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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 Online Summit 14.06 wraps up === This last week, the Ubuntu Online Summit for 14.06 was hosted. This included a series of sessions, keynotes, tutorials, introductions and more. We want to highlight the following keynotes: * Introduction and keynotes by Rick Spencer and Robbie Williamson: http://summit.ubuntu.com/uos-1406/meeting/22292/intro-and-keynotes/ * Keynote by Mark Shuttleworth: http://summit.ubuntu.com/uos-1406/meeting/22233/keynote-mark-shuttleworth/ * Closing Plenary and Track Summaries: http://summit.ubuntu.com/uos-1406/meeting/22309/closing-plenary-and-track-summaries/ You can always find a list of all the sessions held during the event at http://summit.ubuntu.com/uos-1406/. |
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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 == Ubuntu Cloud News == ## This section largely draws from the aggregated blog at http://cloud.ubuntu.com/ |
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| ## This section is for Ubuntu News from "The Planet" at http://planet.ubuntu.com/ == Other Community News == ## This section is for Ubuntu News from elsewhere in the community: ## mailing lists, team blogs not on planet, etc |
=== Ubuntu Women: Ubuntu Women at UOS 14.06 Session Summary === Svetlana Belkin wrote a nice summary of the activities of the Ubuntu Women Project during the Ubuntu Online Summit, along with the video of their session. http://blog.ubuntu-women.org/2014/06/ubuntu-women-at-uos-14-06-session-summary/ === Jonathan Riddell: Plasma 5 Is Green === Jonathan Riddell updates us on the current Plasma 5 build, which he has installed and working for the first time. The current build is not compatible with Plasma 1, and thus installation is not recommended if you aren’t OK with breakages. http://blogs.kde.org/2014/06/12/plasma-5-green === Ken VanDine: Game Development on Ubuntu with Bacon2D === Ken VanDine’s latest blog post has links to his Ubuntu Online Summit presentation video and slides, where he talks about game development with the Bacon2D game engine. http://ken.vandine.org/2014/06/game-development-on-ubuntu-with-bacon2d.html === Ubuntu App Developer Blog: 10,000 Users of Ubuntu Phone === Michael Hall is excited to announce that there are now more than 10,000 users of Ubuntu on tablets and phones around the world. Considering that all of these users are running beta software on devices which were not intended for Ubuntu, reaching 10,000 unique users is quite exciting and encouraging for the future of Ubuntu phones. http://developer.ubuntu.com/2014/06/10000-users-of-ubuntu-phone/ === Jonathan Riddell: Kubuntu on Twitter and Facebook === Jonathan Riddell is happy to announce that the Kubuntu team now has Twitter and Facebook accounts to go along with their Google+ account. They have also received a fancy SoDash account for easier interactions - send them a tweet or a ‘like today! http://blogs.kde.org/2014/06/13/kubuntu-twitter-and-facebook === Chris J Arges: manually deploying openstack with a virtual maas on ubuntu trusty (part 1) Chris Arges begins the first of a series on setting up a virtual machine to to simulate real-world openstack deployments. The first post includes step-by-step tutorials to setup the host machine, install and configure a MAAS server and MAAS nodes. http://dinosaursareforever.blogspot.com/2014/06/manually-deploying-openstack-with.html |
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| ## This section largely comes from blog.canonical.com and Canonical ## press releases |
=== Cueing up users === Benjamin Keyser explains cues and how they can be harnessed to better communicate with users and encourage them to more fully explore software. He focuses on the bottom edge and the many different ways it can be utilized. http://design.canonical.com/2014/06/cueing-up-users/ === Instant telecom integration and NFV is now a reality === Maarten Ectors reports on the demonstration by Metaswitch, Telestax and Canonical at TADHack which showed how a full IMS deployment can be completed in just minutes with free software on any public cloud, rather than the 9-12 months and millions of dollars which was previously required. https://insights.ubuntu.com/2014/06/09/instant-telecom-integration-nfv-is-now-a-reality/ === Malta Sprint === Jouni Helminen updates us on the recent design & engineering sprint which took place on the beautiful island of Malta including many great pictures. With more than 150 people in attendance, designs were refined for new mobile apps including Browser, Camera and the Telephony suite (Dialer, Call, Messaging) as well as tech demos and talks on a range of subjects. http://design.canonical.com/2014/06/malta-sprint/ === Making ubuntu.com responsive: ensuring performance (13) === Anthony Dillon continues his “Making ubuntu.com responsive” series with his latest post on performance. He includes a ‘quick run through’ of the ways in which they have improved performance and the corresponding points which were collected as a result. http://design.canonical.com/2014/06/making-ubuntu-com-responsive-ensuring-performance/ |
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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 |
=== Ubuntu to rely on existing fan base before wider launch === Steve Costello reports live from the Mobile Asia Expo 2014 on Ubuntu and Meizu’s plans to leverage their existing fan-bases to create a ‘few hundred thousand’ advocates for the new platform. Christian Parrino of Canonical said “Only when we have these advocates in the market, when there are people talking about it, will we go into physical retail”. http://www.mobileworldlive.com/ubuntu-rely-existing-fan-base-wider-launch |
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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. == In Other News == ## Any news or links that don't fit neatly into other sections. |
=== 14 Apps To Boost Ubuntu === Matt Hartley of Datamation shares 14 critical apps which he relies on to make Ubuntu work for him. He includes 5 ‘Apps for Daily Use’ and 9 others for ‘Everything else.’ http://www.datamation.com/applications/14-apps-to-boost-ubuntu-1.html === Ubuntu Desktop Next (Unity8) 14.10 Utopic Unicorn Daily ISO Available For Download === Andrew of Web Upd8 reports on the release of the first 14.10 Utopic Unicorn daily build which includes Unity 8, known as Ubuntu Desktop Next. He reminds us that this is a work-in-progress and that included packages will change in upcoming weeks. http://www.webupd8.org/2014/06/ubuntu-desktop-next-unity8-1410-utopic.html === Ubuntu 14.10 Server Decides On BCache, Other Improvements === Michael Larabel of Phoronix reports on upcoming improvements and changes to Ubuntu Server 14.10. Major decisions which the team has recently made include making BCache the preferred choice for caching on Ubuntu Server, and including Facebook’s “Scribe” and Meteor in the repository. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTcxNzQ === Is Ubuntu's Unity Really All That Bad Nowadays? === http://thelinuxrain.com/articles/is-ubuntu-unity-really-all-that-bad-nowadays Andrew Powell of The Linux Rain questions whether Unity is really ‘all that bad nowadays.’ He is one of many converts over the last year or two who have come to realize just how far Unity has come since its initial release more than 3 years ago. He touches on many of the interesting and useful features of Unity including its many keyboard-friendly attributes, its downfalls (especially related to online-search), and the future of Unity 8. === Is Canonical Considering a MATE Remix of Ubuntu Linux? === Chrisopher Tozzi of ‘The VAR Guy’ reports on the rumours of an upcoming official Ubuntu MATE release. http://thevarguy.com/ubuntu/061014/canonical-considering-mate-remix-ubuntu-linux |
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| ## Bullet-point list of articles that are more generic linux in nature | * Google, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Parallels bet on virtualization's surprising successor - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/10/web_giants_standardize_on_docker/ * Linux hiring frenzy: Why open source devs are being bombarded with offers to jump ship - http://www.zdnet.com/linux-hiring-frenzy-why-open-source-devs-are-being-bombarded-with-offers-to-jump-ship-7000030418/ |
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| ## Ubuntu UK Podcast ## Full Circle Magazine Podcast ## At Home With Jono Bacon - Weekly Community QA on UStreamTV ## Lococast.net |
=== Juju Charm School: Juju Troubleshooting II === This week, the Marco Ceppi, Charles Butler and Matt Bruzek presented us another Juju Troubleshooting session, where they replicated some common issues with Juju and gave the solution, as well as some tips and tricks for when using Juju. http://youtu.be/75gKKnv_ze8 |
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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 - February 13, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20140609 |
WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 372 for the week June 9 - 15, 2014.
In This Issue
General Community News
Ubuntu Online Summit 14.06 wraps up
This last week, the Ubuntu Online Summit for 14.06 was hosted. This included a series of sessions, keynotes, tutorials, introductions and more. We want to highlight the following keynotes:
Introduction and keynotes by Rick Spencer and Robbie Williamson: http://summit.ubuntu.com/uos-1406/meeting/22292/intro-and-keynotes/
Keynote by Mark Shuttleworth: http://summit.ubuntu.com/uos-1406/meeting/22233/keynote-mark-shuttleworth/
Closing Plenary and Track Summaries: http://summit.ubuntu.com/uos-1406/meeting/22309/closing-plenary-and-track-summaries/
You can always find a list of all the sessions held during the event at http://summit.ubuntu.com/uos-1406/.
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
The Planet
Ubuntu Women: Ubuntu Women at UOS 14.06 Session Summary
Svetlana Belkin wrote a nice summary of the activities of the Ubuntu Women Project during the Ubuntu Online Summit, along with the video of their session.
http://blog.ubuntu-women.org/2014/06/ubuntu-women-at-uos-14-06-session-summary/
Jonathan Riddell: Plasma 5 Is Green
Jonathan Riddell updates us on the current Plasma 5 build, which he has installed and working for the first time. The current build is not compatible with Plasma 1, and thus installation is not recommended if you aren’t OK with breakages.
http://blogs.kde.org/2014/06/12/plasma-5-green
Ken VanDine: Game Development on Ubuntu with Bacon2D
Ken VanDine’s latest blog post has links to his Ubuntu Online Summit presentation video and slides, where he talks about game development with the Bacon2D game engine.
http://ken.vandine.org/2014/06/game-development-on-ubuntu-with-bacon2d.html
Ubuntu App Developer Blog: 10,000 Users of Ubuntu Phone
Michael Hall is excited to announce that there are now more than 10,000 users of Ubuntu on tablets and phones around the world. Considering that all of these users are running beta software on devices which were not intended for Ubuntu, reaching 10,000 unique users is quite exciting and encouraging for the future of Ubuntu phones.
http://developer.ubuntu.com/2014/06/10000-users-of-ubuntu-phone/
Jonathan Riddell: Kubuntu on Twitter and Facebook
Jonathan Riddell is happy to announce that the Kubuntu team now has Twitter and Facebook accounts to go along with their Google+ account. They have also received a fancy SoDash account for easier interactions - send them a tweet or a ‘like today!
http://blogs.kde.org/2014/06/13/kubuntu-twitter-and-facebook
=== Chris J Arges: manually deploying openstack with a virtual maas on ubuntu trusty (part 1)
Chris Arges begins the first of a series on setting up a virtual machine to to simulate real-world openstack deployments. The first post includes step-by-step tutorials to setup the host machine, install and configure a MAAS server and MAAS nodes.
http://dinosaursareforever.blogspot.com/2014/06/manually-deploying-openstack-with.html
Canonical News
Cueing up users
Benjamin Keyser explains cues and how they can be harnessed to better communicate with users and encourage them to more fully explore software. He focuses on the bottom edge and the many different ways it can be utilized.
http://design.canonical.com/2014/06/cueing-up-users/
Instant telecom integration and NFV is now a reality
Maarten Ectors reports on the demonstration by Metaswitch, Telestax and Canonical at TADHack which showed how a full IMS deployment can be completed in just minutes with free software on any public cloud, rather than the 9-12 months and millions of dollars which was previously required.
https://insights.ubuntu.com/2014/06/09/instant-telecom-integration-nfv-is-now-a-reality/
Malta Sprint
Jouni Helminen updates us on the recent design & engineering sprint which took place on the beautiful island of Malta including many great pictures. With more than 150 people in attendance, designs were refined for new mobile apps including Browser, Camera and the Telephony suite (Dialer, Call, Messaging) as well as tech demos and talks on a range of subjects.
http://design.canonical.com/2014/06/malta-sprint/
Making ubuntu.com responsive: ensuring performance (13)
Anthony Dillon continues his “Making ubuntu.com responsive” series with his latest post on performance. He includes a ‘quick run through’ of the ways in which they have improved performance and the corresponding points which were collected as a result.
http://design.canonical.com/2014/06/making-ubuntu-com-responsive-ensuring-performance/
In The Press
Ubuntu to rely on existing fan base before wider launch
Steve Costello reports live from the Mobile Asia Expo 2014 on Ubuntu and Meizu’s plans to leverage their existing fan-bases to create a ‘few hundred thousand’ advocates for the new platform. Christian Parrino of Canonical said “Only when we have these advocates in the market, when there are people talking about it, will we go into physical retail”.
http://www.mobileworldlive.com/ubuntu-rely-existing-fan-base-wider-launch
In The Blogosphere
14 Apps To Boost Ubuntu
Matt Hartley of Datamation shares 14 critical apps which he relies on to make Ubuntu work for him. He includes 5 ‘Apps for Daily Use’ and 9 others for ‘Everything else.’ http://www.datamation.com/applications/14-apps-to-boost-ubuntu-1.html
Ubuntu Desktop Next (Unity8) 14.10 Utopic Unicorn Daily ISO Available For Download
Andrew of Web Upd8 reports on the release of the first 14.10 Utopic Unicorn daily build which includes Unity 8, known as Ubuntu Desktop Next. He reminds us that this is a work-in-progress and that included packages will change in upcoming weeks.
http://www.webupd8.org/2014/06/ubuntu-desktop-next-unity8-1410-utopic.html
Ubuntu 14.10 Server Decides On BCache, Other Improvements
Michael Larabel of Phoronix reports on upcoming improvements and changes to Ubuntu Server 14.10. Major decisions which the team has recently made include making BCache the preferred choice for caching on Ubuntu Server, and including Facebook’s “Scribe” and Meteor in the repository.
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTcxNzQ
Is Ubuntu's Unity Really All That Bad Nowadays?
http://thelinuxrain.com/articles/is-ubuntu-unity-really-all-that-bad-nowadays
Andrew Powell of The Linux Rain questions whether Unity is really ‘all that bad nowadays.’ He is one of many converts over the last year or two who have come to realize just how far Unity has come since its initial release more than 3 years ago. He touches on many of the interesting and useful features of Unity including its many keyboard-friendly attributes, its downfalls (especially related to online-search), and the future of Unity 8.
Is Canonical Considering a MATE Remix of Ubuntu Linux?
Chrisopher Tozzi of ‘The VAR Guy’ reports on the rumours of an upcoming official Ubuntu MATE release.
http://thevarguy.com/ubuntu/061014/canonical-considering-mate-remix-ubuntu-linux
Other Articles of Interest
Google, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Parallels bet on virtualization's surprising successor - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/10/web_giants_standardize_on_docker/
Linux hiring frenzy: Why open source devs are being bombarded with offers to jump ship - http://www.zdnet.com/linux-hiring-frenzy-why-open-source-devs-are-being-bombarded-with-offers-to-jump-ship-7000030418/
Featured Audio and Video
Juju Charm School: Juju Troubleshooting II
This week, the Marco Ceppi, Charles Butler and Matt Bruzek presented us another Juju Troubleshooting session, where they replicated some common issues with Juju and gave the solution, as well as some tips and tricks for when using Juju.
Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
Security Team - February 13, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20140609
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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