Issue231
WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 231 for the week of August 29 - Sept 4th, 2011.
In This Issue
General Community News
Announcing Ubuntu App Developer Week
The next session of Ubuntu App Developer week is taking place September 5th through the 9th. It should be a good one! http://davidplanella.wordpress.com/2011/08/30/announcing-ubuntu-app-developer-week-oneiric/
Unity Contributor Report for Beta 1: It’s peanut butter beta time.
http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2011/09/01/unity-contributor-report-for-beta-1-its-peanut-butter-beta-time/
Ubuntu 11.10 Development update
With only 6 weeks left in the Ubuntu 11.10 development cycle, David Planella updates the community on how the release is shaping up, as well as upcoming events and more.
http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2011/09/01/ubuntu-11-10-development-update-9/
Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 1 (Oneiric Ocelot) Released.
Another milestone in the development release cycle has been achieved. Beta 1 is now available and ready for testing. See this announcement for links and information for not only Ubuntu but all the supported deriviates as well. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2011-September/000893.html
Ubuntu Stats
Bug Stats
- Open (89435) - 75 over last week
- Critical (175) - 13 over last week
- Unconfirmed (46716) + 244 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
- Spanish (13900) -4203 over last week
- Brazilian Portuguese (51330) -261 over last week
- English (United Kingdom) (57336) -1044 over last week
- French (79428) +25 over last week
- German (83053) +28 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
Many times I need the show path feature to copy & past paths - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28472/
Identify and use idle time for disc checks - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28480/
Software Center is not very user-friendly - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28467/
Nautilus- show used files AND folders - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28465/
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 one pick up a running application from terminal? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/59540/can-one-pick-up-a-running-application-from-terminal
How to set up a virtual machine with VirtualBox - http://askubuntu.com/questions/59593/how-to-set-up-a-virtual-machine-with-virtualbox
How do I change the transparency level of gnome-terminal? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/59907/how-do-i-change-the-transparency-level-of-gnome-terminal
"kill <PID>" not really killing the process, why? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/59811/kill-pid-not-really-killing-the-process-why
How to switch between Ubuntu and Windows 7 without a reboot - http://askubuntu.com/questions/59943/how-to-switch-between-ubuntu-and-windows-7-without-a-reboot
Ask (and answer!) your own questions at http://askubuntu.com
LoCo News
Nobuto MURATA: Open Source Conference 2011 Nagoya, Japan
http://smash.nobuto-murata.org/2011/08/open-source-conference-2011-nagoya.html
Elizabeth Krumbach: Ubuntu California at Picn*x 20 and Android cookies
http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=4949
Software Freedom Day 2011 Nicaragua
http://josernestodavila.blogspot.com/2011/09/software-freedom-day-2011-nicaragua.html
The Planet
Ubuntu Women: Ubuntu Women Conference Goodies!
Elizabeth Krumbach, of the UW leadership team, blogs about the availabilty of resources available for the Ubuntu Women Project to use at conferences. Resources not only include business cards, but stickers, magnets and more. http://blog.ubuntu-women.org/2011/08/ubuntu-women-conference-goodies/
Ara Pulido: Ubuntu Friendly sprinting! Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
The Ubuntu Friendly team spent last week sprinting and fine tuning the inner workings Ubuntu Friendly Program. Ara Pulido does a great job summarizing each days accomplishments and provides the mock-ups for the website and more.
http://arapulido.com/2011/08/29/ubuntu-friendly-sprinting-monday/ http://arapulido.com/2011/08/31/ubuntu-friendly-sprinting-tuesday/ http://arapulido.com/2011/09/01/ubuntu-friendly-sprinting-wednesday/
Brian Murray: Volume of bugs about Ubuntu is our fault
Brian Murray explains how 1,078 unnecessary bug reports were created and says, “...when we look at bugs that have been created in Launchpad by an automatic process we should look at whether or not we really need this specific type of bug report and if not prevent it from being reported at all.” Murray also offers to help anyone willing to help prevent these unnecessary bug reports. http://www.murraytwins.com/blog/?p=107
Canonical Design Team: Picturing the end of the road for another cycle
Iain Farrell explains how there were almost 2000 submissions for the Ubuntu Wallpapers this cycle and how that list has been narrowed down to 45 images. His post includes links to the shortlist of images, and notes the goal is to get as many as possible into the final release.
http://design.canonical.com/2011/08/picturing-the-end-of-the-road-for-another-cycle/
Victor Tuson Palau: How do I benefit from Ubuntu Pre-Install?
Victor Palau finds interesting threads in the Ubuntu Forums addressing hardware certification and Ubuntu pre-installs. In this post summaries the importance of the program and what it really means to the end user.
http://victorpalau.net/2011/08/31/how-do-i-benefit-from-ubuntu-pre-install/
Amber Graner: Community Resources for Spreading Ubuntu
As the community was gearing up the Ubuntu Global Jam as well as beginning to gear up for the Ubuntu release parties, Amber Graner takes a moment to remind the community about the resources offered to help promote Ubuntu on the spreadubuntu.com site.
Scott Lavender: Oneiric Update
Scott Lavender discusses Ubuntu Studio updates, where help is needed and the audience they are striving to reach with the 11.10 release and beyonf. If you use Ubuntu Studio please take a look at Lavender’s post and see where you can lend a hand or feedback. http://dullass.blogspot.com/2011/08/oneiric-update.html
Alan Bell: The science of meetings
For those who use IRC for their Ubuntu meetings you’ll find Alan Bells account of how the new and improved Meetingology bot evolved from mootbot and mootbot-uk. If you are enjoying using Meetingology fro your online IRC team meetings this is a must read. Thanks Alan Bell.
http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2011/09/01/the-science-of-meetings/
Jono Bacon: Loco Team Portal Gets Blogging Support
In this post Jono Bacon, Ubuntu Community Manger discusses how adding LoCo team blogs to the loco.ubuntu.com portal is helping shape the site into a dynamic stream of information that users will want to keep open in a tab on their desktop. He also points out how regular calls with various users and contributors helped to shape the content and direction of the site. Bacon also points out how to get your teams blog added to the stream and the support behind this new feature.
http://www.jonobacon.org/2011/09/01/loco-team-portal-gets-blogging-support/
In The Press
=== Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric reviews ==
It would be a lengthy publication if we summed up all the reviews that are happening around the community, in the press, and through the blogosphere. Below is the list of the reviews that caught the attention of the UWN team.
12 Things New in Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric[Screenshot Tour] - http://www.techdrivein.com/2011/08/12-things-new-in-ubuntu-1110.html
* Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot Beta 1 Has Been Released [Video, Screenshots] - http://www.webupd8.org/2011/09/ubuntu-1110-beta-1-has-been-released.html
Ubuntu 11.10 Beta 1 Released - http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-11-10-Beta-1-219855.shtml
Ubuntu 11.10 Beta Released, Reviewed - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/09/ubuntu-11-10-beta-released-reviewed/
* First beta for Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot released - http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/First-beta-for-Ubuntu-11-10-Oneiric-Ocelot-released-1334856.html
In The Blogosphere
Ubuntu-powered Tablet Computers: Will they work or won’t they?
In the article the thought of Ubuntu on tablet computers is discussed and how it compares to IOS and Android
http://www.junauza.com/2011/08/ubuntu-powered-tablet-computers-will.html
The Graphics Stack, Requirements For Ubuntu 11.10
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_1110_graphics
Canonical Targets Embedded Devices with Its Ubuntu Core
With Ubuntu’s new Core version we see Canonical advertiseing it’s operating system to be run on embedded devices.
http://www.thevarguy.com/2011/09/01/canonical-targets-embedded-devices-with-its-ubuntu-core/
In Other News
Linus Torvalds and Others on Community Burnout
Linus Torvalds, along with Ubuntu Community Manager, Jono Bacon and Ubuntu Community member and journalist, Amber Graner, openly discuss burnout and how to spot the warning signs, and recover from it.
http://www.datamation.com/open-source/linus-torvalds-and-others-on-community-burnout-1.html
Featured Podcasts
Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S04E14 – Revelations
In this episode such topics as Ubuntu Membership and Launchpad are discussed, and also ogg camp is brought up.
http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/?p=2486
Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
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
Ubuntu 8.04 Updates
Ubuntu 10.04 Updates
Ubuntu 10.10 Updates
Ubuntu 11.04 Updates
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