Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #176

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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #176 for the week

January 10th - January 16th, 2010. In this issue we cover: Ubuntu 10.4

Lucid Lynx Alpha 2, Ubuntu Developer Week, Ubuntu User Day, new Ubuntu

Women leadership, and Free Culture Showcase.

 

 

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== In This Issue ==

 

* Ubuntu 10.4 Lucid Lynx Alpha 2

* Ubuntu Developer Week

* Ubuntu User Day

* New Ubuntu Women leadership

* Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase

* Kernel Bug Day

* Ubuntu 10.04 Alpha 2 Removes HAL

* Ubuntu Stats

* The Planet

* In the Press & Blogosphere

* Upcoming Meetings & Events

* Updates & Security

 

== General Community News ==

 

=== Ubuntu 10.4 Lucid Lynx Alpha 2 Released ===

 

Welcome to Lucid Lynx Alpha 2, which will in time become Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.

 

Pre-releases of Lucid 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 2 is the second in a series of milestone CD images that will be

released throughout the Lucid 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 Lucid. You can download it here:

 

* http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/lucid/alpha-2/ (Ubuntu)

* http://uec-images.ubuntu.com/releases/lucid/alpha-2/ (Ubuntu Server

for UEC and EC2)

* http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ports/releases/lucid/alpha-2/ (Ubuntu ARM)

* http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/lucid/alpha-2/ (Kubuntu)

* http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/lucid/alpha-2/ (Xubuntu)

* http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/lucid/alpha-2/ (Edubuntu)

* http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/mythbuntu/releases/lucid/alpha-2/ (Mythbuntu)

 

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

 

Alpha 2 includes a number of software updates that are ready for wider

testing. Please refer to http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/lucid/alpha2 for

information on changes in Ubuntu.

 

This is quite an early set of images, so you should expect some bugs. For a

list of known bugs (that you don't need to report if you encounter), please

see:

 

http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/lucid/alpha2

 

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