Issue318


Contents

  1. In This Issue
  2. Ubuntu Stats
    1. Bug Stats
    2. Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions this week
      1. Most Active Questions
      2. Top Voted New Questions
  3. Ubuntu Cloud News
    1. Juju Ecosystem status for 22 May
  4. The Planet
    1. Scott Kitterman: We have a winner (actually three) – Kubuntu Council 2013 elections
    2. Andres Rodriguez: Getting Started with MAAS and Juju: MAAS Overview
    3. Ubuntu-Women: Ubuntu Women at vUDS 1305 session summary
    4. On Erasing Ubuntu's Artificial Borders: The vUDS Discussion
    5. Brian Murray: Verification of Stable Release Updates
    6. Ubuntu Classroom: Ubuntu Open Week Wrap-up
    7. Fajran Iman Rusadi: Ubuntu Repository: Total Packages and Sizes
  5. In The Press
    1. Laptop Week Review: The Dell XPS 13 Developers Edition With Ubuntu
    2. Ubuntu 'superphone' needs a superstrategy
    3. New Ubuntu Server 13.04 Streamlines Path to Cloud, Virtualization, and Mobility
    4. Ubuntu Touch: the (natural) next step in personal computing?
  6. In The Blogosphere
    1. Mark Shuttleworth Talks Mir, Ubuntu Touch Marketshare & Mudslinging
    2. The Cost Of Ubuntu Disk Encryption
    3. Ubuntu Linux Tablets From ZaReason, System76?
    4. Ubuntu designers published motion presentation video-clip with beautiful, definitely impressive look&feel
    5. Music App added to Ubuntu Touch Core Apps
    6. Linux-Based Education OS Gets New Features
    7. CACS laptop install day wrap-up
    8. Can Ubuntu Become a Real Consumer Brand?
  7. Other Articles of Interest
  8. Featured Audio and Video
    1. Burning Circle Episode 113
    2. Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S06E13 – Guest House Ubuntu
  9. Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  10. Monthly Team Reports: April 2013
  11. Upcoming Meetings and Events
  12. Updates and Security for 10.04, 12.04, 12.10 and 13.04
    1. Security Updates
    2. Ubuntu 10.04 Updates
    3. Ubuntu 12.04 Updates
    4. Ubuntu 12.10 Updates
    5. Ubuntu 13.04 Updates
  13. Subscribe
  14. Archives
  15. Additional Ubuntu News
  16. Conclusion
  17. Credits
  18. Glossary of Terms
  19. Ubuntu - Get Involved
  20. Feedback

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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 318 for the week May 20 - 26, 2013.

In This Issue

  • Ubuntu Stats
  • Juju Ecosystem status for 22 May
  • Scott Kitterman: We have a winner (actually three) – Kubuntu Council 2013 elections
  • Andres Rodriguez: Getting Started with MAAS and Juju: MAAS Overview
  • Ubuntu-Women: Ubuntu Women at vUDS 1305 session summary
  • On Erasing Ubuntu's Artificial Borders: The vUDS Discussion
  • Brian Murray: Verification of Stable Release Updates
  • Ubuntu Classroom: Ubuntu Open Week Wrap-up
  • Fajran Iman Rusadi: Ubuntu Repository: Total Packages and Sizes
  • Laptop Week Review: The Dell XPS 13 Developers Edition With Ubuntu
  • Ubuntu 'superphone' needs a superstrategy
  • New Ubuntu Server 13.04 Streamlines Path to Cloud, Virtualization, and Mobility
  • Ubuntu Touch: the (natural) next step in personal computing?
  • In The Blogosphere
  • Other Articles of Interest
  • Featured Audio and Video
  • Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  • Monthly Team Reports: April 2013
  • Upcoming Meetings and Events
  • Updates and Security for 10.04, 12.04, 12.10 and 13.04
  • And much more!

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open (105413) -433 over last week
  • Critical (84) +5 over last week
  • Unconfirmed (51491) -412 over last week

As always, the Bug Squad needs more help. If you want to get started, please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad

Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions this week

Most Active Questions

Top Voted New Questions

People Contributing the best questions and answers this week: Mitch, Jorge Castro, John Vrbanac, Uri Herrera and Bruno Pereira

Ask (and answer!) your own questions at http://askubuntu.com

Ubuntu Cloud News

Juju Ecosystem status for 22 May

Jorge Castro provides summarized bullet points of the status of various pieces of the Juju ecosystem, from charm tools and testing to framework updates and schooling plans.

http://www.jorgecastro.org/2013/05/22/juju-ecosystem-status-for-22-may/

The Planet

Scott Kitterman: We have a winner (actually three) – Kubuntu Council 2013 elections

Scott Kitterman announces the election results of the Kubuntu Council election 2013. Philip Muscovac (yofel), Rohan Garg (shadeslayer) and Valorie Zimmerman (valorie) are elected. They will be serving the Kubuntu Council for 2 years.

http://skitterman.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/we-have-a-winner-actually-three-kubuntu-council-2013-elections/

Andres Rodriguez: Getting Started with MAAS and Juju: MAAS Overview

Andres Rodriguez gives a high level picture of how MAAS and juju function, and how they are used to manage and configure bare metal servers. The article discusses the process of configuring the servers and what protocols are used at each point.

http://www.roaksoax.com/2013/05/getting-started-with-maas-and-juju

Ubuntu-Women: Ubuntu Women at vUDS 1305 session summary

Elizabeth Krumbach gives a summary of the Ubuntu Women session from the virtual Ubuntu Developer Summit, which took place May 14th. She talks about plans for an information-based online scavenger-hunt competition and a user poll to see how the team could be most effective. The post also includes a video of the session.

http://blog.ubuntu-women.org/2013/05/ubuntu-women-at-vuds-1305-session-summary/

On Erasing Ubuntu's Artificial Borders: The vUDS Discussion

Randall Ross provides a detailed summary of the first half of the vUDS discussion about a proposal to open up the notion advocacy teams to allow them to form freely, independent of geography. This would allow teams to form both in larger areas that are being underserved as a result of enforced separation, and smaller areas where a single team is currently serving users with disparate needs.

http://randall.executiv.es/noborders_part1

Brian Murray: Verification of Stable Release Updates

Brian Murray introduces us with a story how he started with the Ubuntu community, which includes “Stable Release Update verification process” and an example with youtube-dl application.

http://www.murraytwins.com/blog/?p=126

Ubuntu Classroom: Ubuntu Open Week Wrap-up

Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph gives a summary of the Ubuntu Open Week, event which gives “community members a glimpse into several of the teams that build Ubuntu” that took place on May 21-22nd, the post includes links to logs for all sessions.

http://ubuntuclassroom.wordpress.com/2013/05/25/ubuntu-open-week-wrap-up/

Fajran Iman Rusadi: Ubuntu Repository: Total Packages and Sizes

Fajran Iman Rusadi shares a chart with details of the Ubuntu repository size from warty through today. He also links to the full results and the code he used to generate the stats and charts.

http://fajran.web.id/2013/05/ubuntu-repository-total-packages-and-sizes.html

In The Press

Laptop Week Review: The Dell XPS 13 Developers Edition With Ubuntu

John Biggs of TechCrunch reviews the Dell XPS 13 Developers Edition laptop, powered by Ubuntu. Some of the pros include excellent performance out of the box and fast boot time, while among the cons are limited software choices and a slightly underpowered graphics card.

http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/20/laptop-week-review-the-dell-xps-13-developers-edition-with-ubuntu/

Ubuntu 'superphone' needs a superstrategy

Simon Phipps of InfoWorld interviews Jono Bacon about Ubuntu phone. They cover the current phase of development, its weaknesses and strengths.

http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source-software/ubuntu-superphone-needs-superstrategy-219256

The full podcast where this interview took place is available here: FLOSS Weekly 252: Ubuntu Phone: http://twit.tv/show/floss-weekly/252

New Ubuntu Server 13.04 Streamlines Path to Cloud, Virtualization, and Mobility

Bob Price Alo of Midsize Insider brings us an overview that Ubuntu 13.04 brings with emphasis on server and cloud edition.

http://midsizeinsider.com/en-us/article/new-ubuntu-server-1304-streamlines-path

Ubuntu Touch: the (natural) next step in personal computing?

Tony Mobily of Free Software Magazine looks at the development of Ubuntu from 2004 to the present day. He comments on Mark Shuttleworth's bold ground-breaking decisions which include his choice to use Unity and Mir and takes a forward look at the many uses to which the Ubuntu phone will be put.

http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/ubuntu_touch_natural_next_step_personal_computing

In The Blogosphere

Mark Shuttleworth Talks Mir, Ubuntu Touch Marketshare & Mudslinging

Joey-Elijah Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! reports that Mark Shuttleworth put himself in front of the community for a Question & Answer session on IRC during Ubuntu Open Week. In the one hour session Mark was asked how Kubuntu, Lubuntu and Xubuntu fit into Canonical’s long term plans, his opinion of Windows 8 and several questions on Ubuntu Touch. The post includes a summary of the best questions as selected by Sneddon and a link to the entire session.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/05/mark-shuttleworth-on-mir-unity8-future

The Cost Of Ubuntu Disk Encryption

“In this article are results comparing Ubuntu 13.04 without any form of disk encryption to using the home directory encryption feature (eCryptfs-based) and full-disk encryption (using LUKS with an encrypted LVM).”

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_1304_encryption&num=1

Ubuntu Linux Tablets From ZaReason, System76?

The VAR Guy speculates on the possibility that System76 and ZaReason, which are well known within Ubuntu PC circles, will enter the Linux tablet market. He mentions that ZaReason has already offered a tablet based on Android in 2012 and that System76 CEO Carl Richell expressed interest in a single Ubuntu code base for tablets, PCs and smart phones.

http://thevarguy.com/open-source-application-software-companies/ubuntu-linux-tablets-zareason-system76

Ubuntu designers published motion presentation video-clip with beautiful, definitely impressive look&feel

Razvi of iloveubuntu informs us about Ubuntu touch latest design which includes nice demo video published by Ubuntu designers.

http://www.iloveubuntu.net/ubuntu-designers-published-motion-presentation-video-clip-beautiful-definitely-impressive-lookfeel

Music App added to Ubuntu Touch Core Apps

Razvi of iloveubuntu announces that a Music App has been added to the default bundle of core applications for Ubuntu Touch.

http://www.iloveubuntu.net/music-app-added-ubuntu-touch-core-apps

Linux-Based Education OS Gets New Features

Ellis Booker of InformationWeek gives us an overview about Edubuntu 13.04 and its new features which includes: klavaro: flexible touch-typing tutor, krecipes: recipe manager and collection, gramps: genealogical research program,chemtool: chemical structures drawing program, fritzing: easy-to-use electronics design software, Einstein: puzzle game inspired by Einstein's puzzle, vym: mindmapping tool, bluefish: wysiwyg html editor, LTSP, Epoptes and packages intent for different age groups.

http://www.informationweek.com/education/k-12/linux-based-education-os-gets-new-featur/240155465

CACS laptop install day wrap-up

Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph writes about efforts by Partimus volunteers to deploy Lubuntu 12.04 on dozens of laptops at the Creative Arts Charter School in San Francisco, California on April 28th.

http://blog.partimus.org/?p=475

Can Ubuntu Become a Real Consumer Brand?

The VAR Guy tries to answer the question of whether Ubuntu can achieve mass-market success in the mobile market. He talks about what made Ubuntu a successful operating system for PCs, and how this is different from the smartphone and tablet space.

http://thevarguy.com/open-source-application-software-companies/can-ubuntu-become-real-consumer-brand

Burning Circle Episode 113

Stephen Michael Kellat talks about Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, new potential Ubuntu community members and issues around membership, Saucy Salamander and invites everyone to contribute more.

http://ohio.ubuntu-us.org/node/147

Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S06E13 – Guest House Ubuntu

Some of the news that Podcast from the UK LoCo Team! brings in their thirteenth episode(season six) are:

  • Ubuntu will be supporting the 3.8 Linux kernel until August 2014
  • The International Space Station is migrating its laptops from Windows to Linux
  • Ubuntu.com is getting an update to ensure it allows access to all parts of the project
  • Ubuntu SDK should be ready to use by October this year

http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2013/05/23/s06e13-guest-house-ubuntu/

Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings

Monthly Team Reports: April 2013

See here for the team report for April 2013: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TeamReports/April2013

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 10.04, 12.04, 12.10 and 13.04

Security Updates

Ubuntu 10.04 Updates

End of Life - April 2015 (Server)

Ubuntu 12.04 Updates

End of Life - April 2017

Ubuntu 12.10 Updates

End of Life - April 2014

Ubuntu 13.04 Updates

End of Life - January 2014

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Conclusion

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Credits

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

  • Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph
  • Jasna Benčić
  • Paul White
  • Howard Chan
  • Radu Stoica
  • David Morfin
  • Matt Rudge
  • And many others

Glossary of Terms

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Ubuntu - Get Involved

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