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## This section is for various "Thank You's" and appreciation stories from the community. ## These stories can come from any source: Planet, Facebook, Twitter, Identi.ca, Blogs, News, Press etc. ## Team Leaders throughout the community should be encouraged to put their stories here as well. |
=== Thank you Xubuntu social media admins === Xubuntu embraces social media, jumping from zero to four social media outlets in the year past and thanks the admins who run them. “All of these resources are linked at the bottom of every page on Xubuntu.org.” http://xubuntu.org/news/thank-you-xubuntu-social-media-admins/ |
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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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## 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. ## Announcements are often posted in the Community Cafe: ## http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=11 == Ubuntu Cloud News == ## This section largely draws from the aggregated blog at http://cloud.ubuntu.com/ |
=== Launchpad does not have private projects…yet. === Curtis Hovey writes about problems considering private projects and Purple squad work progress on Disclosure feature. Hovey states: ”I think the problem here is that Launchpad squads no longer use Launchpad to plan and execute work. There is no place for any interested party to see what the goals of Disclosure is and gauge how we are progressing.” Hovey also brings Disclosure draft report where it is visible what Purple squad is doing, has recently done, will do next. Disclosure draft report is visible at http://people.canonical.com/~curtis/lp-milestone/report.html http://blog.launchpad.net/general/launchpad-does-not-have-private-projects-yet |
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## This section is for Ubuntu News from "The Planet" at http://planet.ubuntu.com/ | === Charlene Tessier: Make It Yours – A Guide to Lenses and Scopes === Charlene Tessier shares a quick-start guide to understanding Unity lenses and scopes. It covers what each of them are and how users can take advantage of them. http://frenchfortunecookie.wordpress.com/2012/07/09/make-it-yours-a-guide-to-lenses-and-scopes/ === Ubuntu TV: Ubuntu TV Weekly Update === This week’s Ubuntu TV update covers news about the port from Unity 2D to 3D, a working stand-alone mode, and scopes including Video, Music, DVR, and Pictures, as well as more technical notes about metadata and removing Qt to make way for Nux. http://www.doadjustyourset.com/2012/07/09/ubuntu-tv-weekly-update/ === Barneedhar: Test Quantal kernels on Precise === Testing Quantal kernels in 12.04 is a great way to help the kernel team to provide better hardware support in the 12.04 release. The post outlines the steps necessary to download, install, and test the newer kernel versions. Any bugs should be reported in launchpad. http://unbrokenspectrum.wordpress.com/2012/07/12/test-quantal-kernels-on-precise/ === David Henningsson: Top five wrong ways to fix your audio === David Henningsson writes about five common, outdated ways people try to fix issues with audio. Among the suggestions are not trying to update ALSA, not purging Pulse``Audio, and not replacing ALSA with OSS. http://voices.canonical.com/david.henningsson/2012/07/13/top-five-wrong-ways-to-fix-your-audio/ === Ubuntu App Developer Blog: Ubuntu App Showdown: let the voting begin! === David Planella reports that out of a surprising 150 applicants to the Ubuntu App Showdown, a remarkable 132 of them are qualified and have made it to the final list, which has now been released. Judges will now have a full week to test and vote on the apps. Meanwhile, apps will begin being added to the Software Centre, where users will review and rate the apps to decide the community portion of the contest. http://developer.ubuntu.com/2012/07/ubuntu-app-showdown-let-the-voting-begin/ |
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## This section comes from blog.canonical.com | === Changes to Contacts === The Ubuntu One team is announcing that they are removing the Facebook contact import and sync feature in Ubuntu One. They cite turning off old features reliant on the old infrastructure in favor of moving to a new syncing infrastrcuture, U1DB. Users who have already added their Facebook contacts will continue to have access to that information. http://voices.canonical.com/ubuntuone/2012/07/11/changes-to-contacts/ |
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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 |
=== Canonical, the FSF and the Ongoing Secure Boot Saga === Linux Inside reports on the continuing back-and-forth between the Free Software Foundation and Canonical over the proposed plan to overcome issues with secure boot. Disagreements of licenses and a shift to an alternate bootloader, as opposed to Grub 2, are among the top issues discussed. http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/75612.html === Must have missing features in Ubuntu === Datamation writes on missing features that new users to Ubuntu, or Linux in general, are expecting when migrating over. One of the features is system restore, which lets users move back to a known good working installation of the operating system. Other missing features include wide-spread inclusions of driver discs with new hardware from the manufacturers, and the ability to easily install software without an active Internet connection. http://www.datamation.com/open-source/must-have-missing-features-in-ubuntu-1.html === Dell's Ubuntu Laptop Program Enters Beta, 'Blows Away' Expectations === Katherine Noyes, PCWorld, reports on the success of Project Sputnik, the effort that resulted prototype open source laptop based on Ubuntu 12.04 and Dell’s XPS 13 hardware. Now entering the Beta phase, interested parties are asked to sign up to participate. “We've been blown away by the number of people who have wanted to be beta participants,” Barton George of Dell explains and goes on to say “if this gets the traction I think it will, you can bet Dell will start looking at others who would benefit from a similar solution.” http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/259229/dells_ubuntu_laptop_program_enters_beta_blows_away_expectations.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. |
=== Thunderfork: Canonical’s Chance To Expand Its Ecosystem With Thunderbird === Dean Howell, The Power``Base, writes about Canonical’s innovations around GUI. Considering innovations, Howell gave biggest accent on Thunderbird and its future. Howell states:”Thunderbird integration in Unity is a hack-job. Forking Thunderbird and bending it to fit the will of Ubuntu makes sense. Forking the project and making a version available for Android and iOS to gain adoption, increase mind-share and raise the visibility of it’s cloud services is simply genius.” http://www.thepowerbase.com/2012/07/thunderfork-canonicals-chance-to-expand-its-ecosystem-with-thunderbird/ === All About Ubuntu One === Hoo Ann, Ezine@rticles, posts about Ubuntu one features an benefits from its usage namely: storage, online backup, folder/file synchronisation, availability and approachability from other OS, music streaming. Ann states: “Ubuntu One with 5GB of free storage is better than Dropbox and equal to Sugarsync and Google Drive.” http://ezinearticles.com/?All-About-Ubuntu-One&id=7125827 === There‘s no shortage of Asus Ubuntu netbooks in Italy === Joey Sneddon, OMG!Ubuntu!, posts about shortage of ASUS netbooks, preloaded with Ubuntu, in UK. Considering shortage, Sneddon mentions that in Italy is a completely different situation. Since the source, where Sneddon pulled information from, is in Italian, Sneddon brings some specs of ASUS netbooks to make it easier to ones who are not familiar with Italian language. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/07/theres-no-shortage-of-asus-ubuntu-netbooks-in-italy === Preloaded Ubuntu laptops all set to compete against Windows === Vaibhav Panwar, REVTHATUP, posts about: Ubuntu’s competition with Windows, Canonical’s partnership with Dell, entrance into new markets like India and China and advantages of Ubuntu. http://www.revthatup.com/preloaded-ubuntu-laptops-all-set-to-compete-against-windows/ === New Session Menu Lands in Ubuntu 12.10 === Joey Sneddon, (OMG!Ubuntu), brings comparison between the old and new session menu under Ubuntu. Sneddon states:”The new applet merges items from the previously separate User and System menus into one new look, unified drop-down.” http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/07/new-session-menu-lands-in-ubuntu-12-10 === India Can Be Ubuntu's Impenetrable Fort === Swapnil Bhartiya, (Muktware), posts about Ubuntu’s entrance into India market and features/benefits that Ubuntu brings to potential users. Bhartiya also compares Ubuntu with Windows and he points out possibilities considering installment of Ubuntu. http://www.muktware.com/3890/india-can-be-ubuntus-impenetrable-fort |
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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 Developers Discuss UEFI Secure``Boot Plans - http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTEzNjU * Another way Around Linux Windows Secure``Boot problem - http://www.zdnet.com/another-way-around-linuxs-windows-secureboot-problem-7000000829/# * More Teeny-Tiny Linux PCs are Arriving - http://ostatic.com/blog/more-teeny-tiny-linux-pcs-are-arriving * Debian Wants To Work With Its Offspring (Ubuntu) - http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTEzOTQ * A New 3D Action RPG Game is Coming to Linux - http://www.ubuntuvibes.com/2012/07/a-new-3d-action-rpg-game-is-coming-to.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 |
* Kernel Team - July 10, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Meeting#Tues.2C_10_July_2012 * QA Team - July 11, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Meetings/QA/20120711 * Desktop Team - July 10, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Meeting/2012-07-10 * Security Team - July 9, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20120709 * Server Team - July 10, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/20120710 |
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* Your Name Here | * Elizabeth Krumbach * Jasna Benčić * Nathan Dyer * Nathan Handler |
WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 274 for the week July 9 - 15, 2012.
In This Issue
General Community News
Welcome New Members
Community Acknowledgments and Success Stories
Thank you Xubuntu social media admins
Xubuntu embraces social media, jumping from zero to four social media outlets in the year past and thanks the admins who run them. “All of these resources are linked at the bottom of every page on Xubuntu.org.”
http://xubuntu.org/news/thank-you-xubuntu-social-media-admins/
Ubuntu Stats
Bug Stats
- Open (#) +/- # over last week
- Critical (#) +/- # over last week
- Unconfirmed (#) +/- # over last week
As always, the Bug Squad needs more help. If you want to get started, please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad
Translation Stats Precise
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
- Language (#) +/- # 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 5 this week
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Ubuntu Brainstorm is a community site geared toward letting you add your ideas for Ubuntu. You can submit your own idea, or vote for or against another idea. http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/
Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions this week
Ask (and answer!) your own questions at http://askubuntu.com
Launchpad News
Launchpad does not have private projects…yet.
Curtis Hovey writes about problems considering private projects and Purple squad work progress on Disclosure feature. Hovey states: ”I think the problem here is that Launchpad squads no longer use Launchpad to plan and execute work. There is no place for any interested party to see what the goals of Disclosure is and gauge how we are progressing.”
Hovey also brings Disclosure draft report where it is visible what Purple squad is doing, has recently done, will do next. Disclosure draft report is visible at http://people.canonical.com/~curtis/lp-milestone/report.html
http://blog.launchpad.net/general/launchpad-does-not-have-private-projects-yet
The Planet
Charlene Tessier: Make It Yours – A Guide to Lenses and Scopes
Charlene Tessier shares a quick-start guide to understanding Unity lenses and scopes. It covers what each of them are and how users can take advantage of them.
http://frenchfortunecookie.wordpress.com/2012/07/09/make-it-yours-a-guide-to-lenses-and-scopes/
Ubuntu TV: Ubuntu TV Weekly Update
This week’s Ubuntu TV update covers news about the port from Unity 2D to 3D, a working stand-alone mode, and scopes including Video, Music, DVR, and Pictures, as well as more technical notes about metadata and removing Qt to make way for Nux.
http://www.doadjustyourset.com/2012/07/09/ubuntu-tv-weekly-update/
Barneedhar: Test Quantal kernels on Precise
Testing Quantal kernels in 12.04 is a great way to help the kernel team to provide better hardware support in the 12.04 release. The post outlines the steps necessary to download, install, and test the newer kernel versions. Any bugs should be reported in launchpad.
http://unbrokenspectrum.wordpress.com/2012/07/12/test-quantal-kernels-on-precise/
David Henningsson: Top five wrong ways to fix your audio
David Henningsson writes about five common, outdated ways people try to fix issues with audio. Among the suggestions are not trying to update ALSA, not purging PulseAudio, and not replacing ALSA with OSS.
http://voices.canonical.com/david.henningsson/2012/07/13/top-five-wrong-ways-to-fix-your-audio/
Ubuntu App Developer Blog: Ubuntu App Showdown: let the voting begin!
David Planella reports that out of a surprising 150 applicants to the Ubuntu App Showdown, a remarkable 132 of them are qualified and have made it to the final list, which has now been released. Judges will now have a full week to test and vote on the apps. Meanwhile, apps will begin being added to the Software Centre, where users will review and rate the apps to decide the community portion of the contest.
http://developer.ubuntu.com/2012/07/ubuntu-app-showdown-let-the-voting-begin/
Canonical News
Changes to Contacts
The Ubuntu One team is announcing that they are removing the Facebook contact import and sync feature in Ubuntu One. They cite turning off old features reliant on the old infrastructure in favor of moving to a new syncing infrastrcuture, U1DB. Users who have already added their Facebook contacts will continue to have access to that information.
http://voices.canonical.com/ubuntuone/2012/07/11/changes-to-contacts/
In The Press
Canonical, the FSF and the Ongoing Secure Boot Saga
Linux Inside reports on the continuing back-and-forth between the Free Software Foundation and Canonical over the proposed plan to overcome issues with secure boot. Disagreements of licenses and a shift to an alternate bootloader, as opposed to Grub 2, are among the top issues discussed.
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/75612.html
Must have missing features in Ubuntu
Datamation writes on missing features that new users to Ubuntu, or Linux in general, are expecting when migrating over. One of the features is system restore, which lets users move back to a known good working installation of the operating system. Other missing features include wide-spread inclusions of driver discs with new hardware from the manufacturers, and the ability to easily install software without an active Internet connection.
http://www.datamation.com/open-source/must-have-missing-features-in-ubuntu-1.html
Dell's Ubuntu Laptop Program Enters Beta, 'Blows Away' Expectations
Katherine Noyes, PCWorld, reports on the success of Project Sputnik, the effort that resulted prototype open source laptop based on Ubuntu 12.04 and Dell’s XPS 13 hardware. Now entering the Beta phase, interested parties are asked to sign up to participate. “We've been blown away by the number of people who have wanted to be beta participants,” Barton George of Dell explains and goes on to say “if this gets the traction I think it will, you can bet Dell will start looking at others who would benefit from a similar solution.”
In The Blogosphere
Thunderfork: Canonical’s Chance To Expand Its Ecosystem With Thunderbird
Dean Howell, The PowerBase, writes about Canonical’s innovations around GUI. Considering innovations, Howell gave biggest accent on Thunderbird and its future. Howell states:”Thunderbird integration in Unity is a hack-job. Forking Thunderbird and bending it to fit the will of Ubuntu makes sense. Forking the project and making a version available for Android and iOS to gain adoption, increase mind-share and raise the visibility of it’s cloud services is simply genius.”
All About Ubuntu One
Hoo Ann, Ezine@rticles, posts about Ubuntu one features an benefits from its usage namely: storage, online backup, folder/file synchronisation, availability and approachability from other OS, music streaming. Ann states: “Ubuntu One with 5GB of free storage is better than Dropbox and equal to Sugarsync and Google Drive.” http://ezinearticles.com/?All-About-Ubuntu-One&id=7125827
There‘s no shortage of Asus Ubuntu netbooks in Italy
Joey Sneddon, OMG!Ubuntu!, posts about shortage of ASUS netbooks, preloaded with Ubuntu, in UK. Considering shortage, Sneddon mentions that in Italy is a completely different situation. Since the source, where Sneddon pulled information from, is in Italian, Sneddon brings some specs of ASUS netbooks to make it easier to ones who are not familiar with Italian language.
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/07/theres-no-shortage-of-asus-ubuntu-netbooks-in-italy
Preloaded Ubuntu laptops all set to compete against Windows
Vaibhav Panwar, REVTHATUP, posts about: Ubuntu’s competition with Windows, Canonical’s partnership with Dell, entrance into new markets like India and China and advantages of Ubuntu.
http://www.revthatup.com/preloaded-ubuntu-laptops-all-set-to-compete-against-windows/
New Session Menu Lands in Ubuntu 12.10
Joey Sneddon, (OMG!Ubuntu), brings comparison between the old and new session menu under Ubuntu. Sneddon states:”The new applet merges items from the previously separate User and System menus into one new look, unified drop-down.”
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/07/new-session-menu-lands-in-ubuntu-12-10
India Can Be Ubuntu's Impenetrable Fort
Swapnil Bhartiya, (Muktware), posts about Ubuntu’s entrance into India market and features/benefits that Ubuntu brings to potential users. Bhartiya also compares Ubuntu with Windows and he points out possibilities considering installment of Ubuntu.
http://www.muktware.com/3890/india-can-be-ubuntus-impenetrable-fort
Other Articles of Interest
Debian Developers Discuss UEFI SecureBoot Plans - http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTEzNjU
Another way Around Linux Windows SecureBoot problem - http://www.zdnet.com/another-way-around-linuxs-windows-secureboot-problem-7000000829/#
More Teeny-Tiny Linux PCs are Arriving - http://ostatic.com/blog/more-teeny-tiny-linux-pcs-are-arriving
Debian Wants To Work With Its Offspring (Ubuntu) - http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTEzOTQ
A New 3D Action RPG Game is Coming to Linux - http://www.ubuntuvibes.com/2012/07/a-new-3d-action-rpg-game-is-coming-to.html
Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
Kernel Team - July 10, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Meeting#Tues.2C_10_July_2012
QA Team - July 11, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Meetings/QA/20120711
Desktop Team - July 10, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Meeting/2012-07-10
Security Team - July 9, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20120709
Server Team - July 10, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/20120710
Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings
# Edubuntu Team, Lubuntu, Studio and Xubuntu currently (01/2012) have active regular meetings.
Monthly Team Reports: <MONTH> <YEAR>
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, 11.04, 11.10 and 12.04
Security Updates
Ubuntu 8.04 Updates
Ubuntu 10.04 Updates
Ubuntu 11.04 Updates
Ubuntu 11.10 Updates
Ubuntu 12.04 Updates
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UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue274 (last edited 2012-07-17 04:41:20 by lyz)