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## Bug stats only take a second to do.
## Data can be found at: http://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bugs
## Note: "Unconfirmed" number comes from "New" number
## See last week's UWN to calculate change over last week.
## NOTE: To be done ONLY on the release date of the UWN (or latter if late).

    * Open (#) +/- # over last week
    * Critical (#) +/- # over last week
    * Unconfirmed (#) +/- # over last week		     * Open (94900) -90 over last week
    * Critical (69) -1 over last week
    * Unconfirmed (48455) +125 over last week
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## Translation stats only take a second to do.
## Data can be found at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise (or current release)
## See last week's UWN to calculate change over last week.
## NOTE: To be done ONLY on the release date of the UWN (or latter if late).
## List the top 5 untranslated languages.

 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		  * English (Australia) (1771) -326 over last week
 * Spanish (11437) -18 over last week
 * English (United Kingdom) (21391) -9 over last week
 * Bosnian (37418) +3 over last week
 * Brazilian Portuguese (46986) -121 over last week
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=== Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week ===

## These come from http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/. Click on the link on the left that says "most popular this week" then put the title for the most popular 5.

 * heading
 * heading
 * heading
 * heading
 * heading		 === Ubuntu Brainstorm Top this week ===

 * User not able to get/see packet send /receive infromation for network coonected. - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29811/
 * Quicker access to 'show desktop' - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29805/
 * keyboard layout-independend search in dash - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29800/
 * Unity Drag&Drop - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29804/
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## Go to askubuntu.com and click on "WEEK" to get the top questions
## of the week		  * "Limbo" game has no sound http://askubuntu.com/questions/144915/limbo-game-has-no-sound
 * Does installing Ubuntu change the OS for all users or only the user that downloaded it? http://askubuntu.com/questions/144266/does-installing-ubuntu-change-the-os-for-all-users-or-only-the-user-that-downloa
 * Is it possible to write programs for other OSs in Ubuntu? http://askubuntu.com/questions/143162/is-it-possible-to-write-programs-for-other-oss-in-ubuntu
 * Is Seagate's new “FAST Factor Boot” technology compatible with Ubuntu? http://askubuntu.com/questions/143578/is-seagates-new-fast-factor-boot-technology-compatible-with-ubuntu
 * Is there a way to clear password mid-entry? http://askubuntu.com/questions/143687/is-there-a-way-to-clear-password-mid-entry
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== LoCo News ==

## Make each article a subsection, via === Section name ===
## Add notes about new locoteams, changed ones, meetings, etc.
## Keep and eye on the Planet, the LoCo Team Portal, and other
## LoCo team Blogs you can add to your RSS Feeds, also the
## loco-contacts mailing list and http://lococouncil.ubuntu.com/
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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.
## For this and the next sections, see:
## https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/LinkSuggestions		 === Precision and purpose: Ubuntu 12.04 and the Unity HUD reviewed ===

Arstechnica’s Ryan Paul does a thorough review of Ubuntu 12.04. The main point of the review are:

 * Unity, Global Menus, Dash and HUD
 * System Settings
 * Privacy
 * Scrollbars
 * Rhythmbox
 * Testing on Hardware

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/05/precision-and-purpose-ubuntu-12-04-and-the-unity-hud-reviewed/
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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.		 === Dell: ARM Servers Promote Ubuntu, Hadoop Partnerships ===


The VAR Guy discusses Dell’s cooperation with Canonical and Cloudera in preparation of the next generation of ARM servers for “so called ‘hyperscale’ customer environments.” He goes on to say that “Dell believes that ARM based servers are ideally suited for customers running web front-end and Hadoop environments.”

http://www.thevarguy.com/2012/05/29/dell-arm-server-partnerships-promote-ubuntu-hadoop/

=== Ubuntu’s HUD: Heuristic Universal Discovery ===

Dean Howell shares his experience with different desktop environments/operating systems from Mac OS 9 to Ubuntu and it’s newest desktop features namely HUD. He states that “fresh ideas like HUD are the only thing pushing the Linux desktop forward.” Dean also states that Unity is innovating and with each release becomes more and more compelling.

http://www.thepowerbase.com/2012/05/ubuntus-hud-heuristic-universal-discovery/

=== Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Review ===

Silviu Stahle of Softpedia gives a thorough Ubuntu 12.04 review. Highlights of this review include installation, features, advantages and disadvanges. Silviu finished review by saying “It's good, but it should have been better. I understand it supposed to be Long Term Support but Canonical shouldn't have used it as an excuse to limit the number of new features.”

http://www.softpedia.com/reviews/linux/Ubuntu-LTS-Review-272937.shtml

=== Linux4Afrika Training ===

Benedict Stein shares new work being done on the Linux``4Afrika project. Recently they have struggled with how to run MS Office 2007 under Ubuntu, as some of the Linux``4Afrika partners which government still use it. Benedict also shared information about training efforts.

http://benste.blogspot.com/2012/05/linux4afrika-training.html

=== Mark Shuttleworth Opens UbuCon Latin America [video] ===

Joey Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! Shares the video where Mark Shuttleworth opens Ubu``Con Latin America where Shuttleworth highlights FLOSS adoption and innovation. With his opening message he encouraged Latin America to step forward considering FLOSS, extruding Ubuntu, and to continue with good work in that direction.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/06/mark-shuttleworth-opens-ubucon-latin-america-video
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## Any news or links that don't fit neatly into other sections. === Is Xfce a GNOME and Unity Replacement? ===


Bruce Byfield of Datamation reviews features in the latest release of Xfce, 4.10, including move of local help files online, changes to the Thunar file manager, extra rows available for the panel, new settings manager and more. Byfield goes on to as “To what extent is the latest version of Xfce an alternative for those who miss GNOME 2?” and concludes “Xfce is not splashy. In places, it is almost old-fashioned or crude. But in the end, what really matters for most users is that, as the release notes and tour for the 4.10 release make clear, Xfce is concerned with providing what its users request. It's an attitude that many feel is rare among Linux desktop alternatives today.”

http://www.datamation.com/open-source/is-xfce-a-gnome-and-unity-replacement-1.html

=== ubuntu-manual-precise: call for editors ===

Hannie Dumoleyn of the Ubuntu Manual team announces that the Ubuntu Manual Team is seeking editors and proofreaders for the current draft of Getting Started with Ubuntu 12.04, outlining tasks which need to be completed and explaining how to get in touch to help out.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2012-May/001568.html
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## Bullet-point list of articles that are more generic linux in nature

== Featured Podcasts ==

## Ubuntu UK Podcast
## Full Circle Magazine Podcast
## At Home With Jono Bacon - Weekly Community QA on UStreamTV
## Lococast.net		  * Debian Project News - May 28th, 2012 - http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2012/11/
 * Za``Reason Upgrades Open Source PC Line - http://www.thevarguy.com/2012/05/29/zareason-upgrades-open-source-pc-line/
 * Red Hat releases Fedora 17 - http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2180673/red-hat-releases-fedora
 * Open source answer to big data -http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/256432/the_opensource_answer_to_big_data.html
 * Croatian Linux Users' Convention 2012: FLOSS Adoption Guidelines And Data Openness - http://www.muktware.com/3648/croatian-linux-users-convention-2012-floss-adoption-guidelines-and-data-openness
 * Linux Server Revenues Growing Faster Than Windows, Hit $2.4 Billion in 1Q12 - http://www.internetnews.com/blog/skerner/linux-server-revenues-growing-faster-than-windows-hit-2.4-billion-in-1q12.html
 * Invasion of the Tiny, Linux-Powered PCs - http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/75259.html
 * Humble Team and Game Developers Share Their Linux Experience - http://www.ubuntuvibes.com/2012/06/humble-team-and-game-developers-share.html
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## Change date to reflect the latest meeting date and verify link then just remove the comment out marks
## * Kernel Team - February 21, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Meeting#Tues.2C_21_February_2012
## * QA Team - February 15, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Meetings/QA/20120215
## * Desktop Team - February 21, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Meeting/2012-02-21
## * Security Team - February 13, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20120213
## * Server Team - February 21, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/20120221


== Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings ==

# Edubuntu Team, Lubuntu, Studio and Xubuntu currently (01/2012) have active regular meetings.

== Monthly Team Reports: <MONTH> <YEAR> ==

## Once a month we do these in the format:
##
## See here for the team report for June 2011: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TeamReports/MonthYear
##
## If your team is not producing monthly reports, see this page to get your team started: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BuildingCommunity/TeamReporting		  * Kernel Team - May 29, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Meeting#Tues.2C_29_May_2012
 * Desktop Team - May 29, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Meeting/2012-05-29
 * Server Team - May 29, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/20120529
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## Run security-and-updates/ListSecurity.py YEAR MONTH  * [USN-1455-1] Linux kernel (Oneiric backport) vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-May/001696.html
 * [USN-1457-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-May/001697.html
 * [USN-1456-1] Nut vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-May/001698.html
 * [USN-1458-1] Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-May/001699.html
 * [USN-1459-1] Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-May/001700.html
 * [USN-1460-1] Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-May/001701.html
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## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH hardy
## End of life - April 2013 (Server)		 None.

End of life - April 2013 (Server)
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## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH lucid
## End of Life - April 2013 (Desktop) - April 2015 (Server)		  * wpasupplicant 0.6.9-3ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-May/012902.html
 * memcached 1.4.2-1ubuntu4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-May/012903.html
 * nut 2.4.3-1ubuntu3.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-May/012904.htm
 * pastebinit 1.1-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-June/012905.html

End of Life - April 2013 (Desktop) - April 2015 (Server)
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## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH natty
## End of Life - October 2012		  * linux 2.6.38-15.60 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012538.html
 * linux 2.6.38-15.60 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012539.html
 * linux-ti-omap4 2.6.38-1209.24 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012540.html
 * linux-ti-omap4 2.6.38-1209.24 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012541.html
 * nut 2.6.0-1ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012542.html
 * pastebinit 1.2-2ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-June/012543.html

End of Life - October 2012
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## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH oneiric
## End of Life - April 2013

=== Ubuntu 10.10 Updates ===

## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH precise
## End of Life - April 2017		  * linux-ti-omap4 3.0.0-1210.22 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012138.html
 * linux-ti-omap4 3.0.0-1210.22 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012139.html
 * linux-meta-ti-omap4 3.0.0.1210.9 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012140.html
 * linux-meta-ti-omap4 3.0.0.1210.9 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012141.html
 * nut- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012142.html
 * qwt 6.0.0-1ubuntu1.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-June/012143.html
 * pastebinit 1.2-2ubuntu0.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-June/012144.html
 * linux-ti-omap4 3.0.0-1211.23 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-June/012145.html
 * linux-meta-ti-omap4 3.0.0.1211.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-June/012146.html

End of Life - April 2013

=== Ubuntu 12.04 Updates ===

 * pitivi 0.15.2-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015922.html
 * xkeyboard-config 2.5-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015923.html
 * krb5 1.10+dfsg~beta1-2ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015924.html
 * remmina 1.0.0-1ubuntu6.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015925.html
 * glance 2012.1-0ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015926.html
 * glade 3.12.1-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015927.html
 * gtksourceview3 3.4.2-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015928.html
 * task 2.0.0.release-0ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015929.html
 * virt-manager 0.9.1-1ubuntu5.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015930.html
 * virtinst 0.600.1-1ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015931.html
 * freerdp 1.0.1-1ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015932.html
 * blcr 0.8.2-15ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015933.html
 * libubuntuone 3.0.1-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015934.html
 * deluge 1.3.5-0ubuntu2~precise1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015935.html
 * system-config-printer 1.3.8+20120201-0ubuntu8.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015936.html
 * ptouch-driver 1.3-3ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015938.html
 * cups-filters 1.0.18-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015937.html
 * gtk+3.0 3.4.2-0ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015939.html
 * kwallet 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015940.html
 * kde-l10n-vi 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015941.html
 * kde-l10n-wa 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015942.html
 * kde-l10n-zhcn 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015944.html
 * kdeartwork 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015945.html
 * libkdcraw 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015943.html
 * kde-l10n-zhtw 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015946.html
 * kde-runtime 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015947.html
 * kde-wallpapers 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015948.html
 * kde4libs 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015949.html
 * kdeadmin 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015950.html
 * kdegames 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015951.html
 * kdegraphics-mobipocket 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015952.html
 * kdepim 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015953.html
 * kdesdk 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015954.html
 * kdegraphics-strigi-analyzer 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015955.html
 * kdemultimedia 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015956.html
 * kdenetwork 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015957.html
 * kdepim-runtime 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015958.html
 * kdepimlibs 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015959.html
 * kdeplasma-addons 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015960.html
 * kdetoys 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015961.html
 * kdewebdev 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015962.html
 * kgamma 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015963.html
 * konsole 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015964.html
 * kwordquiz 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015965.html
 * kgpg 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015966.html
 * khangman 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015967.html
 * kremotecontrol 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015968.html
 * libkdeedu 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015969.html
 * blinken 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015970.html
 * kde-l10n-da 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015971.html
 * kde-l10n-he 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015972.html
 * analitza 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015973.html
 * ark 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015974.html
 * cantor 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015975.html
 * gwenview 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015976.html
 * jovie 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015977.html
 * kde-l10n-it 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015978.html
 * kactivities 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015979.html
 * kalgebra 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015980.html
 * kamera 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015982.html
 * kate 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015983.html
 * kcalc 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015984.html
 * kde-baseapps 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015985.html
 * kde-l10n-ar 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015986.html
 * kde-l10n-bg 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015987.html
 * kde-l10n-bs 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015988.html
 * kde-l10n-ca 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015989.html
 * kde-l10n-ca-valencia 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015990.html
 * kde-l10n-cs 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015991.html
 * kde-l10n-de 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015992.html
 * kde-l10n-el 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015993.html
 * kde-l10n-engb 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015994.html
 * kde-l10n-es 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015995.html
 * kde-l10n-et 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015997.html
 * kde-l10n-eu 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015996.html
 * kde-l10n-fa 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015998.html
 * kde-l10n-fi 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015999.html
 * kde-l10n-fr 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016000.html
 * kde-l10n-ga 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016001.html
 * kde-l10n-gl 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016002.html
 * kde-l10n-hr 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016003.html
 * kde-l10n-hu 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016004.html
 * kde-l10n-ia 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016006.html
 * kde-l10n-id 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016005.html
 * kde-l10n-is 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016007.html
 * kde-l10n-ja 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016008.html
 * kde-l10n-kk 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016009.html
 * kde-l10n-km 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016010.html
 * kde-l10n-ko 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016011.html
 * kde-l10n-lt 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016012.html
 * kde-l10n-lv 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016013.html
 * kde-l10n-nb 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016017.html
 * kde-l10n-nds 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016014.html
 * kde-l10n-nl 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016015.html
 * kde-l10n-nn 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016016.html
 * kde-l10n-pa 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016019.html
 * kde-l10n-pl 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016018.html
 * kde-l10n-pt 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016020.html
 * kde-l10n-ptbr 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016021.html
 * kde-l10n-ro 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016022.html
 * kde-l10n-ru 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016023.html
 * kde-l10n-si 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016025.html
 * kde-l10n-sk 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016024.html
 * kde-l10n-sl 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016026.html
 * kde-l10n-sr 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016027.html
 * kde-l10n-sv 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016028.html
 * kde-l10n-tg 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016029.html
 * kde-l10n-th 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016030.html
 * kde-l10n-tr 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016031.html
 * kde-l10n-ug 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016032.html
 * kde-l10n-uk 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016033.html
 * meta-kde 5:71~pre15ubuntu12.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016034.html
 * libkexiv2 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016035.html
 * libkipi 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016038.html
 * libksane 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016039.html
 * marble 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016040.html
 * okular 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016036.html
 * oxygen-icons 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016041.html
 * parley 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016042.html
 * pykde4 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016037.html
 * smokegen 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016044.html
 * smokeqt 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016043.html
 * gnome-settings-daemon 3.4.2-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016045.html
 * cairo 1.10.2-6.1ubuntu3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016046.html
 * ubiquity 2.10.17 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016047.html
 * wxwidgets2.8 2.8.12.1-6ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016048.html
 * isc-dhcp 4.1.ESV-R4-0ubuntu5.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016049.html
 * synapse 0.2.8.2-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016050.html
 * lxkeymap 0.7.99+dfsg-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016051.html
 * unity-mail 0.92.3~12.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016052.html
 * csound 1:5.17.6~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016053.html
 * eggdrop 1.6.19-1.2ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016054.html
 * kde-workspace 4:4.8.3-0ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016055.html
 * linux-ti-omap4 3.2.0-1413.17 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016056.html
 * linux-ti-omap4 3.2.0-1413.17 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016057.html
 * linux-meta-ti-omap4 3.2.0.1413.13 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016058.html
 * linux-meta-ti-omap4 3.2.0.1413.13 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016059.html
 * ubuntuone-client-gnome 3.0.1-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016060.html
 * xoscope 2.0-3.1ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016061.html
 * rpcbind 0.2.0-7ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016062.html
 * samba 2:3.6.3-2ubuntu2.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016063.html
 * openjdk-7 7~u3-2.1.1~pre1-1ubuntu3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016064.html
 * nut- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016065.html
 * lxc 0.7.5-3ubuntu57 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016066.html
 * mcollective 1.2.1+dfsg-2ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016067.html
 * qwt 6.0.0-1ubuntu1.12.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016068.html
 * hgview 1.5.0-3ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016069.html
 * pulseaudio 1:1.1-0ubuntu15.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016070.html
 * pastebinit 1.3-2ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016071.html
 * shared-mime-info 1.0-0ubuntu4.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016072.html
 * pango1.0 1.30.0-0ubuntu3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/016073.html
 * juju 0.5+bzr531-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-June/016074.html
 * sudo 1.8.3p1-1ubuntu3.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-June/016075.html
 * bzr 2.5.1-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-June/016076.html
 * amavisd-new 1:2.6.5-0ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-June/016077.html
 * network-manager 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu4.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-June/016078.html
 * xsettings-kde 0.12.3-0ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-June/016079.html
 * linux-ti-omap4 3.2.0-1414.19 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-June/016080.html
 * linux-meta-ti-omap4 3.2.0.1414.14 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-June/016081.html
 * cups 1.5.3-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-June/016082.html
 * unity-lens-video 0.3.5-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-June/016083.html
 * lxc 0.7.5-3ubuntu58 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-June/016084.html
 * grub2 1.99-21ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-June/016085.html
 * software-center 5.2.2.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-June/016086.html
 * libgcrypt11 1.5.0-3ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-June/016087.html
 * gnome-control-center 1:3.4.2-0ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-June/016088.html
 * wxwidgets2.8 2.8.12.1-6ubuntu2.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-June/016089.html

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Contents

  1. In This Issue
  2. General Community News
    1. New Membership Board Members
    2. Humble Indie Bundle 5 comes to the Ubuntu Software Centre
  3. Ubuntu Stats
    1. Bug Stats
    2. Translation Stats Precise
    3. Ubuntu Brainstorm Top this week
    4. Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions this week
  4. Launchpad News
    1. Bug Linking Part 1
    2. A story of a clinic
  5. Ubuntu Forums News
    1. Ubuntu Forums Monthly Report – May 2012
  6. The Planet
    1. David Wonderly: Kubuntu Community Update
    2. Victor Tuson Palau: [A JuJu Adventure] Splitting my charm out
    3. Jono Bacon: Ubuntu Accomplishments Web Gallery: Django Developers Needed and Ask Ubuntu Documentation Needed
    4. Eric Hammond: Installing AWS Command Line Tools Using Ubuntu Packages
    5. Barneedhar: Ask Ubuntu update for May 2012
    6. Lubuntu Blog: LXScreenshot & LXFind
    7. Charlene Tessier: Ubuntu Vancouver Simplifies Your Life...Again
    8. Kubuntu: Plasma and KDE Applications 4.8.3 Updates
  7. In The Press
    1. Precision and purpose: Ubuntu 12.04 and the Unity HUD reviewed
  8. In The Blogosphere
    1. Dell: ARM Servers Promote Ubuntu, Hadoop Partnerships
    2. Ubuntu’s HUD: Heuristic Universal Discovery
    3. Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Review
    4. Linux4Afrika Training
    5. Mark Shuttleworth Opens UbuCon Latin America [video]
  9. In Other News
    1. Is Xfce a GNOME and Unity Replacement?
    2. ubuntu-manual-precise: call for editors
  10. Other Articles of Interest
  11. Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  12. Upcoming Meetings and Events
  13. Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 11.04, 11.10 and 12.04
    1. Security Updates
    2. Ubuntu 8.04 Updates
    3. Ubuntu 10.04 Updates
    4. Ubuntu 11.04 Updates
    5. Ubuntu 11.10 Updates
    6. Ubuntu 12.04 Updates
  14. Subscribe
  15. Archives
  16. Additional Ubuntu News
  17. Conclusion
  18. Credits
  19. Glossary of Terms
  20. Ubuntu - Get Involved
  21. Feedback

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WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue ## for the week May 28 - June 3, 2012.

In This Issue

General Community News

New Membership Board Members

The Ubuntu Regional Membership Boards were recently merged into time-based boards and restaffing was done to replace board members who have recently expired.

The following new members have now been added:

12:00 Membership Board:

22:00 Membership Board:

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2012-May/001567.html

Humble Indie Bundle 5 comes to the Ubuntu Software Centre

Canonical partners with Humble Indie Bundle to bring their newest collection of games to the Ubuntu Software Center. Users pay what they want for the games and part of the proceeds go to charity. Canonical also commits to contributing $100 for every 5000 Facebook likes a page of any of the games in this Humble Indie Bundle gets.

http://blog.canonical.com/2012/05/31/humble-indie-bundle-5-comes-to-the-ubuntu-software-centre/

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open (94900) -90 over last week
  • Critical (69) -1 over last week
  • Unconfirmed (48455) +125 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 Precise

  • English (Australia) (1771) -326 over last week
  • Spanish (11437) -18 over last week
  • English (United Kingdom) (21391) -9 over last week
  • Bosnian (37418) +3 over last week
  • Brazilian Portuguese (46986) -121 over last week

Remaining strings to translate in Ubuntu 12.04 "Precise Pangolin", see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise/ and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Translations

Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 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

Launchpad News

Bug Linking Part 1

Curtis Hovey of the Launchpad team discusses the current state of bug linking and writes “Launchpad has always recognized that a bug can affect many project and packages.” And notes that problems which occur considering bugs: bug fixing problem - one bug affects a lot of projects but linkage is the issue, bug visibility problem - public/private, duplicate problem. Due to these issues, “Launchpad team is planning a new feature that will allow someone to link bugs to each other and describe their relationship. The general idea is that person can say one bug depends of the fix of another.”

http://blog.launchpad.net/general/bug-linking-part-1

A story of a clinic

Graham Binns shares his experience with Launchpad clinic session which was held at UDS-Q. The Launchpad clinic sessions are there for discussing about improving work at Launchpad, lessons learned and lessons that are yet to be learned. He describes the first day of the clinic as busy and got “a bit fuzzy, because I was always answering someone’s question or being root on an EC2 instance for someone else. When Laura told us that our time was up I was, I have to confess, somewhat surprised.” In all Binns reports that the event was “massively positive” and “a genuine development community out there for Launchpad, and people really are keen to make changes.”

http://blog.launchpad.net/general/a-story-of-a-clinic

Ubuntu Forums News

Ubuntu Forums Monthly Report – May 2012

In this report, s.fox reports about the new HTML theme for Forums, the removal of Google analytics, the effort to move tutorials to a wiki, successful applicants for Ubuntu membership, her involvement in Jono Bacon’s accomplishment system, the next Forum Council meeting and more.

http://serial-coder.co.uk/blog/2012/05/ubuntu-forums-monthly-report-may-2012/

The Planet

David Wonderly: Kubuntu Community Update

David Wonderly gave a brief review on what is new in Kubuntu world. Key points include:

  • Meeting with Canonical
  • Canonical’s sponsorship
  • Blue Systems company role
  • Kubuntu’s non profit foundation
  • Kubuntu Active (KDE Plasma Active)

http://www.wonderly.com/?p=160

Victor Tuson Palau: [A JuJu Adventure] Splitting my charm out

Victor Palau shares his work on Wordpress blog configuration (plug-ins and theme) with juju. Also, he shares his work with already existing Wordpress plug-in from charm store.

http://victorpalau.net/2012/05/29/a-juju-adventure-splitting-my-charm-out/

Jono Bacon: Ubuntu Accomplishments Web Gallery: Django Developers Needed and Ask Ubuntu Documentation Needed

Jono Bacon puts out a call for volunteers in two sections of his Ubuntu Accomplishments project. First, he wants to bring Ubuntu Accomplishments to the web, saying that the “idea is that a user can voluntarily show their accomplishments online. When this is enabled you can browse all of their accomplishments on one page.” Therefore he calls Django developers to involve with project and help out. Secondly, he has a plan to “get Ask Ubuntu accomplishments into the 0.2. version of Ubuntu Accomplishments which release is planned for the next week.” Due to that, he calls for help with the documentation. Jono stated: “While we have all the Ask Ubuntu accomplishments working and all the tests written, we still need help to get the documentation written for all the badges.”

http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/05/28/ubuntu-accomplishments-web-gallery-django-developers-needed

http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/05/31/help-needed-ask-ubuntu-accomplishment-documentation

Eric Hammond: Installing AWS Command Line Tools Using Ubuntu Packages

Eric Hammond gives instructions how to install AWS command line tools namely, EC2 API and AMI tools, IAM - Identity and access management, RDS- relational database service, Cloud formation (only on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise), ELB - Elastic load balancer (only on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise).

http://alestic.com/2012/05/aws-command-line-packages

Barneedhar: Ask Ubuntu update for May 2012

Barneedhar (Dino Joker) reports that May has been very active month for Ask Ubuntu team and announces that they have reached 50,000 questions. He shares some of the “hottest questions” asked in May:

  • How to understand the Ubuntu file system layout?
  • How do I add DNS server via resolv.conf ?
  • Promoting an app in the Ubuntu software center through a ratings and reviews API
  • Is Seagate’s new FAST factor boot technology compatibile with Ubuntu

He goes on to discuss Ask Ubuntu integration with the rest of the community, saying that there are some plans and preliminary actions in that direction, including an IRC bot setup that posts links to the questions that have specific tags, currently #ubuntu-community-team, #juju and and #application-development.

http://unbrokenspectrum.wordpress.com/2012/05/29/ask-ubuntu-update-for-may-2012-2/

Lubuntu Blog: LXScreenshot & LXFind

The Lubuntu team shares some new additions Lubuntu’s application lineup, LXScreenshot and LXFind, which are available for testers from a PPA.

http://lubuntublog.blogspot.com/2012/05/lxscreenhot-lxfind.html

Charlene Tessier: Ubuntu Vancouver Simplifies Your Life...Again

Charlene Tessier shares that the Vancouver team, In conjunction with the BCIT Technical Writing Program, has updated the “Ubuntu. Simplify Your Life “ document, a Unity Orientation Guide for Ubuntu 12.04.

http://frenchfortunecookie.wordpress.com/2012/05/29/ubuntu-vancouver-simplifies-your-life-again/

Kubuntu: Plasma and KDE Applications 4.8.3 Updates

The Kubuntu team announces “Packages for the May updates of the KDE Platform, Workspaces and Applications 4.8.3 are available for Kubuntu 12.04 in the official repositories. As long as the precise-updates pocket is enabled (this is the default) you should receive this release as part of your normal system updates.”

http://www.kubuntu.org/news/kde-sc-4.8.3

In The Press

Precision and purpose: Ubuntu 12.04 and the Unity HUD reviewed

Arstechnica’s Ryan Paul does a thorough review of Ubuntu 12.04. The main point of the review are:

  • Unity, Global Menus, Dash and HUD
  • System Settings
  • Privacy
  • Scrollbars
  • Rhythmbox
  • Testing on Hardware

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/05/precision-and-purpose-ubuntu-12-04-and-the-unity-hud-reviewed/

In The Blogosphere

Dell: ARM Servers Promote Ubuntu, Hadoop Partnerships

The VAR Guy discusses Dell’s cooperation with Canonical and Cloudera in preparation of the next generation of ARM servers for “so called ‘hyperscale’ customer environments.” He goes on to say that “Dell believes that ARM based servers are ideally suited for customers running web front-end and Hadoop environments.”

http://www.thevarguy.com/2012/05/29/dell-arm-server-partnerships-promote-ubuntu-hadoop/

Ubuntu’s HUD: Heuristic Universal Discovery

Dean Howell shares his experience with different desktop environments/operating systems from Mac OS 9 to Ubuntu and it’s newest desktop features namely HUD. He states that “fresh ideas like HUD are the only thing pushing the Linux desktop forward.” Dean also states that Unity is innovating and with each release becomes more and more compelling.

http://www.thepowerbase.com/2012/05/ubuntus-hud-heuristic-universal-discovery/

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Review

Silviu Stahle of Softpedia gives a thorough Ubuntu 12.04 review. Highlights of this review include installation, features, advantages and disadvanges. Silviu finished review by saying “It's good, but it should have been better. I understand it supposed to be Long Term Support but Canonical shouldn't have used it as an excuse to limit the number of new features.”

http://www.softpedia.com/reviews/linux/Ubuntu-LTS-Review-272937.shtml

Linux4Afrika Training

Benedict Stein shares new work being done on the Linux4Afrika project. Recently they have struggled with how to run MS Office 2007 under Ubuntu, as some of the Linux4Afrika partners which government still use it. Benedict also shared information about training efforts.

http://benste.blogspot.com/2012/05/linux4afrika-training.html

Mark Shuttleworth Opens UbuCon Latin America [video]

Joey Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! Shares the video where Mark Shuttleworth opens UbuCon Latin America where Shuttleworth highlights FLOSS adoption and innovation. With his opening message he encouraged Latin America to step forward considering FLOSS, extruding Ubuntu, and to continue with good work in that direction.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/06/mark-shuttleworth-opens-ubucon-latin-america-video

In Other News

Is Xfce a GNOME and Unity Replacement?

Bruce Byfield of Datamation reviews features in the latest release of Xfce, 4.10, including move of local help files online, changes to the Thunar file manager, extra rows available for the panel, new settings manager and more. Byfield goes on to as “To what extent is the latest version of Xfce an alternative for those who miss GNOME 2?” and concludes “Xfce is not splashy. In places, it is almost old-fashioned or crude. But in the end, what really matters for most users is that, as the release notes and tour for the 4.10 release make clear, Xfce is concerned with providing what its users request. It's an attitude that many feel is rare among Linux desktop alternatives today.”

http://www.datamation.com/open-source/is-xfce-a-gnome-and-unity-replacement-1.html

ubuntu-manual-precise: call for editors

Hannie Dumoleyn of the Ubuntu Manual team announces that the Ubuntu Manual Team is seeking editors and proofreaders for the current draft of Getting Started with Ubuntu 12.04, outlining tasks which need to be completed and explaining how to get in touch to help out.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2012-May/001568.html

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