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Contents

  1. In This Issue
  2. General Community News
    1. Ubuntu Fridge: Ubuntu 9.04 reaches end of life
  3. Ubuntu Stats
    1. Bug Stats
    2. Translation Stats Lucid
    3. Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week
  4. LoCo News
    1. Kentucky Loco Team Re-approved
  5. Launchpad News
    1. Ubuntu Fridge: Behind the Circle: Gerfried Fuchs (Rhonda)
  6. Ubuntu Forums News
  7. The Planet
    1. Jordan Mantha: Edubuntu Makeover
    2. Jorge Castro: Test your might!
    3. Paolo Sammicheli: Debian-Ubuntu Community Conference
    4. Duncan McGreggor: The Growing Linux Multi-touch Community
    5. Ara Pulido: My experience upgrading UNE 10.04 to Maverick (and yours!)
    6. Mark Shuttleworth: A kind invitation
  8. In The Press
  9. Belgium Political party votes Ubuntu
  10. In The Blogosphere
    1. Canonical Design Blog: Initial Hebrew Trials
  11. In Other News
  12. Featured Podcasts
    1. Full Circle Magazine Podcast Episode 11
  13. Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  14. Upcoming Meetings and Events
    1. Tuesday, 28 September 2010
      1. Asia - Oceania RMB Meeting
      2. Ubuntu Mobile Team Meeting
      3. Ubuntu App Developer Week (UADW)
      4. Desktop Team Meeting
      5. Kernel Team Meeting
    2. Wednesday, 29 September 2010
      1. Ubuntu App Developer Week (UADW)
      2. Weekly Ubuntu Foundations team meeting
      3. QA Team Meeting
      4. Jono Bacon @ Home Videocast : Various Topics and Q+A
      5. Edubuntu Meeting
    3. Thursday, 30 September 2010
      1. Ayatana UX team meeting
      2. Ubuntu App Developer Week (UADW)
    4. Friday, 1 October 2010
      1. Ubuntu App Developer Week (UADW)
      2. Maverick Weekly Release Meeting
    5. Saturday, 2 October 2010
      1. BugJam
      2. DC Loco IRC meeting
    6. Sunday, 3 October 2010
      1. Ubuntu IRC Council Meeting
      2. Ubuntu Gaming Team Meeting
    7. Monday, 4 October 2010
      1. Ubuntu App Developer Week (UADW)
  15. 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
  16. UWN Translations
  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 212 for the week September 19 - September 25, 2010.

In This Issue

General Community News

Ubuntu Fridge: Ubuntu 9.04 reaches end of life

http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/2132

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open (80206) +432 over last week
  • Critical (35) +1 over last week
  • Unconfirmed (39774) +684 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) -1 over last week
  2. Spanish (8076) -113 over last week
  3. Brazilian Portuguese (31025) -281 over last week
  4. French (36501) -194 over last week
  5. German (53092) -542 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

Kentucky Loco Team Re-approved

http://etank.bglug.net/2010/09/21/we-are-reapproved/

Launchpad News

Ubuntu Fridge: Behind the Circle: Gerfried Fuchs (Rhonda)

http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/2131

Ubuntu Forums News

The Planet

Jordan Mantha: Edubuntu Makeover

http://www.laserjock.us/2010/09/edubuntu-makeover/

Jorge Castro: Test your might!

http://castrojo.tumblr.com/post/1164226068/test-your-might

Paolo Sammicheli: Debian-Ubuntu Community Conference

http://xdatap1.wordpress.com/2010/09/21/debian-ubuntu-community-conference-ita-2010/

Duncan McGreggor: The Growing Linux Multi-touch Community

http://oubiwann.blogspot.com/2010/09/growing-linux-multi-touch-community.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+ElectricDuncan+(Electric+Duncan)

Ara Pulido: My experience upgrading UNE 10.04 to Maverick (and yours!)

http://ubuntutesting.wordpress.com/2010/09/24/upgrading-une-maverick/

Mark Shuttleworth: A kind invitation

http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/529

In The Press

Belgium Political party votes Ubuntu

http://www.osor.eu/news/be-political-party-moving-to-a-complete-open-source-desktop

In The Blogosphere

Canonical Design Blog: Initial Hebrew Trials

http://design.canonical.com/2010/09/intial-hebrew-trials/

In Other News

Full Circle Magazine Podcast Episode 11

http://fullcirclemagazine.org/2010/09/24/full-circle-podcast-11-a-painful-washing-experience/

Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings

Upcoming Meetings and Events

Tuesday, 28 September 2010

Asia - Oceania RMB Meeting

Ubuntu Mobile Team Meeting

Ubuntu App Developer Week (UADW)

Desktop Team Meeting

Kernel Team Meeting

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

Wednesday, 29 September 2010

Ubuntu App Developer Week (UADW)

Weekly Ubuntu Foundations team meeting

QA Team Meeting

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

  • Start: 18:00 UTC
  • End: 19:00 UTC
  • Location: Location: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/at-home-with-jono-bacon

  • Agenda: This is a weekly videocast by the Ubuntu Community Manager, Jono Bacon in which he discusses a range of topics and also provides a regular weekly Q+A.

Edubuntu Meeting

Thursday, 30 September 2010

Ayatana UX team meeting

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

Ubuntu App Developer Week (UADW)

Friday, 1 October 2010

Ubuntu App Developer Week (UADW)

Maverick Weekly Release Meeting

Saturday, 2 October 2010

BugJam

  • Start: 20:00 UTC
  • End: 21:00 UTC
  • Location: Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-us-dc Location, #ubuntu-bugs
  • Agenda: Not Listed as of publication

DC Loco IRC meeting

  • Start: 22:00 UTC
  • End: 23:00 UTC
  • Location: Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-us-dc
  • Agenda: Not listed as of publication

Sunday, 3 October 2010

Ubuntu IRC Council Meeting

Ubuntu Gaming Team Meeting

  • Start: 19:00 UTC
  • End: 20:00 UTC
  • Location: Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
  • Agenda: Not listed as of publication

Monday, 4 October 2010

Ubuntu App Developer Week (UADW)

  • Start: 15:00 UTC
  • End: 20:00 UTC
  • Location: Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-classroom
  • Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuAppDeveloperWeek ==== Security Team Catch-up ====

  • Start: 17:00 UTC
  • End: 17:30 UTC
  • Location: 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.

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

Subscribe

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Archives and RSS Feed

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You can subscribe to the Ubuntu Weekly News via RSS at: http://fridge.ubuntu.com/uwn/feed

Additional Ubuntu News

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Conclusion

Thank you for reading the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter.

See you next week!

Credits

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

  • J Scott Gwin
  • Liraz Siri
  • Jonathan Carter
  • And many others

Glossary of Terms

Other acronyms can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/glossary

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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