Issue332
WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 332 for the week August 26 - September 1, 2013.
In This Issue
General Community News
Call for Nominations to the LoCo Council
Pablo Rubianes writes that the LoCo Council are being faced with the task of replacing three of the current Council members and asks for volunteers to step forward and nominate themselves or another contributor for the three open positions. Pablo lists the requirements for nominees, how to apply and advises the dates that nominations will open and close.
http://lococouncil.ubuntu.com/2013/08/28/call-for-nominations-to-the-loco-council-2/
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
Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions this week
Ask (and answer!) your own questions at http://askubuntu.com
LoCo News
Jono Bacon: Re-Energizing LoCo Teams
Jono Bacon writes "I want to re-energize our LoCo community to bring out the best in our wider community and to open doors to more and more people who can be touched by Ubuntu." Jono says that there is a need for people who are willing to make change happen in a practical way and adds that he wants to encourage those who are willing to commit the time and effort to bring change to LoCo Teams to apply to join the LoCo Council.
http://www.jonobacon.org/2013/08/30/re-energizing-loco-teams/
Ubuntu Cloud News
Juju Charm Championship expands with more categories, more prizes
The Juju Charm Championship has added a $10,000 for the most innovative bundle of charms. The categories are as follows: Continuous deployment, Media, Telco, High Availability, Data science/mining and Monitoring.
http://insights.ubuntu.com/news/juju-charm-championship-expands-with-more-categories-more-prizes/
The Planet
Other Community News
Canonical News
In The Press
In The Blogosphere
In Other News
Full Circle Magazine #76
“Full Circle - the independent magazine for the Ubuntu Linux community are proud to announce the release of our seventy sixth issue.
- This month:
- Ubuntu News
Command & Conquer
How-To : Python, LibreOffice, and Spring Integration.
- Graphics : Blender, and Inkscape.
- Review: Google Docs/Drive
- Book Review: Blender Master Class
plus: Q&A, Linux Labs, Ask The New Guy, My Story, and soooo much more!”
http://fullcirclemagazine.org/2013/08/30/full-circle-magazine-76/
Featured Audio and Video
Ubuntu Ohio - Burning Circle: Burning Circle Episode 128
“This week's episode talks about the new verified teams paradigm for local community teams, mentions the release of 12.04.3, and talks about what is coming up at Ohio Linux Fest. Where the leader disappeared to over the weekend is also mentioned in passing.”
http://ohio.ubuntu-us.org/node/164
Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S06E27 – Withnail and Ubuntu
Alan Pope, Mark Johnson, Tony Whitmore, and Laura Cowen are back for the twenty-seventh episode of Season Six of the Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo Team!
In this week’s show:-
- We experiment with live video again! (You can watch the recording on Youtube)
- We take a look at what’s been happening in the news: including “Did the Edge campaign fail?”
- We catch up with what’s happening in the Ubuntu community: including “Can you join Virtual UDS if you’re under 18?”
And we mention some events: including “Ohio LinuxFest - 13th-15th September – Ohio. Includes the return of UbuCon!”
http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2013/08/29/s06e27-withnail-and-ubuntu/
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 10.04, 12.04, 12.10 and 13.04
Security Updates
Ubuntu 10.04 Updates
Ubuntu 12.04 Updates
Ubuntu 12.10 Updates
Ubuntu 13.04 Updates
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