Issue300
WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 300 for the week January 14 - 20, 2013.
In This Issue
General Community News
Vacant Developer Membership Board seat: Call for nominations
Benjamin Drung, Stéphane Graber, Iain Lane and Cody Somerville will reach the end of their terms at the Developer Membership Board seat on 2013-02-13. Ian Lane therefore puts out a call for nominations for new members and explains obligations for new members.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2013-January/001004.html
Application Review Board restaffing results
Stephane Graber announces the results of Application Review Board restaffing. Since a single nomination was filed, the nominee Jonathan Carter’s membership was confirmed bypassing the usual poll. However, the ARB is still understaffed by 2 members. Anyone interested to join is directed to get in touch with ARB.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2013-January/036344.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
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
Launchpad News
Working on Errors
Brian Murray describes the new ‘search by source-package’ feature that he recently added to Launchpad error tracker, which allows searching for a source package to find all errors related to binary packages that use the source.
http://www.murraytwins.com/blog/?p=123
Ubuntu Cloud News
Ben Howard: Vagrant Ubuntu Cloud Images
Ben Howard announces availability of Vagrant cloud images which are customized to work with Vagrant development environment and are based on Ubuntu cloud images. Howard points out sending feedback to cloud@lists.ubuntu.com mailing list for those who use Vagrant and provides some of the details about Vagrant specs and usage.
http://blog.utlemming.org/2013/01/vagrant-cloud-images.html
The Planet
Jono Bacon: Ubuntu Phone SDK Experiments
Jono Bacon invites everyone who is interested to try out developer preview of SDK which can be found at: http://developer.ubuntu.com/get-started/gomobile/ Bacon also presents some of the experiments which are already done with SDK compoments, including a game and a Reddit reader.
http://www.jonobacon.org/2013/01/15/ubuntu-phone-sdk-experiments/
Dustin Kirkland: Homebrew inspired by Ubuntu -- Ubrewtu
Dustin Kirkland writes about how the ideals of openness and collaboration from the Ubuntu project have inspired the work he’s done on home brewing beer.
http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2013/01/homebrew-inspired-by-ubuntu-ubrewtu.html
How I got started developing for Mythbuntu (or how you can help too)
Thomas Mashos shares his experience with Ubuntu project from very first start moment he was involved to current Mythbuntu development. Mashos with his story encourages others to jump in open source world and start to contribute in order to get experience and maybe develop their career in that direction.
http://www.mythbuntu.org/home/news/howigotstarteddevelopingformythbuntuorhowyoucanhelptoo
Randall Ross: How to Win the War
Randall Ross writes about Ubuntu evangelists but this time in “winning the war tone”. Ross states: “We shall win by embracing a philosophy that puts people first and by publicly declaring that fact with both words and actions. Now, name one technology company (proprietary or not) that can beat us at that game. ;)”
http://randall.executiv.es/ubuntuisnotjustsoftware
Jhosman Lizarazo: “Ubuntu for a Child ” Bucaramanga – CUSOL
Jhosman Lizarazo tells us about his experience with a foundation which gave away a computer preinstalled with Ubuntu to a child in Colombia. He also shares some photos of the event.
http://jhosman.com/en/ubuntu/ubuntu-for-a-child-bucaramanga-cusol/
Elizabeth Krumbach: All 100 Edubuntu computers in Ghana have been deployed!
Elizabeth Krumbach writes about the completion of a project deploying 100 computers with Edubuntu in Ghana. “Over 1500 students will be given the opportunity to work on these systems by having them in their schools,” Krumbach states.
http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=7567
Canonical News
Canonical Design Blog: Behind the scenes: Notes
Christina Li from the Ubuntu design team shares the process that design team went through regarding Notes application and toolkit.
http://design.canonical.com/2013/01/behind-the-scenes-notes/
In The Press
How to Overcome Common Ubuntu Hassles
Matt Hartley of Datamation shares “techniques are useful for more advanced Ubuntu users as well as newbies.” which he says are "experienced by entirely too many Ubuntu users.”
http://www.datamation.com/open-source/how-to-overcome-common-ubuntu-hassles-1.html
In The Blogosphere
Ubuntu QML toolkit received support for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 13.04
razvi of iloveubuntu.com writes that the QML toolkit for users of Ubuntu 12.04 and Ubuntu 13.04 has been made available, in addition to the already supported Ubuntu 12.10, thus extending the reach to a majority of Ubuntu users.
http://www.iloveubuntu.net/ubuntu-qml-toolkit-received-support-ubuntu-1204-lts-and-ubuntu-1304
A 10.1 inch Tablet that Dual-Boots Android 4.0 and Ubuntu 12.04? Yes Please!
Manuel Jose of Tech Drive-In writes that Italian firm DaVinci Mobile Technology has just started accepting pre-orders for ‘Kite’, a 10.1 inch tablet that dual boots Android (4.0) and Ubuntu (12.04 LTS). “The tablet will feature a 10.1-inch 1920 x 1200 IPS display, and will be powered by Samsung Exynos 4412 quad-core processor, 2GB of RAM, 32GB of internal storage, a front-facing VGA camera and a rear-facing 2-megapixel camera.”
http://www.techdrivein.com/2013/01/a-101-inch-tablet-that-dual-boots.html
Ubuntu 13.04 Adds New Launcher Options
Joey-Elijah Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! writes about options to enable/disable ‘Show Desktop’ and ‘Workspace switcher’ in Launcher land in Appearance pane of System Settings for 13.04. Both these options were available earlier under Experimental section of Compiz Config Settings Manager.
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/01/ubuntu-13-04-adds-new-launcher-options
Memo to Linux Devs: Focus on Design, Not Technology
Christopher Tozzi of The Var Guy stresses the need for software to be end-user friendly, making the software look elegant and smart. He describes how the average end user is not interested in technical jargon, and praises Canonical and Ubuntu for their crisp description of feature overview.
http://www.thevarguy.com/2013/01/16/memo-to-linux-devs-focus-on-design-not-technology/
Ubuntu One Music Store Plugin Dropped from Ubuntu 13.04
Joey-Elijah Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! writes that in favor of the web store, the Ubuntu One Music store rhythmbox plugin that was introduced in ubuntu 10.04 is being discontinued. The plugin has had not much improvement since its initial release, and now that all music links in Dash search link to Ubuntu One store, Sneddon opines this will make the music store more discoverable.
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/01/ubuntu-one-music-store-plugin-dropped-from-ubuntu-13-04
In Other News
Full Circle Magazine: Python Special Edition Volume 05
“The single-topic Special Editions continue with a reprint of the Python articles parts 27 through 31.”
http://fullcirclemagazine.org/2013/01/18/python-special-edition-volume-05/
Other Articles of Interest
Software Wars: A film about FOSS, collaboration, and software freedom - http://opensource.com/life/13/1/software-wars
Yes, You Can Make Money with Open Source - http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2013/01/yes_you_can_make_money_with_op.html
Collaborating for a cure: Cancer, medical records, and an open philosophy - http://opensource.com/health/13/1/open-cure
Could open source build a jetliner? - http://opensource.com/business/13/1/could-open-source-build-jetliner
Lenovo Joins Chromebook Bandwagon, Announces ThinkPad X131e - http://www.muktware.com/5094/lenovo-joins-chromebook-bandwagon-announces-thinkpad-x131e#.UPiC6x3K4bE
Intel prepares to use lasers, light to shuffle data between computers - http://www.pcworld.com/article/2025461/intel-prepares-to-use-lasers-light-to-shuffle-data-between-computers.html
Steam Guides Available Now - http://store.steampowered.com/news/9764/?snr=1_550_552
Featured Audio and Video
Ubuntu Ohio - Burning Circle: Burning Circle Episode 97
“This week's episode talks about the need for Ubuntu Hours across our state, the need to start working out a plan for OLF 2013, the need to settle a time & date for the next IRC meeting, and an explanation by Stephen as to why he's starting to run for local elective office in lieu of direct Ubuntu evangelization so he can help fill in some of the missing parts of the lower levels in his local community's respective version of ‘Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs’ first so that evangelization might be effective later.”
http://ohio.ubuntu-us.org/node/130
Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
Monthly Team Reports: December 2012
See here for the team report for December 2012: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TeamReports/December2012
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Upcoming Meetings and Events
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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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