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| ## Make each article a subsection, via === ## These are big articles that don't fit within another section ## Suggested sources: ubuntu-news-team mailing list, fridge.ubuntu.com === Welcome New Members and Developers === ## Browse ubuntu-news-team list for announcements of new Ubuntu members. ## developers or PPU ## Forums and IRC also grant membership, where to look for those? ## Format: Results for the $foo Board Meeting DATE ## * Name (launchpad profile | wiki page) == Community Acknowledgments and Success Stories == ## This section is for various "Thank You's" and appreciation stories from the community. ## These stories can come from any source: Planet, Facebook, Twitter, Identi.ca, Blogs, News, Press etc. ## Team Leaders throughout the community should be encouraged to put their stories here as well. |
=== Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) End of Life reached on January 27 2014 === Adam Conrad, on behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team, confirms that Ubuntu 13.04 is no longer supported and no more package updates will be accepted. Adam says the supported upgrade path from Ubuntu 13.04 is via Ubuntu 13.10 for which he provides a link to the upgrade instructions. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2014-January/000179.html stories here as well. |
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| == LoCo News == ## Make each article a subsection, via === Section name === ## Add notes about new locoteams, changed ones, meetings, etc. ## Keep and eye on the Planet, the LoCo Team Portal, and other ## LoCo team Blogs you can add to your RSS Feeds, also the ## loco-contacts mailing list and http://lococouncil.ubuntu.com/ == Launchpad News == ## This section is for news from the Launchpad Blog at http://blog.launchpad.net/ == Ubuntu Forums News == ## This section is provided to include any interesting updates from the Ubuntu Forums. ## Announcements are often posted in the Community Cafe: ## http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=11 |
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| ## This section largely draws from the aggregated blog at http://cloud.ubuntu.com/ | === Ubuntu’s Juju Wins Cloud Awards ‘Best Cloud Automation Solution’ === Mark Baker, Server Project Manager, is thrilled to announce that out of 200 entries, Juju has been named the 2013-2014 Cloud Awards winner for Best Cloud Automation Solution – a category new to the awards this year. Mark says "We’d like to thank the whole Ubuntu community for its support, and to Juju contributors who continue to add to our diverse Charms library." http://insights.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntus-juju-wins-cloud-awards-best-cloud-automation-solution/ === Juju quickstart coming along === Jorge Castro updates the current state of quickstart which will allow generation of config files for faster cloud setups. http://www.jorgecastro.org/2014/01/29/juju-quickstart-coming-along/ |
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| ## This section is for Ubuntu News from "The Planet" at http://planet.ubuntu.com/ | === Randall Ross: Planet Ubuntu Needs More Awesome - Conclusion === Randall Ross wraps up his poll-driven analysis regarding the current value and status of the Ubuntu Planet and shares some of his concluding thoughts. http://randall.executiv.es/pu-more-awesome-conclusion Several community members joined in the discussion Randall kicked off, their thoughts, ideas and proposals are outlined in the following posts: * Jono Bacon: On Planet Ubuntu - http://www.jonobacon.org/2014/01/29/on-planet-ubuntu/ * Stuart Langridge: Thoughts on Planet Ubuntu - http://kryogenix.org/days/2014/01/29/thoughts-on-planet-ubuntu * Charles Profitt: Planet Ubuntu Is Not Broken - http://ftbeowulf.wordpress.com/2014/01/29/planet-ubuntu/ * Michael Hall: Ub``Blo``Po``Mo, a solution to the Planet Ubuntu problem - http://mhall119.com/2014/01/ubblopomo-a-solution-to-the-planet-ubuntu-problem/ * Stuart Langridge: Fantasy League Planet Ubuntu? - http://kryogenix.org/days/2014/01/30/fantasy-league-planet-ubuntu === Xubuntu: Xubuntu community wallpaper contest winners === The Xubuntu team announce the six winners of the Xubuntu community wallpaper contest after reviewing the 81 submissions. The team shows us the winning entries and describes why they were chosen. http://xubuntu.org/news/community-wallpaper-contest-winners/ === Stephen M. Webb: Progress on the Converged Desktop === Stephen Webb tells us that one of his side projects is a Unity8 login session that can be installed alongside other desktops including Unity7. Stephen describes some of the successes and problems of Unity8 in its current form saying "I think this is pretty exciting. That’s why I’m letting you all in on this project in its infancy. " http://bregmatter.wordpress.com/2014/01/29/progress-on-the-converged-desktop/ |
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| ## This section is for Ubuntu News from elsewhere in the community: ## mailing lists, team blogs not on planet, etc |
=== Ubuntu Kylin: 14.04 Wallpaper Contest Started! === Ubuntu Kylin community has announced the beginning of the Wallpaper Contest for Trusty. The topic is ‘the most beautiful China’. During the wallpaper contest for Saucy, the Ubuntu Kylin community collected more than 120 wonderful submissions and 20 of them were selected into the ubuntukylin-wallpapers package. http://www.ubuntukylin.com/news/shownews.php?lang=en&id=192 |
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| ## This section largely comes from blog.canonical.com and Canonical ## press releases |
=== Canonical Design Team: Latest from the web team — January 2014 === Inayaili de León Persson gives us a rundown on the latest activities of the Ubuntu Design Team, including the release of Canonical’s new website, a redesigned homepage for Ubuntu Resources, the gui for Juju and the upcoming cloud sprint in Capetown, South Africa. http://design.canonical.com/2014/01/latest-from-the-web-team-january-2014/ |
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| ## Things Ubuntu-specific are great, but general Linux goings-on are good to, to an extent. ## We don't need to replicate Digg & Slashdot, but certain things are of special interest. ## Just pulling one example from my memory, the story about Indiana schools piloting ## a classroom Linux deployment, a portion of which was Ubuntu, are good. Ubuntu ## release reviews are also common items in this section. ## For this and the next sections, see: ## https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/LinkSuggestions |
=== Expect something Ubuntu flavoured at Mobile World Congress === htxt reports on Mark Shuttleworth’s announcement of Ubuntu OS’ presence at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and notes that “Ubuntu Phone has been steadily picking up momentum over the last year.” They conclude “While we don’t expect an Ubuntu Edge sized announcement at MWC, we will most definitely be heading across to the Ubuntu booth to find out what’s what in the land of the other Linux based phone OS.” http://www.htxt.co.za/2014/01/28/expect-something-ubuntu-flavoured-mobile-world-congress/ |
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| ## In this section we want to highlight the blogs that are exceptionally well-written and in-depth. ## Blogs tend to make it easy for low-quality content, so be extra careful on what goes here. ## We should encourage bloggers to spread the word, so this section might be a good way to do so. |
=== Nautilus 3.10 Available In Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr === Andrew from Web``Upd8 tells us that Nautilus 3.10 will be included in the upcoming Ubuntu 14.04 release. While Unity users will see few, if any changes, those running Ubuntu GNOME will be treated to the new GNOME header bars, known as client-side decorations, among other updates to Nautilus. http://www.webupd8.org/2014/01/nautilus-310-available-in-ubuntu-1404.html === Nautilus 3.10 landed in Ubuntu 14.04 with improvements === razvi at iloveubuntu gives us an indepth explanation of the changes to Nautilus 3.10, which will be shipping with Ubuntu 14.04, as well as expectations on the updated file manager. http://iloveubuntu.net/nautilus-310-landed-ubuntu-1404-improvements === 7 Things We Expect from Ubuntu in 2014 === Jun Auza at Tech``Source lists 7 things that they expect from Ubuntu in 2014 including a new icon set, an improved Software Center, and a better boot experience. http://www.junauza.com/2014/01/7-things-we-expect-from-ubuntu-in-2014.html === Canonical At Mobile World Congress 2014 – What Can We Expect? === Joey-Elijah Sneddon from OMG! Ubuntu! tells us about his expectations for Canonical at the upcoming Mobile World Congress, which will be held in Barcelona this month. “It’s the world’s biggest meeting of mobile industry experts, enthusiasts and original equipment manufacturers and, once again, Canonical will be in attendance,” Sneddon states. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/01/canonical-mobile-world-congress-2014-app-planet === Ubuntu Planning To Develop Its Own File Manager === Michael Larabel of Phoronix reports on a mailing list post from an Ubuntu developer which he interprets as meaning that Ubuntu is planning to introduce their own home grown file manager in Ubuntu 14.10 to replace GNOME's Nautilus. As a follow-up, Jono Bacon explains in a Google+ post that this is not the case (https://plus.google.com/114419073019603780828/posts/bZUqFPhfHRX), clarifying that Oliver is starting initial discussions to explore what would be wanted and needed in a new Ubuntu-specific file manager. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTU4OTY |
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| ## Any news or links that don't fit neatly into other sections. | === Full Circle Magazine #81 escapes into the wild === Full Circle - the independent magazine for the Ubuntu Linux community are proud to announce the release of our eighty-first issue. This month: * Command & Conquer * How-To : Python, Libre``Office, and Improve Security with Lynis. * Graphics : JPG>PDF, and Inkscape. * Review: LXLE Linux * Book Review: Super Scratch (Updated Edition) * NEW! Security Q&A plus: Linux Labs, Ask The New Guy, My Story, Ubuntu Games, and soooo much more! Get it while it's hot! http://fullcirclemagazine.org/issue-81/ |
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| ## Bullet-point list of articles that are more generic linux in nature | * How to run Linux on a Chromebook - http://www.itworld.com/open-source/402077/how-run-linux-chromebook * Debian Project News - January 27th, 2014 - http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2014/02/ * Ubuntu 14.04 vs. Debian 7.3 vs. Debian Jessie Preview - http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_1404_jessie&num=1 * LibreOffice 4.2 brings new features for power and enterprise users - http://www.muktware.com/2014/01/libreoffice-4-2-brings-new-features-power-enterprise-users/20253 * UK government plans switch from Microsoft Office to open source - http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/29/uk-government-plans-switch-to-open-source-from-microsoft-office-suite |
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| ## Ubuntu UK Podcast ## Full Circle Magazine Podcast ## At Home With Jono Bacon - Weekly Community QA on UStreamTV ## Lococast.net |
=== Jono Bacon Q&A - 28th Jan 2014 === Jono Bacon presents another of his weekly Ubuntu On-Air Q&A sessions. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-YadkmcRvw === Canonical Design Team: App Design Clinic #7 === Alan Pope introduces the latest App design Clinic with Katie Taylor. Katie looks at the Socketworld, Flashback and Capitals apps. http://design.canonical.com/2014/01/app-design-clinic-7/ |
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| ## Change date to reflect the latest meeting date and verify link then just remove the comment out marks ## * Kernel Team - February 21, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Meeting#Tues.2C_21_February_2012 ## * QA Team - February 15, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Meetings/QA/20120215 ## * Desktop Team - February 21, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Meeting/2012-02-21 ## * Security Team - February 13, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20120213 ## * Server Team - February 21, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/20120221 == Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings == # Edubuntu Team, Lubuntu, Studio and Xubuntu currently (01/2012) have active regular meetings. == Monthly Team Reports: <MONTH> <YEAR> == ## Once a month we do these in the format: ## ## See here for the team report for June 2011: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TeamReports/MonthYear ## ## If your team is not producing monthly reports, see this page to get your team started: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BuildingCommunity/TeamReporting |
* Security Team - January 27, 2014 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20140127 * Server Team - January 28, 2014 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/20140128 |
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WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 353 for the week January 27 - February 2, 2014.
In This Issue
General Community News
Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) End of Life reached on January 27 2014
Adam Conrad, on behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team, confirms that Ubuntu 13.04 is no longer supported and no more package updates will be accepted. Adam says the supported upgrade path from Ubuntu 13.04 is via Ubuntu 13.10 for which he provides a link to the upgrade instructions.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2014-January/000179.html stories here as well.
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
Ubuntu Cloud News
Ubuntu’s Juju Wins Cloud Awards ‘Best Cloud Automation Solution’
Mark Baker, Server Project Manager, is thrilled to announce that out of 200 entries, Juju has been named the 2013-2014 Cloud Awards winner for Best Cloud Automation Solution – a category new to the awards this year. Mark says "We’d like to thank the whole Ubuntu community for its support, and to Juju contributors who continue to add to our diverse Charms library."
http://insights.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntus-juju-wins-cloud-awards-best-cloud-automation-solution/
Juju quickstart coming along
Jorge Castro updates the current state of quickstart which will allow generation of config files for faster cloud setups.
http://www.jorgecastro.org/2014/01/29/juju-quickstart-coming-along/
The Planet
Randall Ross: Planet Ubuntu Needs More Awesome - Conclusion
Randall Ross wraps up his poll-driven analysis regarding the current value and status of the Ubuntu Planet and shares some of his concluding thoughts.
http://randall.executiv.es/pu-more-awesome-conclusion
Several community members joined in the discussion Randall kicked off, their thoughts, ideas and proposals are outlined in the following posts:
Jono Bacon: On Planet Ubuntu - http://www.jonobacon.org/2014/01/29/on-planet-ubuntu/
Stuart Langridge: Thoughts on Planet Ubuntu - http://kryogenix.org/days/2014/01/29/thoughts-on-planet-ubuntu
Charles Profitt: Planet Ubuntu Is Not Broken - http://ftbeowulf.wordpress.com/2014/01/29/planet-ubuntu/
Michael Hall: UbBloPoMo, a solution to the Planet Ubuntu problem - http://mhall119.com/2014/01/ubblopomo-a-solution-to-the-planet-ubuntu-problem/
Stuart Langridge: Fantasy League Planet Ubuntu? - http://kryogenix.org/days/2014/01/30/fantasy-league-planet-ubuntu
Xubuntu: Xubuntu community wallpaper contest winners
The Xubuntu team announce the six winners of the Xubuntu community wallpaper contest after reviewing the 81 submissions. The team shows us the winning entries and describes why they were chosen.
http://xubuntu.org/news/community-wallpaper-contest-winners/
Stephen M. Webb: Progress on the Converged Desktop
Stephen Webb tells us that one of his side projects is a Unity8 login session that can be installed alongside other desktops including Unity7. Stephen describes some of the successes and problems of Unity8 in its current form saying "I think this is pretty exciting. That’s why I’m letting you all in on this project in its infancy. "
http://bregmatter.wordpress.com/2014/01/29/progress-on-the-converged-desktop/
Other Community News
Ubuntu Kylin: 14.04 Wallpaper Contest Started!
Ubuntu Kylin community has announced the beginning of the Wallpaper Contest for Trusty. The topic is ‘the most beautiful China’. During the wallpaper contest for Saucy, the Ubuntu Kylin community collected more than 120 wonderful submissions and 20 of them were selected into the ubuntukylin-wallpapers package.
http://www.ubuntukylin.com/news/shownews.php?lang=en&id=192
Canonical News
Canonical Design Team: Latest from the web team — January 2014
Inayaili de León Persson gives us a rundown on the latest activities of the Ubuntu Design Team, including the release of Canonical’s new website, a redesigned homepage for Ubuntu Resources, the gui for Juju and the upcoming cloud sprint in Capetown, South Africa.
http://design.canonical.com/2014/01/latest-from-the-web-team-january-2014/
In The Press
Expect something Ubuntu flavoured at Mobile World Congress
htxt reports on Mark Shuttleworth’s announcement of Ubuntu OS’ presence at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and notes that “Ubuntu Phone has been steadily picking up momentum over the last year.” They conclude “While we don’t expect an Ubuntu Edge sized announcement at MWC, we will most definitely be heading across to the Ubuntu booth to find out what’s what in the land of the other Linux based phone OS.”
http://www.htxt.co.za/2014/01/28/expect-something-ubuntu-flavoured-mobile-world-congress/
In The Blogosphere
Nautilus 3.10 Available In Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr
Andrew from WebUpd8 tells us that Nautilus 3.10 will be included in the upcoming Ubuntu 14.04 release. While Unity users will see few, if any changes, those running Ubuntu GNOME will be treated to the new GNOME header bars, known as client-side decorations, among other updates to Nautilus.
http://www.webupd8.org/2014/01/nautilus-310-available-in-ubuntu-1404.html
Nautilus 3.10 landed in Ubuntu 14.04 with improvements
razvi at iloveubuntu gives us an indepth explanation of the changes to Nautilus 3.10, which will be shipping with Ubuntu 14.04, as well as expectations on the updated file manager.
http://iloveubuntu.net/nautilus-310-landed-ubuntu-1404-improvements
7 Things We Expect from Ubuntu in 2014
Jun Auza at TechSource lists 7 things that they expect from Ubuntu in 2014 including a new icon set, an improved Software Center, and a better boot experience.
http://www.junauza.com/2014/01/7-things-we-expect-from-ubuntu-in-2014.html
Canonical At Mobile World Congress 2014 – What Can We Expect?
Joey-Elijah Sneddon from OMG! Ubuntu! tells us about his expectations for Canonical at the upcoming Mobile World Congress, which will be held in Barcelona this month. “It’s the world’s biggest meeting of mobile industry experts, enthusiasts and original equipment manufacturers and, once again, Canonical will be in attendance,” Sneddon states.
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/01/canonical-mobile-world-congress-2014-app-planet
Ubuntu Planning To Develop Its Own File Manager
Michael Larabel of Phoronix reports on a mailing list post from an Ubuntu developer which he interprets as meaning that Ubuntu is planning to introduce their own home grown file manager in Ubuntu 14.10 to replace GNOME's Nautilus.
As a follow-up, Jono Bacon explains in a Google+ post that this is not the case (https://plus.google.com/114419073019603780828/posts/bZUqFPhfHRX), clarifying that Oliver is starting initial discussions to explore what would be wanted and needed in a new Ubuntu-specific file manager.
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTU4OTY
In Other News
Full Circle Magazine #81 escapes into the wild
Full Circle - the independent magazine for the Ubuntu Linux community are proud to announce the release of our eighty-first issue.
This month:
Command & Conquer
How-To : Python, LibreOffice, and Improve Security with Lynis.
Graphics : JPG>PDF, and Inkscape.
- Review: LXLE Linux
- Book Review: Super Scratch (Updated Edition)
NEW! Security Q&A
plus: Linux Labs, Ask The New Guy, My Story, Ubuntu Games, and soooo much more!
Get it while it's hot!
http://fullcirclemagazine.org/issue-81/
Other Articles of Interest
How to run Linux on a Chromebook - http://www.itworld.com/open-source/402077/how-run-linux-chromebook
Debian Project News - January 27th, 2014 - http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2014/02/
Ubuntu 14.04 vs. Debian 7.3 vs. Debian Jessie Preview - http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_1404_jessie&num=1
LibreOffice 4.2 brings new features for power and enterprise users - http://www.muktware.com/2014/01/libreoffice-4-2-brings-new-features-power-enterprise-users/20253
UK government plans switch from Microsoft Office to open source - http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jan/29/uk-government-plans-switch-to-open-source-from-microsoft-office-suite
Featured Audio and Video
Jono Bacon Q&A - 28th Jan 2014
Jono Bacon presents another of his weekly Ubuntu On-Air Q&A sessions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-YadkmcRvw
Canonical Design Team: App Design Clinic #7
Alan Pope introduces the latest App design Clinic with Katie Taylor. Katie looks at the Socketworld, Flashback and Capitals apps.
http://design.canonical.com/2014/01/app-design-clinic-7/
Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
Security Team - January 27, 2014 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20140127
Server Team - January 28, 2014 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/20140128
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
Ubuntu 12.04 Updates
Ubuntu 12.10 Updates
Ubuntu 13.04 Updates
Ubuntu 13.10 Updates
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