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Contents

  1. In This Issue
  2. General Community News
    1. Mark Shuttleworth: Reflections on Ubuntu, Canonical and the march to free software adoption
    2. Ubuntu Fridge: Ubuntu Open Week, request for instructors
    3. Martin Owens: Alternative UDS Accomodation
    4. Thorsten Wilms: Ubuntu Cowntdown 10.10
  3. Ubuntu Stats
    1. Bug Stats
    2. Translation Stats Lucid
    3. Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week
  4. LoCo News
    1. David Rubin: Ubuntu Books, The Unboxing
  5. Launchpad News
    1. Launchpad Blog: Everything in Launchpad
    2. David Planella: Ubuntu 11.04 Translation plans
    3. Launchpad Blog: What's your favourite project in Launchpad
    4. Brian Murray: Launchpad Greasemonkey Scripts in Chromium Browser
    5. Launchpad News: Meet Rob Collins
  6. Ubuntu Forums News
    1. Joe Barker: New Forum Staff (Again!)
  7. The Planet
    1. Multiple Posters: My role in Ubuntu
    2. Thorsten Wilms: Ubuntu Artwork Crisis
    3. Lucas Nussbaum: Helping improve Ruby on Debian and Ubuntu
    4. Jo Shields: Mono Mythbusting, September 2010 Edition
    5. Adam Sommer - Ubuntu Server Guide Retrospective
    6. Maia Kozheva: Dear Canonical, Redux
    7. Jonathan Jesse: A disappointing cycle for kubuntu-docs and a call for help
  8. In The Press
    1. Shuttleworth Responds to Ubuntu's Critics
    2. Windows 7 vs Ubuntu 10.04
    3. Canonical gets physical with Ubuntu Linux
  9. In The Blogosphere
    1. Belinda Lopez: Getting to the ‘aha’ moments for kids and computers
    2. Ed Hewitt: Dropbox vs Ubuntu One
  10. In Other News
  11. Featured Podcasts
  12. Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  13. Upcoming Meetings and Events
    1. Tuesday, 21 September 2010
      1. Community Council Meeting
      2. Ubuntu Mobile Team Meeting
      3. Technical Board Meeting
      4. Desktop Team Meeting
      5. Kernel Team Meeting
      6. LoCo Council Meeting
    2. Wednesday, 22 September 2010
      1. Weekly Ubuntu Foundations team meeting
      2. QA Team Meeting
      3. Jono Bacon @ Home Videocast : Various Topics and Q+A
      4. Edubuntu Meeting
    3. Thursday, 23 September 2010
      1. Classroom Team Meeting
      2. Ubuntu Women Team Meeting
      3. Ayatana UX team meeting
    4. Friday, 24 September 2010
      1. Maverick Weekly Release Meeting
    5. Saturday, 25 September 2010
    6. Sunday, 26 September 2010
      1. Ubuntu IRC Council Meeting
      2. Ubuntu Gaming Team Meeting
    7. Monday, 27 September 2010
      1. Ubuntu App Developer Week
      2. Security Team Catch-up
  14. Updates and Security for 6.06, 8.04, 9.04, 9.10, 10.04 and 10.10
    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
    7. Ubuntu 10.10 Updates
  15. UWN Translations
  16. UWN 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 211 for the week September 12th - September 18th, 2010.

In This Issue

General Community News

Mark Shuttleworth: Reflections on Ubuntu, Canonical and the march to free software adoption

Prompted in part by the critique of Canonical’s code contributions to the kernel and core GNOME infrastructure, Mark has been pondering whether or not he feels good about what he does every day and how it's done. He talks about his motivation for working on Ubuntu and some of the project's achievements. It's quite a motivational post and worth a read.

http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/517

Ubuntu Fridge: Ubuntu Open Week, request for instructors

Here at Ubuntu we love to give training sessions over IRC. Since Developer and App Developer Week cover the more advanced end of the spectrum we have something for normal users — Ubuntu Open Week. We're looking for instructors, specifically those of you who have never taught a class before. Now that developer week is separate, we have some leeway to make these sessions more productive for end users.

http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/2129

Martin Owens: Alternative UDS Accomodation

Ubuntu folk will soon be flocking to Florida in the United States for the next Ubuntu Developer Summit. Some people have been fortunate enough to receive sponsorship from Canonical, while others are sponsored by another organisation or are being self-sponsored. Martin has put together details for people who are arranging their own accommodation to make things easier for non-sponsored people to attend.

http://doctormo.org/2010/09/16/alternative-uds-accommodation/

Thorsten Wilms: Ubuntu Cowntdown 10.10

The countdown banners for Ubuntu 10.10 are now up. This time, they don’t require JavaScript and thus work fine even on WordPress.com blogs. With only 20 days left to release, now is a good time to add them to your site!

http://thorwil.wordpress.com/2010/09/14/ubuntu-countdown-10-10/

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open (79774) +472 over last week
  • Critical (34) +4 over last week
  • Unconfirmed (39090) +164 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) (1) -3 over last week
  2. Spanish (8189) -93 over last week
  3. Brazilian Portuguese (31306) -1155 over last week
  4. French (36695) -157 over last week
  5. German (53634) -212 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

David Rubin: Ubuntu Books, The Unboxing

The Ubuntu-ZA team have received their complimentary copies of the Official Ubuntu Book as well as the Official Ubuntu Server Book. David wonders what should be done with the books now that the team has them and lists some suggestions. What do other teams do? Feel free to comment!

http://blog.smartcube.co.za/2010/09/15/ubuntu-books-the-unboxing/

Launchpad News

Launchpad Blog: Everything in Launchpad

Matthew Revell and Jono Bacon have been compiling a list of Launchpad features over the last summer. The current list is up on the Launchpad wiki, if you find something that is missing, feel free to add it!

http://blog.launchpad.net/general/everything-in-launchpad

David Planella: Ubuntu 11.04 Translation plans

David announces that translation plans for Ubuntu 11.04 are already on the way. He includes way that you can get involved, and points out that his personal focus will be on outreach. He also calls out for suggestions and ideas.

http://davidplanella.wordpress.com/2010/09/17/ubuntu-11-04-translations-plans/

Launchpad Blog: What's your favourite project in Launchpad

Launchpad's featured project list is often a great way to find out about new and interesting software projects that are hosted in Launchpad. The Launchpad blog asks "What's your favourite project in Launchpad?". The comments already include some interesting projects, feel free to add yours!

http://blog.launchpad.net/general/whats-your-favourite-project-in-launchpad

Brian Murray: Launchpad Greasemonkey Scripts in Chromium Browser

Brian has been working on getting the Launchpad Greasemonkey scripts on par for the Chromium browser than the Firefox browser. The scripts mostly works, with some minor issues. Brian also provides instructions for obtaining the scripts.

http://www.murraytwins.com/blog/?p=89

Launchpad News: Meet Rob Collins

Rob Collins recently joined the Launchpad team as the architect for Launchpad. Launchpad news interviews him and discovers his future plans and ideas for the project.

http://blog.launchpad.net/meet-the-devs/meet-rob-collins

Ubuntu Forums News

Joe Barker: New Forum Staff (Again!)

Joe reports on the new Ubuntu Forum staff that have joined the team. They are pytheas22, BkkBonanza, CharlesA, uRock, s.fox, howefield. Congratulations to the new moderator staff and thanks for your great work!

http://blog.joeb454.com/2010/09/new-forum-staff-again/

The Planet

Multiple Posters: My role in Ubuntu

This past week many of those who work on Ubuntu at Canonical posted about their role in Ubuntu and related projects. These stories are quite informative and you may find some inspiring as well.

Thorsten Wilms: Ubuntu Artwork Crisis

Thorsten discusses the state of the Ubuntu Artwork team. He talks about his own early motivation getting involved, the direction of the team, the role of the Canonical Design Team, the artwork it self and what currently works and not in the team.

http://thorwil.wordpress.com/?p=1062

Lucas Nussbaum: Helping improve Ruby on Debian and Ubuntu

Lucas created a wiki page that lists improvements and tasks for Ruby in Debian and Ubuntu. He stresses that many pending tasks requires only requires basic packaging skills to solve. If you'd like to get involved in packaging for Ubuntu, this might be a good way to get involved.

http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/blog/?p=575

Jo Shields: Mono Mythbusting, September 2010 Edition

Jo has posted about Mono myths before. In this post he debunks some of the newer (and sometimes funny) myths regarding Mono that has been spreading across the Internet recently.

http://apebox.org/wordpress/rants/271/

Adam Sommer - Ubuntu Server Guide Retrospective

Adam looks at the Ubuntu Server Guide development over the last release cycle. Packaged versions have been dropped, cloud sections have been updated and a new section for Puppet has been added.

http://adamsommer.blogspot.com/2010/09/ubuntu-server-guide-retrospective.html

Maia Kozheva: Dear Canonical, Redux

Maia voices her concern over a bug that has caused some stir about Canonical adding a default signature to Evolution that would append "Sent using Ubuntu" or similar text to e-mails. Currently there has been no indication that this will be changed before release, however, a separate bug to remove the text have been created.

http://lucidfox.org/posts/view/621

Jonathan Jesse: A disappointing cycle for kubuntu-docs and a call for help

Jonathan points out his personal dissapointment with the Kubuntu documentation for the last development cycle. He also encourages people to join in and get involved for the next cycle and what *you* could do to get involved.

https://jjesse.wordpress.com/2010/09/19/a-disappointing-cycle-for-kubuntu-docs-and-a-call-for-help/

In The Press

Shuttleworth Responds to Ubuntu's Critics

OSNews brings us an article regarding Mark Shuttleworth's response to recent criticism that cited Ubuntu and Canonical do not contribute enough code back to their upstream projects. The article continues by detailing the ways in which Ubuntu and Canonical have contributed to the overall progress of Linux. To read the full article, click the link below:

http://www.osnews.com/story/23809/Shuttleworth_Responds_to_Ubuntu_s_Critics

Windows 7 vs Ubuntu 10.04

Barry Collins of PCPro Magazine asks the ever popular question: Is Linux finally ready for the desktop? In an attempt to find he pits Windows 7 and Ubuntu 10.04 against each other to find out. To see the results and ready all about the benchmarks, follow the link below:

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/features/361135/windows-7-vs-ubuntu-10-04

Canonical gets physical with Ubuntu Linux

All of us are used to controlling our desktops with a mouse - but what if you could control your desktop with your body - is the question Canonical has been asking recently. The article below follows some of the comments made by the Canonical Development team and the various ways this may materialize in the Ubuntu of the future. To read more, follow the link:

http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2010/09/canonical-gets-physical-with-u.html

In The Blogosphere

Belinda Lopez: Getting to the ‘aha’ moments for kids and computers

We’ve created a generation that is a great consumer of technology but we’re not enabling them with the right tools and skills to help them move from simple consumers to developers of that and even newer technology. Belinda asks whether you can remember the first time you had that 'aha' moment where you first realized that you can make your computer do new things, and whether we should do something to give kids today that same opportunity.

http://dindafoss.wordpress.com/2010/09/13/getting-to-the-aha-moments-for-kids-and-technology/

Ed Hewitt: Dropbox vs Ubuntu One

On Ubuntu, the two main file syncing services available are Dropbox and Ubuntu One. Ed has been bouncing between these two services since Ubuntu One was released last year. Dropbox has been around since 2007, and has been the leader in this market. Ed decided to write up a a review of both services to compare how they stack up against each other.

http://www.edhewitt.co.uk/2010/09/15/dropbox-vs-ubuntu-one/

In Other News

Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings

Links will need be verified on or before Saturday, September 18th, 2010

Upcoming Meetings and Events

Tuesday, 21 September 2010

Community Council Meeting

Ubuntu Mobile Team Meeting

Technical Board Meeting

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

LoCo Council Meeting

Wednesday, 22 September 2010

Weekly Ubuntu Foundations team meeting

QA Team Meeting

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

Edubuntu Meeting

Thursday, 23 September 2010

Classroom Team Meeting

Ubuntu Women Team Meeting

  • Start: 10:00 UTC
  • End: 11:00 UTC
  • Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-women-project on freenode.net
  • Agenda: None listed as of Publication

Ayatana UX team meeting

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

Friday, 24 September 2010

Maverick Weekly Release Meeting

Saturday, 25 September 2010

  • None Listed at Time of Publication

Sunday, 26 September 2010

Ubuntu IRC Council Meeting

Ubuntu Gaming Team Meeting

  • Start: 19:00 UTC
  • End: 21:00 UTC
  • Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting on freenode.net
  • Agenda: Not listed os of publication

Monday, 27 September 2010

Ubuntu App Developer Week

  • Start: 16:00 UTC
  • End: 23:00 UTC
  • Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-classroom and #ubuntu-classroom-chat on freenode.net
  • Agenda: None listed as of publication

Security Team Catch-up

  • Start: 17:00 UTC
  • End: 17:30 UTC
  • Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting on freenode.net
  • 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.

Updates and Security for 6.06, 8.04, 9.04, 9.10, 10.04 and 10.10

Security Updates

Ubuntu 6.06 Updates

Ubuntu 8.04 Updates

Ubuntu 9.04 Updates

Ubuntu 9.10 Updates

Ubuntu 10.04 Updates

Ubuntu 10.10 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 Sneak Peek

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Conclusion

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Credits

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Glossary of Terms

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Ubuntu - Get Involved

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