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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue ## for the week MONTH DAY - DAY, YEAR. In this issue we cover ... Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue ## for the week July 11 - 17, 2011.
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## Make each article a subsection, via ===
## These are big articles that don't fit within another section		 === Run Ocelot, Run! (Unity Report for 13 July) ===

The Unity team, back from their trip to Dublin, is fresh hacking away at bugs, and new features. With the upcomming release of 11.10 there is plenty for community members and all Ubuntu users to help participate with. There will be many ways to find a bug get your patch into the project.

http://ubuntu-news.org/2011/07/13/run-ocelot-run-unity-report-for-13-july/

=== Ubuntu 11.10 Development update ===

As unity is being hacked away at, Ubuntu developers take time out for Ubuntu Developer Week where anyone is free to ask the Ubuntu Developers about the precess of making a Ubuntu release. There is a new contributor, Juan Negron, who is interviewed in the article and he has a lot of good information to point out about Ubuntu and Canonical.

http://ubuntu-news.org/2011/07/14/ubuntu-11-10-development-update-3/

=== Ubuntu Developer Summit Sponsorship Now Open ===
Looking to go to the next Ubuntu Developer Summit? Sponsorships are now open from Canonical and waiting for people to apply for them in order to get everyone who needs to be at the summit, there and working.

http://ubuntu-news.org/2011/07/15/ubuntu-developer-summit-sponsorship-now-open-2/
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## Make each article a subsection, via === Section name ===
## Add notes about new locoteams, changed ones, meetings, etc.		 === Ubuntu Colombia en la Campus Party 2011 ===

Sergio discusses Ubuntu Columbia's participation in Campus Party 2011 and includes a video of his lecture (in Spanish), photos and other details from the event (article is in Spanish).

http://sergioandresmeneses.wordpress.com/?p=47
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## This section is for news from the Launchpad Blog at http://blog.launchpad.net/

== Ubuntu Forums News ==

## This section is provided to include any interesting updates from the Ubuntu Forums.		 === Better control of your bug mail ===

Lauchpad has changed how you subscribe to bugs to customize the bug mail you receive. You can now filter to receive all changes including comments, changes that are not comments, or just when the bug is fixed or re-opened. Subscriptions to all bugs of a project can also be customized more easily. All subscriptions can also be changed easily at a later date.

http://blog.launchpad.net/cool-new-stuff/better-bug-subscriptions

=== Squiggle ===

When you are signed into Launchpad you can now go to https://launchpad.net/~ and will be automatically redirected to your launchpad page. If you are not already signed into Launchpad, it will bring you to a sign-in page. This can also be used with bugs, blueprints, translations, and answers or any other place your log-in name would normally go.

http://blog.launchpad.net/general/squiggle

=== Echoes from the Dublin Thunderdome ===

The Launchpad team was recently in Dublin for their semi-annual all-hands event. During this week they focused on user interface infrastructure resulting in many fixed bugs, improvements in testing, and some back end changes.

http://blog.launchpad.net/general/echoes-from-the-dublin-thunderdome
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## This section is for Ubuntu News from "The Planet" at http://planet.ubuntu.com/ === Elizabeth Krumbach: Can you write article summaries for Ubuntu Weekly News? ===

Elizabeth talks about some of the work that goes into publishing the Ubuntu Weekly News (hey, that's us!) each week and does a call for volunteers who can help writing article summaries for links collected throughout the week.

http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=4566

=== Charlene Tessier: In Response – Ubuntu Slogan ===

In the last issue of UWN we published Charlene's initial call for the need of a Ubuntu slogan. Here she discusses and responds to the the responses her post generated and reviews some of the suggested slogans.

http://frenchfortunecookie.wordpress.com/2011/07/11/in-response-ubuntu-slogan/

=== Ubuntu Developer Week: Summary Day 1-4 – Outlook Day 2-5 ===

Ubuntu Developer week was held from July 12th through 15th and in a series of blog posts Daniel Holbach discusses how each day went and the outlook for the next day.

http://ubuntuclassroom.wordpress.com/2011/07/12/ubuntu-developer-week-summary-day-1-outlook-day-2/

http://ubuntuclassroom.wordpress.com/2011/07/13/ubuntu-developer-week-summary-day-2-%E2%80%93-outlook-day-3/

http://ubuntuclassroom.wordpress.com/2011/07/14/ubuntu-developer-week-summary-day-3-%E2%80%93-outlook-day-4/

http://ubuntuclassroom.wordpress.com/2011/07/15/ubuntu-developer-week-summary-day-4-%E2%80%93-outlook-day-5/

=== Ubuntu NGO Team: NGO Team Plans for Oneiric ===

A brief explanation of the purpose and goals of the NGO Team, and an overview of the plans for the 11.10 cycle. Plans include modifications to their case study template, reaching out to community members who have been working with NGO projects and pushing forward on the software packaging front.

http://ubuntungo.wordpress.com/2011/07/13/ngo-team-plans-for-oneiric/

=== Canonical Design Team: Ubuntu Orange is #dd4814 ===

What exact color is the ubuntu orange? It's #dd4814! This article and its comments show how the Ubuntu brand is using the color.

http://design.canonical.com/2011/07/ubuntu-orange-is-dd4814/

=== Andrew SB: Can i haz answers? ===

AskUbuntu.com is growing, expanding, and getting more questions, Andrew shares some statistics and talks about how you can help. Also includes a funny picture of a cat.

http://andrewsomething.wordpress.com/2011/07/14/can-i-haz-answers/

=== Jono Bacon: Thunderbird In Ubuntu 11.10 ===

Jono Bacon talks about his switch from Evolution to Thunderbird when he upgraded to 11.10 and how it impacted him as a user.

http://www.jonobacon.org/2011/07/14/thunderbird-in-ubuntu-11-10/

=== Ara Pulido: What is a Core Component? ===

Ara has been hard at work on the Ubuntu Friendly hardware project and in this post discusses and asks "What is a Core Component?" She ends with a request for feedback from the community, including "What components are vital for your laptop/netbook?" and "What components in your desktop you couldn’t live without?"

http://arapulido.com/2011/07/14/what-is-a-core-component/

=== Harald Sitter: Kubuntu and KDE SC 4.7: A Love Story ===

In this post Harald discusses the extraordinary effort of the Kubuntu team to bring KDE SC 4.7 to Kubuntu which included the preparation of 130 source packages for upload. He also takes time to thank several individuals who were instrumental in getting this completed.

http://apachelog.wordpress.com/2011/07/14/kubuntu-and-kde-sc-4-7-a-love-story/

=== Ubuntu Cloud Portal: Ubuntu Cloud Days, 10 days to go ===

Ahmed Kamal of the Ubuntu Cloud team reminds the community of Ubuntu Cloud Days coming up on July 25-26.

http://cloud.ubuntu.com/2011/07/ubuntu-cloud-days-10-days-to-go/

=== Ubuntu Women: Hello World! ===

The Ubuntu Women project has launched a blog! Currently they plan on cross-posting announcements from their mailing list to reach a broader audience and offering guest posts by their members on a variety of subjects.

http://blog.ubuntu-women.org/2011/07/hello-world/
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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.		 === Using Ubuntu on the Desktop ===

http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1721155

Using Ubuntu on the Desktop is a chapter from the "Official Ubuntu Book, Revision 6" which explains the fundamentals of using and customizing the Ubuntu Desktop, looking at both Unity and the Classic Desktop.

=== The Five Best Linux Netbook Distributions: 2011 Edition ===

http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/469003:the-five-best-linux-netbook-distributions-2011-edition

A lot has happened for netbook distributions since last year with several releases that where not ready now finally hitting the shelves and some others disappearing.

=== 12.1-inch netbook runs Ubuntu on dual-core Atom ===

http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Asus-Eee-PC-1215P/

The Asus Eee PC 1215P comes with all the bells and whistles one expects from a Netbook with one exception, an unusually large 12.1-inch screen. It will be available with Ubuntu pre-installed in Europe.

=== Choosing the Best Linux Desktop: KDE, Unity, GNOME ===

http://www.datamation.com/open-source/choosing-the-best-linux-desktop-kde-unity-gnome-1.html

Deciding which desktop to go with has become a complex question. A brief look at the Pro's and Con's of Gnome 2/3, KDE and Unity may assist in making up your mind in the fragmented desktop market.
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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.		 === Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot Alpha 2 Review, Screenshots, Download Links ===

http://www.techdrivein.com/2011/07/ubuntu-1110-oneiric-ocelot-alpha-2.html

Manuel Jose from Tech Drive-In blog reviews the new Oneiric Ocelot Alpha 2 release. He notes that although the system in general became snappier, it nevertheless collected few annoying bugs as well. Two of these problems seem to be around keyboard handling, as trivial key combinations behaved for Manuel in a wrong way.

Additionally, Manuel mentions some of the new software packages and software versions in the new Alpha release, such as Gnome 3, Thunderbird and LightDM.

=== First Ubuntu 11.10 LightDM Greeter (Theme) Screenshot ===

http://www.webupd8.org/2011/07/first-ubuntu-1110-lightdm-greeter-theme.html

Web Upd8 overviews the new LightDM and it's default theme in Oneiric Ocelot Alpha 2 release.

=== Gwibber Gets Revamped For Ubuntu 11.10: Faster, Lighter, Prettier ===

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/07/gwibber-revamped-ubuntu-11-10/

Joye Sneddon from OMG Ubuntu reviews the new edition of Gwibber that is coming up in the next Ubuntu release. He overviews the architectural changes, reasons for those. He reviews the application and mentions such features as lower memory use and much nicer graphics.

=== David Baucum: Features needed in Thunderbird to replace Evolution ===

http://maxolasersquad.blogspot.com/2011/07/features-needed-in-thunderbird-to.html

David argues in his post, that while "Evolution has a very solid feature set, and great usability and integration, its just some nasty quirks that pop-up from time to time that keep it back". He notes, that changing the email client altogether might be too drastic, but also possibly inevitable in this case.

He also reviews Thunderbird, which is to be the default email client in Oneiric Ocelot. He points out that while Gmail integration was quite easy and straightforward, there's no calendaring application by default, and while Lightning plugins provides that, there's no easily configured synchronization with Google Calendars. In addition, he reviews other features in Thunderbird and explains what features need to be integrated, in his opinion, to make Thunderbird viable replacement option for Evolution.

=== Unified Messaging Menu / MeMenu Lands In Oneiric, New Power Indicator Available [Oneiric Updates] ===

http://www.webupd8.org/2011/07/unified-messaging-menu-memenu-lands-in.html

Web Upd8 updates us with Messaging Menu / Me``Menu being finally added in the last Oneiric Ocelot update. While not fully implementing all the blueprint features, it nevertheless shows what's coming next.

Also, a new Power Indicator, which provides an array of useful features, is available by default now.
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## Any news or links that don't fit neatly into other sections. === First Flash 11 beta brings 64-bit support to Linux... finally ===

Adobe has released the beta of flash. This new version brings native 64-bit to all platforms and allows 64-bit users on Ubuntu so they can have less hassle to use the plug-in on their systems.

http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2011/07/first-flash-11-beta-brings-64-bit-support-to-linux-finally.ars

=== Nuxeo Releases New Open Source ECM Packages for Ubuntu Server ===

The company Nuxeo is allowing their Nuxeo Document Management to be in Ubuntu's software catalog. Due to Ubuntu's growth Nuxeo felt it was time to perform such actions and help out their user base already running Ubuntu.

http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/nuxeo-releases-new-open-source-ecm-packages-for-ubuntu-server-1536229.htm
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## Ubuntu UK Podcast
## Full Circle Magazine Podcast
## At Home With Jono Bacon - Weekly Community QA on UStreamTV
## Lococast.net		 === Full Circle Side-Pod Episode Nine: A Mish-mash of Technologies ===


In this episode, Social innovation, open data and FOSSbox

OGG: http://fullcirclemagazine.org/podpress_trac/web/1402/0/fullcirclesidepod_ep9_100711.ogg
MP3: http://fullcirclemagazine.org/podpress_trac/web/1402/1/fullcirclesidepod_ep9_100711.mp3

http://fullcirclemagazine.org/2011/07/10/full-circle-side-pod-episode-nine-a-mish-mash-of-technologies/


Contents

  1. In This Issue
  2. General Community News
    1. Run Ocelot, Run! (Unity Report for 13 July)
    2. Ubuntu 11.10 Development update
    3. Ubuntu Developer Summit Sponsorship Now Open
  3. Ubuntu Stats
    1. Bug Stats
    2. Translation Stats Lucid
    3. Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week
    4. Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions and Contributors this week
  4. LoCo News
    1. Ubuntu Colombia en la Campus Party 2011
  5. Launchpad News
    1. Better control of your bug mail
    2. Squiggle
    3. Echoes from the Dublin Thunderdome
  6. The Planet
    1. Elizabeth Krumbach: Can you write article summaries for Ubuntu Weekly News?
    2. Charlene Tessier: In Response – Ubuntu Slogan
    3. Ubuntu Developer Week: Summary Day 1-4 – Outlook Day 2-5
    4. Ubuntu NGO Team: NGO Team Plans for Oneiric
    5. Canonical Design Team: Ubuntu Orange is #dd4814
    6. Andrew SB: Can i haz answers?
    7. Jono Bacon: Thunderbird In Ubuntu 11.10
    8. Ara Pulido: What is a Core Component?
    9. Harald Sitter: Kubuntu and KDE SC 4.7: A Love Story
    10. Ubuntu Cloud Portal: Ubuntu Cloud Days, 10 days to go
    11. Ubuntu Women: Hello World!
  7. In The Press
    1. Using Ubuntu on the Desktop
    2. The Five Best Linux Netbook Distributions: 2011 Edition
    3. 12.1-inch netbook runs Ubuntu on dual-core Atom
    4. Choosing the Best Linux Desktop: KDE, Unity, GNOME
  8. In The Blogosphere
    1. Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot Alpha 2 Review, Screenshots, Download Links
    2. First Ubuntu 11.10 LightDM Greeter (Theme) Screenshot
    3. Gwibber Gets Revamped For Ubuntu 11.10: Faster, Lighter, Prettier
    4. David Baucum: Features needed in Thunderbird to replace Evolution
    5. Unified Messaging Menu / MeMenu Lands In Oneiric, New Power Indicator Available [Oneiric Updates]
  9. In Other News
    1. First Flash 11 beta brings 64-bit support to Linux... finally
    2. Nuxeo Releases New Open Source ECM Packages for Ubuntu Server
  10. Featured Podcasts
    1. Full Circle Side-Pod Episode Nine: A Mish-mash of Technologies
  11. Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  12. Monthly Team Reports: <MONTH> <YEAR>
  13. Upcoming Meetings and Events
  14. Updates and Security for 6.06, 8.04, 9.04, 9.10, 10.04 and 10.10
    1. Security Updates
    2. Ubuntu 6.06 Updates
    3. Ubuntu 8.04 Updates
    4. Ubuntu 9.04 Updates
    5. Ubuntu 9.10 Updates
    6. Ubuntu 10.04 Updates
  15. UWN Translations
  16. Subscribe
  17. Archives and RSS Feed
  18. Additional Ubuntu News
  19. Conclusion
  20. Credits
  21. Glossary of Terms
  22. Ubuntu - Get Involved
  23. Feedback

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WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue ## for the week July 11 - 17, 2011.

In This Issue

General Community News

Run Ocelot, Run! (Unity Report for 13 July)

The Unity team, back from their trip to Dublin, is fresh hacking away at bugs, and new features. With the upcomming release of 11.10 there is plenty for community members and all Ubuntu users to help participate with. There will be many ways to find a bug get your patch into the project.

http://ubuntu-news.org/2011/07/13/run-ocelot-run-unity-report-for-13-july/

Ubuntu 11.10 Development update

As unity is being hacked away at, Ubuntu developers take time out for Ubuntu Developer Week where anyone is free to ask the Ubuntu Developers about the precess of making a Ubuntu release. There is a new contributor, Juan Negron, who is interviewed in the article and he has a lot of good information to point out about Ubuntu and Canonical.

http://ubuntu-news.org/2011/07/14/ubuntu-11-10-development-update-3/

Ubuntu Developer Summit Sponsorship Now Open

Looking to go to the next Ubuntu Developer Summit? Sponsorships are now open from Canonical and waiting for people to apply for them in order to get everyone who needs to be at the summit, there and working.

http://ubuntu-news.org/2011/07/15/ubuntu-developer-summit-sponsorship-now-open-2/

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open (#) +/- # over last week
  • Critical (#) +/- # over last week
  • Unconfirmed (#) +/- # 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 Lucid

  1. Language (#) +/- # over last week
  2. Language (#) +/- # over last week
  3. Language (#) +/- # over last week
  4. Language (#) +/- # over last week
  5. Language (#) +/- # over last week

Remaining strings to translate in Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat", see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/

Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week

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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 and Contributors this week

LoCo News

Ubuntu Colombia en la Campus Party 2011

Sergio discusses Ubuntu Columbia's participation in Campus Party 2011 and includes a video of his lecture (in Spanish), photos and other details from the event (article is in Spanish).

http://sergioandresmeneses.wordpress.com/?p=47

Launchpad News

Better control of your bug mail

Lauchpad has changed how you subscribe to bugs to customize the bug mail you receive. You can now filter to receive all changes including comments, changes that are not comments, or just when the bug is fixed or re-opened. Subscriptions to all bugs of a project can also be customized more easily. All subscriptions can also be changed easily at a later date.

http://blog.launchpad.net/cool-new-stuff/better-bug-subscriptions

Squiggle

When you are signed into Launchpad you can now go to https://launchpad.net/~ and will be automatically redirected to your launchpad page. If you are not already signed into Launchpad, it will bring you to a sign-in page. This can also be used with bugs, blueprints, translations, and answers or any other place your log-in name would normally go.

http://blog.launchpad.net/general/squiggle

Echoes from the Dublin Thunderdome

The Launchpad team was recently in Dublin for their semi-annual all-hands event. During this week they focused on user interface infrastructure resulting in many fixed bugs, improvements in testing, and some back end changes.

http://blog.launchpad.net/general/echoes-from-the-dublin-thunderdome

The Planet

Elizabeth Krumbach: Can you write article summaries for Ubuntu Weekly News?

Elizabeth talks about some of the work that goes into publishing the Ubuntu Weekly News (hey, that's us!) each week and does a call for volunteers who can help writing article summaries for links collected throughout the week.

http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=4566

Charlene Tessier: In Response – Ubuntu Slogan

In the last issue of UWN we published Charlene's initial call for the need of a Ubuntu slogan. Here she discusses and responds to the the responses her post generated and reviews some of the suggested slogans.

http://frenchfortunecookie.wordpress.com/2011/07/11/in-response-ubuntu-slogan/

Ubuntu Developer Week: Summary Day 1-4 – Outlook Day 2-5

Ubuntu Developer week was held from July 12th through 15th and in a series of blog posts Daniel Holbach discusses how each day went and the outlook for the next day.

http://ubuntuclassroom.wordpress.com/2011/07/12/ubuntu-developer-week-summary-day-1-outlook-day-2/

http://ubuntuclassroom.wordpress.com/2011/07/13/ubuntu-developer-week-summary-day-2-%E2%80%93-outlook-day-3/

http://ubuntuclassroom.wordpress.com/2011/07/14/ubuntu-developer-week-summary-day-3-%E2%80%93-outlook-day-4/

http://ubuntuclassroom.wordpress.com/2011/07/15/ubuntu-developer-week-summary-day-4-%E2%80%93-outlook-day-5/

Ubuntu NGO Team: NGO Team Plans for Oneiric

A brief explanation of the purpose and goals of the NGO Team, and an overview of the plans for the 11.10 cycle. Plans include modifications to their case study template, reaching out to community members who have been working with NGO projects and pushing forward on the software packaging front.

http://ubuntungo.wordpress.com/2011/07/13/ngo-team-plans-for-oneiric/

Canonical Design Team: Ubuntu Orange is #dd4814

What exact color is the ubuntu orange? It's #dd4814! This article and its comments show how the Ubuntu brand is using the color.

http://design.canonical.com/2011/07/ubuntu-orange-is-dd4814/

Andrew SB: Can i haz answers?

AskUbuntu.com is growing, expanding, and getting more questions, Andrew shares some statistics and talks about how you can help. Also includes a funny picture of a cat.

http://andrewsomething.wordpress.com/2011/07/14/can-i-haz-answers/

Jono Bacon: Thunderbird In Ubuntu 11.10

Jono Bacon talks about his switch from Evolution to Thunderbird when he upgraded to 11.10 and how it impacted him as a user.

http://www.jonobacon.org/2011/07/14/thunderbird-in-ubuntu-11-10/

Ara Pulido: What is a Core Component?

Ara has been hard at work on the Ubuntu Friendly hardware project and in this post discusses and asks "What is a Core Component?" She ends with a request for feedback from the community, including "What components are vital for your laptop/netbook?" and "What components in your desktop you couldn’t live without?"

http://arapulido.com/2011/07/14/what-is-a-core-component/

Harald Sitter: Kubuntu and KDE SC 4.7: A Love Story

In this post Harald discusses the extraordinary effort of the Kubuntu team to bring KDE SC 4.7 to Kubuntu which included the preparation of 130 source packages for upload. He also takes time to thank several individuals who were instrumental in getting this completed.

http://apachelog.wordpress.com/2011/07/14/kubuntu-and-kde-sc-4-7-a-love-story/

Ubuntu Cloud Portal: Ubuntu Cloud Days, 10 days to go

Ahmed Kamal of the Ubuntu Cloud team reminds the community of Ubuntu Cloud Days coming up on July 25-26.

http://cloud.ubuntu.com/2011/07/ubuntu-cloud-days-10-days-to-go/

Ubuntu Women: Hello World!

The Ubuntu Women project has launched a blog! Currently they plan on cross-posting announcements from their mailing list to reach a broader audience and offering guest posts by their members on a variety of subjects.

http://blog.ubuntu-women.org/2011/07/hello-world/

In The Press

Using Ubuntu on the Desktop

http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1721155

Using Ubuntu on the Desktop is a chapter from the "Official Ubuntu Book, Revision 6" which explains the fundamentals of using and customizing the Ubuntu Desktop, looking at both Unity and the Classic Desktop.

The Five Best Linux Netbook Distributions: 2011 Edition

http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/469003:the-five-best-linux-netbook-distributions-2011-edition

A lot has happened for netbook distributions since last year with several releases that where not ready now finally hitting the shelves and some others disappearing.

12.1-inch netbook runs Ubuntu on dual-core Atom

http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Asus-Eee-PC-1215P/

The Asus Eee PC 1215P comes with all the bells and whistles one expects from a Netbook with one exception, an unusually large 12.1-inch screen. It will be available with Ubuntu pre-installed in Europe.

Choosing the Best Linux Desktop: KDE, Unity, GNOME

http://www.datamation.com/open-source/choosing-the-best-linux-desktop-kde-unity-gnome-1.html

Deciding which desktop to go with has become a complex question. A brief look at the Pro's and Con's of Gnome 2/3, KDE and Unity may assist in making up your mind in the fragmented desktop market.

In The Blogosphere

http://www.techdrivein.com/2011/07/ubuntu-1110-oneiric-ocelot-alpha-2.html

Manuel Jose from Tech Drive-In blog reviews the new Oneiric Ocelot Alpha 2 release. He notes that although the system in general became snappier, it nevertheless collected few annoying bugs as well. Two of these problems seem to be around keyboard handling, as trivial key combinations behaved for Manuel in a wrong way.

Additionally, Manuel mentions some of the new software packages and software versions in the new Alpha release, such as Gnome 3, Thunderbird and LightDM.

First Ubuntu 11.10 LightDM Greeter (Theme) Screenshot

http://www.webupd8.org/2011/07/first-ubuntu-1110-lightdm-greeter-theme.html

Web Upd8 overviews the new LightDM and it's default theme in Oneiric Ocelot Alpha 2 release.

Gwibber Gets Revamped For Ubuntu 11.10: Faster, Lighter, Prettier

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/07/gwibber-revamped-ubuntu-11-10/

Joye Sneddon from OMG Ubuntu reviews the new edition of Gwibber that is coming up in the next Ubuntu release. He overviews the architectural changes, reasons for those. He reviews the application and mentions such features as lower memory use and much nicer graphics.

David Baucum: Features needed in Thunderbird to replace Evolution

http://maxolasersquad.blogspot.com/2011/07/features-needed-in-thunderbird-to.html

David argues in his post, that while "Evolution has a very solid feature set, and great usability and integration, its just some nasty quirks that pop-up from time to time that keep it back". He notes, that changing the email client altogether might be too drastic, but also possibly inevitable in this case.

He also reviews Thunderbird, which is to be the default email client in Oneiric Ocelot. He points out that while Gmail integration was quite easy and straightforward, there's no calendaring application by default, and while Lightning plugins provides that, there's no easily configured synchronization with Google Calendars. In addition, he reviews other features in Thunderbird and explains what features need to be integrated, in his opinion, to make Thunderbird viable replacement option for Evolution.

Unified Messaging Menu / MeMenu Lands In Oneiric, New Power Indicator Available [Oneiric Updates]

http://www.webupd8.org/2011/07/unified-messaging-menu-memenu-lands-in.html

Web Upd8 updates us with Messaging Menu / MeMenu being finally added in the last Oneiric Ocelot update. While not fully implementing all the blueprint features, it nevertheless shows what's coming next.

Also, a new Power Indicator, which provides an array of useful features, is available by default now.

In Other News

First Flash 11 beta brings 64-bit support to Linux... finally

Adobe has released the beta of flash. This new version brings native 64-bit to all platforms and allows 64-bit users on Ubuntu so they can have less hassle to use the plug-in on their systems.

http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2011/07/first-flash-11-beta-brings-64-bit-support-to-linux-finally.ars

Nuxeo Releases New Open Source ECM Packages for Ubuntu Server

The company Nuxeo is allowing their Nuxeo Document Management to be in Ubuntu's software catalog. Due to Ubuntu's growth Nuxeo felt it was time to perform such actions and help out their user base already running Ubuntu.

http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/nuxeo-releases-new-open-source-ecm-packages-for-ubuntu-server-1536229.htm

Full Circle Side-Pod Episode Nine: A Mish-mash of Technologies

In this episode, Social innovation, open data and FOSSbox

OGG: http://fullcirclemagazine.org/podpress_trac/web/1402/0/fullcirclesidepod_ep9_100711.ogg MP3: http://fullcirclemagazine.org/podpress_trac/web/1402/1/fullcirclesidepod_ep9_100711.mp3

http://fullcirclemagazine.org/2011/07/10/full-circle-side-pod-episode-nine-a-mish-mash-of-technologies/

Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings

Monthly Team Reports: <MONTH> <YEAR>

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