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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue ## for the week March 12 - 18, 2012.

In This Issue

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

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 Forums News

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 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

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 an 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&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 & 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

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-apt 0.8.16~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-apt 0.8.16~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

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