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=== Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) Beta 2 Released! === Kate Stewart announces the “final beta release of Ubuntu 12.10 Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products” and “Ubuntu 12.10, Kubuntu, Edubuntu, Lubuntu, Xubuntu and Ubuntu Studio also reached Beta 2 status.” More information about the new features in Ubuntu and its recognized flavors can be found on the following links: * http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/ * https://wiki.kubuntu.org/QuantalQuetzal/Beta2/Kubuntu * http://www.edubuntu.org * http://xubuntu.org/news/quantalbeta2/ * https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu Instructions for upgrade from Ubuntu 12.04 to Ubuntu 12.10 can be found on the following link: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/QuantalUpgrades https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-release/2012-September/001979.html === Code of Conduct v2: Request for feedback === The Community Council is making a call, looking for feedback on the Code of Conduct v2, for discussion on their next meeting, on the 4th of October. You can send feedback to czajkowski AT ubuntu DOT com for it to get added to the ideas wiki page. http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2012/09/27/code-of-conduct-v2-request-for-feedback/ |
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| ## Browse ubuntu-news-team list for announcements of new Ubuntu members. ## developers or PPU ## Forums and IRC also grant membership, where to look for those? ## Format: Results for the $foo Board Meeting DATE ## * Name (launchpad profile | wiki page) |
At the 26/09/2012 1200 UTC Membership meeting we welcomed one new Member to our official Ubuntu Membership! * Julian Fernandes (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/julianfernandes | https://launchpad.net/~julianfernandes) https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2012-September/001658.html |
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| ## 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/ |
=== New members for Uruguay’s Community Council === Pablo Rubianes informs us that Uruguay Community council got five new members: Daniel mato, Alejandro Esperon (Ratman), Carlos Ney Pastor, Eduardo Ricobaldi and Rubianes himself. http://pablorubianes.wordpress.com/2012/09/24/new-members-for-uruguays-community-council/ === Countdown banner 12.10 from Ubuntu Greece === George Chirstofis of Greek Ubuntu community shares that they have created Ubuntu 12.10 countdown banner. Christofis gives detailed instructions how to download banner, adjust it to wanted language and integrate it on the web site. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/loco-contacts/2012-September/005967.html === Volle Kontrolle Erlangen! Unity Lenses and Scopes, in German! === Randall Ross shares Fast Edi!’s contributions considering spreading the word to his students about Ubuntu and translation of another Unity guide, this time in German. http://randall.executiv.es/unity_volle_kontrolle_erlangen |
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| ## This section is for news from the Launchpad Blog at http://blog.launchpad.net/ | === Parallel Testing is live === Laura Czajkowski of Launchpad reports that Parallel Testing is complete and that Web``Ops have finished parallel testing in buildbot. Czajkowski points out that if some problems occur during the parallel testing usage, people should visit following links for help: * http://lpbuildbot.canonical.com/waterfall * https://dev.launchpad.net/yellow/ParallelTestingTroubleshooting http://blog.launchpad.net/performance/parallel-testing-is-live === Launchpad JavaScript now combo loaded and faster than ever. === Richard Harding of Launchpad informs us that “Launchpad has moved from YUI 3.3.0 to 3.5.1 and is now served by the combo loader. This change provides a faster experience for users along with easier maintenance and new Java``Script library features for developers.” http://blog.launchpad.net/general/launchpad-javascript-now-combo-loaded-and-faster-than-ever === Mercurial Imports will end on October 5th === Matthew Revell of Launchpad shares that “on the 5th of October they’ll be ending their beta of Mercurial imports in Launchpad. On that day existing Mercurial imports will cease and there won’t be any possibility to create new ones.” However, Revell points out that “this doesn’t affect Bazaar, Git, Subversion or CVS imports.” Reason for Mercurial ending is low usage and low quality. http://blog.launchpad.net/notifications/mercurial-imports-will-end-on-october-5th |
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| ## This section largely draws from the aggregated blog at http://cloud.ubuntu.com/ | === How we ran the scheduler for the Linux Plumbers conference === Jorge Castro discusses how Ubuntu’s cloud team, together with Summit OSS maintainer Chris Johnston hosted, deployed and managed Linux plumbers conference schedule via juju. Since Castro and his team are “generalizing this work into a more generic Django charm,” anyone interested can contact Castro. Help is not required just with Django but with “Pyramid, nodejs, Rails and $your_favorite_web_platform” as well. http://www.jorgecastro.org/2012/09/26/how-we-ran-the-scheduler-for-the-linux-plumbers-conference/ === [Juju Adventure] Live testing === Victor Tuson Palau continues his blog series on demonstrating how Ubuntu is the best environment to write up “connected” or “cloud backend” Android Apps using Juju with “How to test if it all works in a production environment?” http://victorpalau.net/2012/09/26/juju-adventure-live-testing/ |
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| ## This section is for Ubuntu News from "The Planet" at http://planet.ubuntu.com/ | === Xubuntu: Offline documentation rewritten for 12.10 === The Xubuntu team announces that offline documentation has been refreshed for the 12.10 cycle. Included among the changes are restructured content, updated documentation to reflect new default applications, and completely rewritten sections. http://xubuntu.org/news/offline-documentation-rewritten-for-12-10/ === Jono Bacon: More Information About Online Dash Search Privacy === Jono Bacon responds to some of the concern about user privacy that has risen since the inclusion of the ability for the Dash to search external sources for results. After speaking with John Lenton, Senior Engineering Manager, Jono reassures users that no user-identifiable data is retrieved during the search, and that Canonical does not perform any kind of user tracking. They also touched upon concerns about the searches being unencrypted, saying “we are currently working to encrypt these dash searches ready for the release of this feature in Ubuntu 12.10.” In a later post, Bacon re-enforces that the shopping lens is still under development and testing, and that there will be an option to easily disable it. http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/09/25/more-information-about-online-dash-search-privacy/ http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/09/27/online-dash-search-update/ === Charlene Tessier: In Response – Ubuntu: Re-Doing the Possible === Charlene Tessier writes about problems around Ubuntu usage and adoption and criticism by existing users about recent changes to the operating system, speculating that 99% of people don’t know what Ubuntu is or what is it for. We want to reach all of these other people, so Tessier thinks that solution for the adoption problem is to go out on the street and talk with people who haven’t used Ubuntu yet and see what they like and prefer. http://frenchfortunecookie.wordpress.com/2012/09/26/in-response-ubuntu-re-doing-the-possible/ === Stéphane Graber: Introducing the python LXC API === Stéphane Graber introduces the python LXC API that makes it easy for developers to work with the LXC library and also accessible from other languages with some bindings and how the initial implementation of the API has been pushed to the LXC staging branch on github and into the LXC package of Ubuntu 12.10. http://www.stgraber.org/2012/09/28/introducing-the-python-lxc-api/ === Jono Bacon: Ubuntu Accomplishments 0.3 Released! === Jono Bacon announces the release of Ubuntu Accomplishments 0.3. This update focuses on bringing improvements in quality. Notable new features are an improved My Trophies section, new filters, and social media integration. There has also been a lot of work during this version cycle in creating a web gallery that will, in the future, allow trophies to be viewed or shared online. http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/09/29/ubuntu-accomplishments-0-3-released/ === Barneedhar: Ask Ubuntu update for September 2012 === Barneedhar reports on the generally favorable feedback for Ask Ubuntu, Marco Ceppi, one of the community moderator’s interview by Mark Johnson for OSS Watch, a note on the updated Wikipedia page the list of top five contributors in September, hottest questions of the month and more. http://unbrokenspectrum.wordpress.com/2012/09/29/ask-ubuntu-update-for-september-2012/ |
WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue ## for the week September 24 - 30, 2012.
In This Issue
General Community News
Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) Beta 2 Released!
Kate Stewart announces the “final beta release of Ubuntu 12.10 Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products” and “Ubuntu 12.10, Kubuntu, Edubuntu, Lubuntu, Xubuntu and Ubuntu Studio also reached Beta 2 status.”
More information about the new features in Ubuntu and its recognized flavors can be found on the following links:
Instructions for upgrade from Ubuntu 12.04 to Ubuntu 12.10 can be found on the following link: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/QuantalUpgrades
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-release/2012-September/001979.html
Code of Conduct v2: Request for feedback
The Community Council is making a call, looking for feedback on the Code of Conduct v2, for discussion on their next meeting, on the 4th of October. You can send feedback to czajkowski AT ubuntu DOT com for it to get added to the ideas wiki page.
http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2012/09/27/code-of-conduct-v2-request-for-feedback/
Welcome New Members and Developers
At the 26/09/2012 1200 UTC Membership meeting we welcomed one new Member to our official Ubuntu Membership!
Julian Fernandes (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/julianfernandes | https://launchpad.net/~julianfernandes)
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2012-September/001658.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 Quantal
- 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 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal", see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/quantal/ 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
New members for Uruguay’s Community Council
Pablo Rubianes informs us that Uruguay Community council got five new members: Daniel mato, Alejandro Esperon (Ratman), Carlos Ney Pastor, Eduardo Ricobaldi and Rubianes himself.
http://pablorubianes.wordpress.com/2012/09/24/new-members-for-uruguays-community-council/
Countdown banner 12.10 from Ubuntu Greece
George Chirstofis of Greek Ubuntu community shares that they have created Ubuntu 12.10 countdown banner. Christofis gives detailed instructions how to download banner, adjust it to wanted language and integrate it on the web site.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/loco-contacts/2012-September/005967.html
Volle Kontrolle Erlangen! Unity Lenses and Scopes, in German!
Randall Ross shares Fast Edi!’s contributions considering spreading the word to his students about Ubuntu and translation of another Unity guide, this time in German.
http://randall.executiv.es/unity_volle_kontrolle_erlangen
Launchpad News
Parallel Testing is live
Laura Czajkowski of Launchpad reports that Parallel Testing is complete and that WebOps have finished parallel testing in buildbot. Czajkowski points out that if some problems occur during the parallel testing usage, people should visit following links for help:
http://blog.launchpad.net/performance/parallel-testing-is-live
Launchpad JavaScript now combo loaded and faster than ever.
Richard Harding of Launchpad informs us that “Launchpad has moved from YUI 3.3.0 to 3.5.1 and is now served by the combo loader. This change provides a faster experience for users along with easier maintenance and new JavaScript library features for developers.”
http://blog.launchpad.net/general/launchpad-javascript-now-combo-loaded-and-faster-than-ever
Mercurial Imports will end on October 5th
Matthew Revell of Launchpad shares that “on the 5th of October they’ll be ending their beta of Mercurial imports in Launchpad. On that day existing Mercurial imports will cease and there won’t be any possibility to create new ones.” However, Revell points out that “this doesn’t affect Bazaar, Git, Subversion or CVS imports.” Reason for Mercurial ending is low usage and low quality.
http://blog.launchpad.net/notifications/mercurial-imports-will-end-on-october-5th
Ubuntu Forums News
Ubuntu Cloud News
How we ran the scheduler for the Linux Plumbers conference
Jorge Castro discusses how Ubuntu’s cloud team, together with Summit OSS maintainer Chris Johnston hosted, deployed and managed Linux plumbers conference schedule via juju. Since Castro and his team are “generalizing this work into a more generic Django charm,” anyone interested can contact Castro. Help is not required just with Django but with “Pyramid, nodejs, Rails and $your_favorite_web_platform” as well.
http://www.jorgecastro.org/2012/09/26/how-we-ran-the-scheduler-for-the-linux-plumbers-conference/
[Juju Adventure] Live testing
Victor Tuson Palau continues his blog series on demonstrating how Ubuntu is the best environment to write up “connected” or “cloud backend” Android Apps using Juju with “How to test if it all works in a production environment?”
http://victorpalau.net/2012/09/26/juju-adventure-live-testing/
The Planet
Xubuntu: Offline documentation rewritten for 12.10
The Xubuntu team announces that offline documentation has been refreshed for the 12.10 cycle. Included among the changes are restructured content, updated documentation to reflect new default applications, and completely rewritten sections.
http://xubuntu.org/news/offline-documentation-rewritten-for-12-10/
Jono Bacon: More Information About Online Dash Search Privacy
Jono Bacon responds to some of the concern about user privacy that has risen since the inclusion of the ability for the Dash to search external sources for results. After speaking with John Lenton, Senior Engineering Manager, Jono reassures users that no user-identifiable data is retrieved during the search, and that Canonical does not perform any kind of user tracking. They also touched upon concerns about the searches being unencrypted, saying “we are currently working to encrypt these dash searches ready for the release of this feature in Ubuntu 12.10.”
In a later post, Bacon re-enforces that the shopping lens is still under development and testing, and that there will be an option to easily disable it.
http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/09/25/more-information-about-online-dash-search-privacy/
http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/09/27/online-dash-search-update/
Charlene Tessier: In Response – Ubuntu: Re-Doing the Possible
Charlene Tessier writes about problems around Ubuntu usage and adoption and criticism by existing users about recent changes to the operating system, speculating that 99% of people don’t know what Ubuntu is or what is it for. We want to reach all of these other people, so Tessier thinks that solution for the adoption problem is to go out on the street and talk with people who haven’t used Ubuntu yet and see what they like and prefer.
http://frenchfortunecookie.wordpress.com/2012/09/26/in-response-ubuntu-re-doing-the-possible/
Stéphane Graber: Introducing the python LXC API
Stéphane Graber introduces the python LXC API that makes it easy for developers to work with the LXC library and also accessible from other languages with some bindings and how the initial implementation of the API has been pushed to the LXC staging branch on github and into the LXC package of Ubuntu 12.10.
http://www.stgraber.org/2012/09/28/introducing-the-python-lxc-api/
Jono Bacon: Ubuntu Accomplishments 0.3 Released!
Jono Bacon announces the release of Ubuntu Accomplishments 0.3. This update focuses on bringing improvements in quality. Notable new features are an improved My Trophies section, new filters, and social media integration. There has also been a lot of work during this version cycle in creating a web gallery that will, in the future, allow trophies to be viewed or shared online.
http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/09/29/ubuntu-accomplishments-0-3-released/
Barneedhar: Ask Ubuntu update for September 2012
Barneedhar reports on the generally favorable feedback for Ask Ubuntu, Marco Ceppi, one of the community moderator’s interview by Mark Johnson for OSS Watch, a note on the updated Wikipedia page the list of top five contributors in September, hottest questions of the month and more.
http://unbrokenspectrum.wordpress.com/2012/09/29/ask-ubuntu-update-for-september-2012/
Canonical News
In The Press
In The Blogosphere
In Other News
Other Articles of Interest
Featured Audio and Video
Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
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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