Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #143

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #143 for the weeks May 17th - May 23rd, 2009. is available. In this issue we cover:

• UDS Karmic Koala begins
• Team Reporting
• New Ubuntu Members
• Ubuntu Stats
• Ubuntu Forums Interview
• Tutorial of the Week
• Canonical AllHands
• KDE Brainstorm hits 1000+ ideas
• Edubuntu Meeting Minutes
• Renewed enthusiasm for Edubuntu
• Ubuntu Romanian Remix
• In the Press & Blogosphere
• Ubuntu Podcast #29
• Vodcast #2
• Upcoming Meetings & Events
• Updates & Security
• and much, much more.

Bug Stats

• Open (56752) +813 over last week
• Critical (17) +1 over last week
• Unconfirmed (26055) +385 over last week
• Unassigned (48827) +747 over last week
• All bugs ever reported (283776) +1457 over last week

As always, the Bug Squad needs more help. If you want to get started, please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad

Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week

• Speeding up typing of the folder/file path in terminal - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/19920/
• Windows of ejected or umounted disks should close automatically - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/19905/
• The trash can's "empty" hotkey is different for desktop and panel - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/19913/
• File sorting & grouping in Nautilus - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/19877/
• Ubuntu One does not sync with mobile phones - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/19912/

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/

Source: wiki.ubuntu.com

Karmic Koala Alpha 1 released

After the release of Jaunty Jackalope the team from Ubuntu started to work on the next version of Ubuntu (9.10) expected to be released in October 2009. As you can read from the title of this article, the version "Alpha 1" has already been released to public for testing purposes.

Development for Karmic just recently opened and many of the new features have not yet started to appear. Currently the changes include the sync of packages from Debian Unstable or Sid has begun, a new kernel based on 2.6.30 and the latest development release of GNOME, 2.27.1.

Also you now have a new Intel video driver architecture available for testing

Download Alpha 1

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/karmic/alpha-1/ (Ubuntu Alternates, Server, Netbook Remix, and MID)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/karmic/alpha-1/ (Kubuntu)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/karmic/alpha-1/ (Xubuntu)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/karmic/alpha-1/ (Ubuntu ARM)

60 Beautiful Ubuntu Desktop Wallpapers

While browsing the internet I came across a great collection of Ubuntu wallpapers at hongkiat. They made an article with 60 great wallpapers just for your Ubuntu PC. Press here to view them.