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| * Open (97196) +6690 over last week * Critical (177) +27 over last week * Unconfirmed (56684) + #7254 over last week |
* Open (90465) -6731 over last week * Critical (155) -22 over last week * Unconfirmed (56684) +7254 over last week * 48384 on 7/10 |
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| ## These come from http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/. Click on the link on the left that says "most popular this week" then put the title for the most popular 5. |
* There appears to be no way of modifying the pointer - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28241/ * Adding description for "Apps Available for Download" in unity Programs launcher - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28234/ * Linked notifications - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28227/ * First Console tty1 should have more priority for debug - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28225/ * Unity Side-bar Scrolling is Too Slow - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28221/ |
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| * Can I open Microsoft Word and Excel files? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/52126/can-i-open-microsoft-word-and-excel-files * Is it possible to install a .deb from a URL? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/51854/is-it-possible-to-install-a-deb-from-a-url * How to use Skype? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/51991/how-to-use-skype * What is the difference between Ubuntu and Debian server? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/52066/what-is-the-difference-between-ubuntu-and-debian-server * What is apt-fast and should I use it? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/52243/what-is-apt-fast-and-should-i-use-it |
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| ## Make each article a subsection, via === Section name === ## Add notes about new locoteams, changed ones, meetings, etc. |
=== Vancouver's Natty U-Party! (Parts 2-5) === Randall Ross has been doing a series of posts about Ubuntu Vancouver's U-Party "A Celebration of Ubuntu and Unity", held on June 17th 2011. Parts 2-5 are the latest! * http://randall.executiv.es/uparty-n-2 * http://randall.executiv.es/uparty-n-3 * http://randall.executiv.es/uparty-n-4 * http://randall.executiv.es/uparty-n-5 === LoCo Directory: Now with default team time zones! === Time zones have always been a tricky problem for the LoCo Directory developers to reconcile, this article discusses how they've solved this for event and meeting planning and other new features in the 0.3.3 and 0.3.4 release of the LoCo Directory. More information can be found at: http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=4596 === Inner City Boston Ubuntu Hour 2 === Martin Owens discusses the second inner city Boston Ubuntu Hour and how it's evolved into something more than just an hour of coffee and Ubuntu discussion. More information can be found at: http://doctormo.org/2011/07/02/inner-city-boston-ubuntu-hour-2/ === Free Official Ubuntu Book For Approved LoCo Teams === Prentice Hall is offering a free copy of the recently published Official Ubuntu Book to approved LoCo teams. Jono Bacon explains the steps involved in how your team can request a copy. More information can be found at: http://www.jonobacon.org/2011/07/05/free-official-ubuntu-book-for-approved-loco-teams/ |
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| ## This section is for news from the Launchpad Blog at http://blog.launchpad.net/ | === Launchpad read-only 08.00 UTC 13th July 2011 === Quick note from the Launchpad team about upcoming downtime. More information can be found at: http://blog.launchpad.net/notifications/launchpad-read-only-08-00-utc-13th-july-2011 === Interview: Huw Wilkins on Launchpad’s UI === Huw Wilkins is "Launchpad’s UI guy" and he was interviewed about his current work and upcoming changes to Launchpad's UI. The audio interview can be downloaded as an ogg file. More information can be found at: http://blog.launchpad.net/podcast/interview-huw-wilkins-on-launchpads-ui |
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| ## This section is provided to include any interesting updates from the Ubuntu Forums. | === New Forum Council Members === The previous members of the Forum Council have been reappointed and three new members have been appointed: s-fox, Artificial Intelligence and Iowan More information can be found at: http://blog.joeb454.com/2011/07/new-forum-council-members/ |
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| ## Ubuntu UK Podcast ## Full Circle Magazine Podcast ## At Home With Jono Bacon - Weekly Community QA on UStreamTV ## Lococast.net |
=== Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S04E10 – Sun and Steel === Mark Johnson, Alan Pope, Tony Whitmore and guest presenter Andy Piper are back once more, pre-recorded in Studio A for episode 10 of season 4 of the Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo Team! In this week’s show: * We talk about what we’ve been doing including playing Proun (the pay what you like game [which runs under WINE on Ubuntu]), Freecycling old kit, reflecting on OggCamp, upgrading to Ubuntu 11.04, making apps stick to the Unity launcher for Laura’s Mum, helping out with curating a list of Android Honeycomb apps on the Xoom Forums and attending an a11y hackday run by DevCSI. * We review the HP MicroServer (Mark’s also written some blog posts about it) * In the news * Events * We have an interview with Gemma Cameron by Les Pounder about BarCamp Blackpool and Nottingham. Thanks to Les for providing this content for us! * We remind you about the competition to win an audio book from TextBookStuff. Entries to competition@ubuntu-uk.org by Sunday 17th July * We have a Bit About Ubuntu * And we have some Command Line Love * Finally we have your feedback. Further details and download links can be found at: http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2011/07/06/s04e10-sun-and-steel/ === Lococast.net Episode 18 - Passwords, hashes, and Google+ oh my! === Join Rick Harding and Craig Maloney as they debate, dissect, and dismantle the current tech issues of the day on the latest Lococast podcast. Download or listen here: http://lococast.net/archives/503 |
WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #223 for June 27 - July 10, 2011.
In This Issue
General Community News
Get ready for Ubuntu Developer Week
Get ready for Ubuntu Developer Week from Monday, 11th July to Friday, 15th July. We will have one full week of online IRC sessions which will introduce you to Ubuntu Development and hacking on Ubuntu-related projects. Sometimes these sessions will take the form of Q&A sessions, sometimes of presentations and sometimes hands-on workshops.
Here’s the links for the impatient:
How to join in: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDeveloperWeek/JoiningIn
Timetable of the sessions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDeveloperWeek
Facebook event: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=228659263827481
A lot of developers readily agreed to give sessions, so we have a wide variety of sessions this time around:
- Packaging-related: Intro to Ubuntu development, specific packaging sessions: Mono, Python, Java, collaboration with Debian, fixing ARM build failures.
Project demos: Desktop Team Q&A, hacking on Launchpad, dotdee, Upstart, nux, hacking on compiz, hacking on Ubuntu websites, Lubuntu development, project lightning talks.
- QA-related sessions: working with apport-reported bugs, debugging the kernel, intro to LAVA, how to triage bugs.
- hacking sessions: porting to gobject introspection, making use of Launchpad translations, app creation with QML, writing Ensemble formulas.
More here: http://ubuntu-news.org/2011/07/04/get-ready-for-ubuntu-developer-week-2/
Ubuntu Stats
Bug Stats
- Open (90465) -6731 over last week
- Critical (155) -22 over last week
- Unconfirmed (56684) +7254 over last week
- 48384 on 7/10
As always, the Bug Squad needs more help. If you want to get started, please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad
Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week
There appears to be no way of modifying the pointer - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28241/
Adding description for "Apps Available for Download" in unity Programs launcher - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28234/
Linked notifications - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28227/
First Console tty1 should have more priority for debug - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28225/
Unity Side-bar Scrolling is Too Slow - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28221/
Ubuntu Brainstorm is a community site geared toward letting you add your ideas for Ubuntu. You can submit your own idea, or vote for or against another idea. http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/
Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions this week
Can I open Microsoft Word and Excel files? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/52126/can-i-open-microsoft-word-and-excel-files
Is it possible to install a .deb from a URL? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/51854/is-it-possible-to-install-a-deb-from-a-url
How to use Skype? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/51991/how-to-use-skype
What is the difference between Ubuntu and Debian server? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/52066/what-is-the-difference-between-ubuntu-and-debian-server
What is apt-fast and should I use it? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/52243/what-is-apt-fast-and-should-i-use-it
Ask (and answer!) your own questions at http://askubuntu.com
LoCo News
Vancouver's Natty U-Party! (Parts 2-5)
Randall Ross has been doing a series of posts about Ubuntu Vancouver's U-Party "A Celebration of Ubuntu and Unity", held on June 17th 2011. Parts 2-5 are the latest!
LoCo Directory: Now with default team time zones!
Time zones have always been a tricky problem for the LoCo Directory developers to reconcile, this article discusses how they've solved this for event and meeting planning and other new features in the 0.3.3 and 0.3.4 release of the LoCo Directory.
More information can be found at: http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=4596
Inner City Boston Ubuntu Hour 2
Martin Owens discusses the second inner city Boston Ubuntu Hour and how it's evolved into something more than just an hour of coffee and Ubuntu discussion.
More information can be found at: http://doctormo.org/2011/07/02/inner-city-boston-ubuntu-hour-2/
Free Official Ubuntu Book For Approved LoCo Teams
Prentice Hall is offering a free copy of the recently published Official Ubuntu Book to approved LoCo teams. Jono Bacon explains the steps involved in how your team can request a copy.
More information can be found at: http://www.jonobacon.org/2011/07/05/free-official-ubuntu-book-for-approved-loco-teams/
Launchpad News
Launchpad read-only 08.00 UTC 13th July 2011
Quick note from the Launchpad team about upcoming downtime.
More information can be found at: http://blog.launchpad.net/notifications/launchpad-read-only-08-00-utc-13th-july-2011
Interview: Huw Wilkins on Launchpad’s UI
Huw Wilkins is "Launchpad’s UI guy" and he was interviewed about his current work and upcoming changes to Launchpad's UI. The audio interview can be downloaded as an ogg file.
More information can be found at: http://blog.launchpad.net/podcast/interview-huw-wilkins-on-launchpads-ui
Ubuntu Forums News
New Forum Council Members
The previous members of the Forum Council have been reappointed and three new members have been appointed: s-fox, Artificial Intelligence and Iowan
More information can be found at: http://blog.joeb454.com/2011/07/new-forum-council-members/
The Planet
In The Press
In The Blogosphere
In Other News
Featured Podcasts
Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S04E10 – Sun and Steel
Mark Johnson, Alan Pope, Tony Whitmore and guest presenter Andy Piper are back once more, pre-recorded in Studio A for episode 10 of season 4 of the Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo Team!
In this week’s show:
We talk about what we’ve been doing including playing Proun (the pay what you like game [which runs under WINE on Ubuntu]), Freecycling old kit, reflecting on OggCamp, upgrading to Ubuntu 11.04, making apps stick to the Unity launcher for Laura’s Mum, helping out with curating a list of Android Honeycomb apps on the Xoom Forums and attending an a11y hackday run by DevCSI.
We review the HP MicroServer (Mark’s also written some blog posts about it)
- In the news
- Events
We have an interview with Gemma Cameron by Les Pounder about BarCamp Blackpool and Nottingham. Thanks to Les for providing this content for us!
We remind you about the competition to win an audio book from TextBookStuff. Entries to competition@ubuntu-uk.org by Sunday 17th July
- We have a Bit About Ubuntu
- And we have some Command Line Love
- Finally we have your feedback.
Further details and download links can be found at: http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2011/07/06/s04e10-sun-and-steel/
Lococast.net Episode 18 - Passwords, hashes, and Google+ oh my!
Join Rick Harding and Craig Maloney as they debate, dissect, and dismantle the current tech issues of the day on the latest Lococast podcast.
Download or listen here: http://lococast.net/archives/503
Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
Ubuntu Mobile Team Meeting Minutes from June 30th, 2011 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MobileTeam/Meeting/2011/20110630
Ubuntu Release Team Meeting Minutes for July 01, 2011 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReleaseTeam/Meeting/2011-07-01
Upcoming Meetings and Events
For upcoming meetings and events please visit the calendars at ubuntu-news.org: http://ubuntu-news.org/calendars/
Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 10.10 and 11.04
Security Updates
[USN-1160-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2011-June/001363.html
[USN-1149-2] Firefox regression - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2011-June/001364.html
[USN-1163-1] Bind vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2011-July/001365.html
[USN-1164-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities (i.MX51) - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2011-July/001367.html
[USN-1165-1] QEMU vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2011-July/001368.html
Ubuntu 8.04 Updates
bind9 1:9.4.2.dfsg.P2-2ubuntu0.8 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2011-July/012668.html
Ubuntu 10.04 Updates
multipath-tools 0.4.8-14ubuntu4.10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-June/012373.html
adobe-flashplugin 10.3.181.34-0lucid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-June/012374.html
pkgsel 0.25ubuntu7.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-June/012375.html
flashplugin-nonfree- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-June/012376.html
parted 2.2-5ubuntu5.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-June/012377.html
ia32-libs 2.7ubuntu26.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-June/012378.html
commons-csv 0.1-SNAPSHOT+svn678580-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-June/012379.html
evolution 2.28.3-0ubuntu10.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-July/012380.html
checkbox 0.9.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-July/012381.html
qemu-kvm 0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-July/012382.html
bind9_9.7.0.dfsg.P1-1ubuntu0.3_armel_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-July/012383.html
nuxeo-dm 5.4.2.1-0lucid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-July/012384.html
qemu-kvm 0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9.12 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-July/012385.html
jabberd2 2.2.8-2ubuntu4.0.10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-July/012386.html
python-apt 0.7.94.2ubuntu6.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-July/012387.html
dbconfig-common 1.8.44ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-July/012388.html
qemu-kvm 0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9.13 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-July/012389.html
ldm 2:2.1.1-0ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-July/012390.html
ubiquity 2.2.26 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-July/012391.html
Ubuntu 10.10 Updates
multipath-tools 0.4.8-14ubuntu4.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-June/009520.html
adobe-flashplugin 10.3.181.34-0maverick1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-June/009521.html
flashplugin-nonfree- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-June/009522.html
initramfs-tools 0.98.1ubuntu6.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-July/009523.html
qemu-kvm 0.12.5+noroms-0ubuntu7.6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-July/009524.html
bind9_9.7.1.dfsg.P2-2ubuntu0.4_amd64_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-July/009525.html
qemu-kvm 0.12.5+noroms-0ubuntu7.8 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-July/009526.html
oprofile 0.9.6-1.1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-July/009527.html
jabberd2 2.2.8-2ubuntu4.0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-July/009528.html
Ubuntu 11.04 Updates
bzr-builddeb 2.7.3ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-June/011998.html
banshee 2.0.0-2ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-June/011999.html
clipit 1.3.12-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-June/012000.html
adobe-flashplugin 10.3.181.34-0natty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-June/012001.html
dpkg 1.16.0~ubuntu7.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-June/012002.html
g15daemon 1.9.5.3-8.1ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-June/012003.html
flashplugin-nonfree- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-June/012004.html
xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu4.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-July/012005.html
soprano 2.5.63+dfsg.1-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-July/012006.html
nautilus-sendto 2.32.0-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-July/012007.html
banshee 2.0.1-1ubuntu1~natty2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-July/012008.html
bind9_9.7.3.dfsg-1ubuntu2.2_i386_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-July/012009.html
qemu-kvm 0.14.0+noroms-0ubuntu4.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-July/012010.html
oprofile 0.9.6-1.1ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-July/012011.html
jabberd2 2.2.8-2ubuntu4.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-July/012012.html
pyabiword 0.8.0-6build2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-July/012013.html
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