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| ## Things Ubuntu-specific are great, but general Linux goings-on are good to, to an extent. ## We don't need to replicate Digg & Slashdot, but certain things are of special interest. ## Just pulling one example from my memory, the story about Indiana schools piloting ## a classroom Linux deployment, a portion of which was Ubuntu, are good. Ubuntu ## release reviews are also common items in this section. |
=== Hands-on with Ubuntu's new Unity netbook shell === Ryan Paul of ARS Technica reports that during a keynote at the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Belgium, Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth unveiled a new lightweight user interface shell called Unity. The new shell is designed to use screen space more efficiently and consume fewer system resources than a conventional desktop environment. It will be a key component of the Ubuntu Netbook Edition and a new instant-on computing platform called Ubuntu Light. The Unity environment eschews the conventional GNOME panel configuration. It includes a dock-like launcher and task management panel that is displayed vertically along the left-hand side. The top panel will house application indicators, window indicators, and the menubar of the active window. Moving the menu out of individual windows and into a global menu bar will reduce wasted vertical screen space, leaving more room for content. ARS Technica's test of the Unity prototype leads them to believe that the project has considerable potential and could bring a lot of value to the Ubuntu Netbook Edition. Its unique visual style melds beautifully with Ubuntu's new default theme and its underlying interaction model seems compelling and well-suited for small screens. http://arstechnica.com/open-source/reviews/2010/05/exclusive-hands-on-with-ubuntus-new-unity-netbook-shell.ars === With Ubuntu 10.10 It May Be Easier To Run Wayland === Phoronix's Michael Larabel thinks that beyond working towards the X Server not running as the root user and the X.Org/Mesa/Kernel upgrades planned for Ubuntu 10.10, it may also be easier to test the Wayland Display Server in this Ubuntu "Maverick Meerkat" update due out in October. Larabel first talked about Wayland in late 2008 when the project was still in its infancy by Kristian Høgsberg. Wayland is still very much a side-project of Kristian's that just receives commits every once in a while and has yet to gain any widespread adoption, but it still possesses a lot of progress. Wayland can run dual nested X.Org Servers within it, now runs off Mesa rather than Eagle EGL, supports the KMS page-flipping ioctl, a DRI2 driver is being worked on, and much more. However, it doesn't do too much yet for the end-user, but that should change once the GTK, Qt, or Clutter tool-kits are properly supported within Wayland. We'll see where Wayland gets by the time Ubuntu 10.10 is due out in October. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODI0OA |
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| ## In this section we want to highlight the blogs that are exceptionally well-written and in-depth. ## Blogs tend to make it easy for low-quality content, so be extra careful on what goes here. ## We should encourage bloggers to spread the word, so this section might be a good way to do so. |
=== Canonical’s Red Headed Stepchildren === http://jimlynch.com/index.php/2010/05/12/canonicals-red-headed-stepchildren/ === 'Linux is Not User Friendly' - No Way! === http://www.techdrivein.com/2010/05/linux-is-not-user-friendly-no-way.html === Philippines use Ubuntu-based voting machines in recent election === http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/05/philippines-use-ubuntu-based-voting.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+d0od+%28Omg!+Ubuntu!%29 === See Ya F-Spot! Shotwell to be default Image App in Ubuntu 10.10 === http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/05/see-ya-f-spot-shotwell-comes-to-ubuntu.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+d0od+%28Omg!+Ubuntu!%29 === UDS-M: Sound menu Changes coming In Ubuntu Maverick === http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/05/sound-menu-changes-coming-in-ubuntu.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+d0od+%28Omg!+Ubuntu!%29 === The Ubuntu Support and Learning Center === http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/05/ubuntu-support-and-learning-center.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+d0od+%28Omg!+Ubuntu!%29 === Too many Ubuntus? === http://blogs.computerworld.com/16090/too_many_ubuntus === UDS-M: Chromium to be default browser in Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook Edition === http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/05/chromium-to-be-default-browser-in.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+d0od+%28Omg!+Ubuntu!%29 === UDS-M: Me Menu getting improvements for Maverick === http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/05/me-menu-getting-improvements-for.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+d0od+%28Omg!+Ubuntu!%29 |
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WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #193 for the week May 9th - May 15th, 2010. In this issue we cover ...
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Hands-on with Ubuntu's new Unity netbook shell
Ryan Paul of ARS Technica reports that during a keynote at the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Belgium, Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth unveiled a new lightweight user interface shell called Unity. The new shell is designed to use screen space more efficiently and consume fewer system resources than a conventional desktop environment. It will be a key component of the Ubuntu Netbook Edition and a new instant-on computing platform called Ubuntu Light. The Unity environment eschews the conventional GNOME panel configuration. It includes a dock-like launcher and task management panel that is displayed vertically along the left-hand side. The top panel will house application indicators, window indicators, and the menubar of the active window. Moving the menu out of individual windows and into a global menu bar will reduce wasted vertical screen space, leaving more room for content. ARS Technica's test of the Unity prototype leads them to believe that the project has considerable potential and could bring a lot of value to the Ubuntu Netbook Edition. Its unique visual style melds beautifully with Ubuntu's new default theme and its underlying interaction model seems compelling and well-suited for small screens.
With Ubuntu 10.10 It May Be Easier To Run Wayland
Phoronix's Michael Larabel thinks that beyond working towards the X Server not running as the root user and the X.Org/Mesa/Kernel upgrades planned for Ubuntu 10.10, it may also be easier to test the Wayland Display Server in this Ubuntu "Maverick Meerkat" update due out in October. Larabel first talked about Wayland in late 2008 when the project was still in its infancy by Kristian Høgsberg. Wayland is still very much a side-project of Kristian's that just receives commits every once in a while and has yet to gain any widespread adoption, but it still possesses a lot of progress. Wayland can run dual nested X.Org Servers within it, now runs off Mesa rather than Eagle EGL, supports the KMS page-flipping ioctl, a DRI2 driver is being worked on, and much more. However, it doesn't do too much yet for the end-user, but that should change once the GTK, Qt, or Clutter tool-kits are properly supported within Wayland. We'll see where Wayland gets by the time Ubuntu 10.10 is due out in October.
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=ODI0OA
In The Blogosphere
Canonical’s Red Headed Stepchildren
http://jimlynch.com/index.php/2010/05/12/canonicals-red-headed-stepchildren/
'Linux is Not User Friendly' - No Way!
http://www.techdrivein.com/2010/05/linux-is-not-user-friendly-no-way.html
Philippines use Ubuntu-based voting machines in recent election
See Ya F-Spot! Shotwell to be default Image App in Ubuntu 10.10
UDS-M: Sound menu Changes coming In Ubuntu Maverick
The Ubuntu Support and Learning Center
Too many Ubuntus?
http://blogs.computerworld.com/16090/too_many_ubuntus
UDS-M: Chromium to be default browser in Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook Edition
UDS-M: Me Menu getting improvements for Maverick
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