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=== Welcome New Members and Developers ===

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=== Steam for Linux Beta Now Available ===

Valve announces the launch of a limited access beta for its new Steam for Linux client, available for Ubuntu 12.04 users. It will be available for widening group of users, including for other distributions as soon it has reached a satisfactory level of stability.

http://store.steampowered.com/news/9289/

=== Mark Shuttleworth: Designing the Future, Together ===

Linux.com editorial staff brings us highlights of Mark Shuttleworth’s keynote which he held at Linux``Con Europe 2012 in Barcelona. Those highlights include: cloud and mobile driving change, Ubuntu on every cloud, crowd-sourcing solutions and form factors converging. Shuttleworth points out that "as we head toward the future of computing, we must focus on collaboration, communication, and integration at the operational level, not just the tech level."

http://www.linux.com/news/enterprise/cloud-computing/661497-mark-shuttleworth-designing-the-future-together/
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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.
=== Let’s Appreciate Others ===

Benjamin Kerensa reminds us that Ubuntu Appreciation Day is on November 20th, and urges readers to e-mail contributors that have helped them accomplish something in Ubuntu.
 
http://benjaminkerensa.com/2012/11/08/lets-appreciate-others

=== The unsung helper who contributes back... ===

Jorge Castro writes about contributors on AskUbuntu who give high-quality answers to their own questions once they've solved them, and writes "they solve their problem, they document it for the rest of us, and they don’t even get a thanks." He explains how to review these answers and give them the credit they deserve.

http://www.jorgecastro.org/2012/11/11/the-unsung-helper-who-contributes-back-dot-dot-dot/
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=== Ubuntu Advocacy Development Kit ===

Jono Bacon proposes new help for Ubuntu Lo``Cos in the form of an Ubuntu Advocacy Development Kit (ADK) which will consist of promotional materials, assets, organizational materials and documentation. In this post he asks for feedback from the community and contributors to help make it a reality.

http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/11/08/ubuntu-advocacy-development-kit/

=== And they're off - quantal ubuntu dvds to regional contacts ===

Maia Grotepass writes about the easy acquisition of the Quantal DVDs for the South African team thanks to "not for resale" and "promotional material" notes on the boxes shipped from Canonical and shares that the DVDs have now been shipped to the regional contacts throughout South Africa.

http://my-ubuntu-day.blogspot.com/2012/11/and-they-off-quantal-ubuntu-dvds-to.html
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=== The information sharing feature is complete ===

Curtis Hovey explains “Launchpad’s bug and branch privacy features were replaced by information sharing feature.” Hovey also shares a list of Disclosure facts and lessons learned while developing this feature.

http://blog.launchpad.net/general/the-information-sharing-feature-is-complete
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## This section largely draws from the aggregated blog at http://cloud.ubuntu.com/ === Here comes Logstash for Ubuntu Cloud ===

Jorge Castro informs us about a new tool for event and logs management called Logstash. Castro thinks that this kind of a tool might come handy for Ubuntu DevOps everywhere since they probably have to deal with “hundreds, even thousands of instances where logging can become a hassle.”

http://www.jorgecastro.org/2012/11/06/here-comes-logstash-for-ubuntu-cloud/

=== Catch the cloud with OpenStack webinars ===

Sonia Quarti of Canonical shares news of a “Catch the cloud with OpenStack webinar” which will be held on 14th of November at 4 pm GMT. Registrations for the webinar is available at the following link http://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/6793/59385

http://blog.canonical.com/2012/11/08/catch-the-cloud-with-openstack-webinars/

=== Juju Community Survey ===

Clint Byrum invites everyone who has heard of Juju to take 5 minutes and fill up the Juju community survey,available at the following link: http://juju.spamaps.org/index.php/survey/index/sid/676926/newtest/Y/lang/en

http://fewbar.com/2012/11/juju-community-survey/
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## This section is for Ubuntu News from "The Planet" at http://planet.ubuntu.com/


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WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 291 for the week November 5 - 11, 2012.

In This Issue

General Community News

Steam for Linux Beta Now Available

Valve announces the launch of a limited access beta for its new Steam for Linux client, available for Ubuntu 12.04 users. It will be available for widening group of users, including for other distributions as soon it has reached a satisfactory level of stability.

http://store.steampowered.com/news/9289/

Mark Shuttleworth: Designing the Future, Together

Linux.com editorial staff brings us highlights of Mark Shuttleworth’s keynote which he held at LinuxCon Europe 2012 in Barcelona. Those highlights include: cloud and mobile driving change, Ubuntu on every cloud, crowd-sourcing solutions and form factors converging. Shuttleworth points out that "as we head toward the future of computing, we must focus on collaboration, communication, and integration at the operational level, not just the tech level."

http://www.linux.com/news/enterprise/cloud-computing/661497-mark-shuttleworth-designing-the-future-together/

Community Acknowledgments and Success Stories

Let’s Appreciate Others

Benjamin Kerensa reminds us that Ubuntu Appreciation Day is on November 20th, and urges readers to e-mail contributors that have helped them accomplish something in Ubuntu.

http://benjaminkerensa.com/2012/11/08/lets-appreciate-others

The unsung helper who contributes back...

Jorge Castro writes about contributors on AskUbuntu who give high-quality answers to their own questions once they've solved them, and writes "they solve their problem, they document it for the rest of us, and they don’t even get a thanks." He explains how to review these answers and give them the credit they deserve.

http://www.jorgecastro.org/2012/11/11/the-unsung-helper-who-contributes-back-dot-dot-dot/

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

Ubuntu Advocacy Development Kit

Jono Bacon proposes new help for Ubuntu LoCos in the form of an Ubuntu Advocacy Development Kit (ADK) which will consist of promotional materials, assets, organizational materials and documentation. In this post he asks for feedback from the community and contributors to help make it a reality.

http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/11/08/ubuntu-advocacy-development-kit/

And they're off - quantal ubuntu dvds to regional contacts

Maia Grotepass writes about the easy acquisition of the Quantal DVDs for the South African team thanks to "not for resale" and "promotional material" notes on the boxes shipped from Canonical and shares that the DVDs have now been shipped to the regional contacts throughout South Africa.

http://my-ubuntu-day.blogspot.com/2012/11/and-they-off-quantal-ubuntu-dvds-to.html

Launchpad News

The information sharing feature is complete

Curtis Hovey explains “Launchpad’s bug and branch privacy features were replaced by information sharing feature.” Hovey also shares a list of Disclosure facts and lessons learned while developing this feature.

http://blog.launchpad.net/general/the-information-sharing-feature-is-complete

Ubuntu Cloud News

Here comes Logstash for Ubuntu Cloud

Jorge Castro informs us about a new tool for event and logs management called Logstash. Castro thinks that this kind of a tool might come handy for Ubuntu DevOps everywhere since they probably have to deal with “hundreds, even thousands of instances where logging can become a hassle.”

http://www.jorgecastro.org/2012/11/06/here-comes-logstash-for-ubuntu-cloud/

Catch the cloud with OpenStack webinars

Sonia Quarti of Canonical shares news of a “Catch the cloud with OpenStack webinar” which will be held on 14th of November at 4 pm GMT. Registrations for the webinar is available at the following link http://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/6793/59385

http://blog.canonical.com/2012/11/08/catch-the-cloud-with-openstack-webinars/

Juju Community Survey

Clint Byrum invites everyone who has heard of Juju to take 5 minutes and fill up the Juju community survey,available at the following link: http://juju.spamaps.org/index.php/survey/index/sid/676926/newtest/Y/lang/en

http://fewbar.com/2012/11/juju-community-survey/

The Planet

Canonical News

In The Press

In The Blogosphere

In Other News

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, 11.10, 12.04 and 12.10

Security Updates

Ubuntu 8.04 Updates

Ubuntu 10.04 Updates

Ubuntu 11.10 Updates

Ubuntu 12.04 Updates

Ubuntu 12.10 Updates

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Additional Ubuntu News

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Conclusion

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