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== Infamous Bugs ==

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== Ubuntu Stats ==

=== Bug Stats ===

 * Open (89375) +8842 over last week
 * Critical (135) +97 over last week
 * Unconfirmed (49726) +4198 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 (UK) (8) -4378 over last week
 2. Spanish (5858) -2836 over last week
 3. Brazilian Portuguese (27205) -2772 over last week
 4. French (34565) -4995 over last week
 5. Turkish (43273) -8114 over last week

Remaining strings to translate in Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat", see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/

=== Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week ===

 * Switch windows more easily using Unity launcher - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28065/
 * Option for invisible mouse cursor. - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28094/
 * Login screen appears to "freeze" after entering password - not a bug - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28063/
 * Using Ubuntu on USB is quite not easy - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28091/
 * Bluetooth Applet only shows in deprecated Notification Area - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28067/

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 ==

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=== Laura Czajkowski: LoCo Team re approvals are underway ===

1 week after being announced, 3 LoCo teams out of a total of 27 teams have submitted applications for re-approval. The LoCo Council is using bugs on Launchpad to track re-approval statuatuses. Teams can also request to have their applications reviewed at the LoCo Council's monthly IRC meeting: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoCouncil/Agenda

More information can be found at: http://www.lczajkowski.com/?p=1037

=== Alan Bell: Ubuntu UK LoCo CDs ===

Alan Bell announced that while his chickens might enjoy playing with the CDs, the Ubuntu UK LoCo would rather send them to people who need them. People on dialup can request a CD by emailing alanbell [at] ubuntu.com with a clear subject saying you would like a CD and then sending a stamped self-addressed envelope large enough to hold a CD to the address he replies with. The LoCo will also be giving CDs to people distributing recycled PCs pre-installed with Ubuntu so that they can also include a CD with the computer, and to people representing Ubuntu at events and conferences.

More information can be found at: http://www.theopensourcerer.com/?p=2937

== Launchpad News ==

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== Ubuntu Forums News ==

## This section is provided to include any interesting updates from the Ubuntu Forums.

== The Planet ==

## This section is for Ubuntu News from "The Planet" at http://planet.ubuntu.com/

=== The Fridge: Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) end-of-life reached on April 30, 2011 ===

Kate Stewart announced that the support period for Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) officially ended on May 1, 2011. There will no longer be Security Notices or updated packages released for it. Information about upgrading to Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) is available here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LucidUpgrades

More information can be found here: http://ubuntu-news.org/?p=3640

=== Jono Bacon: Future LoCo Team Portal Plans ===

Jono discusses his plans to make the LoCo Directory more tab-worthy, a hub of activity, and to encourage teams to share updates and other achievements. He is going to be having phone calls with several people to try and make these goals a reality. He has also prepared an initial design for how this LoCo Team Portal could look.

More information can be found here: http://www.jonobacon.org/2011/05/26/future-loco-team-portal-plans/

=== Ara Pulido: Ubuntu Friendly Squad ===

The Ubuntu Friendly program (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuFriendly) is a community-driven hardware validation program. They have just created the Ubuntu Friendly Squad (https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-friendly-squad) for people to start participating in the program. People participating at this stage will be helping to get the team organized. There is a mailing list and a Launchpad project (https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-friendly) for people interested in getting involved.

More information can be found here: http://arapulido.com/?p=389

=== Daniel Holbach: Getting people involved ===

Daniel discusses his top 3 ideas for getting people involved in contributing to Ubuntu. They are:
 1. The project needs to be exciting. The atmosphere needs to be welcoming and friendly.
 2. The documentation needs to be clear.
 3. Contributors need to find their first tasks easily.
He also mentions that people are still actively working on revamping the Packaging Guide and that the ubuntu-dev-tools package contains a bitesize script for marking bugs that are appropriate for new contributors to work on.

More information can be found at: http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/?p=1000

=== Jono Bacon: Community Team Plans For Oneiric ===

Jono talks about the different projects that the members of the community team (Jono Bacon, Daniel Holbach, Jorge Castro, David Planella, and Ahmed Kamal) will be working on during the Oneiric development cycle. Some other misceclaneous activities that they will be working on include:
 * A mentoring program
 * Various Classroom events
 * Release Parties
 * Ubuntu Developer Summit
 * and bringing LoCo teams to the next level

More information can be found at: http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=3415
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== In Other News ==

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== Featured Podcasts ==

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== Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings ==

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 * Ubuntu Desktop Team Meeting Minutes for June 7th, 2011 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Meeting/2011-06-07
 * Ubuntu Mobile Team Meeting Minutes from June 9th 2011 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MobileTeam/Meeting/2011/20110609
 * Ubuntu Kernel Team Meeting Minutes for June 7th, 2011 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Meeting/2011-06-07
 * Ubuntu Release Team Meeting Minutes for June 9th, 2011 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReleaseTeam/Meeting/2011-06-09

== Upcoming Meetings and Events ==

For upcoming meetings and events please visit the calendars at ubuntu-news.org: http://ubuntu-news.org/calendars/

== Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 10.10 and 11.04 ==

=== Security Updates ===

 * USN-1144-1: Subversion vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1144-1
 * USN-1122-3: Thunderbird regression - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1122-3
 * USN-1146-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1146-1
 * USN-1145-1: QEMU vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1145-1


=== Ubuntu 8.04 Updates ===

 * None Reported

=== Ubuntu 10.04 Updates ===

 * subversion 1.6.6dfsg-2ubuntu1.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-June/012336.html
 * adobe-flashplugin 10.3.181.22-0lucid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-June/012337.html
 * lupin 0.29.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-June/012338.html
 * xserver-xorg-video-openchrome 1:0.2.904+svn827-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-June/012339.html
 * qemu-kvm 0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9.8 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-June/012340.html
 * oss4 4.2-build2002-2ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-June/012341.html
 * libimobiledevice 0.9.7-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-June/012342.html
 * flashplugin-nonfree 10.3.181.22ubuntu0.10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-June/012343.html
 * multipath-tools 0.4.8-14ubuntu11.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-June/012344.html
 * ifenslave-2.6 1.1.0-14ubuntu2.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-June/012345.html
 * dkms 2.1.1.2-2ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-June/012346.html
 * dovecot 1:1.2.9-1ubuntu6.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-June/012347.html
 * sysvinit 2.87dsf-4ubuntu17.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-June/012348.html
 * qemu-kvm 0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9.9 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-June/012349.html
 * unbound 1.4.1-2ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-June/012350.html

=== Ubuntu 10.10 Updates ===

 * subversion 1.6.12dfsg-1ubuntu1.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-June/009488.html
 * adobe-flashplugin 10.3.181.22-0maverick1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-June/009489.html
 * lupin 0.32.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-June/009490.html
 * libimobiledevice 1.0.1-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-June/009491.html
 * qemu-kvm 0.12.5+noroms-0ubuntu7.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-June/009492.html
 * flashplugin-nonfree 10.3.181.22ubuntu0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-June/009493.html
 * dovecot 1:1.2.12-1ubuntu8.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-June/009494.html
 * lintian 2.4.3ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-June/009495.html
 * ifenslave-2.6 1.1.0-15ubuntu2.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-June/009496.html
 * qemu-kvm 0.12.5+noroms-0ubuntu7.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-June/009497.html
 * unbound 1.4.5-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-June/009498.html

=== Ubuntu 11.04 Updates ===

 * amarok 2:2.4.0-0ubuntu5.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-June/011928.html
 * sandboxgamemaker 2.6.1+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-June/011929.html
 * unscd 0.47-2build0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-June/011930.html
 * icedtea-web 1.1~20110420-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-June/011931.html
 * unity-place-applications 0.2.46-0ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-June/011932.html
 * empathy 2.34.0-0ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-June/011933.html
 * pyside 1.0.1-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-June/011934.html
 * foolscap 0.6.1-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-June/011935.html
 * system-config-printer 1.3.1+20110222-0ubuntu16.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-June/011936.html
 * ipython 0.10.1-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-June/011937.html
 * gnome-user-docs 3.0.0+git20110406ubuntu10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-June/011938.html
 * subversion- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-June/011939.html
 * adobe-flashplugin 10.3.181.22-0natty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-June/011940.html
 * flashplugin-nonfree- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-June/011941.html
 * lyx 2.0.0-1~natty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-June/011942.html
 * bcmwl 5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-June/011943.html
 * libwx-perl 1:0.98-1build0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-June/011944.html
 * emerald 0.7.2-0ubuntu6.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-June/011945.html
 * aeskulap 0.2.2b1-7ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-June/011946.html
 * compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110606-0ubuntu1~natty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-June/011947.html
 * compiz-plugins-main 0.9.4+bzr20110527-0ubuntu1~natty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-June/011948.html
 * mini-dinstall 0.6.28.1ubuntu2.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-June/011949.html
 * cups 1.4.6-5ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-June/011950.html
 * xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.3.99+git20110116.0e27ce3a-0ubuntu12.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-June/011951.html
 * foo2zjs 20110210dfsg-1ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-June/011952.html
 * ifenslave-2.6 1.1.0-15ubuntu2.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-June/011953.html
 * qemu-kvm 0.14.0+noroms-0ubuntu4.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-June/011954.html
 * vlc- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-June/011955.html

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See you next week!

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Contents

  1. In This Issue
  2. General Community News
  3. Ubuntu Stats
    1. Bug Stats
    2. Translation Stats Lucid
    3. Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week
  4. LoCo News
    1. Laura Czajkowski: LoCo Team re approvals are underway
    2. Alan Bell: Ubuntu UK LoCo CDs
  5. Launchpad News
  6. Ubuntu Forums News
  7. The Planet
    1. The Fridge: Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) end-of-life reached on April 30, 2011
    2. Jono Bacon: Future LoCo Team Portal Plans
    3. Ara Pulido: Ubuntu Friendly Squad
    4. Daniel Holbach: Getting people involved
    5. Jono Bacon: Community Team Plans For Oneiric
  8. In The Press
  9. In The Blogosphere
  10. In Other News
  11. Featured Podcasts
  12. Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  13. Upcoming Meetings and Events
  14. Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 10.10 and 11.04
    1. Security Updates
    2. Ubuntu 8.04 Updates
    3. Ubuntu 10.04 Updates
    4. Ubuntu 10.10 Updates
    5. Ubuntu 11.04 Updates
  15. UWN Translations
  16. Subscribe
  17. Archives and RSS Feed
  18. Additional Ubuntu News
  19. Conclusion
  20. Credits
  21. Glossary of Terms
  22. Ubuntu - Get Involved
  23. Feedback

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WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue ## for the week MONTH DAY - DAY, YEAR. In this issue we cover ...

In This Issue

General Community News

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open (89375) +8842 over last week
  • Critical (135) +97 over last week
  • Unconfirmed (49726) +4198 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 (UK) (8) -4378 over last week
  2. Spanish (5858) -2836 over last week
  3. Brazilian Portuguese (27205) -2772 over last week
  4. French (34565) -4995 over last week
  5. Turkish (43273) -8114 over last week

Remaining strings to translate in Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat", see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/

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

Laura Czajkowski: LoCo Team re approvals are underway

1 week after being announced, 3 LoCo teams out of a total of 27 teams have submitted applications for re-approval. The LoCo Council is using bugs on Launchpad to track re-approval statuatuses. Teams can also request to have their applications reviewed at the LoCo Council's monthly IRC meeting: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoCouncil/Agenda

More information can be found at: http://www.lczajkowski.com/?p=1037

Alan Bell: Ubuntu UK LoCo CDs

Alan Bell announced that while his chickens might enjoy playing with the CDs, the Ubuntu UK LoCo would rather send them to people who need them. People on dialup can request a CD by emailing alanbell [at] ubuntu.com with a clear subject saying you would like a CD and then sending a stamped self-addressed envelope large enough to hold a CD to the address he replies with. The LoCo will also be giving CDs to people distributing recycled PCs pre-installed with Ubuntu so that they can also include a CD with the computer, and to people representing Ubuntu at events and conferences.

More information can be found at: http://www.theopensourcerer.com/?p=2937

Launchpad News

Ubuntu Forums News

The Planet

The Fridge: Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) end-of-life reached on April 30, 2011

Kate Stewart announced that the support period for Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) officially ended on May 1, 2011. There will no longer be Security Notices or updated packages released for it. Information about upgrading to Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) is available here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LucidUpgrades

More information can be found here: http://ubuntu-news.org/?p=3640

Jono Bacon: Future LoCo Team Portal Plans

Jono discusses his plans to make the LoCo Directory more tab-worthy, a hub of activity, and to encourage teams to share updates and other achievements. He is going to be having phone calls with several people to try and make these goals a reality. He has also prepared an initial design for how this LoCo Team Portal could look.

More information can be found here: http://www.jonobacon.org/2011/05/26/future-loco-team-portal-plans/

Ara Pulido: Ubuntu Friendly Squad

The Ubuntu Friendly program (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuFriendly) is a community-driven hardware validation program. They have just created the Ubuntu Friendly Squad (https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-friendly-squad) for people to start participating in the program. People participating at this stage will be helping to get the team organized. There is a mailing list and a Launchpad project (https://launchpad.net/ubuntu-friendly) for people interested in getting involved.

More information can be found here: http://arapulido.com/?p=389

Daniel Holbach: Getting people involved

Daniel discusses his top 3 ideas for getting people involved in contributing to Ubuntu. They are:

  1. The project needs to be exciting. The atmosphere needs to be welcoming and friendly.
  2. The documentation needs to be clear.
  3. Contributors need to find their first tasks easily.

He also mentions that people are still actively working on revamping the Packaging Guide and that the ubuntu-dev-tools package contains a bitesize script for marking bugs that are appropriate for new contributors to work on.

More information can be found at: http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/?p=1000

Jono Bacon: Community Team Plans For Oneiric

Jono talks about the different projects that the members of the community team (Jono Bacon, Daniel Holbach, Jorge Castro, David Planella, and Ahmed Kamal) will be working on during the Oneiric development cycle. Some other misceclaneous activities that they will be working on include:

  • A mentoring program
  • Various Classroom events
  • Release Parties
  • Ubuntu Developer Summit

  • and bringing LoCo teams to the next level

More information can be found at: http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=3415

In The Press

In The Blogosphere

In Other News

Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings

Upcoming Meetings and Events

For upcoming meetings and events please visit the calendars at ubuntu-news.org: http://ubuntu-news.org/calendars/

Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 10.10 and 11.04

Security Updates

Ubuntu 8.04 Updates

  • None Reported

Ubuntu 10.04 Updates

Ubuntu 10.10 Updates

Ubuntu 11.04 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

Subscribe

Get your copy of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter delivered each week to you via email at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-news

Archives and RSS Feed

You can always find older Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter issues at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter

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

Additional Ubuntu News

As always you can find more news and announcements at:

and

Conclusion

Thank you for reading the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter.

See you next week!

Credits

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

  • Nathan Handler
  • Liraz Siri
  • Jens Leineweber
  • 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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