gmane.linux.ubuntu.news http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.news hourly 1 1901-01-01T00:00+00:00 Gmane http://gmane.org/img/gmane-25t.png http://gmane.org Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 266 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.news/360 <pre>Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 266 for the week May 14 - 20, 2012. == Links to UWN == * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue266 == In This Issue == * A UDS retrospective * Ubuntu Stats * LoCo News * Launchpad News * Ubuntu Forums News * Jono Bacon: Precision and Reliability in Ubuntu Accomplishments * Martin Pitt: Debian/Ubuntu Packages for PostgreSQL 9.2 Beta 1 * Jonathan Carter: Launchpad.net: bug 1 000 000 * Mythbuntu: Default download link for 12.04 ISO is now 64-bit! * 125,000 Ubuntu PCs to land in Pakistani students' laps * Ubuntu 12.04 LTS review * Linux Desktops: Cinnamon vs. Unity * Canonical's Ubuntu Business Desktop Remix Evolves * An example of the usefulness of bittorrent for entirely legal purposes * Other Articles of Interest * Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings * Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings * Monthly Team Reports: April 2012 * Upcoming Meetings and Events * Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 11.04, 11.10 and 12.04 * And much more! == General Community News == === A UDS retrospective === Jane Silber shares a retrospective of the latest Ubuntu Developer Summit in Oakland, California where "over 650 attendees came from all over the world." She reflected upon what made this UDS exceptional, with increased vendor support, debut of a Calxeda cluster, the first Ubuntu Cloud Day, a talk from Thomas Bushnell at Google about their deployment of Ubuntu desktops, and more. She wraps up with a quick history of UDS itself, including a full list of past locations for the summits. http://blog.canonical.com/2012/05/18/a-uds-restrospective/ == Ubuntu Stats == === Bug Stats === * Open (95119) +339 over last week * Critical (74) +/-0 over last week * Unconfirmed (48449) +145 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 Precise === * English (Australia) (2452) +/-0 over last week * Spanish (11991) -343 over last week * English (United Kingdom) (21390) -66 over last week * Bosnian (37495) -1705 over last week * Brazilian Portuguese (47350) -121 over last week Remaining strings to translate in Ubuntu 12.04 "Precise Pangolin", see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise/ and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Translations === Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week === * Resizable Control Center - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29738/ * remote desktop in virtual desktops - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29754/ * A valuable network troubleshooting dialog - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29746/ * Capital letters shouldn't change the sorting order - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29752/ * Integrate IRC links with Telephaty - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29736/ 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 === * How to understand the Ubuntu file system layout? http://askubuntu.com/questions/138547/how-to-understand-the-ubuntu-file-system-layout * How to make Gimp run as a single window? http://askubuntu.com/questions/136992/how-to-make-gimp-run-as-a-single-window * How to login into a Ubuntu machine from Windows http://askubuntu.com/questions/136671/how-to-login-into-a-ubuntu-machine-from-windows * Installing programs...how do I go about doing that? http://askubuntu.com/questions/137624/installing-programs-how-do-i-go-about-doing-that * How do I customize the NTP poll rate? http://askubuntu.com/questions/137598/how-do-i-customize-the-ntp-poll-rate Ask (and answer!) your own questions at http://askubuntu.com == LoCo News == === Tampere Ubuntu 12.04 LTS release party in pictures === Timo Jyrinki shares photos from the 12.04 release party in Tampere, Finland which featured presentations, software demos and "nice little dinner and wine served at the end!" http://losca.blogspot.com/2012/05/tampere-ubuntu-1204-lts-release-party.html === Pangolin Party in Terrassa === The Catalan LoCo Team threw a 12.04 release party at the IES Nicolau Copernic School in Terrassa, near Barcelona. It featured an install root, lectures, a games room and an Ubuntu Server jam. With school students offering food and coffee, more then 200 registered attendees and some sponsorship, Rafael Carreras reports that the party turned out to be quite a success. http://blogs.fsfe.org/rcarreras/?p=128 === Forum ubuntu-it gets a new theme and a new engine === Leo Iannacone reports that inspired by the "ubuntu-it website and ubuntu design guidelines," the Italian forum theme has been upgraded. The forum database has also been migrated to a different engine. http://en.leoiannacone.com/2012/05/forum-ubuntu-it-gets-a-new-theme-and-a-new-engine/ == Launchpad News == === One in a million === The one-millionth bug was filed on Launchpad, a milestone that marks seven years of work and dedication. Hitting the one-million mark helps show the success that Launchpad has reached and how it has matured over the period of time. J.C. Sackett notes that they are "handling 1 million bugs better now than we were handling 500,000 then." PPAs and set/reduced downtime are some features that have contributed to its success. http://blog.launchpad.net/general/one-in-a-million == Ubuntu Forums News == === New Theme is Here!!! === Mike Basinger announces that the Ubuntu Forums are now sporting a new theme that matches the updated branding. In addition to the new theme, a planned upgrade in the near future will bring "a mobile theme that will be a great benefit to our users, plus other new features." http://www.mikesplanet.net/2012/05/new-theme-is-here/ == The Planet == === Jono Bacon: Precision and Reliability in Ubuntu Accomplishments === Jono Bacon talks about the large number of users who have begun testing Ubuntu Accomplishments, and how testing could be made to complement the new contributions by continuing to push quality and precision. He discusses a new tool called Battery that "runs all the accomplishments and feeds them this data that will cause an accomplishment to succeed as well as fail." Planning for version 0.2 of Ubuntu Accomplishments is now under way. http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/05/14/precision-and-reliability-in-ubuntu-accomplishments/ Bacon shares more improvements in a later post as well: http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/05/16/testing-and-instrumentation/ === Jonathan Carter: The "Software Packages" Meta-Track at UDS === Jonathan Carter blogs about software and packaging related sessions at the Ubuntu Developer Summit. Some of the big topics were reorganization of Ubuntu software archives, Application Review Board, the future of MOTU. http://jonathancarter.org/2012/05/15/the-software-packages-meta-track-at-uds/ === Martin Pitt: Debian/Ubuntu Packages for PostgreSQL 9.2 Beta 1 === Martin Pitt calls for testers of the first Beta of PostgreSQL 9.2. It's available via PPA for Ubuntu 12.04 and in the NEW queue for Debian. Pitt also mentions that the postgresql-common test suite found a regression, which has now been submitted upstream. http://www.piware.de/2012/05/packages-for-postgresql-9-2-beta-1-now-available/ === Jonathan Carter: Launchpad.net: bug 1 000 000 === Jonathan Carter extends congratulations to the Launchpad team on reaching the milestone of the one-millionth bug filed, and for their success at building a platform that scales well. Carter goes on to note that, for every bug filed, 67 iPads have been sold, marking a clear target for the Edubuntu project to focus on in order to compete in the education markets. http://jonathancarter.org/2012/05/16/launchpad-net-bug-1-000-000/ === Kees Cook: USB AVR fun === At the Ubuntu Developer Summit Kees Cook was able to convince some folks to load up a USB stick for a bit of fun with volunteers who don't mind an Xorg crash, "so we could watch Xorg crash and wedge their console" to test the behavior of an AVR microprocessor connected to USB. He shares code details of how he did it, and progress of the Xorg bug which has subsequently been reported. http://www.outflux.net/blog/archives/2012/05/16/usb-avr-fun/ === Mythbuntu: Default download link for 12.04 ISO is now 64-bit! === Following the release of MythTV 0.25, Mythbuntu announces that the default download for the 12.04 release is 64-bit. Reasons for the change include the fact that half of the users are currently using the 64-bit version, and two-thirds of the users have 64-bit capable machines. http://www.mythbuntu.org/node/365 === Dylan McCall: Adventure and excitement at UDS-Q! === Dylan McCall shares a recap of UDS-Q. McCall first shares some details about the Ubuntu ecosystem, which ended up being a session "about how Ubuntu is doing as a platform for developers outside the project itself". He also mentions later sessions, which covered outreach to application developers. Additionally, he discussed sessions covering localized ISOs, installer slide shows, and the new sound theme. He wraps up by sharing some photos and some details from his favorite plenaries. http://www.dylanmccall.com/blog/2012/05/16/home-from-uds-q/ === IRC Council: Ubuntu IRC Council Position === A call for nominations for a spot on the IRC Council has been issued. "If you are an Ubuntu Member with a competent technical knowledge of IRC, a passion for IRC and a willingness to help maintain effective governance of our IRC community then you could be the leader we are looking for." http://ubottu.com/ircc/2012/05/17/ubuntu-irc-council-position/ === Martin Pitt: To boldly go where no test has gone before === Following the success of the QA related changes in 12.04, Martin Pitt hopes to extend automated testing even further, namely to the upsteam. He shares some ideas to begin with: fake hardware tests, work with Gnome developers to simplify and streamline testing, fake network devices, etc. http://www.piware.de/2012/05/to-boldly-go-where-no-test-has-gone-before/ == In The Press == === 125,000 Ubuntu PCs to land in Pakistani students' laps === The government in the Pakistani province of Punjab has started handing out free Ubuntu-based laptops to college and university students. 125,000 laptops have been issued to be handed out so far, in an attempt by the government to support the local IT ecosystem. They plan to hand out twice as many laptops in 2013. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/05/15/punjab_ubuntu_free_laptops_students/ === Ubuntu 12.04 LTS review === PCPro writer "arien Graham-Smith describes the latest Ubuntu release as "an operating system that's ready for the big time." But he also thinks Ubuntu will remain hamstrung by lack of official support for software like Microsoft Office and Adobe Photoshop. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/software/374647/ubuntu-12-04-lts === Linux Desktops: Cinnamon vs. Unity === Matt Hartley, Datamation, takes a look at both the Cinnamon and Unity desktop experiences and shares his thoughts on each. He concludes that "both desktop environments provide a strong, reliable experience" and makes suggestions based on beginner, intermediate and advanced users and says "if you haven't tried Unity in Ubuntu 12.04, don't let past experiences color your judgment of the desktop." http://www.datamation.com/open-source/linux-desktops-cinnamon-vs.-unity-1.html == In The Blogosphere == === Ubuntu Developer Summit 12.10 Recap === Michael Larabel of Phoronix gives an effusive yet skeptical look towards the future of Ubuntu. For one, he certainly wasn't entertained by EA's keynote because it introduced what he describes as "crappy" games into the Ubuntu Software Center. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&amp;item=ubuntu_uds_1210&amp;num=1 === Canonical's Ubuntu Business Desktop Remix Evolves === Christopher Tozzi at The Var Guy takes a look at the latest revisions to the Ubuntu Business Desktop Remix, stating that there have been "no sweeping changes" since it was introduced in February of 2012, but that it has been updated for the 12.04 LTS and "as such will likely enjoy greater appeal to enterprise users who want to stick to Ubuntu releases with long support life cycles." Tozzi goes on to speculate upon the position of the Business Desktop Remix in Canonical's overall business strategy. http://www.thevarguy.com/2012/05/14/canonicals-ubuntu-business-desktop-remix-evolves/ === An example of the usefulness of bittorrent for entirely legal purposes === Wil Wheaton reflects upon "the belief in Hollywood that bittorrent exists solely for stealing things" and gives an example of bittorrent being used for entirely legal purposes: downloading Ubuntu. http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/2012/05/an-example-of-the-usefulness-of-bittorrent-for-entirely-legal-purposes.html === Ubuntu Unity Used By Super Heroes on TV Show === Joey Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! shares a clip from children's show "Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters" where characters can "clearly be seen to be running a customised version of Ubuntu Unity desktop on their laptop" as are Evolution and the Ambiance theme. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/05/ubuntu-unity-on-go-busters-tv/ === The Advantages and Disadvantages of Using Ubuntu === Jonquil McDaniel shares her list of 10 advantages and disadvantages of using Ubuntu. Pros include amount of support available, ease of use, speed compared to Windows and package management and among the cons are quality of support, problems with upgrades, and speed compared to other Linux distributions. http://www.xjonquilx.co.cc/2012/05/advantages-and-disadvantages-of-using.html == Other Articles of Interest == * A Tale of Two Suites: Do We Still Need OpenOffice.org? - http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/75138.html * Will Linux Ever Experience The Year Of The Desktop? [Opinion] - http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/linux-experience-year-desktop-opinion/ * Linux 3.4 released - https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/5/20/126 == Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings == * Kernel Team - May 15, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Meeting#Tues.2C_15_May_2012 * Desktop Team - May 15, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Meeting/2012-05-15 * Security Team - May 14, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20120514 == Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings == * Lubuntu Team - Wednesday May 16, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Meetings/20120516 == Monthly Team Reports: April 2012 == See here for the team report for April 2012: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TeamReports/April2012 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, 11.04, 11.10 and 12.04 == === Security Updates === * [USN-1441-1] Quagga vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-May/001682.html * [USN-1442-1] Sudo vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-May/001683.html * [USN-1443-1] Update Manager vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-May/001684.html * [USN-1444-1] BackupPC vulnerability- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-May/001685.html * [USN-1445-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-May/001686.html * [USN-1445-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-May/001687.html === Ubuntu 8.04 Updates === * backuppc- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-May/012755.html End of life - April 2013 (Server) === Ubuntu 10.04 Updates === * gajim_0.13-0ubuntu2.2_amd64_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-May/012874.html * linux 2.6.32-41.89 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-May/012875.html * linux 2.6.32-41.89 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-May/012876.html * sudo 1.7.2p1-1ubuntu5.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-May/012877.html * vmware-view-client 1.5.0-0ubuntu0.10.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-May/012878.html * pidgin-otr_3.2.0-5ubuntu0.10.04.1_sparc_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-May/012879.html * backuppc- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-May/012880.html * emacs23 23.1+1-4ubuntu7.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-May/012881.html * linux-firmware-nonfree 1.8ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-May/012882.html * drbd8 2:8.3.7-1ubuntu2.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-May/012883.html End of Life - April 2013 (Desktop) - April 2015 (Server) === Ubuntu 11.04 Updates === * grub-gfxpayload-lists 0.2.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012521.html * adobe-flashplugin 11.2.202.235-0natty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012522.html * gajim_0.13.4-3ubuntu2.2_armel_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012523.html * linux-ti-omap4 2.6.38-1209.24 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012524.html * sudo 1.7.4p4-5ubuntu7.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012525.html * vmware-view-client 1.5.0-0ubuntu0.11.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012526.html * pidgin-otr_3.2.0-5ubuntu0.11.04.1_armel_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012527.html * update-manager_0.150.5.3_i386_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012528.html * backuppc- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012529.html * libgcrypt11 1.4.6-4ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012530.html * pytables 2.1.2-3.1ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012531.html End of Life - October 2012 === Ubuntu 11.10 Updates === * xserver-xorg-video-intel2:2.15.901-1ubuntu2.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012095.html * xserver-xorg-video-intel2:2.15.901-1ubuntu2.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012096.html * adobe-flashplugin 11.2.202.235-0oneiric1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012097.html * gajim 0.14.1-1ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012098.html * linux-ti-omap4 3.0.0-1209.21 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012099.html * linux-ti-omap4 3.0.0-1209.21 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012100.html * linux-meta-ti-omap4 3.0.0.1209.8 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012101.html * linux-meta-ti-omap4 3.0.0.1209.8 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012102.html * sudo 1.7.4p6-1ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012103.html * vmware-view-client 1.5.0-0ubuntu0.11.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012104.html * pidgin-otr 3.2.0-5ubuntu0.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012105.html * dist-upgrader_0.152.25.11_all.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012106.html * backuppc- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012107.html * libdvdread 4.1.3-10ubuntu4.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012108.html * libgcrypt11 1.5.0-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012109.html * dh-make 0.59ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012110.html * desktopcouch 1.0.8-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012111.html * pytables 2.1.2-3.1ubuntu0.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012112.html * telepathy-mission-control-51:5.9.1-0ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012113.html * vim 2:7.3.154+hg~74503f6ee649-2ubuntu3.1- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012114.html * hg-git 0.2.6-2ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012115.html * ubuntu-meta 1.245.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012116.html End of Life - April 2013 === Ubuntu 12.04 Updates === * libvirt 0.9.8-2ubuntu17.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015692.html * ldm 2:2.2.9-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015693.html * cyrus-sasl2 2.1.25.dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015694.html * d-shlibs 0.49ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015695.html * d-shlibs 0.49ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015696.html * mcollective-plugins0.0.0~git20120105.9b90c2b-0ubuntu3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015697.html * mesa 8.0.2-0ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015698.html * gfxboot-theme-ubuntu 0.13.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015699.html * devscripts 2.11.6ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015700.html * emacs-goodies-el 35.2ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015701.html * gdb 7.4-2012.04-0ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015702.html * gnome-control-center 1:3.4.1-0ubuntu2- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015703.html * gtk2-engines-oxygen 1.2.2-0ubuntu1.1- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015704.html * gwibber 3.4.1-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015705.html * indicator-sound 0.8.5.0-0ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015706.html * libunity 5.12.0-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015707.html * libzeitgeist 0.3.18-1ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015708.html * nux 2.12.0-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015709.html * lintian 2.5.6ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015710.html * seabios 0.6.2-0ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015711.html * vim 2:7.3.429-2ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015712.html * zeitgeist 0.9.0-1ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015713.html * lxc 0.7.5-3ubuntu56 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015714.html * gstreamer0.10-fluendo-plugins-partner 7.0.20100316-4- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015715.html * gstreamer0.10-fluendo-plugins-partner-x86-647.0.20100316-4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015716.html * unity-greeter 0.2.8-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015717.html * sudo- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015718.html * software-center 5.2.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015719.html * gnome-orca 3.4.2-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015720.html * vmware-view-client 1.5.0-0ubuntu0.12.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015721.html * at-spi2-core 2.4.2-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015722.html * alsa-lib 1.0.25-1ubuntu10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015723.html * authres 0.401-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015724.html * sphinx 1.1.3+dfsg-2ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015725.html * vinagre 3.4.2-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015726.html * gtksourceview3 3.4.2-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015727.html * glade 3.12.1-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015728.html * nautilus 1:3.4.2-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015729.html * pygobject 3.2.2-1~precise - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015730.html * grub2 1.99-21ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015731.html * melange 2012.1~e4~20120126.11502-0ubuntu1.1- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015732.html * vino 3.4.2-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015733.html * policykit-1 0.104-1ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015734.html * update-notifier 0.119ubuntu8.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015735.html * gtk+3.0 3.4.2-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015736.html * pidgin-otr 3.2.0-5ubuntu0.12.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015737.html * ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu36 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015738.html * update-manager_0.156.14.4_amd64_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015739.html * backuppc_3.2.1-2ubuntu1.1_armhf_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015740.html * cups-filters 1.0.18-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015741.html * v4l-utils 0.8.6-1ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015742.html * xserver-xorg-video-vmware1:12.0.1-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015743.html * shotwell 0.12.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015744.html * empathy 3.4.2-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015745.html * samba 2:3.6.3-2ubuntu2.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015746.html * libgcrypt11 1.5.0-3ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015747.html * deluge 1.3.5-0ubuntu2~precise1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015748.html * linux-firmware-nonfree 1.11ubuntu1- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015749.html * task 2.0.0.release-0ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015750.html * openjdk-6 6b24-1.11.1-4ubuntu3 - 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Except where otherwise noted, this issue of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 License </pre> Elizabeth Krumbach 2012-05-21T21:15:11 Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 265 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.news/359 <pre>Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 265 for the week May 7 - 13, 2012. == Links to UWN == * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue265 == In This Issue == * Ubuntu Developer Summit for Quantal * EA Games and Ubuntu * Welcome New Members * Ubuntu Stats * LoCo News * Launchpad News * Ubuntu Cloud News * Introducing Project Sputnik: Developer laptop * Pasi Lallinaho: Brainstorm! Contribute! * Alan Pope: Why not contribute to Ubuntu Manual * Stuart Langridge: Ubuntu One for Nokia N9 * Jonathan Carter: Edubuntu Preliminary Plans for 12.10 * Summaries from the Ubuntu Developer Summit * ARM arrives on servers with Calxeda's Ubuntu demo * Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin review * Project Sputnik: Dell's Ubuntu-based XPS13 laptop for developers * Mark Shuttleworth is passionate about Canonical, patents and space * In The Blogosphere * In Other News * Other Articles of Interest * Featured Podcasts * Upcoming Meetings and Events * Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 11.04, 11.10 and 12.04 * And much more! == General Community News == === Ubuntu Developer Summit for Quantal === The Ubuntu Developer Summit for Quantal Quetzal went from May 7-11th with Ubuntu developers from all over the world - working on dozens of projects - coming to Oakland California to collaborate. In this issue we highlight some posts at the end of the Planet section from community members who have written about it so far. === EA Games and Ubuntu === Electronic Arts, a major American developer, marketer, publisher and distributor of video games, tests the waters by submitting two games to the Ubuntu Software Center. The game titles are "Command &amp; Conquer Tiberium Alliances" and "Lord of Ultima" and Jono Bacon notes "Let's not get side-tracked by the fact that these are web games and not native to Ubuntu: EA are dipping their toes in Ubuntu as a channel of opportunity, and let's welcome them with open arms." http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/05/08/ea-games-and-ubuntu/ === Welcome New Members === Results from the Developer Membership Board meeting, 2012-05-09: * Ike Panhc (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IkePanhc | http://launchpad.net/~ikepanhc) * James Hunt (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JamesHunt | https://launchpad.net/~jamesodhunt) https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2012-May/035184.html == Ubuntu Stats == === Bug Stats === * Open (94780) +478 over last week * Critical (74) -3 over last week * Unconfirmed (48304) +156 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 Precise === * English (Australia) (2985) -70 over last week * Spanish (12334) -75 over last week * English (United Kingdom) (21456) -376 over last week * Bosnian (39200) -480 over last week * Brazilian Portuguese (47471) -114 over last week Remaining strings to translate in Ubuntu 12.04 "Precise Pangolin", see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise/ and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Translations === Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week === * Reduce battery consumption in laptops - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29725/ * Make 64-bit CDs available in the Canonical shop - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29715/ * Download counter in the Ubuntu Software Center - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29718/ * Meta packages are not easily identified - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29709/ * Lockscreen like Loginscreen? - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29705/ 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 === * Why is Unity 2D being discontinued? http://askubuntu.com/questions/134346/why-is-unity-2d-being-discontinued * Making Games for Ubuntu http://askubuntu.com/questions/136106/making-games-for-ubuntu * What is the benefit of sudo over su http://askubuntu.com/questions/135428/what-is-the-benefit-of-sudo-over-su * "rm" doesn't accept internal command as a paramter http://askubuntu.com/questions/135499/rm-doesnt-accept-internal-command-as-a-paramter * Banned from Ubuntu forums for spam. Could my Ubuntu have a virus? http://askubuntu.com/questions/135912/banned-from-ubuntu-forums-for-spam-could-my-ubuntu-have-a-virus Ask (and answer!) your own questions at http://askubuntu.com == LoCo News == === UbuConLA 2012 - help needed === Martin Albisetti issues a call for help to fund a UbuConLA (Latin American) and shares a link to the web site set up to gather donations. http://beuno.com.ar/archives/277 === Ubuntu 12.04 Release Party === Adnan Quantum of the Bangladesh LoCo team blogs about the Ubuntu 12.04 release party. The event had to be delayed by two weeks due to political unrest in the country, and participation was, unfortunately, hindered by lightning storms in the area. Notwithstanding, those present had a delicious meal, a friendly chat, and generally, a good time. http://adnan.quaium.com/blog/2586 == Launchpad News == === Five kinds of branches === Curtis Hovey shares his thoughts on improving the Launchpad branch page. He proposes to make it more informative, and then goes on to discuss at length what he'd like to see presented for different types of branches. http://blog.launchpad.net/general/five-kinds-of-branches === Testing descriptions for bug status and importance === Launchpad introduces a more descriptive way of triaging bugs. The new bug status picker focuses more on the status of the bug than the importance of the bug. http://blog.launchpad.net/general/testing-descriptions-for-bug-status-and-importance == Ubuntu Cloud News == === Introducing Project Sputnik: Developer laptop === Dell plans to evaluate the possibility of building a laptop targeted at developers. The primary project goals are to identify and cater to the needs of potential customers, such as integration with Github and OpenStack, and to improve hardware support. Due to its popularity among web developers, Ubuntu 12.04 came up as a natural choice of a pre-installed OS. To gather feedback from the Ubuntu developer, Dell had a representative and a session at the Ubuntu Developers Summit. http://bartongeorge.net/2012/05/07/introducing-project-sputnik-developer-laptop/ === Puppet and Juju Sitting in a Tree... === Jorge Castro blogs from the UDS trenches to report on the Juju integration session where Clint Byrum talked about his subordinate Puppet Charm. http://www.jorgecastro.org/2012/05/10/puppet-and-juju-sitting-in-a-tree-dot/ == The Planet == === Pasi Lallinaho: Brainstorm! Contribute! === Xubuntu Project Lead Pasi Lallinaho calls for idea contributions to the roadmap of Xubuntu 12.10. As Quantal is not an LTS, more ambitious proposals are encouraged, along with active contribution. http://open.knome.fi/2012/05/07/brainstorm-contribute/ === Dustin Kirkland: Project Sputnik: Developer Focused Dell XPS13 === Dustin Kirkland delivers his first impressions on the new developer focused Dell XPS 13. Aside from a lack of proper touchpad driver, he considers the ultrabook to be quite impressive and a real contender to the Macbook Air. http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2012/05/project-sputnik-developer-focused-dell.html === Alan Pope: Why not contribute to Ubuntu Manual === Alan Pope notes that the Ubuntu Manual project is looking for some new contributors, and questions the reasons why people might not be contributing. He mentions a few common reasons and calls for feedback as to how they can help people get involved. http://popey.com/blog/2012/05/09/why-not-contribute-to-ubuntu-manual/ === Stuart Langridge: Ubuntu One for Nokia N9 === Stuart Langridge, a Nokia N9 user, writes about his work on creating an Ubuntu One application for this platform. Announced is the first version of this app which supports browsing and dowloading your files. He also mentions that he has a long to-do list ahead and he's planning on submitting the app to the Ovi Store. http://www.kryogenix.org/code/u1fn9/ === Jonathan Carter: Edubuntu Preliminary Plans for 12.10 === Jonathan Carter shares plans for the development cycle of Edubuntu. These include the installer changes, default applications review, Juju charms for education, and various Desktop and Artwork fixes. There are also projects on the table that reach beyond the regular six month release cycle, such as Edubuntu Server and Edubuntu Tablet. http://jonathancarter.org/2012/05/10/edubuntu-preliminary-plans-for-12-10/ === Summaries from the Ubuntu Developer Summit === The Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS) for 12.10, Quantal Quetzal, happened from May 7th through 11th! This UDS was packed full of excitement and energy. Posts about many of the session tracks can be found in a number of posts we've seen on the planet since and during UDS-Q. Below are links from those who took the time to blog about their experience at this UDS. ==== Charles Profitt ==== * UDS Day One: http://ftbeowulf.wordpress.com/2012/05/08/uds-day-one/ * UDS Day Two: http://ftbeowulf.wordpress.com/2012/05/09/uds-day-two/ * UDS Day Three: Building a Juju Charm and Ubuntu Accomplishments: http://ftbeowulf.wordpress.com/2012/05/09/uds-day-three-building-a-juju-charm/ * UDS Day Four: Code of Conduct Review: http://ftbeowulf.wordpress.com/2012/05/10/uds-day-four-code-of-conduct-review/ * UDS Day Five: Sunset Begins: http://ftbeowulf.wordpress.com/2012/05/11/uds-day-five-sunset-begins/ * UDS Day Five: Vudu: http://ftbeowulf.wordpress.com/2012/05/11/uds-day-five-vudu/ ==== Elizabeth Krumbach ==== * UDS-Q in Oakland Day 1: http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=6142 * UDS-Q in Oakland Day 2: http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=6163 * UDS-Q in Oakland Day 3 and SF Tourism!: http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=6177 * UDS-Q in Oakland Day 4 and Ubuntu Women dinner: http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=6199 * UDS-Q in Oakland Day 5: http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=6211 ==== Marcin Juszkievicz ==== * UDS-Q: http://marcin.juszkiewicz.com.pl/2012/05/08/uds-q/ ==== Randall Ross ==== * UDS Keynote. Was Quincy There!?: http://randall.executiv.es/uds-q-2 * UDS Plenary, with Bdale: http://randall.executiv.es/uds-q-3 * UDS Plenary, with Jono: http://randall.executiv.es/uds-q-4 ==== Scott Lavender ==== * UDS-Q Day 1: http://dullass.blogspot.com/2012/05/uds-q-day-1.html * UDS-Q Day Two: http://dullass.blogspot.com/2012/05/uds-q-day-two.html ==== Ricardo Salveti ==== * Great start at Ubuntu Developer Summit (Q or 12.10) for ARM: http://rsalveti.wordpress.com/2012/05/10/great-start-at-ubuntu-developer-summit-q-or-12-10-for-arm/ ==== Daniel Holbach ==== * UDS is a great time...: http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/2012/05/uds-is-a-great-time/ ==== Grant Bowman ==== * UDS Lightning Talk - Local Schools: http://grantbow.wordpress.com/2012/05/11/uds-lightning/ ==== Ian Weisser ==== * Ubuntu Brainstorm and UDS-Q: http://cheesehead-techblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/ubuntu-brainstorm-and-uds-q.html ==== Jose Antonio Rey ==== * Just a few words about UDS.: http://joseeantonior.wordpress.com/2012/05/12/just-a-few-words-about-uds/ == In The Press == === ARM arrives on servers with Calxeda's Ubuntu demo === Calxeda, a server designer from Texas, has demonstrated an ARM based server prototype at the UDS. Running Precise Pangolin with LAMP, node.js and Ruby-on-Rails, it is supposed to "consume much less electricity then similar ones from Intel". Calxeda believes ARM servers may reach as much as 40% of the total Linux server base in just three years. http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/processors/2012/05/08/arm-arrives-on-servers-with-calxedas-ubuntu-demo-40155169/ === Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin review === The latest Ubuntu draws praise for its tight cloud integration with Ubuntu One, a more mature Unity desktop and 5-year support commitment, amongst others. With these, the article reports that it proves itself to be an attractive option for consumers and firms who want a proven Linux alternative to proprietary systems. http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/review/2172917/ubuntu-1204-precise-pangolin-review === Project Sputnik: Dell's Ubuntu-based XPS13 laptop for developers === Dell aims at developers with an Ubuntu 12.04 powered XPS13 Ultrabook. The company hopes "to ensure maximum hardware compatibility" and provide tight integration with Github. http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/08/project-sputnik-dell-ubuntu-developers/ === Mark Shuttleworth is passionate about Canonical, patents and space === Scott Merrill of TechCrunch interviews Mark Suttleworth, the founder of Ubuntu. The conversation spans from Ubuntu deployment and competition with Red Hat, to open source communities, software patents and outer space. http://techcrunch.com/2012/05/10/mark-shuttleworth-is-passionate-about-canonical-patents-and-space/ == In The Blogosphere == * Kubuntu likely to retain name despite new sponsor - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/05/kubuntu-to-remain-called-kubuntu-despite-new-sponsor/ * Meet VGA Switch, the first open hardware project released by Ubuntu - http://iloveubuntu.net/meet-vga-switch-first-open-hardware-project-released-ubuntu * Review of Ubuntu 12.04 - http://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20120507#feature * Canonical: Ubuntu To Soon Ship On 5% Of PCs - http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&amp;px=MTA5ODM * EA Games Arrive in the Ubuntu Software Center - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/05/ea-games-arrive-in-the-ubuntu-software-center/ * Precise Pangolin:Ubuntu grows up - http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/75057.html * UDS-Q News: Unity 2D might go away, more [Ubuntu 12.10] - http://www.webupd8.org/2012/05/uds-q-news-unity-2d-might-go-away-more.html * Xen Hypervisor Enjoys Enhanced Support In Ubuntu 12.04 - http://www.thevarguy.com/2012/05/09/xen-hypervisor-enjoys-enhanced-support-in-ubuntu-12-04/ * Linux, Ubuntu Discussed on Greek TV [Video] - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/05/linux-ubuntu-discussed-on-greek-tv-video/ * UDS-Q Summary: Bye-Bye Unity 2D, Hello GNOME-Shell Spin - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/05/uds-q-summary-bye-bye-unity-2d-hello-gnome-shell-spin/ == In Other News == * The new Business Desktop Remix is out now - http://blog.canonical.com/2012/05/10/the-new-business-desktop-remix-is-out-now/ * Full Circle Magazine: Ubuntu Development Special Edition - http://fullcirclemagazine.org/2012/05/13/full-circle-magazine-ubuntu-development-special-edition/ == Other Articles of Interest == * The Document Foundation Announces A Certification Program - http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2012/05/07/the-document-foundation-announces-a-certification-program/ * Open-source cloud frameworks: A work in progress - http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9226905/Open_source_cloud_frameworks_A_work_in_progress * Big data, cloud knowledge key in IT Jobs Market - https://www.linux.com/news/featured-blogs/185-jennifer-cloer/573966-big-data-cloud-knowledge-key-in-it-jobs-market * The Debian Administrator's Handbook is available - http://raphaelhertzog.com/2012/05/10/the-debian-administrators-handbook-is-available/ * Top 3 Websites To Check Whether Your Hardware Is Supported By Linux - http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/top-3-websites-check-hardware-supported-linux/ * Linux OS is no longer a geeks-only zone and good for a normal user - http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/software/linux-os-is-no-longer-a-geeks-only-zone-and-good-for-a-normal-user/articleshow/13117273.cms == Featured Podcasts == * Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S05E06 - What I Saw in California - http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2012/05/09/s05e06-what-i-saw-in-california/ == 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, 11.04, 11.10 and 12.04 == === Security Updates === * [USN-1439-1] Horizon vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-May/001679.html * [USN-1432-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-May/001680.html * [USN-1440-1] Linux kernel (Natty backport) vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-May/001681.html === Ubuntu 8.04 Updates === None. End of life - April 2013 (Server) === Ubuntu 10.04 Updates === * wicd_1.7.0+ds1-2ubuntu0.1_i386_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-May/012864.html * linux-lts-backport-natty 2.6.38-15.59~lucid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-May/012865.html * linux-lts-backport-natty 2.6.38-15.59~lucid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-May/012866.html * linux-meta-lts-backport-natty 2.6.38.15.25 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-May/012867.html * linux-meta-lts-backport-natty 2.6.38.15.25 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-May/012868.html * linux-ec2 2.6.32-345.48 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-May/012869.html * linux-lts-backport-oneiric 3.0.0-20.34~lucid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-May/012870.html * linux-meta-lts-backport-oneiric 3.0.0.20.8 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-May/012871.html * adobe-flashplugin 11.2.202.235-0lucid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-May/012872.html * gajim_0.13-0ubuntu2.1_ia64_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-May/012873.htm End of Life - April 2013 (Desktop) - April 2015 (Server) === Ubuntu 11.04 Updates === * wicd_1.7.0+ds1-6ubuntu0.11.04.1_i386_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012511.html * linux-ti-omap4 2.6.38-1209.23 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012512.html * linux-backports-modules-2.6.38 2.6.38-15.11 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012513.html * linux-backports-modules-2.6.38 2.6.38-15.11 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012514.html * linux 2.6.38-15.59 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012515.html * linux 2.6.38-15.59 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012516.html * linux-meta 2.6.38.15.30 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012517.html * linux-meta 2.6.38.15.30 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012518.html * meld 1.5.0-0ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012519.html * gajim - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012520.html End of Life - October 2012 === Ubuntu 11.10 Updates === * wicd 1.7.0+ds1-6ubuntu0.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012090.html * linux 3.0.0-20.34 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012091.html * linux-backports-modules-3.0.0 3.0.0-20.13 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012092.html * linux-meta 3.0.0.20.24 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012093.html * gajim 0.14.1-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012094.html End of Life - April 2013 === Ubuntu 12.04 Updates === * horizon_2012.1-0ubuntu8.1_i386_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015645.html * wicd 1.7.2.3-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015646.html * compiz 1:0.9.7.8-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015647.html * unity-lens-applications 5.12.0-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015648.html * unity-lens-music 5.12.0-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015649.html * zenity 3.4.0-0ubuntu3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015650.html * unity-greeter 0.2.8-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015651.html * gdb 7.4-2012.04-0ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015652.html * linux-base 3.4ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015653.html * nvidia-graphics-drivers-updates 295.49-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015654.html * seabios 0.6.2-0ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015655.html * xorg-server 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015656.html * gtk2-engines-oxygen 1.2.2-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015657.html * ubuntu-docs 12.04.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015658.html * resolvconf 1.63ubuntu13 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015659.html * unity 5.12-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015660.html * unity-2d 5.12.0-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015661.html * ubufox 2.0.3-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015662.html * linux-ti-omap4 3.2.0-1413.17 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015663.html * linux-meta-ti-omap4 3.2.0.1413.13 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015664.html * at-spi2-core 2.4.1-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015665.html * crystalhd 1:0.0~git20110715.fdd2f19-4.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015666.html * gnome-settings-daemon 3.4.1-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015667.html * evolution-data-server 3.2.3-0ubuntu7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015668.html * ubuntu-sso-client 3.0.0-0ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015669.html * zenity 3.4.0-0ubuntu4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015670.html * xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.6.0-0ubuntu1~precise1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015671.html * simple-scan 3.4.1-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015672.html * sudo 1.8.3p1-1ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015673.html * python3.2 3.2.3-0ubuntu3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015674.html * haskell-hjsmin 0.0.15-1build1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015675.html * cntlm 0.91~rc6-0ubuntu2.12.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015676.html * hdparm 9.37-0ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015677.html * network-manager 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015678.html * libreoffice 1:3.5.3-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015679.html * hg-git 0.3.1-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015680.html * gwibber-service-sohu 0.8.1-0ubuntu7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015681.html * gtkhtml4.0 4.2.2-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015682.html * zenity 3.4.0-0ubuntu4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015683.html * lxc 0.7.5-3ubuntu54 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015684.html * meep 1.1.1-7ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015685.html * lxc 0.7.5-3ubuntu55 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015686.html * emesene 2.12.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015687.html * vino 3.4.1-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015688.html * utouch-geis 2.2.9-0ubuntu3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015689.html * update-manager 1:0.156.14.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015690.html * resolvconf 1.63ubuntu14 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015691.html End of Life - April 2017 == 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: http://www.ubuntu.com/news and http://fridge.ubuntu.com/ == Conclusion == Thank you for reading the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. 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Except where otherwise noted, this issue of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 License </pre> Elizabeth Krumbach 2012-05-15T01:51:44 Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 264 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.news/358 <pre>Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 264 for the week April 30 - May 6, 2012. == Links to UWN == * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue264 == In This Issue == * Quantal open for development * Ubuntu Developer Summit: May 7-11 * Ask Mark &amp; Ubuntu Open Week Days 1-3 * Welcome New Members * Ubuntu Stats * Ubuntu Serbia presents at Share Conference * Launchpad Clinic at UDS-Q * Daniel Holbach: The importance of apps in Ubuntu * Jason Gerard DeRose: Daily builds are your canary in the mine shaft * David Wonderly: Kubuntu: Updates * Serge Hallyn: First round of kvm performance tests * Daniel Holbach: "After the release" is "before the release" * Stephane Graber: LXC in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS * Lubuntu Blog: New Lubuntu website * Xubuntu: FAQ for Xubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin * Ubuntu's Mark Shuttleworth on shaking up system software * Free as in awesome: our favorite open source apps for Ubuntu 12.04 * Android's new ally against the iPhone: Ubuntu * Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin review * New Ubuntu 12.04: Any hope against Windows and Apple? * Press Reaction to Ubuntu 12.04 * Ubuntu 12.04 PC OEMs: An Overview * Two Years Fly By: Ubuntu Precise Pangolin Pads Into Production * In Other News * Other Articles of Interest * Featured Podcasts * Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings * Upcoming Meetings and Events * Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 11.04, 11.10 and 12.04 * And much more! == General Community News == === Quantal open for development === Matthias Klose announces the opening of development for Quantal Quetzal, Ubuntu 12.10. "The development version starts with updated versions of GCC and OpenJDK, some soname changes (boost, hdf5), and some changes with setting the build flags for package builds. We are finally targeting Python3 as the only Python version on the ISO/installation images." https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2012-April/000955.html === Ubuntu Developer Summit: May 7-11 === From May 7-11 Canonical will be hosting the Ubuntu Developer Summit for Quantal. "The Ubuntu Developer Summit is the event at which we plan for the forthcoming version of Ubuntu. It brings together Canonical engineers, community members, partners, upstream representatives and cloud specialists, in an environment of active debate." For more information, including schedule and how to participate remotely visit http://uds.ubuntu.com/ === Ask Mark &amp; Ubuntu Open Week Days 1-3 === The Ubuntu Classroom blog shares details and links to logs of the "Ask Mark" session with Mark Shuttleworth where he answers user questions on IRC and various Ubuntu Open sessions held from May 2nd through 4th. http://ubuntuclassroom.wordpress.com/2012/05/02/ask-mark-ubuntu-open-week-day-1/ http://ubuntuclassroom.wordpress.com/2012/05/03/ubuntu-open-week-day-2/ http://ubuntuclassroom.wordpress.com/2012/05/04/ubuntu-open-week-day-3/ === Welcome New Members === Results for the EMEA RMB meeting for 1 May 2012. * Rafal Cieslak (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RafalCieslak | https://launchpad.net/~rafalcieslak256) * Ben Howard (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Ben_Howard%28utlemming%29 | https://launchpad.net/~utlemming) * Mahmoud Ibrahem (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Mahmoud%20Ibrahem | https://launchpad.net/~mahmoud.ibrahem) https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2012-May/001556.html == Ubuntu Stats == === Bug Stats === * Open (94302) +491 over last week * Critical (77) +2 over last week * Unconfirmed (48148) +36 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 Precise === * English (Australia) (3055) -446 over last week * Spanish (12409) -37 over last week * English (United Kingdom) (21832) -150 over last week * Bosnian (39680) -392 over last week * Brazilian Portuguese (47585) -209 over last week Remaining strings to translate in Ubuntu 12.04 "Precise Pangolin", see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise/ and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Translations === Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week === * Backgrounds that "Changes throughout the day" are shocking during the transition http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29639/ * Boost new ideas http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29637/ * Open upper panel menus only by click, to avoid accidental logout http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29643/ * more usage of keyboard less switching between mouse and keyboard http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29628/ * Add /home/* backup/restore capability to ubiquity http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29656/ 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 === * Where else to go for help if not helped at Ask Ubuntu? http://askubuntu.com/questions/131149/where-else-to-go-for-help-if-not-helped-at-ask-ubuntu * What is the difference between `VAR=...` and `export VAR=...`? http://askubuntu.com/questions/128515/what-is-the-difference-between-var-and-export-var * I accidentally hit Ctl Alt F&lt;num&gt;. How do I return to the GUI? http://askubuntu.com/questions/129720/i-accidentally-hit-ctl-alt-fnum-how-do-i-return-to-the-gui * How do I use the HUD? http://askubuntu.com/questions/131617/how-do-i-use-the-hud * VMware Player 4.0.3. on Ubuntu 12.04 64 Bit http://askubuntu.com/questions/130937/vmware-player-4-0-3-on-ubuntu-12-04-64-bit Ask (and answer!) your own questions at http://askubuntu.com == LoCo News == === Ubuntu Serbia presents at Share Conference === On April 28th 2012 at the Share Conference in Belgrade, the Ubuntu LoCo team Serbia (www.ubuntu-rs.org) held a presentation of Ubuntu 12.04 that aroused significant interest in the audience. The presentation at this prestigious festival was devoted to 12.04 LTS edition, and the capabilities of this new release of Ubuntu, as well as to recently published statistics on the application of FLOSS solutions in the business environment in Serbia. The presentation was held by Bojan Bogdanovic (bojce), team coordinator, Igor Kekeljevic (digitalis_vulgaris)and Ladislav Urosevic (uros). They also answered questions asked by the audience after the presentation. The Share Conference is the biggest and most important conference in this part of Europe on the topics of sharing knowledge, the Internet, and social aspects of modern technologies. More about Share Conference here: http://www.shareconference.net/en Photo of the Ubuntu presentation: http://www.flickr.com/photos/shareconference/6975390712/ == Launchpad News == === Launchpad Clinic at UDS-Q === Laura Czajkowski shares details about the two upcoming Lanchpad bug fixing sessions planned for the Ubuntu Developer Summit. "We'll be there to help you get on the road to getting your bugs fixed, and to offer advice on every step of the Launchpad development process." http://blog.launchpad.net/meet-the-devs/launchpad-clinic-at-uds-q === Spring cleaning in Launchpad === Brian Murray does some Launchpad "spring cleaning" and notes that the quantity of apport-package bugs "decreased by at least 175" when he got through marking duplicates. http://www.murraytwins.com/blog/?p=116 == The Planet == === Daniel Holbach: The importance of apps in Ubuntu === Daniel Holbach expresses his thoughts on the importance of apps in the Ubuntu ecosystem. Referencing the upcoming array of platforms (TVs, Android phones etc.) for Ubuntu, he points out that several important pieces of the puzzle (helper tools, magazines, books, music etc.) are not yet available. http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/2012/04/the-importance-of-apps-in-ubuntu/ === Chase Douglas: Integration testing for X.org === Canonical developers Chase Douglas and Thomas Voss have been working to create a test environment for the X.org server. The key goals of the project are to facilitate the writing of test cases, as well as providing more comprehensive bug reporting. http://voices.canonical.com/chase.douglas/2012/04/30/integration-testing-for-x-org/ === Jason Gerard DeRose: Daily builds are your canary in the mine shaft === Jason Gerard DeRose points out that developing good quality software, and ensuring that it works with each Ubuntu release has a lot to do with daily builds and unit tests. In this article, he describes the methods and tools used by the development team of the collaborative video editor, Novacut. http://jderose.blogspot.com/2012/05/daily-builds-are-your-canary-in-mine.html === David Wonderly: Kubuntu: Updates === David Wonderly shares an update about the status of the Kubuntu project, and assures the community that Blue Systems, the new sponsor of Kubuntu, does not intend to "change anything" about it. The current plan is to make Kubuntu the best KDE-based distro, and to attract lots of new users. http://www.wonderly.com/2012/05/kubuntu-updates/ === Stuart Langridge: Ubuntu One Files for the Nokia N9 === Stuart Langridge shares the first step to bring Ubuntu One cloud storage to the Nokia N9 - Ubuntu One Files. Code and a YouTube video showing functionality are available. http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2012/05/01/ubuntu-one-files-for-the-nokia-n9 === Jono Bacon: Accomplishments Needed: Can You Help? === Jono Bacon rallies contributors to the Ubuntu Accomplishments system he has been developing by outlining how to write Accomplishments to it. http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/05/02/accomplishments-needed-can-you-help/ === Rafal Cieslak: Getting involved in Ubuntu by programming IS EASY! === Rafal Cieslak shares his experience on code contribution to Ubuntu. The involvement has started with fixing a trivial bug in the Ubuntu Accomplishments System, and quickly expanded to make him one of the main maintainers of the program. http://rafalcieslak.wordpress.com/2012/05/02/getting-involved-in-ubuntu-by-programming-is-easy/ === Serge Hallyn: First round of kvm performance tests === In continuation of a previous post, Serge Hallyn checks out the performance of the KVM hypervisor on a laptop running 12.04 server, and publishes details of the first round of results. http://s3hh.wordpress.com/2012/05/02/first-round-of-kvm-performance-tests === Daniel Holbach: "After the release" is "before the release" === Daniel Holbach congratulates everyone on the release, but reminds us that we're now starting the next release. Holbach shares a graph of the rise in sponsorship requests since release, and urges Ubuntu developers and others who can help with patch review to join in and help to reduce the queue. http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/2012/05/after-the-release-is-before-the-release/ === IRC Council: Call for IRC operators === The Ubuntu IRC Council puts out a call for operator volunteers for several of the core channels they manage. http://ubottu.com/ircc/2012/05/04/call-for-irc-operators/ === Stephane Graber: LXC in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS === Stephane Graber gives a status update on LXC in 12.04, explains that it's safer and easier to use, with no changes required to the system, and gives step by step instructions for deployment with juju. http://www.stgraber.org/2012/05/04/lxc-in-ubuntu-12-04-lts/ === Lubuntu Blog: New Lubuntu website === Lubuntu has a new website with a new design "completely rewritten using the Drupal CMS". Most of the credit for complete redesign and reorganization, which makes it easier to download and explore the documentation, goes to Mario Behling. http://lubuntublog.blogspot.com/2012/05/new-lubuntu-website.html === Xubuntu: FAQ for Xubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin === In this post from the Xubuntu team, they several of the most frequently asked questions for Xubuntu 12.04, including: Is there a way to use folders shared from Windows? Thunar loads very slowly on first launch; how do I fix that? How do I configure multiple monitors? How can I edit the applications menu? I can't resize the window because window borders are too tiny, and my theme shows white text on light background. Help! http://xubuntu.org/news/faq-1204-precise/ == In The Press == === Ubuntu's Mark Shuttleworth on shaking up system software === Mark Shuttleworth talks to the BBC about his current and future aspirations for Ubuntu. Topics range from Ubuntu running on various form factor devices to innovative UIs, and possible patent threats. http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-17916879 === Free as in awesome: our favorite open source apps for Ubuntu 12.04 === Arstechnica's Ryan Paul digs through the Ubuntu Software Center in 12.04 and shares his thoughts on some of the favorite applications including abiword, an alternative to LibreOffice, several image editing applications including Pinta and Inkscape, and more. http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/04/free-as-in-awesome-our-favorite-open-source-apps-for-ubuntu-1204.ars === Android's new ally against the iPhone: Ubuntu === Jason Hiner of CNet reports on Canonical's Ubuntu for Android, which can turn Android phones into desktop computers. Hiner profiles the technology, and speculates that Android may get the next advantage that it needs over the iPhone with this feature. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57424335-94/androids-new-ally-against-the-iphone-ubuntu/ === Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin review === Terrence O'Brien of Engadget reports that the new Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is "the best version of Ubuntu yet" and says that it's stable, fast and polished, with much improved power management and Open GL performance. http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/01/ubuntu-12-04-precise-pangolin-review/ === New Ubuntu 12.04: Any hope against Windows and Apple? === James Gaskin from Itworld wonders if the newly released Ubuntu 12.04 is a worthy adversary to contest the dominance of Microsoft and Apple on the desktop. http://www.itworld.com/software/273504/new-ubuntu-1204-any-hope-against-windows-and-apple == In The Blogosphere == === Press Reaction to Ubuntu 12.04 === Joey Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! shares that overall, it seems Ubuntu 12.04 received positive reviews in the Press and shares details and links of who said what. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/04/press-reaction-to-ubuntu-12-04-mostly-positive/ === Ubuntu 12.04 PC OEMs: An Overview === Released on 26 April and already being shipped by some PC vendors, Christopher Tozzi lists OEMs offering Ubuntu on on their hardware. http://www.thevarguy.com/2012/04/30/ubuntu-12-04-pc-oems-an-overview/ === Two Years Fly By: Ubuntu Precise Pangolin Pads Into Production === Carla Schroder says that she has been "holding my breath for two years since the last Long-Term Support Ubuntu release" and now takes a look at the Ubuntu 12.04 release from the consumer, enterprise, server and the future aspects. https://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/570724:two-years-fly-by-ubuntu-precise-pangolin-pads-into-production === Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin Quiz === Vikram Buzz has created a quiz to quickly test your knowledge about 12.04, from release name to default music player to which version of the Linux kernel, and more. http://vikrambuzz.blogspot.in/2012/05/ubuntu-1204-precise-pangolin-quiz.html === Ubuntu Review 12.04 'Precise Pangolin' - a controversial release for the makers of Ubuntu? === Christine Moore, a UKC computer science student, takes Ubuntu 12.04 for a thorough spin and shares her thoughts on installation, user interface, the Software Centre, HUD and more and gives a rating of 8/10, saying overall she "can see many postive improvements have been made to Ubuntu, and some excellent new features added." http://www.cemdesign.co.uk/blog/post.php?s=2012-04-30-ubuntu-review-1204-precise-pangolin-a-controversial-release-for-the-makers-of-ubuntu === 7 Reasons to Like and Dislike Ubuntu Unity === Bruce Byfield of Datamation has some Unity dislikes and likes. Dislikes include unmovable Launcher, limited Dash results and some features of HUD. Likes include the almost 2D equivalency, Lenses and Scopes and minimalist window indicators and scroll bars. http://www.datamation.com/open-source/7-reasons-to-like-and-dislike-ubuntu-unity-1.html === Ubuntu Linux 12.04: Microsoft's Worst Nightmare? === Catherine Noyes of Linux Insider reviews the reaction of the blogosphere to Ubuntu 12.04 and touches upon several areas including whether Canonical has "succeeded" with this release, the "weird GUI" and more. http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/75013.html === Mark Shuttleworth on Ubuntu 12.10 Plans, Netflix &amp; What He Thinks of Windows 8 === Joey Sheddon highlights some of the questions from the IRC user question session with Mark Shuttleworth held on Tuesday, May 1st. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/05/mark-shuttleworth-talks-ubuntu-12-10-netflix-laptops-and-more/ === Ubuntu 12.04: Less Quirky === Daniel Memetic, who begins his post with "Linux and quirkiness tend to be synonymous," tries to be optimistic about Ubuntu 12.04 by reviewing some of the new features and improvements and shares what some "remaining quirks." http://www.tech-faq.com/ubuntu-12-04-less-quirky.html === Ubuntu One: An Unknown But Worthy Contender In Cloud Storage === Danny Stieben of Make Use Of writes about Ubuntu One for online personal storage. He goes through installation, basic information, selective syncing options, settings, the web interface and some of the advanced features. Stieben says in his conclusing that having " an array of options in front of you can help you make the best decision possible, and Ubuntu One is definitely one that most people should consider, especially if they are users of the Ubuntu distribution" http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/ubuntu-unknown-worthy-contender-cloud-storage/ == In Other News == === Azul Launches Zing 5.2 JVM With Support for Ubuntu Linux === "Azul Systems announced that its Zing 5.2 Java virtual machine now features support for the Ubuntu Linux distribution." Support will be available at the end of a May. Support will be also available for production servers running, Ubuntu 10.04, on x86-64 processors. Scott Sellers, Azul system's president and CEO, states that 'they have seen strong demand from enterprises who want to run Zing, the industry's best JVM for Linux, on the expanding number of Ubuntu deployments.' He also sates that "Ubuntu is now great choice for developers and operators who need Zing's market leading predictable, low latency performance and monitoring for their Java applications." http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/Azul-Launches-Zing-52-JVM-With-Support-for-Ubuntu-Linux-885879/ === Electronic Arts Attending Ubuntu Developer Summit === Joey Sneddon, of OMG! Ubuntu! reports that game giant Electronic Arts will attend next weeks Ubuntu Developer Summit for a short presentation, and says that the talk "ties in with a rumoured 'deal' between Canonical and a major games publisher." http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/05/electronic-arts-attending-ubuntu-developer-summit/ == Other Articles of Interest == * Why Linux is a desktop flop - http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/043012-linux-desktop-258724.html * Linux Doesn't Dominate the Desktop, and Doesn't Have To - http://ostatic.com/blog/linux-doesnt-dominate-the-desktop-and-doesnt-have-to * Interview with Clive Crous from Linux Game Publishing - http://www.unixmen.com/interview-with-clive-crous-from-linux-game-publishing/ * Study explains how retailers stop Linux from entering the market - http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Study-explains-how-retailers-stop-Linux-from-entering-the-market-1564385.html * Debian Project News - April 30th, 2012 - http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2012/09/ * The 2012 Top 7 Best Linux distributions - https://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/571815:the-2012-top-7-best-linux-distributions-for-you * Available recorded keynotes - OpenStack conference - http://vimeo.com/openstack == Featured Podcasts == === Burning Circle 69 === Burning Circle in their episode 69 mention Ubuntu Open Week which lasted from May 1st through May 4th. They also announced Ubuntu Developer Summit which starts May 7th. http://ohio.ubuntu-us.org/node/95 == Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings == * Security Team - April 30, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20120430 * Server Team - May 1, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/20120501 == 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, 11.04, 11.10 and 12.04 == === Security Updates === * [USN-1431-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-May/001671.html * [USN-1433-1] Linux kernel (Oneiric backport) vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-May/001672.html * [USN-1434-1] Samba vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-May/001673.html * [USN-1435-1] ImageMagick vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-May/001674.html * [USN-1436-1] Libtasn1 vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-May/001675.html * [USN-1438-1] Nova vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-May/001676.html * [USN-1430-3] Thunderbird vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-May/001677.html * [USN-1437-1] PHP vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-May/001678.html === Ubuntu 8.04 Updates === * linux 2.6.24-31.101 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-May/012752.html * libtasn1-3 1.1-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-May/012753.html * nagios-nrpe 2.8.1-1ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-May/012754.html End of life - April 2013 (Server) === Ubuntu 10.04 Updates === * linux-lts-backport-oneiric 3.0.0-19.33~lucid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012849.html * linux-lts-backport-oneiric 3.0.0-19.33~lucid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012850.html * linux-meta-lts-backport-oneiric 3.0.0.19.7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012851.html * linux-meta-lts-backport-oneiric 3.0.0.19.7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012852.html * landscape-client 12.04.3-0ubuntu0.10.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012853.html * samba - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-May/012854.html * imagemagick 7:6.5.7.8-1ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-May/012855.html * hg-git 0.2.1-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-May/012856.html * haveged 0.9-1ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-May/012857.html * linux-lts-backport-natty 2.6.38-15.59~lucid1- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-May/012858.html * linux-meta-lts-backport-natty 2.6.38.15.25 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-May/012859.html * linux 2.6.32-41.89 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-May/012860.html * libtasn1-3 2.4-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-May/012861.html * nagios-nrpe 2.12-4ubuntu1.10.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-May/012862.html * flashplugin-nonfree - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-May/012863.html End of Life - April 2013 (Desktop) - April 2015 (Server) === Ubuntu 11.04 Updates === * landscape-client 12.04.3-0ubuntu0.11.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-April/012498.html * samba_3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.5_armel_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012499.html * imagemagick 7:6.6.2.6-1ubuntu4.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012500.html * ubuntu-dev-tools 0.122.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012501.html * meld 1.5.0-0ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012502.html * hg-git 0.2.3-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012503.html * linux 2.6.38-15.59 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012504.html * linux-backports-modules-2.6.38 2.6.38-15.11- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012505.html * linux-meta 2.6.38.15.30 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012506.html * libtasn1-3 2.7-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012507.html * nagios-nrpe 2.12-4ubuntu1.11.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012508.html * php5_5.3.5-1ubuntu7.8_powerpc_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012509.html * flashplugin-nonfree- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012510.html End of Life - October 2012 === Ubuntu 11.10 Updates === * linux 3.0.0-19.33 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012064.html * linux 3.0.0-19.33 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012065.html * linux-meta 3.0.0.19.23 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012066.html * linux-meta 3.0.0.19.23 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012067.html * landscape-client 12.04.3-0ubuntu0.11.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012068.html * linux-backports-modules-3.0.0 3.0.0-19.12 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012069.html * linux-backports-modules-3.0.0 3.0.0-19.12 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012070.html * samba_3.5.11~dfsg-1ubuntu2.3_amd64_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012071.html * imagemagick 8:6.6.0.4-3ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012072.html * distro-info 0.2.3ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012073.html * linux-ti-omap4 3.0.0-1209.21 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012074.html * nvidia-graphics-drivers-updates295.20-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012075.html * nvidia-settings-updates 295.20-0ubuntu0.1- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012076.html * pymol 1.4.1-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012077.html * hg-git 0.2.6-2ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012078.html * libtasn1-3 2.9-4ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012079.html * nagios-nrpe 2.12-4ubuntu3.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012080.html * nova_2011.3-0ubuntu6.6_i386_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012081.html * lightdm 1.0.6-0ubuntu1.7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012082.html * php5_5.3.6-13ubuntu3.7_powerpc_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012083.html * gvfs 1.10.0-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012084.html * ubuntu-sso-client 1.4.1-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012085.html * ubuntuone-client 2.0.1-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012086.html * ubuntuone-storage-protocol 2.0.1-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012087.html * flashplugin-nonfree11.2.202.235ubuntu0.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012088.html * lxc 0.7.5-0ubuntu8.6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012089.html End of Life - April 2013 === Ubuntu 12.04 Updates === * gnome-games 1:3.4.1-0ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-April/015573.html * xorg-server 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-April/015574.html * sudo 1.8.3p1-1ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-April/015575.html * samba_3.6.3-2ubuntu2.1_amd64_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015576.html * imagemagick 8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015577.html * remmina 1.0.0-1ubuntu6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015578.html * qt4-x11 4:4.8.1-0ubuntu4.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015579.html * linux 3.2.0-24.38 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015580.html * update-manager 1:0.156.14.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015581.html * lightdm-kde 0.1.1-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015582.html * openssl 1.0.1-4ubuntu5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015583.html * xtables-addons 1.41-2ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015584.html * xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.5.99.902-0ubuntu5.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015585.html * gnome-control-center 1:3.4.1-0ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015586.html * haskell-hjsmin 0.0.15-1build1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015587.html * network-manager 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015588.html * hg-git 0.3.1-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015589.html * python-central 0.6.17ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015590.html * alarm-clock-applet 0.3.2-3ubuntu2~precise1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015591.html * evolution-data-server 3.2.3-0ubuntu7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015592.html * crystalhd 1:0.0~git20110715.fdd2f19-4.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015593.html * hdparm 9.37-0ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015594.html * debootstrap 1.0.39ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015595.html * gnome-settings-daemon 3.4.1-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015596.html * simple-scan 3.4.1-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015597.html * utouch-qml 1.0.6-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015598.html * glib-networking 2.32.1-1ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015599.html * libtasn1-3 2.10-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015600.html * libreoffice 1:3.5.3-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015601.html * openjdk-7 7~u3-2.1.1~pre1-1ubuntu3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015602.html * python3.2 3.2.3-0ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015603.html * resolvconf 1.63ubuntu12 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015604.html * libvirt 0.9.8-2ubuntu17.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015605.html * ldm 2:2.2.9-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015606.html * python3.2 3.2.3-0ubuntu3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015607.html * gnat-4.6 4.6.3-1ubuntu4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015608.html * nagios-nrpe 2.12-5ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015609.html * cntlm 0.91~rc6-0ubuntu2.12.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015610.html * gwibber-service-sohu 0.8.1-0ubuntu7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015611.html * gtkhtml4.0 4.2.2-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015612.html * nova_2012.1-0ubuntu2.1_i386_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015613.html * devscripts 2.11.6ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015614.html * orbit2 1:2.14.19-0.1ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015615.html * lvm2 2.02.66-4ubuntu7.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015616.html * lxc 0.7.5-3ubuntu53 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015617.html * gdb 7.4-2012.04-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015618.html * gnome-orca 3.4.1-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015619.html * epiphany-browser 3.4.1-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015620.html * debootstrap 1.0.39ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015621.html * software-center 5.2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015622.html * lxc 0.7.5-3ubuntu54 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015623.html * sakura 3.0.3-2ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015624.html * meep 1.1.1-7ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015625.html * emacs-goodies-el 35.2ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015626.html * lintian 2.5.6ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015627.html * vim 2:7.3.429-2ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015628.html * d-shlibs 0.49ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015629.html * zeitgeist 0.9.0-1ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015630.html * libzeitgeist 0.3.18-1ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015631.html * pasaffe 0.16-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015632.html * cyrus-sasl2 2.1.25.dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015633.html * indicator-sound 0.8.5.0-0ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015634.html * audacious-plugins 3.2.1-4ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015635.html * libqtbamf 0.2.4-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015636.html * redhat-cluster 3.1.7-0ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015637.html * adobe-flashplugin 11.2.202.235-0precise1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015638.html * software-properties 0.82.7.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015639.html * flashplugin-nonfree 11.2.202.235ubuntu0.12.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015640.html * zenity 3.4.0-0ubuntu3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015641.html * python-central 0.6.17ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015642.html * utouch-geis 2.2.9-0ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015643.html * devscripts 2.11.6ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015644.html End of Life - April 2017 == 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: http://www.ubuntu.com/news and http://fridge.ubuntu.com/ == Conclusion == Thank you for reading the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. 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Except where otherwise noted, this issue of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 License </pre> Elizabeth Krumbach 2012-05-07T05:24:02 Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 263 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.news/357 <pre>Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 263 for the week April 23 - 29, 2012. == Links to UWN == * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue263 * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/ES/Edicion263 (Spanish Version) == In This Issue == * Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) released! * Quality has a new name * Ubuntu OpenWeek, 2-4 May on Freenode * Membership Boards: Restaffing and Reorganization * Welcome New Members * Community Acknowledgments and Success Stories * Ubuntu Stats * Get the Ubuntu Online Tour on your LoCo site * Contributing to Launchpad * OpenStack in Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS * Announcing the UDS Juju Charm Contest for UDS attendees * MAAS, Juju, AWSOME - Making the Complicated; Simple! * Python 3 on the desktop for Quantal Quetzal * Hello Unity, episode 3 &amp; 4 * Xubuntu Artwork Update: Unity Support * An Interview with Coffeecat * I'm an Ubuntu Developer Summit local! * Revamping Launchpad Translators * Ubuntu 12.04 - Jane Silber talks Unity, community and 'continuous computing' * 5 reasons to be excited about Ubuntu 12.04 * In The Blogosphere * Android Files update - get plugged into Instagram and more! * Canonical To Launch Partner Program * Full Circle #60 - Fifth Birthday Edition! * Featured Podcasts * Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings * Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings * Upcoming Meetings and Events * Updates and Security * And much more! == General Community News == === Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) released! === Release Manager Kate Stewart announces the availability of the new version of Ubuntu: "The Ubuntu team is very pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Long-Term Support) for Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products. Codenamed "Precise Pangolin", 12.04 continues Ubuntu's proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been hard at work through this cycle, introducing a few new features and improving quality control." More details, including features, upgrade instructions, download links and links to release notes for Ubuntu and the flavors are available here: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2012-April/000159.html === Quality has a new name === Mark Shuttleworth discusses the continuing efforts to expand the level of quality into the next Ubuntu release cycle and announces the codename for the next release: Quantal Quetzal. http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1121 === Last Development Update of 12.04 === The Dev News team reports on statistics about Ubuntu 12.04 that Kate Stewart, Ubuntu release manager, has shared. She has pointed out how many uploads and uploaders were in this cycle, the visibility of changes, and their contributors. Although everybody is celebrating the Ubuntu 12.04 release, work on the next release (12.10) has already started. There is already discussion about which boost library to use started by Scott Kitterman. There are also plans about moving to Python 3 for the desktop image started by Barry Warsaw. To round out the development update, this week the Ubuntu Algorithms Team recently hosted their first Ubuntu Classroom IRC-based class where they estimate they had about 35 active participants. http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2012/04/26/ubuntu-12-04-development-update-22/ === Ubuntu OpenWeek, 2-4 May on Freenode === Mark Shuttleworth will be doing an "Ask Mark" session on Tuesday, May 1st at 21:00 UTC. Then, from May 2nd through 4th the community will be hosting the Ubuntu Open Week IRC workshop in #ubuntu-classroom on irc.freenode.net. Community members from throughout the Ubuntu project will be presenting on such topics as: scaling WordPress with juju, Ubuntu development, starting and expanding local Ubuntu Hours, and how to contribute to Ubuntu translations. Jorge Castro blogs about it here: http://www.jorgecastro.org/2012/04/25/ubuntu-openweek/ Direct link to the schedule here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek === Membership Boards: Restaffing and Reorganization === The Community Council has been working with the Regional Membership Boards to increase their success and effectiveness, and have decided to move away from region-based boards to time-based boards. The new boards will meet at 12:00 and 22:00 UTC and they are currently recruiting Ubuntu Members who fit the qualifications outlined in the announcement to fill 10 open spots on these new boards. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2012-April/001548.html === Welcome New Members === From the Developer Membership Board Meeting on April 23, 2012: * David Henningsson - https://launchpad.net/~diwic https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2012-April/000953.html == Community Acknowledgments and Success Stories == === Ubuntu 12.04 LTS === Jono Bacon shares thanks and acknowledgements for all the work on the Ubuntu 12.04 release. Bacon writes that the "focus on quality was firm and unrelenting; initiatives such as gated trunks, acceptance criteria, automated testing, and a strong focus on growing a testing community and widening our manual tests, all contributed to delivering a solid release." He also highlighted great focus on growth of some parts of the community in initiatives like the Developer Advisory team, application developer focused outreach, and our continued growth of the Juju charm community. http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/04/26/ubuntu-12-04-lts/ == Ubuntu Stats == === Bug Stats === Open (93811) +886 over last week Critical (75) -7 over last week Unconfirmed (48112) +531 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 Precise === * English (Australia) (3501) * Spanish (12446) * English (United Kingdom) (21982) * Bosnian (40072) * Brazilian Portuguese (47794) Remaining strings to translate in Ubuntu 12.04 "Precise Pangolin", see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise/ and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Translations === Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week === * The shutdown screen is very outdated - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29582/ * The family may use Ubuntu - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29597/ * Ubuntu should be able to automatically stream audio from wireless devices - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29591/ * search for contact in unity - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29575/ * Ubuntu Software Center and a split listing from full apps and "extras" - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29581/ 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 === * MD5 mismatch on my 12.04 ISO, what is going on? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/125412/md5-mismatch-on-my-12-04-iso-what-is-going-on * Why does Ubuntu force users to create a password upon installation? http://askubuntu.com/questions/124773/why-does-ubuntu-force-users-to-create-a-password-upon-installation * "No new release found" when upgrading a from 10.04 LTS to 12.04 LTS http://askubuntu.com/questions/125392/no-new-release-found-when-upgrading-a-from-10-04-lts-to-12-04-lts * No "show desktop" in launcher http://askubuntu.com/questions/126540/no-show-desktop-in-launcher * Update manager doesn't offer an upgrade from 11.10 to 12.04 - http://askubuntu.com/questions/125612/update-manager-doesnt-offer-an-upgrade-from-11-10-to-12-04 Ask (and answer!) your own questions at http://askubuntu.com == LoCo News == === Get the Ubuntu Online Tour on your LoCo site === David Planella shares a project which Ant Dillon, of Canonical's web design team, has made available to LoCo Teams: localized versions of the Ubuntu Online Tour. Anyone interested in localizing or using Ubuntu online tour on their own language has the possibility to adapt it and use it. Planella writes that it presents "a web-based first impression of Ubuntu to new users, now in their language." He includes instructions for installing and reporting issues. http://davidplanella.wordpress.com/2012/04/25/get-the-ubuntu-online-tour-on-your-loco-site/ === 12.04 Release Party: San Francisco Edition === Elizabeth Krumbach shares photos from the Ubuntu 12.04 release party in San Francisco this past Thursday. http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=6101 == Launchpad News == === Contributing to Launchpad === Launchpad team shares instructions for how to get involved and contribute to the Launchpad project. As an open source project. "you can actively get involved in improving it and the community of Ubuntu platform developers is always interested in helping peers getting started." http://blog.launchpad.net/general/contributing-to-launchpad == Ubuntu Forums News == === Ubuntu Forums Monthly Report - April 2012 === Ubuntu Forums Council Member s.fox shares a monthly report for April from the Ubuntu Forums team, including: 7 new Ubuntu Members via the forums membership process, 24748 new users registered, 68707 new posts and 14988 new threads created. They have decided that, as community has grown and continues to grow, tutorials and tips are going to be migrated to the community wiki. This way users and contributors will have an easier way to change/update/adapt new material. There is also a plan for increasing community interaction via the Ubuntu Forums IRC channel, the Precise development subforum has been moved to archive, and a new subforum for Quantal Quetzel has been created. http://serial-coder.co.uk/blog/2012/04/ubuntu-forums-monthly-report-april-2012/ == Ubuntu Cloud News == === OpenStack in Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS === As server edition gets five years of maintenance/support it is very good for companies running production deployments, writes Robbie Williamson. However, with this plan, users of OpenStack in 12.04 today will have to use the Essex edition of OpenStack released with 12.04 during this whole period. OpenStack team has come up with a new option for users of the LTS server edition: Canonical's Ubuntu Cloud Archive. Williamson writes that users "can elect to enable this archive, and install newer releases of OpenStack (and the dependencies) as they become available up through the next Ubuntu LTS release (presumably 14.04)" and offers a chart and a FAQ section to help illustrate and explain some of their decisions. http://undacuvabrutha.wordpress.com/2012/04/19/openstack-in-ubuntu-server-12-04-lts/ === juju client now available for Mac OSX === The Mac port for juju has been published by Brandon Holtsclaw. Jorge Castro writes that it "will enable Mac users to deploy to their Ubuntu Servers from the comfort of their home operating system." http://cloud.ubuntu.com/2012/04/juju-client-now-available-for-mac-osx/ === Announcing the UDS Juju Charm Contest for UDS attendees === Jorge Castro announces that Ubuntu Developer Summit attendees will have a chance to win one of three Dell XPS 13 ultrabooks by entering the Juju charm contest. The post also contains a link to step by step instructions for writing charms and contest rules. http://cloud.ubuntu.com/2012/04/announcing-the-uds-juju-charm-contest-for-uds-attendees/ === MAAS, Juju, AWSOME - Making the Complicated; Simple! === Amber Graner interviews Dave Walker, Jorge Castro, Francis Locaste and Matt Revell from the Ubuntu Server Team. Topics include MAAS, Juju, AWSOME, Ubuntu server and cloud information and her article includes links to more information regarding these topics. http://akgraner.com/?p=1256 == The Planet == === Barry Warsaw: Python 3 on the desktop for Quantal Quetzal === Barry Warsaw discusses some plans, and work that needs to be done regarding Python 3 in Quantal Quetzel, as it is a release goal to ship with only Python 3 on the CD (even if Python 2.7 will still be available in the repository). Warsaw stresses "We need your help!" and provides a list of tasks that community members can assist with. http://www.wefearchange.org/2012/04/python-3-on-desktop-for-quantal-quetzal.html === Ubuntu Accomplishments: The Road To 0.1 === Jono Bacon shares an update on the Ubuntu Accomplishment system and provides a video demo of the current status. He also shares details on how community members can help with testing. http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/04/24/ubuntu-accomplishments-the-road-to-0-1/ === Michael Hall: Hello Unity, episode 3 &amp; 4 === Michael Hall shares that the Hello Unity application now has two new features: sound menu and quicklists. Hall does a feature roundup of what the application now supports and provides a link to the source and .deb package for the project. http://mhall119.com/?p=1073 === Xubuntu: Xubuntu Artwork Update: Unity Support === Simon Steinbeiss has started to work on support for Unity in Greybird, the default Xubuntu theme and provides screen shots of how it looks. He also shares details of how users can try it themselves by using a tool such as My Unity, GNOME Tweak tool or Ubuntu tweak to install the theme. http://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-artwork-update-unity-support/ === s.fox: An Interview with Coffeecat === In this post, s.fox interviews one of the longest standing members of Ubuntu Forums. He discusses his journey with ubuntu from 5.04 to now, and his involvement in the Ubuntu community. http://serial-coder.co.uk/blog/2012/04/an-interview-with-coffeecat/ === Martin Pitt: QA changes for Ubuntu 12.04 === Martin Pitt shares some of the QA changes which were made in the 12.04 cycle. Pitt states that investment in a stable + 1 team has made significant changes and also made many things easier. Changes or improvements that he has noticed include: better general software stability, more daily development testers who provide bug reports and patches, daily dist-upgrade tests and automatic CD image builds which "dramatically reduced both the cost of fixing regressions as well as the emergency hackathons during milestone preparations." http://www.piware.de/2012/04/qa-changes-for-ubuntu-12-04/ === Ante Karamatic: Ubuntu 12.04 HA infrastructure === Ante Karamatic shares some details of the HA infrastructure for Ubuntu 10.04 and 12.04. The Ubuntu HA infrastructure uses Pacemaker and GFS2 and OCFS2 shared filesystems on top of shared storage. He shares a link to the current cluster documentation, and explains that they are also planning to make instructions on wiki for DRBD, cLVM and migration scenarios from 10.04 to 12.04 and from 10.04 with a PPA to 12.04. http://blog.init.hr/?p=186 === Elizabeth Krumbach: I'm an Ubuntu Developer Summit local! === Elizabeth Krumbach writes about her experience of being at Ubuntu Developer Summits (UDS) as a non-local and how valuable information from the local teams was to her visit. This time she is a local for the UDS in Oakland coming up on May 7-11 and reports on plans the Ubuntu California team is making for UDS, including evening events, and a page created for attendees with detailed public transit information. http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=5906 === Milo Casagrande: Revamping Launchpad Translators === Milo Casagrande puts out a call to the community for more translators, and shares resources for how to start getting involved. http://www.milo.name/?p=112 == In The Press == === Ubuntu 12.04 - Jane Silber talks Unity, community and 'continuous computing' === Rory MacDonald of Linux User speaks with Canonical CEO Jane Silber where she discusses her role in Canonical (and also Mark Shuttleworth's role), how Canonical compares with other companies, Unity and Canonical's strategy goals, which include Canonical's plan to push Ubuntu onto other areas, such as TVs, smartphones and cars. http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/features/ubuntu-12-04-jane-silber-talks-unity-community-and-continuous-computing/ === 5 reasons to be excited about Ubuntu 12.04 === Rob Zwetsloot highlights 5 features to look forward to with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. Included are the Unity Dash improvements, the implementation of the HUD, increased ARM support, server upgrades and increased stability overall. http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/features/five-reasons-to-be-excited-for-ubuntu-12-04/ === Which Linux distro is fairest of them all? Ubuntu, survey says === Katherine Noyes of PC World notes that Ubuntu swept home Lifehacker's distro popularity contest: Ubuntu and its variants got over 51 per cent of the votes. http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/254516/which_linux_distro_is_fairest_of_them_all_ubuntu_survey_says.html === Ubuntu 12.04 Delivers 5 Years of Enterprise Linux Desktop Support === Sean Michael Kerner of Datamation writes about the lengthened support for the desktop version of Ubuntu. For the first time this will be five years of support - the same as that for servers. Kerner shares comments from Steve George, VP of Communications and Products at Canonical, that reveal the five year support is due to customer request, especially from companies. He also shares that, with this new version of Ubuntu comes new possibilities like: easier access to non-Linux applications, embedded remote desktop (Citrix server). http://www.datamation.com/open-source/ubuntu-12.04-delivers-5-years-of-enterprise-linux-desktop-support.html === Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: Like it or not, this Linux grows on you === Scott Gilbertson of The Register reviews Ubuntu 12.04 and highlights many of its features including the HUD, new privacy settings and the Software Center. Especially praised is the HUD, with its fast search and overall contribution to a better, unified desktop experience. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/04/27/ubuntu_12_04_lts_review/ == In The Blogosphere == === If my mother-in-law can use Ubuntu Linux, anyone can === This article written by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols shares the story of giving his mother-in-law a computer with Ubuntu on it. "One of the great Linux desktop myths is that it's hard to use. People still think that you need to be some kind of mad computer wizard to use Linux. What nonsense. Desktop Linux has been as easy to use as any of the mainstream desktop operating systems for over a decade. How easy is it? My 79-year old mother-in-law, Hulvia, can use it." http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/if-my-mother-in-law-can-use-ubuntu-linux-anyone-can/10802 === Getting Help With Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin === Andrew, from Begin Linux, provides a list of tutorials and help sites he has found useful to help users become more familiar with and fix problems which arise when using Ubuntu. http://beginlinux.com/blog/2012/04/getting-help-with-ubuntu-12-04-lts-precise-pangolin/ === Next Ubuntu Q to bring font, icon, Quantum Openstack service to Linux === Paula Rooney of ZDNet shares and discusses some of the features Ubuntu 12.10 will have, as disclosed by a blog post by Mark Shuttleworth: new design, font and icon innovations, Quantum - virtualized networking. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/next-ubuntu-q-to-bring-font-icon-quantum-openstack-service-to-linux/10813 === Ubuntu Linux Seeing HUGE Demand for OpenStack === Sean Michael Kerner, Internet News, shares that although OpenStack is relatively new, Chris Kenyon, Vice President, Sales and Business Development at Canonical, stated that "there is a huge interest for OpenStack from cloud providers and enterprises." Kerner goes on to say "Big names are also backing Ubuntu's OpenStack efforts too. HP is basing its' OpenStack cloud on Ubuntu as is AT&amp;T and Ericsson." http://www.internetnews.com/blog/skerner/ubuntu-linux-seeing-huge-demand-for-openstack.html === Muktware Ubuntu Manual === Muktware reports that the "two month journey" with the goal of releasing the Ubuntu 12.04 manual for beginners on the same date as Ubuntu 12.04 has succeeded. The aim of this manual is to make Ubuntu, and open source in general, accessible to non-Linux users and newcomers to open source. The manual is available for download as a PDF. http://www.muktware.com/articles/3556/muktware-ubuntu-manual === 12.04 Release coverage === There have been dozens of reviews for the latest release of Ubuntu, 12.04 (Precise Pangolin)! The following are are a few selected by our editors for inclusion this week. * Ubuntu 12.04 Adds Myriad Open Source OS Enhancements - http://www.thevarguy.com/2012/04/25/ubuntu-12-04-adds-myriad-open-source-desktop-enhancements/ * Ubuntu Precise versus Ubuntu Lucid - what you can expect - http://mybroadband.co.za/news/software/48596-ubuntu-precise-versus-ubuntu-lucid-what-you-can-expect.html * Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Screenshot Tour - http://news.softpedia.com/newsImage/Ubuntu-12-04-LTS-Screenshot-Tour-2.jpg/ * Ubuntu 12.04 released, first LTS with Unity, debut of HUD - http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/news/ubuntu-12-04-released-first-lts-with-unity-debut-of-hud/ * Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Released - See What`s New [Screenshots, Video] - http://www.webupd8.org/2012/04/ubuntu-1204-lts-released-see-whats-new.html * Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin hits the web, with HUD in tow - http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/26/ubuntu-12-04-lts-precise-pangolin-hits-the-web-with-hud-in-tow/ * What's new in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - http://www.h-online.com/open/features/What-s-new-in-Ubuntu-12-04-LTS-1545162.html * What's new in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin - http://www.muktware.com/articles/3554/whats-new-ubuntu-1204-precise-pangolin * Ubuntu 12.04 arrives and it's great - http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/ubuntu-1204-arrives-and-its-great/10836 * Ubuntu Linux 12.04 'Precise Pangolin' Is Here at Last - http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/254540/ubuntu_linux_1204_precise_pangolin_is_here_at_last.html * Ubuntu 12.04 review - precisely what we feared - http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/reviews/ubuntu-12-04-review-precisely-what-we-feared/ * Precise Pangolin rolls out: Ubuntu 12.04 released, introduces Unity HUD - http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/04/precise-pangolin-rolls-out-ubuntu-1204-released-introduces-unity-hud.ars * Ubuntu 12.04 Review: The Evolution Of Ubuntu - http://www.muktware.com/articles/3559/ubuntu-1204-review-evolution-ubuntu == In Other News == === Android Files update - get plugged into Instagram and more! === Ubuntu One Files for Android app has been updated. The Canonical Voices blog reports their "favorite new addition is that the U1 Files app now supports auto-upload from other photo apps you use." It also includes UI improvements and more settings which will help you control when data is used for various tasks. http://voices.canonical.com/ubuntuone/2012/04/24/android-files-update-get-plugged-into-instagram-and-more/ === Canonical To Launch Partner Program === S. Ramdas, CRN, reports that Canonical hopes to lure strong partners with a new, competitively priced channel program in India, centered on Ubuntu Advantage enterprise services. http://www.crn.in/Software-024Apr012-Canonical-To-Launch-Partner-Program.aspx === A Precis for Precise === Jane Silber writes that, with "support guaranteed for five years, certification on a wide range of hardware and the option of enterprise-grade commercial services, Ubuntu is a proven, cost-effective enterprise platform that can be relied on for the long term for their desktop, server, and cloud needs." http://blog.canonical.com/2012/04/24/a-precis-for-precise/ === System76 now ships Ubuntu 12.04 on all products === Emma Marshall at System 76 informs us that "Precise Pangolin" is now supported. All their systems now ship with Ubuntu 12.04 pre-installed and earlier models are ready to be upgraded. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2012-April/001552.html === Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS: certified, available and ready for the hyperscale world === According to the Canonical blog, with the release of 12.04 Ubuntu becomes the first enterprise Linux distribution to include OpenStack for deploying a private cloud. Ubuntu 12.04 LTS server edition has support until 2017, and brings features like: cloud, deployment and service orchestration technologies. http://www.canonical.com/content/ubuntu-server-1204-lts-certified-available-and-ready-hyperscale-world === Ubuntu 12.04 LTS aims to conquer the enterprise desktop === The Canonical blog states that Canonical's goal for desktop users is "to work more productively on latest PCs laptops and thin clients". They feel that they have a very good chance to succeed in a desktop world, since they have very good relationships with hardware vendors like Dell, HP and Lenovo. Not only that, Ubuntu for desktops is certified for many laptops and desktops thanks to "Canonical's close relationships with OEMs." http://www.canonical.com/content/ubuntu-1204-lts-aims-conquer-enterprise-desktop === Full Circle #60 - Fifth Birthday Edition! === Full Circle - the independent magazine for the Ubuntu Linux community are proud to announce the release of our sixtieth issue. It's our birthday! Five years and going strong. This month: * Command and Conquer. * How-To : Beginning Python - Part 32, LibreOffice - Part 14, and Prey. * NEW! Graphics : GIMP - The Beanstalk Part 1, and Inkscape - An Introduction to the SVG file format. * Linux Lab - Serial Port. * Review - Desura. * I Think - Will You Upgrade To 12.04? * Closing Windows - Sound Settings plus: Ubuntu Games, My Desktop, My Opinion, My Story, and much much more! Google Currents Edition: http://www.google.com/producer/editions/CAownNvjAQ/full_circle_magazine_60_lite Get it while it's hot. PDF and EPUB Editions! http://fullcirclemagazine.org/issue-60/ == Other Articles of Interest == * ARM profits rise 22 per cent as margins increase - http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2169891/arm-profits-rise-22-cent-margins-increase * Free FOSS policy template companies can use to get started - http://www.linuxfoundation.org/publications/compliance/generic-foss-policy * The Linux Foundation Launches New Event: CloudOpen - http://www.linuxfoundation.org/news-media/announcements/2012/04/linux-foundation-launches-new-event-cloudopen * Valve's Gabe Newell Talks Linux Steam Client, Source Engine - http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&amp;item=valve_linux_dampfnudeln&amp;num=1 == Featured Podcasts == === Burning Circle 68 === In this episode of The Burning Circle, podcast of the Ohio LoCo, they include a reading of the latest draft of the Ubuntu Code of Conduct 2.0. http://ohio.ubuntu-us.org/node/94 === Ubuntu UK podcast - S05E05 - A Charming Fellow === In this podcast topics topics include: How to install Ubuntu, Juju and 12.04 LTS (interview made with Jorge Castro). There were some great news namely: open source driver for Qualcom, Canonical job ads are popular, Microsoft's section for open technologies. http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2012/04/26/s05e05-a-charming-fellow/ == Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings == * Kernel Team - April 24, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Meeting#Tues.2C_24_April_2012 * Desktop Team - April 24, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Meeting/2012-04-24 * Security Team - April 23, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20120423 == Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings == * Lubuntu Team - April 25, 2012 http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Meetings/20120425 == 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, 11.04 11.10 and 12.04 == === Security Updates === * [USN-1425-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-April/001664.html * [USN-1426-1] Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-April/001665.html * [USN-1427-1] MySQL vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-April/001666.html * [USN-1428-1] OpenSSL vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-April/001667.html * [USN-1429-1] Jetty vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-April/001668.html * [USN-1430-1] Firefox vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-April/001669.html * [USN-1430-2] ubufox update - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-April/001670.html === Ubuntu 8.04 Updates === * mysql-dfsg-5.0 5.0.96-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-April/012749.html * mysql-dfsg-5.0 5.0.96-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-April/012750.html * openssl_0.9.8g-4ubuntu3.18_i386_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-April/012751.html End of life - April 2013 (Server) === Ubuntu 10.04 Updates === * linux-lts-backport-oneiric 3.0.0-19.33~lucid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012821.html * linux 2.6.32-41.88 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012822.html * linux 2.6.32-41.88 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012823.html * linux-backports-modules-2.6.32 2.6.32-41.43 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012824.html * linux-backports-modules-2.6.32 2.6.32-41.43 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012825.html * linux-meta 2.6.32.41.48 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012826.html * linux-meta 2.6.32.41.48 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012827.html * linux-ports-meta 2.6.32.41.33 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012828.html * linux-ports-meta 2.6.32.41.33 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012829.html * linux 2.6.32-41.88 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012830.html * linux-ports-meta 2.6.32.41.33 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012831.html * linux 2.6.32-41.88 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012832.html * linux-meta 2.6.32.41.48 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012833.html * linux-backports-modules-2.6.32 2.6.32-41.43 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012834.html * linux-backports-modules-2.6.32 2.6.32-41.43 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012835.html * linux-meta 2.6.32.41.48 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012836.html * linux-ports-meta 2.6.32.41.33 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012837.html * linux-ec2 2.6.32-345.47 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012838.html * linux-ec2 2.6.32-345.47 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012839.html * linux-meta-ec2 2.6.32.345.26 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012840.html * linux-meta-ec2 2.6.32.345.26 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012841.html * mysql-dfsg-5.1 5.1.62-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012842.html * mysql-dfsg-5.1 5.1.62-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012843.html * openssl_0.9.8k-7ubuntu8.11_ia64_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012844.html * enigmail 2:1.4-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012845.html * thunderbird 11.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012846.html * jetty 6.1.22-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012847.html * dropbear 0.52-4ubuntu0.10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012848.html End of Life - April 2013 (Desktop) - April 2015 (Server) === Ubuntu 11.04 Updates === * mysql-5.1 5.1.62-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-April/012487.html * mysql-5.1 5.1.62-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-April/012488.html * openssl_0.9.8o-5ubuntu1.5_powerpc_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-April/012489.html * ubuntu-dev-tools 0.122.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-April/012490.html * nvidia-graphics-drivers-96 96.43.20-0ubuntu1~natty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-April/012491.html * enigmail 2:1.4-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-April/012492.html * thunderbird 11.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-April/012493.html * lightning-extension1.3+build1-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-April/012494.html * jetty 6.1.24-6ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-April/012495.html * dropbear 0.52-5+squeeze1build0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-April/012496.html * typo3-src4.3.9+dfsg1-1+squeeze4build0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-April/012497.html End of Life - October 2012 === Ubuntu 11.10 Updates === * chromium-browser 18.0.1025.151~r130497-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012043.html * chromium-browser 18.0.1025.151~r130497-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012044.html * subversion 1.6.12dfsg-4ubuntu5.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012045.html * mysql-5.1 5.1.62-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012046.html * mysql-5.1 5.1.62-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012047.html * openssl_1.0.0e-2ubuntu4.5_armel_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012048.html * openssl098 0.9.8o-7ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012049.html * dpkg 1.16.0.3ubuntu5.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012050.html * update-manager 1:0.152.25.9 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012051.html * ubuntuone-storage-protocol 2.0.1-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012052.html * ubuntu-sso-client 1.4.1-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012053.html * ubuntuone-client 2.0.1-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012054.html * distro-info 0.2.3ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012055.html * gvfs 1.10.0-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012056.html * upstart 1.3-0ubuntu12 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012057.html * mawk 1.3.3-15ubuntu2.11.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012058.html * muon 1.2.1-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012059.html * muon 1.2.1-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012060.html * software-properties 0.81.13.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012061.html * dropbear 0.53.1-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012062.html * jetty 6.1.24-6ubuntu0.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012063.htm End of Life - April 2013 === Ubuntu 12.04 Updates === * ubufox 2.0.3-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-April/015537.html * remmina 1.0.0-1ubuntu6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-April/015538.html * utouch-geis 2.2.9-0ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-April/015539.html * xtables-addons 1.41-2ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-April/015540.html * gwibber 3.4.1-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-April/015541.html * upstart 1.5-0ubuntu6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-April/015542.html * at-spi2-core 2.4.1-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-April/015543.html * gnome-orca 3.4.1-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-April/015544.html * update-manager 1:0.156.14.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-April/015545.html * ubuntu-defaults-builder 0.31 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-April/015546.html * apport 2.0.1-0ubuntu6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-April/015547.html * distro-info-data 0.8ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-April/015548.html * glom 1.20.10-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-April/015549.html * linux 3.2.0-24.37 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-April/015550.html * linux-backports-modules-3.2.0 3.2.0-24.8 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-April/015551.html * linux-meta 3.2.0.24.26 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-April/015552.html * bcmwl 5.100.82.38+bdcom-0ubuntu6.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-April/015553.html * upstart 1.5-0ubuntu7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-April/015554.html * ubuntu-defaults-builder 0.31 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-April/015555.html * redhat-cluster 3.1.7-0ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-April/015556.html * lvm2 2.02.66-4ubuntu7.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-April/015557.html * lxc 0.7.5-3ubuntu53 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-April/015558.html * resource-agents 1:3.9.2-5ubuntu4.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-April/015559.html * compiz 1:0.9.7.8-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-April/015560.html * libqtbamf 0.2.4-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-April/015561.html * software-center 5.2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-April/015562.html * libreoffice 1:3.5.2-2ubuntu3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-April/015563.html * unity-lens-music 5.12.0-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-April/015564.html * libunity 5.12.0-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-April/015565.html * jetty 6.1.24-6ubuntu0.12.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-April/015566.html * unity 5.12-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-April/015567.html * nux 2.12.0-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-April/015568.html * unity-lens-applications 5.12.0-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-April/015569.html * unity-2d 5.12.0-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-April/015570.html * dropbear 2011.54-1ubuntu0.12.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-April/015571.html * apport 2.0.1-0ubuntu7 - 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Except where otherwise noted, this issue of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 License </pre> Elizabeth Krumbach 2012-04-30T21:18:42 Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 262 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.news/356 <pre>Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 262 for the week April 16 - 22, 2012. == Links to UWN == * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue262 == In This Issue == * Code of Conduct Update * Developer Advisory Team Report 12.04: Feedback from new contributors * Welcome New Members * Ubuntu Stats * "Best of Jam": We Have a Winner! * 12.04 Presentation for Bay Area Linux Users Group (BALUG) and upcoming SF Release Party * Pangolin Release parties - we have 2 - any more? * Launchpad News * Ubuntu Cloud News * Looking towards Xubuntu Q * New Lubuntu icon theme * Ubuntu 12.04 is for App Developers * Top 10 Ubuntu app downloads for March 2012 * The Importance Of Application Developers To Ubuntu * Kubuntu: Moving Forward * The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Needs You * Ubuntu wants to be your cloud and data-center Linux * Is Canonical in ISV trouble? * Ubuntu nominated in top 5 Linux distros * In The Blogosphere * Ubuntu 12.04 LTS certified on HP ProLiant servers: computing for the hyperscale era * Speakers confirmed for the Ubuntu Cloud Summit * Other Articles of Interest * Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings * Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings * Upcoming Meetings and Events * Updates and Security * And much more! == General Community News == === Code of Conduct Update === The Ubuntu Community Council has been working on a draft for version 2.0 of the Ubuntu Code of Conduct and has put out a call to the community for review and feedback. Feedback will be published on a wiki for public review, and discussion about it will take place at the public Community Council meeting in #ubuntu-meeting on May 3rd. http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2012/04/16/code-of-conduct-update/ === Developer Advisory Team Report 12.04: Feedback from new contributors === The Ubuntu Developer Advisory Team reached out to many new developers this development cycle and, as a part of that, "solicited feedback about our development process." They have now published a report available in PDF or text and hope "that it will help drive further discussion about our development processes, tools, and documentation in the lead up to UDS and over the course of the next cycle." http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2012/04/17/developer-advisory-team-report-12-04-feedback-from-new-contributors/ === Welcome New Members === Results for the Americas Regional Membership Board Meeting April 19, 2012: * Chris Druif (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MrChrisDruif | https://launchpad.net/~chrisdruif) * Unit193 (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Unit193 | https://launchpad.net/~unit193) * Luis Alvarado (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/luisalvarado | https://launchpad.net/~luisalvarado) == Ubuntu Stats == === Bug Stats === * Open (92925) - 38 over last week * Critical (82) - 1 over last week * Unconfirmed (47581) - 440 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 === * English (Australia) (2) +/-0 over last week * Spanish (7938) -187 over last week * English (United Kingdom) (23143) +/- 0 over last week * Bosnian (36057) -700 over last week * Brazilian Portuguese (42235) +/- 0 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 === * Inexperienced users don't know when/how to safely unplug removable drives - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29561/ * Make the boot experience prettier - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29560/ * unnecessary complicated system boot menu - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29542/ * Make searching in Dash more intuitive - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29562/ * need to automate transferring firewall rule configs to new proprietary format - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29539/ 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 === * Can an Android phone control Ubuntu like a remote? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/122760/can-an-android-phone-control-ubuntu-like-a-remote * How can i fit 2 commands in 1 terminal shortcut - http://askubuntu.com/questions/123533/how-can-i-fit-2-commands-in-1-terminal-shortcut * How to run .sh file - http://askubuntu.com/questions/122428/how-to-run-sh-file * installing applications in linux from source! - http://askubuntu.com/questions/123077/installing-applications-in-linux-from-source * what is a better hard drive to install ubuntu 11.10 - http://askubuntu.com/questions/122410/what-is-a-better-hard-drive-to-install-ubuntu-11-10 Ask (and answer!) your own questions at http://askubuntu.com/ == LoCo News == === "Best of Jam": We Have a Winner! === Randall Ross shares the winning photograph from his "Best of Jam" photo contest. http://randall.executiv.es/jam_winner_precise === 12.04 Presentation for Bay Area Linux Users Group (BALUG) and upcoming SF Release Party === Elizabeth Krumbach gives a summary of the Bay Area Linux Users Group presentation on the upcoming 12.04 release with Grant Bowman, including a link to a 12.04 handout printed up for the event. Krumbach goes on to announce the upcoming release party for 12.04 in San Francisco on Thursday, April 26th at Thirsty Bear Brewing Company. http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=6019 === Pangolin Release parties - we have 2 - any more? === Maia Grotepass shares details for the two upcoming Ubuntu release parties in South Africa. http://my-ubuntu-day.blogspot.com/2012/04/pangolin-release-parties-we-have-2-any.html == Launchpad News == === A tale of two travesties === Following some unintentional regressions impacting the browser, Curtis Hovey details his attempts to find an easy and reliable way to develop and test Launchpad with Internet Explorer, used by 4% of Launchpad's users. Given the details of his tests thus far, Hovey asks the community for feedback to help him improve them further. http://blog.launchpad.net/general/a-tale-of-two-travesties === Setting up commercial projects quickly === Curtis Hovey shares some changes in Launchpad that now make setting up commercial projects easier, including enabling of a short term (30 day) free commercial subscription, and details of some of the private tools available. http://blog.launchpad.net/cool-new-stuff/setting-up-commercial-projects-quickly == Ubuntu Cloud News == === Juju constraints unbinds your machines === Clint Byrum discusses juju's new "constraints" feature and gives examples. http://fewbar.com/2012/04/juju-constraints-unbinds-your-machines/ == The Planet == === Jonathan Carter: iPads in Education and the Road Ahead for Edubuntu === Jonathan Carter talks about a new trend of educators using iPads as a means of helping students. He raises a concern as to whether such technology actually helps or hinders student success, and examines a common viewpoint from teachers that they are "magical devices that will do a lot of the teaching for them." Jonathan considers how Edubuntu could be made even better for schools, and discusses how it's time for an official Edubuntu device where teachers would be able to "choose which software, ebooks, courseware and other tools are installed on which device." http://jonathancarter.org/2012/04/16/ipads-in-education-and-the-road-ahead-for-edubuntu/ === Pasi Lallinaho: Looking towards Xubuntu Q === Pasi Lallinaho writes that with Precise nearly out the door, the Xubuntu team have started looking ahead to the quickly-approaching Q cycle. The team hopes to focus on some key areas of improvement within the Xubuntu project, including a redefined community, improved communication, a boost in devotion, and better planning. The four-year-old Strategy Document also is in need of a revamp, including an updated mission statement and a focus on clarity. http://open.knome.fi/2012/04/16/looking-towards-xubuntu-q/ === Lubuntu Blog: New Lubuntu icon theme === The Lubuntu team is showing off a sleek new icon theme that will soon land in Lubuntu. The icons are released under the GPL license and will work in other desktop environments, like Unity and Gnome Shell, as well. http://lubuntublog.blogspot.com/2012/04/new-lubuntu-icon-theme.html === Michael Hall: Ubuntu 12.04 is for App Developers === Michael Hall tells how Ubuntu 12.04 is catering to App Developers to make creating and distributing their applications as simple as possible. He talks about the developer portal, and how it can not only help developers get started writing their applications, but can also make packaging and distributing them a piece of cake. The goal is for Ubuntu 12.04 to be "a rich platform for app developers to target," where the Ubuntu Software Center has "the means of delivering those apps directly to over 12 million users worldwide." As you would expect with the communal spirit of the project, the community of app developers is a great place to communicate with, and gain helpful tips from, other developers, and will hopefully continue to grow through this LTS release and beyond. http://mhall119.com/2012/04/ubuntu-12-04-is-for-app-developers/ === Ubuntu App Developer Blog: Top 10 Ubuntu app downloads for March 2012 === The top 10 applications downloaded from the Ubuntu Software Center, both commercial and free, have been announced from the month of March. Games like Steel Storm: Burning Retribution, Uplink, and Oil Rush take the top spots for paid apps, while Ryzom, a MMORPG, takes top place for free applications. Digital magazines like Ubuntu User and Linux Format are perhaps the most interesting items, given their new inclusion in the software center. http://developer.ubuntu.com/2012/04/top-10-ubuntu-app-downloads-for-march-2012/ === Jono Bacon: The Importance Of Application Developers To Ubuntu === Ubuntu Community Manager Jono Bacon points out the differences between the developer community and the other communities associated with Ubuntu. He highlights the importance of this community and discusses ways of growing it. http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/04/18/the-importance-of-application-developers-to-ubuntu/ === David Wonderly: Kubuntu: Moving Forward === David Wonderly of Kubuntu gives a summary of recent changes to the Kubuntu project, and discusses current concerns about use of the Kubuntu trademark with the move of Kubuntu's sponsorship from Canonical to Blue Systems. http://www.wonderly.com/?p=149 === Elizabeth Krumbach: The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Needs You === Elizabeth Krumbach of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter team gives an update on progress the news team has made since her last update in August and puts out another call to the community for summary writers and editors. http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=5897 === Jorge Castro: The Eiffel Tower is in London. EDIT: I mean Paris. EDIT: Improving User Support === On the topic of user support, Jorge Castro explains that "one of best things you can do to improve the quality of the site is to get information out of the user." Castro goes on to say that while this is hard, one way to do this is by showing the person how to get the information they need and goes on to explain how to use the AskUbuntu mechanism for improving questions. http://www.jorgecastro.org/2012/04/22/improving-user-support/ == In The Press == === Ubuntu wants to be your cloud and data-center Linux === ZDNet correspondent Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols takes a look at the latest offering from Canonical called AWESOME (Any Web Service Over Me) that makes it easy to deploy hybrid cloud workloads across both Amazon and Openstack clouds in the attempt to become your cloud solution of choice. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/ubuntu-wants-to-be-your-cloud-and-data-center-linux/10778 === Is Canonical in ISV trouble? === ITWorld takes a deeper look at the recent blog post by Ubuntu Community Manager, Jono Bacon, calling on the creation and development of the developer community in Ubuntu contrasting it to the seeming lack of development from Canonical with regards to the Linux kernel and Gnome etc. http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/269936/canonical-isv-trouble === Ubuntu nominated in top 5 Linux distros === In a recent Life Hacker vote on the top Linux distros in regards to ease-of-use, support, functionality, compatibility, and general mix of features Ubuntu was one of the distros chosen in the top 5. http://lifehacker.com/5904069/five-best-linux-distributions == In The Blogosphere == === Ubuntu-Friendly HP Cloud Enters Public Beta === Christopher Tozzi, of the VAR Guy, points out that when HP launches its Cloud platform in May, supported versions of Ubuntu will include Ubuntu 10.04 through Ubuntu 11.10. Also included will be Debian Squeeze and CentOS Versions 6.2 and 5.6. Tozzi also says, "HP promises "to add support for more operating systems as our public cloud offering evolves."" Tozzi also adds, "More importantly, Ubuntu is the only distribution in the lineup with direct commercial backing, since Debian and CentOS are community projects with arguably less appeal to customers seeking paid support offerings." http://www.thevarguy.com/2012/04/15/ubuntu-friendly-hp-cloud-enters-public-beta/ === Ubuntu in The Wild: Huffington Post === OMG! Ubuntu! highlights another spotting of Ubuntu in the wild, this time from The Huffington Post. In a recent feature of the 'Ten Best Jobs in the US,' the image used is of a girl using Ubuntu on a multi-monitor setup to illustrate the role of a Computer Systems Engineer. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/04/ubuntu-in-the-wild-huffington-post/ === Sizing Up Canonical's Ubuntu One Service === Christopher Tozzi, of the VAR Guy reviews Ubuntu One and compares it to the other file-syncing and streaming services. In this article Tozzi looks at what differentiates Ubuntu One from its competitors. http://www.thevarguy.com/2012/04/17/sizing-up-canonicals-ubuntu-one-service/ === Ubuntu 12.04 Merchandise Goes on Sale === Joey Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! showcases the new merchandise centered around the upcoming Ubuntu 12.04 LTS which is now available in the Ubuntu Shop. New and updated products include a branded flash drive with the 12.04 live installer, stylish new bags, and the official t-shirt for the cycle with the Precise Pangolin design on the front. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/04/ubuntu-12-04-merchandise-goes-on-sale/ === Ubuntu Powers Small-Business Desktops in Marseille === After sighting Ubuntu being used in an hotel in Marseille, France earlier in the year Christopher Tozzi, the VAR Guy, takes a look at several reasons why he believes Ubuntu is a viable solution for small business. http://www.thevarguy.com/2012/04/17/ubuntu-powers-small-business-desktops-in-marseille/ === Ubuntu, Back Track Linux Appear On Indian TV Serial CID === Appearing in an Indian crime thriller, CID, Ubuntu has makes an appearance in a this local Indian serial TV show. Complete with "computer experts" and "hackers" it looks like Ubuntu is being spotted in "prime time" around the globe. The post includes screenshots of the sightings and descriptions around what takes place in each scene. http://www.muktware.com/news/3538/ubuntu-back-track-linux-appear-indian-tv-serial-cid === OpenStack in Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS === Robbie Williamson, Director of Ubuntu Server Engineering at Canonical writes on his blog, "With the release of Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS quickly approaching, the Ubuntu Server Team has been working extremely hard on ensuring OpenStack Essex will be of high quality and tightly integrated into Ubuntu Cloud." Williamson also introduces the Ubuntu Cloud Achieve and takes time to answer various questions, discusses backports, their plan for ensuring stability and quality, and looks to the future of OpenStack support and maintenance in 14.04. http://undacuvabrutha.wordpress.com/2012/04/19/openstack-in-ubuntu-server-12-04-lts/ == In Other News == === Ubuntu 12.04 LTS certified on HP ProLiant servers: computing for the hyperscale era === In a 19 April press release Canonical announced, "the imminent certification and support of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, a leading Linux-based server operating system, on select HP ProLiant servers. Ubuntu drivers and management software delivered by HP will be included as part of HP ProLiant hardware warranty support. This will include the latest HP ProLiant Generation 8 (Gen8) servers." On the same day as the press release Mark Baker wrote on the Canonical blog what that really means, and why Canonical is excited about this certification. Baker concludes his post, "The resulting announcement of support for Ubuntu on ProLiant (alongside other Linux platforms) is a signal to organisations of all kinds that the IT landscape is changing." http://blog.canonical.com/2012/04/19/ubuntu-12-04-lts-certified-on-hp-proliant-servers-computing-for-the-hyperscale-era/ === Speakers confirmed for the Ubuntu Cloud Summit === In a Canonical blog post, Cezzaine Haigh, has confirmed the speakers for the first Ubuntu Cloud Summit to be held on 8 May 2012 at the same venue with the Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS) and includes: * Mark Shuttleworth, Founder of Ubuntu * Kyle MacDonald, Director of Cloud, Canonical * Stephen O'Grady, Principal Analyst &amp; Co-founder, RedMonk * John Purrier, Vice President of Cloud Infrastructure, HP * Randy Bias, CTO, CloudScaling * Patrick Chanezon, Senior Director of Developer Relations, VMware * Robbie Williamson, Director of Ubuntu Server Engineering, Canonical For those who want to participate in the Ubuntu Cloud Summit, registration is still open and details can be found at: http://uds.ubuntu.com/cloud-summit/ http://blog.canonical.com/2012/04/20/speakers-confirmed-for-the-ubuntu-cloud-summit/ == Other Articles of Interest == * The Lesser Known Music Players For Linux - http://maketecheasier.com/the-lesser-known-music-players-for-linux/2012/04/16 * Don't forget the newbies! - http://linuxblog.darkduck.com/2012/04/dont-forget-newbies.html * Debian Project News - April 16th, 2012 - http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2012/08/ * An Interview With Linus Torvalds - http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/19/an-interview-with-millenium-technology-prize-finalist-linus-torvalds/ * Best Linux apps for non-Gnome, non-KDE desktops - http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/linux-apps-non-gnome-kde.html * Make your voice heard in the open standards debate - http://blog.canonical.com/2012/04/20/make-your-voice-heard-in-the-open-standards-debate/ == Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings == * Kernel Team - April 17, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Meeting#Tues.2C_17_April_2012 * QA Team - April 18, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Meetings/QA/20120418 * Desktop Team - April 17, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Meeting/2012-04-17 * Security Team - April 16, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20120416 == Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings == * Lubuntu Team - April 18, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Meetings/20120418 == 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, 11.04 and 11.10 == === Security Updates === * [USN-1424-1] OpenSSL vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-April/001662.html * [USN-1400-5] GSettings desktop schemas regression - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-April/001663.html === Ubuntu 8.04 Updates === * openssl_0.9.8g-4ubuntu3.17_powerpc_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-April/012747.html * virtualbox-ose-modules 24.0.15 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-April/012748.html === Ubuntu 10.04 Updates === * adobe-flashplugin 11.2.202.233-0lucid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012809.html * acroread 9.5.1-1lucid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012810.html * flashplugin-nonfree- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012811.html * inspircd 1.1.22+dfsg-4squeeze1build0.10.04.1- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012812.html * insserv 1.12.0-14ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012813.html * landscape-client 12.04.3-0ubuntu0.10.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012814.html * openssl_0.9.8k-7ubuntu8.10_sparc_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012815.html * chromium-browser 18.0.1025.151~r130497-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012816.html * chromium-browser 18.0.1025.151~r130497-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012817.html * libxi 2:1.3-3ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012818.html * ipsec-tools 1:0.7.1-1.6ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012819.html * haveged 0.9-1ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012820.html === Ubuntu 11.04 Updates === * adobe-flashplugin 11.2.202.233-0natty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-April/012477.html * acroread 9.5.1-1natty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-April/012478.html * flashplugin-nonfree- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-April/012479.html * inspircd 1.1.22+dfsg-4squeeze1build0.11.04.1- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-April/012480.html * insserv 1.14.0-2ubuntu0.11.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-April/012481.html * landscape-client 12.04.3-0ubuntu0.11.04- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-April/012482.html * openssl_0.9.8o-5ubuntu1.4_powerpc_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-April/012483.html * chromium-browser18.0.1025.151~r130497-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-April/012484.html * chromium-browser18.0.1025.151~r130497-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-April/012485.html * autofs5 5.0.5-0ubuntu6.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-April/012486.html === Ubuntu 11.10 Updates === * adobe-flashplugin 11.2.202.233-0oneiric1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012031.html * acroread 9.5.1-1oneiric1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012032.html * flashplugin-nonfree11.2.202.233ubuntu0.11.10.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012033.html * inspircd 1.1.22+dfsg-4ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012034.html * dpkg 1.16.0.3ubuntu5.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012035.html * insserv 1.14.0-2.1ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012036.html * update-manager 1:0.152.25.9 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012037.html * apt 0.8.16~exp5ubuntu13.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012038.html * landscape-client 12.04.3-0ubuntu0.11.10- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012039.html * openssl_1.0.0e-2ubuntu4.4_amd64_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012040.html * acpi-support 0.138.1 - 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Except where otherwise noted, this issue of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 License </pre> Elizabeth Krumbach 2012-04-23T22:27:10 Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 261 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.news/355 <pre>Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 261 for the week April 9 - 15, 2012. == Links to UWN == * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue261 * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/ES/Edicion261 (Spanish Version in progress) == In This Issue == * Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) end-of-life reached on April 10, 2012 * Ubuntu 12.04 Development update * Ubuntu Teams * Welcome new members * Ubuntu Stats * LoCo News * Launchpad News * juju Charm Contest winners! * Jorge Castro: Ubuntu OpenWeek call for instructors * Daniel Holbach: If only I had known what needs to be done... * Kubuntu to be Sponsored by Blue Systems * Didier Roche: Precise Pangolin has now its finale Unity release (5.10) * Instagram's $Billion Sale Powered by Ubuntu Linux * 20-million new Ubuntu Linux PCs in 2012? * In The Blogosphere * In Other News * Other Articles of Interest * Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S05E04 - Cube Root of Conquest * Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings * Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings * Monthly Team Reports: March 2012 * Upcoming Meetings and Events * Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 11.04 and 11.10 * And much more! == General Community News == === Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) end-of-life reached on April 10, 2012 === Release Manager Kate Stewart announces the end-of-life for Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) on April 10th. "The supported upgrade path from Ubuntu 10.10 is via Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal)" and a link to the upgrade instructions are included. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2012-April/000158.html === Ubuntu 12.04 Development update === This weekly installment of the 12.04 Development update begins with "We are almost there." It then runs down some of the latest news from developers, upcoming events and some open tasks. The spotlight is on "What to do toward the end of the release cycle?" where they review some opportunities still available in the development arena even this close to release. http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2012/04/12/ubuntu-12-04-development-update-21/ === Ubuntu Teams === Daniel Holbach announces the completion of a review and revamp of the Teams page on the Ubuntu Wiki and encourages community members to help maintain it and add any teams which may have been missed. http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2012/04/13/ubuntu-teams/ === Welcome new members === The approved applicants from the 14th April Asia/Oceania Membership meeting are: Efren Montales Jr. (kidsodateless) (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/kidsodateless | https://launchpad.net/~kidsodateless) Eduard Gotwig (gotwig) (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Eduard%20Gotwig | https://launchpad.net/~gotwig) == Ubuntu Stats == === Bug Stats === * Open (92963) +328 over last week * Critical (83) -8 over last week * Unconfirmed (48021) -11 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 === * English (Australia) (2) +/-0 over last week * Spanish (8125) -22 over last week * English (United Kingdom) (23143) -117 over last week * Bosnian (36756) -246 over last week * Brazilian Portuguese (42235) -74 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 === * Display downloading speed software center - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29521/ * update-manager should choose automatically a mirror to update in case of failure - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29528/ * Minor Improvement to Unity Search Results Display - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29517/ * Implementing software RAID at Desktop install is currently very difficult. - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29525/ * Proxy password setting should be visible in the interface - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29512/ 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 === * What's the difference between .tar.gz and .gz, or .tar.7z and .7z? http://askubuntu.com/questions/122141/whats-the-difference-between-tar-gz-and-gz-or-tar-7z-and-7z * Is there a difference between installing an application via Ubuntu Software Center or a terminal? http://askubuntu.com/questions/120774/is-there-a-difference-between-installing-an-application-via-ubuntu-software-cent * Why ~/.bash_profile is not getting sourced when opening a terminal? http://askubuntu.com/questions/121073/why-bash-profile-is-not-getting-sourced-when-opening-a-terminal * Memory limiting solutions for greedy applications that can crash OS? http://askubuntu.com/questions/120765/memory-limiting-solutions-for-greedy-applications-that-can-crash-os * Can I use linux safely and sell on ebay? http://askubuntu.com/questions/120599/can-i-use-linux-safely-and-sell-on-ebay Ask (and answer!) your own questions at http://askubuntu.com == LoCo News == === ?coala altfel cu Ubuntu === Alexandru Cucu of the Romanian LoCo shares photos from a couple recent events in schools in Romania where team members discussed alternatives to proprietary software and gave out CDs with Ubuntu materials. Original article in Romanian: http://ubuntu.ro/2012/04/10/scoala-altfel-cu-ubuntu/ === Ubucon 12 and Release Party 'Precise Pangolin' === Marcus Moeller of the Swiss LoCo team announces the first Ubucon in Switzerland on the 28th of April 2012, and invites people to enjoy "Ubuntu related talks and Workshops for novice and experienced users." http://www.marcusmoeller.ch/privates/ubucon-12-and-release-party-precise-pangolin.html === UbuConLA 2012 - A Call For Expositors === Guillermo Lisi of the Argentina LoCo invites members of the free software community from Argentina and Uruguay to submit talks for the annual Ubuntu conference of Latin America, UbuConLA, coming up on the 1st and 2nd of June 2012 in Buenos Aires. Original article in Spanish: http://www.guillermolisi.com.ar/?q=node/209 === Join System76 &lt; at &gt; Colorado Loco Ubuntu Release Party === Emma Marshall of System76 announces a Precise Release Party with the Colorado LoCo in Westminster at Rock Bottom Brewery on Sunday, April 29th at 7PM. http://system76chick.wordpress.com/2012/04/13/join-system76-colorado-loco-ubuntu-release-party/ == Launchpad News == === An introduction to our new sharing feature === Curtis Hovey introduces a new sharing/disclosure feature in Launchpad to "Show you all the people that your project is sharing private bugs and branches with." Currently available to Launchpad Beta Testers team, the post goes on to discuss what you'll see and explain why it was implemented. http://blog.launchpad.net/coming-features/an-introduction-to-our-new-sharing-feature == Ubuntu Cloud News == === juju Charm Contest winners! === A few weeks ago, a Charm Contest opened to the community so they could demonstrate their abilities with juju. Finally, after some waiting time, the winners have been announced! http://cloud.ubuntu.com/2012/04/juju-charm-contest-winners/ == The Planet == === Jorge Castro: Ubuntu OpenWeek call for instructors === Jorge Castro has issued a call for instructors to participate in Ubuntu OpenWeek, a three-day-long series of lessons on various parts of Ubuntu that take place on IRC. He is interested, in particularly, for instructors who have never given a workshop before. Those interested should either sign up for a slot or contact Jorge directly. http://www.jorgecastro.org/2012/04/09/ubuntu-openweek-for-12-dot-04/ === Daniel Holbach: If only I had known what needs to be done... === Daniel Holbach shares a tool that helps developers find opportunities to contribute to Ubuntu, called Harvest. Harvest is a searchable website that aggregates the different opportunities, and gives users the ability to sort through them by type or specific packages. Comments, suggestions, and bug reports on the new system are appreciated. http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/2012/04/if-only-i-had-known-what-needs-to-be-done/ === Kubuntu to be Sponsored by Blue Systems === After news that Canonical would no longer be commercially supporting Kubuntu, the community has announced that a new sponsor, Blue Systems, will be helping to fund the project during the 12.10 cycle starting in May. They thank Canonical for all of their support, and wish them much success with Unity. With the new sponsor, they say they will continue "To follow the same successful formula as it has always had - community led, KDE focused, Ubuntu flavor." http://www.kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-to-be-sponsored-by-blue-systems === Didier Roche: Precise Pangolin has now its finale Unity release (5.10) === The final version of Unity has landed for 12.04, and brings many important fixes. Thanks to user testing, many issues were taken care of. Testing will continue, and some fixes will still land before the official release, but of this release of Unity, Didier Roche writes, "This finale version of Unity on this quality-based Ubuntu 10.04 LTS sounds like a perfect timing for a Precise release for the Pangolin." http://blog.didrocks.fr/post/Precise-Pangolin-has-now-its-finale-Unity-release-%285.10%29 === Canonical Design Team: System status menu refinements in Ubuntu 12.10 === With the 12.04 cycle drawing closer to official release, the Canonical Design Team has shown off plans to refine the status menu in 12.10. The biggest changes include a merging of the session and user account menus, a vastly improved time and date menu, and a revamped network menu. Other changes include only having social accounts appear if they're set up, and a new sync menu that shows the statuses of applications that sync content online, such as Ubuntu One and DropBox. http://design.canonical.com/2012/04/status-menus/ === Ubuntu App Developer Blog: How to create a Wikipedia Unity lens for Ubuntu === David Calle, writing for the Ubuntu App Developer Blog, gives detailed step by step instructions for creating a Wikipedia Unity lens, including screenshots from his completed lense. http://developer.ubuntu.com/2012/04/how-to-create-a-wikipedia-unity-lens-for-ubuntu/ == In The Press == === Instagram's $Billion Sale Powered by Ubuntu Linux === Sean Michael Kerner reports "There are a number of components that contribute to Instagram's success, it's important to realize that Linux is one of them." Kerner goes on to reveal "Instagram's back-end is powered by Ubuntu 11.04 running on EC2." http://www.internetnews.com/blog/skerner/instagrams-billion-sale-powered-by-ubuntu-linux.html === Say Goodbye to Ubuntu Linux 10.10 'Maverick Meerkat' === Katherine Noyes of PCWorld writes about the end of life of the last Pre-Unity non-LTS release. "If you're one of the release's holdout fans--I admit I'm one myself--what that means is that the time has come to upgrade or move on," writes Noyes. http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/253594/say_goodbye_to_ubuntu_linux_1010_maverick_meerkat.html === 20-million new Ubuntu Linux PCs in 2012? === Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes about Mark Shuttleworth expecting 20-million new PCs sold with Ubuntu in the next twelve months. Vaughn-Nichols wrote, "He wasn't talking about 20-million new copies of Ubuntu being installed. That's easy to believe." Vaughn-Nichols continued, "Still, 20-million people buying Ubuntu pre-installed on their computers in the next twelve months? That's a lot!" http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/20-million-new-ubuntu-linux-pcs-in-2012/10770 === Canonical prepping to launch Ubuntu as smartphone OS? === A job posting on Canonical's website for "Business Development Manager (Ubuntu Phone OS)" has led Terrence O'Brien of Engadget to speculate on Canonical's plans. "Does this mean that Ubuntu is preparing to take on Android and iOS in the battle for smartphone supremacy (or, more likely, take on Windows Phone in a competition of also rans)?" http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/12/canonical-prepping-to-launch-ubuntu-as-smartphone-os/ == In The Blogosphere == * Ubuntu 12.04 LTS KVM Virtualization Battles 8.04.4, 10.04.4 LTS - http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&amp;item=ubuntu_1204_kvmhist&amp;num=1 * Ubuntu 12.04 Desktops Impact Performance, Power Consumption - http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&amp;item=ubuntu_precise_desktop&amp;num=1 * Canonical's Quest for Greatness - http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/74822.html * Top Paid Apps For Ubuntu That Are Worth Your Every Penny - http://www.junauza.com/2012/04/top-paid-apps-for-ubuntu-that-are-worth.html * How Canonical's next moves could repaint the Linux landscape http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/opensource/how-canonicals-next-moves-could-repaint-the-linux-landscape/3550 * Unity 5.10.0 Released [Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin] - http://www.webupd8.org/2012/04/unity-5100-released-ubuntu-1204-precise.html == In Other News == * A sneak peek of Send to Ubuntu One - http://voices.canonical.com/ubuntuone/2012/04/12/a-sneak-peek-of-send-to-ubuntu-one/ * Full Circle Magazine - Python Special Edition Volume 04 - http://fullcirclemagazine.org/2012/04/13/python-special-edition-volume-04/ * HPCloud to go in public beta with OpenStack on Ubuntu - http://blog.canonical.com/2012/04/13/hpcloud-to-go-in-public-beta-with-openstack-on-ubuntu/ * Canonical's AWSOME bridges Amazon and OpenStack Clouds - http://www.canonical.com/content/canonical%E2%80%99s-awsome-bridges-amazon-and-openstack-clouds == Other Articles of Interest == * OpenStack Essex Quiz - Part 1 - http://vikrambuzz.blogspot.com/2012/04/openstack-essex-quiz-part-1.html * Five ways to rev up Linux for the car industry - https://www.linux.com/news/featured-blogs/198-rudolf-streif/562989-five-ways-to-rev-up-linux-for-the-car-industry * Who Cares About Software Freedom? - http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/74845.html == Featured Podcasts == === Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S05E04 - Cube Root of Conquest === Mark Johnson, Tony Whitmore, Alan Pope, and Laura Cowen return again with the fourth episode of season five of the Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo Team! http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2012/04/11/s05e04-cube-root-of-conquest/ == Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings == * Kernel Team - April 10, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Meeting#Tues.2C_10_April_2012 * QA Team - April 11, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Meetings/QA/20120411 * Desktop Team - April 10, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Meeting/2012-04-10 * Security Team - April 9, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20120409 == Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings == * Lubuntu Team - April 11, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Meetings/20120411 == Monthly Team Reports: March 2012 == See here for the team report for March 2012: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TeamReports/March2012 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, 11.04 and 11.10 == === Security Updates === * [USN-1419-1] Puppet vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-April/001656.html * [USN-1420-1] NVIDIA graphics drivers vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-April/001658.html * [USN-1421-1] Linux kernel (Maverick backport) vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-April/001659.html * [USN-1422-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-April/001660.html * [USN-1423-1] Samba vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-April/001661.html === Ubuntu 8.04 Updates === * tiff 3.8.2-7ubuntu3.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-April/012742.html * libpng 1.2.15~beta5-3ubuntu0.7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-April/012743.html * tiff 3.8.2-7ubuntu3.11 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-April/012744.html * gnutls13_2.0.4-1ubuntu2.7_amd64_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-April/012745.html * samba_3.0.28a-1ubuntu4.18_lpia_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-April/012746.html End of life - April 2013 (Server) === Ubuntu 10.04 Updates === * debian-installer 20081029ubuntu102.15 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012799.html * puppet 0.25.4-2ubuntu6.7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012800.html * linux-lts-backport-maverick 2.6.35-32.68~lucid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012801.html * linux-lts-backport-maverick 2.6.35-32.68~lucid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012802.html * linux-meta-lts-backport-natty 2.6.38.14.24 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012803.html * linux-lts-backport-natty 2.6.38-14.58~lucid1- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012804.html * tvtime 1.0.2-5ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012805.html * nvidia-graphics-drivers-173173.14.22-0ubuntu11.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012806.html * nvidia-graphics-drivers 195.36.24-0ubuntu1~10.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012807.html * samba- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012808.html End of Life - April 2013 (Desktop) - April 2015 (Server) === Ubuntu 11.04 Updates === * puppet 2.6.4-2ubuntu2.9 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-April/012465.html * linux 2.6.38-14.58 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-April/012466.html * linux-backports-modules-2.6.38 2.6.38-14.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-April/012467.html * linux-backports-modules-2.6.38 2.6.38-14.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-April/012468.html * linux-meta 2.6.38.14.29 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-April/012469.html * linux-meta 2.6.38.14.29 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-April/012470.html * gnome-user-docs 3.0.0+git20110406ubuntu12 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-April/012471.html * nvidia-graphics-drivers-173173.14.30-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-April/012472.html * nvidia-graphics-drivers 270.41.06-0ubuntu1.1- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-April/012473.html * lxc 0.7.4-0ubuntu7.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-April/012474.html * nis 3.17-31ubuntu0.11.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-April/012475.html * samba_3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.4_powerpc_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-April/012476.html End of Life - October 2012 === Ubuntu 11.10 Updates === * puppet 2.7.1-1ubuntu3.6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012022.html * oss4 4.2-build2004-1ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012023.html * mesa 7.11-0ubuntu3.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012024.html * nvidia-graphics-drivers-173-updates 173.14.30-0ubuntu5.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012025.html * nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 173.14.30-0ubuntu8.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012026.html * nvidia-graphics-drivers-updates 280.13-0ubuntu5.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012027.html * nvidia-graphics-drivers 280.13-0ubuntu6.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012028.html * telepathy-mission-control-51:5.9.1-0ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012029.html * samba_3.5.11~dfsg-1ubuntu2.2_armel_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012030.html End of Life - April 2013 == 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: http://www.ubuntu.com/news and http://fridge.ubuntu.com/ == Conclusion == Thank you for reading the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. 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Except where otherwise noted, this issue of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 License </pre> Elizabeth Krumbach 2012-04-16T21:23:55 Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 260 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.news/354 <pre>Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 260 for the week April 2 - 8, 2012. == Links to UWN == * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue260 * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/ES/Edicion260 (Spanish Version) == In This Issue == * Introducing Metal as a Service: provisioning for the hyperscale era * Ubuntu Stats * Ordering your 12.04 CDs for LoCo Teams is now available * Launchpad News * Why the juju charm store will change the way you use Ubuntu Server * Kicking the tires on MAAS * Don't miss the inaugural Ubuntu Cloud Summit * Jono Bacon: Looking Towards Ubuntu 12.04 * Chuck Short: Openstack Essex on 12.04 * Ubuntu Classroom: Algorithms in Programming Classes * Shuttleworth defends Ubuntu's Linux contributions * New Canonical Tool Tackles 'Hyperscale' Data Centers * The Ubuntu 12.04 Default Wallpaper Revealed * Why Ubuntu Is Not Contributing To Linux, Or Is It? * Other Articles of Interest * Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings * Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings * Upcoming Meetings and Events * Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 10.10, 11.04 and 11.10 * And much more! == General Community News == === Introducing Metal as a Service: provisioning for the hyperscale era === On April 4th Mark Shuttleworth announced the new Metal as a Service (MAAS) in this blog post, explaining: "As we move from "tens" to "hundreds" to "thousands" of nodes in a typical data centre we need new tools and practices. This hyperscale story - of hyper-dense racks with wimpy nodes - is the big shift in the physical world which matches the equally big shift to cloud computing in the virtualised world. Ubuntu's popularity in the cloud comes in part from being leaner, faster, more agile. And MAAS - Metal as a Service - is bringing that agility back to the physical world for hyperscale deployments." He shares further ideas behind MAAS, which makes "it easy to set up the hardware on which to deploy any service that needs to scale up and down dynamically." http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1103 == Ubuntu Stats == === Bug Stats === * Open (92635) +488 over last week * Critical (91) -7 over last week * Unconfirmed (48032) +265 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 === * English (Australia) (2) +/-0 over last week * Spanish (8147) -56 over last week * English (United Kingdom) (23260) -483 over last week * Bosnian (37002) +/- 0 over last week * Brazilian Portuguese (42309) - 2750 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 Ideas this week === * Playing Input Through Output Device is Extremely Difficult - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29501/ * Reduce the size of apt-get update (not upgrade) downloads - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29480/ * right click ona window titlebar and take screenshot - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29507/ * Checking for updates at the right time - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29496/ 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 === * Does Ubuntu generally post timely security updates? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/119274/does-ubuntu-generally-post-timely-security-updates * What package is right for my computer? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/120015/what-package-is-right-for-my-computer * Understanding LTS Support - http://askubuntu.com/questions/119172/understanding-lts-support * How do I launch a GUI application as root on user login? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/118472/how-do-i-launch-a-gui-application-as-root-on-user-login * Reasons why not to update an Ubuntu version to a newer/older kernel version - http://askubuntu.com/questions/119803/reasons-why-not-to-update-an-ubuntu-version-to-a-newer-older-kernel-version Ask (and answer!) your own questions at http://askubuntu.com == LoCo News == === Ordering your 12.04 CDs for LoCo Teams is now available === The LoCo Council announces that Approved LoCo team administrators can now pre-order 12.04 CDs for their teams. The new packs, effective with this release, do not come with Kubuntu. http://lococouncil.ubuntu.com/2012/04/05/ordering-your-12-04-cds-for-loco-teams-is-now-available/ == Launchpad News == === That Juju that you do (Part II: A magical balm to sooth your ills) === Graham Binns of Launchpad shares a second post regarding Launchpad and the use of juju. In this post he introduces juju itself and the first Buildbot charm, and discusses how the relationship management that juju provides helped their build environment. He wraps up the post by sharing what they've learned generally about juju and provides instructions how to download the Buildbot master and slave charms yourself. http://blog.launchpad.net/general/that-juju-that-you-do-part-ii == Ubuntu Cloud News == === POSSCon 2012 and charm set options. === Jorge Castro gives a short review of his visit of POSScon 2012 where Marco Ceppi demoed the juju set command during his speech in the charm school. http://www.jorgecastro.org/2012/04/03/posscon-2012/ === Why the juju charm store will change the way you use Ubuntu Server === Jorge Castro discusses some of what the juju team is trying to accomplish policy-wise with the development of their "charm store" -- a non-freezing archive that charm writers and administrators can choose to use. http://www.jorgecastro.org/2012/04/03/the-juju-charm-store-will-change-the-way-you-use-ubuntu-server/ === Ubuntu Server is No Longer the Best OS for Cloud Computing. === Robbie Williamson makes the case for why the Ubuntu Cloud release is a better option than Ubuntu Server for cloud computing with Ubuntu. He explains why scaling-out is better than scaling-up and looks at the complexity of management that scale brings. http://undacuvabrutha.wordpress.com/2012/04/04/ubuntu-server-is-no-longer-the-best-os-for-cloud-computing/ === Kicking the tires on MAAS === Jorge Castro shares step-by-step instructions for how users can test out the new Metal as a Service infrastructure with as few as 3 boxes for testing, and details for how to give feedback. http://www.jorgecastro.org/2012/04/04/kicking-the-tires-on-maas/ === Don't miss the inaugural Ubuntu Cloud Summit === Cezzaine Haigh announces the inaugural Ubuntu Cloud Summit, "a one day event for both technology and business people interested in what cloud computing can do for their organisations." This will be taking place at the Ubuntu Developer Summit at the The Oakland Marriott City Center in Oakland on Tuesday 8th May. http://blog.canonical.com/2012/04/05/dont-miss-the-inaugural-ubuntu-cloud-summit/ == The Planet == === Michael Hall: Hello Unity, episode 2 === Last week we saw a preview of Hello Unity, a "Hello World" example application for Unity, which was delivered by Michael Hall and David Planella. This post describes even more features about it, and what has been added since the last video came out. http://mhall119.com/2012/04/hello-unity-episode-2/ === Jono Bacon: Looking Towards Ubuntu 12.04 === Jono Bacon shares some history leading up to the upcoming release of 12.04, including changes made to the interface with the introduction of Unity, Ubuntu's core values, and the evolving vision and design of Ubuntu. Bacon discusses the introduction of a formal QA team during this development cycle and notes that "Ubuntu 12.04 is shaping up to be a solid contender in continuing to break down the digital divide and bring a stable, simple, effective, and powerful experience for everyone." http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/04/03/looking-towards-ubuntu-12-04/ === Chuck Short: Openstack Essex on 12.04 === Chuck Short shares the news of the availability of the latest Openstack release, Essex, and progress of its availability in upcoming release of Ubuntu 12.04. http://zulcss.wordpress.com/2012/04/05/openstack-essex-on-12-04/ === Tiago Hillebrandt: Interview: Jorge Castro, Ubuntu Community Team member === Tiago Hillebrandt interviews Jorge Castro, asking him about his life, work with Canonical and Ubuntu, inspiration for involvement with Ubuntu, a personal perspective of what can be expected with 12.04 and more. http://tiagohillebrandt.eti.br/blog/interview-jorge-castro-ubuntu-community-team-member.html === Ubuntu App Developer Blog: Ubuntu Software Center: Run, jump, thermonuclear war and more! === John Pugh showcases several new applications available via the Ubuntu Software Center this month, including And Yet it Moves, DEFCON, Multiwinia, PDF Studio 7 and more. http://developer.ubuntu.com/2012/04/ubuntu-software-center-run-jump-thermonuclear-war/ === Ubuntu Classroom: Algorithms in Programming Classes === The Ubuntu Classroom will be hosting a new series of Algorithms in Programming classes presented by Marek Bardonski (bdfhjk). The first will be taking place on Friday, April 13th at 17:00 UTC in #ubuntu-classroom and #ubuntu-classroom-chat on irc.freenode.net. http://ubuntuclassroom.wordpress.com/2012/04/08/algorithms-in-programming-classes/ == In The Press == === Shuttleworth defends Ubuntu's Linux contributions === Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols of ZDNet reports on the recent report by Linux.com on top contributors to the Linux kernel, noting that Canonical is not in the list of top 20 contributors. He shares excerpts from emails with Mark Shuttleworth defending Canonical's Linux contributions explaining, among other things, that " the kernel is a tiny part of the user experience of Ubuntu, and we don't lead kernel development as a particular goal" and that they do lead with "tools that make Linux a fantastic environment for developers, system administrators and end-users alike" http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/shuttleworth-defends-ubuntus-linux-contributions/10726 === New Canonical Tool Tackles 'Hyperscale' Data Centers === Rick Whiting of CRN covers the release of the Metal-as-a-Service (MAAS) provisioning and management tool. Whiting writes "Businesses and cloud service providers today are wrestling with what some are calling "hyperscale" data centers running tightly packed racks of thousands of nodes, especially those running ARM and Atom CPUs." The post includes excerpts from an interview with Mark Shuttleworth where the tool is discussed. http://www.crn.com/news/applications-os/232800273/new-canonical-tool-tackles-hyperscale-data-centers.htm === This Wild Visionary Wants To Turn His Linux Company Into The Next Apple === Julie Bort of Business Insider compares some of the goals, actions and relationships that Canonical has with users and vendors with those of Apple. Among those comparisons include the "new Apple-like user interface" (Unity), Ubuntu One service which mixes the ideas of iTunes and iCloud, Ubuntu TV, Ubuntu for Android to market to phones and Ubuntu tablets. Bort ends by quoting from Mark Shuttleworth who "sees his role as making Linux more popular." http://www.businessinsider.com/mark-shuttleworth-turning-ubuntu-into-the-next-apple-2012-4 === Ubuntu in South African Schools === Andrew Craucamp writing for MyBroadband.co.za News makes a case for using Ubuntu and other open source software in South Africa, rather than the current proprietary options. His reasons include recognised open standards that Ubuntu abides by, ability to run it on older machines without additional antivirus software, and freedom of licensing. The article concludes that Ubuntu is " a natural fit for a modern South African youth." http://mybroadband.co.za/news/columns/43737-ubuntu-in-south-african-schools.html == In The Blogosphere == === New Ubuntu Print Test for 12.04 LTS === The printer test page has had an update to herald the upcoming release of Ubuntu. The new test page not only uses less ink, but also gives additional information about the printer and driver that was used. http://www.iheartubuntu.com/2012/04/new-ubuntu-print-test-for-1204-lts.html === The Ubuntu 12.04 Default Wallpaper Revealed === Web Upd8 reports on the release of the Ubuntu 12.04 Default Wallpaper with screenshots and comparisons with the past releases. http://www.webupd8.org/2012/04/ubuntu-1204-default-wallpaper-revealed.html === 5 problems with Ubuntu 12.04 part 1: Unity Dash usability issues === Russell Barnes of Linux User discusses his view of what would happen to a prospective Windows user experiencing Ubuntu 12.04. The fictitious character Wendy Windows encounters five problems in this article including the following: "At first glance she doesn't see the Lens icons at the bottom of the window at all, but even if she did would she recognise which represents applications? Should she take her chances she would eventually be met by a list of applications, but it needs to be expanded and cycled through before she'll get the result she's looking for." http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/opinion/5-problems-with-ubuntu-12-04-part-1-unity-dash-usability-issues/ === Why Ubuntu Is Not Contributing To Linux, Or Is It? === Swapnil Bhartiya of Muktware discusses some of the contributions to Linux being made by Ubuntu and Canonical. Bhartiya begins by discussing the low percentage of kernel changes submitted by Canonical, and takes the discussion beyond the raw numbers presented in these contributions. He shares discussions around the development that has been done in making Linux more accessible "among the masses" and contributions to other open source projects. http://www.muktware.com/news/3510/why-ubuntu-not-contributing-linux-or-it === My interview with Andy Woodhead, aka ActionParsnip. === Vibhav Pant interviews Andy Woodhead (aka actionparsnip), a top contributor in Launchpad Answers, and contributor in the #ubuntu channel on IRC. http://vibhav01.wordpress.com/2012/04/08/my-interview-with-andy-woodhead-aka-actionparsnip/ == Other Articles of Interest == * Debian Project News - April 2nd, 2012 - http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2012/07/ * Counting Contributions: Who Wrote Linux 3.2? - https://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/560928-counting-contributions-who-wrote-linux-32 * Linux boss: We're number one where it counts - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/04/04/linux_boss_number_one/ * Linux Tycoon game lets you 'create' your own distro, neck beard not required - http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/04/linux-tycoon-game-lets-you-create-your-own-distro/ == Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings == * Kernel Team - April 3, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Meeting#Tues.2C_03_April_2012 * QA Team - April 4, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Meetings/QA/20120404 * Desktop Team - April 3, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Meeting/2012-04-03 * Security Team - April 2, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20120402 * Server Team - April 3, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/20120403 == Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings == * Lubuntu Team - April 4, 2012 http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Meetings/20120404 == 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 === * [USN-1414-1] Aptdaemon vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-April/001650.html * [USN-1415-1] Linux kernel (Marvell DOVE) vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-April/001651.html * [USN-1400-4] Thunderbird regressions - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-April/001652.html * [USN-1416-1] tiff vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-April/001653.html * [USN-1417-1] libpng vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-April/001654.html * [USN-1418-1] GnuTLS vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-April/001655.html === Ubuntu 8.04 Updates === * None at time of publication === Ubuntu 10.04 Updates === * tiff 3.9.2-2ubuntu0.8 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012795.html * libpng 1.2.42-1ubuntu2.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012796.html * cups 1.4.3-1ubuntu1.6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012797.html * gnutls26_2.8.5-2ubuntu0.1_armel_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012798.html === Ubuntu 10.10 Updates === * tiff 3.9.4-2ubuntu0.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-April/009823.html * libpng 1.2.44-1ubuntu0.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-April/009824.html * gnutls26_2.8.6-1ubuntu0.1_powerpc_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-April/009825.html === Ubuntu 11.04 Updates === * aptdaemon- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-April/012457.html * tiff 3.9.4-5ubuntu6.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-April/012458.html * chromium-browser18.0.1025.142~r129054-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-April/012459.html * chromium-browser18.0.1025.142~r129054-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-April/012460.html * libpng 1.2.44-1ubuntu3.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-April/012461.html * gnutls26_2.8.6-1ubuntu2.1_armel_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-April/012462.html * typo3-src4.3.9+dfsg1-1+squeeze3build0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-April/012463.html * tryton-server 1.6.1-2+squeeze1build0.11.04.1- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-April/012464.html === Ubuntu 11.10 Updates === * aptdaemon_0.43+bzr697-0ubuntu1.2_i386_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012010.html * virtuoso-opensource 6.1.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu1.1- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012011.html * modemmanager 0.5-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012012.html * krename 4.0.7-1ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012013.html * klavaro 1.9.2-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012014.html * cobbler 2.1.0+git20110602-0ubuntu26.2- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012015.html * mesa 7.11-0ubuntu3.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012016.html * chromium-browser18.0.1025.142~r129054-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 - 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Except where otherwise noted, this issue of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 License </pre> Elizabeth Krumbach 2012-04-09T21:49:36 Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 259 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.news/353 <pre>Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 259 for the week March 26 - April 1, 2012. == Links to UWN == * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue259 * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/ES/Edicion259 (Spanish Version) == In This Issue == * Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) Beta 2 Released. * Ubuntu Countdown Banners Now Available * Unsung heroes * Ubuntu Stats * LoCo News * Parallelising the Unparallelisable * Jono Bacon: Integrating Your App Into Unity * Mark Shuttleworth: Holistic UI is smarter UX * Canonical: Ubuntu Survey Parts 3 and 4 * Rick Spencer: 12.04 Quality Engineering Retrospective * What Ubuntu users think about Ubuntu 2012 * Canonical Integrates Landscape with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS * Red Hat Earnings End Ubuntu Server Debate * Beta 2 Reviews * Full Circle #59 is here for the taking! * Other Articles of Interest * Featured Podcasts * Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings * Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings * Upcoming Meetings and Events * Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 10.10, 11.04 and 11.10 * And much more! == General Community News == === Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) Beta 2 Released. === Kate Stewart of the Ubuntu Release Team has announced the second, and final, beta release of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Long-Term Support) Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products, along with the recognized flavors. "Code-named "Precise Pangolin", 12.04 continues Ubuntu's proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been hard at work through this cycle, introducing a few new features, but mostly fixing bugs. With Ubuntu 12.04, Kubuntu, Edubuntu, Xubuntu, Lubuntu, Mythbuntu and Ubuntu Studio also reached Beta 2 status today." https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2012-March/000157.html === Ubuntu Countdown Banners Now Available === The Ubuntu Countdown Banners for 12.04 are now available. Thanks to the Ubuntu Web Presence Team for contributing these graphics and animations. If you're interested in helping to spread Ubuntu, the team is open to everyone. A special thanks goes to the community members who created the graphics, concept and animation: * Silviu-Ionut Radu * Gerhard Grossmann * JavierGMXD * Everyone who entered a countdown banner http://www.ubuntu.com/community/countdown === Welcome New Members === Marcin Juszkiewicz became MOTU on 2012-03-12 https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2012-March/001525.html == Community Acknowledgments and Success Stories == === Unsung heroes === Mark Shuttleworth recognizes and thanks Manish Sinha and Stefano Candori for their contributions to the new privacy features in 12.04. http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1082 == Ubuntu Stats == === Bug Stats === * Open (92147) +463 over last week * Critical (97) -2 over last week * Unconfirmed (47767) +269 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 === * English (Australia) (2) +/-0 over last week * Spanish (8203) -11 over last week * English (United Kingdom) (23743) -91 over last week * Bosnian (37002) -537 over last week * Brazilian Portuguese (42584) +/- 0 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 this week === * chat could be more integrated http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29446/ * making the Launcher better for the user. http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29440/ * Unified Profile "me" in ubuntu One http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29434/ 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 === * Flash video appears blue http://askubuntu.com/questions/117127/flash-video-appears-blue * What is Ubuntu for Eyewear? http://askubuntu.com/questions/117856/what-is-ubuntu-for-eyewear * How to secure Ubuntu for a non-technical user? (your mom) http://askubuntu.com/questions/116182/how-to-secure-ubuntu-for-a-non-technical-user-your-mom * How do I get mt-daapd? http://askubuntu.com/questions/117325/how-do-i-get-mt-daapd * How to Install the new Gnome Boxes? http://askubuntu.com/questions/117048/how-to-install-the-new-gnome-boxes Ask (and answer!) your own questions at http://askubuntu.com == LoCo News == === Stellenbosch ubuntu hour March === Maia Grotepass shares a photo from the latest Ubuntu Hour in Stellenbosch, South Africa. http://my-ubuntu-day.blogspot.com/2012/03/stellenbosch-ubuntu-hour-march.html == Launchpad News == === Parallelising the Unparallelisable === Having to run more than twenty thousand tests can really burden down systems - and making them work parallel brings in complications. Access to databases, temporary directories and virtual machines comes with a high overhead. Launchpad has found their solution, LXC (Linux Containers) and talks about it in this post. http://blog.launchpad.net/general/parallelising-the-unparallelisable === That Juju that you do (Part I: Bring the pain) === Launchpad recently announced that they were planning on changing their testing system to a parallel system but with this came a lot of unknowns and some tricky problems. One problem was solved by using Amazon EC2 instances, while not being sure what the best architecture would be. Then they had to set it all up quickly to overcome geographical and time zone differences, something which requires a better solution than simple shell-scripts. This post details these problems and ends with a "to be continued" with a better solution. http://blog.launchpad.net/general/that-juju-that-you-do-part-i == The Planet == === Jono Bacon: Integrating Your App Into Unity === Jono Bacon shares a video about how you can integrate your application into the Unity interface, including use of Quicklists, Indicators, Launcher, Menus and the HUD and Lenses and Scopes within the Dash. http://www.jonobacon.org/?p=4250 === Brian Murray: See the heat === Brian Murray blogs about how bug heat is a good indication of which bugs need to be addressed, and takes the opportunity to graph the five hottest bugs for the packages that his team subscribes to. http://www.murraytwins.com/blog/?p=114 === Mark Shuttleworth: Holistic UI is smarter UX === Mark Shuttleworth writes about the shortcomings of having many tools that each "do one thing well," and notes that having greater awareness between the various pieces of software would allow for better user experiences. He spotlights some small issues with the notification system, and how fixing the simple things leads to a better experience overall. http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1085 === Canonical: Ubuntu Survey Parts 3 and 4 === The final sets of responses from the Ubuntu Survery have been released, and bring with them a closer look at the people that use Ubuntu. Some of the results include the fact that ~40% of users take advantage of Ubuntu One, users seem to be most excited about the upcoming Ubuntu for Android, and the majority of users still use Windows or other operating systems on a regular basis. Most users report that they use Ubuntu on their main PC, and are willing to buy a device with Ubuntu pre-installed. http://blog.canonical.com/2012/03/27/ubuntu-survey-part-3/ http://blog.canonical.com/2012/03/29/ubuntu-survey-fourth-and-final/ === Rick Spencer: 12.04 Quality Engineering Retrospective === Rick Spencer discusses the robustness of the upcoming 12.04 release, pointing out that he has been using the development release for a couple months and that it's "beautiful, fast, and robust" and has "stayed of usable quality throughout the development cycle." He goes into depth by describing the three key activities: 1. Verify and fix before landing major changes in Ubuntu 2. Not waiting when something breaks to take action 3. Test for testability, then test rigorously And how their value led to the engineering quality Spencer observes in this development cycle. http://theravingrick.blogspot.com/2012/03/1204-quality-engineering-retrospective.html === Xubuntu: Beta 2 released &amp; new branding === Along with their Beta2 release this week, the Xubuntu team announces a new, wider wallpaper and an update to their branding, included in 12.04. http://xubuntu.org/news/beta-2-released-new-branding/ === Michael Hall: Hello Unity === Michael Hall and David Planella have been working on a "Hello World" example application for Unity, called Hello Unity. The post provides a video explaining the key features and a link to the package and source code on Launchpad.net. http://mhall119.com/2012/03/hello-unity/ == In The Press == === What Ubuntu users think about Ubuntu 2012 === "Ubuntu's come a long way from being the popular Debian-based Linux distribution for desktops. So, who uses Ubuntu today and what do they think about where Ubuntu is now and where it's going?" Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols of ZDNet seeks to answer this by reviewing some of the results from the Ubuntu Survey results recently published by Canonical. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/what-ubuntu-users-think-about-ubuntu-2012/10680 == In The Blogosphere == === [How To] Easily Skin Ubuntu's Unity Desktop === Joey Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! shares a how-to about creating custom skins for the Unity Desktop. He shows how to create a "Costume Background," and how to use MyUnity to put it into good use. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/03/how-to-easily-skin-ubuntus-unity-desktop/ === Canonical Integrates Landscape with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS === Manuel Jose shares that Ubuntu 12.04 now contains Landscape, a service from Canonical that allows administrators to "monitor, manage and update [their] entire Ubuntu infrastructure from a single interface" and provides management tools that help admins remotely access machines, manage tasks, and get real-time alerts. Jose shows screenshots of how this integration works in 12.04. http://www.techdrivein.com/2012/03/canonical-integrates-landscape-with.html === Red Hat Earnings End Ubuntu Server Debate === The VAR Guy takes a look at the announced quarterly results from Red Hat in context of the recently made blog post by Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth about the success of Ubuntu at Red Hat's expense. http://www.thevarguy.com/2012/03/29/red-hat-earnings-put-ubuntu-server-debate-to-rest/ === On Old Hardware, Think Twice About Ubuntu 12.04 === With less than a month to go before Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is released Phoronix has already done a host of tests using the pre-release images and are planning even more once the final release is out. So far for all of the improvements in Precise Pangolin in regards to performance and power usage for "respectable hardware, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is looking great", but the verdict on older hardware is slightly less rosy. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&amp;px=MTA3ODQ === If You're Lucky, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Can Boot Faster === Thus far the booting time tests conducted by Phoronix have been a mixed bag with boot times sometimes being faster and even, at times, being twice as slow as booting Ubuntu 10.04. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&amp;item=ubuntu_1204_boots&amp;num=1 === Ubuntu 12.04 vs. Windows 8: The Battle for Desktop Supremacy === A unified interface is one which is to be used over multiple different devices. Unity is one, Windows 8 is another. Jun Auza does a little comparing to see how they match up. http://www.junauza.com/2012/03/ubuntu-1204-vs-windows-8-battle-for.html === Beta 2 Reviews === There have been many Beta 2 reviews, but the following caught the attention of our editors. * Ubuntu 12.04 Beta 2 Released - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/03/ubuntu-12-04-beta-2-released/ * Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Beta 2 Released [Screenshots, Video] - http://www.webupd8.org/2012/03/ubuntu-1204-lts-beta-2-released.html * Final Ubuntu 12.04 Beta 2 Released - http://www.muktware.com/articles/3477/final-ubuntu-1204-beta-2-released * Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin Beta 2 Released | What's New - http://www.linuxnov.com/ubuntu-12-04-lts-precise-pangolin-beta-2-released-whats-new/ * Ubuntu Linux 12.04 'Precise Pangolin' Reaches Final Beta - http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/252916/ubuntu_linux_1204_precise_pangolin_reaches_final_beta.html And Softpedia provided screenshot tours for Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Xubuntu: * Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Beta 2 Screenshot Tour - http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-12-04-LTS-Beta-2-Screenshot-Tour-261675.shtml * Kubuntu 12.04 LTS Beta 2 Screenshot Tour - http://news.softpedia.com/news/Kubuntu-12-04-LTS-Beta-2-Screenshot-Tour-261677.shtml * Xubuntu 12.04 Beta 2 Screenshot Tour - http://news.softpedia.com/news/Xubuntu-12-04-Beta-2-Screenshot-Tour-261682.shtml * Lubuntu 12.04 Beta 2 Screenshot Tour - http://news.softpedia.com/news/Lubuntu-12-04-Beta-2-Screenshot-Tour-261824.shtml == In Other News == === Full Circle #59 is here for the taking! === Full Circle - the independent magazine for the Ubuntu Linux community are proud to announce the release of our fifty-ninth issue. This month: * Command and Conquer. * How-To : Beginning Python - Part 31, LibreOffice - Part 13, Portable Linux, Resizing Your VirtualBox Drive, and Create Your Own Greeting Card. * Linux Lab - Foremost for data recovery. * Review - Bodhi Linux * I Think - What turns to/from a distro? * Closing Windows - Task Manager plus: more Ubuntu Games, My Desktop, My Opinion, My Story, and much much more! Google Currents Edition: http://www.google.com/producer/editions/CAownNt7/full_circle_magazine_59_lite ePub Edition: http://dl.fullcirclemagazine.org/issue59_en.epub Get it while it's hot! http://fullcirclemagazine.org/issue-59/ == Other Articles of Interest == * Red Hat: The first billion dollar Linux company has arrived - http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/red-hat-the-first-billion-dollar-linux-company-has-arrived/10692 == Featured Podcasts == === Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S05E03 - True to His Colours === Mark Johnson, Tony Whitmore, Alan Pope, and Laura Cowen are back for the third episode of the new season of the Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo Team! Segments include: * Interview with Richard Hughes * News, including: Android forks, new Humble Bundle, KDEnlive * Upcoming events: Ohio Linux Fest, Barcamp Canterbury, Ubuntu UK Release Party and OggCamp 12 * Ubuntu News: Mark Shuttleworth blog post, Do geeks dream of Ubuntu desktops?, WUBI wemoved, KDE's lives, Ubuntu User Survey results, and Photograph winners announced for 12.04 * and more! http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2012/03/28/s05e03-true-to-his-colours/ == Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings == * Kernel Team - March 27, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Meeting#Tues.2C_27_March_2012 * QA Team - March 28, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Meetings/QA/20120328 * Desktop Team - March 27, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Meeting/2012-03-27 * Security Team - March 26, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20120326 * Server Team - March 27, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/20120327 == Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings == * Lubuntu Team - March 28, 2012 http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Meetings/20120328 == 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 === * [USN-1404-1] Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-March/001638.html * [USN-1405-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-March/001639.html * [USN-1407-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-March/001640.html * [USN-1410-1] Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-March/001641.html * [USN-1411-1] Linux kernel vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-March/001642.html * [USN-1406-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-March/001643.html * [USN-1409-1] Linux kernel (Oneiric backport) vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-March/001644.html * [USN-1408-1] Linux kernel (FSL-IMX51) vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-March/001645.html * [USN-1197-7] ca-certificates-java vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-March/001646.html * [USN-1412-1] Linux kernel vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-March/001647.html * [USN-1413-1] Nova vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-March/001648.html * [USN-1197-8] ca-certificates-java regression - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-March/001649.html === Ubuntu 8.04 Updates === * linux 2.6.24-31.100 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-March/012741.html End of life - April 2013 (Server) === Ubuntu 10.04 Updates === * ca-certificates-java 20100406ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012787.html * adobe-flashplugin 11.2.202.228-0lucid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012788.html * flashplugin-nonfree - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012789.html * nis 3.17-31ubuntu0.10.04.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012790.html * mawk 1.3.3-15ubuntu2.0.10.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012791.html * cups 1.4.3-1ubuntu1.6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012792.html * debian-installer 20081029ubuntu102.15 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012793.html * cloud-init 0.5.10-0ubuntu1.7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012794.html End of Life - April 2013 (Desktop) - April 2015 (Server) === Ubuntu 10.10 Updates === * ca-certificates-java20100412ubuntu0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-March/009819.html * adobe-flashplugin 11.2.202.228-0maverick1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-March/009820.html * flashplugin-nonfree - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-March/009821.html * cloud-init 0.5.15-0ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-March/009822.html End of Life - April 2012 === Ubuntu 11.04 Updates === * ca-certificates-java 20100412ubuntu0.11.04.1- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-March/012452.html * adobe-flashplugin 11.2.202.228-0natty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-March/012453.html * flashplugin-nonfree - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-March/012454.html * nova_2011.2-0ubuntu1.3_i386_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-March/012455.html * cloud-init 0.6.1-0ubuntu8.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-March/012456.html End of Life - October 2012 === Ubuntu 11.10 Updates === * mawk 1.3.3-15ubuntu2.11.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011994.html * lxc 0.7.5-0ubuntu8.6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011995.html * udev 173-0ubuntu4.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011996.html * linux-backports-modules-3.0.0 3.0.0-17.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011997.html * linux-backports-modules-3.0.0 3.0.0-17.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011998.html * linux 3.0.0-17.30 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011999.html * linux 3.0.0-17.30 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/012000.html * linux-meta 3.0.0.17.20 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/012001.html * linux-meta 3.0.0.17.20 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/012002.html * ca-certificates-java 20110912ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/012003.html * adobe-flashplugin 11.2.202.228-0oneiric1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/012004.html * flashplugin-nonfree11.2.202.228ubuntu0.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/012005.html * nis 3.17-32ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/012006.html * nova_2011.3-0ubuntu6.5_i386_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/012007.html * ca-certificates-java 20110912ubuntu3.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/012008.html * cloud-init 0.6.1-0ubuntu22.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/012009.html End of Life - April 2013 == 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: http://www.ubuntu.com/news and http://fridge.ubuntu.com/ == Conclusion == Thank you for reading the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. 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Except where otherwise noted, this issue of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 License </pre> Elizabeth Krumbach 2012-04-02T21:30:01 Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 258 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.news/352 <pre>Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 258 for the week March 19 - 25, 2012. == Links to UWN == * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue258 * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/ES/Edicion258 (Spanish Version) Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 258 for the week March 19 - 25, 2012. == In This Issue == * Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) Beta 2 Freeze is now in effect. * The Ubuntu User Surveys – Parts 1 and 2 * Ubuntu 12.04 Development update * Ubuntu Stats * Is Ubuntu Global Jam an Event for Me? * Approval / Re-Approval Guidelines Updated * Egypt LoCo Approved * Launchpad News * Ubuntu Cloud Day in India – April 4th, Bangalore * Contributing to Unity for Artists: SVG Icons * Ubuntu and Youth Survey * An Interview with lovinglinux * Ubuntu Docs: A Call for Help * A new UI for System Testing * Kubuntu and the state of free consumer software * The Pangolin wallpaper selection takes flight * Unity 5.8 out, ready for beta2! * Introducing the Subway Juju Charm * In The Press * In The Blogosphere * World Hosting Day Dell Open``Stack-Powered Cloud Solution with Ubuntu * Other Articles of Interest * Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings * Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings * Upcoming Meetings and Events * Updates and Security * And much much more! == General Community News == === Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) Beta 2 Freeze is now in effect. === As of writing this post, the Ubuntu 12.04 Beta 2 release was a week away and the archive was put in hard freeze to prepare for it. During the freeze, all uploads to main must be approved by a member of the release team, so if you have fixes which are important to get in, please get in touch as soon as possible (and preferably, get your packages uploaded in parallel!). http://release-blog.ubuntu.com/?p=201 === The Ubuntu User Surveys – Parts 1 and 2 === Gerry Carr, Communications Manager, shares the results of the Ubuntu User Surveys, which surveyed users in English, Spanish and Portuguese and focused on Demographics. http://blog.canonical.com/2012/03/21/the-ubuntu-user-surveys-part-1/ http://blog.canonical.com/2012/03/22/ubuntu-user-surveys-part-2/ === Ubuntu 12.04 Development update === In this exciting Ubuntu 12.04 Development Update the Development News Team gives insight into the daily happenings of developers, while Benjamin Kerensa sits down for an interview with Ubuntu Developer and Ubuntu Desktop Team Member, Martin Pitt. http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2012/03/22/ubuntu-12-04-development-update-19/ == Ubuntu Stats == === Bug Stats === * Open (91684) + 579 over last week * Critical (99) - 1 over last week * Unconfirmed (47498) + 271 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 (8214) -261 over last week 3. English (United Kingdom) (23834) -3662 over last week 4. Bosnian (37539) -1 over last week 5. Brazilian Portuguese (42584) +/- 0 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 === * /tmp warnings in gnome save box and nautilus - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29416/ * Backlight fade - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29407/ * Restore Delete instead of CTRL+Delete - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29410/ * Date/Time Indicator's Calendar relies on desktop email clients - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29421/ * Make NFS shares esily discoverable on the network - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29401/ 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 === * What is the “Grave” button? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/114578/what-is-the-grave-button * How large can Nautilus's thumbnail cache grow? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/114530/how-large-can-nautiluss-thumbnail-cache-grow * How can I download music from youtube and not the video film? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/115587/how-can-i-download-music-from-youtube-and-not-the-video-film * Installing ubuntu on customer computers [closed] - http://askubuntu.com/questions/114472/installing-ubuntu-on-customer-computers * How can one-handed work in Ubuntu be eased? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/115686/how-can-one-handed-work-in-ubuntu-be-eased Ask (and answer!) your own questions at http://askubuntu.com == LoCo News == === Is Ubuntu Global Jam an Event for Me? === Charlene Tessier writes about her experience being the lead for her area's Ubuntu Global Jam event. "Well, first I was told there is a theme – Jam (stuff you put on bread) and Jammies (aka pajamas)? What kind of tech event is this? But that’s not all. Let’s make it [a] day event with a variety of different activities for all levels of participation," wrote Tessier. "Did anything happen with the theme you ask?" You will have to read the blog post to find out. http://frenchfortunecookie.wordpress.com/2012/03/20/is-ubuntu-global-jam-an-event-for-me/ === Approval / Re-Approval Guidelines Updated === The Ubuntu LoCo Council announces they have released an improved set of Approval/Re-Approval Guidelines for LoCos that should make the process more straightforward. http://lococouncil.ubuntu.com/2012/03/21/approval-re-approval-guidelines-updated/ === Egypt LoCo Approved === The LoCo Council shares news of the Egyptian Lo``Co team’s approval on March 20th and highlights them as a “great example of a quality application as it even included nice graphs to help visualise some of the plans the LoCo is putting into place.” http://lococouncil.ubuntu.com/2012/03/21/egypt-loco-approved/ == Launchpad News == === Why there is always time === Dan Harrop-Griffiths explains why there is always time for usability testing. Testing methods can range from very simple to very complex, and setting up "basic tests with a handful of users, running them and then writing up the results doesn’t need to take more than a day or two." http://blog.launchpad.net/general/why-there-is-always-time == Ubuntu Cloud News == === Ubuntu Cloud Day in India – April 4th, Bangalore === Canonical will host the first Ubuntu Cloud Day in Bangalore, India on April 4th. The event is aimed at engineers and developers with a professional interest in using the Ubuntu Cloud as a developer tool. It will be sponsored by Intel and feature keynote speakers from the Canonical team, as well as presentations from Intel and other partners. Registration is required to attend and can be found on the Canonical Blog. http://blog.canonical.com/2012/03/19/ubuntu-cloud-day-in-india-april-4th-bangalore/ == The Planet == === Michael Hall: Contributing to Unity for Artists: SVG Icons === Michael Hall explains how artists can contribute to Unity by submitting SVG icons for Ubuntu applications through the corresponding bug report filed in launchpad. http://mhall119.com/2012/03/contributing-to-unity-for-artists-svg-icons/ === José Antonio Rey: Ubuntu and Youth Survey === Jose Antonio Rey posted an anonymous 3-page short survey to collect data on people ages 13-20 and their participation within the Ubuntu project. The survey is intended to collect statistics on youth participation for a session which may take place during the Ubuntu Developer Summit. http://joseeantonior.wordpress.com/2012/03/20/ubuntu-and-youth-survey/ === s.fox: An Interview with lovinglinux === lovinglinux talks about becoming interested in computers, Linux and Ubuntu; “I started to play with computers in early 80’s, when my parents gave me a TK 85, an unlicensed ZX81 clone. But it wasn’t until the early 90’s, when I entered the University, that I would start using PC’s as we know today, mostly for research and entertainment. I don’t know exactly when I became interested in Linux, but I remember a few unsuccessful attempts to use some distributions that I received with computer magazines, until I came in contact with Ubuntu Hardy Heron, back in 2008. I guess many users like me were drawn to Ubuntu because of Vista. Never looked back since then.” http://serial-coder.co.uk/blog/2012/03/an-interview-with-lovinglinux/ === Jeremy Bicha: Ubuntu Docs: A Call for Help === Jeremy Bicha of the Ubuntu Docs Team makes a Call for Help to the Ubuntu Community to complete the 12.04 Documentation Tasks left before release. http://jeremy.bicha.net/2012/03/22/ubuntu-docs-a-call-for-help/ === Ara Pulido: A new UI for System Testing === Ara Pulido of the Canonical Hardware Certification Team asks Ubuntu Users to test the new UI in Ubuntu Friendly so that it is ready for use come 12.04 release time. http://arapulido.com/2012/03/23/a-new-ui-for-system-testing/ === Kubuntu and the state of free consumer software === Jonathan Riddell highlights past announcements about Kubuntu and the state of Free Consumer Software and KDE. http://blogs.kde.org/node/4547 === Canonical Design Team: The Pangolin wallpaper selection takes flight === For another cycle a selection of images has been put forward for inclusion in Ubuntu. As there have been some questions on other blogs about the process, I thought it was worth doing a quick refresher. Each release we ask the community contributors whose images were included in the last release if they’d like to help choose the images that should go into the upcoming release. http://hungfu.wordpress.com/2012/03/23/the-pangolin-wallpaper-selection-takes-flight/ === Didier Roche: Unity 5.8 out, ready for beta2! === Didier Roche of the Unity Team discusses the Unity 5.8 milestone and what new features to expect, including some changes in Multi-Monitor support. http://blog.didrocks.fr/post/Unity-5.8-out%2C-ready-for-beta2%21 === Benjamin Kerensa: Introducing the Subway Juju Charm === Benjamin Kerensa announces the release of the Subway Juju Charm, and also highlights the underlying Open Source project that made it a reality. http://benjaminkerensa.com/2012/03/23/subway-juju-charm == In The Press == === Ubuntu Linux and Canonical Moving Forward, Two Years After Leadership Change === Sean Michael Kerner of Internet News.com writes "It's a move that today in 2012 is still working out well for Ubuntu and Canonical. I recently got the chance to chat with Silber and she told me point blank that there is no way she is going back to her former position at Canonical, she's loves her job as CEO too much." http://www.internetnews.com/blog/skerner/ubuntu-linux-and-canonical-moving-forward.html === Say Hello to Canonical's new Linux desktop: Ubuntu 12.04 beta review === Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols of zdnet opines about his experience with Ubuntu 12.04 beta. Vaughan-Nichols writes, "Canonical’s next long-term support release of its flagship Linux distribution, Ubuntu 12.04 is in late beta. This next release, due out on April 26th, is in beta now. I’ve been using it for several weeks now and so far, so good." He continues, "I rather like Unity as well. What Ubuntu’s developers have really been doing with this release is not so much getting HUD ready, as they have been cleaning Unity up and getting it ready for business users." http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/say-hello-to-canonicals-new-linux-desktop-ubuntu-1204-beta-review/10651 === Why Linux is Dead on the Desktop === PCWorld Writer Tony Bradley opines about why he feels that Linux cannot compete on the desktop, and cites his struggle and effort to try to use Ubuntu for a month as a factor. https://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/252516/why_linux_on_the_desktop_is_dead.html == In The Blogosphere == === Ubuntu 12.04 Multi-Monitor Launcher Behaviour Decided === Joey Sneddon discusses the results of a recent Multi-Monitor poll they conducted with the Ubuntu Design Team. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/03/ubuntu-12-04-multi-monitor-to-be === The Smart Login Manager Of Ubuntu === Swapnil Bhartiya discusses some quirks and behavior of the Ubuntu Login Manager (LightDM). http://www.muktware.com/articles/3432/smart-login-manager-ubuntu === GNOME Classic in Ubuntu 12.04: It’s Like Nothing Ever Changed === In this article Joey Sneddon shares great news for users who still enjoy an old-school Classic Panel look, and how to get it setup in Ubuntu 12.04. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/03/gnome-classic-in-ubuntu-12-04-its-like-nothing-ever-changed/ === 15 New Photo Wallpapers Chosen for Ubuntu 12.04 === Joey Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! shares the 15 Wallpapers chosen to be included in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/03/13-new-photo-wallpapers-chosen- === Ubuntu 12.04 to be without Wubi installer === Sam Osborne of imediamonkey discusses the proposed removal of Wubi in Ubuntu 12.04. Osborne writes, "For those unaware, Wubi (Windows-based UBuntu Installer) allows the user to install Ubuntu alongside Windows, without having to partition their hard drive. Put simply, the installer adds an extra boot option at boot up – giving users the option to boot into either Windows or Ubuntu." The article reveals that one of the reasons for this move is to make it possible for Wubi to be maintained and enhanced outside the Ubuntu development cycle. http://www.imediamonkey.com/ubuntu-12-04-to-be-without-wubi-installer/ == In Other News == === World Hosting Day Dell OpenStack-Powered Cloud Solution with Ubuntu === Martin Stadtler shares the good news that Dell has decided to partner with Canonical to provide an Openstack-powered Cloud Solution. http://blog.canonical.com/2012/03/21/world-hosting-day-dell-openstack-powered-cloud-solution-with-ubuntu/ == Other Articles of Interest == * Iceland latest to make big noises about open source - http://www.itworld.com/software/261258/iceland-latest-make-big-noises-about-open-source * GCC Turns 25, Releases Version 4.7 with ARM Support - http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/252450/gcc_turns_25_releases_version_47_with_arm_support.html == Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings == * Kernel Team - March 20, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Meeting#Tues.2C_20_March_2012 * QA Team - March 21, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Meetings/QA/20120321 * Desktop Team - March 20, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Meeting/2012-03-20 * Security Team - March 19, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20120319 == Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings == * Lubuntu Team - March 21, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Meetings/20120321 == 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 === * [USN-1401-1] Xulrunner vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-March/001633.html * [USN-1400-3] Thunderbird vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-March/001634.html * [USN-1402-1] libpng vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-March/001635.html * [USN-1403-1] FreeType vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-March/001636.html * [USN-1401-2] Thunderbird vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-March/001637.html === Ubuntu 8.04 Updates === * libpng 1.2.15~beta5-3ubuntu0.6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-March/012739.html * freetype 2.3.5-1ubuntu4.8.04.9 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-March/012740.html End of life - April 2013 (Server) === Ubuntu 10.04 Updates === * kexec-tools 1:2.0.1-1ubuntu5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012759.html * pyspf 2.0.5-2ubuntu10.04.0 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012760.html * linux-meta 2.6.32.40.47 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012761.html * linux 2.6.32-40.87 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012762.html * linux 2.6.32-40.87 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012763.html * linux-backports-modules-2.6.32 2.6.32-40.41- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012764.html * linux-backports-modules-2.6.32 2.6.32-40.41- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012765.html * linux-meta 2.6.32.40.47 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012766.html * linux-ports-meta 2.6.32.40.32 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012767.html * linux-ports-meta 2.6.32.40.32 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012768.html * linux-lts-backport-natty 2.6.38-13.57~lucid1- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012769.html * linux-lts-backport-maverick2.6.35-32.67~lucid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012770.html * linux-ec2 2.6.32-344.46 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012771.html * linux-ec2 2.6.32-344.46 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012772.html * linux-meta-ec2 2.6.32.344.25 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012773.html * linux-meta-ec2 2.6.32.344.25 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012774.html * linux-fsl-imx51 2.6.31-612.34 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012775.html * linux-fsl-imx51 2.6.31-612.34 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012780.html * linux-lts-backport-oneiric 3.0.0-17.30~lucid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012776.html * linux-meta-lts-backport-oneiric 3.0.0.17.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012777.html * linux-meta-lts-backport-oneiric 3.0.0.17.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012778.html * linux-lts-backport-oneiric 3.0.0-17.30~lucid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012779.html * libpng 1.2.42-1ubuntu2.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012781.html * cloud-init 0.5.10-0ubuntu1.7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012782.html * freetype 2.3.11-1ubuntu2.6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012783.html * mahara- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012784.html * tvtime 1.0.2-5ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012785.html * nis 3.17-31ubuntu0.10.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012786.html End of Life - April 2013 (Desktop) - April 2015 (Server) === Ubuntu 10.10 Updates === * libdbd-pg-perl 2.17.1-2+squeeze1build0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-March/009807.html * libyaml-libyaml-perl0.33-1+squeeze1build0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-March/009808.html * kexec-tools 1:2.0.1-2ubuntu2.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-March/009809.html * pyspf 2.0.5-2ubuntu10.10.0 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-March/009810.html * linux 2.6.35-32.67 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-March/009811.html * linux 2.6.35-32.67 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-March/009812.html * linux-mvl-dove 2.6.32-424.43 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-March/009813.html * linux-meta-mvl-dove 2.6.32.424.14 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-March/009814.html * libpng 1.2.44-1ubuntu0.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-March/009815.html * cloud-init 0.5.15-0ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-March/009816.html * freetype 2.4.2-2ubuntu0.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-March/009817.html * mahara_1.2.5-2ubuntu0.4_i386_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-March/009818.html End of Life - April 2012 === Ubuntu 11.04 Updates === * libapache2-mod-fcgid1:2.3.6-1+squeeze1build0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-March/012442.html * kexec-tools 1:2.0.1-2ubuntu5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-March/012443.html * pyspf 2.0.5-3ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-March/012444.html * linux 2.6.38-13.57 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-March/012445.html * linux 2.6.38-13.57 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-March/012446.html * libpng 1.2.44-1ubuntu3.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-March/012447.html * cloud-init 0.6.1-0ubuntu8.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-March/012448.html * freetype 2.4.4-1ubuntu2.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-March/012449.html * mahara_1.2.7-1ubuntu0.3_i386_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-March/012450.html * mawk 1.3.3-15ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-March/012451.html End of Life - October 2012 === Ubuntu 11.10 Updates === * libapache2-mod-fcgid1:2.3.6-1+squeeze1build0.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011968.html * kexec-tools 1:2.0.2-1ubuntu4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011969.html * pyspf 2.0.5-5ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011970.html * checkbox 0.12.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011971.html * gst-plugins-good0.10 0.10.30-1ubuntu7.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011972.html * midori 0.4.0-2build0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011973.html * software-center 5.0.6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011974.html * xserver-xorg-video-openchrome 1:0.2.904+svn920-1ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011975.html * linux-meta-ti-omap4 3.0.0.1208.7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011976.html * linux-ti-omap4 3.0.0-1208.18 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011977.html * linux-ti-omap4 3.0.0-1208.18 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011978.html * linux-meta-ti-omap4 3.0.0.1208.7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011979.html * libpng 1.2.46-3ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011980.html * cloud-init 0.6.1-0ubuntu22.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011981.html * freetype 2.4.4-2ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011982.html * mahara 1.4.0-1ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011983.html * klavaro 1.9.2-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011984.html * squid3 3.1.14-1ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011985.html * krename 4.0.7-1ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011986.html * cobbler 2.1.0+git20110602-0ubuntu26.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011987.html * modemmanager 0.5-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011988.html * distribute 0.6.16-1ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011989.html * asterisk 1:1.8.4.4~dfsg-2ubuntu1.1- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011990.html * live-manual 1:3.0~a7-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011991.html * qemu-kvm 0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011992.html * virtuoso-opensource 6.1.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011993.html End of Life - April 2013 == 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: http://www.ubuntu.com/news and http://fridge.ubuntu.com/ == Conclusion == Thank you for reading the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. 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Except where otherwise noted, this issue of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is licensed under a [[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/|Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 License]] </pre> Amber Graner 2012-03-26T20:26:58 Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 257 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.news/351 <pre>Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 257 for the week March 12 - 18, 2012. == Links to UWN == * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue257 == In This Issue == * UDS registration opened on March 12th * Ubuntu 12.04 Development update * Welcome New Members * A quick thank you * Ubuntu Stats * Yet More Precise Jams * Work items in blueprints * Ubuntu Cloud Guest images in Amazon's quickstart launcher * Didier Roche: New, shiny, Unity 5.6 released! * Mark Shuttleworth: Ubuntu vs RHEL in enterprise computing * Jonathan Riddell: Kubuntu Active is Activated * Daniel Holbach: Making sure code gets reviewed in Ubuntu * Canonical Design Team: Task switching in Ubuntu, and a introduction to 'The Spread' * Mythbuntu: Mythbuntu changing to LTS only releases * Has Canonical Found the Keys to the Computing Kingdom? * Is Ubuntu becoming a big name in enterprise Linux servers? * In The Blogosphere * Other Articles of Interest * Featured Podcasts * Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings * Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings * Monthly Team Reports: February 2012 * Upcoming Meetings and Events * Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 10.10, 11.04 and 11.10 * And much more! == General Community News == === UDS registration opened on March 12th === The UDS registration form is now open. UDS is an open event, which brings together Canonical engineers, community members, partners, upstream representatives, and cloud specialists, in an environment of active collaboration and debate. You can learn more at http://uds.ubuntu.com === Ubuntu 12.04 Development update === The Ubuntu Development News team shares some stats (as of publishing on Thursday, March 15): "42 days until Ubuntu 12.04, the sixteenth Ubuntu release and fourth LTS will be released. This makes six weeks in which the following things are going to happen: one week until Beta 2 Freeze and docs will be frozen, two weeks until Beta 2 gets out, three weeks until the kernel is frozen, four weeks until we hit Final Freeze and it will be hard to squeeze fixes in." Among other things, links to blog posts from developers throughout the community are presented, a list of upcoming events, a spotlight on "Putting the Ubuntu Development process to the test" and ways to get involved with development are included in this update. http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2012/03/15/ubuntu-12-04-development-update-18/ === Welcome New Members === Results from the Asia/Oceania Membership Board Meeting March 13, 2012 * Barneedhar Vigneshwar (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/jokerdino | https://launchpad.net/~jokerdino) https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2012-March/001516.html Results for the Americas Regional Membership Board Meeting March 15, 2012 * Jeff Lane (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JeffLane | http://launchpad.net/~bladernr) * Stephen Michael Kellat (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/skellat | https://launchpad.net/~skellat) * Allison Randal (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AllisonRandal | https://launchpad.net/~allison) * Chris Gagnon (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ChrisGagnon | https://launchpad.net/~chris.gagnon) https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2012-March/001515.html == Community Acknowledgments and Success Stories == === A quick thank you === Dougie Richardson tells a story about his need for a newer version of a piece of software than was available via the Ubuntu repositories, and discovering the Ubuntu Packaging Guide. In this post he thanks the authors of the guide and says it's "great when you want to try something, find comprehensive instructions and can wrap it up in a few hours." http://blog.lynxworks.eu/2012/03/packaging/ == Ubuntu Stats == === Bug Stats === * Open (91105) +435 over last week * Critical (100) -10 over last week * Unconfirmed (47227) +245 # 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 (8475) -1 over last week 3. English (United Kingdom) (27496) -1990 over last week 4. Bosnian (37540) -5 over last week 5. Brazilian Portuguese (42584) -222 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 === * Magnet links should be supported in Ubuntu download page - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29378/ * no way to add a workspace - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29382/ * No need for backup but for synchronisation - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29392/ * When no types of sorting seems to fit - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29376/ * Auto unmount after copy finished - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29370/ 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 === * What will happen when the Code Names of the Ubuntu releases get to Z [closed] http://askubuntu.com/questions/113194/what-will-happen-when-the-code-names-of-the-ubuntu-releases-get-to-z * What different WM's are available on ubuntu? http://askubuntu.com/questions/112850/what-different-wms-are-available-on-ubuntu * What hinders Ubuntu from getting traction in the professional field? http://askubuntu.com/questions/113474/what-hinders-ubuntu-from-getting-traction-in-the-professional-field * Why does Ubuntu release version at x.04 and x.10? [closed] http://askubuntu.com/questions/113102/why-does-ubuntu-release-version-at-x-04-and-x-10 * Is there a real name policy in the Ubuntu community? http://askubuntu.com/questions/112434/is-there-a-real-name-policy-in-the-ubuntu-community Ask (and answer!) your own questions at http://askubuntu.com == LoCo News == === Yet More Precise Jams === Randall Ross shares photos from Ubuntu Global Jam events around the world in a series of posts leading up to the announcement of the winning photo. http://randall.executiv.es/ugj-precise-contenders-2 http://randall.executiv.es/ugj-precise-contenders-3 http://randall.executiv.es/ugj-precise-contenders-4 === Full House Today at Linux Workshop === Charles Profitt reports that helping a SUSE user to repair an installation and assisting with the setting up of a proxy and firewall server utilising Ubuntu server, Dans Guardian and Squid is all in a days work at a monthly Linux Workshop in New York. http://ftbeowulf.wordpress.com/2012/03/17/full-house-today-at-linux-workshop/ == Launchpad News == === Work items in blueprints === Matthew Revell discusses the use of blueprints in the community, and the addition of support for blueprint work in Launchpad itself, which will be a text box with syntax-checking specifically for work items. http://blog.launchpad.net/cool-new-stuff/work-items-in-blueprints === Meet Laura Czajkowski === Dan Harrop-Griffiths interviews Laura Czajkowski, the new support specialist for Launchpad, about her experience with open source and her role with the Launchpad team. http://blog.launchpad.net/general/meet-laura-czajkowski == Ubuntu Cloud News == === Ubuntu Cloud Guest images in Amazon's quickstart launcher === Jorge Castro shares that, since many people provide Ubuntu AMIs on AWS, the Ubuntu Cloud team has now branded the official Ubuntu images as "Ubuntu Cloud Guest". Other images that are based on Ubuntu are simply branded as "Ubuntu". Official images are also using the Orange Circle of Friends, the rest are using the Black Circle of Friends. They hope this makes it easier for people to differentiate between official AMIs and AMIs provided by others. http://cloud.ubuntu.com/2012/03/ubuntu-cloud-guest-images-in-amazons-quickstart-launcher/ == The Planet == === Didier Roche: New, shiny, Unity 5.6 released! === Didier Roche announces that a new version of Unity, 5.6, landed in Precise this week. He notes that there are "tons of bug fixes and miscellaneous improvements," including "a patch in compiz that enhances its performance for more than 51%." http://blog.didrocks.fr/post/New%2C-shiny%2C-Unity-5.6-released%21 === Ubuntu Classroom: IRC Operator Class: IRC Basics &amp; Working with Network Services, Aliases and More! === The first of a series of "fun and interesting classes on being in IRC Operator" was held recently by Mia Ranta focusing on IRC basics for Ubuntu IRC Operators. Link to the logs of this first session included. http://ubuntuclassroom.wordpress.com/2012/03/12/irc-operator-class-irc-basics-working-with-network-services-aliases-and-more/ === Jono Bacon: Ubuntu Accomplishments Updates === Jono Bacon updates the community about the current status of Ubuntu Accomplishments. He gives a video demo of the working system, and writes about the work going into making it as easy as possible to contribute documentation to the project. http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/03/14/ubuntu-accomplishments-updates-2/ === Mark Shuttleworth: Ubuntu vs RHEL in enterprise computing === Mark Shuttleworth noted that the trend for large-scale enterprise web server workloads indicates that Ubuntu is now being adopted over RHEL. In addition there is a wider community response to the goal of cadence, with the example of OpenStack's Essex. Shuttleworth wrote, "OpenStack's Essex release is lined up to be a perfect fit for 12.04 LTS. That is not a coincidence, it's a value to which both projects are committed. Upstream projects that care about their users and care about being adopted quickly, want an effective conduit of their goodness straight to users." http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1072 === Daniel Holbach: Putting the Ubuntu Development process to the test === Daniel Holbach presents a new initiative to gain testers, which will help to improve the Ubuntu development process. http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/2012/03/putting-the-ubuntu-development-process-to-the-test/ === Jonathan Riddell: Kubuntu Active is Activated === Jonathan Riddell announces daily builds of the new Ubuntu flavor for Tablets: Kubuntu Active. "Images are for i386 only for now, ARMv7 should be added when we know it's a bit more stable and have testers." http://blogs.kde.org/node/4544 === Daniel Holbach: Making sure code gets reviewed in Ubuntu === Daniel Holbach describes the sponsorship queue process that new contributors go through to contribute newly packaged software to the Ubuntu repository. He presents a graph showing the status of the queue and notes that new requests come in and the queue is reviewed on a regular basis, with approximately 50 requests in the queue at any given time. This number is still higher than they'd like, so he asks the community "If you can review code, please help out." http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/2012/03/making-sure-code-gets-reviewed-in-ubuntu/ === Ubuntu App Developer Blog: Top 10 Ubuntu app downloads for February 2012 === The top 10 Ubuntu app downloads from February have been announced. Real-time naval strategy game "Oil Rush" tops the list, with familiar favorites like Braid, World of Goo, Core Breach, and Trauma also in the running. Aside from games, both Fluendo DVD Playback and Fluendo Complete Playback Pack are among the top downloads for the month. http://developer.ubuntu.com/2012/03/top-10-ubuntu-app-downloads-for-february-2012/ === Canonical Design Team: Task switching in Ubuntu, and a introduction to 'The Spread' === Canonical shows off a revamped way of managing open windows and tasks, called "The Spread." It features a slicker design, better app integration, filter options, and is designed to work between workspaces and multiple monitors. http://design.canonical.com/2012/03/task-switching-in-ubuntu-and-a-introduction-to-the-spread/ === Mythbuntu: Mythbuntu changing to LTS only releases === The Mythbuntu team announces that "starting with the 12.04 release we will be moving to LTS only releases. Mythbuntu ISOs will only be released for LTS releases. MythTV packages will still be provided in the Ubuntu and Mythbuntu repositories for every Ubuntu release (both LTS and non-LTS)." The post goes on to detail what this means for users, rationale for the change, and how to get involved. http://www.mythbuntu.org/lts == In The Press == === Has Canonical Found the Keys to the Computing Kingdom? === Katherine Noyes of Linux Insider speculates about the future of Ubuntu and Canonical. After major announcements like Ubuntu TV and Ubuntu for Android, the question of whether Ubuntu is "the next Apple" is raised. In contrast, several critics voice their opinion that the Ubuntu project may be making mistakes by moving too quickly. http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/74613.html === Shuttleworth: Ubuntu rockets up at enterprises === Timothy Prickett Morgan of The Register reports on some of the comments from Mark Shuttleworth's recent blog post regarding the growth in Ubuntu and Debian over RPM-based alternatives. Morgan explores how W3Techs, the source of the statistics Shuttleworth bases his post around, are collected and discusses how the trend of Open Stack with Ubuntu may change the landscape. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/03/14/shuttleworth_ubuntu_enterprise_web/ === Is Ubuntu becoming a big name in enterprise Linux servers? === Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols of zdnet writes about how Ubuntu is the top operating system in the Amazon EC2 cloud. Vaughan-Nichols writes, "In my own research, I found that Cloud Market, a group that scans the Amazon EC2 cloud use, shows Ubuntu is the top operating system with almost 12-thousand instances. Generic Linux comes in second trailing by thousands, and Windows is far behind in third with 3.58-thousand instances. Combining RHEL with its clone, CentOS, the Red Hat family came in with about 2.3-thousand." http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/is-ubuntu-becoming-a-big-name-in-enterprise-linux-servers/10602 == In The Blogosphere == === Mark Shuttleworth Weighs In On Ubuntu 12.04 === Sam Dean, OStatic, writes on Mark Shuttleworth's reflections on Ubuntu 12.04, including the work gone in to multi-monitor support and the new HUD. http://ostatic.com/blog/mark-shuttleworth-weighs-in-on-ubuntu-12-04 === Ubuntu For Android Can Disrupt The Enterprise Market === Swampnil Bhartiya of Muktware writes about how Ubuntu for Android has the potential to impress the enterprise market. He discusses how it makes sense to be able to have one device that fills all the needs of businesses: a phone, a mobile device, and a desktop. http://www.muktware.com/news/3395/ubuntu-android-can-disrupt-enterprise-market === Canonical To Organize Ubuntu Cloud Day In India === Swampnil Bhartiya of Muktware reports on the recently announced Ubuntu Cloud Day presented by Canonical in Bangalore, India. "The event aims to introduce developers and engineers to the Ubuntu Cloud, which is fast gaining popularity across the world. With keynote speeches from various members of the Canonical Cloud team, as well as hands-on technical sessions, the day is designed to deliver an enriching experience for any developer to rapidly be brought up-to-speed on Ubuntu Cloud and the latest developments in the same." http://www.muktware.com/news/3403/canonical-organize-ubuntu-cloud-day-india === NVIDIA Tegra 3 Makes For Fast Ubuntu On ARM === Michael Larabel of Phoronix shares benchmarks on the quad-cre NVIDIA Tegra 3 and reports that it "leads to a fairly fast ARMv7 experience when running Ubuntu Linux." http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&amp;px=MTA3MjQ == Other Articles of Interest == * Linux certificate program targets newcomers to the OS - http://www.itworld.com/software/257696/linux-certificate-program-targets-newcomers-os * The Linux Hardware Hurdle - http://www.datamation.com/open-source/the-linux-hardware-hurdle-1.html * Get Your Linux Game On - http://jeffhoogland.blogspot.com/2012/03/get-your-linux-game-on.html * Can Linux Win in Cloud Computing? - https://www.linux.com/news/featured-blogs/185:jennifer-cloer/554207:can-linux-win-in-cloud-computing * Linux servers keep growing, Windows &amp; Unix keep shrinking - http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/linux-servers-keep-growing-windows-unix-keep-shrinking/10616 * Debian accepted for the Google Summer of Code 2012. Students wanted! - http://ekaia.org/blog/2012/03/17/debian-accepted-for-the-google-summer-of-code-2012-students-wanted/ == Featured Podcasts == === Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S05E02 - Raspberry Jam === In this episode "We talk about about what we've been doing: Upgrading Mumbuntu and the kids' netbooks to 12.04, retuning MythTV, trying Pinterest, fixing a broken server, going to London Green Hackathon, improving a personal cloud". The podcast also contains their second debate in the series, this time talking about Raspberry Pi, as well as talk about news and events, and more. http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2012/03/14/s05e02-raspberry-jam/ == Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings == * Kernel Team - March 13, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Meeting#Tues.2C_13_March_2012 * QA Team - March 14, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Meetings/QA/20120314 * Desktop Team - March 13, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Meeting/2012-03-13 * Security Team - March 12, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20120312 * Server Team - March 13, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/20120313 == Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings == * Lubuntu Team - March 14, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Meetings/20120314 * Xubuntu Team - March 14, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/Meetings/Archive/Minutes/2012-03-14 == Monthly Team Reports: February 2012 == See here for the team report for February 2012: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TeamReports/February2012 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 === * [USN-1397-1] MySQL vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-March/001627.html * [USN-1398-1] LTSP Display Manager vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-March/001628.html * [USN-1399-1] gdm-guest-session vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-March/001629.html * [USN-1399-2] Light Display Manager vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-March/001630.html * [USN-1400-1] Firefox vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-March/001631.html * [USN-1400-2] ubufox update - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-March/001632.html === Ubuntu 8.04 Updates === * mysql-dfsg-5.0 5.0.95-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-March/012737.html * mysql-dfsg-5.0 5.0.95-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-March/012738.html End of life - April 2013 (Server) === Ubuntu 10.04 Updates === * mysql-dfsg-5.1 5.1.61-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012738.html * mysql-dfsg-5.1 5.1.61-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012737.html * chromium-browser 17.0.963.79~r125985-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012739.html * chromium-browser 17.0.963.79~r125985-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012740.html * gdm-guest-session 0.15ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012741.html * release-upgrader-apt0.8.16~exp12ubuntu6~upgrader1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012742.html * apt 0.7.25.3ubuntu9.11 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012743.html * apache2 2.2.14-5ubuntu8.9 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012744.html * qemu-kvm 0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9.18 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012745.html * cron 3.0pl1-106ubuntu6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012746.html * kexec-tools 1:2.0.1-1ubuntu5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012747.html * nis 3.17-31ubuntu0.10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012748.html * pam 1.1.1-2ubuntu5.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012749.html * pyspf 2.0.5-2ubuntu10.04.0 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012750.html * vmware-view-client 1.4.0-0ubuntu1.0.10.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012751.html * app-install-data-partner 12.10.04.6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012752.html * xorg-server 2:1.7.6-2ubuntu7.11 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012753.html * release-upgrader-apt0.8.16~exp12ubuntu6~upgrader1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012754.html * vmware-view-client 1.4.0-0ubuntu2.0.10.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012755.html * app-install-data-partner 12.10.04.6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012756.html * bindwood 1.0.4-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012757.html * db2exc 9.7.5-0lucid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012758.html End of Life - April 2013 (Desktop) - April 2015 (Server) === Ubuntu 10.10 Updates === * mysql-5.1 5.1.61-0ubuntu0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-March/009796.html * mysql-5.1 5.1.61-0ubuntu0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-March/009797.html * chromium-browser 17.0.963.79~r125985-0ubuntu0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-March/009799.html * chromium-browser 17.0.963.79~r125985-0ubuntu0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-March/009798.html * gdm-guest-session 0.17ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-March/009800.html * pyspf 2.0.5-2ubuntu10.10.0 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-March/009801.html * vmware-view-client 1.4.0-0ubuntu1.0.10.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-March/009802.html * app-install-data-partner 12.10.10.5- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-March/009803.html * vmware-view-client 1.4.0-0ubuntu2.0.10.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-March/009804.html * app-install-data-partner 12.10.10.5- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-March/009805.html * bindwood 1.0.4-0ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-March/009806.html End of Life - April 2012 === Ubuntu 11.04 Updates === * mysql-5.1 5.1.61-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-March/012430.html * mysql-5.1 5.1.61-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-March/012431.html * chromium-browser 17.0.963.79~r125985-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-March/012432.html * chromium-browser 17.0.963.79~r125985-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-March/012433.html * gdm-guest-session 0.24ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-March/012434.html * pyspf 2.0.5-3ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-March/012435.html * nis 3.17-31ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-March/012436.html * vmware-view-client 1.4.0-0ubuntu1.0.11.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-March/012437.html * app-install-data-partner 12.11.04.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-March/012438.html * vmware-view-client 1.4.0-0ubuntu2.0.11.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-March/012439.html * app-install-data-partner 12.11.04.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-March/012440.html * bindwood 1.99.0-0ubuntu1.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-March/012441.html End of Life - October 2012 === Ubuntu 11.10 Updates === * mysql-5.1 5.1.61-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011951.html * mysql-5.1 5.1.61-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011952.html * software-center 5.0.6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011953.html * fex 20110622-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011954.html * chromium-browser 17.0.963.79~r125985-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011955.html * chromium-browser 17.0.963.79~r125985-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011956.html * lightdm_1.0.6-0ubuntu1.6_amd64_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011957.html * xserver-xorg-video-openchrome 1:0.2.904+svn920-1ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011958.html * super 3.30.0-5ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011959.html * pyspf 2.0.5-5ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011960.html * nautilus 1:3.2.1-0ubuntu4.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011961.html * nis 3.17-32ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011962.html * vmware-view-client 1.4.0-0ubuntu1.0.11.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011963.html * app-install-data-partner 12.11.10.2- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011964.html * vmware-view-client 1.4.0-0ubuntu2.0.11.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011965.html * app-install-data-partner 12.11.10.2- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011966.html * bindwood 1.99.0-0ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011967.html End of Life - April 2013 == 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: http://www.ubuntu.com/news and http://fridge.ubuntu.com/ == Conclusion == Thank you for reading the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. 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Except where otherwise noted, this issue of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 License </pre> Elizabeth Krumbach 2012-03-19T21:11:26 Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 256 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.news/350 <pre>Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 256 for the week March 5 - 11, 2012. == Links to UWN == * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue256 == In This Issue == * Ubuntu 12.04 Development Update * Ubuntu User Survey 2012 * Membership changes to Community and LoCo Councils * Community Acknowledgments and Success Stories * Ubuntu Stats * LoCo News * Charm School webinar video available. * Canonical Design Team: Notes from the Mobile World Congress 2012 * Michael Hall: Faces of Ubuntu: The non-Developers * Alan Pope: Improved Unity Files Lens Call For Testing * Mark Shuttleworth: Government use of Ubuntu * Brian Murray: Confirming a bug task in Launchpad * Ubuntu for Android is an open-source treat in hands-on video * How Linux is changing lives in Zambia * Is Ubuntu 12.04 a Linux Game Changer? * Ubuntu 12.04 .ISO Will Remain CD Sized * Improving Hardware Support in Ubuntu * Other Articles of Interest * Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings * Upcoming Meetings and Events * Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 10.10, 11.04 and 11.10 * And much more! == General Community News == === Ubuntu 12.04 Development Update === In yet another 12.04 development update, the dev news team gives us an upbeat and informative look at the progress being made and some highlights from Ubuntu Developers. This week features links to current projects worked on by developers throughout the project, some upcoming events, an interview with Thomas Hood, and more. http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2012/03/08/ubuntu-12-04-development-update-17/ === Welcome New Members === Results for the EMEA Membership Board Meeting March 6, 2012 * Jo Erlend Schinstad (https://launchpad.net/~joerlend.schinstad | https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JoErlendSchinstad) * Redmar (https://launchpad.net/~redmar | https://wiki.ubuntu.com/redmar) https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2012-March/001507.html === Ubuntu User Survey 2012 === Ubuntu User Survey 2012 was launched this week. Data from this survey should give a better understanding of where users are from, how they discovered Ubuntu, general demographics, and more. The survey, which is offered in three (3) languages - English, Spanish, Portuguese, will run through all of next week with the possibility of remaining open until the week of the 20th. Once the survey closes, the results will be made publicly available in their entirety for anyone who wants to read them. * English - http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/UbuntuSurvey2012 * Spanish - http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/EspanolUbuntu2012 * Portuguese - http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PortuguesUbuntu2012 === Membership changes to Community and LoCo Councils === Elizabeth Krumbach of the Community Council announces that Amber Graner has submitted her resignation to the Community Council due to other obligations. Charles Profitt has accepted a place on the Community Council and in taking on this new role, has stepped down from his position on the LoCo Council. Christophe Sauthier, a former LoCo Council member who stood for re-appointment, has accepted appointment to fill this role. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2012-March/001508.html == Community Acknowledgments and Success Stories == === ... for human beings === Mark Shuttleworth emphasizes the purpose and audience of Ubuntu and thanks all of those who have helped Ubuntu on its journey. He goes on to say, "For the first time with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, real desktop user experience innovation is available on a full production-ready enterprise-certified free software platform, free of charge, well before it shows up in Windows or MacOS." Shuttleworth finishes by saying, "Again, thanks to the Ubuntu community, 500 amazing people at Canonical, the contributors to all of the free software that makes it possible, and our users." http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1027 === Ubuntu Forums and Ask Ubuntu === Jono Bacon thanks "both our Ubuntu Forums and Ask Ubuntu communities" saying "Both are excellently managed and governed communities that provide a great on-ramp for our community [to] learn about Ubuntu, meet other Ubuntu fans, and have fun. Both are important parts of the Ubuntu community." http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/03/07/ubuntu-forums-and-askubuntu/ == Ubuntu Stats == === Bug Stats === * Open (90670) + 465 over last week * Critical (110) + 2 over last week * Unconfirmed (46982) + 151 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 (8476) - 20 over last week 3. English - United Kingdom (29486) - 212 over last week 4. Bosnian (37545) - 11 over last week 5. Brazilian Portuguese (42806) - 167 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 === * Put an ubuntu one status icon in the notification area - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29360/ * In libreoffice writer page should be possible to be split in one window - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29329/ * Fixes boot problems when running Ubuntu with restricted hardware - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29342/ * Using the calendar to plan - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29343/ * Compact nautilus properties window - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29336/ 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 ideas. http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/ === Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions this week === * How do I upgrade Ubuntu to 12.04? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/110477/how-do-i-upgrade-ubuntu-to-12-04 * How to make Vi default? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/111019/how-to-make-vi-default * Can I safely remove Banshee, without breaking Ubuntu? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/110784/can-i-safely-remove-banshee-without-breaking-ubuntu * Why is a LTS release not using the Extended Support Version of Thunderbird? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/110139/why-is-a-lts-release-not-using-the-extended-support-version-of-thunderbird * Will they add the kernel 3.3 to Ubuntu 12.04? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/110465/will-they-add-the-kernel-3-3-to-ubuntu-12-04 Ask (and answer!) your own questions at http://askubuntu.com == LoCo News == === Ubuntu-Co Yearly Report - 2011 === Sergio Meneses of Ubuntu Colombia (Ubuntu-Co) presents the annual update on the progress of the Ubuntu Community in Colombia, which includes "official community members, Ubuntu Members, followers on social networks, mailing list, web site, project status, events and more." http://sergioandresmeneses.wordpress.com/2012/03/06/ubuntu-co-yearly-report-2011/ === Global Jam! [Philadelphia] === Jim Fisher of the Pennsylvania LoCo shares the results of the Philadelphia Global Jam at Hive 76, including their work on Bug #1. http://jedijf.blogspot.com/2012/03/global-jam.html === Bangladesh: We Jammed for the First Time. We Partied Too! === Randall Ross interviews Md Ashickur Rahman, from Ubuntu Bangladesh about their recent Ubuntu Global Jam. Ross asks for Rahman's thoughts on global jams, what this jam meant for the Bangladesh team, and shares a photo from the event. http://randall.executiv.es/ugj--precise-bangladesh === A Couple of Precise Jams === Randall Ross shares a couple of his favorite photos from the recent Ubuntu Global Jam in Oregon and Ontario as contenders in his photo contest. http://randall.executiv.es/ugj-precise-contenders-1 == Ubuntu Cloud News == === Charm Contest, Week One! === Jorge Castro shares a status update of the first week of the juju Charm contest, including work begun on charms for Firefox Sync Server, PHP Symfony framework and more. http://cloud.ubuntu.com/2012/03/charm-contest-week-one/ === Charm School webinar video available. === On March 8th the Cloud team hosted a webinar version of their juju Charm School which attracted 125 attendees. The video of this webinar is now available. http://cloud.ubuntu.com/2012/03/charm-school-webinar-video-available/ == The Planet == === Canonical Design Team: Notes from the Mobile World Congress 2012 === The Canonical Design team shares event photos and reports on Canonical's booth at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. They were showcasing the Ubuntu for Android prototype as well as Ubuntu TV, and new offerings from Ubuntu One. http://design.canonical.com/2012/03/mwc-2012/ === Jono Bacon: Ubuntu One for Application Developers === Jono Bacon shares his experience working with Ubuntu One from a developer perspective. He explained how Ubuntu Accomplishments was designed with Ubuntu One as a core piece to sync, verify and validate accomplishments. http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/03/06/ubuntu-one-for-application-developers/ === Michael Hall: Faces of Ubuntu: The non-Developers === Michael Hall highlighted 3 non-developers who contributed to a variety of Quicklists and patches for Ubuntu 12.04. Hall posted pictures and brief descriptions of the key contributors, offering encouragement for other Ubuntu users to help improve the project. http://mhall119.com/2012/03/faces-of-ubuntu-the-non-developers/ === Alan Pope: Improved Unity Files Lens Call For Testing === Alan Pope issues a call for testing to the Ubuntu community for help to improve the Unity Files Lens. Testing requires installation of the unity-lens-files PPA (personal package archive) which he explains at: http://popey.com/blog/2012/03/06/improved-unity-files-lens-call-for-testing/ === Canonical Design Team: Choosing, moving, wallpapers === The wallpaper contest for the 12.04 cycle was kicked off in January, and has since gained nearly 3,000 submissions. The contest runs until March 15th, when judges will then sort through the candidates to select as many for inclusion in the release as possible. http://hungfu.wordpress.com/2012/03/06/choosing-moving-wallpapers/ === Michael Hall: Contributing to Unity for non-developers: Package patching === Michael Hall continues his series "Contributing to Unity for non-developers" by discussing package patching. He begins by discussing the important distinction between a code change and a package patch. He then uses the patching tool quilt to walk users through the process of turning a code change into a useful package patch. http://mhall119.com/2012/03/contributing-to-unity-for-non-developers-package-patching/ === Mark Shuttleworth: Government use of Ubuntu === Mark Shuttleworth discusses his interest in hearing from public service officials in order to strike up conversations about how Ubuntu could be used to deliver better software for government use. In this post he covers security certifications, local cultural customization, skills development, and more, closing with an invitation to collaborate: "If this is interesting to you, and you're in a position to participate in building something that would actually get used in such a context, then please get in touch." http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1056 === Brian Murray: Confirming a bug task in Launchpad === Handling bugs is an important task for the Ubuntu community and they always need more volunteers to assist. In the first of a series of very short videos, each showing one single aspect of dealing with bugs, Brian Murray explains how to confirm a bug task in Launchpad. Murray's blog post here: http://www.murraytwins.com/blog/?p=113 Direct YouTube link here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl-cQDAlPFc == In The Press == === Ubuntu for Android is an open-source treat in hands-on video === CNET was able to get a hands-on experience with Ubuntu for Android while at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. A detailed video shows how Ubuntu for Android works between the two operating systems, as well as how applications can work between the two experiences. http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/ubuntu-for-android-is-an-open-source-treat-in-hands-on-video-50007210/ === Ubuntu Linux 12.04 One-Ups Windows and Mac, Shuttleworth Says === Katherine Noyes of PCWorld wrote about Mark Shuttleworth's blog post where he asserted that Ubuntu 12.04 LTS represents the first time "real desktop user experience innovation is available on a full production-ready enterprise-certified free software platform, free of charge, well before it shows up in Windows or MacOS." "Still, I think it's interesting to hear the magnitude of Shuttleworth's assertions this time around. Ubuntu 12.04, apparently, isn't just another release, in Canonical's view--it's the first solid look at what Canonical wants its distro to be in the coming years, and how it plans to advance in a desktop market still dominated by Windows and Macs," Noyes noted. http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/251367/ubuntu_linux_1204_oneups_windows_and_mac_shuttleworth_says.html === How Linux is changing lives in Zambia === Adam Oxford of Tech Radar does an in-depth report of work being done by several organizations in Zambia using open source software to increase communication within developing communities. The goal is to achieve this through broader availability of Internet access and computer labs, computer training, and other services. They have an "Ubuntu Campus" for their small technology training college "named in honour of a certain popular distribution and the ideal behind the name." The article reports that they "also install open source alternatives such as Firefox, Google Chrome, Libre Office, Gimp, Audacity etc. We utilise Ubuntu as our primary distro, though we do keep tabs on other distros." http://www.techradar.com/news/computing/how-linux-is-changing-lives-in-zambia-1067863 == In The Blogosphere == === Is Ubuntu 12.04 a Linux Game Changer? === Matt Hartley of Datamation writes about how, despite being critical of Unity, that Unity offers a stable configurable desktop experience. Hartley says, "Thanks to the HUD (heads up display), more Unity-based configuration options, support for Sandy Bridge, and improved power consumption, Ubuntu 12.04 is shaping up to be a really solid release." http://www.datamation.com/open-source/is-ubuntu-12.04-a-linux-game-changer-1.html === Exclusive Interview With Mark Shuttleworth, HUD, Ubuntu For Android And Much More === In this interview with Mark Shuttleworth, Swapnil Bhartiya asks for Shuttleworth's thoughts regarding how far Ubuntu has come since 2004, the complicated desktop market, the upcoming LTS release, and more. A video of this interview is also included with the post. http://www.muktware.com/news/3375/exclusive-interview-mark-shuttleworth-hud-ubuntu-android-and-much-more === Shuttleworth on the Ubuntu Linux 12.04 beta === Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols reports on Mark Shuttleworth's comments in a recent blog post regarding the current status of the Ubuntu 12.04 beta. He mentions the the "push-back" to the new Unity interface and notes that Shuttleworth's post begins by thanking everyone who "stood by Canonical and me as we set out on this adventure," and goes to discuss the advantages for developers, as well as innovating to make the desktop better. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/shuttleworth-on-the-ubuntu-linux-1204-beta/10522 === Privacy Settings in Ubuntu 12.04 Gets New Application Usage Dialog === Nekhelesh Raman discusses a new application usage dialogue that has landed in the privacy settings in Ubuntu 12.04, which shows users how often different applications are used. Raman also notes that, aside from some small bugs, "the Privacy Manager is otherwise stable, and provides the user with an array of features to respect his/her privacy." http://www.muktware.com/articles/3376/privacy-settings-ubuntu-1204-gets-new-application-usage-dialog === Ubuntu 12.04 .ISO Will Remain CD Sized === Joey Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! reports on Stephane Graber's explanation that Ubuntu 12.04 LTS will continue to fit on a standard CD, although the file size will increase to 703MB. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/03/ubuntu-12-04-iso-will-remain-cd-sized/ === Beta 1 reviews === The beta1 reviews keep rolling in! The following caught the attention of our editors: * Ubuntu 12.04 Open Source OS LTS Offers More Features, Polish - http://www.thevarguy.com/2012/03/05/ubuntu-12-04-open-source-os-lts-offers-more-features-polish/ * First Beta of Ubuntu Version 12.04 Features Many Improvements - http://ostatic.com/blog/first-beta-of-ubuntu-version-12-04-features-many-improvements * Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin Beta Review - http://maketecheasier.com/ubuntu-12-04-precise-pangolin-beta-review/2012/03/09 == In Other News == === Improving Hardware Support in Ubuntu === In this post at the Canonical blog, Anthony Wong, Project Technical Lead at Canonical, shares a "distilled" version of an "improving hardware support in Ubuntu" presentation he gave at the 2011 Hardware Summit in December. Wong covers collaboration with OEMs, which includes tracking and driving code changes from OEMs to make sure they make it upstream, and shares diagrams to help understand how the process fits in to a release cycle. http://blog.canonical.com/2012/03/07/improving-hardware-support-in-ubuntu/ === Full Circle Magazine - Virtualization Series Special Edition === "The single-topic Special Editions continue with Lucas Westerman's complete series of articles parts 1 through 6." http://fullcirclemagazine.org/2012/03/11/virtualisation-series-special-edition/ == Other Articles of Interest == * Fluendo, Lineo Solutions, Mocana and NVIDIA Join The Linux Foundation - http://www.linuxfoundation.org/news-media/announcements/2012/03/fluendo-lineo-solutions-mocana-and-nvidia-join-linux-foundation * The New Era of Computing - http://ostatic.com/blog/the-new-era-of-computing == Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings == * Kernel Team - March 6, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Meeting#Tues.2C_06_March_2012 * QA Team - March 7, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Meetings/QA/20120307 * Desktop Team - March 6, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Meeting/2012-03-06 * Security Team - March 5, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20120305 == 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 === * [USN-1383-1] Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-March/001613.html * [USN-1385-1] APT vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-March/001614.html * [USN-1384-1] Linux kernel (Oneiric backport) vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-March/001615.html * [USN-1386-1] Linux kernel (Natty backport) vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-March/001616.html * [USN-1387-1] Linux kernel (Maverick backport) vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-March/001617.html * [USN-1388-1] Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-March/001618.html * [USN-1389-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-March/001619.html * [USN-1390-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-March/001620.html * [USN-1391-1] Linux kernel (Marvell DOVE) vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-March/001621.html * [USN-1392-1] Linux kernel (FSL-IMX51) vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-March/001622.html * [USN-1394-1] linux-ti-omap4 vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-March/001623.html * [USN-1395-1] PyPAM vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-March/001625.html * [USN-1396-1] GNU C Library vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-March/001626.html === Ubuntu 8.04 Updates === * glibc- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-March/012734.html * tzdata 2012b~repack-0ubuntu0.8.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-March/012735.html * tzdata 2012b~repack-0ubuntu0.8.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-March/012736.html End of life - April 2013 (Server) === Ubuntu 10.04 Updates === * fex 20091210+debian0-2ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012722.html * flashplugin-nonfree - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012723.html * chromium-browser 17.0.963.65~r124586-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012724.html * chromium-browser 17.0.963.65~r124586-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012725.html * linux-fsl-imx51 2.6.31-612.33 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012726.html * linux-fsl-imx51 2.6.31-612.33 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012727.html * plib 1.8.5-5+squeeze1build0.10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012728.html * python-pam 0.4.2-12.1ubuntu1.10.04.1- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012729.html * eglibc_2.11.1-0ubuntu7.10_armel_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012730.html * tzdata 2012b-0ubuntu0.10.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012731.html * tzdata 2012b-0ubuntu0.10.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012732.html * procps 1:3.2.8-1ubuntu4.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012733.html * libxml-atom-perl 0.37-1+squeeze1build0.10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012734.html * chromium-browser 17.0.963.78~r125577-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012735.html * chromium-browser 17.0.963.78~r125577-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012736.html End of Life - April 2013 (Desktop) - April 2015 (Server) === Ubuntu 10.10 Updates === * flashplugin-nonfree - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-March/009779.html * chromium-browser 17.0.963.65~r124586-0ubuntu0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-March/009780.html * chromium-browser 17.0.963.65~r124586-0ubuntu0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-March/009781.html * linux-ti-omap4 2.6.35-903.32 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-March/009785.html * linux-ti-omap4 2.6.35-903.32 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-March/009787.html * linux-meta-mvl-dove 2.6.32.423.13 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-March/009786.html * linux-mvl-dove 2.6.32-423.42 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-March/009784.html * linux-mvl-dove 2.6.32-423.42 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-March/009783.html * linux-meta-mvl-dove 2.6.32.423.13- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-March/009782.html * plib 1.8.5-5+squeeze1build0.10.10.1- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-March/009788.html * python-pam 0.4.2-12.1ubuntu1.10.10.1- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-March/009789.html * eglibc_2.12.1-0ubuntu10.4_armel_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-March/009790.html * tzdata 2012b-0ubuntu0.10.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-March/009791.html * tzdata 2012b-0ubuntu0.10.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-March/009792.html * libxml-atom-perl 0.37-1+squeeze1build0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-March/009793.html * chromium-browser 17.0.963.78~r125577-0ubuntu0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-March/009795.html * chromium-browser 17.0.963.78~r125577-0ubuntu0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-March/009794.htm End of Life - April 2012 === Ubuntu 11.04 Updates === * flashplugin-nonfree - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-March/012418.html * chromium-browser 17.0.963.65~r124586-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-March/012419.html * chromium-browser 17.0.963.65~r124586-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-March/012420.html * apt_0.8.13.2ubuntu4.4_amd64_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-March/012421.html * plib 1.8.5-5+squeeze1build0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-March/012422.html * python-pam 0.4.2-12.2ubuntu2.11.04.1- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-March/012423.html * eglibc_2.13-0ubuntu13.1_powerpc_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-March/012424.html * tzdata 2012b-0ubuntu0.11.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-March/012425.html * tzdata 2012b-0ubuntu0.11.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-March/012426.html * libxml-atom-perl 0.37-1+squeeze1build0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-March/012427.html * chromium-browser 17.0.963.78~r125577-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-March/012428.html * chromium-browser 17.0.963.78~r125577-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-March/012429.html End of Life - October 2012 === Ubuntu 11.10 Updates === * flashplugin-nonfree 11.1.102.63ubuntu0.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011926.html * chromium-browser 17.0.963.65~r124586-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011927.html * chromium-browser 17.0.963.65~r124586-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011928.html * apt_0.8.16~exp5ubuntu13.2_armel_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011929.html * linux-ti-omap4 3.0.0-1207.17 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011931.html * linux-ti-omap4 3.0.0-1207.17 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011930.html * gst-plugins-good0.10 0.10.30-1ubuntu7.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011932.html * plib 1.8.5-5+squeeze1build0.11.10.1- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011933.html * libqxt 0.6.1-3ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011934.html * checkbox 0.12.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011935.html * lightdm 1.0.6-0ubuntu1.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011936.html * egenix-mx-base 3.2.1-1~oneiric0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011937.html * udev 173-0ubuntu4.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011938.html * midori 0.4.0-2build0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011939.html * linux 3.0.0-16.29 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011940.html * linux 3.0.0-16.29 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011941.html * nvidia-settings-updates 295.20-0ubuntu0.1- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011942.html * python-pam 0.4.2-12.2ubuntu2.11.10.1- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011943.html * eglibc_2.13-20ubuntu5.1_i386_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011944.html * gzip 1.3.12-9ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011945.html * tzdata 2012b-0ubuntu0.11.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011946.html * tzdata 2012b-0ubuntu0.11.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011947.html * gzip 1.3.12-9ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011948.html * chromium-browser 17.0.963.78~r125577-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011949.html * chromium-browser 17.0.963.78~r125577-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011950.html End of Life - April 2013 == 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: http://www.ubuntu.com/news and http://fridge.ubuntu.com/ == Conclusion == Thank you for reading the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. 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Except where otherwise noted, this issue of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 License </pre> Elizabeth Krumbach 2012-03-12T22:10:19 Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 255 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.news/349 <pre>Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 255 for the week February 27 - March 4, 2012. == Links to UWN == * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue255 == In This Issue == * Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) Beta 1 Released. * Ubuntu 12.04 Development Update * Ubuntu Stats * LoCo News * Michael Hall: Contributing to Unity for non-developers: Keywords * Tiago Hillebrandt: Interview: Nick Tait, Unity project manager * Clint Byrum (SpamapS): Precise is coming * Canonical Design Team: About Usability Testing - Recruiting * Ubuntu's Bold Mobile Gambit * Ubuntu 12.04 hits beta, brings smooth Unity for marching masses * Ubuntu for Android Gets Shown Off At Mobile World Congress * Paul Wise: Debian/Ubuntu games screenshot party results * In Other News * Other Articles of Interest * Featured Podcasts * Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings * Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings * Upcoming Meetings and Events * Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 10.10, 11.04 and 11.10 * And much more! == General Community News == === Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) Beta 1 Released. === Kate Stewart of the Ubuntu Release Team has announced the first beta release of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Long-Term Support) Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products, along with the recognized flavors. "Codenamed 'Precise Pangolin', 12.04 continues Ubuntu's proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been hard at work throughout this cycle, introducing new features and fixing bugs." https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-release/2012-March/000899.html === Ubuntu 12.04 Development Update === The Developer News team writes about the transition of Ubuntu 12.04 from Alpha Testing into the first phase of Beta Testing. Nicholas Skaggs has a number of items you can help out with by simply doing a bit of testing. Also covered are some reoccurring events (including the new Fix-it Friday) and an interview with community member Benjamin Kerensa who has recently begun to get involved with development. The post wraps up with a list of outstanding tasks which need to be completed, several ideas for getting involved, how to find something to work on and getting in touch with Ubuntu developers. http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2012/03/01/ubuntu-12-04-development-update-16/ == Ubuntu Stats == === Bug Stats === * Open (90205) +547 over last week * Critical (108) +4 over last week * Unconfirmed (46831) +126 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 === * English (Australia) (2) +/-0 over last week * Spanish (8496) -19 over last week * English (United Kingdom) (29698) -589 over last week * Bosnian (37556 )-2 over last week * Brazilian Portuguese (42973) -531 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 this week === * Unity/Gnome widget showing Internet connection status - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29306/ * Automatic repartitioning to a UEFI-partition during install - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29307/ * Ubuntu One: Better Cloud folder integration for ubuntuone-control-panel-qt - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29309/ 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 === * Mac on Linux, is it legal? http://askubuntu.com/questions/109999/mac-on-linux-is-it-legal * Why is Ubuntu not publicized in big conferences? http://askubuntu.com/questions/108745/why-is-ubuntu-not-publicized-in-big-conferences * How does Ubuntu know what file type a file without extension is http://askubuntu.com/questions/108600/how-does-ubuntu-know-what-file-type-a-file-without-extension-is * How do I add new wallpapers? http://askubuntu.com/questions/109208/how-do-i-add-new-wallpapers * PHP 5.4.0 update? apt-get update brings me to 5.3.6 http://askubuntu.com/questions/109404/php-5-4-0-update-apt-get-update-brings-me-to-5-3-6 Ask (and answer!) your own questions at http://askubuntu.com == LoCo News == === 2012 Ubuntu-my LoCo Team T-shirt === Khairul Aizat Kamarudzzaman writes that recently the Ubuntu Malaysia Team held a competition to design an Ubuntu Malaysia t-shirt for the up and coming Ubuntu 12.04 release. The winning design has been chosen and orders for the T-shirts are now open to Ubuntu users in Malaysia. http://blog.myfenris.net/2012/02/28/2012-ubuntu-my-loco-team-t-shirt/ === Jamming Artists and the Ubuntu Community === Charles Profitt of the New York Ubuntu LoCo blogs about having an artist contribute to the Ubuntu Community by producing Forum Avatars for the Ubuntu Global Jam and several new art resources for the New York Loco Team. "Beautiful!! The team now has a much improved logo to use with print media as well as properly sized logos for Launchpad, the loco portal, and our wiki page." http://ftbeowulf.wordpress.com/2012/03/02/jamming-artists-and-the-ubuntu-community/ === Ubuntu Global Jam Italy (Pistoia): a quick review === Andrea Grandi shares with us an Ubuntu Global Jam event that was held in the city of Pistoia, Italy. There were 15 participants (with several more participating via IRC) with the main focus areas being translations (from English to Italian) as well as learning to implement automatic tests. The day was rounded up with a tour of the city and a great time was had by all. http://www.andreagrandi.it/2012/03/04/ubuntu-global-jam-italy-pistoia-a-quick-review/ == The Planet == === Michael Hall: Contributing to Unity for non-developers: Keywords === Michael Hall publishes a 4-step tutorial on his blog explaining how non-developers can contribute to the Unity Dash by making the application search functions better. His tutorial includes how to add keywords to an application and send the changes to Ubuntu to be included in the 12.04 release. http://mhall119.com/2012/02/contributing-to-unity-for-non-developers-keywords/ === Tiago Hillebrandt: Interview: Nick Tait, Unity project manager === In this interview Tiago Hillebrandt talks to Nick Tait, the Unity Project Manager, about his job at Canonical, the up and coming Ubuntu 12.04 release and Unity. http://tiagohillebrandt.eti.br/blog/2012/02/interview-nick-tait-unity-project-manager/ === Jono Bacon: Call For Manual Test Writers === Jono Bacon shares a call for volunteers to help write manual Checkbox tests for several applications to help ensure consistent quality in the 12.04 release. The now released beta1 is mentioned in this post, but the tests will also be used for the beta2. http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/02/28/call-for-manual-test-writers/ === Alan Pope: Unity is the best choice for the future of Ubuntu === Alan Pope explains why Unity is the right choice for Ubuntu in order to move the project forward as part of a new debate segment for the Ubuntu U.K. Podcast. http://popey.com/blog/2012/02/29/unity-is-the-best-choice-for-the-future-of-ubuntu/ === Clint Byrum (SpamapS): Precise is coming === Clint Byrum shares with us some of the work done by the Canonical Server Team in the past two years that has "led to precise's awesomeness." He covers inclusion of CEPH in Maverick, improvements to Upstart in Natty, the debut of juju and more. http://fewbar.com/2012/03/precise-is-coming/ === Canonical Design Team: Testing, testing, testing. It prints! === Ubuntu has a new printer test page that has been updated with the new Ubuntu logo as well as enhanced to use less ink. The design team asks that you try it out and report any bugs. http://design.canonical.com/2012/03/printer-test-page/ === Canonical Design Team: About Usability Testing - Recruiting === Every three months Charline Poirier conducts Usability Testing to gauge progress towards achieving a greater user experience with Ubuntu. Often times the question arises about the process that was followed and Charline has started to answer this multi-faceted question starting with this post, the focus of which is recruiting participants. http://design.canonical.com/2012/03/about-usability-testing-recruiting/ == In The Press == === Ubuntu's Bold Mobile Gambit === Katherine Noyes of LinuxInsider writes about Ubuntu for Android and how it "became clear that the news had struck some kind of chord with observers far and wide, prompting nothing less than a large-scale reconsideration of the current state of computing." Some of the responses were positive towards Canonical and Ubuntu while others just saw this as another attempt to stop Canonical from hemorrhaging money. http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/74510.html === Ubuntu 12.04 hits beta, brings smooth Unity for marching masses === The Register reports on the first beta of the upcoming 12.04 LTS release on Thursday. Among many new features and a much more stable version of Unity, they report that this version looks to have a renewed focus for business with a longer support period and a Business Remix. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/03/02/ubuntu_12_04_beta_review/ == In The Blogosphere == === Ubuntu for Android Gets Shown Off At Mobile World Congress === Joey Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! reports on AndroidCentral's Phil Nickinson's comments from one of the premier events for mobile devices, Mobile World Congress (MWC). This year it was held in Barcelona and Ubuntu for Android was strutting its stuff. Sneddon was impressed and excited to the point of "want now" but reports that "exact details remain scant on the ground as to when you can expect to get your hands on it." http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/02/ubuntu-for-android-gets-shown-off-at-world-mobile-congress/ === Paul Wise: Debian/Ubuntu games screenshot party results === The Debian/Ubuntu games team recently organised a half-day screenshots party for creating screenshots for all the games that are available in Debian/Ubuntu. "Over the 7 hours of the party, they uploaded 100 screenshots for 40 different packages. Of the packages, 2 are available only in Debian (auralquiz, cutechess), one is available only in Ubuntu (plasma-widget-tictactoe) and the rest are available in both. "I think we got quite a bit done for such a small group." http://bonedaddy.net/pabs3/log/2012/02/28/debian-ubuntu-games-party-results/ === Powerful 'Cotton Candy' Linux PC goes on sale === John E Dunn of TechWorld writes about 'Cotton Candy' a powerful tiny computer that can run either Ubuntu or Android 4.0. "The $199 (APS139) computer's small size - it is enclosed within a USB stick case - belies its power. Underneath lies a custom design comprising a 1.2 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex A9 processor with 1GB or RAM, supporting for up to 64GB of microSD storage." Dunn goes on to say, "Despite being commercial, Cotton Candy is not a huge distance away from the philosophy of the UK's Raspberry Pi project." http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/030112-powerful-39cotton-candy39-linux-pc-256878.html?hpg1=bn === HUD Is Now Available For Unity 2D Too [Ubuntu 12.04] === A very last minute inclusion sees HUD available in Unity 2D. At time of writing it isn't available in the official Precise repositories but by adding the Unity Team PPA it can be installed (see article for more details/instructions) http://www.webupd8.org/2012/03/hud-is-now-available-for-unity-2d-too.html === Beta1 Reviews === There have been many reviews of the Beta 1 release, the following are a sampling that caught the attention of our editors. * Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Beta 1 Released [Screenshots, Video] - http://www.webupd8.org/2012/03/ubuntu-1204-lts-beta-1-released.html * Ubuntu 12.04 Beta 1 Released - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/03/ubuntu-12-04-beta-1-released/ * Quick Preview Of Ubuntu 12.04 Beta 1 - http://www.muktware.com/articles/3362/quick-preview-ubuntu-1204-beta-1 * Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin enters beta - http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Ubuntu-12-04-LTS-Precise-Pangolin-enters-beta-1446476.html * Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin beta 1 screen shots - http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2012/03/01/ubuntu-12-04-precise-pangolin-beta-1-screen-shots/ * Seven New Features in Ubuntu 12.04 'Precise Pangolin' Beta 1 - http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/251210/seven_new_features_in_ubuntu_1204_precise_pangolin_beta_1.html == In Other News == === Ubuntu for Android success at Mobile World Congress === With more than 4000 delegates visiting the Ubuntu booth in the first two days at the recent Mobile World Congress John Bernard of Canonical reports that the booth was a resounding success. "The reception has been overwhelmingly positive among hardware manufacturers and operators, and indeed among hundreds of individuals and enterprises who can't wait to get their hands on a new smartphone running Ubuntu for Android." http://blog.canonical.com/2012/03/01/ubuntu-for-android-success-at-mobile-world-congress/ == Other Articles of Interest == * Why Linux? 7 Reasons That Make Linux Great - http://maketecheasier.com/why-linux-7-reasons-that-make-linux-great/2012/02/27 * Mobile Linux: It's Not Just Android Anymore - http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/250899/mobile_linux_its_not_just_android_anymore.html * Raspberry Pi demand overwhelms website on launch day - http://news.techworld.com/operating-systems/3341010/raspberry-pi-demand-overwhelms-website-on-launch-day/ == Featured Podcasts == === Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S05E01 - An Exhortation to Peace and Unity === "Mark Johnson, Tony Whitmore &amp; Alan Pope are joined by guest presenter Andy Piper for the first episode of the new season of the Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo Team!" Topics include events, a new debates section where they discuss Unity, news and more. http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2012/02/29/s05e01-an-exhortation-to-peace-and-unity/ == Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings == * Kernel Team - February 28, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Meeting#Tues.2C_28_February_2012 * QA Team - February 29, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Meetings/QA/20120229 * Desktop Team - February 28, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Meeting/2012-02-28 * Security Team - February 27, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20120227 == Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings == * Lubuntu Team - February 29, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Meetings/20120229 == 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 === * [USN-1376-1] libxml2 vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-February/001605.html * [USN-1377-1] Ruby vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-February/001606.html * [USN-1378-1] PostgreSQL vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-February/001607.html * [USN-1379-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-February/001608.html * [USN-1380-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-February/001609.html * [USN-1373-2] OpenJDK 6 (ARM) vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-March/001610.html * [USN-1381-1] Ubuntu One Couch vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-March/001611.html * [USN-1382-1] Light Display Manager vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-March/001612.html === Ubuntu 8.04 Updates === * libxml2 2.6.31.dfsg-2ubuntu1.8 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-February/012722.html * postgresql-8.3_8.3.18-0ubuntu0.8.04_lpia_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-February/012723.html * linux 2.6.24-31.99 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-March/012724.html * linux 2.6.24-31.99 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-March/012725.html * linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 2.6.24.18-31.12 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-March/012726.html * linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24 2.6.24-31.51 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-March/012727.html * linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24 2.6.24-31.51 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-March/012728.html * linux-meta 2.6.24.31.33 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-March/012729.html * linux-meta 2.6.24.31.33 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-March/012730.html * linux-backports-modules-2.6.24 2.6.24-31.43 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-March/012731.html * linux-backports-modules-2.6.24 2.6.24-31.43 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-March/012732.html * linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 2.6.24.18-31.12 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-March/012733.html === Ubuntu 10.04 Updates === * libxml2 2.7.6.dfsg-1ubuntu1.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012686.html * ruby1.8 1.8.7.249-2ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012687.html * update-manager 1:0.134.12.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012688.html * postgresql-8.4- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012689.html * kexec-tools 1:2.0.1-1ubuntu4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012690.html * openjdk-6b18 6b18-1.8.13-0ubuntu1~10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012691.html * db2exc-amd64 9.7.5-0lucid0 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012692.html * release-upgrader-apt 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu1~upgrader2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012693.html * adobe-flashplugin 11.1.102.63-0lucid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012694.html * release-upgrader-apt 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu1~upgrader3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012695.html * linux 2.6.32-39.86 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012696.html * linux-backports-modules-2.6.32 2.6.32-39.40 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012697.html * linux-meta 2.6.32.39.46 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012698.html * linux-ports-meta 2.6.32.39.31 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012699.html * linux 2.6.32-39.86 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012700.html * linux-backports-modules-2.6.32 2.6.32-39.40 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012701.html * linux-meta 2.6.32.39.46 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012702.html * linux-ports-meta 2.6.32.39.31 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012703.html * linux-lts-backport-natty 2.6.38-13.56~lucid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012704.html * linux-lts-backport-maverick 2.6.35-32.66~lucid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012705.html * linux-lts-backport-maverick 2.6.35-32.66~lucid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012706.html * linux-lts-backport-natty 2.6.38-13.56~lucid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012707.html * linux-lts-backport-oneiric 3.0.0-16.29~lucid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012708.html * linux-meta-lts-backport-oneiric 3.0.0.16.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012709.html * linux-meta-lts-backport-oneiric 3.0.0.16.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012710.html * linux-lts-backport-oneiric 3.0.0-16.29~lucid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012711.html * linux-ec2 2.6.32-343.45 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012719.html * apache2 2.2.14-5ubuntu8.9 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012720.html * cron 3.0pl1-106ubuntu6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012721.html * apt 0.7.25.3ubuntu9.11 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012712.html * linux-ec2 2.6.32-343.45 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012713.html * consolekit 0.4.1-3ubuntu3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012714.html * linux-meta-ec2 2.6.32.343.24 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012715.html * wpasupplicant 0.6.9-3ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012716.html * libvirt 0.7.5-5ubuntu27.22 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012717.html * linux-meta-ec2 2.6.32.343.24 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-March/012718.html === Ubuntu 10.10 Updates === * libxml2 2.7.7.dfsg-4ubuntu0.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-February/009769.html * fex 20100208+debian1-1+squeeze3build0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-February/009770.html * ruby1.8 1.8.7.299-2ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-February/009771.html * kexec-tools 1:2.0.1-2ubuntu2.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-February/009772.html * linux 2.6.35-32.66 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-February/009773.html * linux 2.6.35-32.66 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-February/009774.html * postgresql-8.4- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-February/009775.html * openjdk-6b18 6b18-1.8.13-0ubuntu1~10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-March/009776.html * adobe-flashplugin 11.1.102.63-0maverick1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-March/009777.html * rpy 1.0.3-14build0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-March/009778.html === Ubuntu 11.04 Updates === * libxml2 2.7.8.dfsg-2ubuntu0.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012406.html * fex 20100208+debian1-1+squeeze3build0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012407.html * ruby1.8 1.8.7.302-2ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012408.html * linux 2.6.38-13.56 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012409.html * linux 2.6.38-13.56 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012410.html * postgresql-8.4- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012411.html * kexec-tools 1:2.0.1-2ubuntu5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012412.html * openjdk-6b18 6b18-1.8.13-0ubuntu1~11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-March/012413.html * adobe-flashplugin 11.1.102.63-0natty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-March/012414.html * linux-ti-omap4 2.6.38-1209.22 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-March/012417.html * linux-ti-omap4 2.6.38-1209.22 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-March/012415.html * pytables 2.1.2-3.1ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-March/012416.html === Ubuntu 11.10 Updates === * libxml2 2.7.8.dfsg-4ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011906.html * ruby1.8 1.8.7.352-2ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011907.html * kubuntu-netbook-default-settings 11.10ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011908.html * gnome-shell 3.2.2.1-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011909.html * vim 2:7.3.154+hg~74503f6ee649-2ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011910.html * file-roller 3.2.1-0ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011911.html * postgresql-9.1_9.1.3-0ubuntu0.11.10_armel_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011912.html * ubuntuone-couch_0.3.0-0ubuntu2.1_i386_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011913.html * monodevelop 2.6+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011914.html * lxc 0.7.5-0ubuntu8.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011915.html * monodevelop 2.6+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011916.html * opendkim 2.4.2+dfsg-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011917.html * adobe-flashplugin 11.1.102.63-0oneiric1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011918.html * lightdm_1.0.6-0ubuntu1.4_powerpc_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011919.html * tvtime 1.0.2-7ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011920.html * pytables 2.1.2-3.1ubuntu0.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011921.html * rpy 1.0.3-18build0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-March/011922.html * xserver-xorg-video-openchrome 1:0.2.904+svn920-1ubuntu0.1 - 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Except where otherwise noted, this issue of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 License </pre> Elizabeth Krumbach 2012-03-05T22:04:53 Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 254 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.news/348 <pre>Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 254 for the week February 20 - 26, 2012. == Links to UWN == * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue254 == In This Issue == * Sound theme results * Ubuntu in your pocket * Ubuntu 12.04 Countdown banner competition * Ubuntu 12.04 Development Update * Awesome Unity Contributions * We had a great Fix-It Friday! * Ubuntu Stats * LoCo News * Launchpad News * Openstack on Precise Pangolin Christmas is over * Daniel Holbach: Making Ubuntu development more personal * Brian Murray: Where are the bugs? * Michael Hall: Swimming Upstream: What to do next with your Quicklists * Stephane Graber: DNS in Ubuntu 12.04 * Ubuntu's full desktop OS coming to multi-core Android devices * In The Blogosphere * In Other News * Other Articles of Interest * Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings * Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings * Upcoming Meetings and Events * Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 10.10, 11.04 and 11.10 * And much more! == General Community News == === Sound theme results === The Canonical Design team has released the results of the sound theme survey they sent to the community to select a new startup sound for possible inclusion in the upcoming 12.04 release. Over 2000 surveys were completed and the Design Team noted that they were "quite overwhelmed with the encouraging feedback received". a significant amount of feedback as well. Out of the four sounds the community could chose from; sound one was chosen. The Design Team is working to refine the chosen sound based on the survey feedback. More information about these results and to hear the chosen startup sound can be found on the Design Team's blog. http://design.canonical.com/2012/02/sound-theme-results/ === Ubuntu in your pocket === Mark Shuttleworth announces plans to show Ubuntu neatly integrated into Android" at Mobile World Congress(MWC) (Barcelona, Spain - 27 Feb - 1 Mar 2012). Shuttleworth says in his post, "This isn't the "Ubuntu Phone". The phone experience here is pure Android". He continues with, "This announcement is playing to a different story, which is the convergence of multiple different form factors into one most-personal device." Shuttleworth invites those attending MWC to stop by and give him your feedback on the Ubuntu Phone. http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1011 More information on the Ubuntu on Android can be found at: http://www.ubuntu.com/devices/android === Ubuntu 12.04 Countdown banner competition === Matthew Nuzum announces the Ubuntu 12.04 Countdown banner competition, he says "we'd like to create a new countdown banner to share across the web. If you would like to make a highly visible contribution to Ubuntu, this is your chance." He shares guidelines and details on how to contribute your own banner. The deadline for submissions is Monday, March 12th. https://lists.canonical.com/archives/ubuntu-website/2012-February/001212.html === Ubuntu 12.04 Development Update === Daniel Holbach and the Ubuntu Developer News Team provide their weekly highlights on the state of 12.04 Development. This issue discusses the UI Freeze, highlights chatter from the Developer Blogsphere and provides an interview with Leanne Ogasawara, Ubuntu Kernel Release Manager, about the Ubuntu Kernel Team. http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2012/02/23/ubuntu-12-04-development-update-15/ === Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) Beta 1 freeze now in effect. === In preparation for the Beta 1 release, currently scheduled for March 1st, the Ubuntu Release Team has announced the Beta 1 freeze and explains that during the freeze "all uploads to main must be approved by a member of the release team, so if you have fixes which are important to get in, please get in touch as soon as possible." http://release-blog.ubuntu.com/?p=191 == Community Acknowledgments and Success Stories == === Awesome Unity Contributions === Jono Bacon thanks community members Nekhelesh Ramananthan, Trenton Fox, Prateek Karandikar, and David Baucum for answering Michael Hall's call to help contribute Unity Quicklists. Bacon notes there is still more work to be done and links to Hall's blog posts which include details for getting involved and helping with Unity Quicklists are included in the full post. http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/02/23/awesome-unity-contributions/ === We had a great Fix-It Friday! === Daniel Holbach covers work completed in the first Fix It Friday with contributions from Dmitry Shachnev, Michael Hall, David Baucum, bcbc, Paolo Sammicheli, Rigved Rakshit, Barneedhar Vigneshwar, Valdur Kana and Andrew Mitchell. http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/2012/02/we-had-a-great-fix-it-friday/ More details about the new Fix It Friday can be found on Holbach's blog at: http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/2012/02/fix-it-friday/ == Ubuntu Stats == === Bug Stats === * Open (89658) + 316 over last week * Critical (104) - 7 over last week * Unconfirmed (46705) - 294 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 (8515) - 61 over last week 3. English (United Kingdom) (30287) - 429 over last week 4. Bosnian (37554) +/- 0 over last week 5. Brazilian Portuguese (435040) - 387 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 === * KDE native application should be marked in Software Center - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29276/ * Ubuntu as U+, like Google has G+ - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29256/ * e-mail, notes and contacts integration - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29273/ * Allow installation of ubuntu without cd or dvd within own partition - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29299/ * Smartphone backups - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29261/ 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 === * Why do some packages conflict with themselves? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/106203/why-do-some-packages-conflict-with-themselves * Will long-term use of ubuntu via wubi harm my PC? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/107289/will-long-term-use-of-ubuntu-via-wubi-harm-my-pc * After 12.04 release would 10.04 still be LTS? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/106950/after-12-04-release-would-10-04-still-be-lts * How to change the Ubuntu source code - http://askubuntu.com/questions/106818/how-to-change-the-ubuntu-source-code * What's the deal with point releases in LTS versions? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/106159/whats-the-deal-with-point-releases-in-lts-versions Ask (and answer!) your own questions at http://askubuntu.com == LoCo News == === Montevideo, Ubuntu Welcome Day!!! === Pablo Rubianes shares photos and details from the first Montevideo Ubuntu Welcome Day which he describes as "a street meeting where LoCo members talk about Ubuntu to regular people who are passing by. Instead of IRC to get new people, we go to look for them!" http://pablorubianes.wordpress.com/2012/02/20/montevideo-ubuntu-welcome-day/ === Making Ubuntu better: the Italian team === Daniel Holbach recently chatted with Andrea Grandi and Paolo Sammicheli about the plans the Italian team has for the upcoming Ubuntu Global Jam to be held on 2-4 March. Holbach asks Grandi and Sammicheli about how the event was organised, what they'll be working on and more. http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/2012/02/making-ubuntu-better-the-italian-team/ === Ubuntu Malaysia LoCo Team at Penang Matriculation ICT Day 2012 === Khairul Aizat Kamarudzzaman shares photos and details from an Ubuntu booth at Penang Matriculation ICT Day 2012. At their booth they were able to speak with students, lecturers and outside campus visitors about Ubuntu. http://blog.myfenris.net/2012/02/21/ubuntu-malaysia-loco-team-at-penang-matriculation-ict-day-2012/ === Some upcoming Ubuntu Global Jams === The following are a sampling of blog announcements from teams around the world planning Global Jams: * Michigan, US - http://decafbad.net/2012/02/17/ubuntu-mi-global-jam-2012-03-03/ * Tunisia - http://blog.nizarus.org/2012/02/ubuntu-global-jam-tunisia-12-03 * Barcelona - http://blogs.fsfe.org/rcarreras/?p=121 * California, US - http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/02/24/ubuntu-california-walnut-creek-global-jam/ * Mexico - http://viajemotu.wordpress.com/2012/02/24/ugj-df/ For a full listing of Global Jams (and to see if there is one near you!) go to: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/global/1443/detail/ === Jam Jam... Ubuntu Global Jam... Waterloo Pictures === Charles Profitt shares photos from a past Ubuntu Global Jam in Waterloo, Onatrio, Canada and asks "Thinking of running a global jam?" http://ftbeowulf.wordpress.com/2012/02/23/jam-jam-ubuntu-global-jam-waterlook-pictures/ === How Ubuntu Michigan runs Jams === Jorge Castro interviews Craig Maloney, team contact for the Ubuntu Michigan LoCo Team, about Ubuntu Global Jams. Castro notes that the Michigan team invented the idea "Jams" and ask what their "secret sauce" is for making them so successful. Also included in this interview is how this LoCo team deals with having people spread out over a large geographical area, the structure of the event (free-form or task-based) and more. http://www.jorgecastro.org/2012/02/23/how-ubuntu-michigan-runs-jams/ === How Ubuntu Oregon Runs Jams === Michael Hall interviews Benjamin Kerensa, contact for the Ubuntu Oregon team about Ubuntu Global Jam activities in Oregon. Hall asks about the team's experience with Jams--How they select a venue and activities; how they get the word out about their Jam; what they have planned for this upcoming Jam. http://mhall119.com/2012/02/how-ubuntu-oregon-runs-jams/ == Launchpad News == === Reimagining the nature of privacy in Launchpad (part 3) === The third in a series of privacy posts by the Launchpad team, Curtis Hovey goes into detail about the three kinds of policies they are implementing: proprietary, embargoed security, and user data. http://blog.launchpad.net/coming-features/reimagining-the-nature-of-privacy-in-launchpad-part-3 == Ubuntu Cloud News == === Openstack on Precise Pangolin Christmas is over === Chuck Short, of the Ubuntu Server Team at Canonical, gives readers (of his personal blog) an update on Openstack and Ubuntu for the Precise release. Short writes about package testing and what he expects to see land in main and supported once 12.04 is released. Short also discusses the Openstack juju charms which are available and note the Keystone charms are in progress. For Upstream work, Short notes that many bug fixes a have already gone in and he expects to see more for land in time for Openstack's Essex release. http://zulcss.wordpress.com/2012/02/23/openstack-on-precise-pangolin-christmas-is-over/ == The Planet == === Martin Pitt: power-usage-report: Find power drain causes === Martin Pitt writes about a script he wrote to find the causes for power drainage on your system. The script will also give you a power usage report. As of the 21 Feb 2012 Precise update, Pitt's script is now part of fatrace 4.1, and is now available for use. To find out more about this script and how it can be used see Pitt's blog post at: http://www.piware.de/2012/02/power-usage-report-find-power-drain-causes/ === Daniel Holbach: Making Ubuntu development more personal === By looking into ways to make the Ubuntu Development process more personal Daniel Hlobach discusses some observations and suggestions for improvement. The observations about development in Ubuntu which Holbach lists include: working hard on improving documentation, working on improving the tools, somebody is always around to answer questions, getting better at doing code reviews and providing feedback. However, even with all this hard work and improvements it was noted that even more needed to be done. A Developer Advisory Team was created to reach out to: new contributors and thank them for their work as well as get their feedback; individuals who might be ready to apply for upload rights and help them through that process; formerly active contributors who are now inactive, get their feedback and offer help. For those who want more information on this process or want to get involved Holbach gives the contact information in the full post. http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/2012/02/making-ubuntu-development-more-personal/ === Brian Murray: Where are the bugs? === Brian Murray of the Ubuntu Foundations Team at Canonical has created a chart view of bug tasks opened against a package by team--currently Foundations, Desktop, Server, X-Swat are the views available--for those which have been opened in the past seven (7) or fourteen (14) days. Murray also says he will create these for other teams if they would like them. More information about this tool and to see how the chart is displayed see Murray's post. http://www.murraytwins.com/blog/?p=112 === The Fridge: Interview with Gema Gomez-Solano === Elizabeth Krumbach interviews Ubuntu QA Platform Engineer Gema Gomez-Solano about her work with software. Krumbach asks how Gomez-Solano started her work with QA, open source and involvement with the Ubuntu QA team. In this interview, Gomez-Solano also shares ways that others can get involved with the Ubuntu QA team. http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2012/02/23/interview-with-gema-gomez-solano/ === Ubuntu Cloud Portal: Juju Charm Contest - Help bring Free Software into the cloud === Jorge Castro announces the first juju charm contest. The contest will start on Monday 27 Feb and remain open for four (4) weeks closing on 23 Mar. Three (3) judges will reviewed the charms that have been submitted to the contest and select one (1) winner and two (2) runner's ups. Prizes include: A $300 Amazon Gift card for the winner and each of the two (2) runner's up will receive one (1) $100 Amazon Gift card. For complete contest rules and information on writing charms please the link below: http://cloud.ubuntu.com/2012/02/juju-charm-contest-help-bring-free-software-into-the-cloud/ === Silver Fox: An Interview with Balloons === In this interview, Silver Fox, talks to Nickolas Skaggs, aka balloons, the QA Community Coordinator on the Canonical Community Team. http://serial-coder.co.uk/blog/2012/02/an-interview-with-balloons/ === Michael Hall: Swimming Upstream: What to do next with your Quicklists === In this post Michael Hall encourages developers to submit their Quicklist upstream. He notes in his post that while Unity may be the default desktop for Ubuntu it's also been ported to ArchLinux and [open]SuSe. Hall says Unity is also making its way to Fedora as well, so submitting your Quicklist upstream not only helps Ubuntu but other distro's as well. The steps Hall includes to achieving this are: Find your upstream, Talk to your upstream, Submit your changes, Update your merge proposal, Stay involved with your upstream. http://mhall119.com/2012/02/swimming-upstream-what-to-do-next-with-your-quicklists/ === Jono Bacon: Ubuntu Accomplishments Updates === Jono Bacon updates the Ubuntu community on Ubuntu Accomplishments--a system by which Ubuntu contributors can articulate they contributions in a visible manner through the use of trophies. Bacon demos how this Ubuntu Accomplishments work, issues a call for testing, and defines what makes a good or bad trophy. http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/02/21/ubuntu-accomplishments-demo/ http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/02/22/testing-ubuntu-accomplishments/ http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/02/24/good-vs-bad-trophies/ === Stephane Graber: DNS in Ubuntu 12.04 === Stephane Graber, describes two changes that are happening in regards to DNS resolving in Ubuntu 12.04. Those changes are: * Switch to resolvconf for /etc/resolv.conf management * Using dnsmasq as local resolver by default on desktop installations More information on these changes can be found at the link below: http://www.stgraber.org/2012/02/24/dns-in-ubuntu-12-04/ == In The Press == === Ubuntu for Android: Penguins peck at Nokia's core problem === Gavin Clarke,The Register, reflects upon hardware requirements for the software which runs on modern day smartphones. He also addresses the Ubuntu for Android announcement by Mark Shuttleworth noting that "...Ubuntu for Android pairs up with Android. Your smartphone runs Android when it's a phone but when you plug into a monitor or dock, Ubuntu kicks in. Plug in a keyboard and you've got Ubuntu - with the phone serving as your desktop computer." http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/02/21/ubuntu_for_android/ === Ubuntu's full desktop OS coming to multi-core Android devices === In this article, Michael Gorman, Engadget, writes about the announcement of Ubuntu for Android. Gorman describes Ubuntu for Android as "a customized version of Ubuntu that plays nice with Android, the two OS's sharing data and services while running simultaneously." A video demo is also included. http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/21/ubuntus-full-desktop-os-coming-to-multi-core-android-devices/ == In The Blogosphere == * Unity 5.4 Review - http://www.muktware.com/articles/3324/unity-54-review * Top 5 Ubuntu pre-installed Laptop companies - http://www.unixmen.com/top-5-ubuntu-pre-installed-laptop-companies/ * What does Ubuntu want to be when it grows up? - http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/what-does-ubuntu-want-to-be-when-it-grows-up/10386 * Ubuntu's Business Desktop Remix: Taking a Closer Look - http://www.thevarguy.com/2012/02/21/ubuntus-business-desktop-remix-taking-a-closer-look/ * 10 New Features Added to Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin - http://www.techdrivein.com/2012/02/10-new-features-added-to-ubuntu-1204.html * Ubuntu For Android, Announced By Mark Shuttleworth - http://www.webupd8.org/2012/02/ubuntu-for-android-announced-by-mark.html * Canonical Continues to Push Ubuntu for the Cloud - http://www.thevarguy.com/2012/02/22/canonical-continues-to-push-ubuntu-for-the-cloud/ * Ubuntu One Gets A New Qt Interface For Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin - http://www.webupd8.org/2012/02/ubuntu-one-gets-new-qt-interface-for.html * Login Screen, Software Center, Ubuntu One Changes Land in Ubuntu 12.04 - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/02/login-screen-software-center-ubuntu-one-changes-land-in-ubuntu-12-04/ == In Other News == === Vodafone chooses Ubuntu One for their App Select store === Canonical's Ubuntu One team announces that Ubuntu One Files app has been selected by Vodafone for their curated "boutique" app store for Android. It's now available for download via the Vodafone store in UK, Ireland, Germany, Russia, Italy, Greece and Portugal. http://voices.canonical.com/ubuntuone/?p=1419 === Thanks CES...hello MWC! === The Canonical Ubuntu One (U1) team reflects upon the success of Ubuntu and Ubuntu One at Consumer Electronics Showcase (CES) in Las Vegas in January. In this post the U1 team discuss their plans for Mobile World Congress (MWC) which is being held in Barcelona on 27 February to 1 March 2012. The team notes their focus is shifting to opportunities in wireless markets and they are keen to provide cloud storage with partners with a clear proposition that includes: not creating information silos, use of Ubuntu One APIs for companies to brand their own features on top of Ubuntu One and revenue sharing. http://voices.canonical.com/ubuntuone/?p=1444 === Full Circle Magazine #58 === Full Circle - the independent magazine for the Ubuntu Linux community are proud to announce the release of our fifty-eighth issue. This month: * Command and Conquer. * How-To : Beginning Python - Part 30, LibreOffice - Part 12, Backup Strategy - Part 6, Screencast Your Desktop, and The Paperless Office. * Linux Lab - Useful Investigative Tools. * Review - Linux Mint 12 * I Think - Which Mobile OS. * Closing Windows - Formatting a USB Device plus: more Ubuntu Games, My Desktop, My Opinion, My Story, and much much more! Google Currents Edition: http://www.google.com/producer/editions/CAowgc1a/full_circle_magazine_58_lite ePub Edition: coming soon... Get it while it's hot! http://fullcirclemagazine.org/issue-58/ == Other Articles of Interest == * Adobe and Google Partnering for Flash Player on Linux - http://blogs.adobe.com/flashplayer/2012/02/adobe-and-google-partnering-for-flsh-player-on-linux.html * Why the World Is Desperately Seeking Linux Talent - http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/74489.html * Actually, Open Source Code Is Better: Report - http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/250543/actually_open_source_code_is_better_report.html * Why Linux Is a Model Citizen of Quality Code - https://www.linux.com/news/enterprise/biz-enterprise/548766:why-linux-is-a-model-citizen-of-quality-code * Why You Should Contribute To Open Source Projects [Opinion] - http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/contribute-opensource-projects/ == Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings == * Kernel Team - February 21, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Meeting#Tues.2C_21_February_2012 * Desktop Team - February 21, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Meeting/2012-02-21 * Server Team - February 21, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/20120221 == Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings == * Lubuntu Team - February 22, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Meetings/20120222 == 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 === * [USN-1371-1] cvs vulnerability- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-February/001600.html * [USN-1372-1] Puppet vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-February/001601.html * [USN-1373-1] OpenJDK 6 vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-February/001602.html * [USN-1374-1] Samba vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-February/001603.html * [USN-1375-1] httplib2 vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-February/001604.html === Ubuntu 8.04 Updates === * samba_3.0.28a-1ubuntu4.17_lpia_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-February/012721.html === Ubuntu 10.04 Updates === * lazr.restfulclient 0.9.11-1ubuntu1.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012674.html * ddclient 3.8.0-9ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012675.html * update-manager 1:0.134.12.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012676.html * cvs_1.12.13-12ubuntu1.10.04.1_sparc_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012677.html * libvirt 0.7.5-5ubuntu27.22 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012678.html * puppet 0.25.4-2ubuntu6.6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012679.html * openjdk-6 6b20-1.9.13-0ubuntu1~10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012680.html * xorg-server 2:1.7.6-2ubuntu7.11 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012681.html * insserv 1.12.0-14ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012682.html * consolekit 0.4.1-3ubuntu3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012683.html * chromium-browser 17.0.963.56~r121963-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012684.html * chromium-browser 17.0.963.56~r121963-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012685.html === Ubuntu 10.10 Updates === * cvs_1.12.13-12ubuntu1.10.10.1_i386_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-February/009762.html * puppet 2.6.1-0ubuntu2.6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-February/009763.html * fex20100208+debian1-1+squeeze2build0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-February/009764.html * openjdk-6 6b20-1.9.13-0ubuntu1~10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-February/009765.html * insserv 1.14.0-2ubuntu0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-February/009766.html * chromium-browser 17.0.963.56~r121963-0ubuntu0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-February/009767.html * chromium-browser 17.0.963.56~r121963-0ubuntu0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-February/009768.html === Ubuntu 11.04 Updates === * ubuntu-docs 11.04.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012397.html * gnome-user-docs 3.0.0+git20110406ubuntu12- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012396.html * cvs_1.12.13-12ubuntu1.11.04.1_i386_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012398.html * pithos 0.3.9-1~ubuntu5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012399.html * puppet 2.6.4-2ubuntu2.8 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012400.html * fex 20100208+debian1-1+squeeze2build0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012401.html * openjdk-6 6b22-1.10.6-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012402.html * insserv 1.14.0-2ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012403.html * chromium-browser 17.0.963.56~r121963-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012404.html * chromium-browser 17.0.963.56~r121963-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012405.html === Ubuntu 11.10 Updates === * bridge-utils 1.5-2ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011884.html * python-networkx 1.5-2ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011885.html * vlan 1.9-3ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011886.html * ifenslave-2.6 1.1.0-19ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011887.html * mesa 7.11-0ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011888.html * nvidia-graphics-drivers-updates 295.20-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011889.html * monodevelop 2.6+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011890.html * cvs 2:1.12.13+real-6ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011891.html * lxc 0.7.5-0ubuntu8.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011892.html * lxc 0.7.5-0ubuntu8.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011893.html * opendkim 2.4.2+dfsg-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011894.html * jockey 0.9.4-0ubuntu10.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011895.html * jockey 0.9.4-0ubuntu10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011896.html * puppet 2.7.1-1ubuntu3.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011897.html * openjdk-6 6b23~pre11-0ubuntu1.11.10.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011898.html * insserv 1.14.0-2.1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011899.html * chromium-browser 17.0.963.56~r121963-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011900.html * chromium-browser 17.0.963.56~r121963-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 - 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Except where otherwise noted, this issue of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 License </pre> Elizabeth Krumbach 2012-02-28T01:13:12 Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 253 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.news/347 <pre>Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 253 for the week February 13 - 19, 2012. == Links to UWN == * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue253 == In This Issue == * Ubuntu Server Survey 2012 * Ubuntu 12.04 Development update * Ubuntu 10.04.4 (Lucid Lynx) LTS released! * Community Acknowledgments and Success Stories * Ubuntu Stats * LoCo News * Launchpad News * How are you deploying Ubuntu on AWS? * juju Charm School Webinar, March 8th * Charlene Tessier: Ubuntu Software Center 11.10 - A New Guide * Canonical Design Team: Sound theme update * Michael Hall: Singlet + Quickly: Better, Faster, Simpler * Debian, Ubuntu patching up rocky romance * Ubuntu and Slackware Named Top Desktop Linux Distros * Contemplating the New Features Expected In Ubuntu's Unity * Precise Adds User Safeguards to Compiz App * Tweet Stream Added to Ubuntu 12.04 Installer * Full Circle Magazine: Ubuntu 11.10 and Unity Special Edition * Other Articles of Interest * Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings * Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings * Monthly Team Reports: 2012 January * Upcoming Meetings and Events * Updates and Security * And much much more == General Community News == === Ubuntu Server Survey 2012 === Canonical has released the results from the Ubuntu Server Survey have been released. Respondents come from across the globe and show it being used for a broad range of workloads. Results show popularity of the extended support releases, for the first time seeing KVM overtake Xen as the preferred virtualization technology for Ubuntu (with VMWare remaining at the top) and while there is "significant interest but the use of Ubuntu Server on bare metal remains the primary use case for most users today." The full report is available for download. http://blog.canonical.com/2012/02/14/ubuntu-server-survey-2012/ === Vacant Developer Membership Board seat filled === The Developer Membership Board (DMB) announces that Barry Warsaw has topped the votes and is now the newest DMB member. Thanks to Michael Bienia for his many years of service on the DMB and the MOTU council. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2012-February/000934.html === Ubuntu 12.04 Development update === In this 12.04 development update, Daniel Holbach highlights the Feature Freeze while citing some top blog post picks from the Ubuntu Developer Community. This update also features a interview with first time contributor Roth Robert conducted by Benjamin Kerensa. http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2012/02/16/ubuntu-12-04-development-update-14/ === Ubuntu 10.04.4 (Lucid Lynx) LTS released! === Release manager Kate Stewart announces 10.04.4, the fourth maintenance update to Ubuntu's 10.04 LTS release. This is the last planned maintenance release of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, "which continues to be supported with maintenance updates and security fixes until April 2013 on desktops and April 2015 on servers." https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2012-February/000155.html == Community Acknowledgments and Success Stories == === Putting their own money where your mouth is. === Jorge Castro discusses his efforts to get ccsm (CompizConfig Settings Manager) removed by requesting fixes or calling for prompt removal of the unmaintained tool. He highlights the work of Alan Bell, Andrew Starr-Bochicchio and Didier Roche who answered his call by getting some of the required fixes committed and released. http://www.jorgecastro.org/blog/2012/02/16/putting-their-own-money-where-your-mouth-is/ == 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 === ## 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. * 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/ 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 === * 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 Ask (and answer!) your own questions at http://askubuntu.com == LoCo News == === A new way to Jam === Michael Hall discusses the upcoming Ubuntu Global Jam and notes that in addition to traditional jam topics "we will be reaching out to the various teams both in Canonical and the Community, and picking some very specific activities that will directly help them make the Precise Pangolin the best release of Ubuntu ever" and announces the Global Jam Dashboard on the LoCo Team Portal, which features an integrated webchat, updating twitter/identi.ca stream, and photo feed. http://mhall119.com/2012/02/a-new-way-to-jam/ Visit the Global Jam Dashboard here: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/globaljam/ === Ubuntu Global Jam: 2 - 4 March 2012 &amp; Art Jam === LoCo Council Member Charles Profitt shares an announcement about the upcoming Ubuntu Global Jam March 2-4th and in a follow-up post offers some ideas for art-related contributions that Global Jam attendees can make during a Jam. http://ftbeowulf.wordpress.com/2012/02/13/ubuntu-global-jam-2-4-march-2012/ http://ftbeowulf.wordpress.com/2012/02/17/jam-jam-ubuntu-global-jam-art-jam/ === Linaro Dinner, Ubuntu and Debian Evening and Saving Pangolins === Elizabeth Krumbach shares photos and reports from a couple recent Ubuntu California events. First up is a dinner with folks from the Linaro Connect conference recently held in Redwood City and the second is an evening which included an Ubuntu Hour and Debian Dinner. Krumbach wraps up the post by talking about a website devoted to saving pangolins. http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=5724 === Jam Jam... Ubuntu Global Jam... Waterloo === Charles Profitt interviews Darcy Casselman (dscassel) of the Canadian Loco Team about his work and holding an Ubuntu Global Jams in Waterloo, Ontario. For others looking to run a Jam Casselman suggests "Just get started." and give suggestions for venues and how to build a community. http://ftbeowulf.wordpress.com/2012/02/18/jam-jam-ubuntu-global-jam-waterloo/ == Launchpad News == === Reimagining the nature of privacy in Launchpad (parts 1 &amp; 2) === Curtis Covey of the Launchpad Team talks about changes in privacy of bug reports coming to Launchpad. http://blog.launchpad.net/general/reimagining-the-nature-of-privacy-in-launchpad-part-1 http://blog.launchpad.net/general/reimagining-the-nature-of-privacy-in-launchpad-part-2 === Contacting teams is easier and more reliable === Curtis Hovey writes about two improvements to contacting teams to improve ease and reliability: non-team members now see the "Contact this team's admins" link and team members can see the "Contact this team's members" link which will now send emails to the other team members, rather than the "team email address" which not all team members may see. http://blog.launchpad.net/cool-new-stuff/contacting-teams-is-easier-and-more-reliable == Ubuntu Cloud News == === How are you deploying Ubuntu on AWS? === Jorge Castro shares some tips by Scott Moser on finding the right AMIs for Ubuntu and asks the community whether prefer the AMI browser, Amazon's built in search, or Alestic or something else for finding AMIs. http://www.jorgecastro.org/blog/2012/02/13/how-are-you-deploying-ubuntu-on-aws/ === juju Charm School Webinar, March 8th === On 8th March at 5.00pm GMT the team behind juju will be hosting a Charm School webinar: "This charm school will cover how to create charms and use them with juju, and how to submit charms to the larger server community so that your software is easily deployable in the cloud." http://cloud.ubuntu.com/2012/02/juju-charm-school-webinar-march-8th/ To sign up go here: http://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/6793/41933 == The Planet == === Charlene Tessier: Ubuntu Software Center 11.10 - A New Guide === Charlene Tessier blogs about her work on a Ubuntu Software Center guide for 11.10 in collaboration with Jen Nord and Randall Ross. http://frenchfortunecookie.wordpress.com/2012/02/14/ubuntu-software-center-11-10-a-new-guide/ === Canonical Design Team: Sound theme update === The Canonical Design Team released a short list of potential start up sounds to develop into the sound theme for the 12.04 release, along with a survey for Ubuntu users to pick their favorite. The survey was closed after receiving more than 2,000 responses. http://design.canonical.com/2012/02/sound-theme-update/ === Michael Hall: Singlet + Quickly: Better, Faster, Simpler === Michael Hall provides a update to the progress of his project "singlet" which aims to allow simple and yet rapid Unity lens development. http://mhall119.com/2012/02/singlet-quickly-better-faster-simpler/ === Jono Bacon: Ubuntu Accomplishments Update === Ubuntu Community Manager Jono Bacon provides an update on his Ubuntu Accomplishments project aimed at recognizing contributions. http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/02/16/ubuntu-accomplishments-update/ === Canonical Design Team: The Unity design process (and how you can play a part in it) === The Canonical Design Team published an informative article to de-mystify the Unity design process. Detailed descriptions of how users can contribute to each step of the process are included. http://design.canonical.com/2012/02/the-unity-design-process-and-how-you-can-play-a-part-in-it/ === Colin King: RC6 Call for testing in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin LTS === Colin King shares a call for testing of a patch that was applied to 3.2.0-17.26 kernel and needs testers who have Sandy Bridge systems. http://smackerelofopinion.blogspot.com/2012/02/rc6-call-for-testing-in-ubuntu-1204.html == In The Press == === Shuttleworth: Don't blow a gasket over enterprise Ubuntu remix === Paula Rooney of ZDNet writes that Mark Shuttleworth published a blog post defending the release of an enterprise remix of Ubuntu Business Desktop which contains VMware View. She shares that Shuttleworth has explained that, based on Ubuntu 11.10, the release meets the standards of the Ubuntu project while catering to the business-oriented customization needs of enterprise users. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/shuttleworth-dont-blow-a-gasket-over-enterprise-ubuntu-remix/10339 === Debian, Ubuntu patching up rocky romance === Damon Hart-Davis discusses his sitdown with Stefano Zacchiroli, Debian Project Leader. In the interview the two covered the relationship of Ubuntu and Debian and Stefano details triaging patches and quality submissions. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/02/14/debian_arm_fosdem/ === Ubuntu and Slackware Named Top Desktop Linux Distros === Katherine Noyes, PCWorld, discusses some of the results from the LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards, including Ubuntu's top spot as favorite Desktop Distro and Debian (which Ubuntu is based on) being named number one server distribution and number three on desktops. http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/250034/ubuntu_and_slackware_named_top_desktop_linux_distros.html == In The Blogosphere == === Contemplating the New Features Expected In Ubuntu's Unity === Christopher Tozzi writes that in spite of a rough reception and "all that was wrong" when Unity was first released, "Ubuntu developers have been hard at work improving stability and usability" for the upcoming 12.04 release. He highlights some of the improvements, including better multi-monitor support, enhanced VMware-Unity integration, support for virtual drives in the launcher, improvements to interoperability with Compiz and more. http://www.thevarguy.com/2012/02/15/contemplating-the-new-features-expected-in-ubuntus-unity/ === Still using Ubuntu 10.04? You may find this info about backports of newer kernels very useful. === Liam Proven shares some tips with fellow 10.04 users on the benefits of and how to use newer backported kernels on their system for new and improved hardware drivers, better shutdown handling and support for newer modules like those from nVidia. http://liam-on-linux.livejournal.com/28391.html === Precise Adds User Safeguards to Compiz App === Joey Sneddon shares some new safeguard features added to CCSM (CompizConfig Settings Manager), the GUI tool for configuring Compiz. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/02/precise-adds-user-safeguards-to-compiz-app/ === Tweet Stream Added to Ubuntu 12.04 Installer === An auto-updating Tweet stream was added to the 12.04 Installer. Tweets containing hashtag #Ubuntu will show up in the final stage of the install process. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/02/tweet-stream-now-shown-in-ubuntu-12-04-installer/ === Kubuntu 12.04 Alpha 2 With KDE Plasma Netbook - Overview &amp; Screenshots === Chris7mas of LXer takes the latest Kubuntu Alpha for a spin with a focus on the Plasma Netbook interface and shares some of the main features available, screenshots and his first impressions. Chris7mas wraps up by saying "Kubuntu Plasma Netbook is pretty cool and intuitive, offering fast access to common applications, a pretty solid interface, and the best of them all, it is, as KDE always was, highly configurable." http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/162496/index.html === HUD, New Video Lens Land in Ubuntu 12.04 Unity Update === Joey Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! shares some of the latest developments with Unity 5.4 including the new Unity Video Lens and the new HUD interface which has made the move from testing PPA in preparation for release with Precise. Sneddon also shares screenshots of other new features. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/02/unity-5-4-lands-in-precise-brings-hud-video-lens-minor-ui-changes/ == In Other News == === Full Circle Magazine: Ubuntu 11.10 and Unity Special Edition === Full Circle Magazine (FCM) has released a special edition of collected articles about 11.10 and Unity, this time much of the material is original for this edition. http://fullcirclemagazine.org/2012/02/12/ubuntu-11-10-and-unity-special-edition/ == Other Articles of Interest == * Debian Wheezy: US$19 Billion. Your price... FREE! - http://blog.james.rcpt.to/2012/02/13/debian-wheezy-us19-billion-your-price-free/ * 2012 Linux Job Forecast: Demand is on the Rise - http://www.linuxfoundation.org/news-media/announcements/2012/02/2012-linux-job-forecast-demand-rise * A Look at the LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Awards Winners - https://www.linux.com/news/featured-blogs/196:zonker/546003:a-look-at-the-linuxquestionsorg-members-choice-awards-winners * Accessibility Leaders in Linux - https://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/546389-accessibility-leaders-in-linux == Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings == * Kernel Team - February 14, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Meeting#Tues.2C_14_February_2012 * QA Team - February 7, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Meetings/QA/20120207 * Desktop Team - February 14, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Meeting/2012-02-14 * Security Team - February 13, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20120213 * Server Team - February 14, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/20120214 == Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings == * Lubuntu Team - February 15, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Meetings/20120215 * Ubuntu Studio Team - February 19, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/Meetings/2012February19 == Monthly Team Reports: 2012 January == See here for the team report for January 2012: 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 === * [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 === Ubuntu 8.04 Updates === * 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) === Ubuntu 10.04 Updates === * 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) === Ubuntu 10.10 Updates === * 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 === Ubuntu 11.04 Updates === * 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 === Ubuntu 11.10 Updates === * 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 == 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: http://www.ubuntu.com/news and http://fridge.ubuntu.com/ == Conclusion == Thank you for reading the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. 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Except where otherwise noted, this issue of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 License </pre> Elizabeth Krumbach 2012-02-21T05:46:11 Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 252 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.news/346 <pre>Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 252 for the week February 6 - 12, 2011. == Links to UWN == * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue252 == In This Issue == * Ubuntu Global Jam: Call For Events! * Ubuntu 12.04 Development update * Remixing Ubuntu for the Enterprise Desktop * Ubuntu Stats * LoCo News * Ubuntu Cloud News * Jonathan Riddell: Kubuntu Status * Chris Coulson: Why Ubuntu is not using the Firefox ESR * Canonical Design Team: Ubuntu sound theme design * Daniel Holbach: New Ubuntu developers in the making * Will Unity win the battle of the Linux desktop? * Trimble Yuma: a rugged Ubuntu-based tablet * Privacy Controls &amp; Minor UI Tweaks Land in Ubuntu 12.04 * Other Articles of Interest * Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings * Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings * Upcoming Meetings and Events * Updates and Security * And much much more == General Community News == === Ubuntu Global Jam: Call For Events! === Ubuntu Global Jam (UGJ) will take place from 02-04 March 2012. UGJ is a call to action for Ubuntu users to organize and participate in a local event designed to be fun and improve Ubuntu at the same time. Anyone is able to contribute to their local UGJ event and everyone is welcome and encouraged to get involved. http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/02/07/ubuntu-global-jam-call-for-events-2/ === Ubuntu 12.04 Development update === In his latest Ubuntu 12.04 development update, Daniel Holbach highlights the Alpha 2 release, encourages users to test this release, and reminds the community that Feature Freeze is Friday, 17 February 2012. Events in this update cover Ubuntu Global Jam to be held on 02-04 February, 2012, and Holbach links to a video to help get people started with organizing a local Global Jam. As usual this update includes a list of items that still need to be accomplished, how first timers can get involved, and who to contact. This update also includes interviews from various Kubuntu developers who look at where this distribution stands and its future. http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2012/02/09/ubuntu-12-04-development-update-13/ === Remixing Ubuntu for the Enterprise Desktop === Mark Shuttleworth announced the release of the Ubuntu Desktop Business Remix which is based on Ubuntu 11.10. The difference in this release over other Ubuntu releases is that Canonical tailors the Ubuntu Desktop Business Remix for enterprise environments. There is a special EULA (End User License Agreement) to sign before this can be used due to proprietary software additions like VMWare and others. Full post here: http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1002 Canonical's announcement here: http://blog.canonical.com/2012/02/10/introducing-the-ubuntu-business-desktop-remix-by-canonical/ == Ubuntu Stats == === Bug Stats === * Open (88762) +203 over last week * Critical (119) -22 over last week * Unconfirmed (46574) +60 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 === * English (Australia) (2) +/-0 over last week * Spanish (8665) -26 over last week * English (United Kingdom) (31311) -991 over last week * Bosnian (37829) -717 over last week * Brazilian Portuguese (43512) +/-0 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 Posts this week === * The installer should allow to skip the installation of a boot loader - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29206/ * Windows should have names - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29204/ * Launcher dimension - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29203/ 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 === * What is the best printer for Ubuntu? http://askubuntu.com/questions/102995/what-is-the-best-printer-for-ubuntu * How do I install a new icon set? http://askubuntu.com/questions/102133/how-do-i-install-a-new-icon-set * What Ubuntu alternatives will still be supported after 12.04 http://askubuntu.com/questions/102239/what-ubuntu-alternatives-will-still-be-supported-after-12-04 * Help understanding command line http://askubuntu.com/questions/102544/help-understanding-command-line * How to find out if my system is i386 or x86_64 before installing Ubuntu? http://askubuntu.com/questions/103137/how-to-find-out-if-my-system-is-i386-or-x86-64-before-installing-ubuntu Ask (and answer!) your own questions at http://askubuntu.com == LoCo News == === Organizing a Memorable Ubuntu Global Jam === Benjamin Kerensa of the Ubuntu Oregon LoCo team shares several tips for teams seeking to organize an Ubuntu Global Jam in early March. He includes the following topics: picking a time, finding a venue, engaging potential sponsors for this event and more. http://benjaminkerensa.com/2012/02/06/organizing-a-memorable-ubuntu-global-jam === New Ubuntu Brazilian Community Council announced === Tiago Hillebrandt announces that he, Andre Noel, Ayrton Araujo and Fabio Nogueira now make up the Ubuntu Brazilian Community Council. http://tiagohillebrandt.eti.br/blog/2012/02/new-ubuntu-brazilian-community-council-announced/ === Feb Ubuntu Hour Rondebosch === Maia Grotepass shares photos from the recent Ubuntu Hour in Rondebosch, South Africa. http://my-ubuntu-day.blogspot.com/2012/02/feb-ubuntu-hour-rondebosch.html == Ubuntu Cloud News == === Automating Openstack Testing on Ubuntu === James Page highlights efforts made by the Canonical Platform Server Team in automating OpenStack testing in Ubuntu. In this post Page defines the scope of the work and use of gerrit and jenkins for pre-commit testing. Page breaks the post into the following areas: Lab Set-up, Preseeded LVM Snapshot Installs, Management of Jenkins, Testing OpenStack Essex on Ubuntu Precise, Build, Deploy, Test, Reporting, Success So Far, Further Plans for the Lab, References and Credits. http://cloud.ubuntu.com/2012/02/automating-openstack-testing-on-ubuntu/ === Shipping best practice with juju charms === Jorge Castro looks at how to solve the problems which Patrick McKenzie outlines in his "Why I don't host my own blog anymore" post with a "turbo charged" juju charm to help deploy a more tailored version of Wordpress. "Interested in turning a plain boring charm into something sexy? I've filed the bug here, let us know if you're interested." concludes Castro. http://castrojo.tumblr.com/post/17329550762/shipping-best-practice-with-juju-charms == The Planet == === Jonathan Riddell: Kubuntu Status === Jonathan Riddell, the sole paid developer of the Kubuntu project at Canonical, announced that Canonical will no longer offer financial support for the project after the 12.04 release. Canonical will offer infrastructure support in the same way as the other community flavors such as Edubuntu, Lubuntu, and Xubuntu, but future development will rely on the strength of the community. Full post here: http://blogs.kde.org/node/4531 More information can also be found in Harald Sitter's "How Kubuntu Did Not Change" post: http://apachelog.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/how-kubuntu-did-not-change/ === Philip Ballew: We are Ubuntu: My interview with Mike Holstein === Philip Ballew talks to UbuntuStudio, NC LoCo, and community contributor, Mike Holstein in this 'Were are Ubuntu' interview series. Holstein lets readers know what he does outside the Ubuntu Community--he's a musician--, what areas of Ubuntu he helps in as well as how this helps the Ubuntu community. He also answers why he uses Ubuntu, what inspired him to join the Ubuntu community, what else he would like to help with, as well as what he brings to the Ubuntu to make it better. http://philipballew.wordpress.com/2012/02/07/we-are-ubuntu-my-interview-with-mike/ === Chris Coulson: Why Ubuntu is not using the Firefox ESR === Chris Coulson of the Ubuntu Desktop Team explains why Ubuntu is not using the Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) in the upcoming Ubuntu 12.04 LTS release. Coulson looks at the arguments both for and against using Firefox ESR and concludes his post with, "It is entirely possible that we might provide a Firefox ESR build for people who are managing large deployments of Ubuntu, although the details of this aren't decided yet. However, this isn't going to be the default browser for our LTS. If it existed, it would be shipped in a PPA (much like we have been doing for the Firefox Stable PPA), and we would have to be clear to users that it wouldn't receive the same level of support we give to the regular Firefox versions." http://www.chriscoulson.me.uk/blog/?p=111 === Canonical Design Team: Ubuntu sound theme design === The Canonical Design Team is asking for submissions for the Ubuntu Sound Theme. The ideal length of the startup sound should be around 2 - 4 seconds, in ogg format at a rate of 320kbps. Additionally, this Ubuntu Sound Theme submission should encompass the following brand values: Reliable, Collaborative, Freedom, Precise. The deadline for submission is Monday, 13 February, 2012. http://design.canonical.com/2012/02/ubuntu-sound-theme-design/ === Ubuntu App Developer Blog: Top 10 Ubuntu app downloads for January 2012 === The top 10 commercial and free apps downloads from the Ubuntu Software Centre in January 2012 include: * Commercial - TRAUMA, Oil Rush, Fluendo DVD Player, Family Farm, Steel Storm: Burning Retribution , Braid, Monster RPG 2, World of Goo, The Clockwork Man: The Hidden World, Uplink * Free - Marble Arena 2, Ryzom, Crossover Games, Tribal Trouble 2, CoreBreach Demo, Full Circle Magazine, Vendetta Online, TreeSheets, CrossOver Pro (trial), Wunderlist Descriptions and links to these app downloads can be found in the link below. http://developer.ubuntu.com/2012/02/top-10-ubuntu-app-downloads-for-january-2012/ === Daniel Holbach: New Ubuntu developers in the making === Daniel Holbach looks how outreach, documentation, TODO lists, feedback loop and joining the ranks play a part in attracting new developers to make Ubuntu even better. http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/2012/02/new-ubuntu-developers-in-the-making/ === Jeremy Bicha: Ubuntu Classic, Now With Indicators === Jeremy Bicha thanks Jason Conti (for the patch) and Ted Gould (for the merge) as he announces that indicators have now been ported to gnome-panel 3. Bicha says the themeing is a broken, but that should get fixed in the coming weeks and notes that patches are welcome. He also admits that the Classic desktop in 11.04 had issues but now he'd be happy to recommend 12.04 to "fans" of the GNOME 2 style. http://jeremy.bicha.net/2012/02/11/ubuntu-classic-now-with-indicators/ == In The Press == === Will Unity win the battle of the Linux desktop? === Brian Proffitt, ITWorld, writes about the fragmentation of Linux desktop environments. In this article Proffitt notes, there aren't single environments anymore, but desktops using common technologies. He also describes, with references from User Experience (UX) experts, why Canonical can (and should) win the Linux desktop battle. http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/247574/will-unity-win-battle-linux-desktop === A tale of two distros: Ubuntu and Linux Mint === Terry Relph-Knight, ZDNet, says, "Regardless of operating system, the user experience is always mediated through the user interface, or UI. Since Mint is based on Ubuntu, comparisons between the two OSs for desktop use come down almost entirely to the UI." In this article Relph-Knight compares and contrasts Ubuntu and Linux Mint using screencasts and summaries to highlight the UI experience. http://www.zdnet.co.uk/reviews/desktop-os/2012/02/10/a-tale-of-two-distros-ubuntu-and-linux-mint-40095012/2/ === Canonical aims for enterprise desktop with Ubuntu business remix === Ryan Paul, Ars Technica, reviews the Ubuntu Desktop Business Remix announced by Canonical. This remix is customized for enterprise environments and is based on Ubuntu 11.10. http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/02/canonical-aims-for-enterprise-desktop-with-ubuntu-business-remix.ars == In The Blogosphere == === "We're Going to be Building Awesome Things" - Ubuntu TV Interview with Canonical's Will Cooke === Will Cooke, Engineering Manager for the Product Strategy Team at Canonical, sheds some light on what he thinks will contribute to the development of Ubuntu TV and the ultimate, simple TV experience. Cooke's "love for the telly" mixed with Canonical's recruiting strategy for the best developers and designers promises "awesome things" in store for Ubuntu TV. The community response has been amazing so far, and will continue to drive the success of the project with help from Jono Bacon's "Experience Teams" idea. Decisions regarding aspects of the design and hardware specifications will be kept in-house, but will stay focused on simplicity in an attempt to bringing back the lean-back experience to TV. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/02/were-going-to-be-building-awesome-things-ubuntu-tv-interview-with-canonicals-will-cooke/ === Trimble Yuma: a rugged Ubuntu-based tablet === SDG Systems announced the release of a water and dust resistant tablet known as Trimble Yuma which is preloaded with the netbook edition of Ubuntu 10.04. The tablet features a 7-inch touchscreen display, a 1.6 GHz Intel Atom processor, 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.0, a 32 GB or 80 GB SSD, SDIO and ExpressCard slots, two cameras and integrated GPS. The models are currently available for $3,695. http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Trimble-Yuma-a-rugged-Ubuntu-based-tablet-1429788.html === Privacy Controls &amp; Minor UI Tweaks Land in Ubuntu 12.04 === Joey Sneeden, OMG! Ubuntu!, reviews the latest features and changes that have landed in the Precise such as privacy controls and User Interface tweaks as feature freeze approaches. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/02/privacy-controls-minor-ui-tweaks-land-in-ubuntu-12-04/ === Gaming/Graphics Performance On Unity, GNOME, KDE, Xfce === Michael Labarel, Phoronix, uses a variety of OpenGL benchmark testing against Unity, Unity 2D, GNOME Shell, GNOME Classic, KDE Plasma, and Xfce. Labarel also notes that AMD and NVIDIA graphics were also tested using both open and closed source drivers as well. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&amp;item=ubuntu_1204_desktops&amp;num=1 === No More Dodge Windows in Unity? Global Menu to Become Optional in Ubuntu 12.04? === Manual Jose, Tech Drive In, looks at the option of the Global Menu in the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS release. Jose looks at both the Ubuntu Design Team mailing list and comments posted by Mark Shuttleworth in Google+ thread to a post by Alan Pope [Product Strategy Team, Canonical]. "...Global Menu is kind of useless and sometimes even irritating. Now, we will have to wait and see if these proposed changes are going to arrive in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin release itself," say Jose in conclusion. http://www.techdrivein.com/2012/02/no-more-dodge-windows-in-unity-global.html == Other Articles of Interest == * How to Improve the Battery Life of Your Linux Laptop - http://www.junauza.com/2012/02/improve-linux-laptop-battery-life.html * A Selection of the Very Best Open Source Tutorials and Tools - http://ostatic.com/blog/a-selection-of-the-very-best-open-source-tutorials-and-tools * 2011 LinuxQuestions.org Members Choice Award Winners - http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-news-59/2011-linuxquestions-org-members-choice-award-winners-928502/ * A New Approach to GNOME Application Design - http://afaikblog.wordpress.com/2012/02/10/a-new-approach-to-gnome-application-design/ == Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings == * Kernel Team - February 7, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Meeting#Tues.2C_07_February_2012 * QA Team - February 7, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Meetings/QA/20120207 * Desktop Team - February 7, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Meeting/2012-02-07 * Security Team - February 6, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20120206 * Server Team - February 7, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/20120207 == Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings == * Edubuntu Team - January 11, 2012 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edubuntu-devel/2012-January/003789.html * Kubuntu Team - No new meetings as of publication of this issue * Lubuntu Team - February 8, 2012 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Meetings/20120208 * Mythbuntu Team - No new meetings as of publication of this issue * Ubuntu Studio Team - No new meetings as of publication of this issue * Xubuntu Team - February 8, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/Meetings/Archive/Minutes/2012-02-08 == 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 === * [USN-1356-1] Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-February/001578.html * [USN-1353-1] Xulrunnner vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-February/001579.html * [USN-1350-1] Thunderbird vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-February/001580.html * [USN-1357-1] OpenSSL vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-February/001581.html * [USN-1358-1] PHP vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-February/001582.html * [USN-1359-1] Tomcat vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-February/001583.html * [USN-1360-1] Firefox vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-February/001584.html === Ubuntu 8.04 Updates === * openssl_0.9.8g-4ubuntu3.15_ia64_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-February/012713.html * php5_5.2.4-2ubuntu5.22_hppa_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-February/012714.html * pdns - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-February/012715.html === Ubuntu 10.04 Updates === * release-upgrader-apt 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu1~upgrader1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012640.html * release-upgrader-python-apt 0.8.0ubuntu9~upgrader3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012641.html * unattended-upgrades 0.55ubuntu7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012642.html * debian-installer 20081029ubuntu102.14 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012643.html * acroread 9.4.7-1lucid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012644.html * apt 0.7.25.3ubuntu9.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012645.html * debian-installer-utils 1.72ubuntu5.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012646.html * openssl_0.9.8k-7ubuntu8.8_amd64_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012647.html * php5_5.3.2-1ubuntu4.13_sparc_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012648.html * fglrx-installer 2:8.723.1-0ubuntu6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012649.html * kickseed 0.54ubuntu1.10.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012650.html * partman-iscsi 14.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012651.html * pdns- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012652.html * atop 1.23-1+squeeze1build0.10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012653.html * openldap 2.4.21-0ubuntu5.7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012654.html * linux-firmware 1.34.14 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012655.html * lazr.restfulclient 0.9.11-1ubuntu1.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012656.html * python-networkx 0.99-2ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012657.html * ddclient 3.8.0-9ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012658.html === Ubuntu 10.10 Updates === * acroread 9.4.7-1maverick1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-February/009737.html * php5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-February/009738.html * openssl_0.9.8o-1ubuntu4.6_armel_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-February/009739.html * lxc 0.7.2-1ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-February/009740.html * linux 2.6.35-32.65 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-February/009741.html * linux-ti-omap4 2.6.35-903.30 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-February/009742.html * linux-meta 2.6.35.32.42 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-February/009743.html * linux-firmware 1.38.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-February/009744.html * pdns_2.9.22-5ubuntu0.1_armel_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-February/009745.html * atop 1.23-1+squeeze1build0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-February/009746.html * youtube-dl 2011.08.04-1~maverick0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-February/009747.html * php5- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-February/009748.html === Ubuntu 11.04 Updates === * linux-ti-omap4 2.6.38-1209.21 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012370.html * linux-ti-omap4 2.6.38-1209.21 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012371.html * acroread 9.4.7-1natty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012372.html * php5_5.3.5-1ubuntu7.6_amd64_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012373.html * openssl_0.9.8o-5ubuntu1.2_amd64_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012374.html * lxc 0.7.4-0ubuntu7.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012375.html * python-kinterbasdb 3.3.0-2build1.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012376.html * linux 2.6.38-13.55 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012377.html * youtube-dl 2011.08.04-1~natty0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012378.html * php5_5.3.5-1ubuntu7.7_armel_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012379.html === Ubuntu 11.10 Updates === * vino 3.2.0-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011830.html * at-spi2-core 2.2.2-0ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011831.html * gtk+3.0 3.2.0-0ubuntu6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011832.html * acroread 9.4.7-1oneiric1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011833.html * php5_5.3.6-13ubuntu3.5_amd64_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011834.html * openssl_1.0.0e-2ubuntu4.2_powerpc_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011835.html * python-networkx 1.5-2ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011836.html * gdevilspie 1:0.5-1ubuntu0.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011837.html * nam 1.15~RC4-5ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011838.html * nautilus 1:3.2.1-0ubuntu4.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011839.html * python-kinterbasdb 3.3.0-2build1.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011840.html * file-roller 3.2.1-0ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011841.html * update-manager 1:0.152.25.7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011842.html * linux-ti-omap4 3.0.0-1207.16 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011844.html * linux-meta-ti-omap4 3.0.0.1207.6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011843.html * pdns 2.9.22-9ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011845.html * linux 3.0.0-16.28 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011846.html * linux 3.0.0-16.28 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011847.html * linux-backports-modules-3.0.0 3.0.0-16.9 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011848.html * linux-backports-modules-3.0.0 3.0.0-16.9 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011849.html * linux-meta 3.0.0.16.19 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011850.html * linux-meta 3.0.0.16.19 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011851.html * php5- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011852.html == 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: http://www.ubuntu.com/news and http://fridge.ubuntu.com/ == Conclusion == Thank you for reading the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. 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Except where otherwise noted, this issue of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 License </pre> Elizabeth Krumbach 2012-02-13T22:18:16 Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 251 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.news/345 <pre>Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 251 for the week January 30 - February 5, 2012. == Links to UWN == * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue251 == In This Issue == * Precise Pangolin Alpha 2 Released! * Developer Week: Summaries Days 1-3 * The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Needs You! * Ubuntu 12.04 Development update * Ubuntu Stats * LoCo News * Launchpad News * Canonical Design Team: Multi-Monitor Update and Greeter Prototype * Didier Roche: Unity 5.2 is now released! * Paul Tagliamonte: Mapping the Ubuntu Community * With GOV.UK, British government redefines the online government platform * You Don't Have To Quit Ubuntu! * Canonical Promotes Standard Ubuntu Branding with New Website * Other Articles of Interest * Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings * Upcoming Meetings and Events * Updates and Security * And much much more == General Community News == === Precise Pangolin Alpha 2 Released! === Kate Stewart, Ubuntu Release Manager, announces the Alpha 2 release of Ubuntu 12.04, Precise Pangolin. Pre-releases are not encouraged for anyone needing a stable system nor anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional or even frequent breakage; however, it is important that these releases are tested. More information on this milestone release an how you can get involved with testing can be found at the link below. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-release/2012-February/000781.html === Developer Week: Summaries Days 1-3 === Daniel Holbach summarizes the events of Ubuntu Developer Week. Session descriptions, leaders and links to the session logs can be found the event summaries below. http://ubuntuclassroom.wordpress.com/2012/02/01/developer-week-summary-day-1-outlook-day-2/ http://ubuntuclassroom.wordpress.com/2012/02/02/developer-week-summary-day-2-outlook-day-3/ http://ubuntuclassroom.wordpress.com/2012/02/03/developer-week-summary-day-3/ === The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Needs You! === Elizabeth Krumbach issues another call for volunteers to join the Ubuntu News Team. The UWN team is in need of more volunteers to help sustain this project. Krumbach outlines where the shortages are and how the Ubuntu community can get involved. Individuals interested in helping maintain the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter shoulf read Krumbach's blog post in full. http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=5683 === Ubuntu 12.04 Development update === Daniel Holbach gives his weekly Ubuntu development update as Alpha 2 of Ubuntu 12.04, Precise Pangolin becomes available. In this post, Holbach announces to the community that a rebuild of the full Ubuntu archive is now underway and reminds everyone that feature freeze will go into effect in 2 weeks. Holbach highlights community desktop contributor, Jeremy Bicha's explanation of how the Ubuntu desktop components were chosen for the 12.04 cycle. Events in the spotlight this week include summaries of Ubuntu Developer Week as well as a list of items that still need to be done. Individuals wanting to contribute to the ongoing development of the Ubuntu 12.04, Precise Pangolin development cycle can find out more at the link below. http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2012/02/02/ubuntu-12-04-development-update-12/ == Ubuntu Stats == === Bug Stats === * Open (88559) +294 over last week * Critical (141) +29 over last week * Unconfirmed (46514) +134 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 (8691) -47 over last week 3. English (United Kingdom) (32302) -682 over last week 4. Bosnian (38546) -389 over last week 5. Brazilian Portuguese (43512) -51 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 === * Increase Sound Menu functionality: song progress slider - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29167/ * scrollbars are not enough for efficiency - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29192/ * Increase Ubuntu One Userbility: List all published documents - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29184/ * Make the desktop/background less dull - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29179/ * Automatic performace and Desktop environment sugestions - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29170/ 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 (and answer!) your own questions at http://askubuntu.com == LoCo News == === Ubuntu-my Collaboration with Federal of Malaysian Consumers Association (FOMCA) === Khairul Aizat Kamarudzzaman of the Malaysian LoCo summarizes the teams involvement in FOMCA's Access to Knowledge National Campaign on A2K Policies and Campaign to promote Open Source Software to consumers. Outlined in this post are overall and specific objectives, activities the team is involved and the areas impacted throught this campaign. http://blog.myfenris.net/2012/02/03/ubuntu-my-collaboration-with-federal-of-malaysian-consumers-association-fomca/ === Ubuntu Podcast, Season 5 === Tony Whitmore announces that the Ubuntu UK Podcast will be back for a 5th season. In this post, Whitmore shares with readers ways to suggest content, share ideas and give feedback. http://tonywhitmore.co.uk/blog/2012/02/04/ubuntu-podcast-season-5/ == Launchpad News == === Fighting fire with fire - Changes to bug heat === Dan Harrop-Griffiths announces changes to the way bug heat is calculated and displayed in Launchpad in part to enhance the performance of Launchpad. http://blog.launchpad.net/general/bugheatchange === How to do Juju - Charming oops-tools === Diogo Matsubara, of the Launchpad Red Squad and Product Team, writes about a new a new cloud project this team recently began work on. Matsubara notes that as part of this new project the team will be using juju -- a tool that helps users easily deploy services on the cloud. In his quest to learn more about juju, Matsubara has written a new charm to deploy oops-tools. The charm is described as an open source Django application that helps visualize and aggregate error reports from Launchpad, on Amazon's EC2 and Canonical's private OpenStack cloud. More information on this charm and juju can be found at the link below. http://blog.launchpad.net/general/how-to-do-juju-%e2%80%93-charming-oops-tools === Faster deployments === Francis J. Lacoste writes about the 10% improvement seen since Launchpad announces its implementation of fastdowntime deployment. Lacoste shows comparison graphs of the old method against the new fastdowntime deployment method. Find out more about this successful implementation as well as future planned improvements by reading this post in full. http://blog.launchpad.net/general/faster-deployments == The Planet == === Michael Hall: Singlet, part 0.2 === Michael Hall of the Ubuntu community team at Canonical, writes about recent improvements to Singlet -- Python library for quickly building simple Unity lenses and scopes. Hall goes into details of these improvements, provides screenshots of outcomes and highlights the next steps for improvements. http://mhall119.com/2012/01/singlet-part-0-2/ === Canonical Design Team: Multi-Monitor Update and Greeter Prototype === Stewart Wilson announces changes in the Multiple Monitors UX Specification and the prototype made to show how the Greeter works across multiple displays. The new specification, the prototype and how to run it (the prototype) are all described in the full post. http://design.canonical.com/2012/01/multi-monitor-update-and-greeter-prototype/ === Chris Johnston: Big changes to Summit === Ubuntu community contributor, Chris Johnston, announces recent changes and updates to the Summit system. Scheduler views and user role updates are among the highlights of these improvements. Johnston notes that the first real time test of these updates will occur this week at Linaro Connect Q1.12. http://chrisjohnston.org/?p=914 === Marco Ceppi: Bugs are not questions === Marco Ceppi of AskUbuntu.com describes the policy of bugs being off-topic for the site. A team within the community has been mobilized to review questions which are actually bugs, as they "can improve Ask Ubuntu by just pointing the user to bug filing advice and promptly closing the question." http://marcoceppi.com/2012/02/bugs-are-not-questions/ === Jeremy Bicha: Update on GNOME Versions for Ubuntu 12.04 === Jeremy Bicha discusses the caution behind the selection of software for the upcoming 12.04 LTS release and gives details on the versions which will be included, including: Totem 3.0, Evolution, Disk Utility/Disks, System Settings 3.2 and much of the rest at 3.4. Bicha wraps up by mentioning that the desktop team is always looking for more packagers and developers for the desktop team, if you're interested join #ubuntu-desktop to learn more. http://jeremy.bicha.net/2012/02/01/gnome-versions-for-ubuntu-1204/ === Didier Roche: Unity 5.2 is now released! === Unity 5.2 is out and they are looking for testers. It now has multimonitor support with screen edge detection, "push to reveal" launcher behavior to avoid false positive when hitting the back button of firefox, per workspace alt-tab switcher, new home dash, automaximize only on netbooks and a lot of small details that matter. http://blog.didrocks.fr/post/Unity-5.2-is-now-released%21 === Xubuntu: Bringing our web presence to 2012 === The Xubuntu project has launched a new website, features include: migration from Drupal to WordPress, easier administration, fully rewritten theme using the new branding and a number of important content updates. http://xubuntu.org/news/webpresence2012/ === Stephane Graber: Ever wanted an armhf container on your x86 machine? It's now possible with LXC in Ubuntu Precise === Stephane Graber details how, by using the newly updated lxc and qemu-user-static packages, you can now run a virtualized armhf system on a x86 machine in 12.04. He reviews some of the limitations in this setup and reminds readers that this is not as a replacement for actual ARM hardware. http://www.stgraber.org/2012/02/03/ever-wanted-an-armel-or-armhf-container-on-an-x86-machine-its-now-possible-with-lxc-in-ubuntu-precise/ === Paul Tagliamonte: Mapping the Ubuntu Community === Paul Tagliamonte uses the public longitude and latitude data from Ubuntu Members to generate a series of maps detailing the contributions based on karma of Ubuntu Members around the world. http://blog.pault.ag/post/17036484637/mapping-the-ubuntu-community == In The Press == === With GOV.UK, British government redefines the online government platform === The British government has launched new the new gov.uk site, an "open source, mobile-friendly, platform agnostic, uses HTML5, scalable, hosted in the cloud and open for feedback." The details of this new deployment reveal that the servers are Amazon EC2 instances running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. http://radar.oreilly.com/2012/01/with-govuk-british-government.html === Ubuntu's New 'HUD' Factor: A Step Forward or Back? === Katherine Noyes of LinuxInsider discusses the new HUD (Head-Up Display) interface being released in 12.04 by reviewing and linking to several articles from bloggers around the community discussing the current comments, questions and concerns about it. http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/74298.html == In The Blogosphere == === You Don't Have To Quit Ubuntu! === Swapnil Bhartiya shares some of the alternatives to the Unity UI of standard Ubuntu by exploring KDE 4.8 in Kubuntu, and the "Gnome 2.x like" interfaces provided by Lubuntu and Xubuntu. He recommends these official derivatives because "Canonical is invested a lot of time and resource in making Linux more acceptable for home users" and stresses that you "quit Ubuntu to quit Unity." http://www.muktware.com/articles/3253/you-dont-have-quit-ubuntu === Canonical Promotes Standard Ubuntu Branding with New Website === Christopher Tozzi reviews some of the history of Ubuntu branding and reflects upon the improvements made with the new Branding website released by the Canonical design team at the newly launched design.ubuntu.com. http://www.thevarguy.com/2012/01/30/canonical-promotes-standard-ubuntu-branding-with-new-website/ === Ubuntu 12.04 ARM Performance Becomes Very Compelling === Michael Larabel of Phoronix runs a series of benchmarks comparing 11.10 to a couple of snapshots of 12.04 in January running on ARM. Benchmark tools he used include Apache, BYTE Unix, CacheBench, Ogg and MP3 encoding, imagemagick and more. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&amp;item=ubuntu_1204_omap4460&amp;num=1 === Debian/Ubuntu games screenshot party! === Paul Wise appeals to contributors who enjoy gaming and are looking for a way to contribute to Debian and Ubuntu by sharing details of an upcoming games screenshot party on the weekend of 25th-26th February. Details for how to sign up and be a part of it in the link below. http://bonedaddy.net/pabs3/log/2012/02/03/debian-ubuntu-games-screenshot-party/ === Ubuntu Alpha 2 Reviews === With the release of the Ubuntu 12.04, Precise Pangolin, Alpha 2 last Thursday the UWN team includes a list of the following Alpha 2 articles of interest: * Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin Alpha 2 Released [Video, Screenshots] - http://www.webupd8.org/2012/02/ubuntu-1204-lts-precise-pangolin-alpha.html * Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Alpha 2 Screenshot Tour - http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-12-04-LTS-Alpha-2-Screenshot-Tour-250341.shtml * Ubuntu 12.04 Alpha 2 Released - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/02/ubuntu-12-04-alpha-2-released/ == In Other News == === Linux at CES 2012: Everything You Need to Know === Manuel Jose of Tech Drive-in summarizes some of the Linux-related products showcased at CES in January, starting off with Ubuntu TV. http://www.techdrivein.com/2012/01/linux-at-ces-2012-everything-you-need.html === Another Special Edition - this time, Scribus! === Description of this special edition issue of Full Circle Magazine: "FCM reader Brian has pulled together my Scribus tutorials from the early issues of FCM and even added updated screenshots to it. So, if you're thinking of creating a publication of any kind, you might want to check out this special edition." http://fullcirclemagazine.org/2012/02/04/another-special-edition-this-time-scribus/ == Other Articles of Interest == * Heads Up for Linux - http://www.linuxplanet.com/news/heads-up-for-linux.html * 2012 Linux Computer Buyer's Guide - http://maketecheasier.com/2012-linux-computer-buyers-guide/2012/02/01 == Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings == * Edubuntu Team - No new meeting as of this publication * Kubuntu Team - No new meeting as of this publication * Lubuntu Team - February 1, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Meetings/20120201 * Mythbuntu Team - No new meeting as of this publication * Ubuntu Studio Team - February 5, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/Meetings/2012January22 * Xubuntu Team - February 1, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/Meetings/Archive/Minutes/2012-02-01 == 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 === * USN-1351-1: AccountsService vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1351-1 * USN-1352-1: Software Properties vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1352-1 * USN-1354-1: usbmuxd vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1354-1 * USN-1355-1: Firefox vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1355-1 * USN-1355-2: Mozvoikko update - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1355-2 * USN-1355-3: ubufox and webfav update - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1355-3 === Ubuntu 8.04 Updates === * None Reported === Ubuntu 10.04 Updates === * software-properties 0.75.10.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-January/012630.html * debian-installer 20081029ubuntu102.14 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012631.html * base-files 5.0.0ubuntu20.10.04.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012632.html * apt 0.7.25.3ubuntu9.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012633.html * mozvoikko 2.0.1-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012634.html * mozvoikko 2.0.1-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012635.html * firefox 10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012636.html * firefox 10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012637.html * chromium-browser 16.0.912.77~r118311-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012638.html * chromium-browser 16.0.912.77~r118311-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-February/012639.html === Ubuntu 10.10 Updates === * software-properties 0.76.7.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-January/009730.html * mozvoikko 2.0.1-0ubuntu0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-February/009731.html * mozvoikko 2.0.1-0ubuntu0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-February/009732.html * firefox 10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-February/009733.html * firefox 10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-February/009734.html * chromium-browser 16.0.912.77~r118311-0ubuntu0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-February/009735.html * chromium-browser 16.0.912.77~r118311-0ubuntu0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-February/009736.html === Ubuntu 11.04 Updates === * software-properties 0.80.9.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-January/012360.html * usbmuxd 1.0.7-1ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012361.html * kickseed 0.55ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012362.html * partman-iscsi 16.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012363.html * mozvoikko 2.0.1-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012364.html * mozvoikko 2.0.1-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012365.html * firefox 10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012366.html * firefox 10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012367.html * chromium-browser 16.0.912.77~r118311-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012368.html * chromium-browser 16.0.912.77~r118311-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-February/012369.html === Ubuntu 11.10 Updates === * software-properties 0.81.13.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011813.html * accountsservice 0.6.14-1git1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011814.html * ruby-sinatra 1.2.6-1ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011815.html * evince 3.2.1-0ubuntu2.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011816.html * usbmuxd 1.0.7-1ubuntu0.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011817.html * paprefs 0.9.9-2ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011818.html * ghostscript 9.04~dfsg-0ubuntu11.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011819.html * libvirt 0.9.2-4ubuntu15.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011820.html * bamf 0.2.104-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011821.html * apt 0.8.16~exp5ubuntu13.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011822.html * lxc 0.7.5-0ubuntu8.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011823.html * mozvoikko 2.0.1-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011824.html * mozvoikko 2.0.1-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011825.html * firefox 10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011826.html * firefox 10.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011827.html * chromium-browser 16.0.912.77~r118311-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011828.html * chromium-browser 16.0.912.77~r118311-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-February/011829.html == 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: http://www.ubuntu.com/news and http://fridge.ubuntu.com/ == Conclusion == Thank you for reading the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. 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Say hello to the future of the menu.  * Ubuntu Developer Week: 31st January-2nd February  * Planet Ubuntu Update  * Ubuntu 12.04 Development update  * Ubuntu Developer Summit Sponsorship Now Open  * Ubuntu Stats  * SCALE 10x  * Launchpad News  * Hitting the road with juju talks and Charm Schools.  * OpenStack Jenkins dashboard available for testing  * juju events for 2012  * Precisely how we're going to make the wallpapers in 12.04 the best ever!  * Searching Menus  * The HUD: Call For Testers  * software-center now installs language support automatically  * Plasma and KDE Applications 4.8 on Kubuntu  * Ubuntu Brand Guidelines get their own site  * Featured Ubuntu Software Centre apps for January 2012  * Quick Team Update  * Retiring the Firefox Stable PPA  * In The Press  * Ubuntu's Already Making Plans For ARM In 2014, 2015  * Ubuntu 12.04 Is ARM-ing Up For Better Performance  * Ubuntu 12.04 Adds Launcher Customization  * Full Circle Magazine #57 - out now!  * Other Articles of Interest  * Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings  * Upcoming Meetings and Events  * Updates and Security  * And much much more == General Community News == === Introducing the HUD. Say hello to the future of the menu. === Mark Shuttleworth introduces the Ubuntu community to the HUD (Heads Up Display) -- a feature planned to eventually replace menus in Unity applications. A video demonstrating this future feature is available at the link below. http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/939 === Ubuntu Developer Week: 31st January-2nd February === Just a reminder that Ubuntu Developer week starts today, January 31st, 2012 and you are invited to join in on these three action-packed days full of tutorial and hands-on session all around Ubuntu development. More information can be found at the link below. http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2012/01/25/ubuntu-developer-week-31st-january-2nd-february/ === Planet Ubuntu Update === Milo Casagrande on behalf of the Ubuntu Community Council (CC) announces the update to Ubuntu Planet configuration and the removal of former Ubuntu Member blogs from the list. The CC reminds Ubuntu members that the "nick" field is for your Launchpad ID and gives members steps to take in case your blog was removed in error. http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2012/01/24/planet-ubuntu-update/ === Ubuntu 12.04 Development update === Ubuntu 12.04 is already in its 15th week of development and Daniel Holbach updates the community what accomplishments have been reached in the last week.  Holbach gives links to the testing wiki for those who would like to help in that area.  He also highlights Mark Shuttleworth's introduction of the future Heads Up Display (HUD) feature and mentions the new configurable Unity display. Holbach reminded the community about the Developer Membership Board meeting that was held on Monday, Jan 30th and reminds interested individuals to attend Ubuntu Developer Week which starts today, Tuesday January 31st, 2012. To find out more about the Ubuntu Development cycle and how you can get involved see the link below. http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2012/01/26/ubuntu-12-04-development-update-11/ === Ubuntu Developer Summit Sponsorship Now Open === Jono Bacon, Ubuntu Community Manager, announced that Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS) sponsorship requests are now open.  In his announcement on Friday, January 27th, 2012 Bacon said the deadline to request sponsorship is Wednesday February 22, 2012. The next UDS, UDS-Q, will take place at the Oakland Marriott City Center, Oakland, California, USA from the 7th - 11th May 2012. http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/01/27/ubuntu-developer-summit-sponsorship-now-open-3/ == Ubuntu Stats == === Bug Stats ===  * Open (88265) +59 over last week  * Critical (112) -2 over last week  * Unconfirmed (46380) +37 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 (8738) -54 over last week  3. English (United Kingdom) (32984) -1387 over last week  4. Bosnian (38935) -4661 over last week  5. Brazilian Portuguese (43563) -29 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 ===  * Notify user about failing HDD - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29150/  * Improving information about data traffic on mobile connections - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29145/  * Resizable text selections - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29151/  * It should be very easy for users to test latest development kernels - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29149/  * Software Cannot Be Uninstalled from the Software Update Notification Window - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29161/ 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/ === Top 5 Ask Ubuntu Questions This Week ===  * How to hide terminal output when executing a command? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/98377/how-to-hide-terminal-output-when-executing-a-command  * How much benefit does increasing memory RAM have on the system - http://askubuntu.com/questions/99136/how-much-benefit-does-increasing-memory-ram-have-on-the-system  * /var/log/ folder is 39.5GB - http://askubuntu.com/questions/100004/var-log-folder-is-39-5gb  * What version of Unity will be used in 12.04 - http://askubuntu.com/questions/98432/what-version-of-unity-will-be-used-in-12-04  * How to find all pdf files in the directory and subdirectories? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/100086/how-to-find-all-pdf-files-in-the-directory-and-subdirectories Ask (and answer!) your own questions at http://askubuntu.com == LoCo News == === Ubuntu-BR-SC LoCo Team Blog === The new Ubuntu-BR-SC blog announced last week is now underway.  The team currently consists of twelve members who who write news, tips, and tutorials in Brazilian Portuguese to support Ubuntu Brazilian Community.  The team invites the community to give feedback and participate in this new LoCo team blog. http://tiagohillebrandt.eti.br/blog/2012/01/ubuntu-br-sc-loco-team-blog/ === SCALE 10x === Elizabeth Krumbach and Philip Ballew in two separate posts, each summarize their experiences at SCALE 10x.  From setting up the Ubuntu Booth, participating in the UbuCon, going to dinner with other Ubuntu Community members, reflections on their talks and more. To find out more about the California LoCo teams participation at SCALE10x see the links below. http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=5660 http://philipballew.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/fun-at-scale10x/ == Launchpad News == === Social private teams === Curtis Hovey announced that users can now use private teams in social contexts in Launchpad. Private teams can collaborate with public projects and other teams if they choose to reveal the existence of the private team.  More details about these private teams please see the Launchpad blog post. http://blog.launchpad.net/cool-new-stuff/social-private-teams == Ubuntu Cloud News == === Hitting the road with juju talks and Charm Schools. === Jorge Castro lists all the places you will be able to find juju talks and Charm schools in 2012.  Upcoming events include: Strata, POSSCon, the OpenStack Conference, railsconf, NodeConf, gluecon, Velocity, OSCON, RubyConf, SURGE, QCon, and LISA 12. http://cloud.ubuntu.com/2012/01/hitting-the-road-with-juju-talks-and-charm-schools/ === OpenStack Jenkins dashboard available for testing === Jorge Castro announces that James Page has set up jobs in the Ubuntu OpenStack QA Lab to start publishing to the public Jenkins QA instance. Now available are automated build testing of all core openstack components triggered from upstream trunk commits. http://cloud.ubuntu.com/2012/01/openstack-jenkins-dashboard-available-for-testing/ === juju events for 2012 === The juju team now has a complete schedule of events for 2012.  to see the events calendar and to find out more information please see the link below. http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2012/01/27/juju-events-for-2012/ == The Planet == === Canonical Design Team: Precisely how we're going to make the wallpapers in 12.04 the best ever! === Iain Farrell explains how you (the community) can help give Ubuntu 12.04 the most amazing and precisely the best wallpapers yet. Read the comments for an interesting discussion about submissions from deviantArt. http://hungfu.wordpress.com/2012/01/23/precisely-how-were-going-to-make-the-wallpapers-in-12-04-the-best-ever/ === Ted Gould: Searching Menus === Ted Gould talks about the idea behind HUD (Heads UP Display) and how you can find functionality in an application with having to know the data structure.  Gould talks about how the HUD works and how the community can make it better. http://gould.cx/ted/blog/Searching_menus === Jono Bacon: The HUD: Call For Testers === Jono Bacon helps Nicholas Skaggs get the word out about how to test HUD and notes those who wish to help with testing should be running the Ubuntu 12.04 development release. http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/01/24/hud-call-for-testers/ === Martin Pitt: software-center now installs language support automatically === Martin Pitt fixes a 2.5 year old language support bug by rewriting the check-language-support logic.  "Today's language-selector upload provides an aptdaemon plugin which automatically marks corresponding language support packages (translated help, dictionaries, spell checker modules, and translations themselves) for installation for any newly installed package, for all languages that are configured on your system," says Pitt in his post.  To find out more see the link below. http://www.piware.de/2012/01/software-center-now-installs-language-support-automatically/ === Jonathan Riddell: Plasma and KDE Applications 4.8 on Kubuntu === Jonathan Riddell notes that Kubuntu has packages for 4.8 which updates to Plasma workspaces and other KDE Applications. In this post Riddell quotes Kubuntu users from a thread on kde-devel mailing list which highlight the positive benefits from these updates. http://blogs.kde.org/node/4529 === Canonical Design Team: Ubuntu Brand Guidelines get their own site === Canonical announces the Ubuntu Brand Guidelines site.   The site aims to make it easy to find out about the brand guidelines, values, assets and more. http://design.canonical.com/2012/01/ubuntu-brand-guidelines-get-their-own-site/ === Ubuntu App Developer Blog: Featured Ubuntu Software Centre apps for January 2012 === January's Ubuntu Software Centre featured apps include: Core Breach, And Yet It Moves, Oil Rush.  To find out more about these featured apps as well as how to have your app featured check out this post on the Ubuntu App Developer Blog. http://developer.ubuntu.com/2012/01/featured-ubuntu-software-centre-apps-for-january-2012/ === Jono Bacon: Quick Team Update === Jono Bacon reviews how the community team are doing with meeting their goals for the 12.04 cycle.  In this post Bacon shows the burndown chart view and goes into more details about the following areas of his team: Developer Growth, Cloud and juju, App Developers, Upstream Relations, and QA.  Bacon invites the community to read this post and offer feedback. http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/01/27/quick-team-update/ === Chris Coulson: Retiring the Firefox Stable PPA === "With the announcement that users of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and Ubuntu 10.10 will be upgraded to the latest version of Firefox, we are going to be retiring the Firefox Stable PPA." writes Chris Coulson. Coulson also notes that Firefox 10, to be released on Tuesday, January 31, 2012,  will be delivered as a security update to all Ubuntu releases which should mean that users will receive the update without having to do anything. He also asks that should anyone in the community who uses the various support channels notices anyone pointing to the use of the PPA would they remove that reference or correct the post. http://www.chriscoulson.me.uk/blog/?p=100 == In The Press == === Ubuntu swaps application menus for HUD control system === BBC news looks at Ubuntu's decision to replace its application menus for the future Heads-Up-Display (HUD) feature. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16731071 === Linux users cautiously optimistic about Ubuntu's Head-Up Display desktop === Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols of ZDNet says, "Most users seem willing to give Ubuntu Linux's Head-Up Display interface the benefit of the doubt."  Read the article in full to see all the areas Vaughan-Nichols looks at and advice he gives for those who just the thought of Unity or HUD has them "breaking out in hives". http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/linux-users-cautiously-optimistic-about-ubuntus-head-up-display-desktop/10226 == In The Blogosphere == === DOWNLOAD Ubuntu: An Absolute Beginner's Guide === In their new guide, MakeUseOf tells beginners how to use Unity, what all that technical jargon like "kernel" and "FLOSS" mean, along with other helpful tips and tricks.  You need to "like" them on Facebook or subscribe to their newsletter to get the download. http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/download-ubuntu-absolute-beginners-guide/ === Ubuntu 12.04 Wallpaper Contest Launched === Joey Sneedon of OMG! Ubuntu! helps get the word out about he recently launched Ubuntu 12.04 Wallpaper contest.  The post goes over what can be submitted, the deadline for submissions and links to find inspiration for submissions. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/01/ubuntu-12-04-wallpaper-contest-launched/ === Ubuntu's Already Making Plans For ARM In 2014, 2015 === Michael Larabel, Phoronix, covers David Mandala of Canonical's talk at Linux.Conf.Au 2012 where Mandala walked attendees through the history of Ubuntu Linux support for the ARM architecture. Lababel looks at the future of Ubuntu ARM in the 12.04 LTS and beyond. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&amp;px=MTA0NzA === Ubuntu 12.04 Is ARM-ing Up For Better Performance === Michael Larabel, Phoronix, posts his benchmarks the PandaBoard ES -- a development board based around the Texas Instruments OMAP4660 -- running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ARM. He also looks at the future of Ubuntu ARM and improvements being made in the 12.04 LTS cycle. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&amp;item=ubuntu_1204_armhf&amp;num=1 === Ubuntu 12.04 Adds Launcher Customization === This post highlights the new customization features that are planned for the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS release. http://www.muktware.com/articles/3243/ubuntu-1204-adds-launcher-customization == In Other News == === Full Circle Magazine #57 - out now! === Full Circle - the independent magazine for the Ubuntu Linux community are proud to announce the release of our fifty-seventh issue. This month:  * Command and Conquer.  * How-To : Try Enlightenment, LibreOffice - Part 11, Backup Strategy - Part 5, Encrypted USB Stick, and Varnish Web Cache.  * Linux Lab - Mana World Server.  * Review - OpenArtist: 5th Incarnation  * I Think - SpiderOak Questionnaire.  * Closing Windows - Wireless Networking plus: more Ubuntu Games, My Desktop (and another extra!), My Opinion, My Story, and much much more! Google Currents edition: http://www.google.com/producer/editions/CAowvZtX/full_circle_magazine_57_lite Get it while it's hot! http://fullcirclemagazine.org/issue-57/ == Other Articles of Interest ==  * KDE vs. Windows 7 - http://www.datamation.com/open-source/kde-vs.-windows-7-1.html  * Linux fate lies in the hands of many - http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/243957/linux-fate-lies-hands-many  * Linux / Open Source For Kids: A Feast of Riches - http://blog.worldlabel.com/2012/linux-open-source-for-kids-a-feast-of-riches.html == Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings ==  * Edubuntu Team - No new meeting as of this publication  * Kubuntu Team - No new meeting as of this publication  * Lubuntu Team - January 25, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Meetings/20120125  * Mythbuntu Team - No new meeting as of this publication  * Ubuntu Studio Team - No new meeting as of this publication  * Xubuntu Team - No new meeting as of this publication == 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 ===  * USN-1343-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1343-1  * USN-1344-1: linux vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1344-1  * USN-1345-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1345-1  * USN-1346-1: curl vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1346-1  * USN-1263-2: OpenJDK 6 regression - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1263-2  * USN-1347-1: Evince vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1347-1  * USN-1342-1: Linux kernel (Oneiric backport) vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1342-1  * USN-1348-1: ICU vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1348-1  * USN-1349-1: X.Org vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1349-1 === Ubuntu 8.04 Updates ===  * None Reported === Ubuntu 10.04 Updates ===  * xdg-utils 1.0.2-6.1ubuntu3.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-January/012616.html  * kickseed 0.54ubuntu1.10.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-January/012617.html  * partman-iscsi 14.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-January/012618.html  * media-player-info 16-1~lucid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-January/012619.html  * openjdk-6b18 6b18-1.8.10-0ubuntu1~10.04.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-January/012620.html  * openjdk-6 6b20-1.9.10-0ubuntu1~10.04.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-January/012621.html  * evince 2.30.3-0ubuntu1.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-January/012622.html  * linux-lts-backport-oneiric 3.0.0-15.26~lucid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-January/012623.html  * icu 4.2.1-3ubuntu0.10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-January/012624.html === Ubuntu 10.10 Updates ===  * curl 7.21.0-1ubuntu1.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-January/009722.html  * openjdk-6b18 6b18-1.8.10-0ubuntu1~10.10.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-January/009723.html  * openjdk-6 6b20-1.9.10-0ubuntu1~10.10.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-January/009724.html  * evince 2.32.0-0ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-January/009725.html  * icu 4.2.1-3ubuntu0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-January/009726.html === Ubuntu 11.04 Updates ===  * curl 7.21.3-1ubuntu1.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-January/012352.html  * openjdk-6b18 6b18-1.8.10-0ubuntu1~11.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-January/012353.html  * openjdk-6 6b22-1.10.4-0ubuntu1~11.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-January/012354.html  * evince 2.32.0-0ubuntu12.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-January/012355.html  * icu 4.4.2-2ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-January/012356.html === Ubuntu 11.10 Updates ===  * evince 3.2.1-0ubuntu2.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011790.html  * rhythmbox 2.90.1~20110908-0ubuntu1.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011791.html  * paprefs 0.9.9-2ubuntu1.1 - 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Except where otherwise noted, this issue of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 License </pre> Amber Graner 2012-02-01T00:41:12 Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 249 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.news/343 <pre>Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 249 for the week January 16 - 22, 2012. == Links to UWN == * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue249 == In This Issue == * Vacant Developer Membership Board seat: Call for nominations * Java packages in Partner archive to be removed on 2012-02-16 * New Forum Council Members * Ubuntu 12.04 Development update * Results for the Americas Regional Membership Board Meeting January 19, 2012 * Ubuntu Stats * LoCo News * Launchpad News * Forums News * Syncing from Debian * Ubuntu Certification - Website Improvements * Let's chat about Unity * Community Team Goings On * Hacking On Accomplishments * Three Ways to Tweak Ubuntu Linux's Unity Desktop * Ubuntu TV vs. Google TV: Battle of the Linux-based Smart TV * Get Your Own Private Ubuntu Cloud In 5 Days * Lubuntu News Round-Up * Full Circle Magazine - Python Special Edition Volume 03 * Full Circle Podcast Episode 28 A Year in Comedy * Updates and Security * And much much more! == General Community News == === Vacant Developer Membership Board seat: Call for nominations === Stefano Rivera announces an upcoming vacancy in the RMB and opens a call for nominations to fill the vacancy. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2012-January/000924.html === Java packages in Partner archive to be removed on 2012-02-16 === Marc Deslauriers announces that they will simply remove Java Packages in Partner Archive as result of Oracle retiring the Operating System Distributor License for Java, rather than replacing them with empty packages as previously stated, in order to prevent unexpected failures. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-January/001554.html === New Forum Council Members === The Ubuntu Forums Council welcomes cariboo907, coffeecat, and overdrank as the newly appointed Forum Council members and thanks retiring Council members bapoumba, jdong, and Joeb45 for their service and dedication. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1912383 === Ubuntu 12.04 Development update === Daniel Holbach provides a update on the progress of 12.04 development, including announcing the upcoming Ubuntu Developer Week, Introducing Four New First Time Contributors and a Interview with Alessandro Menti of Ubuntu Italy LoCo. http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2012/01/19/ubuntu-12-04-development-update-10/ === Results for the Americas Regional Membership Board Meeting January 19, 2012 === * Aaron Farias: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AaronFarias | https://launchpad.net/~timido * Ahmed Shams: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AhmedShams | https://launchpad.net/~ashams * Benjamin Donald-Wilson: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/benny | https://launchpad.net/~benny * Jhosman Lizarazo: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Jhosman55 | https://launchpad.net/~jhosman55 https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2012-January/001471.html == Ubuntu Stats == === Bug Stats === * Open (88206) + 401 over last week * Critical (114) - 44 over last week * Unconfirmed (46343) +169 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) -5528 over last week 2. Spanish (8792) -116 over last week 3. English (United Kingdom) (34371) -2366 over last week 4. Brazilian Portuguese (43592) -105 over last week 5. Bosnian (43596) -7469 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 === * Notify user about failing HDD - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29150/ * Resizable text selections - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29151/ * Improving information about data traffic on mobile connections - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29145/ * It should be very easy for users to test latest development kernels - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29149/ * Workflow improvement for Unity - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29133/ 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 === * What precautions should I take with .debs I find on the internet? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/97667/what-precautions-should-i-take-with-debs-i-find-on-the-internet * How can i make everything just assume im running as root? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/97278/how-can-i-make-everything-just-assume-im-running-as-root * Change default text editor from gedit to terminal-vim - http://askubuntu.com/questions/97683/change-default-text-editor-from-gedit-to-terminal-vim * How to hide terminal output when executing a command? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/98377/how-to-hide-terminal-output-when-executing-a-command * What is the Unity HUD and how can I install it on my system? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/98132/what-is-the-unity-hud-and-how-can-i-install-it-on-my-system Ask (and answer!) your own questions at http://askubuntu.com == LoCo News == === Meeting friends in Morocco === Daniel Holbach shares his experiences with the Morrocan LoCo team and his meetup with Morrocan Ubuntu contributor Adnane Belmadiaf who gave him a tour of the city of Rabat. http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/2012/01/meeting-friends-in-morocco/ === Charles Profitt: Askubuntu.com and Loco Teams === Charles Profitt reviews the work he's been doing with AskUbuntu moderator Marco Ceppi to provide a tool for LoCo members to find other AskUbuntu members in their local area. This tools allows AskUbuntu members to find questions asked by users in their local area. http://ftbeowulf.wordpress.com/2012/01/16/askubuntu-com-and-loco-teams/ === Ubuntu-BR-SC LoCo Team Releases New Blog Site === Tiago Hillebrandt, of the Ubuntu-BR-SC LoCo Team announced that the team now has a new blog. This new blog was started to Ubuntu Brazilian users and developers. http://www.ubuntubrsc.com == Launchpad News == === New feature - Customise your bug listings === The Launchpad Orange Squad has adjusted bug listings so that they can now be customized by the user. "You can now sort bugs by criteria such as name, importance, status and age" and adjust criteria as needed. They have also updated how they are displayed and notes that formal user research played an important part in these changes. http://blog.launchpad.net/general/custombuglistings == Ubuntu Forums News == === Looking for PHP Developers to assist with forums upgrade === The official Ubuntu Forums at ubuntuforums.org have a new brand theme designed and are prepped to upgrade to a new version of the vbulletin software. However, vbulletin does not support OpenID and this is a requirement for the upgrade and rebranding to occur so they are in need of PHP developers who can work with the Forums Council and Canonical IS to get this written. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1913921 == The Planet == === Daniel Holbach: Syncing from Debian === Daniel Holbach discusses the announcement from Iain Lane on ubuntu-devel-announce that "syncpackage" now has the ability to directly perform syncs from Debian without having to get the sync through the archive admin queue first. He also tests syncpackage and details the parameters he used. http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/2012/01/syncing-from-debian/ === Victor Tuson Palau: Ubuntu Certification - Website Improvements === Victor Tuson Palau details improvements to the Ubuntu Hardware Certification website that include: displaying what components are included on the certified system in the search results, an icon to indicate whether the system is only certified with a vendor image or with the standard Ubuntu image and a new and simpler search interface. http://victorpalau.net/2012/01/19/ubuntu-certification-website-improvements/ === Michael Hall: Let's chat about Unity === Michael Hall announces the move of the #ayatana channel to the more discoverable name #ubuntu-unity for discussions about Unity on irc.freenode.net. http://mhall119.com/2012/01/lets-chat-about-unity/ === Jono Bacon: Community Team Goings On === Jono Bacon reviews some of the progress made by the Community team at Canonical while they attended the recent Ubuntu Engineering Team Rally in Budapest. Tasks tackled included opening up the Application Review Board (ARB) process, QA improvements, plans made for further juju Charm Schools and the next steps for developer.ubuntu.com. http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/01/21/community-team-goings-on/ === Jono Bacon: Hacking On Accomplishments === Jono Bacon provides updates for the Accomplishments system that he and Stuart Langridge designed. Updates include some new mockups and code which will help drive the system. http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/01/23/hacking-on-accomplishments/ == In The Press == === Three Ways to Tweak Ubuntu Linux's Unity Desktop === Katherine Noyes of PCWorld shares three tools to customize the Unity Desktop--CompizConfig Settings Manager, Ubuntu Tweak 0.6.0 and MyUnity--providing instructions for installing each. http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/248475/three_ways_to_tweak_ubuntu_linuxs_unity_desktop.html == In The Blogosphere == === New Unity Features: Shortcut Hints Overlay And Launcher Switcher [Ubuntu 12.04] === Andrew at WebUpd8 discusses and shares screenshots of some features from recent check-ins to the Unity bzr respository. Features include the keyboard shortcut hints overlay which is available by pressing the "Super" (typically "Windows") key and the new launcher switcher. http://www.webupd8.org/2012/01/unity-gets-shortcut-hints-overlay-and.html === Ubuntu TV vs. Google TV: Battle of the Linux-based Smart TV === Jun Auza of Tech Source compares the Ubuntu TV demo at CES and Google TV on 3 important metrics: Interface, Familiarity and Content. http://www.junauza.com/2012/01/ubuntu-tv-vs-google-tv-battle-of-linux.html === Get Your Own Private Ubuntu Cloud In 5 Days === Marius Nestor at Softpedia shares details from the recently unveiled Ubuntu Cloud Jumpstart service provided by Canonical. Nestor says the program is simple, "During five days, a Canonical services engineer and a Canonical engagement manager will build your private cloud on your own servers." http://news.softpedia.com/news/Get-You-Own-Private-Ubuntu-Cloud-In-5-Days-247263.shtml More details at: http://www.ubuntu.com/cloud/jumpstart === Unity's Dash to Ditch Giant Shortcuts === Joey Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! shares details of the new layout that Unity developers are testing for the Unity Home lense which may "display an overview of recent user activity under the headings "Recent Apps" (which won't feature those apps locked to the Launcher), "Recent Files", and 'Downloads'." Sneddon shares the rationale behind this and his own thoughts regarding the change. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/01/unity-dash-to-ditch-giant-shortcuts/ === Out of the Gate, Ubuntu TV Is Drawing a Mix of Criticism and Praise === Sam Dean of OStatic covers the demonstration of Ubuntu TV at CES and shares details and links to some of the mixed coverage from sources like The Var Guy and Arstechnica, as well as some early words about the plans for it from Mark Shuttleworth. http://ostatic.com/blog/out-of-the-gate-ubuntu-tv-is-drawing-a-mix-of-criticism-and-praise === Lubuntu News Round-Up === Joey Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! shares some of the latest news from the Lubuntu project, including: the move to the Ozone theme which they're working to switch over to GTK3, details about their new searching tool, LXFind, and the new screenshot tool, LXScreenshot. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/01/lubuntu-12-04-news-round-up/ == In Other News == === Full Circle Magazine - Python Special Edition Volume 03 === Full Circle Magazine continues their special edition issues with a reprint of the Python articles parts 17 through 21. http://fullcirclemagazine.org/2012/01/21/python-special-edition-volume-03/ == Featured Podcasts == === Full Circle Podcast Episode 28 A Year in Comedy === This episode contains fewer facts than usual. It's a New Year. It's January. We're on something of a break, so that can only mean a cheap, and frankly brain-numbingly lazy, listen back to the year 2011. This could be the best, or worst idea we've ever had. Our thanks to all our co-hosts, guests, correspondents and contributors. Select brain to 'neutral', put your laughing trousers on stand-by and enjoy. http://fullcirclemagazine.org/2012/01/19/full-circle-podcast-episode-28-a-year-in-comedy/ == Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings == * Edubuntu Team - No new meeting at time of publication * Kubuntu Team - No new meeting at time of publication * Lubuntu Team - January 18, 2012 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Meetings/20120118 * Mythbuntu Team - No new meeting at time of publication * Ubuntu Studio Team - January 22, 2012 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/Meetings/2012January22 * Xubuntu Team - No new meeting at time of publication == Upcoming Meetings and Events == For upcoming meetings and events please visit the calendars at fridge.ubuntu.com: http://fridge.ubuntu.com/calendars/ == Other Articles of Interest == * New Survey on Gender Indicates Increased Awareness - http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Blogs/Off-the-Beat-Bruce-Byfield-s-Blog/New-Survey-on-Gender-Indicates-Increased-Awareness * Report: Open Source Application Servers Are More Prevalent Than You Think - http://ostatic.com/blog/report-open-source-application-servers-are-more-prevalent-than-you-think * Six Great Desktop Linux Features You May Take for Granted - http://www.thevarguy.com/2012/01/13/six-great-desktop-linux-features-you-may-take-for-granted/ * The Linux Foundation Releases Enterprise Linux User Report - http://www.linuxfoundation.org/news-media/announcements/2012/01/linux-foundation-releases-enterprise-linux-user-report * 5 Best Free Alternatives To Microsoft Visio - http://maketecheasier.com/5-best-free-alternatives-to-microsoft-visio/2012/01/20 == Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 10.10, 11.04 and 11.10 == === Security Updates === * [USN-1333-1] Libav vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-January/001553.html * [USN-1335-1] t1lib vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-January/001555.html * [USN-1334-1] libxml2 vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-January/001556.html * [USN-1336-1] Linux kernel vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-January/001557.html * [USN-1337-1] Linux kernel (Natty backport) vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-January/001558.html * [USN-1338-1] Rsyslog vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-January/001559.html * [USN-1340-1] Linux kernel (Oneiric backport) vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-January/001560.html * [USN-1341-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-January/001561.html * [USN-1339-1] QEMU vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-January/001562.html * [USN-1343-1] Thunderbird vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-January/001563.html * [USN-1344-1] linux vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-January/001564.html * [USN-1345-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-January/001565.html * [USN-1346-1] curl vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-January/001566.html * [USN-1263-2] OpenJDK 6 regression - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-January/001567.html * [USN-1347-1] Evince vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-January/001568.html === Ubuntu 8.04 Updates === * openswan_2.4.9+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1_ia64_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-January/012710.html * update-manager 1:0.87.32 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-January/012711.html * libxml2 2.6.31.dfsg-2ubuntu1.7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-January/012712.html === Ubuntu 10.04 Updates === * phpmyadmin- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-January/012607.html * libxml2 2.7.6.dfsg-1ubuntu1.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-January/012608.html * t1lib 5.1.2-3ubuntu0.10.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-January/012609.html * sysvinit 2.87dsf-4ubuntu17.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-January/012610.html * portmap 6.0.0-1ubuntu2.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-January/012611.html * fglrx-installer 2:8.723.1-0ubuntu6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-January/012613.html * grub2 1.98-1ubuntu13 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-January/012612.html * squid3 3.0.STABLE19-1ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-January/012614.html * qemu-kvm 0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9.17 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-January/012615.html * xdg-utils 1.0.2-6.1ubuntu3.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-January/012616.html * kickseed 0.54ubuntu1.10.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-January/012617.html * partman-iscsi 14.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-January/012618.html * media-player-info 16-1~lucid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-January/012619.html * openjdk-6b18 6b18-1.8.10-0ubuntu1~10.04.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-January/012620.html * openjdk-6 6b20-1.9.10-0ubuntu1~10.04.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-January/012621.html * evince_2.30.3-0ubuntu1.3_sparc_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-January/012622.html * linux-lts-backport-oneiric 3.0.0-15.26~lucid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-January/012623.html === Ubuntu 10.10 Updates === * software-center 3.0.12 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-January/009714.html * procps 1:3.2.8-9ubuntu3.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-January/009715.html * youtube-dl 2011.08.04-1~maverick0.1- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-January/009716.html * squid3 3.1.6-1.1ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-January/009717.html * mrtg 2.16.3-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-January/009718.html * libxml2 2.7.7.dfsg-4ubuntu0.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-January/009719.html * t1lib 5.1.2-3ubuntu0.10.10.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-January/009720.html * qemu-kvm 0.12.5+noroms-0ubuntu7.11- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-January/009721.html * curl 7.21.0-1ubuntu1.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-January/009722.html * openjdk-6b18 6b18-1.8.10-0ubuntu1~10.10.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-January/009723.html * openjdk-6 6b20-1.9.10-0ubuntu1~10.10.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-January/009724.html * evince_2.32.0-0ubuntu1.2_i386_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-January/009725.html === Ubuntu 11.04 Updates === * software-center 4.0.7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-January/012339.html * youtube-dl 2011.08.04-1~natty0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-January/012340.html * chemtool 1.6.12-1ubuntu1.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-January/012341.html * libvirt 0.8.8-1ubuntu6.8 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-January/012342.html * augeas 0.8.0-0ubuntu5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-January/012343.html * procps 1:3.2.8-10ubuntu3.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-January/012344.html * python-kinterbasdb 3.3.0-2build1.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-January/012345.html * squid3 3.1.11-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-January/012346.html * mrtg 2.16.3-3ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-January/012347.html * libxml2 2.7.8.dfsg-2ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-January/012348.html * t1lib 5.1.2-3ubuntu0.11.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-January/012349.html * rsyslog 4.6.4-2ubuntu4.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-January/012350.html * qemu-kvm 0.14.0+noroms-0ubuntu4.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-January/012351.html * curl 7.21.3-1ubuntu1.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-January/012352.html * openjdk-6b18 6b18-1.8.10-0ubuntu1~11.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-January/012353.html * openjdk-6 6b22-1.10.4-0ubuntu1~11.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-January/012354.html * evince_2.32.0-0ubuntu12.4_static_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-January/012355.html === Ubuntu 11.10 Updates === * cups 1.5.0-8ubuntu7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011773.html * squid3 3.1.14-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011774.html * protobuf 2.4.0a-2ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011775.html * mrtg 2.16.3-3.1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011776.html * metacity 1:2.34.1-1ubuntu4.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011777.html * tomboy 1.8.0-1ubuntu1.1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011778.html * libxml2 2.7.8.dfsg-4ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011779.html * t1lib 5.1.2-3ubuntu0.11.10.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011780.html * nux 1.16.0-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011781.html * unity 4.28.0-0ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011783.html * update-notifier 0.117ubuntu3.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011782.html * libfreenect 1:0.0.1+20101211+2-2ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011784.html * ifupdown 0.7~alpha5.1ubuntu5.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011785.html * libreoffice 1:3.4.5-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011786.html * libreoffice-l10n 1:3.4.5-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011787.html * linux 3.0.0-15.26 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011788.html * qemu-kvm 0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011789.html * evince 3.2.1-0ubuntu2.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011790.html * rhythmbox 2.90.1~20110908-0ubuntu1.3- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011791.html * paprefs 0.9.9-2ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011792.html * gtk+3.0 3.2.0-0ubuntu5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011793.html * libvirt 0.9.2-4ubuntu15.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011794.html * ruby-sinatra 1.2.6-1ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011795.html * bridge-utils 1.5-2ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011796.html * curl 7.21.6-3ubuntu3.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011797.html * openjdk-6 6b23~pre11-0ubuntu1.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011798.html == 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: http://www.ubuntu.com/news and http://fridge.ubuntu.com/ == Conclusion == Thank you for reading the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. 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Except where otherwise noted, this issue of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 License </pre> Amber Graner 2012-01-26T00:26:27 Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 248 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.news/342 <pre>Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 248 for the week January 9 - 15, 2012. == Links to UWN == * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue248 == In This Issue == * Xubuntu, Kubuntu, and Edubuntu 12.04 will be LTS * Ubuntu Success &lt; at &gt; CES * Another Successful User Days! * Ubuntu Stats * Ubuntu Hour, SCALE 10x and Ubuntu User Days * Just For Learning: an online classroom from Ubuntu Nederland * Virtualization &amp; Cloud devroom at FOSDEM * juju docs split out from core, contributions can now begin! * Ubuntu TV UI at Pandaboard, and next steps * Social Ubuntu TV * The Importance of Accessibility * Ubuntu TV: the case for Unity * Unity 5.0 into precise * An Interview with Quackers * Ubuntu TV unveiled * Canonical Maps out Ubuntu Strategy at CES * Unity 5.0 Ready for Testing * Linux Takes on a Bigger Role at This Year's CES * Monthly Team Reports: December 2011 * Upcoming Meetings and Events * Other Articles of Interest * Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 10.10, 11.04 and 11.10 * And much much more! == General Community News == === Xubuntu, Kubuntu, and Edubuntu 12.04 will be LTS === Ubuntu 12.04 will be an LTS (Long Term Support) release, but it's up to all the official flavors themselves to decide whether each will be an LTS release or not. The Technical Board approved plans for at 3 year LTS for Xubuntu and 5 year LTS for Kubuntu and Edubuntu during their meeting on January 9th. Details, including links to each proposal are available in the Tech Board meeting notes: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2012-January/000922.html === Ubuntu Success &lt; at &gt; CES === Canonical recaps the successes of its demo at CES. With more than 5000 people stopping by the booth, readers should not be surprised that the supply of Ubuntu CDs and Ubuntu TV promotional material was exhausted. http://blog.canonical.com/2012/01/12/ubuntu-success-ces/ === Another Successful User Days! === With another successful Ubuntu User Days come and gone we look forward to the next and ask those who attended to do a brief survey. http://ubuntuclassroom.wordpress.com/2012/01/15/another-successful-user-days/ == Ubuntu Stats == === Bug Stats === * Open (87805) +141 over last week * Critical (158) -15 over last week * Unconfirmed (46175) +249 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) (5230) +/-0 over last week 2. Spanish (8908) -39 over last week 3. English (United Kingdom) (36737) -807 over last week 4. Brazilian Portuguese (43697) -238 over last week 5. Bosnian (51065) -510 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 === * Synchronise desktop settings between computers - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29115/ * Auto mount ISO files - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29098/ * Scrollbars in Unity are too thin and fiddly to use - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29104/ * Scrollbars in Unity don't look like scrollbars to new users - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29103/ * Invite functionality for Ubuntu OS &amp; U1 - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29100/ 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 === * Why can't ubuntu update its software like Windows can? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/95336/why-cant-ubuntu-update-its-software-like-windows-can * Why is there no Recycle Bin? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/94548/why-is-there-no-recycle-bin * What is Vanilla Ubuntu? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/95785/what-is-vanilla-ubuntu * What is Ubuntu TV? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/94148/what-is-ubuntu-tv * What are dot-files? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/94780/what-are-dot-files Ask (and answer!) your own questions at http://askubuntu.com == LoCo News == === Ubuntu Hour, SCALE 10x and Ubuntu User Days === Elizabeth Krumbach shares with readers the successful Ubuntu Hour held in San Francisco recently. She also gives information on the LoCo team's booth at this years SCALE 10x (Southern California Linux Expo) and talks about the Ubuntu User Days. http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=5613 === Just For Learning: an online classroom from Ubuntu Nederland === A dedicated team from the Nederland LoCo has developed a web-based application similar to the well known Lernid application that they describe as perfectly suited to conduct on-line training sessions. It is currently available in English and in Dutch. http://www.sehofstede.nl/just-for-learning-an-online-classroom-from-ubuntu-nederland == Ubuntu Cloud News == === Setting Up a Single Node OpenStack Nova Server === Jeff Kramer with HP announces the publishing of a step-by-step guide for installing OpenStack Compute aka Nova. "This tutorial is for developers, who would like to set up a compute machine on local servers before deploying to the public cloud," writes Kramer. OpenStack Compute is a python-based VM management system and readers who are interested can find out more about installing it on a single server can find out more in this article. http://h30529.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Scaling-the-Cloud-Blog/Setting-Up-a-Single-Node-OpenStack-Nova-Server/ba-p/263 === Virtualization &amp; Cloud devroom at FOSDEM === FOSDEM (The Free and Open source Software Developers' European Meeting) will take place on February 4-5 in Brussels. In the past devrooms were kept to a half to full day, however this year FOSDEM combines Virtualization, Xen and OpenStack devroom requests into one devroom to be open for the 2 full days of the event. If you are attending FOSDEM in February and would like to know about the Virtualization and Cloud devroom or the full conference see the link below. http://cloud.ubuntu.com/2012/01/virtualization-cloud-devroom-at-fosdem/ === juju docs split out from core, contributions can now begin! === Kapil Thangavelu announced that juju docs are now in their own repository and the community is invited to help improve them. Links to the juju docs and bzr branch can be found in the link below. http://cloud.ubuntu.com/2012/01/juju-docs-split-out-from-core-contributions-can-now-begin/ == The Planet == === Ricardo Salveti: Ubuntu TV UI at Pandaboard, and next steps === Ricardo Salveti shares the steps taken to make the new Ubuntu TV interface work on a Pandaboard and outlines steps needed before video playback will become a reality on this platform. http://rsalveti.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/ubuntu-tv-ui-at-pandaboard-and-next-steps/ === Jono Bacon: Social Ubuntu TV === Readers who are interested in following the progress of Ubuntu TV can now do so by following the Facebook and Google+ pages. See Jono's post for links to both. http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/01/11/social-ubuntu-tv/ === Charles Profitt: The Importance of Accessibility === In this post, Charles Proffit shares his new understanding of accessibility issues in Ubuntu he gained when he had difficulty accessing and using his computer post surgery. http://ftbeowulf.wordpress.com/2012/01/11/the-importance-of-accessibility/ === Michael Hall: Ubuntu TV: the case for Unity === "Ubuntu TV shows why Unity was the right choice for Canonical to make," says Michael Hall. In this post, he shares his perspective and how he arrived at that conclusion. http://mhall119.com/2012/01/ubuntu-tv-the-case-for-unity/ === Didier Roche: Unity 5.0 into precise === Didier Roche announces the availability Unity 5.0 (latest Unity release). He also shares information gleaned from the most recent call for testing and posts the results (without comment) and link to result-tracker tool. http://blog.didrocks.fr/post/Unity-5.0-into-precise%21 === Silver Fox: An Interview with Quackers === Silver Fox is back with a new Ubuntu Community Interview. In this post, her interviewee is Mike Donald, aka Quackers, on the Ubuntu Forums. http://serial-coder.co.uk/blog/2012/01/an-interview-with-quackers/ == In The Press == === Ubuntu TV unveiled === Barry Collins of PC Pro interviews Canonical CEO, Jane Silber, and gives readers an overview of plans for Ubuntu TV. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/372040/ubuntu-tv-unveiled === TV for Human Beings: Ubuntu Linux === Steven J. Vaughan-Nickols, ZDNet, writes, "I've long thought that Unity, while an OK desktop for non-power desktop users had great potential for tablets, smartphones, and, yes, now TVs." See what else Vaughan-Nickols has to say about Ubuntu TV in the link below. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/tv-for-human-beings-ubuntu-linux/10109 === Ubuntu TV eyes-on === Sean Buckley, Engadget contributor, notes his disappointment that Ubuntu TV was only demoed as a proof on concept at CES, but says, "A rep showed off the media browser and guide, including the interface for tying in movie rentals and purchases (we guess we know where the Ubuntu One store will be going next). It's all pretty slick and, to be honest, if we could hack this in to the dumb set currently gracing our TV bench we certainly would." Included in this post are images and a video of the Ubuntu TV demo at CES. http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/11/ubuntu-tv-eyes-on/ === Canonical Maps out Ubuntu Strategy at CES === Sean Michael Kernel, Datamation, notes that more than the Ubuntu TV concept was demoeds at CES, Canonical also showed its In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) systems powered by Ubuntu. http://www.datamation.com/open-source/canonical-maps-out-ubuntu-strategy-at-ces.html == In The Blogosphere == === Xubuntu, Kubuntu, Edubuntu Go LTS With 12.04 === In this Phoronix article, Michael Larabel, reviews the Ubuntu Technical Board decision to approve the proposals that qualify the Kubuntu, Xubuntu, and Edubuntu derivatives to be Long-Term Support (LTS) certified for the Ubuntu 12.04 release and what that means for each of these derivatives. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&amp;px=MTA0MDE === Checking Out The Ubuntu TV Prototype === Michael Larabel, Phoronix, talks about the Ubuntu TV prototype viewed recently at Canonical's CES booth. See this article for pictures of the "TV for human beings". http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&amp;px=MTA0MDc === Ubuntu Tablet to Compete with Android, iOS === Joey Sneddon, OMG! Ubuntu!, gives readers a first hand look and the upcoming Android/iOS competing Ubuntu tablet. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/01/ubuntu-tablet-to-compete-with-android-ios/ === Browse Ubuntu's Software Offerings Online On Any Computer [Linux] === In this "makeuseof" article, Justin Post shows readers some of the new online offerings made to help new would-be Ubuntu users find their way. A link to an online demo of the Unity interface, as well as an online apps directory similar to the Software Center can be found as well. http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/browse-ubuntus-software-offerings-online-computer-linux/ === Unity 5.0 Ready for Testing === Joey Sneddon, OMG! Ubuntu! talks about the latest version of Ubuntu's Unity Interface, version 5.0. Information about the number of new features, the testing PPA and screenshots can be found in this article. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/01/unity-5-0-ready-for-testing/ === LightDM: Unity Greeter Update Brings Support For Reading User Background [Ubuntu 12.04 Development] === Andrew, Web UPD8, gives readers information about the new Unity Greeter. He reviews a version that has been released for testing and brings support for reading different user backgrounds and applying them before getting to the desktop. http://www.webupd8.org/2012/01/lightdm-unity-greeter-update-brings.html === Linux Takes on a Bigger Role at This Year's CES === In this article at PC World writer Katherine Noyes shares her take on the announcement about Canonical's upcoming Ubuntu TV release. She also discusses the Qooq, a touch-screen tablet manufactured by Unowhy, Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Hybrid, and the OLPC XO 3.0 tablet. http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/247737/linux_takes_on_a_bigger_role_at_this_years_ces.html == Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings == * Edubuntu Team - January 11, 2012 https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edubuntu-devel/2012-January/003789.html * Kubuntu Team - No new meetings since last issue of UWN * Lubuntu Team - January 11, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Meetings/20120111 * Mythbuntu Team - No new meetings since last issue of UWN * Ubuntu Studio Team - January 8, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/Meetings/2012January8 * Xubuntu Team - January 9, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/Meetings/Archive/Minutes/2012-01-09 == Monthly Team Reports: December 2011 == See here for the team report for December 2011: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TeamReports/December2011 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/ == Other Articles of Interest == * Is Open Source Easier Than Commercial Software? - http://www.datamation.com/open-source/is-open-source-easier-than-commercial-software-1.html * In Depth: Linux in 2012: what to expect - http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/linux-in-2012-what-to-expect-1053920 == Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 10.10, 11.04 and 11.10 == === Security Updates === * USN-1323-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1323-1 * USN-1325-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1325-1 * USN-1324-1: Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1324-1 * USN-1326-1: Nova vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1326-1 * USN-1328-1: Linux kernel (Marvell DOVE) vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1328-1 * USN-1329-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1329-1 * USN-1330-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1330-1 * USN-1332-1: Linux kernel (Maverick backport) vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1332-1 === Ubuntu 8.04 Updates === * debian-installer-utils 1.50ubuntu6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-January/012709.html === Ubuntu 10.04 Updates === * debian-installer-utils 1.72ubuntu5.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-January/012602.html * debian-installer 20081029ubuntu102.13 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-January/012603.html * python-tz 2010b-1ubuntu0.10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-January/012604.html * youtube-dl 2011.08.04-1~lucid0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-January/012605.html * nginx 0.7.65-1ubuntu2.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-January/012606.html === Ubuntu 10.10 Updates === * python-tz 2010b-1ubuntu0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-January/009713.html === Ubuntu 11.04 Updates === * python-tz 2010b-1ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-January/012337.html * debian-installer-utils 1.82ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-January/012338.html === Ubuntu 11.10 Updates === * nova 2011.3-0ubuntu6.4 - 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Except where otherwise noted, this issue of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 License </pre> Amber Graner 2012-01-16T22:49:16 Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 247 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.news/341 <pre>Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 247 for the week December 19, 2011 - January 8, 2012. == Links to UWN == * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue247 == In This Issue == * Ubuntu 12.04 Development update * New IRC Council * Canonical at CES, Las Vegas, 10th - 13th January to showcase Ubuntu TV * Community Acknowledgments and Success Stories * Ubuntu Stats * LoCo News * Ubuntu Cloud News * Canonical Design Team: Improving the Multi-Monitor Experience in Ubuntu * Michael Hall: Writing Unity Lenses * Sergio Meneses: Dia del Usuario Ubuntu en Espanol?.... esta aqui! y necesita Instructores! * Ubuntu's Precise Pangolin to pull less power than predecessors * Ubuntu 11.10 'Oneiric Ocelot' Will Power New PC Line * Canonical shares U1DB technical preview * In Other News * Featured Podcasts * Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings * Upcoming Meetings and Events * Other Articles Of Interest * Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 10.10, 11.04 and 11.10 * And much much more! == General Community News == === And We're Back === The Ubuntu News Team hopes everyone had a wonderful holiday season and that 2012 is starting out to be great. Issue 247 will be a little longer than past issue as we try to bring you the highlights from the holidays. Thanks for your continued support and we are looking forward to bringing all of you the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter throughout 2012. === Ubuntu 12.04 Development update === Daniel Holbach shares some of the latest news in Ubuntu 12.04 development, including creating working daily builds, QA work on automatic ISO and upgrade testing as well as the reduction in number of uninstallable packages. Holbach also reports: "publisher (the machinery that makes packages available once they are built in Launchpad) can be run every 30 minutes" shortening the amount of time between uploading a fix and testing. The spotlight of the development update is on "Fixing Ubuntu bugs - how you can be part of every step along the way" where the process flow is described consists of test, file bugs, investigate the bug, forward upstream, pick up the fix, integrate the fix and propose for upload. The update wraps up with basics for how to get involved, find something to work on and get in touch with the development team. http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2011/12/22/ubuntu-12-04-development-update-9/ === New IRC Council === The Community Council announces and congratulates the following new IRC Council (IRCC) Members: * Ben Rubin | Pici | https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BenjaminRubin * Juha Siltala | topyli | https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JuhaSiltala * Alan Bell | AlanBell | https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AlanBell * Matt Wheeler | Funkyhat | https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MattWheeler And sends thanks to the former members of the IRCC for their work. === Precise Quality, not just for Precise === Mark Shuttleworth discusses the path forward with the development of 12.04 as he describes the three legs of the Ubuntu engineering practice: cadence, quality and design. He discusses the Quality Assurance (QA) tools and processes now being employed to not only help quality on the Ubuntu side, but which will also work with upstreams that have test suites. http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/938 === #lubuntu call for operators === The IRCC is now taking applications for a number of new operator positions in the #lubuntu channel. Requirements and core expectations are outlined and instructions for applying are provided. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-irc/2012-January/001475.html === Canonical at CES, Las Vegas, 10th - 13th January to showcase Ubuntu TV === Canonical has announced its participation in the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas from January 10-13. "On display will be the latest in Desktop, Cloud and demonstrations on Ubuntu One, plus an exclusive Ubuntu concept design which will be announced during the show." In a later post Canonical revealed that the concept design would be an Ubuntu TV. They have launched a new site at http://www.ubuntu.com/tv with details. http://blog.canonical.com/2012/01/03/canonical-at-ces-las-vegas-10th-13th-january/ http://blog.canonical.com/2012/01/09/canonical-to-showcase-ubuntu-tv-at-ces/ == Community Acknowledgments and Success Stories == === Thanking the Ubuntu community === Marek Bardonski wrote up a summary of Ubuntu Community Appreciation Day and adds some thoughts of this own: "We are in Christmas period. Everyone reassembles wishes and try to appreciate others. It is the perfect time to thank the people, by which we can enjoy a free operating system - Ubuntu, and in a broader perspective - the whole Open Source community. Consider how computer world would look without free software: * Microsoft would have a monopoly for a long time, because no single company is not able to create the competition for him, resulting in much higher price of Windows * All tools and programs designed to study or work would be paid (except for not fully functional demo version), so that the development of science and art will grow in a much slower rate * The presence of monopoly would jeopardize the security, because a group of one thousand people from around the world is able to react much faster than even Microsoft's security team, consisting not more than twenty people These are only some aspects, which is worth noting. Exactly one month ago, on 20.11.2011, we held the first Community Appreciation Day Ubuntu, a day in which users would like to thank developers for their work. For my part, I would like to thank all the Ubuntu developers and wish further successful development. I put a few links showing gratitude from the community: Let us remember this day, I encourage everyone to create entries and thank Ubuntu contributors, especially in this day in the next year - 20/11/2012." Original post in Polish: http://bdfhjk.blog.pl/2011/12/20/ubuntu-community-appreciation/ === Thanks to the Open Source Community === Scott Sanbar discusses some of his recent successes and the open source tools he's currently using. He then goes on to thank the Ubuntu Beginners Team and notes he seeks to increase his involvement in, Ubuntu and the Open Source Community in general. http://www.sanbarcomputing.com/?p=197 == Ubuntu Stats == === Bug Stats === * Open (87664) -244 over last week * Critical (173) -5 over last week * Unconfirmed (45926) +260 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) (5230) +/-0 over last week 2. Spanish (8947) -3 over last week 3. English (United Kingdom) (37544) -8189 over last week 4. Brazilian Portuguese (43935) -1320 over last week 5. Bosnian (51575) -5061 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 === * Usually you need to have information of several windows on a sight - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29086/ * Improve windows management in Expo view - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29074/ * Make managing downloaded files easier and more intuitive - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29070/ * Ubuntu One: better login protection - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29083/ * Display Passwords Option at Login and for Encryption Programs Like GnuPG - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29072/ 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 Five Questions this week === * Can I legally build and sell desktops with Ubuntu pre-installed? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/93688/can-i-legally-build-and-sell-desktops-with-ubuntu-pre-installed * To use Windows and Ubuntu on one computer, which should I install first? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/93146/to-use-windows-and-ubuntu-on-one-computer-which-should-i-install-first * Should I restart after updating my system? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/93671/should-i-restart-after-updating-my-system * How can I grep through tab completion possibilities? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/92438/how-can-i-grep-through-tab-completion-possibilities * Why does my computer get less battery life with Ubuntu compared to Windows? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/93654/why-does-my-computer-get-less-battery-life-with-ubuntu-compared-to-windows Ask (and answer!) your own questions at http://askubuntu.com == LoCo News == === Ubuntu-Co and Ubuntu Oregon release themes for Chrome! === The Ubuntu Columbia and Ubuntu Oregon teams have both released themes for Chrome branded for their respective teams; they are now available for free in the Chrome Web Store. http://sergioandresmeneses.wordpress.com/2011/12/27/ubuntu-theme-for-chrome/ http://www.ubuntu-oregon.org/2011/12/28/ubuntu-oregon-chrome-theme/ === Ubuntu Ireland LoCo 2011 year end roundup....As I saw it === Mike O'Donohue shares highlights from the Ubuntu Ireland team in 2011, including their Ubuntu Hours, Global Jams, Release Parties(Natty and Oneiric) Geeknics and monthly team meetings on IRC. http://airurando.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/ubuntu-ireland-loco-2011-year-end-roundup-as-i-saw-it/ == Ubuntu Cloud News == === Retrieve Public SSH Key From EC2 === Eric Hammond demonstrates some handy features of EC2 as he solves the problem of a lost public SSH key by launching of a new EC2 instance where the ssh public key can be captured. http://alestic.com/2011/12/ec2-public-ssh-key === phpMyAdmin Charm ready! === Marco Ceppi shares a video of how to install and deploy his new juju charm for simple deployment of phpMyAdmin. Ceppi explains: "In summary you'll need to fetch this charm, bootstrap a deployment environment, deploy MySQL charm and phpMyAdmin charm, create a relationship between the two, and expose the service." http://marcoceppi.com/2011/12/phpmyadmin-charm/ === You Should Use EBS Boot Instances on Amazon EC2 === Eric Hammond discusses some of the big benefits of EBS boot instances over instance-store, some of the side cases where instance-store may be useful and wraps up with background and notes on the technologies. http://alestic.com/2012/01/ec2-ebs-boot-recommended == The Planet == === Canonical Design Team: Improving the Multi-Monitor Experience in Ubuntu === During UDS-P held in Orlando, Florida last November, the design team demonstrated a prototype being developed for multi-monitor support. This post discusses the plans for this support. The design team also shares a video demonstration of this prototype. http://design.canonical.com/2011/12/improving-the-multi-monitor-experience-in-ubuntu/ === Michael Hall: Writing Unity Lenses === In this post Michael Hall shines the spotlight on of the important areas that make up the Unity desktop--Lenses. Hall talks about what a Lense is, how he dug into the technology behind Lenses, and what it takes to write a Lense. http://mhall119.com/2011/12/writing-unity-lenses/ === Sergio Meneses: Dia del Usuario Ubuntu en Espanol?.... esta aqui! y necesita Instructores! === Sergio Meneses announces Ubuntu User Days in to offered in Spanish on January 14, 2012. Mmeses also announces a call for session instructors. If you or someone you know would like to take part or want more information about this event please share the links below. Original posts in Spanish: http://sergioandresmeneses.wordpress.com/2011/12/26/dia-del-usuario-ubuntu-en-espanol-esta-aqui/ http://sergioandresmeneses.wordpress.com/2011/12/29/el-dia-del-usuario-ubuntu-necesita-instructores/ === Ubuntu Women: New wiki.ubuntu-women.org theme now live! === The Ubuntu Women project has announced the completion of one of their core blueprint items for this cycle as it releases the new branding theme for wiki.ubuntu-women.org. Elizabeth Krumbach thanks the people involved for helping the team reach this goal. http://blog.ubuntu-women.org/2011/12/new-wiki-ubuntu-women-org-theme-now-live/ === Ronnie Tucker: Full Circle Magazine - Lite! === Ronnie Tucker announces a mobile/epub version of Full Circle. For those who follow Full Circle Magazine on Facebook and google+ you've see the preview of the beta. Tucker says its looking good so far and he notes that readers should, "think of Full Circle Magazine Lite as a quick beta test edition of FCM to read on tablets and mobile phones." Download instructions and more information about this app can be found at the link below http://fullcirclemagazine.org/2011/12/29/full-circle-magazine-lite/ === Marco Ceppi: Ask Ubuntu, 32k Mile Marker === Marco Ceppi, an Ask Ubuntu Moderator, points out that Ask Ubuntu enters 2012 with 32,000 users and just over 32,000 questions. Ceppi also notes that the top 3 questions asked on the site in 2011 were: * How can I configure Unity? * Do I need to have 'antivirus software' installed? * What are Unity's keyboard and mouse shortcuts? More about Ask Ubuntu and how you can get involved can be found in the full post. http://marcoceppi.com/2011/12/ask-ubuntu-32k-mile-marker/ === Stephane Graber: Networking in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS === In this poste Stephane Graber writes that one focus he has for the 12.04 cycle is to get Ubuntu's support for complex networking working in a predictable way. His plan is to review exactly what happens at boot time and to get a list of possible scenarios that are used on servers in corporate environment and make sure these always work. Graber writes about the following areas: Bonding, Tagging, Bridging, Complex Network Configuration Example, and IPv6. In his conclusion he states, "At this point, I think Ubuntu Precise is pretty much ready as far as networking is concerned. The only remaining change is the new ifupdown and the small installer change that comes with it for DHCPv6 support." http://www.stgraber.org/2012/01/04/networking-in-ubuntu-12-04-lts/ === Ubuntu App Developer Blog: Top 10 Ubuntu Software Centre app downloads for December 2011 === Here's the lost of the top 10 list of apps downloaded from the Ubuntu Software Centre during December 2011. Commerical Apps include: TRAUMA, Fluendo DVD Player, Braid, Oil Rush (pre-order, beta access), Steel Storm: Burning Retribution, World of Goo, Monster RPG 2, The Clockwork Man: The Hidden World, Uplink, Memory Owl. The top 10 list of free apps include: Ryzom, CrossOver Games, Vendetta Online, CrossOver Pro (Trial), Full Circle Magazine, CrossOver Standard (Trial), Wunderlist, Tribal Trouble 2, Magic 8 Ball, Clipardo (demo). For a description of each of the downloads see the link below. http://developer.ubuntu.com/2012/01/top-10-ubuntu-software-centre-app-downloads-for-december-2011/ === Elizabeth Krumbach: Community Council Begins Ubuntu Mailing Lists Review === Elizabeth Krumbach reports that at the Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS) in Orlando, Florida last November the Community Council (CC) was presented with the issue of inactive mailing lists on lists.ubuntu.com and the potential to discourage new contributors who join these inactive lists. The CC began a project to review the lists and contact owners of ones which are being proposed for shut down. Krumbach's post includes a list of mailing lists currently proposed for deletion and invites comments from the community about the status of each of these lists. http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=5598 === Canonical Design Team: System Settings for Precise and Launcher Reveal Prototype === Christian Giordano, of the Canonical Design Team says that with Unity the Design Team has been trying to raise the bar innovating in the User Experience with new UI elements, such as Dash and Overlay Scrollbars. "Besides the usual detailed tweaks to options + related widgets, there were other areas we looked at. These are: layout consistency, Unity customisation options, simplified structure," writes Giordano. The Design Team would also like users to take a look at the full post and the links listed in the post and give them your feedback. In another post, Stewart Wilson of the Canonical Design Team revealed the prototype of the Launcher. Wilson says, "The motivation for making the Launcher available from any display is to allow the user to launch and switch applications, without having to travel onto another display to do so." Wilson gives readers a link to the source prototype source code and asks users to give feedback on the Launcher as well. http://design.canonical.com/2012/01/system-settings-for-precise/ http://design.canonical.com/2012/01/launcher-reveal-prototype/ == In The Press == === Ubuntu targets smartphones, clouds === Tom Henderson from TechWorld talks about new features that Ubuntu promises to deliver. He mentions working on ARM architecture (and targeting smartphones and servers) and cloud efforts (specifically juju). http://www.techworld.com.au/article/410662/ubuntu_targets_smartphones_clouds === Ubuntu's Precise Pangolin to pull less power than predecessors === Michael Gorman from Engadget reports on Ubuntu kernel engineer Colin King's blog post which discusses various improvements that should bring lower power usage in Precise Pangolin, including PCI Express Active State Power Management (ASPM). http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/19/ubuntus-precise-pangolin-to-pull-less-power-than-predecessors/ Visit King's original post here: http://smackerelofopinion.blogspot.com/2011/12/improving-battery-life-in-ubuntu.html === Ubuntu 11.10 'Oneiric Ocelot' Will Power New PC Line === Katherine Noyes talks about US PC maker CTL who is launching a new line of Ubuntu-based PC, beginning with a laptop called the MB40U. http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/246944/ubuntu_1110_oneiric_ocelot_will_power_new_pc_line.html === Munich Linux Migration Project LiMux Reports Success === Michael Reed of Linux Journal examines how the LiMux project "to convert local government institutions to Linux and open source software in Munich" is surpassing expectations. Launched in 2003 they report to have 9,000 Linux migrated workstations to a distribution also called LiMux and based on Ubuntu. http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/limux-munich-linux-migration-project-reports-success Also visit the English version of the LiMux page here: http://www.muenchen.de/Rathaus/dir/limux/english/index.html == In the Blogosphere == === Empathy with MSN XMPP Support Lands in Ubuntu 12.04 === Joey Sneddon, OMG! Ubuntu!, writes, "Barely day after GNOME devs added it to Empathy, working MSN XMPP support has landed in Ubuntu 12.04." For more information as well as screen shots see Sneddon's full post. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/12/empathy-with-msn-xmpp-support-lands-in-ubuntu-12-04/ === Canonical shares U1DB technical preview === Dj Walker-Morgan, H-online, summaries Canonical's U1DB technical review. "According to the announcement, U1DB is an API and data model designed to be backed by any database for storage. The API has been created to enable the storage of JSON documents in synchronised databases and to make that process simple," writes Walker-Morgan. For links to the original announcement, mailing list, reference implemation, quickstart guide, download and documentation see the link below. http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Canonical-shares-U1DB-technical-preview-1400271.html === The X.Org Stack For Ubuntu 12.04 To Enter Staging === Michael Larabel, Phoronix, writes, "Canonical is preparing to push their X.Org Server configuration they intend to use in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" into their staging area. Once again, it's not the latest upstream code, but a convoluted solution." Larabel continues with, "As was originally discussed at the Ubuntu 12.04 Developer Summit, X.Org Server 1.12 isn't being called into play for this next Ubuntu Long-Term Support release, but instead they are going with X.Org Server 1.11 while back-porting some of the changes from 1.12 to their 1.11 base." To read Larabel's full commentary on the X.Org Stack for 12.04 see the link below. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&amp;px=MTAzMzc === 5 Alternatives To Unity For Ubuntu Users [Linux] === Chris Hoffman, makeuseof, gives readers 5 alternatives to Unity which include: GNOME Shell (GNOME 3), KDE, XFCE, LXDE and Xmonad. Hoffman gives a description of each alternative along with screenshots in this post. http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-alternatives-unity-ubuntu-users-linux/ === Ubuntu AppStore Goes Online === Swapnil Bhartiya, Muktware, writes, "Ubuntu silently took its apps on-line by launching 'Ubuntu App Directory'" Screenshots and a review of the site can be found at the link below. http://www.muktware.com/articles/3154/ubuntu-appstore-goes-online == In Other News == === Kicking off 2012 with iOS Files and CES === The Ubuntu One team at Canonical has launched the anticipated Ubuntu One "Files" app for iOS. The "Android version of this app has been hugely successful and the iOS version delivers to the same high standard, so you can secure and manage your photos and files directly from your iOS device wherever you are." The team also reports that Ubuntu One will be showcased alongside the Ubuntu OS at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas from January 10-13. http://voices.canonical.com/ubuntuone/?p=1349 === Vodacom Success! === In October, Canonical announced the launch of the Vodacom Webbook, embedded with Ubuntu, which is now available to buy in over 1,200 stores in South Africa. Canonical reports that the "product has been selling well and over the coming weeks is expected to be one of the 'must have' Christmas gifts for this year." http://blog.canonical.com/2011/12/19/vodacom-success/ === Full Circle #56 - out NOW! === Full Circle - the independent magazine for the Ubuntu Linux community are proud to announce the release of our fifty-sixth issue. This month: * Command and Conquer. * How-To : Make 11.10 Look 'Classic', LibreOffice - Part 10, Backup Strategy - Part 4, Persistent USB Stick, and Connect To IRC. * Linux Lab - Xbox Media Centre. * Review - Puppy Linux. * I Think - Would you attend a monthly FCM meeting on IRC? * Closing Windows - Moving, copying &amp; deleting files plus: more Ubuntu Games, My Desktop (and an extra!), My Opinion, My Story, and much much more! Get it while it's hot! http://fullcirclemagazine.org/issue-56/ == Featured Podcasts == * Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S04E22 - The Unbeliever: http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2011/12/21/s04e22-the-unbeliever/ * Full Circle Podcast Episode 27 You Cant Buy this Kind of Entertainment: http://fullcirclemagazine.org/2012/01/01/full-circle-podcast-episode-27-you-cant-buy-this-kind-of-entertainment/ == Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings == * Edubuntu Team - No new meetings since last issue of UWN * Kubuntu Team - No new meetings since last issue of UWN * Lubuntu Team - January 4, 2012: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Meetings/20120104 * Mythbuntu Team - No new meetings since last issue of UWN * Ubuntu Studio Team - January 8, 2012: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/Meetings/2012January8 * Xubuntu Team - December 29, 2011: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/Meetings/Archive/Minutes/2011-12-29 == Upcoming Meetings and Events == For upcoming meetings and events please visit the calendars at fridge.ubuntu.com: http://fridge.ubuntu.com/calendars/ == Other Articles Of Interest == * Linux Kernel Milestones in 2011 - https://www.linux.com/news/featured-blogs/196:zonker/527985:linux-kernel-milestones-in-2011 * In Depth: 13 weird and wonderful niche Linux distros - http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/13-weird-and-wonderful-niche-linux-distros-1046624 * LinuxJournal Top Stories of 2011 - http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/top-stories-2011 * Raspberry Pi $25 PC on course for January arrival - http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57349222-76/raspberry-pi-$25-pc-on-course-for-january-arrival/ * The Top Five Linux Stories of 2011 - http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/the-top-five-linux-stories-of-2011/10067 * The Year in Review: Desktop Linux Developments in 2011 - http://www.thevarguy.com/2011/12/30/the-year-in-review-desktop-linux-developments-in-2011/ * Top Tech News of 2011 - http://www.junauza.com/2011/12/top-tech-news-of-2011.html * Linux in 2011: What a Great Year - http://www.linuxplanet.com/news/linux-in-2011-what-a-great-year.html * The Growth of Linux in 2011 [Analysis] - http://www.unixmen.com/news-today/2027-the-growth-of-linux-in-2011-analysis *What I Love About Ubuntu Unity - http://www.muktware.com/blogs/3159/what-i-love-about-ubuntu-unity *Will an Ubuntu Gadget Debut at CES?- http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/247267/will_an_ubuntu_gadget_debut_at_ces.html *$25 Linux PC 'Raspberry Pi' to Go in Production Early Next Year - http://www.ubuntuvibes.com/2011/12/25-linux-pc-raspberry-pi-to-go-in.html == Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 10.10, 11.04 and 11.10 == === Security Updates === * USN-1310-1: libarchive vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1310-1 * USN-1311-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1311-1 * USN-1312-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1312-1 * USN-1313-1: Linux Kernel (Oneiric backport) vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1313-1 * USN-1314-1: Python 3 vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1314-1 * USN-1315-1: JasPer vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1315-1 * USN-1316-1: t1lib vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1316-1 * USN-1254-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1254-1 * USN-1317-1: Ghostscript vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1317-1 * USN-1318-1: Linux kernel (FSL-IMX51) vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1318-1 * USN-1319-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1319-1 * USN-1320-1: FFmpeg vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1320-1 * USN-1306-1: Firefox vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1306-1 * USN-1306-2: Mozvoikko and ubufox update - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1306-2 === Ubuntu 8.04 Updates === * selinux 0.2+0.10init1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-January/012706.html * ghostscript 8.61.dfsg.1-1ubuntu3.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-January/012707.html * postgresql-8.3 8.3.17-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-January/012708.html === Ubuntu 10.04 Updates === * libarchive 2.8.0-2ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-December/012581.html * libsmbios 2.2.13-0ubuntu4.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-December/012582.html * squid 2.7.STABLE7-1ubuntu12.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-December/012583.html * libvirt 0.7.5-5ubuntu27.21 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-December/012584.html * cloud-init 0.5.10-0ubuntu1.6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-December/012585.html * openldap 2.4.21-0ubuntu5.7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-December/012586.html * procps 1:3.2.8-1ubuntu4.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-December/012587.html * python3.1 3.1.2-0ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-December/012588.html * app-install-data-partner 12.10.04.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-December/012589.html * vmware-view-client 1.3.0-0ubuntu1+lucid2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-December/012590.html * jasper 1.900.1-7ubuntu0.10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-December/012591.html * lighttpd 1.4.26-1.1ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-December/012592.html * cacti 0.8.7e-2ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-December/012593.html * t1lib 5.1.2-3ubuntu0.10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-December/012594.html * unbound 1.4.1-2ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-December/012595.html * opencryptoki 2.2.8+dfsg-4ubuntu0.10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-January/012596.html * selinux 1:0.10~10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-January/012597.html * ghostscript 8.71.dfsg.1-0ubuntu5.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-January/012598.html * postgresql-8.4 8.4.10-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-January/012599.html * ffmpeg 4:0.5.1-1ubuntu1.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-January/012600.html * ffmpeg-extra 4:0.5.1-1ubuntu1.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-January/012601.html === Ubuntu 10.10 Updates === * opencryptoki 2.2.8+dfsg-4ubuntu0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-January/009707.html * selinux 1:0.10~10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-January/009708.html * ghostscript 8.71.dfsg.2-0ubuntu7.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-January/009709.html * postgresql-8.4 8.4.10-0ubuntu0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-January/009710.html * ffmpeg 4:0.6-2ubuntu6.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-January/009711.html * ffmpeg-extra 4:0.6-2ubuntu3.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-January/009712.html * libarchive 2.8.4-1ubuntu0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-December/009696.html * chasen 2.4.4-11+squeeze2build0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-December/009697.html * mojarra 2.0.3-1+squeeze1build0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-December/009698.html * python3.1 3.1.2+20100915-0ubuntu4.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-December/009699.html * app-install-data-partner 12.10.10.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-December/009700.html * vmware-view-client 1.3.0-0ubuntu1+maverick2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-December/009701.html * jasper 1.900.1-7ubuntu0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-December/009702.html * lighttpd 1.4.26-3ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-December/009703.html * cacti 0.8.7g-1ubuntu0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-December/009704.html * t1lib 5.1.2-3ubuntu0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-December/009705.html * unbound 1.4.5-1ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-December/009706.html === Ubuntu 11.04 Updates === * libarchive 2.8.4-1ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-December/012322.html * chasen 2.4.4-11+squeeze2build0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-December/012323.html * mojarra 2.0.3-1+squeeze1build0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-December/012324.html * python3.2 3.2-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-December/012325.html * python3.1 3.1.3-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-December/012326.html * app-install-data-partner 12.11.04.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-December/012327.html * vmware-view-client 1.3.0-0ubuntu1+natty2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-December/012328.html * jasper 1.900.1-7ubuntu2.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-December/012329.html * lighttpd 1.4.28-2ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-December/012330.html * cacti 0.8.7g-1ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-December/012331.html * t1lib 5.1.2-3ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-December/012332.html * unbound 1.4.9-0ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-December/012333.html * opencryptoki 2.2.8+dfsg-4ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-January/012334.html * selinux 1:0.10~11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-January/012335.html * postgresql-8.4 8.4.10-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-January/012336.html === Ubuntu 11.10 Updates === * vmware-view-client 1.3.0-0ubuntu1+oneiric2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-December/011635.html * libarchive 2.8.4-1ubuntu0.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-December/011636.html * banshee 2.2.1-1ubuntu3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-December/011637.html * compiz-plugins-main 1:0.9.6-0ubuntu4.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-December/011638.html * evolution 3.2.2-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-December/011639.html * nova 2011.3+git20111117-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-December/011640.html * bibus 1.5.1-3ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-December/011641.html * cmigrep 1.5-8build0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-December/011642.html * silly 0.1.0-2ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-December/011643.html * gnome-gmail 1.8.1-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-December/011644.html * mojarra 2.0.3-1+squeeze1build0.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-December/011645.html * clearsilver 0.10.5-1.1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-December/011646.html * linux-ac100 2.6.38-1001.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-December/011647.html * gnome-shell 3.2.1-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-December/011648.html * jasper 1.900.1-7ubuntu2.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-December/011649.html * lighttpd 1.4.28-2ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-December/011650.html * cacti 0.8.7g-2.1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-December/011651.html * t1lib 5.1.2-3ubuntu0.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-December/011652.html * cairo-dock-plug-ins 2.4.0~2.1-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-December/011653.html * ubuntu-docs 11.10.6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011654.html * ganglia 3.1.7-2ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011655.html * postler 0.1.1-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011656.html * libqxt 0.6.1-3ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011657.html * python-kinterbasdb 3.3.0-2build1.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011661.html * hgsubversion 1.2.1-2.1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011658.html * python-espeak 0.3-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011659.html * language-selector 0.56.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011660.html * unbound 1.4.12-1ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011662.html * binutils 2.21.53.20110810-0ubuntu5.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011663.html * selinux 1:0.10~11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011664.html * postgresql-9.1 9.1.2-0ubuntu0.11.10.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011665.html == 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: http://www.ubuntu.com/news and http://fridge.ubuntu.com/ == Conclusion == Thank you for reading the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. 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Except where otherwise noted, this issue of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 License </pre> Elizabeth Krumbach 2012-01-10T01:01:20 Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 247 http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.ubuntu.news/341 <pre>Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 247 for the week December 19, 2011 - January 8, 2012. == Links to UWN == * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue247 == In This Issue == * Ubuntu 12.04 Development update * New IRC Council * Canonical at CES, Las Vegas, 10th - 13th January to showcase Ubuntu TV * Community Acknowledgments and Success Stories * Ubuntu Stats * LoCo News * Ubuntu Cloud News * Canonical Design Team: Improving the Multi-Monitor Experience in Ubuntu * Michael Hall: Writing Unity Lenses * Sergio Meneses: Dia del Usuario Ubuntu en Espanol?.... esta aqui! y necesita Instructores! * Ubuntu's Precise Pangolin to pull less power than predecessors * Ubuntu 11.10 'Oneiric Ocelot' Will Power New PC Line * Canonical shares U1DB technical preview * In Other News * Featured Podcasts * Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings * Upcoming Meetings and Events * Other Articles Of Interest * Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 10.10, 11.04 and 11.10 * And much much more! == General Community News == === And We're Back === The Ubuntu News Team hopes everyone had a wonderful holiday season and that 2012 is starting out to be great. Issue 247 will be a little longer than past issue as we try to bring you the highlights from the holidays. Thanks for your continued support and we are looking forward to bringing all of you the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter throughout 2012. === Ubuntu 12.04 Development update === Daniel Holbach shares some of the latest news in Ubuntu 12.04 development, including creating working daily builds, QA work on automatic ISO and upgrade testing as well as the reduction in number of uninstallable packages. Holbach also reports: "publisher (the machinery that makes packages available once they are built in Launchpad) can be run every 30 minutes" shortening the amount of time between uploading a fix and testing. The spotlight of the development update is on "Fixing Ubuntu bugs - how you can be part of every step along the way" where the process flow is described consists of test, file bugs, investigate the bug, forward upstream, pick up the fix, integrate the fix and propose for upload. The update wraps up with basics for how to get involved, find something to work on and get in touch with the development team. http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2011/12/22/ubuntu-12-04-development-update-9/ === New IRC Council === The Community Council announces and congratulates the following new IRC Council (IRCC) Members: * Ben Rubin | Pici | https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BenjaminRubin * Juha Siltala | topyli | https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JuhaSiltala * Alan Bell | AlanBell | https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AlanBell * Matt Wheeler | Funkyhat | https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MattWheeler And sends thanks to the former members of the IRCC for their work. === Precise Quality, not just for Precise === Mark Shuttleworth discusses the path forward with the development of 12.04 as he describes the three legs of the Ubuntu engineering practice: cadence, quality and design. He discusses the Quality Assurance (QA) tools and processes now being employed to not only help quality on the Ubuntu side, but which will also work with upstreams that have test suites. http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/938 === #lubuntu call for operators === The IRCC is now taking applications for a number of new operator positions in the #lubuntu channel. Requirements and core expectations are outlined and instructions for applying are provided. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-irc/2012-January/001475.html === Canonical at CES, Las Vegas, 10th - 13th January to showcase Ubuntu TV === Canonical has announced its participation in the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas from January 10-13. "On display will be the latest in Desktop, Cloud and demonstrations on Ubuntu One, plus an exclusive Ubuntu concept design which will be announced during the show." In a later post Canonical revealed that the concept design would be an Ubuntu TV. They have launched a new site at http://www.ubuntu.com/tv with details. http://blog.canonical.com/2012/01/03/canonical-at-ces-las-vegas-10th-13th-january/ http://blog.canonical.com/2012/01/09/canonical-to-showcase-ubuntu-tv-at-ces/ == Community Acknowledgments and Success Stories == === Thanking the Ubuntu community === Marek Bardonski wrote up a summary of Ubuntu Community Appreciation Day and adds some thoughts of this own: "We are in Christmas period. Everyone reassembles wishes and try to appreciate others. It is the perfect time to thank the people, by which we can enjoy a free operating system - Ubuntu, and in a broader perspective - the whole Open Source community. Consider how computer world would look without free software: * Microsoft would have a monopoly for a long time, because no single company is not able to create the competition for him, resulting in much higher price of Windows * All tools and programs designed to study or work would be paid (except for not fully functional demo version), so that the development of science and art will grow in a much slower rate * The presence of monopoly would jeopardize the security, because a group of one thousand people from around the world is able to react much faster than even Microsoft's security team, consisting not more than twenty people These are only some aspects, which is worth noting. Exactly one month ago, on 20.11.2011, we held the first Community Appreciation Day Ubuntu, a day in which users would like to thank developers for their work. For my part, I would like to thank all the Ubuntu developers and wish further successful development. I put a few links showing gratitude from the community: Let us remember this day, I encourage everyone to create entries and thank Ubuntu contributors, especially in this day in the next year - 20/11/2012." Original post in Polish: http://bdfhjk.blog.pl/2011/12/20/ubuntu-community-appreciation/ === Thanks to the Open Source Community === Scott Sanbar discusses some of his recent successes and the open source tools he's currently using. He then goes on to thank the Ubuntu Beginners Team and notes he seeks to increase his involvement in, Ubuntu and the Open Source Community in general. http://www.sanbarcomputing.com/?p=197 == Ubuntu Stats == === Bug Stats === * Open (87664) -244 over last week * Critical (173) -5 over last week * Unconfirmed (45926) +260 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) (5230) +/-0 over last week 2. Spanish (8947) -3 over last week 3. English (United Kingdom) (37544) -8189 over last week 4. Brazilian Portuguese (43935) -1320 over last week 5. Bosnian (51575) -5061 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 === * Usually you need to have information of several windows on a sight - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29086/ * Improve windows management in Expo view - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29074/ * Make managing downloaded files easier and more intuitive - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29070/ * Ubuntu One: better login protection - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29083/ * Display Passwords Option at Login and for Encryption Programs Like GnuPG - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29072/ 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 Five Questions this week === * Can I legally build and sell desktops with Ubuntu pre-installed? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/93688/can-i-legally-build-and-sell-desktops-with-ubuntu-pre-installed * To use Windows and Ubuntu on one computer, which should I install first? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/93146/to-use-windows-and-ubuntu-on-one-computer-which-should-i-install-first * Should I restart after updating my system? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/93671/should-i-restart-after-updating-my-system * How can I grep through tab completion possibilities? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/92438/how-can-i-grep-through-tab-completion-possibilities * Why does my computer get less battery life with Ubuntu compared to Windows? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/93654/why-does-my-computer-get-less-battery-life-with-ubuntu-compared-to-windows Ask (and answer!) your own questions at http://askubuntu.com == LoCo News == === Ubuntu-Co and Ubuntu Oregon release themes for Chrome! === The Ubuntu Columbia and Ubuntu Oregon teams have both released themes for Chrome branded for their respective teams; they are now available for free in the Chrome Web Store. http://sergioandresmeneses.wordpress.com/2011/12/27/ubuntu-theme-for-chrome/ http://www.ubuntu-oregon.org/2011/12/28/ubuntu-oregon-chrome-theme/ === Ubuntu Ireland LoCo 2011 year end roundup....As I saw it === Mike O'Donohue shares highlights from the Ubuntu Ireland team in 2011, including their Ubuntu Hours, Global Jams, Release Parties(Natty and Oneiric) Geeknics and monthly team meetings on IRC. http://airurando.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/ubuntu-ireland-loco-2011-year-end-roundup-as-i-saw-it/ == Ubuntu Cloud News == === Retrieve Public SSH Key From EC2 === Eric Hammond demonstrates some handy features of EC2 as he solves the problem of a lost public SSH key by launching of a new EC2 instance where the ssh public key can be captured. http://alestic.com/2011/12/ec2-public-ssh-key === phpMyAdmin Charm ready! === Marco Ceppi shares a video of how to install and deploy his new juju charm for simple deployment of phpMyAdmin. Ceppi explains: "In summary you'll need to fetch this charm, bootstrap a deployment environment, deploy MySQL charm and phpMyAdmin charm, create a relationship between the two, and expose the service." http://marcoceppi.com/2011/12/phpmyadmin-charm/ === You Should Use EBS Boot Instances on Amazon EC2 === Eric Hammond discusses some of the big benefits of EBS boot instances over instance-store, some of the side cases where instance-store may be useful and wraps up with background and notes on the technologies. http://alestic.com/2012/01/ec2-ebs-boot-recommended == The Planet == === Canonical Design Team: Improving the Multi-Monitor Experience in Ubuntu === During UDS-P held in Orlando, Florida last November, the design team demonstrated a prototype being developed for multi-monitor support. This post discusses the plans for this support. The design team also shares a video demonstration of this prototype. http://design.canonical.com/2011/12/improving-the-multi-monitor-experience-in-ubuntu/ === Michael Hall: Writing Unity Lenses === In this post Michael Hall shines the spotlight on of the important areas that make up the Unity desktop--Lenses. Hall talks about what a Lense is, how he dug into the technology behind Lenses, and what it takes to write a Lense. http://mhall119.com/2011/12/writing-unity-lenses/ === Sergio Meneses: Dia del Usuario Ubuntu en Espanol?.... esta aqui! y necesita Instructores! === Sergio Meneses announces Ubuntu User Days in to offered in Spanish on January 14, 2012. Mmeses also announces a call for session instructors. If you or someone you know would like to take part or want more information about this event please share the links below. Original posts in Spanish: http://sergioandresmeneses.wordpress.com/2011/12/26/dia-del-usuario-ubuntu-en-espanol-esta-aqui/ http://sergioandresmeneses.wordpress.com/2011/12/29/el-dia-del-usuario-ubuntu-necesita-instructores/ === Ubuntu Women: New wiki.ubuntu-women.org theme now live! === The Ubuntu Women project has announced the completion of one of their core blueprint items for this cycle as it releases the new branding theme for wiki.ubuntu-women.org. Elizabeth Krumbach thanks the people involved for helping the team reach this goal. http://blog.ubuntu-women.org/2011/12/new-wiki-ubuntu-women-org-theme-now-live/ === Ronnie Tucker: Full Circle Magazine - Lite! === Ronnie Tucker announces a mobile/epub version of Full Circle. For those who follow Full Circle Magazine on Facebook and google+ you've see the preview of the beta. Tucker says its looking good so far and he notes that readers should, "think of Full Circle Magazine Lite as a quick beta test edition of FCM to read on tablets and mobile phones." Download instructions and more information about this app can be found at the link below http://fullcirclemagazine.org/2011/12/29/full-circle-magazine-lite/ === Marco Ceppi: Ask Ubuntu, 32k Mile Marker === Marco Ceppi, an Ask Ubuntu Moderator, points out that Ask Ubuntu enters 2012 with 32,000 users and just over 32,000 questions. Ceppi also notes that the top 3 questions asked on the site in 2011 were: * How can I configure Unity? * Do I need to have 'antivirus software' installed? * What are Unity's keyboard and mouse shortcuts? More about Ask Ubuntu and how you can get involved can be found in the full post. http://marcoceppi.com/2011/12/ask-ubuntu-32k-mile-marker/ === Stephane Graber: Networking in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS === In this poste Stephane Graber writes that one focus he has for the 12.04 cycle is to get Ubuntu's support for complex networking working in a predictable way. His plan is to review exactly what happens at boot time and to get a list of possible scenarios that are used on servers in corporate environment and make sure these always work. Graber writes about the following areas: Bonding, Tagging, Bridging, Complex Network Configuration Example, and IPv6. In his conclusion he states, "At this point, I think Ubuntu Precise is pretty much ready as far as networking is concerned. The only remaining change is the new ifupdown and the small installer change that comes with it for DHCPv6 support." http://www.stgraber.org/2012/01/04/networking-in-ubuntu-12-04-lts/ === Ubuntu App Developer Blog: Top 10 Ubuntu Software Centre app downloads for December 2011 === Here's the lost of the top 10 list of apps downloaded from the Ubuntu Software Centre during December 2011. Commerical Apps include: TRAUMA, Fluendo DVD Player, Braid, Oil Rush (pre-order, beta access), Steel Storm: Burning Retribution, World of Goo, Monster RPG 2, The Clockwork Man: The Hidden World, Uplink, Memory Owl. The top 10 list of free apps include: Ryzom, CrossOver Games, Vendetta Online, CrossOver Pro (Trial), Full Circle Magazine, CrossOver Standard (Trial), Wunderlist, Tribal Trouble 2, Magic 8 Ball, Clipardo (demo). For a description of each of the downloads see the link below. http://developer.ubuntu.com/2012/01/top-10-ubuntu-software-centre-app-downloads-for-december-2011/ === Elizabeth Krumbach: Community Council Begins Ubuntu Mailing Lists Review === Elizabeth Krumbach reports that at the Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS) in Orlando, Florida last November the Community Council (CC) was presented with the issue of inactive mailing lists on lists.ubuntu.com and the potential to discourage new contributors who join these inactive lists. The CC began a project to review the lists and contact owners of ones which are being proposed for shut down. Krumbach's post includes a list of mailing lists currently proposed for deletion and invites comments from the community about the status of each of these lists. http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=5598 === Canonical Design Team: System Settings for Precise and Launcher Reveal Prototype === Christian Giordano, of the Canonical Design Team says that with Unity the Design Team has been trying to raise the bar innovating in the User Experience with new UI elements, such as Dash and Overlay Scrollbars. "Besides the usual detailed tweaks to options + related widgets, there were other areas we looked at. These are: layout consistency, Unity customisation options, simplified structure," writes Giordano. The Design Team would also like users to take a look at the full post and the links listed in the post and give them your feedback. In another post, Stewart Wilson of the Canonical Design Team revealed the prototype of the Launcher. Wilson says, "The motivation for making the Launcher available from any display is to allow the user to launch and switch applications, without having to travel onto another display to do so." Wilson gives readers a link to the source prototype source code and asks users to give feedback on the Launcher as well. http://design.canonical.com/2012/01/system-settings-for-precise/ http://design.canonical.com/2012/01/launcher-reveal-prototype/ == In The Press == === Ubuntu targets smartphones, clouds === Tom Henderson from TechWorld talks about new features that Ubuntu promises to deliver. He mentions working on ARM architecture (and targeting smartphones and servers) and cloud efforts (specifically juju). http://www.techworld.com.au/article/410662/ubuntu_targets_smartphones_clouds === Ubuntu's Precise Pangolin to pull less power than predecessors === Michael Gorman from Engadget reports on Ubuntu kernel engineer Colin King's blog post which discusses various improvements that should bring lower power usage in Precise Pangolin, including PCI Express Active State Power Management (ASPM). http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/19/ubuntus-precise-pangolin-to-pull-less-power-than-predecessors/ Visit King's original post here: http://smackerelofopinion.blogspot.com/2011/12/improving-battery-life-in-ubuntu.html === Ubuntu 11.10 'Oneiric Ocelot' Will Power New PC Line === Katherine Noyes talks about US PC maker CTL who is launching a new line of Ubuntu-based PC, beginning with a laptop called the MB40U. http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/246944/ubuntu_1110_oneiric_ocelot_will_power_new_pc_line.html === Munich Linux Migration Project LiMux Reports Success === Michael Reed of Linux Journal examines how the LiMux project "to convert local government institutions to Linux and open source software in Munich" is surpassing expectations. Launched in 2003 they report to have 9,000 Linux migrated workstations to a distribution also called LiMux and based on Ubuntu. http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/limux-munich-linux-migration-project-reports-success Also visit the English version of the LiMux page here: http://www.muenchen.de/Rathaus/dir/limux/english/index.html == In the Blogosphere == === Empathy with MSN XMPP Support Lands in Ubuntu 12.04 === Joey Sneddon, OMG! Ubuntu!, writes, "Barely day after GNOME devs added it to Empathy, working MSN XMPP support has landed in Ubuntu 12.04." For more information as well as screen shots see Sneddon's full post. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/12/empathy-with-msn-xmpp-support-lands-in-ubuntu-12-04/ === Canonical shares U1DB technical preview === Dj Walker-Morgan, H-online, summaries Canonical's U1DB technical review. "According to the announcement, U1DB is an API and data model designed to be backed by any database for storage. The API has been created to enable the storage of JSON documents in synchronised databases and to make that process simple," writes Walker-Morgan. For links to the original announcement, mailing list, reference implemation, quickstart guide, download and documentation see the link below. http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Canonical-shares-U1DB-technical-preview-1400271.html === The X.Org Stack For Ubuntu 12.04 To Enter Staging === Michael Larabel, Phoronix, writes, "Canonical is preparing to push their X.Org Server configuration they intend to use in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" into their staging area. Once again, it's not the latest upstream code, but a convoluted solution." Larabel continues with, "As was originally discussed at the Ubuntu 12.04 Developer Summit, X.Org Server 1.12 isn't being called into play for this next Ubuntu Long-Term Support release, but instead they are going with X.Org Server 1.11 while back-porting some of the changes from 1.12 to their 1.11 base." To read Larabel's full commentary on the X.Org Stack for 12.04 see the link below. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&amp;px=MTAzMzc === 5 Alternatives To Unity For Ubuntu Users [Linux] === Chris Hoffman, makeuseof, gives readers 5 alternatives to Unity which include: GNOME Shell (GNOME 3), KDE, XFCE, LXDE and Xmonad. Hoffman gives a description of each alternative along with screenshots in this post. http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-alternatives-unity-ubuntu-users-linux/ === Ubuntu AppStore Goes Online === Swapnil Bhartiya, Muktware, writes, "Ubuntu silently took its apps on-line by launching 'Ubuntu App Directory'" Screenshots and a review of the site can be found at the link below. http://www.muktware.com/articles/3154/ubuntu-appstore-goes-online == In Other News == === Kicking off 2012 with iOS Files and CES === The Ubuntu One team at Canonical has launched the anticipated Ubuntu One "Files" app for iOS. The "Android version of this app has been hugely successful and the iOS version delivers to the same high standard, so you can secure and manage your photos and files directly from your iOS device wherever you are." The team also reports that Ubuntu One will be showcased alongside the Ubuntu OS at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas from January 10-13. http://voices.canonical.com/ubuntuone/?p=1349 === Vodacom Success! === In October, Canonical announced the launch of the Vodacom Webbook, embedded with Ubuntu, which is now available to buy in over 1,200 stores in South Africa. Canonical reports that the "product has been selling well and over the coming weeks is expected to be one of the 'must have' Christmas gifts for this year." http://blog.canonical.com/2011/12/19/vodacom-success/ === Full Circle #56 - out NOW! === Full Circle - the independent magazine for the Ubuntu Linux community are proud to announce the release of our fifty-sixth issue. This month: * Command and Conquer. * How-To : Make 11.10 Look 'Classic', LibreOffice - Part 10, Backup Strategy - Part 4, Persistent USB Stick, and Connect To IRC. * Linux Lab - Xbox Media Centre. * Review - Puppy Linux. * I Think - Would you attend a monthly FCM meeting on IRC? * Closing Windows - Moving, copying &amp; deleting files plus: more Ubuntu Games, My Desktop (and an extra!), My Opinion, My Story, and much much more! Get it while it's hot! http://fullcirclemagazine.org/issue-56/ == Featured Podcasts == * Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S04E22 - The Unbeliever: http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2011/12/21/s04e22-the-unbeliever/ * Full Circle Podcast Episode 27 You Cant Buy this Kind of Entertainment: http://fullcirclemagazine.org/2012/01/01/full-circle-podcast-episode-27-you-cant-buy-this-kind-of-entertainment/ == Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings == * Edubuntu Team - No new meetings since last issue of UWN * Kubuntu Team - No new meetings since last issue of UWN * Lubuntu Team - January 4, 2012: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Meetings/20120104 * Mythbuntu Team - No new meetings since last issue of UWN * Ubuntu Studio Team - January 8, 2012: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuStudio/Meetings/2012January8 * Xubuntu Team - December 29, 2011: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/Meetings/Archive/Minutes/2011-12-29 == Upcoming Meetings and Events == For upcoming meetings and events please visit the calendars at fridge.ubuntu.com: http://fridge.ubuntu.com/calendars/ == Other Articles Of Interest == * Linux Kernel Milestones in 2011 - https://www.linux.com/news/featured-blogs/196:zonker/527985:linux-kernel-milestones-in-2011 * In Depth: 13 weird and wonderful niche Linux distros - http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/13-weird-and-wonderful-niche-linux-distros-1046624 * LinuxJournal Top Stories of 2011 - http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/top-stories-2011 * Raspberry Pi $25 PC on course for January arrival - http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57349222-76/raspberry-pi-$25-pc-on-course-for-january-arrival/ * The Top Five Linux Stories of 2011 - http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/the-top-five-linux-stories-of-2011/10067 * The Year in Review: Desktop Linux Developments in 2011 - http://www.thevarguy.com/2011/12/30/the-year-in-review-desktop-linux-developments-in-2011/ * Top Tech News of 2011 - http://www.junauza.com/2011/12/top-tech-news-of-2011.html * Linux in 2011: What a Great Year - http://www.linuxplanet.com/news/linux-in-2011-what-a-great-year.html * The Growth of Linux in 2011 [Analysis] - http://www.unixmen.com/news-today/2027-the-growth-of-linux-in-2011-analysis *What I Love About Ubuntu Unity - http://www.muktware.com/blogs/3159/what-i-love-about-ubuntu-unity *Will an Ubuntu Gadget Debut at CES?- http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/247267/will_an_ubuntu_gadget_debut_at_ces.html *$25 Linux PC 'Raspberry Pi' to Go in Production Early Next Year - http://www.ubuntuvibes.com/2011/12/25-linux-pc-raspberry-pi-to-go-in.html == Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 10.10, 11.04 and 11.10 == === Security Updates === * USN-1310-1: libarchive vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1310-1 * USN-1311-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1311-1 * USN-1312-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1312-1 * USN-1313-1: Linux Kernel (Oneiric backport) vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1313-1 * USN-1314-1: Python 3 vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1314-1 * USN-1315-1: JasPer vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1315-1 * USN-1316-1: t1lib vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1316-1 * USN-1254-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1254-1 * USN-1317-1: Ghostscript vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1317-1 * USN-1318-1: Linux kernel (FSL-IMX51) vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1318-1 * USN-1319-1: Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1319-1 * USN-1320-1: FFmpeg vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1320-1 * USN-1306-1: Firefox vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1306-1 * USN-1306-2: Mozvoikko and ubufox update - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1306-2 === Ubuntu 8.04 Updates === * selinux 0.2+0.10init1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-January/012706.html * ghostscript 8.61.dfsg.1-1ubuntu3.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-January/012707.html * postgresql-8.3 8.3.17-0ubuntu0.8.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-January/012708.html === Ubuntu 10.04 Updates === * libarchive 2.8.0-2ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-December/012581.html * libsmbios 2.2.13-0ubuntu4.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-December/012582.html * squid 2.7.STABLE7-1ubuntu12.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-December/012583.html * libvirt 0.7.5-5ubuntu27.21 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-December/012584.html * cloud-init 0.5.10-0ubuntu1.6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-December/012585.html * openldap 2.4.21-0ubuntu5.7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-December/012586.html * procps 1:3.2.8-1ubuntu4.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-December/012587.html * python3.1 3.1.2-0ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-December/012588.html * app-install-data-partner 12.10.04.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-December/012589.html * vmware-view-client 1.3.0-0ubuntu1+lucid2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-December/012590.html * jasper 1.900.1-7ubuntu0.10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-December/012591.html * lighttpd 1.4.26-1.1ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-December/012592.html * cacti 0.8.7e-2ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-December/012593.html * t1lib 5.1.2-3ubuntu0.10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-December/012594.html * unbound 1.4.1-2ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-December/012595.html * opencryptoki 2.2.8+dfsg-4ubuntu0.10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-January/012596.html * selinux 1:0.10~10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-January/012597.html * ghostscript 8.71.dfsg.1-0ubuntu5.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-January/012598.html * postgresql-8.4 8.4.10-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-January/012599.html * ffmpeg 4:0.5.1-1ubuntu1.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-January/012600.html * ffmpeg-extra 4:0.5.1-1ubuntu1.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-January/012601.html === Ubuntu 10.10 Updates === * opencryptoki 2.2.8+dfsg-4ubuntu0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-January/009707.html * selinux 1:0.10~10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-January/009708.html * ghostscript 8.71.dfsg.2-0ubuntu7.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-January/009709.html * postgresql-8.4 8.4.10-0ubuntu0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-January/009710.html * ffmpeg 4:0.6-2ubuntu6.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-January/009711.html * ffmpeg-extra 4:0.6-2ubuntu3.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2012-January/009712.html * libarchive 2.8.4-1ubuntu0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-December/009696.html * chasen 2.4.4-11+squeeze2build0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-December/009697.html * mojarra 2.0.3-1+squeeze1build0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-December/009698.html * python3.1 3.1.2+20100915-0ubuntu4.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-December/009699.html * app-install-data-partner 12.10.10.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-December/009700.html * vmware-view-client 1.3.0-0ubuntu1+maverick2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-December/009701.html * jasper 1.900.1-7ubuntu0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-December/009702.html * lighttpd 1.4.26-3ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-December/009703.html * cacti 0.8.7g-1ubuntu0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-December/009704.html * t1lib 5.1.2-3ubuntu0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-December/009705.html * unbound 1.4.5-1ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-December/009706.html === Ubuntu 11.04 Updates === * libarchive 2.8.4-1ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-December/012322.html * chasen 2.4.4-11+squeeze2build0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-December/012323.html * mojarra 2.0.3-1+squeeze1build0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-December/012324.html * python3.2 3.2-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-December/012325.html * python3.1 3.1.3-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-December/012326.html * app-install-data-partner 12.11.04.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-December/012327.html * vmware-view-client 1.3.0-0ubuntu1+natty2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-December/012328.html * jasper 1.900.1-7ubuntu2.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-December/012329.html * lighttpd 1.4.28-2ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-December/012330.html * cacti 0.8.7g-1ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-December/012331.html * t1lib 5.1.2-3ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-December/012332.html * unbound 1.4.9-0ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-December/012333.html * opencryptoki 2.2.8+dfsg-4ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-January/012334.html * selinux 1:0.10~11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-January/012335.html * postgresql-8.4 8.4.10-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-January/012336.html === Ubuntu 11.10 Updates === * vmware-view-client 1.3.0-0ubuntu1+oneiric2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-December/011635.html * libarchive 2.8.4-1ubuntu0.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-December/011636.html * banshee 2.2.1-1ubuntu3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-December/011637.html * compiz-plugins-main 1:0.9.6-0ubuntu4.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-December/011638.html * evolution 3.2.2-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-December/011639.html * nova 2011.3+git20111117-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-December/011640.html * bibus 1.5.1-3ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-December/011641.html * cmigrep 1.5-8build0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-December/011642.html * silly 0.1.0-2ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-December/011643.html * gnome-gmail 1.8.1-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-December/011644.html * mojarra 2.0.3-1+squeeze1build0.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-December/011645.html * clearsilver 0.10.5-1.1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-December/011646.html * linux-ac100 2.6.38-1001.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-December/011647.html * gnome-shell 3.2.1-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-December/011648.html * jasper 1.900.1-7ubuntu2.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-December/011649.html * lighttpd 1.4.28-2ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-December/011650.html * cacti 0.8.7g-2.1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-December/011651.html * t1lib 5.1.2-3ubuntu0.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-December/011652.html * cairo-dock-plug-ins 2.4.0~2.1-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-December/011653.html * ubuntu-docs 11.10.6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011654.html * ganglia 3.1.7-2ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011655.html * postler 0.1.1-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011656.html * libqxt 0.6.1-3ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011657.html * python-kinterbasdb 3.3.0-2build1.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011661.html * hgsubversion 1.2.1-2.1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011658.html * python-espeak 0.3-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011659.html * language-selector 0.56.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011660.html * unbound 1.4.12-1ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011662.html * binutils 2.21.53.20110810-0ubuntu5.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011663.html * selinux 1:0.10~11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011664.html * postgresql-9.1 9.1.2-0ubuntu0.11.10.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-January/011665.html == 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: http://www.ubuntu.com/news and http://fridge.ubuntu.com/ == Conclusion == Thank you for reading the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. 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