Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #152

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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #152 for the week July

19th - July 25th, 2009. In this issue we cover: Karmic Alpha 3 released,

Launchpad is now open source, Ubuntu-US-NY is now an approved Ubuntu

LoCo team, Launchpad 2.2.7: translation sharing, release file,

automation and more, Focusing on the Launchpad UI, Ubuntu Forums

tutorial of the week, Kubuntu Translation Days, Ubuntu Podcast #31, and

much, much more!

 

== UWN Translations ==

 

* Note to translators and our readers: We are trying a new way of

linking to our translations pages. Please follow the link below for the

information you need.

 

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Translations

 

== In This Issue ==

 

* Karmic Alpha 3 released

* Launchpad is now open source

* Ubuntu Stats

* Ubuntu-US-NY is now an approved LoCo Team

* Launchpad 2.2.7: translation sharing, release file, automation and more

* Focusing on the Launchpad UI

* Ubuntu Forums tutorial of the week

* Kubuntu Translation Day

* In the Press & Blogosphere

* Ubuntu Podcast #31

* Upcoming Meetings & Events

* Updates & Security

 

== General Community News ==

 

=== Karmic Alpha 3 released ===

 

Welcome to Karmic Koala Alpha-3, which will in time become Ubuntu 9.10.

 

Pre-releases of Karmic are *not* encouraged for anyone needing a stable

system or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even

frequent breakage. They are, however, recommended for Ubuntu developers

and those who want to help in testing, reporting, and fixing bugs.

 

Alpha 3 is the third in a series of milestone CD images that will be

released throughout the Karmic development cycle. The Alpha images are

known to be reasonably free of showstopper CD build or installer bugs,

while representing a very recent snapshot of Karmic. You can download it

here:

 

* Ubuntu: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/karmic/alpha-3/

* Kubuntu: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/karmic/alpha-3/

* Xubuntu: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/karmic/alpha-3/

* Ubuntu Studio:

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/karmic/alpha-3/

 

See http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Mirrors for a list of mirrors.

 

Alpha 3 includes a number of software updates that are ready for

large-scale testing. This is quite an early set of images, so you should

expect some bugs.

For an overview of new features and a list of known bugs (that you don't

need to report if you encounter).

 

* For Ubuntu please see: http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/karmic/alpha3

 

* For Kubuntu please see:

https://wiki.kubuntu.org/KarmicKoala/Alpha3/Kubuntu

 

If you're interested in following the changes as we further develop