Issue370
WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 370 for the week May 26 - June 1, 2014.
In This Issue
General Community News
Welcome New Members and Developers
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
A growing FOSS community in Mauritius
Nitin Sookun writes about a gathering of technologists put together by the Linux User Group of Mauritius where the topic of the day was bug reporting. Nitin gave the group a tour of bug reporting in Ubuntu and “showed folks our Ubuntu Mauritius LoCo Team page and explained the advantages of having Ubuntu users joining and contributing to the community via this channel.”
http://hacklog.in/a-growing-foss-community-in-mauritius/
Ubuntu Cloud News
Canonical joins the Cloud Foundry Foundation
Ratnadeep Bhattacharjee announces that Canonical has joined the Cloud Foundry Foundation which is a PaaS platform of choice for Ubuntu developers.
https://insights.ubuntu.com/2014/05/29/canonical-joins-the-cloud-foundry-foundation/
The Planet
Riccardo Padovani: Canonical Sprint in Malta
Riccardo Padovani tells us about his recent trip to Malta where he attended a Canonical Sprint. Attendees work on a variety of projects including various apps and community related projects.
http://blog.rpadovani.com/en/2014/05/canonical-sprint-in-malta/
Lubuntu Blog: Box 0.46
Rafael Laguna updates us on Box which has now reached version 0.46 and is available for Lubuntu Trusty Tahr or as a standalone package. He shows us a screenshot of some of the icons, and provides links to the site from where the theme and icons can be downloaded.
http://lubuntublog.blogspot.com/2014/05/box-046.html
Lubuntu Blog: Lubuntu Screencast - Network Manager
Rafael Laguna writes that “a screencast is worth a thousand words” and is the easiest way to explain how to fix a bug for those who haven't read the release notes. He thanks SilverLion for his work showing how to bring the Wi-Fi icon back to the Lubuntu taskbar, and embeds the screencast in his post.
http://lubuntublog.blogspot.com/2014/05/lubuntu-screencast-network-manager.html
David Planella: A quickstart guide to the Ubuntu emulator
David Planella gives us the basic rundown of the Ubuntu emulator which will be a primary development platform going forward. He explains system requirements, how to install it and gives various tips on its use.
http://davidplanella.org/ubuntu-emulator-quickstart-guide/
Mark Shuttleworth: #9 – Canonical’s cloud-init saves you from image soup, on every cloud
Mark Shuttleworth explains Canonical’s cloud-init system, which has been developed for the last few years and seen widespread adoption.
http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1342
Jono Bacon: Last Day Today
Jono Bacon’s says goodbye in his final post as Canonical’s Ubuntu Community Manager. Though he’s stepping down as community manager, he clearly intends to stay involved in the Ubuntu community as both a user and contributor. We wish him all the best in his new position as XPRIZE’s Senior Director of Community!
http://www.jonobacon.org/2014/05/29/last-day-today/
Mark Shuttleworth: #8 – Ubuntu makes useful guarantees on every cloud
In Mark Shuttleworth’s 3rd in a series of countdown posts advocating for Ubuntu on your public or private cloud, he explains the set of guarantees which Canonical has made to its partners and users.
http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1376
Adnane Belmadiaf: Canonical Sprint in Malta
Adnane Belmadiaf tells us about his trip to the Canonical Sprint in Malta. He and 5 other developers of the community Core Apps worked on their apps as well as the HTML5 SDK, Tabs, PageStack and much more.
http://daker.me/2014/05/canonical-sprint-in-malta.html
Canonical News
Making ubuntu.com responsive: making our grid responsive (8) & adapting our navigation to small screens (9)
Inayaili de Léon introduces the next two parts in the series "Making ubuntu.com responsive. In part #8 she writes about converting the existing fixed-width grid desktop site to a flexible grid that flows seamlessly from small to large screens. In part #9 she looks at rethinking the navigation of the site on all of its various levels.
http://design.canonical.com/2014/05/making-ubuntu-com-responsive-making-our-grid-responsive/
Ubuntu’s support model fosters a strong ecosystem for OpenStack
Ratnadeep Bhattacharjee reminds us that Ubuntu was the first platform to embrace OpenStack, and that OpenStack development largely happens on Ubuntu. He lists the services that Canonical provides, and briefly looks at Hypervisor and Guest Support on Ubuntu OpenStack.
In The Press
Leadwerks partners with Ubuntu for Linux games development - http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2346578/leadwerks-partners-with-ubuntu-for-linux-games-development
Applied Micro and Canonical Demo Production Software on 64-bit ARM Server - http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2014/05/30/applied-micro-canonical-demo-production-software-64-bit-arm-server/
In The Blogosphere
Popular Cinnamon PPA for Ubuntu 14.04 To Close - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/05/ubuntu-cinnamon-desktop-ppa-retired
Ubuntu Devs Work on Porting Android Apps to Ubuntu Linux - http://thevarguy.com/ubuntu/052714/ubuntu-devs-work-porting-android-apps-ubuntu-linux
Canonical Designers Work on Mobile-Friendly Ubuntu Cloud Tool - http://thevarguy.com/ubuntu/052814/canonical-designers-work-mobile-friendly-ubuntu-cloud-tool
In Other News
Full Circle Issue #85
Full Circle - the independent magazine for the Ubuntu Linux community are proud to announce the release of our eighty-fifth issue.
This month:
Command & Conquer
How-To : Python, LibreOffice, and GRUB2 Pt.1.
- Graphics : Blender and Inkscape.
- Review: Ubuntu 14.04
Security Q&A
What Is: CryptoCurrency
- Open Source Design
- NEW! - Arduino
plus: Q&A, Linux Labs, Ask The New Guy, Ubuntu Games, and a competition to win a Humble Bundle!
Get it while it's hot!
http://fullcirclemagazine.org/issue-85/
Other Articles of Interest
Debian Project News - May 26, 2014 - http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2014/09/
Featured Audio and Video
Jono Bacon’s Final Ubuntu Q&A - 27th May 2014
Jono Bacon answers questions from the community in his final Ubuntu on Air! Q&A session as Canonical’s Community Manager.
Ubuntu Engineering Live! - 28th May 2014
Michael Hall is joined by Tim Peeters, Lukasz Zemczak and Jorge Castro for another Ubuntu Engineering Live! session which was first broadcast on Ubuntu on Air!
Ubuntu Core Apps Discussion - 29th May 2014
Alan Pope introduces the first in a series of weekly "Hang Outs" to discuss the development of core apps. Alan is joined by Nekhelesh Ramananthan, Andrew Hayzen and Victor Thompson.
Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S07E09 – The One with the Ick Factor
Alan Pope, Mark Johnson, Tony Whitmore, and Laura Cowen are in Studio L for Season Seven, Episode Nine of the Ubuntu Podcast!
In this week’s show:-
- We take a look at what’s been happening in the news.
- We also take a look at what’s been happening in the community.
- And there’s an event.
We’ll be back next week, when we’ll interview Martin Wimpress from the MATE desktop team and go through your feedback.
http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2014/05/29/s07e09-the-one-with-the-ick-factor/
Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
Server Team - May 27, 2014 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/20140527
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, 13.10 and 14.04
Security Updates
Ubuntu 10.04 Updates
Ubuntu 12.04 Updates
Ubuntu 13.10 Updates
Ubuntu 14.04 Updates
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