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 * Xubuntu, Kubuntu, and Edubuntu 12.04 will be LTS
 * Ubuntu Success @ 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 & 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!
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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 its meeting on January 9th. Details, including links to each proposal are available in the Tech Board meeting notes: 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:
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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 CD’s and Ubuntu TV promotional material was exhausted. 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.
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== Community Acknowledgments and Success Stories ==
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== Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions This Week == === Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions This Week ===
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A dedicated team from the Nederland Lo``Co has developed a web-based application similar to the well known Lernid application that the describe as perfectly suited to conduct on-line training sessions. It is currently available in English and in Dutch. A dedicated team from the Nederland Lo``Co 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.
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== Launchpad News ==

## 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.
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## This section is for Ubuntu News from "The Planet" at http://planet.ubuntu.com/ === 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/
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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.		 === 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
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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.

== In Other News ==

## Any news or links that don't fit neatly into other sections.

== Featured Podcasts ==

## Ubuntu UK Podcast
## Full Circle Magazine Podcast
## At Home With Jono Bacon - Weekly Community QA on UStreamTV
## Lococast.net

== Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings ==

## Change date to reflect the latest meeting date and verify link then just remove the comment out marks

## * Ubuntu Desktop Team Meeting Minutes for June 22nd, 2010 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Meeting/2010-06-22
## * Ubuntu Mobile Team Meeting Minutes from June 22nd, 1010 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MobileTeam/Meeting/2010/20100622
## * Ubuntu Server Team Meeting Minutes for June 22nd, 2010 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/20100622
## * Ubuntu Kernel Team Meeting Minutes for June 22nd, 2010 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Meeting/2010-06-22
## * Ubuntu Foundations Team Meeting Minutes for June 23rd, 2010 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FoundationsTeam/Meetings/2010/0623
## * Ubuntu Release Team Meeting Minutes for June 25, 2010 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReleaseTeam/Meeting/2010-06-25		 === 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&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&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 Think``Pad 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
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See here for the team report for December 2011: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TeamReports/December 2011 See here for the team report for December 2011: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TeamReports/December2011
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== 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
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## The following list is in chronological order.

 * Your Name Here		  * Elizabeth Krumbach
 * holstein
 * Alex Lourie
 * Benjamin Kerensa
 * Neil Oosthuizen
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 * Chris Druif
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## Common acronyms


Contents

  1. In This Issue
  2. General Community News
    1. Xubuntu, Kubuntu, and Edubuntu 12.04 will be LTS
    2. Ubuntu Success @ CES
    3. Another Successful User Days!
  3. Ubuntu Stats
    1. Bug Stats
    2. Translation Stats Oneiric
    3. Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week
    4. Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions This Week
  4. LoCo News
    1. Ubuntu Hour, SCALE 10x and Ubuntu User Days
    2. Just For Learning: an online classroom from Ubuntu Nederland
  5. Ubuntu Cloud News
    1. Setting Up a Single Node OpenStack Nova Server
    2. Virtualization & Cloud devroom at FOSDEM
    3. juju docs split out from core, contributions can now begin!
  6. The Planet
    1. Ricardo Salveti: Ubuntu TV UI at Pandaboard, and next steps
    2. Jono Bacon: Social Ubuntu TV
    3. Charles Profitt: The Importance of Accessibility
    4. Michael Hall: Ubuntu TV: the case for Unity
    5. Didier Roche: Unity 5.0 into precise
    6. Silver Fox: An Interview with Quackers
  7. In The Press
    1. Ubuntu TV unveiled
    2. TV for Human Beings: Ubuntu Linux
    3. Ubuntu TV eyes-on
    4. Canonical Maps out Ubuntu Strategy at CES
  8. In The Blogosphere
    1. Xubuntu, Kubuntu, Edubuntu Go LTS With 12.04
    2. Checking Out The Ubuntu TV Prototype
    3. Ubuntu Tablet to Compete with Android, iOS
    4. Browse Ubuntu’s Software Offerings Online On Any Computer [Linux]
    5. Unity 5.0 Ready for Testing
    6. LightDM: Unity Greeter Update Brings Support For Reading User Background [Ubuntu 12.04 Development]
    7. Linux Takes on a Bigger Role at This Year's CES
  9. Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings
  10. Monthly Team Reports: December 2011
  11. Upcoming Meetings and Events
  12. Other Articles of Interest
  13. Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 10.10, 11.04 and 11.10
    1. Security Updates
    2. Ubuntu 8.04 Updates
    3. Ubuntu 10.04 Updates
    4. Ubuntu 10.10 Updates
    5. Ubuntu 11.04 Updates
    6. Ubuntu 11.10 Updates
  14. UWN Translations
  15. Subscribe
  16. Archives
  17. Additional Ubuntu News
  18. Conclusion
  19. Credits
  20. Glossary of Terms
  21. Ubuntu - Get Involved
  22. Feedback

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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 248 for the week January 9 - 15, 2012.

In This Issue

  • Xubuntu, Kubuntu, and Edubuntu 12.04 will be LTS
  • Ubuntu Success @ 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 & 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 @ 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

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

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 & 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&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&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

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/

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

Ubuntu 11.10 Updates

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

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Archives

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Additional Ubuntu News

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and

Conclusion

Thank you for reading the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter.

See you next week!

Credits

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

  • Elizabeth Krumbach
  • holstein
  • Alex Lourie
  • Benjamin Kerensa
  • Neil Oosthuizen
  • Liraz Siri
  • Chris Druif
  • And many others

Glossary of Terms

Other acronyms can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/glossary

Ubuntu - Get Involved

The Ubuntu community consists of individuals and teams, working on different aspects of the distribution, giving advice and technical support, and helping to promote Ubuntu to a wider audience. No contribution is too small, and anyone can help. It's your chance to get in on all the community fun associated with developing and promoting Ubuntu. http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate

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