Issue230
WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue ## for the week MONTH DAY - DAY, YEAR.
In This Issue
General Community News
New Asia and Oceania Membership Board Members
The Community Council announces the three new members for the Asia and Oceania Membership Board: Jared Norris, Eleanor Chen and oneleaf.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2011-August/001378.html
Call for votes: Vacant Developer Membership Board seat
All members of the ~ubuntu-dev team have been contacted to vote on the four nominees for the vacant Developer Membership Board seat. Voting closes on September 6th.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2011-August/000889.html
Ubuntu 11.10 Development update
Daniel Holbach speaks with developers to learn what they’re most excited about regarding the 11.10 release, mentions the upcoming Ubuntu Global Jam, reviews some work that still needs to be done on 11.10 and interviews new contributor Daniel van Vugt. He wraps up this post by providing resources on how to get involved with Ubuntu Development.
http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2011/08/25/ubuntu-11-10-development-update-7/
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
Translation Stats Oneiric
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
Remaining strings to translate in Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Oncelot", see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/oneiric/ and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Translations
Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week
- heading
- heading
- heading
- heading
- heading
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
Ask (and answer!) your own questions at http://askubuntu.com
LoCo News
Søren Bredlund Caspersen: Marmelade
Søren announces the upcoming Global Jam event in København, Denmark taking place at Carlton Restaurant, Cafe and Bar on September 3rd.
http://soerenbredlundcaspersen.dk/2011/08/20/marmelade/
Efrain Valles: Maracaibo is Jamming again
Efrain announces the upcoming Global Jam event in Maracaibo, Venezuela and provides links to the spreadubuntu.com designs they used to create the poster for their event.
http://effiejayx.wordpress.com/2011/08/21/maracaibo-is-jamming-again/
Charlene Tessier: I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor!
Charlene brings others from around the world to the Vancouver Natty Release party by sharing a video she assembled with Pitivi Video Editor from photos taken by attendees, complete with photos of their signature Ubuntinis!
http://frenchfortunecookie.wordpress.com/2011/08/21/i-bet-you-look-good-on-the-dance-floor/
Ubuntu LoCo Council: Ubuntu 11 .10 Release Parties
http://lococouncil.ubuntu.com/2011/08/22/ubuntu-11-10-release-parties/
Paul Tagliamonte: Cleveland Bug Jam!
After a short break, the Cleveland ReLoCo (Really LoCo) is back! This Global Jam, they’ll be doing bugs and docs.
http://blog.pault.ag/post/9250619740/cleveland-bug-jam
Randall Ross: No Team Nearby? You Can Still Jam!
Randall wants to make it as easy as possible for folks to register Global Jam events, even when there may not be a full team nearby to work with. In this post he offers a link to a form which he’ll use to help you get your event organized.
http://randall.executiv.es/ugj-o-9
Paolo Sammicheli: Ubuntu Global Jam: Italy
Paolo announces the upcoming Ubuntu Global Jam in Pistoia, Italy in collaboration with the Pistoia Linux User Group. The event will be taking place from 15:00 to 19:00 on Saturday, September 3rd at Circolo ARCI Bonelle in Pistoia.
http://xdatap1.wordpress.com/2011/08/25/ubuntu-global-jam-italy/
Darcy Casselman: Ubuntu Global Jam in Kitchener-Waterloo
Darcy discusses plans for the upcoming Ubuntu Global Jam in Kitchener-Waterloo on September 3rd where they’ll work on “usual upgrade and install testing, bug triage, documentation work and so on” plus plans to build a new GUI packaging tool.
http://www.flyingsquirrel.ca/index.php/2011/08/26/ubuntu-global-jam-in-kitchener-waterloo/
David Wonderly: Ubuntu Global Jam – San Diego
David announces an Ubuntu Global Jam in San Diego, California at Cafe Libertalia on September 3rd.
Launchpad News
Beta testers: try the new person picker
Improvements are now being tested for the “person picker” which is the dialog used when you search for a user in Launchpad. You will be able to see more information about the person before selecting them, including IRC nickname and public email address.
http://blog.launchpad.net/coming-features/beta-testers-try-the-new-person-picker
Matthew Revell is the new Launchpad Product Manager
Francis J. Lacoste of the Launchpad blog announces Matthew Revell as the new Launchpad Project Manager. Matthew will be communicating his plans for Launchpad soon.
http://blog.launchpad.net/general/matthew-revell-is-the-new-launchpad-product-manager
Ubuntu Forums News
The Planet
Ubuntu Women: New 2011-2012 Ubuntu Women Leadership Team Announced
The Ubuntu Women project announces their newly elected Leadership Team consisting of Elizabeth Krumbach, Jessica Ledbetter and Cheri Francis and thanks former leaders Leigh Honeywell and Melissa Draper for their work during their term.
http://blog.ubuntu-women.org/2011/08/new-2011-2012-ubuntu-women-leadership-team-announced/
Dustin Kirkland: Ubuntu ARM Servers -- At last!!!
Two years in the making, Dustin Kirkland’s dream of having greener servers running on ARM processors have now become reality with Ubuntu Server positioning itself as the OS of choice in this arena for the foreseeable future.
http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2011/08/ubuntu-arm-servers-at-last.html
Silver Fox: An Interview with Ubudog
Meet Ubudog, a developer working on a lightweight web browser aptly named UbuMonkey and a regular contributor to the Ubuntu Forums.
http://serial-coder.co.uk/blog/2011/08/an-interview-with-ubudog/
Amber Graner: The New Ubuntu Friendly Program Needs User Feedback
The Ubuntu Friendly Program is a way for everyone of any skill level using Ubuntu to help map out what hardware works well with their favourite distro. Read here on how easy it is to make a difference.
Jono Bacon: Ubuntu 11.10 (So Far) Screenshot Tour
Ubuntu Community Manager Jono Bacon takes us on an extensive Screenshot Tour of the changes and highlights in the up and coming Ubuntu 11.10.
http://www.jonobacon.org/2011/08/26/ubuntu-11-10-so-far-screenshot-tour/
Philip Ballew: Ubuntu Youth, future leaders of our community.
Ubuntu Youth is a great place for young people to get to know about and share all things Ubuntu. They already have their own online forum and a presence on IRC and invite all to pop in and say hi.
http://philipballew.wordpress.com/2011/08/26/ubuntu-youth-future-leaders-of-our-community/
Victor Tuson Palau: Ubuntu Core Is Getting Ready For Oneiric
Ubuntu Core is an officially supported version of Ubuntu targeted at embedded devices and will be landing with the release of Oneiric this coming October.
http://victorpalau.net/2011/08/26/ubuntu-core-is-getting-ready-for-oneiric/
In The Press
In The Blogosphere
In Other News
Featured Podcasts
Lococast.net Episode 19 – So, we went to PyOhio and all I got was this t-shirt
This episode of Lococast includes Upcoming Events including Ohio Linuxfest, 1DevDayDetroit, New Libraries/Dev Tools including ScratchPad in Firefox 6.0, Edit in Github with Ace, Requests: HTTP for Humans and PyOhio Recaps.
http://lococast.net/archives/513
Full Circle Podcast 24: OGGCamp Part Two
In this episode of Full Circle Podcast they have , two talks, two guests and a raffle… (and offer a warning about the audio quality)
OGG: http://fullcirclemagazine.org/podpress_trac/web/1585/0/fullcirclepodcast_ep24_250811.ogg
MP3: http://fullcirclemagazine.org/podpress_trac/web/1585/1/fullcirclepodcast_ep24_250811.mp3
http://fullcirclemagazine.org/2011/08/24/full-circle-podcast-episode-24-ogg-camp-part-two/
Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
Monthly Team Reports: <MONTH> <YEAR>
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 8.04, 10.04, 10.10 and 11.04
Security Updates
Ubuntu 8.04 Updates
Ubuntu 10.04 Updates
Ubuntu 10.10 Updates
Ubuntu 11.04 Updates
UWN Translations
- Note to translators and our readers please follow the link below for the information you need.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Translations
Subscribe
Get your copy of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter delivered each week to you via email at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-news
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:
- Your Name Here
- 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://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate
Feedback
This document is maintained by the Ubuntu Weekly News Team. If you have a story idea or suggestions for the Weekly Newsletter, join the Ubuntu News Team mailing list at https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/Ubuntu-news-team and submit it. Ideas can also be added to the wiki at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Ideas. If you'd like to contribute to a future issue of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, please feel free to edit the appropriate wiki page. If you have any technical support questions, please send them to ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com.
Except where otherwise noted, this issue of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 License 