Issue311


Contents

  1. In This Issue
  2. General Community News
    1. Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) Beta 2 released
    2. Welcome New Members and Developers
  3. Ubuntu Stats
    1. Bug Stats
    2. Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week
    3. Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions this week
  4. LoCo News
    1. Ubuntu Global Jam - An Early Call for Events!
    2. Showcase the diversity of the Ubuntu community!
    3. Call for nominations to the LoCo Council
    4. About Ubuntu 13.04 CDs/DVDs
  5. Ubuntu Cloud News
    1. Take our new Juju survey
  6. The Planet
    1. Michael Hall: More Ubuntu SDK Apps
    2. Kaj Ailomaa: Ubuntu Studio, new leadership, and future plans
    3. Martin Pitt: Urgent PostgreSQL security updates for Debian/Ubuntu
    4. Michael Hall: Core Apps: Road to October
  7. Other Community News
    1. Ubuntu Touch Summary (week 13)
  8. In The Blogosphere
    1. WUBI To Be Dropped from Ubuntu 13.04, Windows Users Lose Out
    2. High School 1:1 Laptop Program Announced
    3. Ubuntu: Riding HP Moonshot Into Hyperscale Server Market?
    4. New Ubuntu T-Shirts Go On Sale in Canonical Store
    5. 10 New Features and Changes in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail [Screenshots Tour]
    6. Ubuntu's Unity Next Running On Mir Display Server
    7. Alienware X51 deploying with Ubuntu!
  9. Other Articles of Interest
  10. Featured Audio and Video
    1. Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S06E06 – One Hour Ubuntu
    2. Full Circle Episode 69 Audio Edition
  11. Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  12. Upcoming Meetings and Events
  13. 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
  14. Subscribe
  15. Archives
  16. Additional Ubuntu News
  17. Conclusion
  18. Credits
  19. Glossary of Terms
  20. Ubuntu - Get Involved
  21. Feedback

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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 311 for the week April 1 - 7, 2013.

In This Issue

  • Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) Beta 2 released
  • Welcome New Members and Developers
  • Ubuntu Stats
  • Ubuntu Global Jam - An Early Call for Events!
  • Showcase the diversity of the Ubuntu community!

  • Call for nominations to the LoCo Council

  • About Ubuntu 13.04 CDs/DVDs
  • Take our new Juju survey
  • Michael Hall: More Ubuntu SDK Apps
  • Kaj Ailomaa: Ubuntu Studio, new leadership, and future plans
  • Martin Pitt: Urgent PostgreSQL security updates for Debian/Ubuntu
  • Michael Hall: Core Apps: Road to October
  • Ubuntu Touch Summary (week 13)
  • In The Blogosphere
  • Other Articles of Interest
  • Featured Audio and Video
  • Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  • Upcoming Meetings and Events
  • Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 11.10, 12.04 and 12.10
  • And much more!

General Community News

Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) Beta 2 released

Steve Langasek from the Ubuntu Release Team announces the first and only Beta milestone for Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) is released. He also announces availability for Beta 2 images of flavours, including the recently approved UbuntuKylin and Ubuntu GNOME flavours.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2013-April/000170.html

This final beta release has also been covered in the press and blogosphere; the following are several collected by our staff:

Welcome New Members and Developers

Results from the Developer Membership Board meeting 2013-03-25:

* PerPackageUploader Applications - Paul Gevers

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2013-April/001768.html

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open (105356) +442 over last week
  • Critical (75) -1 over last week
  • Unconfirmed (51698) +242 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

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 Global Jam - An Early Call for Events!

Randall Ross announces the start of the Ubuntu Global Jam S-series planning and asks every LoCo team to add their events into the LoCo Team Portal.

http://randall.executiv.es/global-jam-s-announcement

Showcase the diversity of the Ubuntu community!

Philip Ballew starts a quest to showcase the diversity of the Ubuntu LoCo Teams and asks the LoCo team members to send him a postcard of their country/territory/city.

http://philipballew.wordpress.com/2013/04/03/showcase-the-diversity-of-the-ubuntu-community/

Call for nominations to the LoCo Council

Bhavani Shankar R of the LoCo Council is calling for nominations to replace two members of the LoCo Council and invites anyone to nominate an Ubuntu member to join the LoCo Council.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/loco-contacts/2013-April/006306.html

About Ubuntu 13.04 CDs/DVDs

Sergio Meneses of the LoCo Council announces that there will not be any 13.04 CDs or DVDs sent to the approved LoCo teams, and future CDs and DVDs will only be available for LTS releases.

http://lococouncil.ubuntu.com/2013/04/05/about-ubuntu-13-04-cdsdvds/

Ubuntu Cloud News

Take our new Juju survey

Jorge Castro asks users that have used Juju to participate in an ongoing survey that will receive more questions as Juju grows.

http://www.jorgecastro.org/2013/04/03/take-our-new-juju-survey/

The Planet

Michael Hall: More Ubuntu SDK Apps

Michael Hall introduces more Ubuntu SDK Apps and gives us an update on the development of the Ubuntu Core Apps.

http://mhall119.com/2013/04/more-ubuntu-sdk-apps/

Kaj Ailomaa: Ubuntu Studio, new leadership, and future plans

Kaj Ailomaa talks about current leadership changes where he was appointed as Ubuntu Studio Project lead, the work of the old Project Lead Scott Lavender, and he also discusses future plans for Ubuntu Studio 14.04.

http://zequence.net/ubuntu-studio-new-leadership-and-future-plans/

Martin Pitt: Urgent PostgreSQL security updates for Debian/Ubuntu

Martin Pitt announces a critical security update of PostgreSQL and reminds users to shutdown their systems and upgrade as soon as possible.

http://www.piware.de/2013/04/urgent-postgresql-security-updates-for-debianubuntu/

Michael Hall: Core Apps: Road to October

Michael Hall describes how the Ubuntu Touch teams will work in the 13.10 cycle, including work items tracking in status.ubuntu.com, setting monthly milestones, and dividing work items into teams to make the teams work more efficiently.

http://mhall119.com/2013/04/core-apps-road-to-october/

Other Community News

Ubuntu Touch Summary (week 13)

Bill Filler sums up the work from the Ubuntu Touch team for week 13 including a Qt transition, rebasing for the upcoming Raring release, and core apps updates.

https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-phone/msg01464.html

In The Blogosphere

WUBI To Be Dropped from Ubuntu 13.04, Windows Users Lose Out

Joey Elijah-Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! writes about the dropping of Wubi (Windows Ubuntu Installer) from Ubuntu 13.04 due its under-maintained (and therefore unstable) state as well as its incompatibility with Windows 8.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/04/wubi-unlikely-to-be-in-ubuntu-13-04-windows-users-lose-out

High School 1:1 Laptop Program Announced

Charlie Reslinger of Penn Manor High School announces a 1:1 Laptop program where students will receive an inexpensive laptop based on Ubermix, a Ubuntu-based education system. Teacher and student apprentices will also be trained for helping the students on their laptops.

http://www.pennmanor.net/techblog/?p=1590

Ubuntu: Riding HP Moonshot Into Hyperscale Server Market?

The VAR Guy writes about the appearance of Ubuntu in the coming HP Moonshot Server and lists out the challenges Canonical faces ahead in its deployment as well as a source of revenue.

http://thevarguy.com/big-data-technology-solutions-and-information/ubuntu-riding-hp-moonshot-hyperscale-server-market

New Ubuntu T-Shirts Go On Sale in Canonical Store

Joey Elijah-Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! blogs about the availability in Canonical's store of the Ubuntu 13.04 T-shirt with a ringtail on it. He also notes about the store having some new items, including a leather PU bound notebook and a 4-in-1 pen.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/04/official-raring-t-shirts-new-notebook-added-to-ubuntu-online-shop

10 New Features and Changes in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail [Screenshots Tour]

Manuel Jose of Tech Drive-in posts some screenshots of the new features in 13.04, including new menus for Shutdown, Ubuntu One, Bluetooth, some new icons for Ubuntu Software Center and more.

http://www.techdrivein.com/2013/04/10-new-changes-features-improvements-ubuntu-1304-raring-ringtail.html

Ubuntu's Unity Next Running On Mir Display Server

Michael Larabel of Phoronix writes about the next generation of Unity and its first success in running the Mir display server and seeing it is possible to run on future Ubuntu touch devices.

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTM0Mzc

Alienware X51 deploying with Ubuntu!

Sabun of Gaming On Linux writes about the announcement of Dell's Alienware X51 with Ubuntu with different specifications aiming at plug-to-play gaming consumers. He also takes note that Steam on Linux is an important factor to Alienware supporting Ubuntu.

http://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/alienware-x51-deploying-with-ubuntu.1895/

Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S06E06 – One Hour Ubuntu

Alan Pope, Mark Johnson, Tony Whitmore and the Podcasts met at Studio A for the Ubuntu UK LoCo Podcast Series 6 Episode 6 (S06E06), where Benjamin Kerensa was interviewed about OpenPhoto, some GUI love of geeknotes.net was shared, dual-booting Ubuntu with a Nexus 7, the Ubuntu SDK and attending Photography Farm was chatted about, and the marvelous feedback from the listeners was gone over.

http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2013/04/04/s06e06-one-hour-ubuntu/

Full Circle Episode 69 Audio Edition

The Full Circle Magazine announces their experiment of making the magazine in an audio version and releases the audio version of Episode 69. The MP3 version is available at http://ubuntuone.com/23lhsOrnviLFxbGh2VIekr

http://fullcirclemagazine.org/2013/04/05/full-circle-magazine-69-audio-edition/

Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings

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 - May 2013 (Server)

Ubuntu 10.04 Updates

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

Ubuntu 11.10 Updates

End of Life - May 2013

Ubuntu 12.04 Updates

End of Life - April 2017

Ubuntu 12.10 Updates

End of Life - April 2014

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Additional Ubuntu News

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Conclusion

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Credits

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Glossary of Terms

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Ubuntu - Get Involved

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