Issue331


Contents

  1. In This Issue
  2. General Community News
    1. Ubuntu Edge crowdfunding drive has missed its target
    2. Ubuntu Developer Summit August 27-29th
    3. Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS released
    4. Welcome New Members and Developers
  3. Ubuntu Stats
    1. Bug Stats
    2. Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions this week
      1. Most Active Questions
      2. Top Voted New Questions
  4. LoCo News
    1. I am speaking at the Ohio LinuxFest!
    2. Want to apply for Ubuntu Membership?
    3. New Local communities health check process
  5. Ubuntu Cloud News
    1. Juju now available in Homebrew
    2. Juju Charm Ecosystem Status for 21 August
    3. Getting started with the Juju Local/LXC provider
  6. The Planet
    1. Tony Whitmore: Video killed the radio star(s)
    2. Nicholas Skaggs: Automated Testing in ubuntu
    3. Kubuntu: Plasma Mediacentre 1.1
    4. Jono Bacon: Ubuntu In a Nutshell Series, App Upload Process & The Ubuntu SDK and Developer Story
    5. James Page: OpenvSwitch for Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS
    6. Canonical Design Team: Music app: focus on the content
    7. Pasi Lallinaho: Xubuntu team: No Mir for 13.10
    8. James Hunt: Upstart 1.10 released
    9. Ubuntu Women: Ubuntu Women Scavenger Hunt
  7. Canonical News
    1. Canonical showcasing Cloud and Desktop solutions at Dell Solutions Summit, Beijing, China
  8. In The Press
    1. Ubuntu devs to get 15-min code review, full SDK love – Canonical
    2. How Windows, OS X, and Ubuntu are slowly turning your PC into a smartphone
  9. In The Blogosphere
    1. Planning Begins For Next Week's Ubuntu vUDS Summit
    2. Unity 8 updated with full wallpaper support
    3. 18 New Wallpapers Chosen for Ubuntu 13.10
    4. Ubuntu converged's Ubuntu System Settings received new interesting additions
    5. Linux-powered quadrocoptor has three cameras
  10. Featured Audio and Video
    1. Ubuntu Ohio - Burning Circle: Burning Circle Episode 127
    2. Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S06E26 – Raging Ubuntu
  11. Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  12. Upcoming Meetings and Events
  13. 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
  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 331 for the week August 19 - 25, 2013.

In This Issue

  • Ubuntu Edge crowdfunding drive has missed its target
  • Ubuntu Developer Summit August 27-29th
  • Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS released
  • Welcome New Members and Developers
  • Ubuntu Stats

  • I am speaking at the Ohio LinuxFest!

  • Want to apply for Ubuntu Membership?
  • New Local communities health check process
  • Ubuntu Cloud News
  • Tony Whitmore: Video killed the radio star(s)
  • Nicholas Skaggs: Automated Testing in ubuntu
  • Kubuntu: Plasma Mediacentre 1.1

  • Jono Bacon: Ubuntu In a Nutshell Series, App Upload Process & The Ubuntu SDK and Developer Story

  • James Page: OpenvSwitch for Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS

  • Canonical Design Team: Music app: focus on the content
  • Pasi Lallinaho: Xubuntu team: No Mir for 13.10
  • James Hunt: Upstart 1.10 released
  • Ubuntu Women: Ubuntu Women Scavenger Hunt
  • Canonical showcasing Cloud and Desktop solutions at Dell Solutions Summit, Beijing, China
  • Ubuntu devs to get 15-min code review, full SDK love – Canonical
  • How Windows, OS X, and Ubuntu are slowly turning your PC into a smartphone
  • In The Blogosphere
  • Ubuntu Ohio - Burning Circle: Burning Circle Episode 127

  • Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S06E26 – Raging Ubuntu

  • Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  • Upcoming Meetings and Events
  • Updates and Security for 10.04, 12.04, 12.10 and 13.04
  • And much more!

General Community News

Ubuntu Edge crowdfunding drive has missed its target

The 30-day crowdfunding campaign to raise $32 million for the Ubuntu Edge smartphone has failed to reach its target, and this has led to another series of posts from news sites and blogs alike. The following are a sampling collected by our editors:

Ubuntu Developer Summit August 27-29th

The next mid-cycle virtual Ubuntu Developer Summit is scheduled for August 27-29th from 2pm-8pm UTC!

Check out the details, participation information, and schedule at: http://uds.ubuntu.com/

Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS released

“The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS (Long-Term Support) for its Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products, as well as other flavors of Ubuntu with long-term support.”

Release details, including links to changes and instructions for updating at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2013-August/000175.html

Welcome New Members and Developers

Results for the 12:00 UTC Membership Board meeting for August 21st, 2013 are as follows:

C de-Avillez of the membership board writes: “mzanetti is a developer at Canonical, and is very active on the Touch environment; saintjohn769 is a member of the never-ceasing-to-amaze-me Myanmar LoCo, and is very active on spreading knowledge about Ubuntu and free software”

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2013-August/001853.html

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open (105783) +209 over last week
  • Critical (89) +3 over last week
  • Unconfirmed (51844) +131 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 (http://askubuntu.com/users/59676/mitch), rajagenupula (http://askubuntu.com/users/33833/rajagenupula), fossfreedom (http://askubuntu.com/users/14356/fossfreedom), Andrea Corbellini (http://askubuntu.com/users/2979/andrea-corbellini) and Radu Rădeanu (http://askubuntu.com/users/147044/radu-rdeanu)

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

LoCo News

I am speaking at the Ohio LinuxFest!

Jorge O. Castro writes that he has been fortunate enough to be selected as a speaker for the Ohio LinuxFest 2013. Jorge tells us about the talks he'll be giving and provides links to the daily schedules.

http://www.jorgecastro.org/2013/08/21/i-am-speaking-at-the-ohio-linuxfest/

Want to apply for Ubuntu Membership?

Arizona LoCo member scott_ev reaches out to the Arizona LoCo community to help guide users through the membership process.

http://azloco.com/scott_ev

New Local communities health check process

Bhavani Shankar writes on the LoCo Council blog about some changes around how team approvals are handled. “Every team shall be known as a LoCo team, teams that were previously known as an “Approved LoCo team” shall be known as a “Verified LoCo team”. New teams shall be a LoCo team, teams do not have to be verified. The term Verified means that a Launchpad team has been created, the team name conforms to the correct naming standard, and the team contact has signed the Code of Conduct.”

http://lococouncil.ubuntu.com/2013/08/25/new-local-communities-healthcheck/

Ubuntu Cloud News

Juju now available in Homebrew

Jorge O. Castro advises that thanks to Rodrigo Chacon, OSX users can now install Juju via Homebrew. Jorge also briefly explains what Juju is, reminds us of the Juju Charm Championship, and provides several links to help new users get started.

http://www.jorgecastro.org/2013/08/19/juju-now-available-in-homebrew/

Juju Charm Ecosystem Status for 21 August

Jorge O. Castro reports on the latest Juju ecosystem updates which includes the current status of the Docs and the current status of the teams members’ goals.

http://www.jorgecastro.org/2013/08/21/juju-charm-ecosystem-status-for-21-august/

Getting started with the Juju Local/LXC provider

Jorge O. Castro writes that “one of the coolest things” that Juju does is deploy instances on a laptop via LXC containers using the same cloud image used in Amazon, HP Cloud, Azure, or any other cloud--but configured so that a production environment can be mirrored. Jorge links to video of a charm school tutorial on how to use the local provider.

http://www.jorgecastro.org/2013/08/23/getting-started-with-the-juju-local-slash-lxc-provider/

The Planet

Tony Whitmore: Video killed the radio star(s)

Tony Whitmore recounts that something different was tried during the last Ubuntu Podcast recording session by providing a live video stream. Tony describes how the team used Google Hangouts to make the broadcast and provides a link to their first video.

http://tonywhitmore.co.uk/blog/2013/08/19/ubuntu-podcast-live-stream-video/

Nicholas Skaggs: Automated Testing in ubuntu

Nicholas Skaggs writes about automated testing in Ubuntu and takes a look at "The Why", "The How", "The Results" and "The Next Steps" in turn. Nicholas appeals for help and reminds us that "your contributions (automated or manual) help make ubuntu better for us all!"

http://www.theorangenotebook.com/2013/08/automated-testing-in-ubuntu.html

Kubuntu: Plasma Mediacentre 1.1

The Kubuntu team announce the availability of Plasma Mediacentre 1.1 and advise the Kubuntu releases for which it is available, where bugs should be reported, and how to install the software.

http://www.kubuntu.org/news/plasma-mediacentre-1.1

Jono Bacon: Ubuntu In a Nutshell Series, App Upload Process & The Ubuntu SDK and Developer Story

Jono Bacon kicks off a series of articles summarizing the work currently being done in Ubuntu which includes rebuilding much of the core foundations to make the convergence platform and cloud orchestration story more successful. Jono presents the first two articles explaining how developers get their apps into Ubuntu and how developers write apps in the first place.

http://www.jonobacon.org/2013/08/21/ubuntu-in-a-nutshell-series/

http://www.jonobacon.org/2013/08/21/ubuntu-in-a-nutshell-app-upload-process/

http://www.jonobacon.org/2013/08/22/ubuntu-in-a-nutshell-the-ubuntu-sdk-and-developer-story/

James Page: OpenvSwitch for Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS

James Page writes that it has been challenging to support he OpenvSwitch datapath kernel module packages on Ubuntu 12.04 whilst ensuring compatibility with the hardware enablement kernels being pushed out for each point release. James advises that specific packages will be provided for the Raring HWE kernel and the required action those wishing to switch need to take.

http://javacruft.wordpress.com/2013/08/21/openvswitch-for-ubuntu-12-04-3-lts/

Canonical Design Team: Music app: focus on the content

Lisette Slegers writes that music apps allowing users to switch between a player and a queue mode can be quite complex and that a challenge unique for the Ubuntu phone is keeping the play controls easily accessible while maintaining focus on the content. Lisette takes a detailed look at moving between the player, the queue and the library, and provides screenshots to illustrate the current screen layouts.

http://design.canonical.com/2013/08/music-app-focus-on-the-content/

Pasi Lallinaho: Xubuntu team: No Mir for 13.10

The Xubuntu team announces that Xubuntu 13.10 will not have XMir installed by default. They thank the Mir developers for helping with their problems and everybody who tested XMir with Xubuntu. Included in this announcement is a link to the full logs and the minutes from the community meeting at which the decision was made.

http://open.knome.fi/2013/08/22/xubuntu-team-no-mir-for-13-10/

James Hunt: Upstart 1.10 released

James Hunt lists the "goodness in this release" of Upstart 1.10 and adds that the Upstart Cookbook has been updated.

http://ifdeflinux.blogspot.com/2013/08/upstart-110-released.html

Ubuntu Women: Ubuntu Women Scavenger Hunt

Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph writes that the Ubuntu Women Project has announced it has put together an online scavenger hunt to highlight facts about women in technology and help encourage the learning of interesting trivia about Ubuntu! She shows us the prizes and the rules, as well as provides links to the online submission form.

http://blog.ubuntu-women.org/2013/08/ubuntu-women-scavenger-hunt/

Canonical News

Canonical showcasing Cloud and Desktop solutions at Dell Solutions Summit, Beijing, China

Anthony Beckley announces that Canonical is sponsoring and exhibiting at the forthcoming Dell Solutions Summit, August 27-29th, 2013 in Beijing, China and that their Director of Cloud Alliances for APAC will be speaking at the summit about Canonical’s commitment to the Chinese market. Anthony also makes reference to UbuntuKylin which will be demonstrated on Dell desktops.

http://blog.canonical.com/2013/08/23/canonical-showcasing-cloud-and-desktop-solutions-at-dell-solutions-summit-beijing-china/

In The Press

Ubuntu devs to get 15-min code review, full SDK love – Canonical

Gavin Clarke of The Register writes that changes in Ubuntu will speed up the process of building apps and getting them approved for Software Center as future versions of Ubuntu will feature "click packages" which is a means of automatically wrapping up a project’s code simply by pressing a button available inside the Ubuntu SDK. Gavin also makes reference to reviews taking less than 15 minutes, down from "multi-day" code reviews.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/21/ubuntu_profiles_sandboxing/

How Windows, OS X, and Ubuntu are slowly turning your PC into a smartphone

Brad Chacos of PCWorld looks at the GUIs of Windows 8, OSX, and Ubuntu, and examines how mobile elements are creeping into each one as people yearn for consistency. Brad concludes "Who knows? Microsoft and Apple might even wind up where Ubuntu is trying (and failing) to go today."

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2047067/how-windows-os-x-and-ubuntu-are-slowly-turning-your-pc-into-a-smartphone.html

In The Blogosphere

Planning Begins For Next Week's Ubuntu vUDS Summit

Michael Larabel of Phoronix writes that the next Virtual Ubuntu Developer Summit is taking place online August 27th - 29th. Michael links to the Launchpad site for those curious about what's set to take place. He adds that from the server perspective, this vUDS sounds like a re-hash of information that was previously just discussed internally at Canonical and that "Very little (if any), new work should come from this."

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTQ0MDI

Unity 8 updated with full wallpaper support

razvi of iloveubuntu writes that Unity 8 is the next-generation version of Unity designed with Ubuntu converged in mind and therefore to be used in the future to power desktops, phones, tablets, etc. razvi demonstrates by the use of a short video how changing the wallpaper in System Settings updates the Unity 8 background in real time as Unity 8 is fully aware of the user's wallpaper.

http://iloveubuntu.net/unity-8-updated-full-wallpaper-support

18 New Wallpapers Chosen for Ubuntu 13.10

Joey-Elijah Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! reveals the 18 images that have been selected to ship by default in this October’s release of Ubuntu.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/08/ubuntu-13-10-winning-wallpapers-revealed

Ubuntu converged's Ubuntu System Settings received new interesting additions

razvi of iloveubuntu explains that "Ubuntu System Settings is the next-generation system-settings application built from its very beginning with Ubuntu converged in mind" and provides a number of screenshots to highlight the increased functionality that has been added on a constant basis.

http://iloveubuntu.net/ubuntu-convergeds-ubuntu-system-settings-received-new-interesting-additions

Linux-powered quadrocoptor has three cameras

Eric Brown of LinuxGizmos.com writes that Pleiades is over a third of the way to its Kickstarter goal for funding a hackable Linux quadrocopter that starts at $520 which uses three different cameras and a host of sensors to help it navigate. Eric takes a detailed look at the specifications and informs us that the operating system is "Ubuntu Linux with ROS".

http://linuxgizmos.com/linux-powered-quadrocoptor-has-three-cameras/

Ubuntu Ohio - Burning Circle: Burning Circle Episode 127

"This edition is a general round-up that also talks about the presenter's experience attempting a fresh install of the Saucy Salamander alpha from Xubuntu."

http://ohio.ubuntu-us.org/node/162

Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S06E26 – Raging Ubuntu

They’re back with the twenty-sixth episode of Season Six of the Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo Team! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson, Tony Whitmore, and (sort of) Laura Cowen are back in Studio A with carrot cake, tea, and an interview. You can also watch the video on Youtube!

In this week’s show:-

  • An interview with Zane Swafford about what happened when he sold an application through the Ubuntu Software Centre.
  • Some Command Line Lurve: uprecords
  • A chat about trying bitmessage and torchat, buying an Arduino starter kit, and climbing a mountain in Malawi for charity (please sponsor!).
  • Some marvellous feedback, including finding out about the Julian Day

http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2013/08/22/s06e26-raging-ubuntu/

Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings

Upcoming Meetings and Events

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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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