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=== Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week ===

## These come from http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/. Click on the link on the left that says "most popular this week" then put the title for the most popular 5.

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=== Ubuntu Brainstorm Top ideas this week ===

 * Voice to notify messages from the operation system - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/30354/
 * A more simplistic installer for ubuntu - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/30359/
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## Go to askubuntu.com and click on "WEEK" to get the top questions
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 * Any way to check the clock speed of my processor? http://askubuntu.com/questions/218567/any-way-to-check-the-clock-speed-of-my-processor
 * What's the difference between 12.04.1 and 12.10? http://askubuntu.com/questions/217184/whats-the-difference-between-12-04-1-and-12-10
 * Is it possible to use bzr on Launchpad without using port 22? http://askubuntu.com/questions/217385/is-it-possible-to-use-bzr-on-launchpad-without-using-port-22
 * Steam: error while loading shared libraries: libGL.so.1: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64 http://askubuntu.com/questions/216367/steam-error-while-loading-shared-libraries-libgl-so-1-wrong-elf-class-elfcla
 * How do i install Nvidia Drivers in 12.10 (new to ubuntu) [closed] http://askubuntu.com/questions/217049/how-do-i-install-nvidia-drivers-in-12-10-new-to-ubuntu
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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
 * Kernel Team - November 13, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Meeting#Tues.2C_13_Nov_2012
 * Desktop Team - November 13, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Meeting/2012-11-13


Contents

  1. In This Issue
  2. General Community News
    1. Unity Technologies releases 4.0 including game export for Ubuntu
    2. Ubuntu Core Desktop on the Nexus 7: Getting Involved
    3. Welcome New Members and Developers
  3. Ubuntu Stats
    1. Bug Stats
    2. Translation Stats Quantal
    3. Ubuntu Brainstorm Top ideas this week
    4. Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions this week
  4. LoCo News
  5. Launchpad News
  6. Ubuntu Forums News
  7. Ubuntu Cloud News
    1. Deploying your Rails application in the cloud via Juju
  8. The Planet
    1. Elizabeth Krumbach: Ubuntu Necklaces now available! $10 of each purchase supports Ubuntu in schools
    2. Ubuntu Women at UDS-R
    3. Matt Fischer: Nexus7: You can help with bugs, even if you don’t have a device
    4. Lubuntu: Tips and Tricks
    5. Ubuntu App Developer Blog: Top 10 Ubuntu app downloads in October
    6. James Hunt: Upstart 1.6 released
    7. Michael Hall: Quickly: Rebooted
    8. Colin King: Non linear characteristics in a draining battery on the Nexus 7
  9. Canonical News
  10. In The Press
    1. Devs port Ubuntu to Rockchip (RK3066) devices
    2. Ubuntu gaining ground in website deployments
    3. Ubuntu 12.10 review
  11. In The Blogosphere
  12. In Other News
  13. Other Articles of Interest
  14. Featured Audio and Video
    1. Burning Circle Episode 91
    2. Podcast about The Official Ubuntu Book, 7th edition
    3. Full Circle Podcast Episode 31: The Difficult Third Episode!!
  15. Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  16. Monthly Team Reports: October 2012
  17. Upcoming Meetings and Events
  18. Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 11.10, 12.04 and 12.10
    1. Security Updates
    2. Ubuntu 8.04 Updates
    3. Ubuntu 10.04 Updates
    4. Ubuntu 11.10 Updates
    5. Ubuntu 12.04 Updates
    6. Ubuntu 12.10 Updates
  19. Subscribe
  20. Archives
  21. Additional Ubuntu News
  22. Conclusion
  23. Credits
  24. Glossary of Terms
  25. Ubuntu - Get Involved
  26. Feedback

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WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 292 for the week November 12 - 18, 2012.

In This Issue

General Community News

Unity Technologies releases 4.0 including game export for Ubuntu

“The Unity cross-platform development tool version 4 has been released from beta into the growing world of Ubuntu game development.” It brings with it many new features, including a Linux export feature that allows developers to easily publish their games to the Ubuntu Software Center.

http://blog.canonical.com/2012/11/15/unity-technologies-releases-4-0-including-game-export-for-ubuntu/

Ubuntu Core Desktop on the Nexus 7: Getting Involved

Jono Bacon writes that the efforts to getting the core components in Ubuntu working and optimized for the Nexus 7 tablet are under way, and there are many ways those interested in helping out can get involved. Developers can help by fixing bugs, optimizing software, and other tasks that benefit the Ubuntu Core Desktop on the tablet. Testers are also needed to run benchmarks and report bugs.

http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/11/13/ubuntu-core-desktop-on-the-nexus-7-getting-involved/

Welcome New Members and Developers

New Member results from the November 17, 2012 Forums Council Meeting:

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2012-November/001681.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 ideas this week

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

Deploying your Rails application in the cloud via Juju

As Juju becomes a more widely uses piece of software, the amount of charms will continue to grow. This article by Jorge Castro lets us all know that the Rails charm is out, how to use it and that it is ready for people to both test and consume it.

http://www.jorgecastro.org/2012/11/16/deploying-your-rails-application-in-the-cloud-via-juju/

The Planet

Elizabeth Krumbach: Ubuntu Necklaces now available! $10 of each purchase supports Ubuntu in schools

Elizabeth Krumbach announces the availability of Ubuntu logo necklaces in gold and rhodium-plated to match the Ubuntu earrings released last year. Krumbach also notes that $10 of each purchase goes to benefit Partimus.org, a non-profit which puts Ubuntu-based computers into schools in California.

http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=7238

Ubuntu Women at UDS-R

The Ubuntu Women project shares details from their work at the Ubuntu Developer summit, including the notes and a video link to their session and photos from the dinner they had on Wednesday night.

http://blog.ubuntu-women.org/2012/11/ubuntu-women-at-uds-r/

Matt Fischer: Nexus7: You can help with bugs, even if you don’t have a device

Matt Fischer writes about how anyone can get involved and help out with getting Ubuntu running well on a Nexus 7, even those without the device to test with. Suggestions include asking the submitter for more information to clarify bug reports, checking for duplicate bugs, setting priorities, as well as many other tasks.

http://www.mattfischer.com/blog/?p=307

Lubuntu: Tips and Tricks

A new Tips and Tricks page on the Lubuntu blog helps users learn more about Lubuntu by providing relevant guides that show how to do new things with their desktop.

http://lubuntublog.blogspot.com/2012/11/tips-and-tricks.html

Ubuntu App Developer Blog: Top 10 Ubuntu app downloads in October

John Pugh of the App Developer blog reports on the top 10 Ubuntu free and paid downloads for the month of October. The list includes the following new-comers: Mini Minecraft Launcher, AnonMail, Defense Zone and the 65th issue of Full Circle Magazine.

http://developer.ubuntu.com/2012/11/top-10-ubuntu-app-downloads-in-october/

James Hunt: Upstart 1.6 released

James Hunt announces Upstart 1.6, the next release to the alternate event-based init daemon for the default System-V init. Some changes include improved error handling, initramfs-less boot support, and more.

http://ifdeflinux.blogspot.com/2012/11/upstart-16-released.html

Michael Hall: Quickly: Rebooted

Michael Hall writes that he and a few other people tried working on a complete re-write of Quickly, but they didn’t have much time since the UDS -Q party. There is still a long way left to go, such as converting from the entire thing from Python 2 to Python 3 and reaches out to the community to provide further contributions.

http://mhall119.com/2012/11/quickly-rebooted/

Colin King: Non linear characteristics in a draining battery on the Nexus 7

Colin King discuses the power tests he performed on his Nexus 7 running with Ubuntu related to the rate of battery consumption and battery drainage.

http://smackerelofopinion.blogspot.com/2012/11/non-linear-characteristics-in-draining.html

Canonical News

In The Press

Devs port Ubuntu to Rockchip (RK3066) devices

Trent Nouveau for TG Daily reports on the progress being made by developers, especially AndrewDB, to port Ubuntu to run on the UG802 and other devices ported by Rockport's RK3066 chip. Most of these devices ship with Google Android due to limited access to the source code. While Ubuntu 12.10 on the UG802 is still a work in progress, it does already support 1080p monitors using the integrated HDMI port.

http://www.tgdaily.com/software-features/67476-devs-port-ubuntu-to-rockchip-rk3066-devices

Ubuntu gaining ground in website deployments

Neil McAllister of the Register reports on statistics from W3Techs that states that 7% of the world's web servers are now using Ubuntu. This is an increase from 5.5% in the previous year. When adjusted to only include servers known to be using some version of Linux, this means Ubuntu is now used for 21.4% of Linux servers. McAllister does also mention that W3Tech was unable to identify which OS were used for many websites so these numbers are not perfect.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/16/ubuntu_gaining_ground_in_web_servers/

Ubuntu 12.10 review

Darien Graham-Smith reviews Ubuntu 12.10 for PC Pro. He points out new features such as the option on a clean install to encrypt the entire installation disk using a passphrase and support for LVM volumes. He also comments on the increased integration of Web applications to the Dash and the expansion of Ubuntu One for cloud syncing and storage (and the beta for the native OS X Ubuntu One client). He discusses the change to rendering desktop graphic effects on the CPU when there is no compatible GPU driver. He does comment that this does mean that on low-power machines this can slow performance. Ultimately he concludes that unless you're using an older or low-powered machine that Ubuntu 12.10 is a worthwhile place to start for a new user, but may not have enough new features to be worth the upgrade from 12.04 for an existing user.

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/software/377638/ubuntu-12-10

In The Blogosphere

In Other News

Burning Circle Episode 91

Stephen Michael Kellat from the Ohio Local Community Team is back and talks this week about the geographical challenges facing the Ohio team in terms of coming together. Examples are offered of practical difficulties faced such as in bringing people together across the northeast quadrant of the state of Ohio even though population centers like Cleveland and Youngstown are found there. Unlike normal episodes, an uncorrected draft copy of the speaking script text is posted along with the episode audio to aid the team’s governing High Council in sharing such reflections with the LoCo Council among others uses.

http://ohio.ubuntu-us.org/node/123

Podcast about The Official Ubuntu Book, 7th edition

Matthew Helmke shares the link to his “video podcast was recorded several months ago” about the 7th edition of the Official Ubuntu Book.

http://matthewhelmke.net/2012/11/podcast-about-the-official-ubuntu-book-7th-edition/

Full Circle Podcast Episode 31: The Difficult Third Episode!!

“In this episode Olly & Tony bring everyone up-to-date with what´s been going on in the ¨Summer Break¨, Olly talks about his new gnomebuntu install, Codeacadamy and Tony talks about his new toy, the Nexus 7”

http://fullcirclemagazine.org/2012/11/15/full-circle-podcast-episode-31-the-difficult-third-episode/

Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings

Monthly Team Reports: October 2012

See here for the team report for June 2011: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TeamReports/October2012

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, 11.10, 12.04 and 12.10

Security Updates

Ubuntu 8.04 Updates

End of life - April 2013 (Server)

Ubuntu 10.04 Updates

End of Life - April 2013 (Desktop) - April 2015 (Server)

Ubuntu 11.10 Updates

End of Life - April 2013

Ubuntu 12.04 Updates

End of Life - April 2017

Ubuntu 12.10 Updates

End of Life - April 2014

Subscribe

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Archives

You can always find older Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter issues at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter

Additional Ubuntu News

As always you can find more news and announcements at:

and

Conclusion

Thank you for reading the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter.

See you next week!

Credits

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Glossary of Terms

Other acronyms can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/glossary

Ubuntu - Get Involved

The Ubuntu community consists of individuals and teams, working on different aspects of the distribution, giving advice and technical support, and helping to promote Ubuntu to a wider audience. No contribution is too small, and anyone can help. It's your chance to get in on all the community fun associated with developing and promoting Ubuntu. http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate

Feedback

This document is maintained by the Ubuntu Weekly News Team. If you have a story idea or suggestions for the Weekly Newsletter, join the Ubuntu News Team mailing list at https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/Ubuntu-news-team and submit it. Ideas can also be added to the wiki at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Ideas. If you'd like to contribute to a future issue of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, please feel free to edit the appropriate wiki page. If you have any technical support questions, please send them to ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com.

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