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## Make each article a subsection, via ===
## These are big articles that don't fit within another section
## Suggested sources: ubuntu-news-team mailing list, fridge.ubuntu.com
=== Ubuntu Core On The Nexus 7 ===

Jono Bacon about plans for Ubuntu core on Nexus 7 project. Bacon pointed out very clearly: “This is not going to be a tablet Unity interface running on the 8/16GB Nexus 7, but instead will focus on getting the current Ubuntu Desktop running on the Nexus so that we can ensure pieces such as the kernel, power management and other related areas are working effectively on a tablet device.”

Along with the project description, Bacon provides information for potential project contributors (testers and developers) and points out UDS-R session schedule for getting Ubuntu core on Nexus 7.

http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/10/26/ubuntu-core-on-the-nexus-7/

=== Raring Ringtail Ubuntu Developer Summit ===

In a four day event for Ubuntu contributors in Copenhagen, Denmark on 29th Oct - 1st Nov 2012 developers will get together to plan the next release of Ubuntu! More details for how you can participate in person or remotely at http://uds.ubuntu.com/
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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)

== 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.
Results from the 1200 UTC Regional Membership Board Meeting, Wednesday the 24th of October 2012:

 * Marta Vuelma (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MartaVuelma | https://launchpad.net/~mvuelma)

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2012-October/001675.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/
=== Charles Profitt: Ubuntu 12.10 Launch Party ===

Charles Profitt reports on Ubuntu Quantal release party which was held by Ubuntu-Us-NY team. Profitt notes that Ubuntu-US-NY’s parties in the past were too tech oriented. Therefore they decided to make this one more social. “The result was an outstanding turnout that included several new attendees.”
http://ftbeowulf.wordpress.com/2012/10/22/ubuntu-12-10-launch-party/

=== Pablo Rubianes: Great Ubuntu participation on Latinoware ===

Pablo Rubianes writes about his experiences spending time with Ubuntu-BR team at Latinoware 2012. Rubianes highlights that Latinoware 2012 “was a busy event for 4200 people, their stand was always full, people asking for cds, lanyards, tshirts or solutions for some ubuntu problems, they end up really tired but it was a great experience!”

http://pablorubianes.wordpress.com/2012/10/25/great-ubuntu-participation-on-latinoware/
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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 Workshop at UDS-R ===

A Launchpad workshop is going to be offered at UDS-R that will help contributors learn more about fixing bugs and working with Launchpad. Developers will be given advice about the entire bug-fixing process. Those wishing to attend need to list their names and the IDs of the bugs they wish to work on in the workshop.

http://blog.launchpad.net/general/launchpad-workshop-at-uds-r

=== Private projects for beta testers ===

Deryck Hodge of Launchpad shares that current and potential Launchpad’s beta testers can start trialing private projects on Launchpad. Since this feature is still in beta state, Hodge encourages to start using it due to improvements and bug fixes. Hodge warns that people should not start trialing their super secret projects yet, they should instead start trialing some projects that are rather safe or not so delicate.

http://blog.launchpad.net/general/private-projects-beta
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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
=== Don't like Ubuntu's Unity? Try the new GNOME Remix instead ===

Katherine Noyes from PCWorld talks about “Ubuntu GNOME Remix”, an unofficial Ubuntu flavor that aims to bring a pure GNOME desktop experience to Ubuntu users.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2013121/dont-like-ubuntus-unity-try-the-new-gnome-remix-instead.html

=== Googler loads Ubuntu on an ARM-based Samsung Chromebook, gives solace to the offline among us ===

A Google employee has successfully loaded Ubuntu onto the new ARM-based Samsung Chromebook by installing it to an SD card. Running Ubuntu from an SD card is slower than the internal flash storage and requires experience with using Linux terminal commands, but the employee has posted the directions on his Google+ page for those interested in installing it for themselves.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/22/googler-loads-ubuntu-on-an-arm-based-samsung-chromebook
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## Bullet-point list of articles that are more generic linux in nature  * AMD Offers Gamers An Unprecedented Deal With "Never Settle" Game Bundle - http://hothardware.com/News/AMD-Offers-Gamers-An-Unprecedented-Deal-With-Never-Settle-Game-Bundle/
 * Red Hat developers porting OpenJDK to ARM64 - http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Red-Hat-developers-porting-OpenJDK-to-ARM64-1736710.html
 * What programs have good usability? - http://opensource-usability.blogspot.com/2012/10/what-programs-have-good-usability.html
 * Ruby 2.0 hits Feature Freeze - heads for February release - http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Ruby-2-0-feature-freeze-heads-for-February-release-1736526.html
 * Raspberry Pi opens sources its ARM graphics code - http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Raspberry-Pi-opens-its-ARM-graphics-code-1735262.html
 * Five new RPG games for Linux - http://opensource.com/life/12/10/5-new-rpg-games-linux
 * Official Steam Community Group For Linux Launched - http://www.muktware.com/4656/official-steam-community-group-linux-launched
 * How Linux makes the post-desktop world possible - http://www.itworld.com/cloud-computing/307482/how-linux-makes-post-desktop-world-possible
 * Steam For Linux Beta Survey Out, Your Chance To Become A Steam Beta Tester - http://www.muktware.com/4678/steam-linux-beta-survey-out-your-chance-become-steam-beta-tester
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## Ubuntu UK Podcast
## Full Circle Magazine Podcast
## At Home With Jono Bacon - Weekly Community QA on UStreamTV
## Lococast.net
=== Burning Circle 88 ==

Stephen Michael Kellat from the Ohio Lo``Co talks about the Lo``Co reapproval process by reading out a message from Cheri Francis of Ohio’s Lo``Co Council, discusses first impressions of Xubuntu 12.10 on the BeagleBoard-xM, looks at packages set to be yanked from Debian Wheezy if they don’t get outstanding blocker bugs fixed, and discusses the matter of the "skunkworks" Ubuntu development.

http://ohio.ubuntu-us.org/node/120

=== Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S05E18 – Secret Societies and Subversive Movements ===
Mark Johnson, Tony Whitmore, and Laura Cowen are Pope-less but, nevertheless, are back in Studio A for the eighteenth episode of Season Five of the Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo Team!

Topics include:

 * Secure Boot saga continues
 * Dur na na duh, de duh, de duh, boottime!
 * Firefox will block dodgy plugins that need updating
 * Mono 3.0 released
 * CEEFAX switched off after 38 years
 * Upcoming events
 * Quantal Quetzal (12.10) released
 * Pretty web interface for Juju
 * Ubuntu 13.04 will be called Raring Ringtail
 * Ubuntu TV team needs you

And more!

http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2012/10/24/s05e18-secret-societies-and-subversive-movements/
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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
* Security Team - October 22, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20121022

== Monthly Team Reports: September 2012 ==

See here for the team report for September 2012: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TeamReports/September2012

If your team is not producing monthly reports, see this page to get your team started: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BuildingCommunity/TeamReporting


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WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 289 for the week October 22 - 28, 2012.

In This Issue

General Community News

Ubuntu Core On The Nexus 7

Jono Bacon about plans for Ubuntu core on Nexus 7 project. Bacon pointed out very clearly: “This is not going to be a tablet Unity interface running on the 8/16GB Nexus 7, but instead will focus on getting the current Ubuntu Desktop running on the Nexus so that we can ensure pieces such as the kernel, power management and other related areas are working effectively on a tablet device.”

Along with the project description, Bacon provides information for potential project contributors (testers and developers) and points out UDS-R session schedule for getting Ubuntu core on Nexus 7.

http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/10/26/ubuntu-core-on-the-nexus-7/

Raring Ringtail Ubuntu Developer Summit

In a four day event for Ubuntu contributors in Copenhagen, Denmark on 29th Oct - 1st Nov 2012 developers will get together to plan the next release of Ubuntu! More details for how you can participate in person or remotely at http://uds.ubuntu.com/

Welcome New Members and Developers

Results from the 1200 UTC Regional Membership Board Meeting, Wednesday the 24th of October 2012:

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2012-October/001675.html

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

  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

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

Charles Profitt: Ubuntu 12.10 Launch Party

Charles Profitt reports on Ubuntu Quantal release party which was held by Ubuntu-Us-NY team. Profitt notes that Ubuntu-US-NY’s parties in the past were too tech oriented. Therefore they decided to make this one more social. “The result was an outstanding turnout that included several new attendees.” http://ftbeowulf.wordpress.com/2012/10/22/ubuntu-12-10-launch-party/

Pablo Rubianes: Great Ubuntu participation on Latinoware

Pablo Rubianes writes about his experiences spending time with Ubuntu-BR team at Latinoware 2012. Rubianes highlights that Latinoware 2012 “was a busy event for 4200 people, their stand was always full, people asking for cds, lanyards, tshirts or solutions for some ubuntu problems, they end up really tired but it was a great experience!”

http://pablorubianes.wordpress.com/2012/10/25/great-ubuntu-participation-on-latinoware/

Launchpad News

Launchpad Workshop at UDS-R

A Launchpad workshop is going to be offered at UDS-R that will help contributors learn more about fixing bugs and working with Launchpad. Developers will be given advice about the entire bug-fixing process. Those wishing to attend need to list their names and the IDs of the bugs they wish to work on in the workshop.

http://blog.launchpad.net/general/launchpad-workshop-at-uds-r

Private projects for beta testers

Deryck Hodge of Launchpad shares that current and potential Launchpad’s beta testers can start trialing private projects on Launchpad. Since this feature is still in beta state, Hodge encourages to start using it due to improvements and bug fixes. Hodge warns that people should not start trialing their super secret projects yet, they should instead start trialing some projects that are rather safe or not so delicate.

http://blog.launchpad.net/general/private-projects-beta

The Planet

Canonical News

In The Press

Don't like Ubuntu's Unity? Try the new GNOME Remix instead

Katherine Noyes from PCWorld talks about “Ubuntu GNOME Remix”, an unofficial Ubuntu flavor that aims to bring a pure GNOME desktop experience to Ubuntu users.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2013121/dont-like-ubuntus-unity-try-the-new-gnome-remix-instead.html

Googler loads Ubuntu on an ARM-based Samsung Chromebook, gives solace to the offline among us

A Google employee has successfully loaded Ubuntu onto the new ARM-based Samsung Chromebook by installing it to an SD card. Running Ubuntu from an SD card is slower than the internal flash storage and requires experience with using Linux terminal commands, but the employee has posted the directions on his Google+ page for those interested in installing it for themselves.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/22/googler-loads-ubuntu-on-an-arm-based-samsung-chromebook

In The Blogosphere

In Other News

=== Burning Circle 88 ==

Stephen Michael Kellat from the Ohio LoCo talks about the LoCo reapproval process by reading out a message from Cheri Francis of Ohio’s LoCo Council, discusses first impressions of Xubuntu 12.10 on the BeagleBoard-xM, looks at packages set to be yanked from Debian Wheezy if they don’t get outstanding blocker bugs fixed, and discusses the matter of the "skunkworks" Ubuntu development.

http://ohio.ubuntu-us.org/node/120

Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S05E18 – Secret Societies and Subversive Movements

Mark Johnson, Tony Whitmore, and Laura Cowen are Pope-less but, nevertheless, are back in Studio A for the eighteenth episode of Season Five of the Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo Team!

Topics include:

  • Secure Boot saga continues
  • Dur na na duh, de duh, de duh, boottime!
  • Firefox will block dodgy plugins that need updating
  • Mono 3.0 released
  • CEEFAX switched off after 38 years
  • Upcoming events
  • Quantal Quetzal (12.10) released
  • Pretty web interface for Juju
  • Ubuntu 13.04 will be called Raring Ringtail
  • Ubuntu TV team needs you

And more!

http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2012/10/24/s05e18-secret-societies-and-subversive-movements/

Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings

* Security Team - October 22, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20121022

Monthly Team Reports: September 2012

See here for the team report for September 2012: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TeamReports/September2012

If your team is not producing monthly reports, see this page to get your team started: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BuildingCommunity/TeamReporting

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, 12.04 and 12.10

Security Updates

Ubuntu 8.04 Updates

Ubuntu 10.04 Updates

Ubuntu 11.04 Updates

Ubuntu 11.10 Updates

Ubuntu 12.04 Updates

Ubuntu 12.10 Updates

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