Issue350


Contents

  1. In This Issue
  2. General Community News
    1. Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) reaches End of Life on January 27 2014
  3. Ubuntu Stats
    1. Bug Stats
    2. Ask Ubuntu Top Questions this week
      1. Most Active Questions
      2. Top Voted New Questions
  4. LoCo News
    1. New Logos Announced!
  5. The Planet
    1. Valorie Zimmerman: Does your volume keep resetting to zero?
    2. Victor Tuson Palau: [Ubuntu Touch] Logviewer
    3. Barneedhar: Ask Ubuntu – In the year 2013
    4. Bryan Quigley: Multiprocess Firefox – An afternoon testing on Ubuntu 12.04
    5. Lubuntu Blog: Lots of LX updates
    6. Ubuntu Classroom: 2nd Call for Instructors: Ubuntu User Days on Jan 25-26th 2014
  6. Other Community News
    1. Ubuntu Kylin: Released Youker Assistant V0.3.2!
  7. Canonical News
    1. New year, new website: the new canonical.com
    2. Ubuntu scores highest in UK Gov security assessment
  8. In The Press
    1. What to expect from Ubuntu in 2014
    2. Firefox OS, Ubuntu Touch enter the mobile operating system fray
  9. In The Blogosphere
    1. Ubuntu 14.04's lock screen updated with clock support
    2. Ubuntu Will Add Torrent Search to Embed Free Culture Into User Experience
    3. Multiple Ubuntu Phones To Launch in 2014
    4. Ubuntu 13.10: 5 things we love, 5 things we hate
    5. Ubuntu 14.04 received minor-yet-relevant visual improvement
    6. MATE Desktop Environment Will Be Available in Ubuntu 14.04
    7. Ubuntu Has ‘No Plans’ To Make a Smartwatch
  10. Other Articles of Interest
  11. Featured Audio and Video
    1. Jono Bacon Q&A - 7th Jan 2014
    2. Convergence Design Brainstorm - 8th Jan 2014
  12. Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  13. Upcoming Meetings and Events
  14. Updates and Security for 10.04, 12.04, 12.10, 13.04 and 13.10
    1. Security Updates
    2. Ubuntu 10.04 Updates
    3. Ubuntu 12.04 Updates
    4. Ubuntu 12.10 Updates
    5. Ubuntu 13.04 Updates
    6. Ubuntu 13.10 Updates
  15. Subscribe
  16. Archives
  17. Additional Ubuntu News
  18. Conclusion
  19. Credits
  20. Glossary of Terms
  21. Ubuntu - Get Involved
  22. Feedback

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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 350 for the week January 6 - 12, 2014.

In This Issue

  • Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) reaches End of Life on January 27 2014
  • Ubuntu Stats
  • LoCo News

  • Valorie Zimmerman: Does your volume keep resetting to zero?
  • Victor Tuson Palau: [Ubuntu Touch] Logviewer
  • Barneedhar: Ask Ubuntu – In the year 2013
  • Bryan Quigley: Multiprocess Firefox – An afternoon testing on Ubuntu 12.04
  • Lubuntu Blog: Lots of LX updates
  • Ubuntu Classroom: 2nd Call for Instructors: Ubuntu User Days on Jan 25-26th 2014
  • Ubuntu Kylin: Released Youker Assistant V0.3.2!
  • New year, new website: the new canonical.com
  • Ubuntu scores highest in UK Gov security assessment
  • What to expect from Ubuntu in 2014
  • Firefox OS, Ubuntu Touch enter the mobile operating system fray
  • In The Blogosphere
  • Other Articles of Interest
  • Featured Audio and Video
  • Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  • Upcoming Meetings and Events
  • Updates and Security for 10.04, 12.04, 12.10, 13.04 and 13.10
  • And much more!

General Community News

Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) reaches End of Life on January 27 2014

Adam Conrad reminds us that Ubuntu 13.04 reaches its end-of-life on January 27, 2014; the first release to last just 9 months was released on April 25, 2013. Adam says users are encouraged to upgrade to 13.10 in order to continue receiving security updates.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2014-January/000178.html

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open (107611) -116 over last week
  • Critical (123) +8 over last week
  • Unconfirmed (52282) -731 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 Questions this week

Most Active Questions

Top Voted New Questions

People Contributing the best questions and answers this week: Radu Rădeanu (http://askubuntu.com/users/147044/radu-rdeanu), falconer (http://askubuntu.com/users/221281/falconer), minerz029 (http://askubuntu.com/users/176889/minerz029), Eliah Kagan (http://askubuntu.com/users/22949/eliah-kagan) and Braiam (http://askubuntu.com/users/169736/braiam)

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

LoCo News

New Logos Announced!

José Antonio Rey announces that the winner of the contest to find new logos for the LoCo Teams and the LoCo Council is Sam Hewitt. José says that the new logos can be seen on the ~locoteams and ~ubuntu-lococouncil teams’ pages on Launchpad, and he thanks all who participated with their logos.

http://lococouncil.ubuntu.com/2014/01/11/new-logos-announced/

The Planet

Valorie Zimmerman: Does your volume keep resetting to zero?

Valorie Zimmerman promotes a solution for the problem of the system volume resetting itself to zero in Kubuntu, courtesy of Axtroz in #kde.

http://linuxgrandma.blogspot.com/2014/01/does-your-volume-keep-resetting-to-zero.html

Victor Tuson Palau: [Ubuntu Touch] Logviewer

Victor Palau gives us an overview of his new LogViewer application for Ubuntu Touch, inspired by CatLog for Android. Like CatLog, it must be downloaded and installed manually in order to be run unconstrained.

http://victorpalau.net/2014/01/08/ubuntu-touch-logviewer/

Barneedhar: Ask Ubuntu – In the year 2013

Barneedhar gives a tour of Ask Ubuntu statistics, including total questions asked, answered, duplicated, etc. The many graphs clearly illustrate its popularity, showing a clear uptick in questions asked over the last year.

http://unbrokenspectrum.wordpress.com/2014/01/08/ask-ubuntu-in-the-year-2013/

Bryan Quigley: Multiprocess Firefox – An afternoon testing on Ubuntu 12.04

Bryan Quigley walks us through his testing of a multi-process Firefox (where each tab is isolated from all others) on Ubuntu 12.04, with all add-ons disabled, and reports on what does and does not work.

http://bryanquigley.com/uncategorized/multiprocess-firefox-an-afternoon-testing-on-ubuntu-12-04

Lubuntu Blog: Lots of LX updates

Rafael Laguna tells us that LXDE coder PCMan has been busy lately updating the main libraries and applications in Lubuntu, including bug fixes and new features.

http://lubuntublog.blogspot.com.au/2014/01/lots-of-lx-updates.html

Ubuntu Classroom: 2nd Call for Instructors: Ubuntu User Days on Jan 25-26th 2014

José Antonio Rey, on behalf of the Ubuntu Classroom Team, reminds us of the upcoming Ubuntu User Days event. Just two weeks away now, volunteer instructors are in high demand for the upcoming session. Ubuntu User Days are held over IRC and are intended to help beginning and intermediate users become familiar with Ubuntu. Anyone interested in helping is encouraged to check in on IRC and become involved!

http://ubuntuclassroom.wordpress.com/2014/01/11/2nd-call-for-instructors-ubuntu-user-days-on-jan-25-26th-2014/

Other Community News

Ubuntu Kylin: Released Youker Assistant V0.3.2!

Jack Yu from the Ubuntu Kylin team announces the release of Youker Assistant V0.3.2. Youker assistant is a powerful GUI tool for Linux desktop management and it now supports both English and Chinese.

http://www.ubuntukylin.com/news/shownews.php?lang=en&id=181

Canonical News

New year, new website: the new canonical.com

Canonical celebrates its 10th anniversary this year, and with this milestone, the team felt it was a good time to give the website a facelift. The new site aims to distill all that Canonical is and does into its most essential elements in order to be easier to navigate and understand.

http://design.canonical.com/2014/01/new-year-new-website-the-new-canonical-com/

Ubuntu scores highest in UK Gov security assessment

Canonical has announced that the UK government’s security arm CESG has published a report which assesses the security of all ‘End User Device’ operating systems. The announcement says that Ubuntu 12.04 LTS came out on top, the only operating system that passed nine requirements without any “Significant Risks”, and includes a link to a summary of the UK Government report.

http://insights.ubuntu.com/resources/article/ubuntu-scores-highest-in-uk-gov-security-assessment/

In The Press

What to expect from Ubuntu in 2014

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols of ZDNet gives us a wide overview of what to expect from Canonical and Ubuntu in the coming year. Highlights include Ubuntu Touch smartphones, and a single code-base for desktops, tablets and phones on which to develop new applications.

http://www.zdnet.com/what-to-expect-from-ubuntu-in-2014-7000024789/

Firefox OS, Ubuntu Touch enter the mobile operating system fray

Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla of the Calgary Herald writes that with the arrival of Firefox OS and Ubuntu Touch, the smartphone market is rapidly heating up. Though neither are likely to make a big dent in the market this year, their very presence will push all the major players to innovate more rapidly, while giving users a wider variety of phones and systems to choose from.

http://www.calgaryherald.com/technology/Firefox+Ubuntu+Touch+enter+mobile+operating+system+fray/9360311/story.html

In The Blogosphere

Ubuntu 14.04's lock screen updated with clock support

razvi of iloveubuntu acquaints us with Ubuntu 14.04’s lock screen, which has recently been updated to include a clock. While a seemingly minor addition, it significantly improves the lock screen experience.

http://iloveubuntu.net/ubuntu-1404s-lock-screen-updated-clock-support

Ubuntu Will Add Torrent Search to Embed Free Culture Into User Experience

Thanks to a new scope, users of The Pirate Bay will be able to search for torrents directly from the Unity desktop. The scope was endorsed by Mark Shuttleworth in late December, when he wrote “The tool is super-useful and it’s perfectly justified to make it available by default. We use torrents for distributing Ubuntu itself. So please don’t hold back!"

http://torrentfreak.com/ubuntu-to-add-torrent-search-140104/

Multiple Ubuntu Phones To Launch in 2014

Joey-Elijah Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! reports on the coming year which will see the launch of multiple Ubuntu Touch phones according to Ubuntu’s Community Manager Jono Bacon. His comments follow others made by Mark Shuttleworth regarding a ‘high end’ smartphone made by a well-known brand set to debut in 2014, though exactly which ‘well-known’ brand that is remains open to speculation.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/01/several-ubuntu-phones-release-2014

Ubuntu 13.10: 5 things we love, 5 things we hate

Tom Henderson of NetworkWorld has released a short review of Ubuntu 13.10, including 5 things to love about Canonical’s most recent Ubuntu release.

http://www.networkworld.com/slideshow/134353/ubuntu-1310-5-things-we-love-5-things-we-hate.html

Ubuntu 14.04 received minor-yet-relevant visual improvement

razvi of iloveubuntu writes that the upcoming release of Ubuntu 14.04 ‘Trusty Tahr’ includes several minor and yet important visual improvements, including a new look for Gedit.

http://iloveubuntu.net/ubuntu-1404-received-minor-yet-relevant-visual-improvement

MATE Desktop Environment Will Be Available in Ubuntu 14.04

Joey-Elijah Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! tells us that Ubuntu 14.04 will include the MATE Desktop environment for the first time. MATE 1.6 is a fork of GNOME 2.x which preserves the 2-panel layout familiar to Ubuntu users prior to Unity’s release. Other similar environments can be found in Cinnamon and GNOME 3’s Classic Mode.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/01/mate-desktop-ubuntu-1404

Ubuntu Has ‘No Plans’ To Make a Smartwatch

Joey-Elijah Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! writes that Canonical has no plans to join the current trend for wearable technology. Joey-Elijah summarizes his post by saying "Having fingers poked in multiple pies may feel exciting but, with their hands fully free, Canonical are better placed to shaped each of the target form-factors in turn, an approach that will, ultimately, deliver a more polished result. "

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/01/ubuntu-touch-smartwatch-no-plans

Jono Bacon Q&A - 7th Jan 2014

Jono Bacon presents another of his regular weekly Q&A sessions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H51N929T2sE

Convergence Design Brainstorm - 8th Jan 2014

Michael Hall presents a design related brainstorming session with contributions from Alan Pope, David Planella, Christina Li and Nicholas Skaggs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI97UUMLJT8

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, 13.04 and 13.10

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

Ubuntu 13.10 Updates

End of Life - July 2014

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