Issue385

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Contents

  1. In This Issue
  2. General Community News
    1. Ubuntu 14.10 (Utopic Unicorn) Final Beta released
    2. Welcome New Members and Developers
  3. Ubuntu Stats
    1. Bug Stats
    2. Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions this week
  4. The Planet
    1. Didier Roche: Ubuntu Developer Tools Center: how do we run tests?
    2. Scarlett Clark: Kubuntu: Frameworks 5.2.0 Released and Plasma 5.0.2 is ready for testing.
    3. Costales: Lubuntu 14.04 for Cubieboard 2
    4. Nekhelesh Ramananthan: A Core App Dev's Workflow
  5. Canonical News
    1. Oracle and Canonical collaborate on support for Oracle Linux on Ubuntu
  6. In The Press
    1. Ubuntu Touch RTM released: Can it take on Android and iOS?
    2. Unchanging Unicorn: Don't be disappointed with Ubuntu 14.10, be happy
  7. In The Blogosphere
  8. In Other News
    1. Full Circle Magazine #89
  9. Other Articles of Interest
  10. Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  11. Upcoming Meetings and Events
  12. Updates and Security for 10.04, 12.04 and 14.04
    1. Security Updates
    2. Ubuntu 10.04 Updates
    3. Ubuntu 12.04 Updates
    4. Ubuntu 14.04 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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WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 385 for the week September 22 - 28, 2014.

In This Issue

General Community News

Ubuntu 14.10 (Utopic Unicorn) Final Beta released

Adam Conrad, on behalf of the Ubuntu Release team announces the final beta for Ubuntu 14.10. The post includes links to download locations and release notes for many of the images released, which include: “not only the Ubuntu Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products, but also the Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu Studio and Xubuntu flavours.”

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2014-September/000190.html

Welcome New Members and Developers

Developer Membership Board Meeting Minutes for 8 September 2014:

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2014-September/002078.html

Developer Membership Board Meeting Minutes for 22 September 2014:

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2014-September/002074.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

The Planet

Didier Roche: Ubuntu Developer Tools Center: how do we run tests?

Didier Roche offers an update on the Ubuntu Loves Developers which is “starting to see multiple awesome code contributions and suggestions.” He goes on to share details about how tests are run, including use of pep8 and some details about the small, medium and large tests being run. He concludes by explaining how they’re run continuously on various types of VMs and writes “we are pretty hardcore on tests and believe it's the only way to keep quality and a sustainable system”

http://blog.didrocks.fr/post/Ubuntu-Developer-Tools-Center%3A-how-do-we-run-tests

Scarlett Clark: Kubuntu: Frameworks 5.2.0 Released and Plasma 5.0.2 is ready for testing.

Scarlett Clark of the Kubuntu team announces the availability of Frameworks 5.2.0 and writes that she has ”finished packaging Plasma 5.0.2, it looks and runs great! We desperately need more testers! If you would like to help us test, please join us in IRC in #kubuntu-devel thanks!”

http://scarlettgatelyclark.com/2014/kubuntu-frameworks-5-2-0-released-and-plasma-5-0-2-is-ready-for-testing/

Costales: Lubuntu 14.04 for Cubieboard 2

Costales writes that he “bought a Cubieboard2 and I made a Lubuntu 14.04 image!” The post explains installation steps, gives some recommended steps after installation and explains the customizations he made to the image.

http://thinkonbytes.blogspot.com/2014/09/lubuntu-1404-for-cubieboard-2-nand-dd-installation-fast-easy.html

Nekhelesh Ramananthan: A Core App Dev's Workflow

As a Core App Dev, Nekhelesh Ramananthan shares the workflow he uses for application development, walking readers through the version of Ubuntu running on his primary machine for development and how he handles the running of test suites. He concludes by inviting potential app developers to join them on the mailing list or IRC if they run into any problems.

http://nik90.com/a-core-app-devs-workflow/

Canonical News

Oracle and Canonical collaborate on support for Oracle Linux on Ubuntu

John Zannos of Canonical announces a collaboration with Oracle “tooffer customers support for both Ubuntu and Oracle Linux as fully supported guests on one another’s respective OpenStack offerings.” Details of this collaboration include support for each other’s Linux versions as guests in their OpenStack offerings and Canonical will also test Oracle Linux as a guest OS in its OpenStack Interoperability Lab (OIL) program.

https://insights.ubuntu.com/2014/09/23/oracle-and-canonical-collaborate-on-support-for-oracle-linux-on-ubuntu/

In The Press

Ubuntu Touch RTM released: Can it take on Android and iOS?

Jim Lynch of ITworld does an open source roundup that begins with Canonical’s release of the RTM version of Ubuntu Touch, sharing a link to a Softpedia article and speculating himself as to how Ubuntu can succeed. He writes that he is interested in seeing vendors aside from Apple and Google in the marketplace, but suspects the success of Ubuntu will depend on how quickly their app store can be populated with content and hardware quality.

http://www.itworld.com/open-source/437665/ubuntu-touch-rtm-released-can-it-take-android-and-ios

Unchanging Unicorn: Don't be disappointed with Ubuntu 14.10, be happy

Scott Gilbertson of The Register reviews the final beta release of Ubuntu Utopic Unicorn, and notes that not much has changed from 14.04. He does detail some things that have changed though, like the “usual slew of standard Unity apps have all seen updates” and “some new things under the hood” like new kernel and a new Synaptic input driver for trackpads.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/26/ubuntu_final_beta_review/

In The Blogosphere

In Other News

Full Circle Magazine #89

Full Circle - the independent magazine for the Ubuntu Linux community are proud to announce the release of our eighty-nine issue.

This month:

  • Command & Conquer

  • How-To : Install Oracle, LibreOffice, and dmc4che.

  • Graphics : GIMP Perspective Clone Tool and Inkscape.
  • Linux Labs: Kodi/XBMC, and Compiling a Kernel Pt.2
  • Arduino

plus: News, Q&A, Ubuntu Games, and soooo much more.

Get it while it's hot! http://fullcirclemagazine.org/issue-89

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 and 14.04

Security Updates

Ubuntu 10.04 Updates

Ubuntu 12.04 Updates

Ubuntu 14.04 Updates

Subscribe

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Archives

You can always find older Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter issues at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter

Additional Ubuntu News

As always you can find more news and announcements at:

and

Conclusion

Thank you for reading the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter.

See you next week!

Credits

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

  • Elizabeth K. Joseph
  • And many others

Glossary of Terms

Other acronyms can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/glossary

Ubuntu - Get Involved

The Ubuntu community consists of individuals and teams, working on different aspects of the distribution, giving advice and technical support, and helping to promote Ubuntu to a wider audience. No contribution is too small, and anyone can help. It's your chance to get in on all the community fun associated with developing and promoting Ubuntu. http://community.ubuntu.com/contribute/

Or get involved with the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter team! We always need summary writers and editors, if you're interested, learn more at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Join

Feedback

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