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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. |
=== Virtual Ubuntu Developer Summit March 2014 Complete! === The mid-cycle Trusty Tahr (14.04) LTS Ubuntu Developer Summit was held this week! Jono Bacon introduced the opening session of UDS 14.03 with a review of where Ubuntu stands today by Rick Spencer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zqECljI4E4 The keynote on Wednesday was given by Mark Shuttleworth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWTVe5Mdv0Y UDS Mar 2014 wrapped up with track summaries by track leads: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7QVwImgsqg Videos and notes from all sessions are available on the Summit website: http://summit.ubuntu.com/uds-1403/ === New Developer Membership Board members === Iain Lane welcomes the new members of the Developer Membership Board (DMB), writing: “This vote has now ended and has been confirmed by the DMB in its meeting today. The results are as follows: 1. Micah Gersten (micahg) 2. Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox) 3. Brian Murray (bdmurray) Full results are available at: http://civs.cs.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/results.pl?id=E_1964ecfad9ff3572 Please join me in welcoming Dimitri and Brian to the team, and in thanking Micah for standing for another term. We would also like to thank Stefano Rivera (tumbleweed) and Barry Warsaw (barry), who are stepping down from the DMB, for their service to date.” https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2014-March/001090.html |
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## 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 == Ubuntu Cloud News == ## This section largely draws from the aggregated blog at http://cloud.ubuntu.com/ |
=== 14.04 DVDs/CDs: Pre-Orders now open for verified LoCo Teams! === José Antonio Rey announces that pre-orders for Ubuntu 14.04 DVDs/CDs are now open for verified Lo``Co Teams. José links to the site from where team contacts can place their orders and provides an e-mail address for any questions. http://lococouncil.ubuntu.com/2014/03/13/14-04-dvdscds-pre-orders-now-open-for-verified-loco-teams/ |
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## This section is for Ubuntu News from "The Planet" at http://planet.ubuntu.com/ | === Lubuntu Blog: [Results] Community wallpaper contest === Frank Booth tells us that Lubuntu’s community wallpaper contest is over and the results are in! The team congratulates Cleide Isabel for wining all 5 of the top slots and thanks everyone who participated. http://lubuntublog.blogspot.com/2014/03/results-community-wallpaper-contest.html === Robbie Williamson: Canonical’s Office of The CDO: A 5 Year Journey in DevOps === Robbie Williamson relates the founding and evolution of Ubuntu’s Cloud Development and Operations (CDO) office. Robbie writes that over the last 5 years, the CDO has come a long way, delivering IT services and solutions to customers around the world. http://ubuhulk.wordpress.com/2014/03/10/canonicals-office-of-the-cdo-a-5-year-journey-in-devops/ === Jonathan Riddell: KDE Frameworks 5 Alpha 2 is Green === Jonathan Riddell invites his readers to download KDE Frameworks 5 Alpha 2 for Kubuntu Trusty noting that the build status page "shows a sea of green" after Scarlett’s hard work creating the packages. http://blogs.kde.org/2014/03/11/kde-frameworks-5-alpha-2-green === Svetlana Belkin: vUDS 1403 === Svetlana Belkin tells us about the two sessions she attended during the latest vUDS, “Re-imagining our Online Summit” and “Growing a new generation of Ubuntu leaders.” http://ubuntusense.com/2014/03/12/vuds-1403/ === Lubuntu Blog: Dark panel theme === On the Lubuntu Blog, Rafael Laguna informs us that due to popular demand, a new dark variant was added to the popular Box theme for Lubuntu. http://lubuntublog.blogspot.com/2014/03/dark-panel-theme.html === Ubuntu Server blog: Checking in from the Ubuntu Developer Summit === The Ubuntu Server team checks in from the Ubuntu Developer Summit’s second day. The article highlights Robbie Basak’s demo of the uvtool, a tool for setting up kvm guests. http://www.ubuntuserver.org/?p=1044 === Thomas Ward: nginx-core is now in Ubuntu Trusty 14.04 Main! === Thomas Ward is happy to announce that nginx-core is now included in the main Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr repositories. http://lordoftime.info/?p=122 === Nicholas Skaggs: Keeping ubuntu healthy: Core Apps === Nicholas Skaggs continues his previous discussions about testing within Ubuntu, and specifically how you can become involved in the testing of core apps. http://www.theorangenotebook.com/2014/03/keeping-ubuntu-healthy-core-apps.html |
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## This section largely comes from blog.canonical.com and Canonical ## press releases |
=== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS wallpaper === Michal Izydorcyk announces the new default Ubuntu 14.04 LTS wallpaper saying "The most difficult part was to work out the connection between the old wallpapers and the new look and feel – Suru." Michal shows us not only the new default wallpaper but also some of the examples that he was exploring. http://design.canonical.com/2014/03/ubuntu-14-04-lts-wallpaper/ === New Apps header === Daniel Oliver explains the new Apps header, including header values, elements, titles, tabs and much more. http://design.canonical.com/2014/03/new-apps-header/ === MWC 2014 – A strong design coherence in everything we do === Tom Macfarlane tells us about Ubuntu’s strong presence last month at Mobile World Congress (MWC). Tom also shows us photographs of the stand after some design changes were made for Canonical’s third year at MWC. http://design.canonical.com/2014/03/mwc-2014-a-strong-design-coherence-in-everything-we-do/ |
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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 |
=== Distro diaspora: Four flavours of Ubuntu unpacked === Scott Gilbertson of The Register takes a look at each of the four main flavors of Ubuntu that participated in the beta 1 release. Scott says that although the future of Ubuntu is based around Unity across various hardware, part of the beauty of Ubuntu is being able to use the desktop of your choice. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/10/ubuntu_flavours_review/ === Lubuntu might be the best Linux distro for Windows XP users === Jim Lynch of ITWorld reviews both Lubuntu and Xubuntu as replacements for Windows XP, concluding “Frankly, I don’t think you can go wrong with Xubuntu or Lubuntu.” http://www.itworld.com/open-source/409003/lubuntu-might-be-best-linux-distro-windows-xp-users |
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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 - 11th March 2014 === Jono Bacon presents another of his regular Ubuntu on Air! Q&A sessions. http://youtu.be/C7HL58HtZ5A === Juju Charm School - 13th March 2014 === Jorge Castro presents a Juju Charm School with input from Matt Bruzek, Charles Butler and Marco Ceppi. http://youtu.be/ByHDXFcz9Nk === Juju Charm School: Using and Creating Bundles - 14th March 2014 === Jorge Castro is joined by Matt Bruzek and Marco Ceppi in a session which talks about creating and sharing bundles. http://youtu.be/eYpnQI6GZTA |
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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 |
* Security Team - March 10, 2014 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20140310 |
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== 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 |
== Monthly Team Reports: February 2014 == See here for the team report for February 2014: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TeamReports/February2014 If your team is not producing monthly reports, see this page to get your team started: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BuildingCommunity/TeamReporting |
WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 359 for the week March 10 - 16, 2014.
In This Issue
General Community News
Virtual Ubuntu Developer Summit March 2014 Complete!
The mid-cycle Trusty Tahr (14.04) LTS Ubuntu Developer Summit was held this week!
Jono Bacon introduced the opening session of UDS 14.03 with a review of where Ubuntu stands today by Rick Spencer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zqECljI4E4
The keynote on Wednesday was given by Mark Shuttleworth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWTVe5Mdv0Y
UDS Mar 2014 wrapped up with track summaries by track leads: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7QVwImgsqg
Videos and notes from all sessions are available on the Summit website: http://summit.ubuntu.com/uds-1403/
New Developer Membership Board members
Iain Lane welcomes the new members of the Developer Membership Board (DMB), writing: “This vote has now ended and has been confirmed by the DMB in its meeting today. The results are as follows:
1. Micah Gersten (micahg) 2. Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox) 3. Brian Murray (bdmurray)
Full results are available at:
http://civs.cs.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/results.pl?id=E_1964ecfad9ff3572
Please join me in welcoming Dimitri and Brian to the team, and in thanking Micah for standing for another term.
We would also like to thank Stefano Rivera (tumbleweed) and Barry Warsaw (barry), who are stepping down from the DMB, for their service to date.”
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2014-March/001090.html
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
14.04 DVDs/CDs: Pre-Orders now open for verified LoCo Teams!
José Antonio Rey announces that pre-orders for Ubuntu 14.04 DVDs/CDs are now open for verified LoCo Teams. José links to the site from where team contacts can place their orders and provides an e-mail address for any questions.
http://lococouncil.ubuntu.com/2014/03/13/14-04-dvdscds-pre-orders-now-open-for-verified-loco-teams/
The Planet
Lubuntu Blog: [Results] Community wallpaper contest
Frank Booth tells us that Lubuntu’s community wallpaper contest is over and the results are in! The team congratulates Cleide Isabel for wining all 5 of the top slots and thanks everyone who participated.
http://lubuntublog.blogspot.com/2014/03/results-community-wallpaper-contest.html
Robbie Williamson: Canonical’s Office of The CDO: A 5 Year Journey in DevOps
Robbie Williamson relates the founding and evolution of Ubuntu’s Cloud Development and Operations (CDO) office. Robbie writes that over the last 5 years, the CDO has come a long way, delivering IT services and solutions to customers around the world.
http://ubuhulk.wordpress.com/2014/03/10/canonicals-office-of-the-cdo-a-5-year-journey-in-devops/
Jonathan Riddell: KDE Frameworks 5 Alpha 2 is Green
Jonathan Riddell invites his readers to download KDE Frameworks 5 Alpha 2 for Kubuntu Trusty noting that the build status page "shows a sea of green" after Scarlett’s hard work creating the packages.
http://blogs.kde.org/2014/03/11/kde-frameworks-5-alpha-2-green
Svetlana Belkin: vUDS 1403
Svetlana Belkin tells us about the two sessions she attended during the latest vUDS, “Re-imagining our Online Summit” and “Growing a new generation of Ubuntu leaders.”
http://ubuntusense.com/2014/03/12/vuds-1403/
Lubuntu Blog: Dark panel theme
On the Lubuntu Blog, Rafael Laguna informs us that due to popular demand, a new dark variant was added to the popular Box theme for Lubuntu.
http://lubuntublog.blogspot.com/2014/03/dark-panel-theme.html
Ubuntu Server blog: Checking in from the Ubuntu Developer Summit
The Ubuntu Server team checks in from the Ubuntu Developer Summit’s second day. The article highlights Robbie Basak’s demo of the uvtool, a tool for setting up kvm guests.
http://www.ubuntuserver.org/?p=1044
Thomas Ward: nginx-core is now in Ubuntu Trusty 14.04 Main!
Thomas Ward is happy to announce that nginx-core is now included in the main Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr repositories.
Nicholas Skaggs: Keeping ubuntu healthy: Core Apps
Nicholas Skaggs continues his previous discussions about testing within Ubuntu, and specifically how you can become involved in the testing of core apps.
http://www.theorangenotebook.com/2014/03/keeping-ubuntu-healthy-core-apps.html
Other Community News
Canonical News
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS wallpaper
Michal Izydorcyk announces the new default Ubuntu 14.04 LTS wallpaper saying "The most difficult part was to work out the connection between the old wallpapers and the new look and feel – Suru." Michal shows us not only the new default wallpaper but also some of the examples that he was exploring.
http://design.canonical.com/2014/03/ubuntu-14-04-lts-wallpaper/
New Apps header
Daniel Oliver explains the new Apps header, including header values, elements, titles, tabs and much more.
http://design.canonical.com/2014/03/new-apps-header/
MWC 2014 – A strong design coherence in everything we do
Tom Macfarlane tells us about Ubuntu’s strong presence last month at Mobile World Congress (MWC). Tom also shows us photographs of the stand after some design changes were made for Canonical’s third year at MWC.
http://design.canonical.com/2014/03/mwc-2014-a-strong-design-coherence-in-everything-we-do/
In The Press
Distro diaspora: Four flavours of Ubuntu unpacked
Scott Gilbertson of The Register takes a look at each of the four main flavors of Ubuntu that participated in the beta 1 release. Scott says that although the future of Ubuntu is based around Unity across various hardware, part of the beauty of Ubuntu is being able to use the desktop of your choice.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/10/ubuntu_flavours_review/
Lubuntu might be the best Linux distro for Windows XP users
Jim Lynch of ITWorld reviews both Lubuntu and Xubuntu as replacements for Windows XP, concluding “Frankly, I don’t think you can go wrong with Xubuntu or Lubuntu.”
http://www.itworld.com/open-source/409003/lubuntu-might-be-best-linux-distro-windows-xp-users
In The Blogosphere
In Other News
Other Articles of Interest
Featured Audio and Video
Jono Bacon Q&A - 11th March 2014
Jono Bacon presents another of his regular Ubuntu on Air! Q&A sessions.
Juju Charm School - 13th March 2014
Jorge Castro presents a Juju Charm School with input from Matt Bruzek, Charles Butler and Marco Ceppi.
Juju Charm School: Using and Creating Bundles - 14th March 2014
Jorge Castro is joined by Matt Bruzek and Marco Ceppi in a session which talks about creating and sharing bundles.
Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
Security Team - March 10, 2014 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20140310
Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings
# Edubuntu Team, Lubuntu, Studio and Xubuntu currently (01/2012) have active regular meetings.
Monthly Team Reports: February 2014
See here for the team report for February 2014: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TeamReports/February2014
If your team is not producing monthly reports, see this page to get your team started: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BuildingCommunity/TeamReporting
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
Ubuntu 12.04 Updates
Ubuntu 12.10 Updates
Ubuntu 13.10 Updates
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