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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 288 for the week October 8 - 15, 2012. | Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 288 for the week October 15 - 21, 2012. |
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=== Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) released! === Kate Stewart (Ubuntu Release Manager at Canonical) announces Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal release pointing out innovations in server, cloud and desktop versions of Ubuntu which can be found at the following links: http://www.canonical.com/content/ubuntu-server-1210-all-you-need-cloud http://www.canonical.com/content/ubuntu-1210-breaks-down-barrier-between-pc-and-web “The newest Kubuntu 12.10, Edubuntu 12.10, Xubuntu 12.10, Lubuntu 12.10 and Ubuntu Studio 12.10 are also released. More details can be found in their announcements:” Kubuntu: http://kubuntu.org/news/12.10-release Xubuntu: http://xubuntu.org/news/12-10-release Edubuntu http://edubuntu.org/news/12.10-release Lubuntu: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Announcement/12.10 Ubuntu Studio: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QuantalQuetzal/ReleaseNotes/UbuntuStudio https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2012-October/000164.html === Not the Runty Raccoon, the Rufflered Rhino or (even) the Randall Ross === Mark Shuttleworth founder of Ubuntu announces name of 13.04 release of Ubuntu, the “Raring Ringtale” along with goals that are to be achieved in the following two cycles before the LTS version of Ubuntu 14.04 is released. http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1195 === Raring community skunkworks === Mark Shuttleworth founder of Ubuntu decides to open Ubuntu development towards potential contributors from Ubuntu community even more than it is already open. In the words of Shuttleworth himself: “This would provide early community input and review, without spoiling the surprise when we think the piece is ready. It would allow community members to work on something that will be widely covered at release (at least, on OMG ).” http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1200 === “in addition to” === Unfortunately Mark Shuttleworth’s invitation for contributors from Ubuntu community and announcement for Ubuntu being even more open was misunderstood. A lot of people understood Shuttleworth’s post like Ubuntu’s development is becoming less transparent. Due to misunderstanding Shuttleworth wrote another post where he explains very clearly with the following: “What I offered to do, yesterday, spontaneously, is to invite members of the community in to the things we are working on as personal projects, before we are ready to share them. This would mean that there was even less of Ubuntu that was NOT shaped and polished by folk other than Canonical – a move that one would think would be well received. This would make Canonical even more transparent.” http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1207 |
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Results for the 2200 Board Meeting October 18th, 2012: * Bojan Bogdanović (https://launchpad.net/~bojce | https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BojanBogdanovi%C4%87 ) * Ladislav Urošević ( https://launchpad.net/~urosldp | https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Uros%20-Ubuntu%20member%20aspirant%20page%20-%202012 ) Both Ladislav and Bojan are from Serbia, where they are the current Lo``Co Serbia team admins. They are both very active on promoting Ubuntu and Free Software throughout Serbia. Plus, the Developer Membership Board approved Luis Henriques ( https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LuisHenriques/ ) for linux-* packages upload rights, and Andreas Hasenack ( https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AndreasHasenack/ ) for the landscape-client package upload rights. Congratulations to all of them! |
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== Community Acknowledgments and Success Stories == ## 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. |
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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/ == Launchpad News == ## 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/ |
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=== Ubuntu TV Weekly Update #11 === Jim Hoddap of Canonical reports about current status considering Ubuntu TV project which includes: Nux, Unity 3D, Lenses and scopes, Metadata and many other areas. As always, Hoddap puts a call for volunteers to get involved into Ubuntu TV project with the following: “If you want to get involved, please leave us a comment below so multiple people aren’t working independently on the same things.” http://www.doadjustyourset.com/2012/10/15/ubuntu-tv-weekly-update-11/ === Ubuntu TV: Call for More Active Community Participation === Jim Hoddap of Canonical and the entire Ubuntu TV team put a call for more active community participation. Hoddap states that there are three specific ways that the community can help the Ubuntu TV project with immediately: * Re-creating the TV user interface using the Nux toolkit (Unity 3D) instead of Qt/QML (Unity 2D). * Integrating a full MythTV backend into the TV UI, meaning live TV tuning (EPG) and recording infrastructure. * Researching and finalizing the hardware acceleration of GStreamer video sinks for nVidia, Intel and AMD graphic cards. http://www.doadjustyourset.com/2012/10/18/call-for-more-active-community-participation === Jono Bacon: Ubuntu Server Community, You Rule === Jono Bacon writes about his experience with “upgrading a four-year old Ubuntu installation to a current installation via SSH without problem.” http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/10/15/ubuntu-server-community-you-rule/ === Jorge Castro: Announcing the Juju web UI === Jorge Castro reports about new Juju web interface which was demoed at the Open``Stack Developer Summit by Mark Shuttleworth. Castro states: “While Juju command line is great for building your own deployment, when you have little boxes you can drag around and connect together it enables people to really model things in a quick and easy manner.” Code of Juju GUI can be retrieved from the following link: http://launchpad.net/juju-gui Demo of Juju GUI can be found at the following link: http://uistage.jujucharms.com:8080 http://www.jorgecastro.org/2012/10/16/announcing-the-juju-web-ui/ === Matt Fischer: UBUNTU-BUG IS FOR LIGHTDM, SOON! === Matt Fischer reports about bugs triage and fix of an apport script for lightdm. Fischer points out that “there’s no apport script for any of the the greeters, at least not that he knows of for unity-greeter or lightdm-gtk-greeter, but they’d need the same data. The only thing that this script doesn’t do is get a screencap/picture.” Fischer also points out that people will be able to file bugs for lightdm by writing a simple command: ubuntu-bug lightdm http://www.mattfischer.com/blog/?p=262 === Randall Ross: The Most Important Thing To Do After You've Installed Ubuntu 12.10 === Many people would think that Randall Ross is writing what to tweak after a fresh version of Ubuntu is installed. What Ross recommends is “the only thing you need to do after installing Ubuntu is to install community. Find the people in your town that love it and want it to succeed. Find others that you can talk to face-to-face to share tips, tricks, and your unique knowledge of the amazing things it can do.” http://randall.executiv.es/wearemakingubuntu === Jono Bacon: Growing Our Design Community === Jono Bacon highlights his discussion with Ivo Weevers (head of the Canonical Design Team) due to an increment of the Ubuntu Design community. Considering the mentioned challenge (increasing Ubuntu Design community), Bacon pointed out some of the solutions and calls the Ubuntu community to give some feedback about this. http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/10/16/growing-our-design-community/ |
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=== Ubuntu 12.10 breaks down the barrier between the PC and the web === Canonical announces the desktop version of Ubuntu 12.10, the latest release of the popular open source operating system. As part of Canonical’s objective to make all content easier to access, Ubuntu 12.10 introduces innovations that bring together desktop and cloud-based experiences, representing the next stage in the transition to a multi-device, cloud-based world. http://www.canonical.com/content/ubuntu-1210-breaks-down-barrier-between-pc-and-web |
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=== Shuttleworth: Ubuntu 12.10 available with OpenStack "Folsom" today === Paula Rooney of ZDNet reports about recently held Open``Stack Developer Summit. Rooney states: “Although a total of four Ubuntu releases have incorporated Open``Stack, this is the first Ubuntu release that incorporates the new 'Quantum" networking features of "Folsom" as well as multi-cluster support to allow customers to support thousands of nodes on a cloud.” http://www.zdnet.com/shuttleworth-ubuntu-12-10-available-with-openstack-folsom-today-7000005877/ === Asus Deploys New Ubuntu Netbooks (Yes, Netbooks) === Christoper Tozzi of the Var Guy informs us that Asus will be shipping netbooks with Ubuntu preinstalled. For now, netbooks are only available in Germany and Italy. Tozzi speculates why Asus is offering netbooks with Ubuntu Linux with the following: ”Perhaps the reason is that Asus is unsure how successful the newest version of Windows will prove on its hardware.” http://www.thevarguy.com/2012/10/17/asus-deploys-new-ubuntu-netbooks-yes-netbooks/ |
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=== 12.10 Release coverage === There have been dozens of reviews for the latest release of Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal)! The following are a several selected by our editors for inclusion this week. * Jono Bacon: Ubuntu 12.10 - http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/10/18/ubuntu-12-10/ * Ubuntu Linux 12.10 'Quantal Quetzal' takes flight at last - http://www.pcworld.com/article/2012639/ubuntu-linux-12-10-quantal-quetzal-takes-flight-at-last.html * Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal Out Now; Raring Ringtail In the Works - http://linux.slashdot.org/story/12/10/18/1812206/ubuntu-1210-quantal-quetzal-out-now-raring-ringtail-in-the-works * Cloud-Focused Ubuntu 12.10 ('Quantal Quetzal') Released - http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2411109,00.asp * Canonical Ubuntu 12.10 brings the Internet closer to the desktop - http://www.itworld.com/open-source/304418/canonical-ubuntu-1210-brings-internet-closer-desktop * Ubuntu bridges offline and online with Quantal Quetzal 12.10 release - http://www.zdnet.com/ubuntu-bridges-offline-and-online-with-quantal-quetzal-12-10-release-7000005861/ * Ubuntu 12.10 released: Quantal Quetzal, now with extra cloud - http://www.extremetech.com/computing/138085-ubuntu-12-10-released-quantal-quetzal-now-with-extra-cloud * Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) review - http://www.zdnet.com/ubuntu-12-10-quantal-quetzal-review-7000005929/ * Ubuntu 12.10 “Quantal Quetzal” takes flight with a bag full of Juju - http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/10/ubuntu-12-10-quantal-quetzal-takes-flight-with-a-bag-full-of-juju/ * With Ubuntu Server 12.10 Open``Stack Users Can Stay on the Cutting Edge - https://www.linux.com/news/enterprise/cloud-computing/653054-with-ubuntu-server-1210-openstack-users-can-stay-on-the-cutting-edge * Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal out now, 13.04 named - http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/news/ubuntu-12-10-quantal-quetzal-out-now-13-04-named * Ubuntu 12.10 Released, Ready to Download - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/10/ubuntu-12-10-released * Ubuntu Linux 12.10 Offered in Desktop, Server Flavors - http://www.eweek.com/enterprise-apps/ubuntu-linux-12.10-offered-in-desktop-server-flavors/ * Ubuntu 12.10: The Controversies Continue - http://www.datamation.com/open-source/ubuntu-12.10-the-controversies-continue-1.html * Canonical Releases Ubuntu 12.10 Linux OS - http://www.thevarguy.com/2012/10/18/canonical-releases-ubuntu-12-10-linux-os/ * Ubuntu Linux 12.10 review: Better, but slower - http://www.zdnet.com/ubuntu-linux-12-10-review-better-but-slower-7000005948/ |
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=== AMD Catalyst: Ubuntu 12.10 vs. Windows 7 === Michael Larabel of Phoronix compares Ubuntu 12.10 and Windows 7 performances, and brings us “benchmarks of an AMD Radeon HD 6870 graphics card when running a variety of Open``GL workloads from Ubuntu 12.10, Kubuntu 12.10 (the KDE desktop version of Ubuntu 12.10 to avoid the Unity desktop overhead), and Microsoft Windows 7 Professional x64.” http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd_ubuntu1210_win7&num=1 === The development of Ubuntu Tweak is stopped === Tualatrix Chou author of the Ubuntu Tweak app stops the Ubuntu Tweak development. Chou explained this sudden and unexpected decision with the following: “You may ask why I made this decision to stop the development of Ubuntu Tweak, I may write 10,000 words to describe how I start this project, how I feel happy from this project, how I feel bad from this project… But I just want to say: If making free software is not free any more, why still doing this?” http://blog.ubuntu-tweak.com/2012/10/19/the-development-of-ubuntu-tweak-is-stopped.html |
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* NVIDIA's CUDA 5 Boasts Interesting New Features - http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTIwNzA * Linux Foundation Steps Into Windows 8 Secure Boot Flap - http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/76385.html * Five reasons to try the new Razor-qt Linux desktop - http://www.pcworld.com/article/2012183/five-reasons-to-try-the-new-razor-qt-linux-desktop.html * Valve Steam Platform Exploit Exposed, Remote Code Execution Security Risk - http://hothardware.com/News/Valve-Steam-Platform-Exploit-Exposed-Remote-Code-Execution-Security-Risk/ * Calxeda Energy``Core ECX-1000 ARM Server - http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=calxeda_ubuntu_pre&num=1 * Munich shifts to Libre``Office - http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/304131/munich-shifts-libreoffice * Should Linux Take a Lesson From Apple? - http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/Should-Linux-Take-a-Lesson-From-Apple-76422.html * Btrfs File-System Tuning On Linux 3.7 - http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=btrfs_linux37_mounts&num=1 |
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=== Burning Circle Episode 87 === Stephen Michael Kellat brings us news considering Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal release, Ubuntu release party plans, who is sticking with Ubuntu and who wandered away, and much more. http://ohio.ubuntu-us.org/node/119 === Video: Victor Palau: Nexus 7 Raring to go to Copenhagen === Victor Palau posts a short demo video of Nexus 7 with Ubuntu on it. http://victorpalau.net/2012/10/19/nexus-7-raring-to-go-to-copenhaguen/ |
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## * 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 - October 16, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Meeting#Tues.2C_16_Oct_2012 * Desktop Team - October 16, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Meeting/2012-10-16 * Security Team - October 15, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20121015 |
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* Elizabeth Krumbach * Jasna Benčić * José Antonio Rey * Mathias Hellsten * John Kim |
WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 288 for the week October 15 - 21, 2012.
In This Issue
General Community News
Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) released!
Kate Stewart (Ubuntu Release Manager at Canonical) announces Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal release pointing out innovations in server, cloud and desktop versions of Ubuntu which can be found at the following links:
http://www.canonical.com/content/ubuntu-server-1210-all-you-need-cloud http://www.canonical.com/content/ubuntu-1210-breaks-down-barrier-between-pc-and-web
“The newest Kubuntu 12.10, Edubuntu 12.10, Xubuntu 12.10, Lubuntu 12.10 and Ubuntu Studio 12.10 are also released. More details can be found in their announcements:”
Kubuntu: http://kubuntu.org/news/12.10-release
Xubuntu: http://xubuntu.org/news/12-10-release
Edubuntu http://edubuntu.org/news/12.10-release
Lubuntu: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/Announcement/12.10
Ubuntu Studio: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QuantalQuetzal/ReleaseNotes/UbuntuStudio
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2012-October/000164.html
Not the Runty Raccoon, the Rufflered Rhino or (even) the Randall Ross
Mark Shuttleworth founder of Ubuntu announces name of 13.04 release of Ubuntu, the “Raring Ringtale” along with goals that are to be achieved in the following two cycles before the LTS version of Ubuntu 14.04 is released.
http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1195
Raring community skunkworks
Mark Shuttleworth founder of Ubuntu decides to open Ubuntu development towards potential contributors from Ubuntu community even more than it is already open. In the words of Shuttleworth himself: “This would provide early community input and review, without spoiling the surprise when we think the piece is ready. It would allow community members to work on something that will be widely covered at release (at least, on OMG ).”
http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1200
“in addition to”
Unfortunately Mark Shuttleworth’s invitation for contributors from Ubuntu community and announcement for Ubuntu being even more open was misunderstood. A lot of people understood Shuttleworth’s post like Ubuntu’s development is becoming less transparent. Due to misunderstanding Shuttleworth wrote another post where he explains very clearly with the following: “What I offered to do, yesterday, spontaneously, is to invite members of the community in to the things we are working on as personal projects, before we are ready to share them. This would mean that there was even less of Ubuntu that was NOT shaped and polished by folk other than Canonical – a move that one would think would be well received. This would make Canonical even more transparent.”
http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1207
Welcome New Members and Developers
Results for the 2200 Board Meeting October 18th, 2012:
Bojan Bogdanović (https://launchpad.net/~bojce | https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BojanBogdanovi%C4%87 )
Ladislav Urošević ( https://launchpad.net/~urosldp | https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Uros%20-Ubuntu%20member%20aspirant%20page%20-%202012 )
Both Ladislav and Bojan are from Serbia, where they are the current LoCo Serbia team admins. They are both very active on promoting Ubuntu and Free Software throughout Serbia.
Plus, the Developer Membership Board approved Luis Henriques ( https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LuisHenriques/ ) for linux-* packages upload rights, and Andreas Hasenack ( https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AndreasHasenack/ ) for the landscape-client package upload rights.
Congratulations to all of them!
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
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- Language (#) +/- # over last week
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
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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
The Planet
Ubuntu TV Weekly Update #11
Jim Hoddap of Canonical reports about current status considering Ubuntu TV project which includes: Nux, Unity 3D, Lenses and scopes, Metadata and many other areas.
As always, Hoddap puts a call for volunteers to get involved into Ubuntu TV project with the following: “If you want to get involved, please leave us a comment below so multiple people aren’t working independently on the same things.”
http://www.doadjustyourset.com/2012/10/15/ubuntu-tv-weekly-update-11/
Ubuntu TV: Call for More Active Community Participation
Jim Hoddap of Canonical and the entire Ubuntu TV team put a call for more active community participation. Hoddap states that there are three specific ways that the community can help the Ubuntu TV project with immediately:
- Re-creating the TV user interface using the Nux toolkit (Unity 3D) instead of Qt/QML (Unity 2D).
- Integrating a full MythTV backend into the TV UI, meaning live TV tuning (EPG) and recording infrastructure.
- Researching and finalizing the hardware acceleration of GStreamer video sinks for nVidia, Intel and AMD graphic cards.
http://www.doadjustyourset.com/2012/10/18/call-for-more-active-community-participation
Jono Bacon: Ubuntu Server Community, You Rule
Jono Bacon writes about his experience with “upgrading a four-year old Ubuntu installation to a current installation via SSH without problem.”
http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/10/15/ubuntu-server-community-you-rule/
Jorge Castro: Announcing the Juju web UI
Jorge Castro reports about new Juju web interface which was demoed at the OpenStack Developer Summit by Mark Shuttleworth. Castro states: “While Juju command line is great for building your own deployment, when you have little boxes you can drag around and connect together it enables people to really model things in a quick and easy manner.” Code of Juju GUI can be retrieved from the following link: http://launchpad.net/juju-gui Demo of Juju GUI can be found at the following link: http://uistage.jujucharms.com:8080
http://www.jorgecastro.org/2012/10/16/announcing-the-juju-web-ui/
Matt Fischer: UBUNTU-BUG IS FOR LIGHTDM, SOON!
Matt Fischer reports about bugs triage and fix of an apport script for lightdm. Fischer points out that “there’s no apport script for any of the the greeters, at least not that he knows of for unity-greeter or lightdm-gtk-greeter, but they’d need the same data. The only thing that this script doesn’t do is get a screencap/picture.” Fischer also points out that people will be able to file bugs for lightdm by writing a simple command: ubuntu-bug lightdm
http://www.mattfischer.com/blog/?p=262
Randall Ross: The Most Important Thing To Do After You've Installed Ubuntu 12.10
Many people would think that Randall Ross is writing what to tweak after a fresh version of Ubuntu is installed. What Ross recommends is “the only thing you need to do after installing Ubuntu is to install community. Find the people in your town that love it and want it to succeed. Find others that you can talk to face-to-face to share tips, tricks, and your unique knowledge of the amazing things it can do.”
http://randall.executiv.es/wearemakingubuntu
Jono Bacon: Growing Our Design Community
Jono Bacon highlights his discussion with Ivo Weevers (head of the Canonical Design Team) due to an increment of the Ubuntu Design community. Considering the mentioned challenge (increasing Ubuntu Design community), Bacon pointed out some of the solutions and calls the Ubuntu community to give some feedback about this.
http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/10/16/growing-our-design-community/
Canonical News
Ubuntu 12.10 breaks down the barrier between the PC and the web
Canonical announces the desktop version of Ubuntu 12.10, the latest release of the popular open source operating system. As part of Canonical’s objective to make all content easier to access, Ubuntu 12.10 introduces innovations that bring together desktop and cloud-based experiences, representing the next stage in the transition to a multi-device, cloud-based world.
http://www.canonical.com/content/ubuntu-1210-breaks-down-barrier-between-pc-and-web
In The Press
Shuttleworth: Ubuntu 12.10 available with OpenStack "Folsom" today
Paula Rooney of ZDNet reports about recently held OpenStack Developer Summit. Rooney states: “Although a total of four Ubuntu releases have incorporated OpenStack, this is the first Ubuntu release that incorporates the new 'Quantum" networking features of "Folsom" as well as multi-cluster support to allow customers to support thousands of nodes on a cloud.”
http://www.zdnet.com/shuttleworth-ubuntu-12-10-available-with-openstack-folsom-today-7000005877/
Asus Deploys New Ubuntu Netbooks (Yes, Netbooks)
Christoper Tozzi of the Var Guy informs us that Asus will be shipping netbooks with Ubuntu preinstalled. For now, netbooks are only available in Germany and Italy. Tozzi speculates why Asus is offering netbooks with Ubuntu Linux with the following: ”Perhaps the reason is that Asus is unsure how successful the newest version of Windows will prove on its hardware.”
http://www.thevarguy.com/2012/10/17/asus-deploys-new-ubuntu-netbooks-yes-netbooks/
In The Blogosphere
12.10 Release coverage
There have been dozens of reviews for the latest release of Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal)! The following are a several selected by our editors for inclusion this week.
Jono Bacon: Ubuntu 12.10 - http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/10/18/ubuntu-12-10/
Ubuntu Linux 12.10 'Quantal Quetzal' takes flight at last - http://www.pcworld.com/article/2012639/ubuntu-linux-12-10-quantal-quetzal-takes-flight-at-last.html
Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal Out Now; Raring Ringtail In the Works - http://linux.slashdot.org/story/12/10/18/1812206/ubuntu-1210-quantal-quetzal-out-now-raring-ringtail-in-the-works
Cloud-Focused Ubuntu 12.10 ('Quantal Quetzal') Released - http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2411109,00.asp
Canonical Ubuntu 12.10 brings the Internet closer to the desktop - http://www.itworld.com/open-source/304418/canonical-ubuntu-1210-brings-internet-closer-desktop
Ubuntu bridges offline and online with Quantal Quetzal 12.10 release - http://www.zdnet.com/ubuntu-bridges-offline-and-online-with-quantal-quetzal-12-10-release-7000005861/
Ubuntu 12.10 released: Quantal Quetzal, now with extra cloud - http://www.extremetech.com/computing/138085-ubuntu-12-10-released-quantal-quetzal-now-with-extra-cloud
Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) review - http://www.zdnet.com/ubuntu-12-10-quantal-quetzal-review-7000005929/
Ubuntu 12.10 “Quantal Quetzal” takes flight with a bag full of Juju - http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/10/ubuntu-12-10-quantal-quetzal-takes-flight-with-a-bag-full-of-juju/
With Ubuntu Server 12.10 OpenStack Users Can Stay on the Cutting Edge - https://www.linux.com/news/enterprise/cloud-computing/653054-with-ubuntu-server-1210-openstack-users-can-stay-on-the-cutting-edge
Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal out now, 13.04 named - http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/news/ubuntu-12-10-quantal-quetzal-out-now-13-04-named
Ubuntu 12.10 Released, Ready to Download - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/10/ubuntu-12-10-released
Ubuntu Linux 12.10 Offered in Desktop, Server Flavors - http://www.eweek.com/enterprise-apps/ubuntu-linux-12.10-offered-in-desktop-server-flavors/
Ubuntu 12.10: The Controversies Continue - http://www.datamation.com/open-source/ubuntu-12.10-the-controversies-continue-1.html
Canonical Releases Ubuntu 12.10 Linux OS - http://www.thevarguy.com/2012/10/18/canonical-releases-ubuntu-12-10-linux-os/
Ubuntu Linux 12.10 review: Better, but slower - http://www.zdnet.com/ubuntu-linux-12-10-review-better-but-slower-7000005948/
In Other News
AMD Catalyst: Ubuntu 12.10 vs. Windows 7
Michael Larabel of Phoronix compares Ubuntu 12.10 and Windows 7 performances, and brings us “benchmarks of an AMD Radeon HD 6870 graphics card when running a variety of OpenGL workloads from Ubuntu 12.10, Kubuntu 12.10 (the KDE desktop version of Ubuntu 12.10 to avoid the Unity desktop overhead), and Microsoft Windows 7 Professional x64.”
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd_ubuntu1210_win7&num=1
The development of Ubuntu Tweak is stopped
Tualatrix Chou author of the Ubuntu Tweak app stops the Ubuntu Tweak development. Chou explained this sudden and unexpected decision with the following: “You may ask why I made this decision to stop the development of Ubuntu Tweak, I may write 10,000 words to describe how I start this project, how I feel happy from this project, how I feel bad from this project… But I just want to say: If making free software is not free any more, why still doing this?”
http://blog.ubuntu-tweak.com/2012/10/19/the-development-of-ubuntu-tweak-is-stopped.html
Other Articles of Interest
NVIDIA's CUDA 5 Boasts Interesting New Features - http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTIwNzA
Linux Foundation Steps Into Windows 8 Secure Boot Flap - http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/76385.html
Five reasons to try the new Razor-qt Linux desktop - http://www.pcworld.com/article/2012183/five-reasons-to-try-the-new-razor-qt-linux-desktop.html
Valve Steam Platform Exploit Exposed, Remote Code Execution Security Risk - http://hothardware.com/News/Valve-Steam-Platform-Exploit-Exposed-Remote-Code-Execution-Security-Risk/
Calxeda EnergyCore ECX-1000 ARM Server - http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=calxeda_ubuntu_pre&num=1
Munich shifts to LibreOffice - http://www.itworld.com/it-managementstrategy/304131/munich-shifts-libreoffice
Should Linux Take a Lesson From Apple? - http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/Should-Linux-Take-a-Lesson-From-Apple-76422.html
Btrfs File-System Tuning On Linux 3.7 - http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=btrfs_linux37_mounts&num=1
Featured Audio and Video
Burning Circle Episode 87
Stephen Michael Kellat brings us news considering Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal release, Ubuntu release party plans, who is sticking with Ubuntu and who wandered away, and much more.
http://ohio.ubuntu-us.org/node/119
Video: Victor Palau: Nexus 7 Raring to go to Copenhagen
Victor Palau posts a short demo video of Nexus 7 with Ubuntu on it.
http://victorpalau.net/2012/10/19/nexus-7-raring-to-go-to-copenhaguen/
Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
Kernel Team - October 16, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Meeting#Tues.2C_16_Oct_2012
Desktop Team - October 16, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Meeting/2012-10-16
Security Team - October 15, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20121015
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