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== Upcoming Meetings & Events ==

Contents

Contents

  1. In This Issue
  2. General Community News
    1. Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase calls all artists to contribute to next version of Ubuntu
    2. Ubuntu User Days Wrap-Up
  3. Ubuntu Stats
    1. Bug Stats
    2. Translation Stats Lucid
    3. Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week
  4. LoCo News
    1. Rocking The LoCo Council
    2. Ubuntu: a computer operating system built around community
    3. Ubuntu Chicago Bike Tour
  5. Launchpad News
    1. Three tips for faster launchpadlib api clients
  6. Ubuntu Forums News
  7. The Planet
    1. Daniel Holbach: Reviewers Team and Operation Cleansweep
    2. Benjamin Humphrey: Ubuntu Manual Project core philosophy
    3. Dustin Kirkland: Man Your Browser
    4. Penelope Stowe: Ubuntu Accessibility Team Personas Survey
    5. Mohamad Faizul Zulkifli: Android SDK on Ubuntu
    6. Kubuntu: KDE SC 4.5 RC 2 Packages Available
    7. Jim Campbell: Updating the Ubuntu Packaging Guide
  8. In The Press
    1. Is Chrome OS a Threat to Ubuntu or Windows?
  9. In The Blogosphere
    1. Improved Calculator App in Ubuntu 10.10
  10. In Other News
    1. TurnKey Appliance Development Contest: An Open Source Summer Bonanza!
    2. The GIMP 2.6.10 Ubuntu Karmic And Lucid PPA
    3. Google App Inventor: Make Your Own Android Apps
    4. Spotify music streaming service comes to Linux
    5. The End of Shot of JAQ
    6. Introducing HTML5: a book review
  11. Featured Podcasts
  12. Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  13. Upcoming Meetings & Events
    1. Monday, July 19, 2010
      1. Ubuntu-NGO IRC Meeting
      2. Security Team Catch-up
    2. Tuesday, July 20, 2010
      1. Community Council Meeting
      2. Asia - Oceania RMB Meeting
      3. Ubuntu Mobile Team Meeting
      4. Developer Membership Board
      5. Desktop Team Meeting
      6. Kernel Team Meeting
      7. LoCo Council Meeting
    3. Wednesday, July 21, 2010
      1. Weekly Ubuntu Foundations team meeting
      2. Jono Bacon @ Home Videocast : Various Topics and Q+A
      3. Edubuntu Meeting
      4. QA Team Meeting
    4. Thursday, July 22, 2010
      1. Ayatana UX team meeting
      2. Ubuntu Women Project Meeting
      3. Americas Regional Membership Board Meeting
    5. Friday, July 23, 2010
      1. Maverick Weekly Release Meeting
    6. Saturday, July 24, 2010
      1. BugJam
      2. DC Loco IRC meeting
      3. Ubuntu IRC Council Meeting
      4. Ubuntu Gaming Team Meeting
  14. Updates and Security for 6.06, 8.04, 9.04, 9.10, and 10.04
    1. Security Updates
    2. Ubuntu 6.06 Updates
    3. Ubuntu 8.04 Updates
    4. Ubuntu 9.04 Updates
    5. Ubuntu 9.10 Updates
    6. Ubuntu 10.04 Updates
  15. UWN Translations
  16. UWN A Sneak Peek
  17. Subscribe
  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 202 for the week July 11th - July 17th.

In This Issue

General Community News

Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase calls all artists to contribute to next version of Ubuntu

http://www.canonical.com/news/ubuntu-free-culture-showcase

Ubuntu User Days Wrap-Up

The second Ubuntu User Days event was held on July 10-11, 2010 and organizers note that it was a wonderful success!

The Classroom Team also extends thanks to all the valued instructors as well as those who attended and took time out of their weekend to participate in all areas of Ubuntu User Days.

If you missed Ubuntu User Days or if you just want more information go to:

http://ubuntuclassroom.wordpress.com/2010/07/13/ubuntu-user-days-wrap-up/

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open (77595) +34 over last week
  • Critical (29) -2 over last week
  • Unconfirmed (36957) +68 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) (0) +/-0 over last week
  2. Spanish (9015) +2 over last week
  3. Brazilian Portuguese (34640) -62 over last week
  4. French (38230) +29 over last week
  5. German (54293) -16 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

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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

Rocking The LoCo Council

I just wanted to take a moment to highlight the incredible work going on with the Ubuntu LoCo Council who are working hard to govern the LoCo community and ensure everything is running smoothly.

The LoCo Council has two key IRC events in each month that everyone is welcome to attend:

LoCo Council monthly IRC meeting – on the 3rd Tuesday of the month in #ubuntu-meeting. See the agenda

LoCo Health Check – 1st Tuesday of the month in #ubuntu-locoteams – an informal meeting where anyone can add a topic to discuss and get some council feedback – see this page for more details.

…and of course, the LoCo council are always available in #ubuntu-locoteams.

Finally, when tweeting about Ubuntu LoCo teams, don’t forget to use the #locoteams tag.

Keep up the great work, folks!

http://www.jonobacon.org/2010/07/15/rocking-the-loco-council/

Ubuntu: a computer operating system built around community

Terry Lavender of the Vancouver Observer, discusses Ubuntu and the community that supports and surrounds it in this article. Lavender discusses a little about the history of both Linux and Ubuntu in his introduction.

Further into this article Lavender talks to Randall Ross and others of the Vancouver LoCo Team. This article covers many aspects of the Ubuntu community through the eyes of some very active community members. One of the things Ross points out in this article is - “Ubuntu includes one profoundly important component that no other operating system has: Community. The Ubuntu community is diverse, lively, and fun to be around. The Ubuntu community is real and local.”

Want to find out more about what Ross and others had to say about Ubuntu and the community go to:

http://www.vancouverobserver.com/blogs/megabytes/2010/07/10/ubuntu-computer-operating-system-built-around-community

Ubuntu Chicago Bike Tour

In this post by Richard Johnson of the Ubuntu Chicago Team, he invites other team members to join them in its first ever group ride. Initiatives such as a group bike ride, organized by LoCo teams are just one more way to bring teams together by combining hobbies and sharing Ubuntu.

To find out more about this event that was held on July 18th, 2010 or if you are in the Chicago area and want to get involved in this LoCo team go to:

http://blog.nixternal.com/2010.07.13/ubuntu-chicago-bike-ride/

Launchpad News

Three tips for faster launchpadlib api clients

Martin Pool posts, three tips from Leonard’s lightning talk in Prague about writing faster Launchpadlib API clients: 

 1. Use the latest launchpadlib. It gets faster from one release to the next. (The versions in the current Ubuntu release should be fine; otherwise run from the branch or the latest tarball.)
 2. Profile:
     import httplib2
     httplib2.debuglevel = 1
 will show each http request and response, so that you can see what’s taking time.
 3. Fetch objects only once:
Don’t do this:
    if bug.person is not None:
        print bug.person.name
instead
    p = bug.person
    if p is not None:
        print p.name
In the first case, the client may fetch the Person object twice. (We may fix this in future.)

To see the original posting go to:

http://blog.launchpad.net/api/three-tips-for-faster-launchpadlib-api-clients

Ubuntu Forums News

The Planet

Daniel Holbach: Reviewers Team and Operation Cleansweep

Probably due to the soccer championship or the hot weather in some countries we had a slow week last week. Here’s the quick report: Total bugs with patches: 2263 (-1) Reviewed patches: 331 (0) --- Bugs with 'patch-needswork': 86 (+1) Bugs with 'patch-forwarded-upstream': 133 (+6) Bugs with 'patch-forwarded-debian': 41 (+1) Bugs with 'indicator-application': 44 (-1) Bugs with 'patch-accepted-upstream': 47 (0) Bugs with 'patch-accepted-debian': 13 (0) Bugs with 'patch-rejected-upstream': 15 (+1) Bugs with 'patch-rejected-debian': 1 (0)

To find out how you can help and to see the graph of the progress go to:

http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/?p=726

Benjamin Humphrey: Ubuntu Manual Project core philosophy

http://humphreybc.wordpress.com/2010/07/12/ubuntu-manual-project-core-philosophy/

Dustin Kirkland: Man Your Browser

http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2010/07/man-your-browser.html

Penelope Stowe: Ubuntu Accessibility Team Personas Survey

http://pendulumtech.wordpress.com/2010/07/14/ubuntu-accessibility-team-personas-survey/

Mohamad Faizul Zulkifli: Android SDK on Ubuntu

http://9w2pju.blogspot.com/2010/07/android-sdk-on-ubuntu.html

Kubuntu: KDE SC 4.5 RC 2 Packages Available

http://www.kubuntu.org/news/kde-sc-45-rc-2

Jim Campbell: Updating the Ubuntu Packaging Guide

http://j1m.net/2010/07/13/updating-the-ubuntu-packaging-guide/

In The Press

Is Chrome OS a Threat to Ubuntu or Windows?

http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/3892351/Is-Chrome-OS-a-Threat-to-Ubuntu-or-Windows.htm

In The Blogosphere

Improved Calculator App in Ubuntu 10.10

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Improved-Calculator-App-in-Ubuntu-10-10-147637.shtml

In Other News

TurnKey Appliance Development Contest: An Open Source Summer Bonanza!

Last week TurnKey Linux, an Ubuntu based open source project, announced they'll be using donation money to sponsor an appliance development contest.

To celebrate the occasion they'll be giving live training this week on how to customize existing TurnKey appliances and create new ones, so anyone willing to learn a few basic Linux skills is invited to join in on the fun.

With the community's help TurnKey is hoping to double the appliance library by the next release...

http://www.turnkeylinux.org/blog/contest

The GIMP 2.6.10 Ubuntu Karmic And Lucid PPA

GIMP 2.6.10 has been released. This latest stable version will be backported to both lucid and karmic. See this article for instructions on installing the latest GIMP from the WebUpd8 PPA.

http://www.webupd8.org/2010/07/gimp-2610-ubuntu-karmic-and-lucid-ppa.html

Google App Inventor: Make Your Own Android Apps

Check out whats new with the Android platform. Google App Inventor is a new piece of online software that helps with the creation of Andriod apps. “To use App Inventor you do not need to be a developer. App Inventor requires NO programming knowledge”. The Google App Inventor can be used on Ubuntu 8+ and any browser capable of running Java 6. App Inventor can also be used from an Android phone.

http://www.providingnews.com/google-app-inventor-make-your-own-android-apps.html

Spotify music streaming service comes to Linux

Spotify music streaming service comes to Linux. This version is the result of user feedback and the fact that many of the company's own developers use Linux. While this release is still officially unsupported, the developers say that they will "try to make sure it keeps pace with its Mac and Windows siblings". To take advantage of the linux version you must be a Spotify Premium subscribers to check out the linux version.

http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Spotify-music-streaming-service-comes-to-Linux-1036731.html

The End of Shot of JAQ

Sad news from the Jono Bacon blog for all those fans of the 'Shot Of Jaq' podcast. We "are simply too busy with other things" says Jono Bacon on why the podcast is being stopped. Shot of Jaq had around 70 twice weekly shows over a 9 month period, and received over 3000 comments. "Thanks to everyone who was so supportive of the show!"

http://www.jonobacon.org/2010/07/13/the-end-of-shot-of-jaq/

Introducing HTML5: a book review

Take a look at this in depth review of the book 'Introducing HTML 5', by Bruce Lawson and Remy Sharp. These authors draw on the experiences of user questions and articles at their html5doctor website. "The book successfully and intelligently covers the new markup in HTML5" states Stuart Langridge, the author or this book review.

http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2010/07/14/introducing-html5-a-book-review

Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings

Upcoming Meetings & Events

Monday, July 19, 2010

Ubuntu-NGO IRC Meeting

Security Team Catch-up

  • Start: 17:00 UTC
  • End: 17:30 UTC
  • Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
  • Agenda: nothing formal, just a weekly catch-up. Weekly Ubuntu Security Team catch-up meeting. Anyone is welcome to join if they want to watch, contribute, etc.

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Community Council Meeting

Asia - Oceania RMB Meeting

Ubuntu Mobile Team Meeting

Developer Membership Board

  • Start: 14:00 UTC
  • End: 15:00 UTC
  • Location: None listed as of publication
  • Agenda: None listed as of publication

Desktop Team Meeting

Kernel Team Meeting

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

LoCo Council Meeting

  • Start: 20:00 UTC
  • End: 21:00 UTC
  • Location: None listed as of publication
  • Agenda: None listed as of publication

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Weekly Ubuntu Foundations team meeting

Jono Bacon @ Home Videocast : Various Topics and Q+A

Edubuntu Meeting

QA Team Meeting

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Ayatana UX team meeting

  • Start: 12:00 UTC
  • End: 12:30 UTC
  • Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
  • Agenda: * Introductions * Review team charter * Organize first UX activity * Brainstorm future UX activities

Ubuntu Women Project Meeting

Americas Regional Membership Board Meeting

Friday, July 23, 2010

Maverick Weekly Release Meeting

Saturday, July 24, 2010

BugJam

  • Start: 20:00 UTC
  • End: 22:00 UTC
  • Location: Taste of India
  • Agenda: IRC channel #ubuntu-us-dc Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-bugs

DC Loco IRC meeting

  • Start: 10:00 UTC
  • End: 11:00 UTC
  • Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-us-dc
  • Agenda: None listed as of publication

=== Sunday, July 25, 2010 ====

Ubuntu IRC Council Meeting

Ubuntu Gaming Team Meeting

  • Start: 19:00 UTC
  • End: 21:00 UTC
  • Location: Ubuntu Gaming Team Meeting
  • Agenda: None Listed as of publication

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

Security Updates

Ubuntu 6.06 Updates

  • None Reported

Ubuntu 8.04 Updates

Ubuntu 9.04 Updates

Ubuntu 9.10 Updates

Ubuntu 10.04 Updates

UWN Translations

  • Note to translators and our readers please follow the link below for the information you need.

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

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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Glossary of Terms

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Ubuntu - Get Involved

The Ubuntu community consists of individuals and teams, working on different aspects of the distribution, giving advice and technical support, and helping to promote Ubuntu to a wider audience. No contribution is too small, and anyone can help. It's your chance to get in on all the community fun associated with developing and promoting Ubuntu. http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate

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