Issue282
WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 282 for the week September 3 - 9, 2012.
In This Issue
General Community News
Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) Beta 1 Released.
Kate Stewart announces the release of the Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) Beta 1:
“The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the first beta release of Ubuntu 12.10 Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products.
Codenamed "Quantal Quetzal", 12.10 continues Ubuntu's proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been hard at work through this cycle, introducing new features and fixing bugs.
For the client, this release now has a consolidated Ubuntu image. There is no longer a traditional CD sized image, DVD or alternate image, but rather a single 800MB Ubuntu image that can be used from USB or DVD. This change does not affect Ubuntu Server, which remains a traditional CD sized image.
With Ubuntu 12.10, Kubuntu, Edubuntu, Lubuntu, and Ubuntu Studio also reached Beta 1 status today. These images, along with Xubuntu will continue to have daily updates for the remainder of the release.”
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-release/2012-September/001883.html
Ubuntu 12.10 Beta 1 Reviews
Several blogs covered the release with details, screenshots and videos. The following are a sampling of those reviews selected by our editors. Summary writers: No need for summaries on each of these articles
Ubuntu 12.10 Beta 1 Has Firefox 15 - http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-12-10-Beta-1-Has-Firefox-15-290524.shtml
Ubuntu 12.10 Beta 1 Available for Download - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/09/ubuntu-12-10-beta-1-available-for-download
Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal Beta 1 Released Video, Screenshots - http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/ubuntu-1210-quantal-quetzal-beta-1.html
Edgy penguins test-fly Ubuntu's Quantal Quetzal - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/07/ubuntu_12_10_beta_1_review/
Welcome New Members and Developers
Results from the 2200 UTC Membership Board Meeting, September 6, 2012:
Chris Wilson (https://launchpad.net/~notgary | https://wiki.ubuntu.com/notgary)
Jeremy Kerr (https://launchpad.net/~jk-ozlabs | https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JeremyKerr)
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2012-September/001628.html
Community Acknowledgments and Success Stories
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
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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
LoCo News
Launchpad News
Ubuntu Forums News
Ubuntu Cloud News
The Planet
Canonical News
In The Press
In The Blogosphere
In Other News
Other Articles of Interest
Linaro 12.08 ARM OMAP4 Performance - http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=linaro_1208_omap4&num=1
A Few Thoughts on Why Businesses Resist Migration to Linux - http://linuxblog.darkduck.com/2012/08/why-businesses-resist-migration-to-linux.html
Belgium Government Open Sources Code Of Voting Machines - http://www.muktware.com/4268/belgium-government-open-sources-code-voting-machines
Linus Torvalds on the Linux desktop's popularity problems - http://www.zdnet.com/linus-torvalds-on-the-linux-desktops-popularity-problems-7000003641/
World's first Linux Ultrabook laptop costs as much as a Windows version - http://www.zdnet.com/worlds-first-linux-ultrabook-laptop-costs-as-much-as-a-windows-version-7000003753/
How would you fix the Linux desktop? - http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/293349/how-would-you-fix-linux-desktop
Two more tiny, sub-$100 Linux PCs join the fray - http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/262009/two_more_tiny_sub100_linux_pcs_join_the_fray.html
Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
Kernel Team - September 4, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Meeting#Tues.2C_04_Sep_2012
QA Team - September 5, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Meetings/QA/20120905
Desktop Team - September 4, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Meeting/2012-09-04
Server Team - September 4, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/20120904
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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