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## This document contains numerous comments to help make getting
## involved with the UWN easy and to help set some guidelines/standards.

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## and/or additions to the UWN to other editors.

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## Edit the following to include issue number, date info, and a short list
## of the top articles in this release.

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 225 for the week MONTH DAY - DAY, YEAR. In this issue we cover ...
 Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 225 for the week July 18 - 24, 2011.
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## In this section, list major topics of interest using bullets.
## Format: * <Topic name>
## Ex: * Ubuntu overtakes Microsoft with 90% market share		  * Ubuntu Certification Is Changing
 * Ubuntu 11.10 Development update
 * Ubuntu 10.04.3 (Lucid Lynx) LTS released!
 * New Americas Membership Board Members
 * Ubuntu Stats
 * Calling Those To Rock The Ubuntu 11.10 Global Jam
 * Launchpad News
 * Randall Ross: Ubuntu Community Week. It's a Wrap!
 * The Commodore 64 is back - and it's running Ubuntu
 * Virtual``Box 4.0.12 released and ubuntu 11.04/10.10 installation instructions included
 * Featured Podcasts
 * Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
 * Upcoming Meetings and Events
 * Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 10.10 and 11.04
 * And much more!
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## Make each article a subsection, via ===
## These are big articles that don't fit within another section
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Lets welcome Japanese LoCo Team member Hajime Mizuno as our newest Ubuntu Member! Let's welcome Japanese Lo``Co Team member Hajime Mizuno as our newest Ubuntu Member!
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## Bug stats only take a second to do.
## Data can be found at: http://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bugs
## See last week's UWN to calculate change over last week.
## NOTE: To be done ONLY on the release date of the UWN (or latter if late).

    * Open (#) +/- # over last week
    * Critical (#) +/- # over last week
    * Unconfirmed (#) +/- # over last week		     * Open (84394) -4579 over last week
    * Critical (153) -1 over last week
    * Unconfirmed (46727) -1615 over last week
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 1. [[https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/oneiric/+lang/es|Spanish]] (10783)
 2. [[https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/oneiric/+lang/en_GB|English (United Kingdom)]] (49977)
 3. [[https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/oneiric/+lang/pt_BR|Brazilian Portuguese]] (55176)
 4. [[https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/oneiric/+lang/fr|French]] (70790)
 5. [[https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/oneiric/+lang/de|German]] (76088)		  * Spanish (https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/oneiric/+lang/es): 10783
 * English (United Kingdom) (https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/oneiric/+lang/en_GB): 49977
 * Brazilian Portuguese (https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/oneiric/+lang/pt_BR): 55176
 * French (https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/oneiric/+lang/fr): 70790
 * German (https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/oneiric/+lang/de): 76088
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## These come from http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/. Click on the link on the left that says "most popular this week" then put the title for the most popular 5.

 * heading
 * heading
 * heading
 * heading
 * heading		  * Change Launcher position, resize and move - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28307/
 * Terminal interface for NetworkManager - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28298/
 * gnome-disk-utility compare drive feature - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28304/
 * Auto-Rename When Filename Exists - Not Just Overwrite|Cancel - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28296/
 * Decoupling solution from idea submission - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28293/
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=== Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions and Contributors this week ===		 === Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions this week ===

 * Is CCleaner beneficial for Linux? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/53969/is-ccleaner-beneficial-for-linux
 * How to get the MD5 hash of a string directly in the terminal? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/53846/how-to-get-the-md5-hash-of-a-string-directly-in-the-terminal
 * How to edit files in a terminal with nano? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/54221/how-to-edit-files-in-a-terminal-with-nano
 * How to use to use lm-sensors? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/53762/how-to-use-to-use-lm-sensors
 * How do I detect if someone is stealing my broadband bandwidth? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/54162/how-do-i-detect-if-someone-is-stealing-my-broadband-bandwidth

Ask (and answer!) your own questions at http://askubuntu.com
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## Make each article a subsection, via === Section name ===
## Add notes about new locoteams, changed ones, meetings, etc.
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Ubuntu LoCo Council Member Laura Czajkowski gives a quick overview on the Ubuntu Loco Council, who they are and how they can assist you and your team. Ubuntu Lo``Co Council Member Laura Czajkowski gives a quick overview on the Ubuntu Lo``co Council, who they are and how they can assist you and your team.
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Make Ubuntu look better by joining the Ubuntu Global Jam for 11.10 release. This event is open to everyone no technical skills required so jump in your Ubuntu LoCo Team. Make Ubuntu look better by joining the Ubuntu Global Jam for 11.10 release. This event is open to everyone no technical skills required so jump in with your Ubuntu Lo``Co Team.
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=== UCW – Marketing Ubuntu at Local Festivals and Markets ===

Charlene Tessier shares her talk on "Marketing Ubuntu at Local Festivals and Markets (includes video of the Ubuntu Vancouver Street Team in action)		 === UCW - Marketing Ubuntu at Local Festivals and Markets ===

Charlene Tessier shares her talk on "Marketing Ubuntu at Local Festivals and Markets" and includes video of the Ubuntu Vancouver Street Team in action.
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Elizabeth Krumbach shares her presentation titled “Working With Other Groups In Your Community” where she explored some of the projects that LoCo (Local Community) teams she's been involved with have worked on over the years. Elizabeth Krumbach shares her presentation titled “Working With Other Groups In Your Community” where she explored some of the projects that Lo``Co (Local Community) teams she's been involved with have worked on over the years.
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=== Preparing for Approval and Re-Approval. Do’s and Don’ts ===

Laura Czajkowski shares her second presentation at the UCW in which she gives some tips to Loco's on how to achieve approval as "official" Loco's as well as tips to established Locos on getting re-approved.		 === Preparing for Approval and Re-Approval. Do's and Don'ts ===

Laura Czajkowski shares her second presentation at the UCW in which she gives some tips to Lo``Cos on how to achieve approval as "official" Lo``Cos as well as tips to established Lo``Cos on getting re-approved.
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## This section is for news from the Launchpad Blog at http://blog.launchpad.net/
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Suman Harihareswara gives her research summary about contributing to Launchpad. Launchpad development's team review process is also explained in brief. Challenges and problems that comes with code review process are touched in Suman's research as well. Sumana Harihareswara gives her research summary about contributing to Launchpad. Launchpad development's team review process is also explained in brief. Challenges and problems that comes with code review process are touched in Sumana's research as well.
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Small thing this: when you change a tag on a bug, the email notification from Launchpad describes it as removing the original tag and adding a new tag. Tags added to Launchpad bugs used to be emailed before the ones which were removed, which seemed counter-intuitive. With a recent change in Launchpad the order of notification has been switched.
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## This section is for Ubuntu News from "The Planet" at http://planet.ubuntu.com/
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Ara Pulido asks for help regarding translations for Ubuntu friendly as they want to get as many translations of different non-english languages as possible. Ara Pulido asks for help regarding translations for Ubuntu friendly as they want to get as many translations of different non-English languages as possible.
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## Things Ubuntu-specific are great, but general Linux goings-on are good to, to an extent.
## We don't need to replicate Digg & Slashdot, but certain things are of special interest.
## Just pulling one example from my memory, the story about Indiana schools piloting
## a classroom Linux deployment, a portion of which was Ubuntu, are good. Ubuntu
## release reviews are also common items in this section.
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## In this section we want to highlight the blogs that are exceptionally well-written and in-depth.
## Blogs tend to make it easy for low-quality content, so be extra careful on what goes here.
## We should encourage bloggers to spread the word, so this section might be a good way to do so.

=== The Commodore 64 is back – and it’s running Ubuntu ===

If you’re old enough (and might I say cool enough) to remember the original Commodore 64 home computer then prepare to get stoked: not only is the device back rocking the same retro look, but it’s back running Ubuntu as well.

More information is available at http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/07/commodore-64-running-ubuntu/

=== Ubuntu 11.10 Says Goodbye to the ‘Me Menu’ ===

An update to the indicator menus this weekend saw the ‘Me Menu’ (‘indicator-me‘) removed and replaced with an ‘IM Status’ section in the Messaging Menu.		 === The Commodore 64 is back - and it's running Ubuntu ===

"If you're old enough (and might I say cool enough) to remember the original Commodore 64 home computer then prepare to get stoked: not only is the device back rocking the same retro look, but it's back running Ubuntu as well."

Excerpt from and more information at http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/07/commodore-64-running-ubuntu/

=== Ubuntu 11.10 Says Goodbye to the 'Me Menu' ===

An update to the indicator menus this weekend saw the 'Me Menu' ('indicator-me') removed and replaced with an 'IM Status' section in the Messaging Menu.
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More information is available at http://www.ubuntugeek.com/virtualbox-4-0-12-released-and-ubuntu-11-0410-10-installation-instructions-included.html Excerpt from and more information at http://www.ubuntugeek.com/virtualbox-4-0-12-released-and-ubuntu-11-0410-10-installation-instructions-included.html
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Ambiance, the default Ubuntu theme, will get a dark toolbar very soon. Compiz was also updated today and the modal dialogs finally look like they are supposed to for Unity 3D. Webupd8 reports that Ambiance, the default Ubuntu theme, will get a dark toolbar very soon. Compiz was also updated and the modal dialogs finally look like they are supposed to for Unity 3D.
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A new collaborative robotics project is ripping the idea of autonomous assistance for the disabled out from the land of science-fiction and planting it firmly in the real world – and all using the power of Open Source. "A new collaborative robotics project is ripping the idea of autonomous assistance for the disabled out from the land of science-fiction and planting it firmly in the real world - and all using the power of Open Source."
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The latest version of the Linux kernel, Linux 3.0, was pushed out last night, marking the end of the 2.6 kernel series. As most people in the know understand, this does not represent a big sea change, since the new version numbering was really just a way to discontinue the 2.6 numbering, which would have been 2.6.40 for the kernel today, had not Linus Torvalds announced in late May that the time had come for a new numbering scheme. While the milestone Linux 3.0 doesn't actually mark a significant change in the kernel, its release has given cause for reflection and has a few note-worthy changes which this article explores, including Xen support.
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## Any news or links that don't fit neatly into other sections.
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At the Xen.org open source community blog, the XCP team formally announces Project Kronos, a port of XCP’s XenAPI toolstack made available to Debian and Ubuntu. At the Xen.org open source community blog, the XCP team formally announces Project Kronos, a port of XCP's XenAPI toolstack made available to Debian and Ubuntu.
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## Ubuntu UK Podcast
## Full Circle Magazine Podcast
## At Home With Jono Bacon - Weekly Community QA on UStreamTV
## Lococast.net

=== Ubuntu UK Podcast: S04E11 – The Trooper ===

"Laura Cowen, Mark Johnson, Alan Pope, and Tony Whitmore are live again in Studio A for episode 11 of season 4 of the Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo Team!"		 === Ubuntu UK Podcast: S04E11 - The Trooper ===

Laura Cowen, Mark Johnson, Alan Pope, and Tony Whitmore are live again in Studio A for episode 11 of season 4 of the Ubuntu Podcast from the UK Lo``Co Team!
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## Change date to reflect the latest meeting date and verify link then just remove the comment out marks
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## http://www.ubuntu.com/usn
## List all security advisories since last UWN.
## Format: * USN-###-#: <package name> vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-###-#
## Ex: * USN-389-1: GnuPG vulnerability - [WWW] http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-389-1
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## https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes
## List all uploads since last UWN.
## Format: * <packagename> - <link to mailing list message>
## End of life - April 2011 (Desktop) - April 2013 (Server)		  * logrotate 3.7.1-3ubuntu0.8.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2011-July/012670.html
 * mapserver_5.0.0-3ubuntu0.3_powerpc_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2011-July/012671.html

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## https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/
## List all uploads since last UWN.
## Format: * <packagename> - <link to mailing list message>
## End of Life - April 2013 (Desktop) - April 2015 (Server)		  * ubiquity 2.2.27 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-July/012399.html
 * nfs-utils 1:1.2.0-4ubuntu4.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-July/012400.html
 * likewise-open 5.4.0.42111-2ubuntu1.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-July/012401.html
 * wackamole 2.1.1-3.1ubuntu0.10.04.0 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-July/012402.html
 * w-scan 20091230-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-July/012403.html
 * kickseed 0.54ubuntu1.10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-July/012404.html
 * lazr.restfulclient 0.9.11-1ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-July/012405.html
 * gnome-control-center 1:2.30.1-0ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-July/012406.html
 * logrotate 3.7.8-4ubuntu2.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-July/012407.html
 * vlc_1.0.6-1ubuntu1.8_sparc_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-July/012408.html
 * vim-addon-manager 0.4.3ubuntu0.10.04.0 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-July/012409.html
 * drbd8 2:8.3.7-1ubuntu2.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-July/012410.html
 * multipath-tools 0.4.8-14ubuntu4.10.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-July/012411.html
 * qemu-kvm 0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9.14 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-July/012412.html
 * mapserver_5.6.1-1ubuntu1.2_powerpc_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-July/012413.html
 * libsndfile 1.0.21-2ubuntu0.10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-July/012414.html

End of Life - April 2013 (Desktop) - April 2015 (Server)
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## https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/
## List all uploads since last UWN.
## Format: * <packagename> - <link to mailing list message>
## End of Life - (Desktop) - (Server)		  * ubiquity 2.4.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-July/009535.html
 * nfs-utils 1:1.2.2-1ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-July/009536.html
 * likewise-open 5.4.0.42111-2ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-July/009537.html
 * wackamole 2.1.1-3.1ubuntu0.10.10.0 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-July/009538.html
 * w-scan 20100316-3ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-July/009539.html
 * patchage 0.4.4-1.2ubuntu0.10.10.0 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-July/009540.html
 * kickseed 0.54ubuntu1.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-July/009541.html
 * logrotate 3.7.8-6ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-July/009542.html
 * vlc- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-July/009543.html
 * vim-addon-manager 0.4.3ubuntu0.10.10.0 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-July/009544.html
 * multipath-tools 0.4.8-14ubuntu4.10.10.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-July/009545.html
 * freetype 2.4.2-2ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-July/009546.html
 * mapserver- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-July/009547.html
 * libsndfile 1.0.21-2ubuntu0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-July/009548.html

End of Life - April 2012 (Desktop) - April 2012 (Server)
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## https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/
## List all uploads since last UWN.
## Format: * <packagename> - <link to mailing list message>
## End of Life - (Desktop) - (Server)
  * bzr 2.3.4-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-July/012029.html
 * bluefish 2.0.2-1ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-July/012030.html
 * nfs-utils 1:1.2.2-4ubuntu5.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-July/012031.html
 * likewise-open 6.0.0.53010-4ubuntu5.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-July/012032.html
 * wackamole 2.1.1-3.1ubuntu0.11.04.0 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-July/012033.html
 * patchage 0.4.4-1.2ubuntu0.11.04.0 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-July/012034.html
 * xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu7.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-July/012035.html
 * freeciv 2.2.4-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-July/012036.html
 * kickseed 0.55ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-July/012037.html
 * strongswan 4.5.0-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-July/012038.html
 * libreoffice 1:3.3.3-1ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-July/012039.html
 * logrotate 3.7.8-6ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-July/012040.html
 * vlc_1.1.9-1ubuntu1.3_amd64_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-July/012041.html
 * vim-addon-manager 0.4.3ubuntu0.11.04.0 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-July/012042.html
 * w-scan 20101001-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-July/012043.html
 * sbuild 0.60.9-1ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-July/012044.html
 * task 1.9.3-1ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-July/012045.html
 * freetype 2.4.4-1ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-July/012046.html
 * mapserver_5.6.5-2ubuntu0.1_powerpc_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-July/012047.html
 * libsndfile 1.0.23-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-July/012048.html

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## The following list is in chronological order.
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## Common acronyms


Contents

  1. In This Issue
  2. General Community News
    1. Ubuntu Certification Is Changing
    2. Ubuntu 11.10 Development update
    3. Ubuntu 10.04.3 (Lucid Lynx) LTS released!
    4. New Americas Membership Board Members
    5. Results of the July 21st Americas Membership Board Meeting
  3. Ubuntu Stats
    1. Bug Stats
    2. Translation Stats Oneiric
    3. Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week
    4. Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions this week
  4. LoCo News
    1. An Overview of LoCo Guidance
    2. Calling Those To Rock The Ubuntu 11.10 Global Jam
    3. UCW - Marketing Ubuntu at Local Festivals and Markets
    4. UCW: Working With Other Groups In Your Community
    5. Preparing for Approval and Re-Approval. Do's and Don'ts
  5. Launchpad News
    1. Graham Binns talks about bug subscriptions
    2. How the Launchpad project does code review
    3. Tag change emails make more sense
    4. Automatic Confirmation
  6. The Planet
    1. Scott Moser: How to find the right Ubuntu AMI on EC2
    2. Steven Harms: Ubuntu VS OS X
    3. Ubuntu Classroom: Ubuntu Developer Week: Summary Day 5
    4. Ara Pulido: Translations needed
    5. Joel Leclerc: Sound Troubleshooting
    6. Randall Ross: Ubuntu Community Week. It's a Wrap!
  7. In The Press
    1. Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Developer Summit Event Announced
    2. Ubuntu 11.10: Fast And Friendly
  8. In The Blogosphere
    1. The Commodore 64 is back - and it's running Ubuntu
    2. Ubuntu 11.10 Says Goodbye to the 'Me Menu'
    3. VirtualBox 4.0.12 released and ubuntu 11.04/10.10 installation instructions included
    4. Set up F15 PV DomU at Xen 4.1 (kernel 3.0.0-5-generic) Dom0 on Ubuntu Oneiric
    5. Ambiance To Get A Dark Toolbar, Compiz Modal Dialogs Update [Oneiric]
    6. Robots for Humanity, Powered by Open Source
    7. Linux by the numbers
  9. In Other News
    1. Top 10 FPS Games for Linux
    2. Project Kronos: XenAPI on Debian and Ubuntu
  10. Featured Podcasts
    1. Ubuntu UK Podcast: S04E11 - The Trooper
  11. Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  12. Upcoming Meetings and Events
  13. 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
  14. UWN Translations
  15. Subscribe
  16. Archives
  17. Additional Ubuntu News
  18. Conclusion
  19. Credits
  20. Glossary of Terms
  21. Ubuntu - Get Involved
  22. Feedback

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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 225 for the week July 18 - 24, 2011.

In This Issue

  • Ubuntu Certification Is Changing
  • Ubuntu 11.10 Development update
  • Ubuntu 10.04.3 (Lucid Lynx) LTS released!
  • New Americas Membership Board Members
  • Ubuntu Stats
  • Calling Those To Rock The Ubuntu 11.10 Global Jam
  • Launchpad News
  • Randall Ross: Ubuntu Community Week. It's a Wrap!
  • The Commodore 64 is back - and it's running Ubuntu

  • VirtualBox 4.0.12 released and ubuntu 11.04/10.10 installation instructions included

  • Featured Podcasts
  • Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  • Upcoming Meetings and Events
  • Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 10.10 and 11.04
  • And much more!

General Community News

Ubuntu Certification Is Changing

Canonical has announced that it will be changing its commercial certification program in order to make it simpler for consumers to understand.

More information is available at http://blog.canonical.com/2011/07/18/ubuntu-certification-is-changing/

Ubuntu 11.10 Development update

Daniel Holbach gives a current status about the upcoming release of Ubuntu 11.10 alpha 3 in a few weeks and introduces a new contributor from Sweden named Alexander Fougner.

More information is available at http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2011/07/21/ubuntu-11-10-development-update-4/

Ubuntu 10.04.3 (Lucid Lynx) LTS released!

Lucid Lynx 10.04.3 is here with some updates and Kubuntu 10.04.3 is also out. Check out the release notes and get a copy.

More information is available at http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2011/07/21/ubuntu-10-04-3-lucid-lynx-lts-released/

New Americas Membership Board Members

Elizabeth Krumbach announces the Americas Regional Membership Board members recently appointed be the Community Council. Congratulations to Norman García, Martin Albisetti (incumbent), and Greg Grossmeier (incumbent).

More information is available at https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2011-July/001352.html

Results of the July 21st Americas Membership Board Meeting

Let's welcome Japanese LoCo Team member Hajime Mizuno as our newest Ubuntu Member!

More information is available at https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2011-July/001353.html

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open (84394) -4579 over last week
  • Critical (153) -1 over last week
  • Unconfirmed (46727) -1615 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 Oneiric

Remaining strings to translate in Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Oncelot", see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/oneiric/ and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Translations

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/

Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions this week

Ask (and answer!) your own questions at http://askubuntu.com

LoCo News

An Overview of LoCo Guidance

Ubuntu LoCo Council Member Laura Czajkowski gives a quick overview on the Ubuntu Loco Council, who they are and how they can assist you and your team.

More information is available at http://www.lczajkowski.com/2011/07/21/an-overview-of-loco-guidance/

Calling Those To Rock The Ubuntu 11.10 Global Jam

Make Ubuntu look better by joining the Ubuntu Global Jam for 11.10 release. This event is open to everyone no technical skills required so jump in with your Ubuntu LoCo Team.

More information is available at http://www.jonobacon.org/2011/07/20/calling-those-to-rock-the-ubuntu-11-10-global-jam/

UCW - Marketing Ubuntu at Local Festivals and Markets

Charlene Tessier shares her talk on "Marketing Ubuntu at Local Festivals and Markets" and includes video of the Ubuntu Vancouver Street Team in action.

More information is available at http://frenchfortunecookie.wordpress.com/2011/07/20/ucw-marketing-ubuntu-at-local-festivals-and-markets/

UCW: Working With Other Groups In Your Community

Elizabeth Krumbach shares her presentation titled “Working With Other Groups In Your Community” where she explored some of the projects that LoCo (Local Community) teams she's been involved with have worked on over the years.

More information is available at http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=4759

Preparing for Approval and Re-Approval. Do's and Don'ts

Laura Czajkowski shares her second presentation at the UCW in which she gives some tips to LoCos on how to achieve approval as "official" LoCos as well as tips to established LoCos on getting re-approved.

More information is available at http://www.lczajkowski.com/2011/07/22/preparing-for-approval-and-re-approval-dos-and-donts/

Launchpad News

Graham Binns talks about bug subscriptions

Mathew Revell talks to Graham Binns about new implemantation to take place with Launcpad bug subscriptions. More options on bug subscriptions are introduced.

More information is available at http://blog.launchpad.net/podcast/launchpod-e20

How the Launchpad project does code review

Sumana Harihareswara gives her research summary about contributing to Launchpad. Launchpad development's team review process is also explained in brief. Challenges and problems that comes with code review process are touched in Sumana's research as well.

More information is available at http://blog.launchpad.net/general/how-the-launchpad-project-does-code-review

Tag change emails make more sense

Tags added to Launchpad bugs used to be emailed before the ones which were removed, which seemed counter-intuitive. With a recent change in Launchpad the order of notification has been switched.

More information is available at http://blog.launchpad.net/bug-tracking/tag-change-emails-make-a-little-more-sense

Automatic Confirmation

Launchpad will mark Confirmed any Ubuntu or Launchpad bug that has the New status and affects more than one person or is marked as a dupe.

More information is available at http://blog.launchpad.net/?p=2747

The Planet

Scott Moser: How to find the right Ubuntu AMI on EC2

The purpose of this post is to document how you can easily, quickly and safely find the Official Ubuntu AMIs on EC2 via the Amazon EC2 console or via your web browser.

More information is available at http://ubuntu-smoser.blogspot.com/2011/07/how-to-find-right-ubuntu-ami-on-ec2.html

Steven Harms: Ubuntu VS OS X

Steven Harms does a comparison of Ubuntu and OS X in areas such as Email, App install methods and performance, among others.

More information is available at http://www.sharms.org/blog/2011/07/ubuntu-vs-os-x/

Ubuntu Classroom: Ubuntu Developer Week: Summary Day 5

"What a fantastic Ubuntu Developer Week. Lots of great sessions.." Wanted to join Day 5 but missed it? Then have a read on the summary from Ubuntu Classroom Blog, which gives you a very detailed overview about the sessions that were held and its outcomes.

More information is available at http://ubuntuclassroom.wordpress.com/2011/07/18/ubuntu-developer-week-summary-day-5/

Ara Pulido: Translations needed

Ara Pulido asks for help regarding translations for Ubuntu friendly as they want to get as many translations of different non-English languages as possible.

More information is available at http://arapulido.com/2011/07/18/translations-needed/

Joel Leclerc: Sound Troubleshooting

This article gives an excellent outline of troubleshooting steps for those tricky sound issues.

More information is available at http://lkubuntu.wordpress.com/2011/07/20/sound-troubleshooting/

Randall Ross: Ubuntu Community Week. It's a Wrap!

Over at his blog, Randall Ross gives thanks to many community members for presenting during Ubuntu Community Week. See this entry for links to session logs, and an overview of events.

More information is available at http://randall.executiv.es/blog/3

In The Press

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Developer Summit Event Announced

The second Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS) event for 2011 has been officially announced. The Ubuntu 12.04 Developer Summit event will take place in Orlando, Florida, USA from 31st October to 4th November.

More information is available at http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-12-04-LTS-Developer-Summit-Event-Announced-212000.shtml

Ubuntu 11.10: Fast And Friendly

CRN has an early look at Ubuntu 11.10 and find that it has the fastest boot-time on a HDD-based PC they have seen, has snappy performance between applications and may just be the easiest PC operating system in the world to navigate.

More information is available at http://www.crn.com/news/applications-os/231002339/ubuntu-11-10-fast-and-friendly.htm

In The Blogosphere

The Commodore 64 is back - and it's running Ubuntu

"If you're old enough (and might I say cool enough) to remember the original Commodore 64 home computer then prepare to get stoked: not only is the device back rocking the same retro look, but it's back running Ubuntu as well."

Excerpt from and more information at http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/07/commodore-64-running-ubuntu/

Ubuntu 11.10 Says Goodbye to the 'Me Menu'

An update to the indicator menus this weekend saw the 'Me Menu' ('indicator-me') removed and replaced with an 'IM Status' section in the Messaging Menu.

More information is available at http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/07/ubuntu-11-10-menu-goodbye/

VirtualBox 4.0.12 released and ubuntu 11.04/10.10 installation instructions included

Virtualbox 4.0.12 is a maintenance release with several fixes and additions. Install instructions for Ubuntu 11.04 and Ubuntu 10.10 included.

Excerpt from and more information at http://www.ubuntugeek.com/virtualbox-4-0-12-released-and-ubuntu-11-0410-10-installation-instructions-included.html

Set up F15 PV DomU at Xen 4.1 (kernel 3.0.0-5-generic) Dom0 on Ubuntu Oneiric

Take a look at this detailed blogpost outlining the use of Xen 4.1 on top of Ubuntu Oneiric.

More information is available at http://bderzhavets.blogspot.com/2011/07/set-up-f15-pv-domu-at-xen-4.html

Ambiance To Get A Dark Toolbar, Compiz Modal Dialogs Update [Oneiric]

Webupd8 reports that Ambiance, the default Ubuntu theme, will get a dark toolbar very soon. Compiz was also updated and the modal dialogs finally look like they are supposed to for Unity 3D.

More information is available at http://www.webupd8.org/2011/07/ambiance-to-get-dark-toolbar-compiz.html

Robots for Humanity, Powered by Open Source

"A new collaborative robotics project is ripping the idea of autonomous assistance for the disabled out from the land of science-fiction and planting it firmly in the real world - and all using the power of Open Source."

More information is available at http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/07/ubuntu-robots-humanity/

Linux by the numbers

While the milestone Linux 3.0 doesn't actually mark a significant change in the kernel, its release has given cause for reflection and has a few note-worthy changes which this article explores, including Xen support.

More information is available at http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/185791/linux-numbers

In Other News

Top 10 FPS Games for Linux

Over at techdrivein.com, Manuel Jose posts this article outlines a collection of 10 FPS games for Linux every Linux gamer should be aware of.

More information is available at http://www.techdrivein.com/2011/07/top-10-fps-games-for-linux.html

Project Kronos: XenAPI on Debian and Ubuntu

At the Xen.org open source community blog, the XCP team formally announces Project Kronos, a port of XCP's XenAPI toolstack made available to Debian and Ubuntu.

More information is available at http://blog.xen.org/index.php/2011/07/22/project-kronos/

Ubuntu UK Podcast: S04E11 - The Trooper

Laura Cowen, Mark Johnson, Alan Pope, and Tony Whitmore are live again in Studio A for episode 11 of season 4 of the Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo Team!

More information is available at http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2011/07/20/s04e11-the-trooper/

Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings

Upcoming Meetings and Events

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Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 10.10 and 11.04

Security Updates

Ubuntu 8.04 Updates

End of life - April 2011 (Desktop) - April 2013 (Server)

Ubuntu 10.04 Updates

End of Life - April 2013 (Desktop) - April 2015 (Server)

Ubuntu 10.10 Updates

End of Life - April 2012 (Desktop) - April 2012 (Server)

Ubuntu 11.04 Updates

End of Life - October 2012 (Desktop) - October 2012 (Server)

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