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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
=== Ubuntu Global Jam 14.10 ===

Daniel Holbach announces the dates for the upcoming Ubuntu Global Jam as 12-14 September 2014 and shares a link to the wiki explaining details about the event and how your local team can get involved.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/loco-contacts/2014-August/006747.html
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## 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.
The Ubuntu Forums welcomed a new Ubuntu Member this week:

 * chili555 - http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=35909 https://launchpad.net/~wrweston https://launchpad.net/~wrweston

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2014-August/002045.html
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## Bug stats only take a second to do.
## Data can be found at: http://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bugs
## Note: "Unconfirmed" number comes from "New" number
## See last week's UWN to calculate change over last week.
## NOTE: To be done ONLY on the release date of the UWN (or latter if late).

    * Open (#) +/- # over last week
    * Critical (#) +/- # over last week
    * Unconfirmed (#) +/- # over last week
    * Open (112876) +290 over last week
    * Critical (222) +11 over last week
    * Unconfirmed (56419) +234 over last week
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## AUTOMATIC (preferred method, more stats!)
## Run: ./askubuntu/askubuntu.py
## MANUAL: Go to askubuntu.com and click on "WEEK" to get the
## top questions of the week
==== Most Active Questions ====

 * flashplayer not working in Chromium http://askubuntu.com/questions/512751/flashplayer-not-working-in-chromium
 * Linux terminal: Keyboard shortcut for moving across tabs http://askubuntu.com/questions/512757/linux-terminal-keyboard-shortcut-for-moving-across-tabs
 * AVG antivirus not working http://askubuntu.com/questions/205598/avg-antivirus-not-working
 * HDMI audio not working on TV http://askubuntu.com/questions/512482/hdmi-audio-not-working-on-tv
 * Ubuntu Server 12.04, Wifi problems http://askubuntu.com/questions/147650/ubuntu-server-12-04-wifi-problems

==== Top Voted New Questions ====

 * What is the difference between Ctrl-z and Ctrl-c in the shell? http://askubuntu.com/questions/510811/
 * What are the programs that make up Libre Office http://askubuntu.com/questions/511629/
 * How to see list of ASCII code on the terminal http://askubuntu.com/questions/510932/
 * How to merge images in a single PDF file http://askubuntu.com/questions/510219/
 * Making my first bash script, can't get the cd command to 'stick.' http://askubuntu.com/questions/509914/

People Contributing the best questions and answers this week: Tim (http://askubuntu.com/users/186134/tim), Andrea Lazzarotto (http://askubuntu.com/users/271/andrea-lazzarotto), Volker Siegel (http://askubuntu.com/users/260447/volker-siegel), Glutanimate (http://askubuntu.com/users/81372/glutanimate) and Mitch (http://askubuntu.com/users/59676/mitch)
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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/

== 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/
=== Destino Ubuconla 2014 - #4 Ubuconla, día 1 & 2 (in Spanish) ===

Costales shares summaries and a number of photos from the first two days of UbuconLA in Columbia this past week. The conference drew hundreds of free software participants from throughout Latin America and topics from the conference covered in these posts include moving a school to Ubuntu and details about Ubuntu for phones and tablets.

http://thinkonbytes.blogspot.com/2014/08/destino-ubuconla-2014-4-ubuconla-dia-1.html

http://thinkonbytes.blogspot.com/2014/08/destino-ubuconla-2014-5-ubuconla-dia-2.html
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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 Scientists: Who We Are: Willem Ligtenberg,A Member ===

Meet Willem Ligtenberg, a Biomedical Engineer specializing in biomodelling and bioinformatics and a member of the Ubuntu Science Team. Willem is currently a consultant with Open Analytics where he mostly uses R as programming language and some Python and is currently working on an Object Relational Mapper in R.

http://ubuntuscientists.wordpress.com/2014/08/11/who-we-are-willem-ligtenberga-member/

=== Ubuntu Women: 2014 Leadership Poll Results ===

Cheri Francis announces the newly elected leadership team for the Ubuntu Women project: A. Mani, Svetlana Belkin, and Emma Marshall.

http://blog.ubuntu-women.org/2014/08/2014-leadership-poll-results/

=== Jonathan Riddell: Upstream and Downstream: why packaging takes time ===

Reflecting upon conversations at the KDE office in Barcelona, Jonathan Riddell goes into detail regarding the challenges faced by software packagers when preparing a piece of software for inclusion in a distribution. He covers release schedules, patches, copyright, descriptions, the sometimes messy business of splitting up packages and much more.

https://blogs.kde.org/2014/08/13/upstream-and-downstream-why-packaging-takes-time

=== Elizabeth K. Joseph: The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter needs you! ===

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is fast approaching its 400th issue and the number of contributors have been running slightly low. To this end Elizabeth K. Joseph is asking for volunteers like you to help out. One important way to assist is to submit news stories pertaining to Ubuntu throughout the week and then for summaries to be written during the week-end. More information and contact details are available in the blog post.

http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=9691

=== Dustin Kirkland: (Re-)Introducing JeOS -- Just Enough OS, aka Ubuntu Core ===

Dustin Kirkland reminds us all that the bare minimal Ubuntu Server variant that was first introduced in 2007 known as JeOS (pronounced “juice”) has been available ever since under the moniker Ubuntu Core and at only 63mb in size compressed it is the ideal solution for virtual machines and appliances.

http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2014/08/re-introducing-jeos-just-enough-os-aka.html

=== Charles Profitt: Ubuntu UDS – November 12 -14 ===

The next Ubuntu Developer Summit will be happening from the 12th until the 14th of November 2014. Since its move to a fully online format a diverse range of participants from all over the globe have been enabled to participate. The planning for the summit is now going on and Charles informs the community that thoughts and ideas can be submitted via the available link the blog post.

http://ftbeowulf.wordpress.com/2014/08/15/ubuntu-uds-november-12-14/
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## This section largely comes from blog.canonical.com and Canonical
## press releases

== In The Press ==

## 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
=== CPLANE NETWORKS joins OIL ===

CPLANE NETWORKS has now joined Canonical's Open``Stack Interoperability Lab, testing more than 3,000 hardware and software configurations per month.

https://insights.ubuntu.com/2014/08/12/cplane-networks-joins-oil/

=== Cloud Magic – See the Juju Demo on IBM POWER8 ===

Mark Shuttleworth demonstrates, in a video, how can we do a full Hadoop deployment in IBM POWER8 servers with Juju, all in less than 3 minutes and ready for you to use!

https://insights.ubuntu.com/2014/08/13/cloud-magic-see-the-juju-demo-on-ibm-power8/

=== Cisco Systems Releases UCS Big Data CVD Based on Ubuntu OpenStack ===

Cisco releases a Cisco Validated Design (CVD) based on Open``Stack on Ubuntu. Thus CDV is for Hadoop as a Service (HaaS) with Cisco UCS Common Platform Architecture (CPA v2) for Big Data and Open``Stack .

https://insights.ubuntu.com/2014/08/14/cisco-systems-releases-ucs-big-data-cvd-based-on-ubuntu-openstack/
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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.
=== Ubuntu Touch Gets USB Tethering, Makes Bq and Meizu Release EXCITING ===

Radu Tyrsina of Gig``Jets writes about the recent addition of USB tethering to Ubuntu for phone and tablets and concludes: “The autumn launch of the Bq and Meizu phones is much-awaited by Ubuntu lovers and with the addition of this new useful features, it’s going to be even more exciting!”

http://gigjets.com/08/17858-ubuntu-touch-bq-meizu-usb-tethering/

=== Can Ubuntu Do This? -- Answers to The 4 Questions New Users Ask Most ===

Joey-Elijah Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! writes about the “the top four most searched for questions” regarding Ubuntu. He covers:

 * Can Ubuntu Replace Windows?
 * Can Ubuntu Run .exe Files?
 * Can Ubuntu Get Viruses?
 * Can Ubuntu Play Games?

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/08/ubuntu-can-play-games-replace-windows-questions

=== Ubuntu Phone Improves Scope Access With Slick New Gesture ===
Joey-Elijah Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! writes: “Managing Scopes on Ubuntu for Phones is getting a whole heap easier thanks to a new ‘bottom edge’ gesture introduced in recent development builds.”

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/08/ubuntu-home-screen-scope-gesture

For more phone developments, also check out the post from OMG! Ubuntu! On some new alerts you can now get on the phone: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/08/twitter-facebook-notification-ubuntu-phones
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## Bullet-point list of articles that are more generic linux in nature

== Featured Audio and Video ==

## Ubuntu UK Podcast
## Full Circle Magazine Podcast
## At Home With Jono Bacon - Weekly Community QA on UStreamTV
## Lococast.net
 * Debian Project News - August 14, 2014 - https://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2014/12/
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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

== 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
 * Kernel Team - August 12, 2014 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Meeting/2014-08-12
 * Security Team - August 11, 2014 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20140811

== Monthly Team Reports: July 2014 ==


See here for the team report for June 2011: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TeamReports/July2014

If your team is not producing monthly reports, see this page to get your team started: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BuildingCommunity/TeamReporting
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## Run security-and-updates/ListSecurity.py YEAR MONTH  * [USN-2312-1] OpenJDK 6 vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2014-August/002620.html
 * [USN-2313-1] Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2014-August/002621.html
 * [USN-2314-1] Linux kernel vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2014-August/002622.html
 * [USN-2315-1] serf vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2014-August/002624.html
 * [USN-2316-1] Subversion vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2014-August/002623.html
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## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH lucid
## End of Life - April 2015 (Server)
 * openjdk-6 6b32-1.13.4-4ubuntu0.10.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2014-August/014265.html
 * openjdk-6 6b32-1.13.4-4ubuntu0.10.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2014-August/014266.html
 * qemu-kvm 0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9.24 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2014-August/014267.html

End of Life - April 2015 (Server)
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## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH precise
## End of Life - April 2017
 * apparmor 2.7.102-0ubuntu3.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2014-August/022557.html
 * apparmor 2.7.102-0ubuntu3.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2014-August/022558.html
 * hostapd 1:0.7.3-4ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2014-August/022559.html
 * hostapd 1:0.7.3-4ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2014-August/022560.html
 * linux-lts-trusty 3.13.0-33.58~precise1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2014-August/022561.html
 * linux-signed-lts-trusty 3.13.0-33.58~precise1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2014-August/022563.html
 * linux-lts-trusty 3.13.0-33.58~precise1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2014-August/022562.html
 * linux-signed-lts-trusty 3.13.0-33.58~precise1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2014-August/022564.html
 * linux-meta-lts-trusty 3.13.0.33.29 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2014-August/022565.html
 * linux-meta-lts-trusty 3.13.0.33.29 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2014-August/022566.html
 * linux-lts-trusty_3.13.0-33.58~precise1_amd64.tar.gz - - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2014-August/022567.html
 * adobe-flashplugin 11.2.202.400-0precise1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2014-August/022568.html
 * libav-extra 4:0.8.15ubuntu0.12.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2014-August/022569.html
 * flashplugin-nonfree 11.2.202.400ubuntu0.12.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2014-August/022570.html
 * banshee 2.4.1-3ubuntu1~precise3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2014-August/022571.html
 * libav-extra 4:0.8.15ubuntu0.12.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2014-August/022572.html
 * flashplugin-nonfree 11.2.202.400ubuntu0.12.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2014-August/022573.html
 * adobe-flashplugin 11.2.202.400-0precise1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2014-August/022574.html
 * bitcoin 0.3.24~dfsg-1ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2014-August/022575.html
 * openjdk-6 6b32-1.13.4-4ubuntu0.12.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2014-August/022576.html
 * openjdk-6 6b32-1.13.4-4ubuntu0.12.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2014-August/022577.html
 * linux-lts-trusty 3.13.0-34.60~precise1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2014-August/022578.html
 * linux-lts-trusty_3.13.0-34.60~precise1_amd64.tar.gz - - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2014-August/022579.html
 * linux-meta-lts-trusty 3.13.0.34.30 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2014-August/022580.html
 * linux-signed-lts-trusty 3.13.0-34.60~precise1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2014-August/022581.html
 * linux-signed-lts-trusty 3.13.0-34.60~precise1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2014-August/022582.html
 * linux-lts-trusty 3.13.0-34.60~precise1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2014-August/022583.html
 * linux-lts-trusty 3.13.0-34.60~precise1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2014-August/022584.html
 * linux-signed-lts-trusty 3.13.0-34.60~precise1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2014-August/022585.html
 * linux-meta-lts-trusty 3.13.0.34.30 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2014-August/022586.html
 * linux-meta-lts-trusty 3.13.0.34.30 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2014-August/022587.html
 * linux-lts-trusty_3.13.0-34.60~precise1_amd64.tar.gz - - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2014-August/022588.html
 * serf 1.0.0-2ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2014-August/022589.html
 * subversion 1.6.17dfsg-3ubuntu3.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2014-August/022590.html
 * qemu-kvm 1.0+noroms-0ubuntu14.17 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2014-August/022591.html
 * serf 1.0.0-2ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2014-August/022592.html
 * subversion 1.6.17dfsg-3ubuntu3.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2014-August/022593.html
 * postfix 2.9.6-1~12.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2014-August/022594.html

End of Life - April 2017
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## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH trusty
## End of Life - April 2019
 * python-pycadf 0.4.1-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016540.html
 * linux-signed 3.13.0-33.58 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016541.html
 * linux-signed 3.13.0-33.58 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016542.html
 * linux 3.13.0-33.58 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016543.html
 * linux-meta 3.13.0.33.39 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016544.html
 * linux-meta 3.13.0.33.39 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016545.html
 * linux 3.13.0-33.58 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016546.html
 * linux_3.13.0-33.58_amd64.tar.gz - - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016547.html
 * rpcbind 0.2.1-2ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016548.html
 * kde-l10n-de 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016549.html
 * kubuntu-meta 1.308.1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016550.html
 * kdiamond 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016551.html
 * kde4libs 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016552.html
 * ktouch 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016553.html
 * okteta 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016554.html
 * baloo 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016555.html
 * kiten 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016556.html
 * kdepim-runtime 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016557.html
 * okular 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016558.html
 * rocs 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016559.html
 * picmi 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016560.html
 * amor 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016561.html
 * kscd 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016562.html
 * audiocd-kio 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016563.html
 * nepomuk-core 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016564.html
 * palapeli 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016565.html
 * kwalletmanager 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016566.html
 * kcachegrind 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016567.html
 * kdesdk-thumbnailers 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016568.html
 * kfilemetadata 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016569.html
 * libkcddb 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016570.html
 * umbrello 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016571.html
 * step 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016572.html
 * kremotecontrol 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016573.html
 * krfb 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016574.html
 * kopete 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016575.html
 * pairs 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016576.html
 * marble 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016577.html
 * kalgebra 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016578.html
 * kcron 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016579.html
 * kgamma 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016580.html
 * parley 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016581.html
 * kigo 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016582.html
 * kmix 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016583.html
 * kstars 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016584.html
 * juk 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016585.html
 * kde-runtime 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016586.html
 * kamera 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016587.html
 * khangman 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016588.html
 * mplayerthumbs 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016589.html
 * kmahjongg 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016590.html
 * kdepimlibs 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016591.html
 * ksudoku 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016592.html
 * kapptemplate 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016593.html
 * knavalbattle 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016594.html
 * konsole 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016595.html
 * kig 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016596.html
 * kanagram 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016597.html
 * kate 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016598.html
 * kde-baseapps 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016599.html
 * granatier 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016600.html
 * artikulate 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016601.html
 * kde-wallpapers 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016602.html
 * print-manager 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016603.html
 * ffmpegthumbs 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016604.html
 * ark 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016605.html
 * baloo-widgets 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016606.html
 * kdepim 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016607.html
 * kdeplasma-addons 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016608.html
 * dolphin-plugins 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016609.html
 * jovie 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016610.html
 * pykde4 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016611.html
 * cantor 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016612.html
 * kdeartwork 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016613.html
 * gwenview 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016614.html
 * dragon 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016615.html
 * kactivities 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016616.html
 * adobe-flashplugin 11.2.202.400-0trusty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016617.html
 * xaralx 0.7r1785-5ubuntu2build0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016618.html
 * flashplugin-nonfree 11.2.202.400ubuntu0.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016619.html
 * freeipa 3.3.4-0ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016620.html
 * banshee 2.9.0+really2.6.2-2ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016621.html
 * imagination 3.0-3ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016622.html
 * shutter 0.90.1-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016623.html
 * flashplugin-nonfree 11.2.202.400ubuntu0.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016624.html
 * ceilometer 2014.1.2-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016625.html
 * horizon 1:2014.1.2-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016626.html
 * glance 1:2014.1.2-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016627.html
 * adobe-flashplugin 11.2.202.400-0trusty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016628.html
 * keystone 1:2014.1.2.1-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016629.html
 * openjdk-6 6b32-1.13.4-4ubuntu0.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016630.html
 * openjdk-6 6b32-1.13.4-4ubuntu0.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016631.html
 * cinder 1:2014.1.2-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016632.html
 * neutron 1:2014.1.2-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016633.html
 * nova 1:2014.1.2-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016634.html
 * linux 3.13.0-34.60 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016635.html
 * linux_3.13.0-34.60_amd64.tar.gz - - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016636.html
 * linux-meta 3.13.0.34.40 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016637.html
 * linux-signed 3.13.0-34.60 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016638.html
 * linux-signed 3.13.0-34.60 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016639.html
 * linux-signed 3.13.0-34.60 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016640.html
 * linux-meta 3.13.0.34.40 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016641.html
 * linux 3.13.0-34.60 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016642.html
 * linux-meta 3.13.0.34.40 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016643.html
 * linux 3.13.0-34.60 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016644.html
 * linux_3.13.0-34.60_amd64.tar.gz - - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016645.html
 * linux-meta-keystone 3.13.0.9.8 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016647.html
 * linux-meta-keystone 3.13.0.9.8 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016646.html
 * linux-keystone 3.13.0-9.14 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016648.html
 * linux-keystone 3.13.0-9.14 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016649.html
 * ledmon 0.79-0.2ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016650.html
 * net-tools 1.60-25ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016651.html
 * libkscreen 1.0.5-0ubuntu1~ubuntu14.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016652.html
 * websockify 0.5.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016653.html
 * systemd 204-5ubuntu20.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016654.html
 * linux-firmware-nonfree 1.14ubuntu3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016655.html
 * serf 1.3.3-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016656.html
 * subversion 1.8.8-1ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016657.html
 * qemu 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016658.html
 * serf 1.3.3-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016659.html
 * subversion 1.8.8-1ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016660.html
 * webkitgtk 2.4.4-1~ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016661.html
 * openvswitch 2.0.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016662.html
 * heat 2014.1.2-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2014-August/016663.html

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WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 379 for the week August 11 - 17, 2014.

In This Issue

General Community News

Ubuntu Global Jam 14.10

Daniel Holbach announces the dates for the upcoming Ubuntu Global Jam as 12-14 September 2014 and shares a link to the wiki explaining details about the event and how your local team can get involved.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/loco-contacts/2014-August/006747.html

Welcome New Members and Developers

The Ubuntu Forums welcomed a new Ubuntu Member this week:

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2014-August/002045.html

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open (112876) +290 over last week
  • Critical (222) +11 over last week
  • Unconfirmed (56419) +234 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: Tim (http://askubuntu.com/users/186134/tim), Andrea Lazzarotto (http://askubuntu.com/users/271/andrea-lazzarotto), Volker Siegel (http://askubuntu.com/users/260447/volker-siegel), Glutanimate (http://askubuntu.com/users/81372/glutanimate) and Mitch (http://askubuntu.com/users/59676/mitch)

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

LoCo News

Destino Ubuconla 2014 - #4 Ubuconla, día 1 & 2 (in Spanish)

Costales shares summaries and a number of photos from the first two days of UbuconLA in Columbia this past week. The conference drew hundreds of free software participants from throughout Latin America and topics from the conference covered in these posts include moving a school to Ubuntu and details about Ubuntu for phones and tablets.

http://thinkonbytes.blogspot.com/2014/08/destino-ubuconla-2014-4-ubuconla-dia-1.html

http://thinkonbytes.blogspot.com/2014/08/destino-ubuconla-2014-5-ubuconla-dia-2.html

The Planet

Ubuntu Scientists: Who We Are: Willem Ligtenberg,A Member

Meet Willem Ligtenberg, a Biomedical Engineer specializing in biomodelling and bioinformatics and a member of the Ubuntu Science Team. Willem is currently a consultant with Open Analytics where he mostly uses R as programming language and some Python and is currently working on an Object Relational Mapper in R.

http://ubuntuscientists.wordpress.com/2014/08/11/who-we-are-willem-ligtenberga-member/

Ubuntu Women: 2014 Leadership Poll Results

Cheri Francis announces the newly elected leadership team for the Ubuntu Women project: A. Mani, Svetlana Belkin, and Emma Marshall.

http://blog.ubuntu-women.org/2014/08/2014-leadership-poll-results/

Jonathan Riddell: Upstream and Downstream: why packaging takes time

Reflecting upon conversations at the KDE office in Barcelona, Jonathan Riddell goes into detail regarding the challenges faced by software packagers when preparing a piece of software for inclusion in a distribution. He covers release schedules, patches, copyright, descriptions, the sometimes messy business of splitting up packages and much more.

https://blogs.kde.org/2014/08/13/upstream-and-downstream-why-packaging-takes-time

Elizabeth K. Joseph: The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter needs you!

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is fast approaching its 400th issue and the number of contributors have been running slightly low. To this end Elizabeth K. Joseph is asking for volunteers like you to help out. One important way to assist is to submit news stories pertaining to Ubuntu throughout the week and then for summaries to be written during the week-end. More information and contact details are available in the blog post.

http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=9691

Dustin Kirkland: (Re-)Introducing JeOS -- Just Enough OS, aka Ubuntu Core

Dustin Kirkland reminds us all that the bare minimal Ubuntu Server variant that was first introduced in 2007 known as JeOS (pronounced “juice”) has been available ever since under the moniker Ubuntu Core and at only 63mb in size compressed it is the ideal solution for virtual machines and appliances.

http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2014/08/re-introducing-jeos-just-enough-os-aka.html

Charles Profitt: Ubuntu UDS – November 12 -14

The next Ubuntu Developer Summit will be happening from the 12th until the 14th of November 2014. Since its move to a fully online format a diverse range of participants from all over the globe have been enabled to participate. The planning for the summit is now going on and Charles informs the community that thoughts and ideas can be submitted via the available link the blog post.

http://ftbeowulf.wordpress.com/2014/08/15/ubuntu-uds-november-12-14/

Canonical News

CPLANE NETWORKS joins OIL

CPLANE NETWORKS has now joined Canonical's OpenStack Interoperability Lab, testing more than 3,000 hardware and software configurations per month.

https://insights.ubuntu.com/2014/08/12/cplane-networks-joins-oil/

Cloud Magic – See the Juju Demo on IBM POWER8

Mark Shuttleworth demonstrates, in a video, how can we do a full Hadoop deployment in IBM POWER8 servers with Juju, all in less than 3 minutes and ready for you to use!

https://insights.ubuntu.com/2014/08/13/cloud-magic-see-the-juju-demo-on-ibm-power8/

Cisco Systems Releases UCS Big Data CVD Based on Ubuntu OpenStack

Cisco releases a Cisco Validated Design (CVD) based on OpenStack on Ubuntu. Thus CDV is for Hadoop as a Service (HaaS) with Cisco UCS Common Platform Architecture (CPA v2) for Big Data and OpenStack .

https://insights.ubuntu.com/2014/08/14/cisco-systems-releases-ucs-big-data-cvd-based-on-ubuntu-openstack/

In The Blogosphere

Ubuntu Touch Gets USB Tethering, Makes Bq and Meizu Release EXCITING

Radu Tyrsina of GigJets writes about the recent addition of USB tethering to Ubuntu for phone and tablets and concludes: “The autumn launch of the Bq and Meizu phones is much-awaited by Ubuntu lovers and with the addition of this new useful features, it’s going to be even more exciting!”

http://gigjets.com/08/17858-ubuntu-touch-bq-meizu-usb-tethering/

Can Ubuntu Do This? -- Answers to The 4 Questions New Users Ask Most

Joey-Elijah Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! writes about the “the top four most searched for questions” regarding Ubuntu. He covers:

  • Can Ubuntu Replace Windows?
  • Can Ubuntu Run .exe Files?
  • Can Ubuntu Get Viruses?
  • Can Ubuntu Play Games?

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/08/ubuntu-can-play-games-replace-windows-questions

Ubuntu Phone Improves Scope Access With Slick New Gesture

Joey-Elijah Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! writes: “Managing Scopes on Ubuntu for Phones is getting a whole heap easier thanks to a new ‘bottom edge’ gesture introduced in recent development builds.”

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/08/ubuntu-home-screen-scope-gesture

For more phone developments, also check out the post from OMG! Ubuntu! On some new alerts you can now get on the phone: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/08/twitter-facebook-notification-ubuntu-phones

Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings

Monthly Team Reports: July 2014

See here for the team report for June 2011: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TeamReports/July2014

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 and 14.04

Security Updates

Ubuntu 10.04 Updates

End of Life - April 2015 (Server)

Ubuntu 12.04 Updates

End of Life - April 2017

Ubuntu 14.04 Updates

End of Life - April 2019

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Conclusion

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Credits

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Glossary of Terms

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