Issue303
WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 303 for the week February 4 - 10, 2013.
In This Issue
General Community News
Welcome New Members and Developers
Results for the 2200 Regional Membership Board Meeting, , Feb 7 2013 are as follows:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2013-February/001731.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
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
- 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
How I’ve found being a member of Ubuntu Ireland
andru183 from the Ubuntu Ireland LoCo team describes his first experiences with Linux and the Ireland LoCo, and encourages those who are interested to contact him to help reboot the LoCo again and hold an Ubuntu hour.
http://skynet.ie/~andru183/how-ive-found-being-a-member-of-ubuntu-ireland/
Coming up with another term for Approved LoCo Teams – Discussion
Laura Czajkowski encourages discussion on the loco-contacts mailing list of a new name for Approved LoCo teams, suggesting the terms Verified, Evaluated, Reviewed and Sponsored to launch discussion.
Ubuntu Forums News
New Moderators
Silver Fox (s.fox) announces the new appointment of 4 moderators at Ubuntu Forums: codemaniac, ikt, varunendra and QIII and thanks them for keeping Ubuntu Forums clean.
http://serial-coder.co.uk/blog/2013/02/ubuntu-forums-new-moderators/
Ubuntu Cloud News
Ubuntu Cloud Images automated release updates fully enabled
Ben Howard announces the automated release updates for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, 11.10, 12.04 LTS and 12.10, so within 24 hours of a Kernel SRU Release these images are now fully enabled and indicates of where the release notes will be placed are available.
http://blog.utlemming.org/2013/02/ubuntu-cloud-images-automated-release.html
The Planet
Jonathan Carter: Gnome Panel is Alive
Jonathan Carter writes about his process to restart the Gnome Panel project and shares his short- and long-term goals for the project.
http://jonathancarter.org/2013/02/05/gnome-panel-is-alive/
Didier Roche: Unity: release early, release often… release daily! (part 5 and conclusion)
Didier Roche wraps up his series of blogging about the daily release of Unity by composing a FAQ for Upstream developers and Ubuntu maintainers and by saying thanks to all the people who made the daily release possible.
Nicholas Skaggs: PSA: Ubuntu Quality wants you!
Nicholas Skaggs calls for contributors to help the Quality Assurance Team and encourages everyone to “flood his inbox” with emails of people wanting to do Quality Assurance.
http://www.theorangenotebook.com/2013/02/psa-ubuntu-quality-wants-you.html
Kubuntu: KDE Plasma and Applications 4.10 Released
The Kubuntu team announces the availability of KDE SC 4.10 for Kubuntu 12.04, 12.10 and 13.04 and describes the way for Kubuntu 12.04 and 12.10 users to upgrade to KDE SC 4.10 via the Kubuntu Backports PPA.
http://www.kubuntu.org/news/kde-sc-4.10
Ubuntu Classroom: Explaining the Ubuntu on Air! Collaboration
José Antonio Rey of the Ubuntu Classroom team writes an introduction to Ubuntu on Air!, and explains how the Ubuntu on Air! Classroom sessions are held.
http://ubuntuclassroom.wordpress.com/2013/02/07/explaining-the-ubuntu-on-air-collaboration/
Ubuntu Women: IRC presentation of UbuntuWomen-it summary
Elizabeth Krumbach, from the Ubuntu Women team, writes about their latest IRC presentation from Flavia Weisghizzi and Silvia Bindelli of the UbuntuWomen-it team. They talked about their initiative by the wish to overcome linguistic and the cultural barrier that an English mailing list may represent for non native-English speakers as well as their mentoring programs and a collaboration with a local blog.
http://blog.ubuntu-women.org/2013/02/irc-presentation-of-ubuntuwomen-it-summary/
Nicholas Skaggs: Cadence Weeks, Quality, and You!
Nicholas Skaggs announces the start of QA Cadence Week 6 and encourages new contributors to help. He also announces that there will be two live sessions held on the 11th and 14th of February to demonstrate the test executions.
http://www.theorangenotebook.com/2013/02/cadence-weeks-quality-and-you.html
Ubuntu Classroom: Your first ISO test
Elizabeth Krumbach of the Ubuntu Classroom announces the final session from the Quality Assurance Team: “Your first ISO test” by Howard Chan (smartboyhw). They also posted the available logs in the past QA sessions.
http://ubuntuclassroom.wordpress.com/2013/02/09/your-first-iso-test/
Ubuntu Classroom: Ubuntu User Days Wrap-up
José Antonio Rey wraps up the Ubuntu User Days with a post linking to logs from the sessions. Attendees had a variety of sessions to attend from an “Introduction to Ubuntu” to “How to solve problems - Ask Ubuntu! through Launchpad”.announces
http://ubuntuclassroom.wordpress.com/2013/02/10/ubuntu-user-days-wrap-up-4/
Canonical News
Notification about Notes
The Ubuntu One team announces the discontinuation of syncing Tomboy Notes to U1 and describes the way for users to get back their notes if their notes are deleted after syncing.
http://voices.canonical.com/ubuntuone/2013/02/04/notification-about-notes/
In The Press
Ubuntu Smartphone Shipping in October
Michael Hinkins of the Wall Street Journal writes about the new Ubuntu smartphone and writes that although it is attractive for corporate IT users, its challenges will be to overcome the large trend of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD). Hinkins also reveals “Mr. Shuttleworth said the new phone operating system will be available in two large geographic markets in October”
http://blogs.wsj.com/cio/2013/02/06/ubuntu-smartphone-shipping-in-october/
Ubuntu for Galaxy Nexus phones to arrive in February
Neil McAllister of The Register writes about the availability of Ubuntu phone images on the Galaxy Nexus in February for developers and the advantages of the phone OS.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/08/ubuntu_on_galaxy_nexus_in_february/
In The Blogosphere
Ubuntu: What They're Doing Right and Wrong
Matt Hartley of Datamation talks about the things he believes Ubuntu is right and wrong and expresses hope that the Ubuntu team can add some of the needed additions that he proposed, like parental controls and a migration from Windows wizard.
http://www.datamation.com/open-source/ubuntu-what-theyre-doing-right-and-wrong-1.html
New Linux distro will target disabled users
Katherine Noyes of IT World writes about current accessibility offerings in Linux and focuses in on the the Ubuntu-based Sonar Project that developer Jonathan Nadeau describes is: “Not just for blind and low vision people, but for people who struggle with dyslexia and learning disabilities as well as accessibility for people with low motor skills and quadriplegics.”
http://www.itworld.com/operating-systems/340418/new-linux-distro-will-target-disabled-users
Unity Notification Area (Systray) Whitelist Is Obsolete [Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail Changes]
Ali Andrei reports that whitelisting in Ubuntu will no longer be available in Ubuntu 13.04. However, the good news is that most apps will now come with AppIndicators, which puts apps on the notification bar and make the need for whitelists unnecessary. Java and wine apps will have to be “hard-coded” as they might not have AppIndicator support.
http://www.webupd8.org/2013/02/unity-notification-area-systray.html
The Inside Story Of Ubuntu’s Gesture-Centric Smartphone
Fast Co. Design interviewed Canonical’s Head of Design and Lead Phone UX designer to talk about the original ideas that formed the gesture-centric Ubuntu Phone User Interface (UX).
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1671742/the-inside-story-of-ubuntus-gesture-centric-smartphone#1
Other Articles of Interest
Debian Project News - February 4th, 2013 - http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2013/03/
MIT Builds An Open-Source Platform For Your Body - http://www.fastcompany.com/3005184/mit-builds-open-source-platform-your-body
Microsoft needs to start worrying about Chromebooks - http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-needs-to-start-worrying-about-chromebooks-7000010784/
Why the Linux Desktop Needs More Usability Testing - http://www.datamation.com/open-source/why-the-linux-desktop-needs-more-usability-testing-1.html
Linux Foundation Secure Boot System Released - http://blog.hansenpartnership.com/linux-foundation-secure-boot-system-released/
LibreOffice 4.0 Released With Immense Changes - http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTI5NjA
5 Linux Games For Low-Powered Computers - http://maketecheasier.com/5-linux-games-for-low-powered-computers/2013/02/06
5 Unique Linux Based Products at CES 2013 - http://www.techdrivein.com/2013/02/5-best-linux-products-ces-2013.html
Top Astronomy Applications For Ubuntu Linux - http://www.junauza.com/2013/02/top-astronomy-applications-for-ubuntu-linux.html
Featured Audio and Video
Ubuntu Development Hangout with the Edubuntu team [video]
Daniel Holbach interviews the Edubuntu team about their involvement into the Ubuntu project, their vision of Edubuntu, and its current state (i.e. which possibilities it offers, on which form of factors will be enabled and much more).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK_X7FzMBaE&
Ubuntu Development Hangout with Sébastien Bacher [video]
Daniel Holbach interviews Sébastien Bacher about Ubuntu being enabled on different form of factors, his current work on the Ubuntu phone OS project - how it differs from work on the desktop form of factor, and much more.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQ9bjsvlV_Q
The phone that wants to replace your computer [video]
BBC News Click interviews Jane Silber Canonical’s CEO about Ubuntu phone, its features, user experience that it brings, and her view on why should Ubuntu phone be better than other phones.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p014tsl9
Ubuntu Audiocast Episode 06 Released!
“Chuck, Bucky, and Philbare are back to take you on a safari and eat cookies! Catch the fun at UDS in Copenhagen where the real purpose of the event is revealed by the illustrious Jono Bacon. The crew talks about getting people to Mars in a fun way (with Avaneya and Ubuntu), party shenanigans with Michael Hall, Ubuntuism and other 'isms that aren't so human, the insignificance of borders, companies that track your embarrassing search habits (just for giggles of course), circuses, flags, and athletes. Not enough? Well then, how about asking what needs to be changed in Ubuntu? More nachos perhaps?!”
https://soundcloud.com/ubuntu-audiocast/ubuntu-audiocast-episode-06
Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
Kernel Team - February 5, 2013 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Meeting/2013-02-05
Desktop Team - February 5, 2013 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Meeting/2013-02-05
Security Team - February 4, 2013 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20130204
One Hundred Paper Cuts - February 5, 2012 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OneHundredPaperCuts/Meetings/5Feb2013
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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