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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 (89342) +580 over last week
    * Critical (111) -8 over last week
    * Unconfirmed (46999) +425 over last week
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## Translation stats only take a second to do.
## Data can be found at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick (or current release)
## 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).
## List the top 5 untranslated languages.

 1. Language (#) +/- # over last week
 2. Language (#) +/- # over last week
 3. Language (#) +/- # over last week
 4. Language (#) +/- # over last week
 5. Language (#) +/- # over last week		  1. English (Australia) (2) +/-0 over last week
 2. Spanish (8576) -89 over last week
 3. English (United Kingdom) (30716) -595 over last week
 4. Bosnian (37554) -275 over last week
 5. Brazilian Portuguese (43504) -8 over last week
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 * heading
 * heading
 * heading
 * heading
 * heading		  * Attract more games development - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29239/
 * Browser AP checker - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29227/
 * Ubuntu One support for Thunderbird - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29225/
 * I want to be able to dock different applications in the same Windows - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29221/
 * Gaming optimized kernel edition - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29219/
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 * How do I force a user to change the password periodically? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/105040/how-do-i-force-a-user-to-change-the-password-periodically
 * Is there a way to password protect individual folders? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/104542/is-there-a-way-to-password-protect-individual-folders
 * How is Ubuntu more updated than Debian? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/104287/how-is-ubuntu-more-updated-than-debian
 * When I add myself “vboxusers” group I an no longer in the “admins” group - http://askubuntu.com/questions/104459/when-i-add-myself-vboxusers-group-i-an-no-longer-in-the-admins-group
 * How to update VLC to the latest version? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/105587/how-to-update-vlc-to-the-latest-version
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## Run security-and-updates/ListSecurity.py YEAR MONTH  * [USN-1358-2] PHP regression - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-February/001585.html
 * [USN-1361-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-February/001586.html
 * [USN-1362-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-February/001587.html
 * [USN-1363-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-February/001588.html
 * [USN-1364-1] Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-February/001589.html
 * [USN-1365-1] Puppet vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-February/001590.html
 * [USN-1366-1] devscripts vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-February/001591.html
 * [USN-1284-2] Update Manager regression - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-February/001592.html
 * [USN-1368-1] Apache HTTP Server vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-February/001593.html
 * [USN-1367-1] libpng vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-February/001594.html
 * [USN-1367-2] Firefox vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-February/001596.html
 * [USN-1367-3] Thunderbird vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-February/001595.html
 * [USN-1367-4] Xulrunner vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-February/001598.html
 * [USN-1369-1] Thunderbird vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-February/001597.html
 * [USN-1370-1] libvorbis vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-February/001599.html
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## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH hardy
## End of life - April 2013 (Server)		  * devscripts_2.10.11ubuntu5.8.04.5_amd64_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-February/012716.html
 * libpng 1.2.15~beta5-3ubuntu0.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-February/012717.html
 * update-manager_0.87.33_sparc_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-February/012718.html
 * apache2 2.2.8-1ubuntu0.23 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-February/012719.html
 * apache2-mpm-itk 2.2.6-01-1build3.15 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-February/012720.html

End of life - April 2013 (Server)
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## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH lucid
## End of Life - April 2013 (Desktop) - April 2015 (Server)		  * media-player-info 16-1~lucid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012659.html
 * base-files 5.0.0ubuntu20.10.04.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012660.html
 * dhcpcd 1:3.2.3-5ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012661.html
 * devscripts_2.10.61ubuntu5.1_i386_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012662.html
 * adobe-flashplugin 11.1.102.62-0lucid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012663.html
 * flashplugin-nonfree- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012664.html
 * libpng 1.2.42-1ubuntu2.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012665.html
 * update-manager_0.134.11.2_amd64_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012666.html
 * apache2 2.2.14-5ubuntu8.8 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012667.html
 * flashplugin-nonfree - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012668.html
 * python-wadllib 1.1.4-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012669.html
 * qemu-kvm 0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9.18 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012670.html
 * update-manager 1:0.134.12 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012671.html
 * mumble_1.2.2-1ubuntu1.2_powerpc_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012672.html
 * libvorbis 1.2.3-3ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012673.html

End of Life - April 2013 (Desktop) - April 2015 (Server)
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## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH maverick
## End of Life - April 2012		  * puppet 2.6.1-0ubuntu2.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-February/009749.html
 * vdr_1.6.0-18ubuntu1.1_powerpc_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-February/009750.html
 * gypsy 0.8-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-February/009751.html
 * dhcpcd 1:3.2.3-7ubuntu0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-February/009752.html
 * devscripts_2.10.67ubuntu1.1_amd64_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-February/009753.html
 * adobe-flashplugin 11.1.102.62-0maverick1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-February/009754.html
 * flashplugin-nonfree - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-February/009755.html
 * libpng 1.2.44-1ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-February/009756.html
 * update-manager_0.142.23.2_powerpc_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-February/009757.html
 * apache2 2.2.16-1ubuntu3.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-February/009758.html
 * flashplugin-nonfree - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-February/009759.html
 * mumble_1.2.2-4ubuntu0.2_amd64_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-February/009760.html
 * libvorbis 1.3.1-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-February/009761.html

End of Life - April 2012
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## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH maverick
## End of Life - October 2012		  * puppet 2.6.4-2ubuntu2.7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012380.html
 * gypsy 0.8-0ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012381.html
 * dhcpcd 1:3.2.3-7ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012382.html
 * devscripts_2.10.69ubuntu2.1_armel_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012383.html
 * adobe-flashplugin 11.1.102.62-0natty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012384.html
 * flashplugin-nonfree - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012385.html
 * libpng 1.2.44-1ubuntu3.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012386.html
 * update-manager - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012387.html
 * apache2 2.2.17-1ubuntu1.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012388.html
 * flashplugin-nonfree - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012389.html
 * python-networkx 1.1-2ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012390.html
 * gdevilspie 1:0.5-1ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012391.html
 * python-defaults 2.7.1-0ubuntu5.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012392.html
 * xulrunner-1.9.2_1.9.2.27+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.11.04.1_armel_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012393.html
 * mumble_1.2.3-1ubuntu6.1_amd64_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012394.html
 * libvorbis 1.3.2-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012395.html

End of Life - October 2012
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## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH oneiric
## End of Life - April 2013		  * compiz 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu6.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011853.html
 * puppet 2.7.1-1ubuntu3.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011854.html
 * gypsy 0.8-0ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011855.html
 * dhcpcd 1:3.2.3-9ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011856.html
 * devscripts_2.11.1ubuntu3.1_powerpc_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011857.html
 * adobe-flashplugin 11.1.102.62-0oneiric1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011858.html
 * flashplugin-nonfree 11.1.102.62ubuntu0.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011859.html
 * bamf 0.2.104-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011860.html
 * gtk+3.0 3.2.0-0ubuntu6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011861.html
 * brasero 3.2.0-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011862.html
 * at-spi2-core 2.2.2-0ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011863.html
 * pithos 0.3.10-1ubuntu3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011864.html
 * rhythmbox 2.90.1~20110908-0ubuntu1.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011865.html
 * libpng 1.2.46-3ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011866.html
 * update-manager_0.152.25.8_powerpc_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011867.html
 * apache2 2.2.20-1ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011868.html
 * flashplugin-nonfree 11.1.102.62ubuntu0.11.10.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011869.html
 * nux 1.16.0-0ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011870.html
 * compiz 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu6.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011871.html
 * subversion 1.6.12dfsg-4ubuntu5.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011872.html
 * nam 1.15~RC4-5ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011873.html
 * lightdm 1.0.6-0ubuntu1.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011874.html
 * nautilus 1:3.2.1-0ubuntu4.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011875.html
 * gzip 1.3.12-9ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011881.html
 * pbuilder 0.199+nmu3ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011876.html
 * opendnssec 1.3.0-1ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011877.html
 * distribute 0.6.16-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011878.html
 * b43-fwcutter 1:014-9ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011879.html
 * xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu2.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011880.html
 * mumble 1.2.3-2ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011882.html
 * libvorbis 1.3.2-1ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011883.html

End of Life - April 2013


Contents

  1. In This Issue
  2. General Community News
  3. Community Acknowledgments and Success Stories
  4. Ubuntu Stats
    1. Bug Stats
    2. Translation Stats Oneiric
    3. Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week
    4. Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions this week
  5. LoCo News
  6. Launchpad News
  7. Ubuntu Forums News
  8. Ubuntu Cloud News
  9. The Planet
  10. In The Press
  11. In The Blogosphere
  12. In Other News
  13. Other Articles of Interest
  14. Featured Podcasts
  15. Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  16. Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings
  17. Monthly Team Reports: 2012 January
  18. Upcoming Meetings and Events
  19. Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 10.10, 11.04 and 11.10
    1. Security Updates
    2. Ubuntu 8.04 Updates
    3. Ubuntu 10.04 Updates
    4. Ubuntu 10.10 Updates
    5. Ubuntu 11.04 Updates
    6. Ubuntu 11.10 Updates
  20. UWN Translations
  21. Subscribe
  22. Archives
  23. Additional Ubuntu News
  24. Conclusion
  25. Credits
  26. Glossary of Terms
  27. Ubuntu - Get Involved
  28. Feedback

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WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 253 for the week February 13 - 19, 2012.

In This Issue

General Community News

Community Acknowledgments and Success Stories

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open (89342) +580 over last week
  • Critical (111) -8 over last week
  • Unconfirmed (46999) +425 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

  1. English (Australia) (2) +/-0 over last week
  2. Spanish (8576) -89 over last week
  3. English (United Kingdom) (30716) -595 over last week
  4. Bosnian (37554) -275 over last week
  5. Brazilian Portuguese (43504) -8 over last week

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

Launchpad News

Ubuntu Forums News

Ubuntu Cloud News

The Planet

In The Press

In The Blogosphere

In Other News

Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings

Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings

# Edubuntu Team, Lubuntu, Studio and Xubuntu currently (01/2012) have active regular meetings.

Monthly Team Reports: 2012 January

See here for the team report for June 2011: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TeamReports/January2012

If your team is not producing monthly reports, see this page to get your team started: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BuildingCommunity/TeamReporting

Upcoming Meetings and Events

For upcoming meetings and events please visit the calendars at fridge.ubuntu.com: http://fridge.ubuntu.com/calendars/

Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 10.10, 11.04 and 11.10

Security Updates

Ubuntu 8.04 Updates

End of life - 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

Ubuntu 11.04 Updates

End of Life - October 2012

Ubuntu 11.10 Updates

End of Life - April 2013

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

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

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:

  • Your Name Here
  • 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

Feedback

This document is maintained by the Ubuntu Weekly News Team. If you have a story idea or suggestions for the Weekly Newsletter, join the Ubuntu News Team mailing list at https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/Ubuntu-news-team and submit it. Ideas can also be added to the wiki at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Ideas. If you'd like to contribute to a future issue of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, please feel free to edit the appropriate wiki page. If you have any technical support questions, please send them to [email protected].

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