Issue354


Contents

  1. In This Issue
  2. General Community News
    1. Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS released
    2. 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. Ubuntu California planning for the Southern California Linux Expo
  5. The Planet
    1. Ubuntu GNOME: Trusty Tahr Roadmap
    2. Ubuntu GNOME: Marketing & Communications Report
    3. Michael Hall: Ubuntu API Website gets an API of it’s own
    4. Kees Cook: compiler hardening in Ubuntu and Debian
    5. Stephen M. Webb: More Trusty Excitement
    6. Michael Hall: Working hard in Orlando: Days 1 to 5
    7. Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph: 5 ways to get involved today: Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter and Documentation
    8. Kubuntu Wire: Distrowatch Reviews Kubuntu Derivative Netrunner
    9. Jono Bacon: An Exciting Future
    10. Ubuntu Women: “What People Are Doing” Wiki Page Story Call Number Two
  6. Canonical News
    1. Vodafone joins Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group
  7. In The Blogosphere
    1. Ubuntu 14.04's Nautilus updated with re-enabled Backspace key
    2. Some of Linux's Most Popular Games Will Run Natively On Mir
    3. Unity Control Center arrived in Ubuntu 14.04 by default
    4. Ubuntu Now Drafting Plans For Possible 12.04.5 LTS
    5. Ubuntu 14.04 Looks to Improve Support For Hi-Res Screens
    6. Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS Performance Benchmarks
  8. Other Articles of Interest
  9. Featured Audio and Video
    1. Juju Charm School: Using Juju Bundles
  10. Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  11. Upcoming Meetings and Events
  12. Updates and Security for 10.04, 12.04, 12.10 and 13.10
    1. Security Updates
    2. Ubuntu 10.04 Updates
    3. Ubuntu 12.04 Updates
    4. Ubuntu 12.10 Updates
    5. Ubuntu 13.10 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 354 for the week February 3 - 9, 2014.

In This Issue

  • Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS released
  • Welcome New Members and Developers
  • Ubuntu Stats
  • Ubuntu California planning for the Southern California Linux Expo
  • Ubuntu GNOME: Trusty Tahr Roadmap

  • Ubuntu GNOME: Marketing & Communications Report

  • Michael Hall: Ubuntu API Website gets an API of it’s own
  • Kees Cook: compiler hardening in Ubuntu and Debian
  • Stephen M. Webb: More Trusty Excitement
  • Michael Hall: Working hard in Orlando: Days 1 to 5
  • Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph: 5 ways to get involved today: Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter and Documentation
  • Kubuntu Wire: Distrowatch Reviews Kubuntu Derivative Netrunner
  • Jono Bacon: An Exciting Future
  • Ubuntu Women: “What People Are Doing” Wiki Page Story Call Number Two
  • Vodafone joins Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group
  • 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 and 13.10
  • And much more!

General Community News

Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS released

Colin Watson, on behalf of the Ubuntu team, announces the release of Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS (Long-Term Support) for its Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products, as well as other flavors of Ubuntu with long-term support. Colin advises that 12.04.4 contains an updated kernel and X stack, and links to where the latest release can be found.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2014-February/000180.html

Welcome New Members and Developers

After chairing the Ubuntu Membership Board meeting on February 6th, s.fox congratulates and thanks the following new Ubuntu Members:

http://serial-coder.co.uk/blog/2014/02/new-ubuntu-members/

On January 27th, the Developer Membership Board (DMB) hosted a meeting where they reviewed several applications.

The following developer joined as a Per Package Uploader (PPU) for Ubuntu Gnome Packageset and desktop-extra packageset:

The following Debian Developer was granted upload rights to his Debian packages in Ubuntu:

  • Daniel Pocock

The DMB also welcomed a new Ubuntu Core Developer:

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2014-February/001935.html

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open (107902) +255 over last week
  • Critical (175) +8 over last week
  • Unconfirmed (52590) +222 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: kalina (http://askubuntu.com/users/196255/kalina), Shaun Killingbeck (http://askubuntu.com/users/53748/shaun-killingbeck), Luis Alvarado (http://askubuntu.com/users/7035/luis-alvarado), Sneetsher (http://askubuntu.com/users/26246/sneetsher) and wilf (http://askubuntu.com/users/178596/wilf)

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

LoCo News

Ubuntu California planning for the Southern California Linux Expo

Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph gives us a rundown of Ubuntu’s upcoming presence at the Southern California Linux Expo (SCaLE), including the schedule for Ubucon on Friday, February 21st before SCaLE.

http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=9089

Other Ubuntu community members will also be attending the upcoming SCaLE, see their posts here:

The Planet

Ubuntu GNOME: Trusty Tahr Roadmap

Ali Linx tells us the Ubuntu GNOME Brainstorming Team has been developed in order to set a plan for upcoming releases of Ubuntu GNOME. The Ubuntu GNOME project has experienced rapid growth over the last six months, and the announcement of a solid roadmap is a major step in the growth of the community.

http://ubuntugnome.org/trusty-tahr-roadmap/

Ubuntu GNOME: Marketing & Communications Report

Ali Linx informs us that the Ubuntu GNOME Marketing & Communications team has decided to begin publishing monthly reports. The January 2014 report marks the first of many high quality reports to come.

http://ubuntugnome.org/jan-2014/

Michael Hall: Ubuntu API Website gets an API of it’s own

Michael Hall announces the implementation of an open and public API for the Ubuntu API website. Over the last month, a Restful JSON service has been implemented and deployed which opens up opportunities for integration and mashups as well as many other exciting possibilities.

http://mhall119.com/2014/02/ubuntu-api-website-gets-an-api-of-its-own/

Kees Cook: compiler hardening in Ubuntu and Debian

Kees Cook explains the current state of compiler hardening in Ubuntu and Debian, including some history dating back to 2006 when Ubuntu patched the compiler. A couple of graphs are included to better illustrate trends in both Debian and Ubuntu for compiler hardening.

http://www.outflux.net/blog/archives/2014/02/03/compiler-hardening-in-ubuntu-and-debian/

Stephen M. Webb: More Trusty Excitement

Stephen Webb announces that among the many exciting upcoming features of Ubuntu 14.04 will be Simple DirectMedia layer (SDL) support which has recently been ported to the Mir display server. Among other things, it will make available a slew of games via Steam when Unity 8 is released.

http://bregmatter.wordpress.com/2014/02/04/more-trusty-excitement/

Michael Hall: Working hard in Orlando: Days 1 to 5

Michael Hall writes about his visit to Orlando for an Ubuntu sprint with the team he works with and gives us an illustrated day by day summary of what he did there.

http://mhall119.com/2014/02/working-hard-in-orlando-day-1/

http://mhall119.com/2014/02/working-hard-in-orlando-day-2/

http://mhall119.com/2014/02/working-hard-in-orlando-day-3/

http://mhall119.com/2014/02/working-hard-in-orlando-day-4/

http://mhall119.com/2014/02/working-hard-in-orlando-last-day/

Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph: 5 ways to get involved today: Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter and Documentation

In a pair of articles, Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph explains five of the easiest ways to become an active Ubuntu Contributor. The first is by contributing to Ubuntu Weekly News! There are many tasks required each week from link collection to writing summaries and editing, and we encourage everyone reading this to become a contributor. In her second post, she writes about contributing to the Documentation team by doing grammar and technical review of the Desktop documentation that is included with Ubuntu.

http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=9068

http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=9070

Kubuntu Wire: Distrowatch Reviews Kubuntu Derivative Netrunner

Jonathan Riddell informs us that Distrowatch has reviewed the Kubuntu derivative Netrunner, which drops all the KDE idealism of Kubuntu and adds a range of popular software including Skype, Wine, and Steam. Jonathan is pleased to have derivative distributions made from Kubuntu, saying "anyone can make a derivative distribution without need of a licence (as long as obvious uses of the trademark are removed)."

http://wire.kubuntu.org/?p=136

Jono Bacon: An Exciting Future

Jono Bacon says "We are growing a world-class community and app developer eco-system, fuelled by Open Source and open collaboration. We are putting the core pieces in place and I am delighted to be working with such a wonderful team". Jono then shows us a photograph of that team.

http://www.jonobacon.org/2014/02/07/an-exciting-future/

Ubuntu Women: “What People Are Doing” Wiki Page Story Call Number Two

Svetlana Belkin has announced a Call Number Two for the “What People Are Doing” wiki, a part of the Ubuntu Women project. Ubuntu Women contributors are encouraged to submit stories about their activities and experiences--both large and small--to the “What People Are Doing” wiki page.

http://blog.ubuntu-women.org/2014/02/what-people-are-doing-wiki-page-story-call-number-two/

Canonical News

Vodafone joins Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group

Canonical announces the addition of Vodafone to the Carrier Advisory Group. Vodafone, which has approximately 411 million customers, will join national and multinational carriers in discussions that influence the development of Ubuntu for smartphones.

http://insights.ubuntu.com/news/press-releases/vodafone-joins-ubuntu-carrier-advisory-group/

In The Blogosphere

Ubuntu 14.04's Nautilus updated with re-enabled Backspace key

razvi of Iloveubuntu explains some of the changes to Nautilus in the latest update, including the re-enabling of the backspace key to navigate backwards, type-ahead enabled by default, and several other changes and updates.

http://iloveubuntu.net/ubuntu-1404s-nautilus-updated-re-enabled-backspace-key

Joey-Elijah Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! explains that the Simple Direct Media layer (SDL), a cross-platform development library which is used by a growing number of high-profile games, has recently been ported to Mir. With the upcoming release of Unity 8 and Mir, many of your favorite games will now run natively under Mir.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/02/mir-sdl-support

Unity Control Center arrived in Ubuntu 14.04 by default

razvi of Iloveubuntu explains that the fork of GNOME Control Center will minimally affect users of both Ubuntu’s Unity and Ubuntu GNOME in 14.04.

http://iloveubuntu.net/unity-control-center-arrived-ubuntu-1404-default

Ubuntu Now Drafting Plans For Possible 12.04.5 LTS

Michael Larabel of Phoronix reports that Canonical's Leann Ogasawara has expressed the idea of doing an Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS release. Michael outlines her reasons for doing so, linking to an email on the Ubuntu Development mailing list, and reminding us that "The matter of the fifth point release is still up in the air but so far there appears to be interest per this mailing list thread."

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTU5NTk

Ubuntu 14.04 Looks to Improve Support For Hi-Res Screens

Joey-Elijah Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! reports on the ongoing efforts to improve support for HiDPI screens in Ubuntu.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/02/ubuntu-14-04-high-resolution-retina-screen

Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS Performance Benchmarks

Michael Larabel of Phoronix takes a look at how the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" performance has evolved with the new hardware enablement stacks of the LTS point releases now that Ubuntu 12.04.4 has been released.

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=19838

Juju Charm School: Using Juju Bundles

Marco Ceppi presents the latest Juju Charm School. Using bundles is the topic for discussion.

http://youtu.be/i8UBtK51MG8

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 13.10

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 13.10 Updates

End of Life - July 2014

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Credits

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Glossary of Terms

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