credits
  23. Glossary of Terms
  24. Ubuntu - Get Involved
  25. Feedback

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WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #188 for the week April 4th - April 10th, 2010. 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 10.04 LTS Beta 2 released

The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the second beta release of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Long-Term Support) Desktop and Server Editions and Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Server for Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud (UEC) and Amazon's EC2, as well as Ubuntu 10.04 Netbook Edition. Codenamed "Lucid Lynx", 10.04 LTS continues Ubuntu's proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution.

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Desktop Edition and Ubuntu 10.04 Netbook Edition continue the trend of ever-faster boot speeds, with improved startup times and a streamlined, smoother boot experience.

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Server Edition provides even better integration of the Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud, with its install-time cloud setup.

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Server for UEC and EC2 brings the power and stability of the Ubuntu Server Edition to cloud computing, whether you're using Amazon EC2 or your own Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud.

The Ubuntu 10.04 family of variants, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Edubuntu, Ubuntu Studio, and Mythbuntu, also reach beta status today.

Ubuntu is a full-featured Linux distribution for desktops, laptops, and servers, with a fast and easy installation and regular releases. A tightly-integrated selection of excellent applications is included, and an incredible variety of add-on software is just a few clicks away.

For more detailed information on the different Ubuntu Beta 2 releases, and a list of the download mirrors, please visit the link below.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2010-April/000131.html

Countdown Banner is live, help spread the word

Matthew Nuzum has announced that the Ubuntu countdown banner is alive and counting down the days until 10.04 LTS is released. Lets help build some excitement by spreading the word! We'll need your help to tell others about the banner. You can start by adding one of the three options to your website, the instructions are at http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/countdown There is also a static banner for those who have website or blogs that don't use Java scripting.

A special thank you goes out to the artists who created this years chosen entries:

  • John Baer for the "change" artwork
  • Immanuel Peratoner for the "orange" artwork
  • Amanda Warzecha for the "lynx" artwork

Congratulations for the great work!

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2010-April/000931.html

Call for New Operators in the #ubuntu, #kubuntu and #ubuntu-offtopic channels

The IRCC is now taking applications for a number of new operator positions in the following channels: #ubuntu #kubuntu and #ubuntu-offtopic. The particular area of need is for people with availability between the times of 12am to 7am UTC.

So if you’re active on our IRC channels and you are available in the specified times (or at least part of them), and if you’ve been aching to help, you should consider applying for membership! You might get your chance if:

  • You are great at resolving conflicts
  • You are very patient. Superhuman nerve control is a basic IRC operator

feature

  • You can take criticism
  • You are happy when helping and advising others
  • In addition to the Code of Conduct and our IRC Guidelines, you are

happy to adhere to some additional guidelines Smile :)

In general, please do not consider becoming an operator because it could be “fun”. It is not, it’s hard work. However, it is often quite rewarding, and you get to operate with a great team of people. You don’t need to be an IRC guru, but you do need to know enough to be able to learn more.

Please be aware that *many* applicants will not become operators for various reasons. This will not necessarily be because we think you would make a bad operator. Only a limited number of operators are ever needed, some timezones are better covered already than others, and so on.

IMPORTANT: Please follow the application process at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IRC/IrcTeam/OperatorRequirements and additionally note your available times on your wiki page. Having your wiki page listed on your LP page is also useful to aid us in finding your information.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2010-April/000926.html

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open (78167) +521 over last week
  • Critical (26) +/-0 over last week
  • Unconfirmed (37248) +181 over last week

As always, the Bug Squad needs more help. If you want to get started, please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad

Translation Stats Lucid

  1. English (United Kingdom) (2724) +70 over last week
  2. Spanish (13215) -280 over last week
  3. French (40551) -2245 over last week
  4. Brazilian Portuguese (40766) -1996 over last week
  5. German (61774) -711 over last week

Remaining strings to translate in Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx", see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/lucid/

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

New in Lucid Lynx

Launchpad News

Ubuntu Forums News

The Planet

In The Press

Ubuntu 10.04 Gets Cloud-Based Contact Syncing

Life Hacker's Kevin Purdy tells us that along with a built-in music store, Ubuntu 10.04, the free Linux distribution arriving later this month, will offer a 30-day trial of cloud-based contact syncing through its Ubuntu One storage service. It's a promising peek into nifty features to come. "Promising" because, at the moment, Ubuntu One contact syncing is a kind of alpha feature that's being offered as a 30-day trial, free to users of Ubuntu One's standard 2 GB of web storage. It uses Funambol, a background push/sync service often mentioned in the comments around here, and there's already an Ubuntu-branded iPhone app—though any Funambol client on most any phone can also sync to Ubuntu One, as can phones that support SyncML. Adventurous Ubuntu users can read the Phone Sync FAQ for help and suggestions. You'll need an Ubuntu One account to try out contact syncing, which you can create here. [1]

http://lifehacker.com/5510481/ubuntu-1004-gets-cloud+based-contact-syncing?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lifehacker%2Ffull+%28Lifehacker%29

Ubuntu Claims 12 Million Users as Lucid Linux Desktop Nears

Sean Michael Kerner of LinuxPlanet reminds us that Ubuntu Linux is gearing up for the debut of its latest release with Ubuntu 10.04, codenamed "the Lucid Lynx" and scheduled for general availability at the end of the month. The Lucid release could also help to further accelerate adoption of Ubuntu, which has been growing over the last several years. In 2008, Canonical, the lead commercial sponsor behind Ubuntu, pegged the number of Ubuntu users at 8 million. It's a figure that could have increased by as much as 50 percent or more since then, insiders say. "We have no phone home or registration process, so it's always a guesstimate. But based on the same methodology that we came up with for the 2008 number, our present belief is that it's somewhere north of 12 million users at the moment," Chris Kenyon, vice president for OEM at Canonical, told InternetNews.com. Usage numbers aside, the upcoming Lucid release from Ubuntu is a big one for the Linux distribution as it is the first new Long-Term Supported (LTS) release in two years. Kenyon expect that users still running the 8.04 LTS will now make the jump to the 10.04 LTS when it becomes available. http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reports/7032/1/

New Ubuntu look too destructive

ZDNet's Chris Duckett says take a good hard look at your screen and ask yourself if it is possible to accidentally close an application while reaching for the File menu. In most cases the answer is a clear no, but for users of Ubuntu, it has become a very real and dangerous use case. All the fuss began in March when the decision was taken to refresh Ubuntu's look and branding, which included a set of new default themes that moved the trio of minimise, maximise and close buttons from the PC standard right-hand side to the left side of the title bar. Suffice to say that despite the positives of the updated Ubuntu look, users overwhelmingly detested the movement of the window buttons — as shown by the over 630 comments, the vast majority of which are intensely negative, on this bug report. Mark Shuttleworth, Ubuntu's founder and patron, responded to the criticism by saying that moving the icons to the left opened up the space on the right of the title bar for experimentation further down the line, and thanking users for their feedback but reminding them that Ubuntu was not a democracy and the design team had made its decision. Since that posting the mob may have received some compromises from Shuttleworth, but Ubuntu has now taken a step which means everyone will lose something. Whether it be data, tabs, or that important email they were writing. http://www.zdnet.com.au/new-ubuntu-look-too-destructive-339302224.htm

Beta 2 Arrives For Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx"

Michael Larabel of Phoronix reports that in just three weeks Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" will be released, but before that happens there is a final beta and one release candidate that needs to make it out into the hands of Ubuntu testers. On April 8th the second beta was released and is ready for testing. Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Beta 2 really isn't anymore interesting than the first beta that came towards the middle of March, but there are bug-fixes and a few remaining updated packages (like for the GNOME 2.30.0 desktop). Being released along side Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Beta 2 proper is similar updates to Kubuntu, Edubuntu, Xubuntu, and the various other Ubuntu flavors like Ubuntu Server and Ubuntu Server for UEC/EC2 cloud computing platforms. The release announcement for Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Beta 2 can be read on the Ubuntu announcement list.[1] The final release of this Canonical Long-Term Support release is expected on the 29th of April.

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

In The Blogosphere

Ubuntu: Canonical Focuses on Wall Street

http://www.workswithu.com/2010/04/05/ubuntu-canonical-focuses-on-wall-street/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+WorksWithU+%28Works+With+U%29

Dell’s Ubuntu Linux Strategy Extends to China

http://www.workswithu.com/2010/04/07/dells-ubuntu-strategy-extends-to-china/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+WorksWithU+%28Works+With+U%29

Eye On Ubuntu 10.10

http://www.workswithu.com/2010/04/08/eye-on-ubuntu-10-10/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+WorksWithU+%28Works+With+U%29

Linux: The Best New User Distribution is not Necessarily Ubuntu

http://blog.eracc.com/2010/04/07/linux-the-best-new-user-distribution-is-not-necessarily-ubuntu/

Lubuntu not joining the ubuntu family until 10.10

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/04/lubuntu-not-joining-ubuntu-family-until.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+d0od+%28Omg!+Ubuntu!%29

Ubuntu 10.04 drops yahoo! will use google as search engine

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/04/ubuntu-1004-drops-yahoo-will-use-google.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+d0od+%28Omg!+Ubuntu!%29

What's coming in the new Ubuntu Linux desktop?

http://blogs.computerworld.com/15889/whats_coming_in_the_new_ubuntu_linux_desktop

In Other News

Canonical, Upgrading GNOME Bugzilla, and Commercial Sponsorship

http://www.gnomejournal.org/article/96/canonical-upgrading-gnome-bugzilla-and-commercial-sponsorship

Portable Ubuntu Tres Runs 9.10 on Windows Desktops

http://lifehacker.com/5509585/portable-ubuntu-tres-brings-910-to-windows-desktops-and-thumb-drives?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lifehacker%2Ffull+%28Lifehacker%29

Monthly Team Reports: <MONTH> <YEAR>

Upcoming Meetings and Events

Community Spotlight

Updates and Security for 6.06, 8.04, 8.10, 9.04, 9.10, and 10.04

Security Updates

Ubuntu 6.06 Updates

Ubuntu 8.04 Updates

Ubuntu 8.10 Updates

Ubuntu 9.04 Updates

Ubuntu 9.10 Updates

Ubuntu 10.04 Updates

UWN #: A sneak peek

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