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## Edit the following to include issue number, date info, and a short list
## of the top articles in this release.
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## In this section, list major topics of interest using bullets.
## Format: * <Topic name>
## Ex: * Ubuntu overtakes Microsoft with 90% market share
## This gets added right before you publish bullet points of table of contents		  * Quantal open for development
 * Ubuntu Developer Summit: May 7-11
 * Ask Mark & Ubuntu Open Week Days 1-3
 * Welcome New Members
 * Ubuntu Stats
 * Ubuntu Serbia presents at Share Conference
 * Launchpad Clinic at UDS-Q
 * Daniel Holbach: The importance of apps in Ubuntu
 * Jason Gerard De``Rose: Daily builds are your canary in the mine shaft
 * David Wonderly: Kubuntu: Updates
 * Serge Hallyn: First round of kvm performance tests
 * Daniel Holbach: “After the release” is “before the release”
 * Stéphane Graber: LXC in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
 * Lubuntu Blog: New Lubuntu website
 * Xubuntu: FAQ for Xubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin
 * Ubuntu's Mark Shuttleworth on shaking up system software
 * Free as in awesome: our favorite open source apps for Ubuntu 12.04
 * Android's new ally against the iPhone: Ubuntu
 * Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin review
 * New Ubuntu 12.04: Any hope against Windows and Apple?
 * Press Reaction to Ubuntu 12.04
 * Ubuntu 12.04 PC OEMs: An Overview
 * Two Years Fly By: Ubuntu Precise Pangolin Pads Into Production
 * In Other News
 * Other Articles of Interest
 * Featured Podcasts
 * Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
 * Upcoming Meetings and Events
 * Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 11.04, 11.10 and 12.04
 * And much more!
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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		 === Quantal open for development ===

Matthias Klose announces the opening of development for Quantal Quetzal, Ubuntu 12.10.

"The development version starts with updated versions of GCC and OpenJDK, some soname changes (boost, hdf5), and some changes with setting the build flags for package builds. We are finally targeting Python3 as the only Python version on the ISO/installation images."

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2012-April/000955.html

=== Ubuntu Developer Summit: May 7-11 ===

From May 7-11 Canonical will be hosting the Ubuntu Developer Summit for Quantal.

"The Ubuntu Developer Summit is the event at which we plan for the forthcoming version of Ubuntu. It brings together Canonical engineers, community members, partners, upstream representatives and cloud specialists, in an environment of active debate."

For more information, including schedule and how to participate remotely visit http://uds.ubuntu.com/

=== Ask Mark & Ubuntu Open Week Days 1-3 ===

The Ubuntu Classroom blog shares details and links to logs of the "Ask Mark" session with Mark Shuttleworth where he answers user questions on IRC and various Ubuntu Open sessions held from May 2nd through 4th.

http://ubuntuclassroom.wordpress.com/2012/05/02/ask-mark-ubuntu-open-week-day-1/

http://ubuntuclassroom.wordpress.com/2012/05/03/ubuntu-open-week-day-2/

http://ubuntuclassroom.wordpress.com/2012/05/04/ubuntu-open-week-day-3/
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## Browse ubuntu-news-team list for announcements of new Ubuntu members
## 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.		 Results for the EMEA RMB meeting for 1 May 2012.

 * Rafał Cieślak (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RafalCieslak | https://launchpad.net/~rafalcieslak256)
 * Ben Howard (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Ben_Howard%28utlemming%29 | https://launchpad.net/~utlemming)
 * Mahmoud Ibrahem (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Mahmoud%20Ibrahem | https://launchpad.net/~mahmoud.ibrahem)

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2012-May/001556.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

As always, the Bug Squad needs more help. If you want to get started, please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad		     * Open (94302) +491 over last week
    * Critical (77) +2 over last week
    * Unconfirmed (48148) +36 over last week

As always, the Bug Squad needs more help. If you want to get started, please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad
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## Translation stats only take a second to do.
## Data can be found at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise (or current release)
## 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).
## List the top 5 untranslated languages.

 1. Language (#) +/- # over last week
 2. Language (#) +/- # over last week
 3. Language (#) +/- # over last week
 4. Language (#) +/- # over last week
 5. 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		  * English (Australia) (3055) -446 over last week
 * Spanish (12409) -37 over last week
 * English (United Kingdom) (21832) -150 over last week
 * Bosnian (39680) -392 over last week
 * Brazilian Portuguese (47585) -209 over last week

Remaining strings to translate in Ubuntu 12.04 "Precise Pangolin", see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise/ and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Translations
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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.

 * heading
 * heading
 * heading
 * heading
 * heading		  * Backgrounds that "Changes throughout the day" are shocking during the transition http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29639/
 * Boost new ideas http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29637/
 * Open upper panel menus only by click, to avoid accidental logout http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29643/
 * more usage of keyboard less switching between mouse and keyboard http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29628/
 * Add /home/* backup/restore capability to ubiquity http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29656/
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## Go to askubuntu.com and click on "WEEK" to get the top questions
## of the week		  * Where else to go for help if not helped at Ask Ubuntu? http://askubuntu.com/questions/131149/where-else-to-go-for-help-if-not-helped-at-ask-ubuntu
 * What is the difference between `VAR=…` and `export VAR=…`? http://askubuntu.com/questions/128515/what-is-the-difference-between-var-and-export-var
 * I accidentally hit Ctl Alt F<num>. How do I return to the GUI? http://askubuntu.com/questions/129720/i-accidentally-hit-ctl-alt-fnum-how-do-i-return-to-the-gui
 * How do I use the HUD? http://askubuntu.com/questions/131617/how-do-i-use-the-hud
 * VMware Player 4.0.3. on Ubuntu 12.04 64 Bit http://askubuntu.com/questions/130937/vmware-player-4-0-3-on-ubuntu-12-04-64-bit
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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 Serbia presents at Share Conference ===

On April 28th 2012 at the Share Conference in Belgrade, the Ubuntu Lo``Co team Serbia (www.ubuntu-rs.org) held a presentation of Ubuntu 12.04 that aroused significant interest in the audience. The presentation at this prestigious festival was devoted to 12.04 LTS edition, and the capabilities of this new release of Ubuntu, as well as to recently published statistics on the application of FLOSS solutions in the business environment in Serbia.

The presentation was held by Bojan Bogdanović (bojce), team coordinator, Igor Kekeljević (digitalis_vulgaris)and Ladislav Urošević (uros). They also answered questions asked by the audience after the presentation. The Share Conference is the biggest and most important conference in this part of Europe on the topics of sharing knowledge, the Internet, and social aspects of modern technologies.

More about Share Conference here: http://www.shareconference.net/en

Photo of the Ubuntu presentation: http://www.flickr.com/photos/shareconference/6975390712/
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## 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/		 === Launchpad Clinic at UDS-Q ===


Laura Czajkowski shares details about the two upcoming Lanchpad bug fixing sessions planned for the Ubuntu Developer Summit. "We’ll be there to help you get on the road to getting your bugs fixed, and to offer advice on every step of the Launchpad development process."

http://blog.launchpad.net/meet-the-devs/launchpad-clinic-at-uds-q

=== Spring cleaning in Launchpad ===

Brian Murray does some Launchpad "spring cleaning" and notes that the quantity of apport-package bugs “decreased by at least 175” when he got through marking duplicates.

http://www.murraytwins.com/blog/?p=116
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## This section is for Ubuntu News from "The Planet" at http://planet.ubuntu.com/ === Daniel Holbach: The importance of apps in Ubuntu ===

Daniel Holbach expresses his thoughts on the importance of apps in the Ubuntu ecosystem. Referencing the upcoming array of platforms (TVs, Android phones etc.) for Ubuntu, he points out that several important pieces of the puzzle (helper tools, magazines, books, music etc.) are not yet available.

http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/2012/04/the-importance-of-apps-in-ubuntu/

=== Chase Douglas: Integration testing for X.org ===

Canonical developers Chase Douglas and Thomas Voss have been working to create a test environment for the X.org server. The key goals of the project are to facilitate the writing of test cases, as well as providing more comprehensive bug reporting.

http://voices.canonical.com/chase.douglas/2012/04/30/integration-testing-for-x-org/

=== Jason Gerard DeRose: Daily builds are your canary in the mine shaft ===

Jason Gerard De``Rose points out that developing good quality software, and ensuring that it works with each Ubuntu release has a lot to do with daily builds and unit tests. In this article, he describes the methods and tools used by the development team of the collaborative video editor, Novacut.

http://jderose.blogspot.com/2012/05/daily-builds-are-your-canary-in-mine.html

=== David Wonderly: Kubuntu: Updates ===

David Wonderly shares an update about the status of the Kubuntu project, and assures the community that Blue Systems, the new sponsor of Kubuntu, does not intend to “change anything” about it. The current plan is to make Kubuntu the best KDE-based distro, and to attract lots of new users.

http://www.wonderly.com/2012/05/kubuntu-updates/

=== Stuart Langridge: Ubuntu One Files for the Nokia N9 ===

Stuart Langridge shares the first step to bring Ubuntu One cloud storage to the Nokia N9 - Ubuntu One Files. Code and a YouTube video showing functionality are available.

http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2012/05/01/ubuntu-one-files-for-the-nokia-n9

=== Jono Bacon: Accomplishments Needed: Can You Help? ===

Jono Bacon rallies contributors to the Ubuntu Accomplishments system he has been developing by outlining how to write Accomplishments to it.

http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/05/02/accomplishments-needed-can-you-help/

=== Rafał Cieślak: Getting involved in Ubuntu by programming IS EASY! ===

Rafal Cieślak shares his experience on code contribution to Ubuntu. The involvement has started with fixing a trivial bug in the Ubuntu Accomplishments System, and quickly expanded to make him one of the main maintainers of the program.

http://rafalcieslak.wordpress.com/2012/05/02/getting-involved-in-ubuntu-by-programming-is-easy/

=== Serge Hallyn: First round of kvm performance tests ===

In continuation of a previous post, Serge Hallyn checks out the performance of the KVM hypervisor on a laptop running 12.04 server, and publishes details of the first round of results.

http://s3hh.wordpress.com/2012/05/02/first-round-of-kvm-performance-tests

=== Daniel Holbach: “After the release” is “before the release” ===

Daniel Holbach congratulates everyone on the release, but reminds us that we’re now starting the next release. Holbach shares a graph of the rise in sponsorship requests since release, and urges Ubuntu developers and others who can help with patch review to join in and help to reduce the queue.

http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/2012/05/after-the-release-is-before-the-release/

=== IRC Council: Call for IRC operators ===

The Ubuntu IRC Council puts out a call for operator volunteers for several of the core channels they manage.

http://ubottu.com/ircc/2012/05/04/call-for-irc-operators/

=== Stéphane Graber: LXC in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ===

Stéphane Graber gives a status update on LXC in 12.04, explains that it’s safer and easier to use, with no changes required to the system, and gives step by step instructions for deployment with juju.

http://www.stgraber.org/2012/05/04/lxc-in-ubuntu-12-04-lts/

=== Lubuntu Blog: New Lubuntu website ===

Lubuntu has a new website with a new design “completely rewritten using the Drupal CMS”. Most of the credit for complete redesign and reorganization, which makes it easier to download and explore the documentation, goes to Mario Behling.

http://lubuntublog.blogspot.com/2012/05/new-lubuntu-website.html

=== Xubuntu: FAQ for Xubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin ===

In this post from the Xubuntu team, they several of the most frequently asked questions for Xubuntu 12.04, including: Is there a way to use folders shared from Windows? Thunar loads very slowly on first launch; how do I fix that? How do I configure multiple monitors? How can I edit the applications menu? I can’t resize the window because window borders are too tiny, and my theme shows white text on light background. Help!

http://xubuntu.org/news/faq-1204-precise/
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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's Mark Shuttleworth on shaking up system software ===

Mark Shuttleworth talks to the BBC about his current and future aspirations for Ubuntu. Topics range from Ubuntu running on various form factor devices to innovative UIs, and possible patent threats.

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-17916879
=== Free as in awesome: our favorite open source apps for Ubuntu 12.04 ===


Arstechnica’s Ryan Paul digs through the Ubuntu Software Center in 12.04 and shares his thoughts on some of the favorite applications including abiword, an alternative to Libre``Office, several image editing applications including Pinta and Inkscape, and more.

http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/04/free-as-in-awesome-our-favorite-open-source-apps-for-ubuntu-1204.ars
=== Android's new ally against the iPhone: Ubuntu ===


Jason Hiner of CNet reports on Canonical’s Ubuntu for Android, which can turn Android phones into desktop computers. Hiner profiles the technology, and speculates that Android may get the next advantage that it needs over the iPhone with this feature.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57424335-94/androids-new-ally-against-the-iphone-ubuntu/

=== Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin review ===

Terrence O'Brien of Engadget reports that the new Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is “the best version of Ubuntu yet” and says that it’s stable, fast and polished, with much improved power management and Open GL performance.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/01/ubuntu-12-04-precise-pangolin-review/

=== New Ubuntu 12.04: Any hope against Windows and Apple? ===

James Gaskin from Itworld wonders if the newly released Ubuntu 12.04 is a worthy adversary to contest the dominance of Microsoft and Apple on the desktop.

http://www.itworld.com/software/273504/new-ubuntu-1204-any-hope-against-windows-and-apple
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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.		 === Press Reaction to Ubuntu 12.04 ===

Joey Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! shares that overall, it seems Ubuntu 12.04 received positive reviews in the Press and shares details and links of who said what.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/04/press-reaction-to-ubuntu-12-04-mostly-positive/

=== Ubuntu 12.04 PC OEMs: An Overview ===

Released on 26 April and already being shipped by some PC vendors, Christopher Tozzi lists OEMs offering Ubuntu on on their hardware.

http://www.thevarguy.com/2012/04/30/ubuntu-12-04-pc-oems-an-overview/

=== Two Years Fly By: Ubuntu Precise Pangolin Pads Into Production ===

Carla Schroder says that she has been “holding my breath for two years since the last Long-Term Support Ubuntu release” and now takes a look at the Ubuntu 12.04 release from the consumer, enterprise, server and the future aspects.

https://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/570724:two-years-fly-by-ubuntu-precise-pangolin-pads-into-production

=== Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin Quiz ===

Vikram Buzz has created a quiz to quickly test your knowledge about 12.04, from release name to default music player to which version of the Linux kernel, and more.

http://vikrambuzz.blogspot.in/2012/05/ubuntu-1204-precise-pangolin-quiz.html

=== Ubuntu Review 12.04 'Precise Pangolin' – a controversial release for the makers of Ubuntu? ===

Christine Moore, a UKC computer science student, takes Ubuntu 12.04 for a thorough spin and shares her thoughts on installation, user interface, the Software Centre, HUD and more and gives a rating of 8/10, saying overall she “can see many postive improvements have been made to Ubuntu, and some excellent new features added.”

http://www.cemdesign.co.uk/blog/post.php?s=2012-04-30-ubuntu-review-1204-precise-pangolin-a-controversial-release-for-the-makers-of-ubuntu

=== 7 Reasons to Like and Dislike Ubuntu Unity ===

Bruce Byfield of Datamation has some Unity dislikes and likes. Dislikes include unmovable Launcher, limited Dash results and some features of HUD. Likes include the almost 2D equivalency, Lenses and Scopes and minimalist window indicators and scroll bars.

http://www.datamation.com/open-source/7-reasons-to-like-and-dislike-ubuntu-unity-1.html

=== Ubuntu Linux 12.04: Microsoft's Worst Nightmare? ===

Catherine Noyes of Linux Insider reviews the reaction of the blogosphere to Ubuntu 12.04 and touches upon several areas including whether Canonical has “succeeded” with this release, the “weird GUI” and more.

http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/75013.html

=== Mark Shuttleworth on Ubuntu 12.10 Plans, Netflix & What He Thinks of Windows 8 ===

Joey Sheddon highlights some of the questions from the IRC user question session with Mark Shuttleworth held on Tuesday, May 1st.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/05/mark-shuttleworth-talks-ubuntu-12-10-netflix-laptops-and-more/

=== Ubuntu 12.04: Less Quirky ===

Daniel Memetic, who begins his post with “Linux and quirkiness tend to be synonymous,” tries to be optimistic about Ubuntu 12.04 by reviewing some of the new features and improvements and shares what some “remaining quirks.”

http://www.tech-faq.com/ubuntu-12-04-less-quirky.html

=== Ubuntu One: An Unknown But Worthy Contender In Cloud Storage ===

Danny Stieben of Make Use Of writes about Ubuntu One for online personal storage. He goes through installation, basic information, selective syncing options, settings, the web interface and some of the advanced features. Stieben says in his conclusing that having “ an array of options in front of you can help you make the best decision possible, and Ubuntu One is definitely one that most people should consider, especially if they are users of the Ubuntu distribution”

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/ubuntu-unknown-worthy-contender-cloud-storage/
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## Any news or links that don't fit neatly into other sections. === Azul Launches Zing 5.2 JVM With Support for Ubuntu Linux ===

"Azul Systems announced that its Zing 5.2 Java virtual machine now features support for the Ubuntu Linux distribution.” Support will be available at the end of a May. Support will be also available for production servers running, Ubuntu 10.04, on x86-64 processors.

Scott Sellers, Azul system’s president and CEO, states that ‘they have seen strong demand from enterprises who want to run Zing, the industry’s best JVM for Linux, on the expanding number of Ubuntu deployments.’ He also sates that “Ubuntu is now great choice for developers and operators who need Zing’s market leading predictable, low latency performance and monitoring for their Java applications."

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/Azul-Launches-Zing-52-JVM-With-Support-for-Ubuntu-Linux-885879/

=== Electronic Arts Attending Ubuntu Developer Summit ===

Joey Sneddon, of OMG! Ubuntu! reports that game giant Electronic Arts will attend next weeks Ubuntu Developer Summit for a short presentation, and says that the talk "ties in with a rumoured 'deal' between Canonical and a major games publisher."

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/05/electronic-arts-attending-ubuntu-developer-summit/
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## Bullet-point list of articles that are more generic linux in nature  * Why Linux is a desktop flop - http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/043012-linux-desktop-258724.html
 * Linux Doesn't Dominate the Desktop, and Doesn't Have To - http://ostatic.com/blog/linux-doesnt-dominate-the-desktop-and-doesnt-have-to
 * Interview with Clive Crous from Linux Game Publishing - http://www.unixmen.com/interview-with-clive-crous-from-linux-game-publishing/
 * Study explains how retailers stop Linux from entering the market - http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Study-explains-how-retailers-stop-Linux-from-entering-the-market-1564385.html
 * Debian Project News - April 30th, 2012 - http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2012/09/
 * The 2012 Top 7 Best Linux distributions - https://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/571815:the-2012-top-7-best-linux-distributions-for-you
 * Available recorded keynotes - Open``Stack conference - http://vimeo.com/openstack
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## Ubuntu UK Podcast
## Full Circle Magazine Podcast
## At Home With Jono Bacon - Weekly Community QA on UStreamTV
## Lococast.net		 === Burning Circle 69 ===

Burning Circle in their episode 69 mention Ubuntu Open Week which lasted from May 1st through May 4th. They also announced Ubuntu Developer Summit which starts May 7th.

http://ohio.ubuntu-us.org/node/95
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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.		  * Security Team - April 30, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20120430
 * Server Team - May 1, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/20120501
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## Run security-and-updates/ListSecurity.py YEAR MONTH  * [USN-1431-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-May/001671.html
 * [USN-1433-1] Linux kernel (Oneiric backport) vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-May/001672.html
 * [USN-1434-1] Samba vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-May/001673.html
 * [USN-1435-1] Image``Magick vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-May/001674.html
 * [USN-1436-1] Libtasn1 vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-May/001675.html
 * [USN-1438-1] Nova vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-May/001676.html
 * [USN-1430-3] Thunderbird vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-May/001677.html
 * [USN-1437-1] PHP vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-May/001678.html
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## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH hardy
## End of life - April 2013 (Server)		  * linux 2.6.24-31.101 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-May/012752.html
 * libtasn1-3 1.1-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-May/012753.html
 * nagios-nrpe 2.8.1-1ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-May/012754.html

End of life - April 2013 (Server)
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## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH lucid
## End of Life - April 2013 (Desktop) - April 2015 (Server)		  * linux-lts-backport-oneiric 3.0.0-19.33~lucid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012849.html
 * linux-lts-backport-oneiric 3.0.0-19.33~lucid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012850.html
 * linux-meta-lts-backport-oneiric 3.0.0.19.7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012851.html
 * linux-meta-lts-backport-oneiric 3.0.0.19.7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012852.html
 * landscape-client 12.04.3-0ubuntu0.10.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-April/012853.html
 * samba - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-May/012854.html
 * imagemagick 7:6.5.7.8-1ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-May/012855.html
 * hg-git 0.2.1-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-May/012856.html
 * haveged 0.9-1ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-May/012857.html
 * linux-lts-backport-natty 2.6.38-15.59~lucid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-May/012858.html
 * linux-meta-lts-backport-natty 2.6.38.15.25 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-May/012859.html
 * linux 2.6.32-41.89 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-May/012860.html
 * libtasn1-3 2.4-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-May/012861.html
 * nagios-nrpe 2.12-4ubuntu1.10.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-May/012862.html
 * flashplugin-nonfree - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-May/012863.html


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## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH natty
## End of Life - October 2012		  * landscape-client 12.04.3-0ubuntu0.11.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-April/012498.html
 * samba_3.5.8~dfsg-1ubuntu2.5_armel_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012499.html
 * imagemagick 7:6.6.2.6-1ubuntu4.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012500.html
 * ubuntu-dev-tools 0.122.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012501.html
 * meld 1.5.0-0ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012502.html
 * hg-git 0.2.3-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012503.html
 * linux 2.6.38-15.59 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012504.html
 * linux-backports-modules-2.6.38 2.6.38-15.11 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012505.html
 * linux-meta 2.6.38.15.30 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012506.html
 * libtasn1-3 2.7-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012507.html
 * nagios-nrpe 2.12-4ubuntu1.11.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012508.html
 * php5_5.3.5-1ubuntu7.8_powerpc_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012509.html
 * flashplugin-nonfree- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-May/012510.html

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## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH oneiric
## End of Life - April 2013		  * linux 3.0.0-19.33 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012064.html
 * linux 3.0.0-19.33 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012065.html
 * linux-meta 3.0.0.19.23 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012066.html
 * linux-meta 3.0.0.19.23 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012067.html
 * landscape-client 12.04.3-0ubuntu0.11.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012068.html
 * linux-backports-modules-3.0.0 3.0.0-19.12 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012069.html
 * linux-backports-modules-3.0.0 3.0.0-19.12 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-April/012070.html
 * samba_3.5.11~dfsg-1ubuntu2.3_amd64_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012071.html
 * imagemagick 8:6.6.0.4-3ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012072.html
 * distro-info 0.2.3ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012073.html
 * linux-ti-omap4 3.0.0-1209.21 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012074.html
 * nvidia-graphics-drivers-updates 295.20-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012075.html
 * nvidia-settings-updates 295.20-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012076.html
 * pymol 1.4.1-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012077.html
 * hg-git 0.2.6-2ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012078.html
 * libtasn1-3 2.9-4ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012079.html
 * nagios-nrpe 2.12-4ubuntu3.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012080.html
 * nova_2011.3-0ubuntu6.6_i386_translations.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012081.html
 * lightdm 1.0.6-0ubuntu1.7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012082.html
 * php5_5.3.6-13ubuntu3.7_powerpc_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012083.html
 * gvfs 1.10.0-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012084.html
 * ubuntu-sso-client 1.4.1-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012085.html
 * ubuntuone-client 2.0.1-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012086.html
 * ubuntuone-storage-protocol 2.0.1-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012087.html
 * flashplugin-nonfree 11.2.202.235ubuntu0.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012088.html
 * lxc 0.7.5-0ubuntu8.6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-May/012089.html

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## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH precise
## End of Life - April 2017
  * gnome-games 1:3.4.1-0ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-April/015573.html
 * xorg-server 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-April/015574.html
 * sudo 1.8.3p1-1ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-April/015575.html
 * samba_3.6.3-2ubuntu2.1_amd64_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015576.html
 * imagemagick 8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015577.html
 * remmina 1.0.0-1ubuntu6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015578.html
 * qt4-x11 4:4.8.1-0ubuntu4.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015579.html
 * linux 3.2.0-24.38 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015580.html
 * update-manager 1:0.156.14.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015581.html
 * lightdm-kde 0.1.1-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015582.html
 * openssl 1.0.1-4ubuntu5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015583.html
 * xtables-addons 1.41-2ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015584.html
 * xserver-xorg-input-synaptics 1.5.99.902-0ubuntu5.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015585.html
 * gnome-control-center 1:3.4.1-0ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015586.html
 * haskell-hjsmin 0.0.15-1build1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015587.html
 * network-manager 0.9.4.0-0ubuntu4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015588.html
 * hg-git 0.3.1-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015589.html
 * python-central 0.6.17ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015590.html
 * alarm-clock-applet 0.3.2-3ubuntu2~precise1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015591.html
 * evolution-data-server 3.2.3-0ubuntu7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015592.html
 * crystalhd 1:0.0~git20110715.fdd2f19-4.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015593.html
 * hdparm 9.37-0ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015594.html
 * debootstrap 1.0.39ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015595.html
 * gnome-settings-daemon 3.4.1-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015596.html
 * simple-scan 3.4.1-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015597.html
 * utouch-qml 1.0.6-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015598.html
 * glib-networking 2.32.1-1ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015599.html
 * libtasn1-3 2.10-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015600.html
 * libreoffice 1:3.5.3-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015601.html
 * openjdk-7 7~u3-2.1.1~pre1-1ubuntu3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015602.html
 * python3.2 3.2.3-0ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015603.html
 * resolvconf 1.63ubuntu12 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015604.html
 * libvirt 0.9.8-2ubuntu17.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015605.html
 * ldm 2:2.2.9-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015606.html
 * python3.2 3.2.3-0ubuntu3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015607.html
 * gnat-4.6 4.6.3-1ubuntu4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015608.html
 * nagios-nrpe 2.12-5ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015609.html
 * cntlm 0.91~rc6-0ubuntu2.12.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015610.html
 * gwibber-service-sohu 0.8.1-0ubuntu7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015611.html
 * gtkhtml4.0 4.2.2-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015612.html
 * nova_2012.1-0ubuntu2.1_i386_translations.tar.gz- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015613.html
 * devscripts 2.11.6ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015614.html
 * orbit2 1:2.14.19-0.1ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015615.html
 * lvm2 2.02.66-4ubuntu7.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015616.html
 * lxc 0.7.5-3ubuntu53 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015617.html
 * gdb 7.4-2012.04-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015618.html
 * gnome-orca 3.4.1-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015619.html
 * epiphany-browser 3.4.1-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015620.html
 * debootstrap 1.0.39ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015621.html
 * software-center 5.2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015622.html
 * lxc 0.7.5-3ubuntu54 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015623.html
 * sakura 3.0.3-2ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015624.html
 * meep 1.1.1-7ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015625.html
 * emacs-goodies-el 35.2ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015626.html
 * lintian 2.5.6ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015627.html
 * vim 2:7.3.429-2ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015628.html
 * d-shlibs 0.49ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015629.html
 * zeitgeist 0.9.0-1ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015630.html
 * libzeitgeist 0.3.18-1ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015631.html
 * pasaffe 0.16-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015632.html
 * cyrus-sasl2 2.1.25.dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015633.html
 * indicator-sound 0.8.5.0-0ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015634.html
 * audacious-plugins 3.2.1-4ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015635.html
 * libqtbamf 0.2.4-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015636.html
 * redhat-cluster 3.1.7-0ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015637.html
 * adobe-flashplugin 11.2.202.235-0precise1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015638.html
 * software-properties 0.82.7.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015639.html
 * flashplugin-nonfree 11.2.202.235ubuntu0.12.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015640.html
 * zenity 3.4.0-0ubuntu3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015641.html
 * python-central 0.6.17ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015642.html
 * utouch-geis 2.2.9-0ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015643.html
 * devscripts 2.11.6ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-May/015644.html

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## The following list is in chronological order.

 * Your Name Here		  * Elizabeth Krumbach
 * Jasna Benčić
 * Bojan Bogdanović
 * Can Celasun
 * Feyisayo Akinboboye
 * mikewhatever
 * Mathias Hellsten
 * Matt Rudge
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## Common acronyms


Contents

  1. In This Issue
  2. General Community News
    1. Quantal open for development
    2. Ubuntu Developer Summit: May 7-11
    3. Ask Mark & Ubuntu Open Week Days 1-3
    4. Welcome New Members
  3. Ubuntu Stats
    1. Bug Stats
    2. Translation Stats Precise
    3. Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week
    4. Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions this week
  4. LoCo News
    1. Ubuntu Serbia presents at Share Conference
  5. Launchpad News
    1. Launchpad Clinic at UDS-Q
    2. Spring cleaning in Launchpad
  6. The Planet
    1. Daniel Holbach: The importance of apps in Ubuntu
    2. Chase Douglas: Integration testing for X.org
    3. Jason Gerard DeRose: Daily builds are your canary in the mine shaft
    4. David Wonderly: Kubuntu: Updates
    5. Stuart Langridge: Ubuntu One Files for the Nokia N9
    6. Jono Bacon: Accomplishments Needed: Can You Help?
    7. Rafał Cieślak: Getting involved in Ubuntu by programming IS EASY!
    8. Serge Hallyn: First round of kvm performance tests
    9. Daniel Holbach: “After the release” is “before the release”
    10. IRC Council: Call for IRC operators
    11. Stéphane Graber: LXC in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
    12. Lubuntu Blog: New Lubuntu website
    13. Xubuntu: FAQ for Xubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin
  7. In The Press
    1. Ubuntu's Mark Shuttleworth on shaking up system software
    2. Free as in awesome: our favorite open source apps for Ubuntu 12.04
    3. Android's new ally against the iPhone: Ubuntu
    4. Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin review
    5. New Ubuntu 12.04: Any hope against Windows and Apple?
  8. In The Blogosphere
    1. Press Reaction to Ubuntu 12.04
    2. Ubuntu 12.04 PC OEMs: An Overview
    3. Two Years Fly By: Ubuntu Precise Pangolin Pads Into Production
    4. Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin Quiz
    5. Ubuntu Review 12.04 'Precise Pangolin' – a controversial release for the makers of Ubuntu?
    6. 7 Reasons to Like and Dislike Ubuntu Unity
    7. Ubuntu Linux 12.04: Microsoft's Worst Nightmare?
    8. Mark Shuttleworth on Ubuntu 12.10 Plans, Netflix & What He Thinks of Windows 8
    9. Ubuntu 12.04: Less Quirky
    10. Ubuntu One: An Unknown But Worthy Contender In Cloud Storage
  9. In Other News
    1. Azul Launches Zing 5.2 JVM With Support for Ubuntu Linux
    2. Electronic Arts Attending Ubuntu Developer Summit
  10. Other Articles of Interest
  11. Featured Podcasts
    1. Burning Circle 69
  12. Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  13. Upcoming Meetings and Events
  14. Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 11.04, 11.10 and 12.04
    1. Security Updates
    2. Ubuntu 8.04 Updates
    3. Ubuntu 10.04 Updates
    4. Ubuntu 11.04 Updates
    5. Ubuntu 11.10 Updates
    6. Ubuntu 12.04 Updates
  15. Subscribe
  16. Archives
  17. Additional Ubuntu News
  18. Conclusion
  19. Credits
  20. Glossary of Terms
  21. Ubuntu - Get Involved
  22. Feedback

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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 264 for the week April 30 - May 6, 2012.

In This Issue

  • Quantal open for development
  • Ubuntu Developer Summit: May 7-11

  • Ask Mark & Ubuntu Open Week Days 1-3

  • Welcome New Members
  • Ubuntu Stats
  • Ubuntu Serbia presents at Share Conference
  • Launchpad Clinic at UDS-Q
  • Daniel Holbach: The importance of apps in Ubuntu

  • Jason Gerard DeRose: Daily builds are your canary in the mine shaft

  • David Wonderly: Kubuntu: Updates
  • Serge Hallyn: First round of kvm performance tests
  • Daniel Holbach: “After the release” is “before the release”
  • Stéphane Graber: LXC in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
  • Lubuntu Blog: New Lubuntu website
  • Xubuntu: FAQ for Xubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin
  • Ubuntu's Mark Shuttleworth on shaking up system software
  • Free as in awesome: our favorite open source apps for Ubuntu 12.04
  • Android's new ally against the iPhone: Ubuntu
  • Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin review
  • New Ubuntu 12.04: Any hope against Windows and Apple?
  • Press Reaction to Ubuntu 12.04
  • Ubuntu 12.04 PC OEMs: An Overview
  • Two Years Fly By: Ubuntu Precise Pangolin Pads Into Production
  • In Other News
  • Other Articles of Interest
  • Featured Podcasts
  • Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  • Upcoming Meetings and Events
  • Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 11.04, 11.10 and 12.04
  • And much more!

General Community News

Quantal open for development

Matthias Klose announces the opening of development for Quantal Quetzal, Ubuntu 12.10.

"The development version starts with updated versions of GCC and OpenJDK, some soname changes (boost, hdf5), and some changes with setting the build flags for package builds. We are finally targeting Python3 as the only Python version on the ISO/installation images."

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2012-April/000955.html

Ubuntu Developer Summit: May 7-11

From May 7-11 Canonical will be hosting the Ubuntu Developer Summit for Quantal.

"The Ubuntu Developer Summit is the event at which we plan for the forthcoming version of Ubuntu. It brings together Canonical engineers, community members, partners, upstream representatives and cloud specialists, in an environment of active debate."

For more information, including schedule and how to participate remotely visit http://uds.ubuntu.com/

Ask Mark & Ubuntu Open Week Days 1-3

The Ubuntu Classroom blog shares details and links to logs of the "Ask Mark" session with Mark Shuttleworth where he answers user questions on IRC and various Ubuntu Open sessions held from May 2nd through 4th.

http://ubuntuclassroom.wordpress.com/2012/05/02/ask-mark-ubuntu-open-week-day-1/

http://ubuntuclassroom.wordpress.com/2012/05/03/ubuntu-open-week-day-2/

http://ubuntuclassroom.wordpress.com/2012/05/04/ubuntu-open-week-day-3/

Welcome New Members

Results for the EMEA RMB meeting for 1 May 2012.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2012-May/001556.html

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open (94302) +491 over last week
  • Critical (77) +2 over last week
  • Unconfirmed (48148) +36 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 Precise

  • English (Australia) (3055) -446 over last week
  • Spanish (12409) -37 over last week
  • English (United Kingdom) (21832) -150 over last week
  • Bosnian (39680) -392 over last week
  • Brazilian Portuguese (47585) -209 over last week

Remaining strings to translate in Ubuntu 12.04 "Precise Pangolin", see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise/ and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Translations

Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week

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

Ubuntu Serbia presents at Share Conference

On April 28th 2012 at the Share Conference in Belgrade, the Ubuntu LoCo team Serbia (www.ubuntu-rs.org) held a presentation of Ubuntu 12.04 that aroused significant interest in the audience. The presentation at this prestigious festival was devoted to 12.04 LTS edition, and the capabilities of this new release of Ubuntu, as well as to recently published statistics on the application of FLOSS solutions in the business environment in Serbia.

The presentation was held by Bojan Bogdanović (bojce), team coordinator, Igor Kekeljević (digitalis_vulgaris)and Ladislav Urošević (uros). They also answered questions asked by the audience after the presentation. The Share Conference is the biggest and most important conference in this part of Europe on the topics of sharing knowledge, the Internet, and social aspects of modern technologies.

More about Share Conference here: http://www.shareconference.net/en

Photo of the Ubuntu presentation: http://www.flickr.com/photos/shareconference/6975390712/

Launchpad News

Launchpad Clinic at UDS-Q

Laura Czajkowski shares details about the two upcoming Lanchpad bug fixing sessions planned for the Ubuntu Developer Summit. "We’ll be there to help you get on the road to getting your bugs fixed, and to offer advice on every step of the Launchpad development process."

http://blog.launchpad.net/meet-the-devs/launchpad-clinic-at-uds-q

Spring cleaning in Launchpad

Brian Murray does some Launchpad "spring cleaning" and notes that the quantity of apport-package bugs “decreased by at least 175” when he got through marking duplicates.

http://www.murraytwins.com/blog/?p=116

The Planet

Daniel Holbach: The importance of apps in Ubuntu

Daniel Holbach expresses his thoughts on the importance of apps in the Ubuntu ecosystem. Referencing the upcoming array of platforms (TVs, Android phones etc.) for Ubuntu, he points out that several important pieces of the puzzle (helper tools, magazines, books, music etc.) are not yet available.

http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/2012/04/the-importance-of-apps-in-ubuntu/

Chase Douglas: Integration testing for X.org

Canonical developers Chase Douglas and Thomas Voss have been working to create a test environment for the X.org server. The key goals of the project are to facilitate the writing of test cases, as well as providing more comprehensive bug reporting.

http://voices.canonical.com/chase.douglas/2012/04/30/integration-testing-for-x-org/

Jason Gerard DeRose: Daily builds are your canary in the mine shaft

Jason Gerard DeRose points out that developing good quality software, and ensuring that it works with each Ubuntu release has a lot to do with daily builds and unit tests. In this article, he describes the methods and tools used by the development team of the collaborative video editor, Novacut.

http://jderose.blogspot.com/2012/05/daily-builds-are-your-canary-in-mine.html

David Wonderly: Kubuntu: Updates

David Wonderly shares an update about the status of the Kubuntu project, and assures the community that Blue Systems, the new sponsor of Kubuntu, does not intend to “change anything” about it. The current plan is to make Kubuntu the best KDE-based distro, and to attract lots of new users.

http://www.wonderly.com/2012/05/kubuntu-updates/

Stuart Langridge: Ubuntu One Files for the Nokia N9

Stuart Langridge shares the first step to bring Ubuntu One cloud storage to the Nokia N9 - Ubuntu One Files. Code and a YouTube video showing functionality are available.

http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2012/05/01/ubuntu-one-files-for-the-nokia-n9

Jono Bacon: Accomplishments Needed: Can You Help?

Jono Bacon rallies contributors to the Ubuntu Accomplishments system he has been developing by outlining how to write Accomplishments to it.

http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/05/02/accomplishments-needed-can-you-help/

Rafał Cieślak: Getting involved in Ubuntu by programming IS EASY!

Rafal Cieślak shares his experience on code contribution to Ubuntu. The involvement has started with fixing a trivial bug in the Ubuntu Accomplishments System, and quickly expanded to make him one of the main maintainers of the program.

http://rafalcieslak.wordpress.com/2012/05/02/getting-involved-in-ubuntu-by-programming-is-easy/

Serge Hallyn: First round of kvm performance tests

In continuation of a previous post, Serge Hallyn checks out the performance of the KVM hypervisor on a laptop running 12.04 server, and publishes details of the first round of results.

http://s3hh.wordpress.com/2012/05/02/first-round-of-kvm-performance-tests

Daniel Holbach: “After the release” is “before the release”

Daniel Holbach congratulates everyone on the release, but reminds us that we’re now starting the next release. Holbach shares a graph of the rise in sponsorship requests since release, and urges Ubuntu developers and others who can help with patch review to join in and help to reduce the queue.

http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/2012/05/after-the-release-is-before-the-release/

IRC Council: Call for IRC operators

The Ubuntu IRC Council puts out a call for operator volunteers for several of the core channels they manage.

http://ubottu.com/ircc/2012/05/04/call-for-irc-operators/

Stéphane Graber: LXC in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Stéphane Graber gives a status update on LXC in 12.04, explains that it’s safer and easier to use, with no changes required to the system, and gives step by step instructions for deployment with juju.

http://www.stgraber.org/2012/05/04/lxc-in-ubuntu-12-04-lts/

Lubuntu Blog: New Lubuntu website

Lubuntu has a new website with a new design “completely rewritten using the Drupal CMS”. Most of the credit for complete redesign and reorganization, which makes it easier to download and explore the documentation, goes to Mario Behling.

http://lubuntublog.blogspot.com/2012/05/new-lubuntu-website.html

Xubuntu: FAQ for Xubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin

In this post from the Xubuntu team, they several of the most frequently asked questions for Xubuntu 12.04, including: Is there a way to use folders shared from Windows? Thunar loads very slowly on first launch; how do I fix that? How do I configure multiple monitors? How can I edit the applications menu? I can’t resize the window because window borders are too tiny, and my theme shows white text on light background. Help!

http://xubuntu.org/news/faq-1204-precise/

In The Press

Ubuntu's Mark Shuttleworth on shaking up system software

Mark Shuttleworth talks to the BBC about his current and future aspirations for Ubuntu. Topics range from Ubuntu running on various form factor devices to innovative UIs, and possible patent threats.

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-17916879

Free as in awesome: our favorite open source apps for Ubuntu 12.04

Arstechnica’s Ryan Paul digs through the Ubuntu Software Center in 12.04 and shares his thoughts on some of the favorite applications including abiword, an alternative to LibreOffice, several image editing applications including Pinta and Inkscape, and more.

http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2012/04/free-as-in-awesome-our-favorite-open-source-apps-for-ubuntu-1204.ars

Android's new ally against the iPhone: Ubuntu

Jason Hiner of CNet reports on Canonical’s Ubuntu for Android, which can turn Android phones into desktop computers. Hiner profiles the technology, and speculates that Android may get the next advantage that it needs over the iPhone with this feature.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57424335-94/androids-new-ally-against-the-iphone-ubuntu/

Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin review

Terrence O'Brien of Engadget reports that the new Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is “the best version of Ubuntu yet” and says that it’s stable, fast and polished, with much improved power management and Open GL performance.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/01/ubuntu-12-04-precise-pangolin-review/

New Ubuntu 12.04: Any hope against Windows and Apple?

James Gaskin from Itworld wonders if the newly released Ubuntu 12.04 is a worthy adversary to contest the dominance of Microsoft and Apple on the desktop.

http://www.itworld.com/software/273504/new-ubuntu-1204-any-hope-against-windows-and-apple

In The Blogosphere

Press Reaction to Ubuntu 12.04

Joey Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! shares that overall, it seems Ubuntu 12.04 received positive reviews in the Press and shares details and links of who said what.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/04/press-reaction-to-ubuntu-12-04-mostly-positive/

Ubuntu 12.04 PC OEMs: An Overview

Released on 26 April and already being shipped by some PC vendors, Christopher Tozzi lists OEMs offering Ubuntu on on their hardware.

http://www.thevarguy.com/2012/04/30/ubuntu-12-04-pc-oems-an-overview/

Two Years Fly By: Ubuntu Precise Pangolin Pads Into Production

Carla Schroder says that she has been “holding my breath for two years since the last Long-Term Support Ubuntu release” and now takes a look at the Ubuntu 12.04 release from the consumer, enterprise, server and the future aspects.

https://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/570724:two-years-fly-by-ubuntu-precise-pangolin-pads-into-production

Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin Quiz

Vikram Buzz has created a quiz to quickly test your knowledge about 12.04, from release name to default music player to which version of the Linux kernel, and more.

http://vikrambuzz.blogspot.in/2012/05/ubuntu-1204-precise-pangolin-quiz.html

Ubuntu Review 12.04 'Precise Pangolin' – a controversial release for the makers of Ubuntu?

Christine Moore, a UKC computer science student, takes Ubuntu 12.04 for a thorough spin and shares her thoughts on installation, user interface, the Software Centre, HUD and more and gives a rating of 8/10, saying overall she “can see many postive improvements have been made to Ubuntu, and some excellent new features added.”

http://www.cemdesign.co.uk/blog/post.php?s=2012-04-30-ubuntu-review-1204-precise-pangolin-a-controversial-release-for-the-makers-of-ubuntu

7 Reasons to Like and Dislike Ubuntu Unity

Bruce Byfield of Datamation has some Unity dislikes and likes. Dislikes include unmovable Launcher, limited Dash results and some features of HUD. Likes include the almost 2D equivalency, Lenses and Scopes and minimalist window indicators and scroll bars.

http://www.datamation.com/open-source/7-reasons-to-like-and-dislike-ubuntu-unity-1.html

Ubuntu Linux 12.04: Microsoft's Worst Nightmare?

Catherine Noyes of Linux Insider reviews the reaction of the blogosphere to Ubuntu 12.04 and touches upon several areas including whether Canonical has “succeeded” with this release, the “weird GUI” and more.

http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/75013.html

Mark Shuttleworth on Ubuntu 12.10 Plans, Netflix & What He Thinks of Windows 8

Joey Sheddon highlights some of the questions from the IRC user question session with Mark Shuttleworth held on Tuesday, May 1st.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/05/mark-shuttleworth-talks-ubuntu-12-10-netflix-laptops-and-more/

Ubuntu 12.04: Less Quirky

Daniel Memetic, who begins his post with “Linux and quirkiness tend to be synonymous,” tries to be optimistic about Ubuntu 12.04 by reviewing some of the new features and improvements and shares what some “remaining quirks.”

http://www.tech-faq.com/ubuntu-12-04-less-quirky.html

Ubuntu One: An Unknown But Worthy Contender In Cloud Storage

Danny Stieben of Make Use Of writes about Ubuntu One for online personal storage. He goes through installation, basic information, selective syncing options, settings, the web interface and some of the advanced features. Stieben says in his conclusing that having “ an array of options in front of you can help you make the best decision possible, and Ubuntu One is definitely one that most people should consider, especially if they are users of the Ubuntu distribution”

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/ubuntu-unknown-worthy-contender-cloud-storage/

In Other News

Azul Launches Zing 5.2 JVM With Support for Ubuntu Linux

"Azul Systems announced that its Zing 5.2 Java virtual machine now features support for the Ubuntu Linux distribution.” Support will be available at the end of a May. Support will be also available for production servers running, Ubuntu 10.04, on x86-64 processors.

Scott Sellers, Azul system’s president and CEO, states that ‘they have seen strong demand from enterprises who want to run Zing, the industry’s best JVM for Linux, on the expanding number of Ubuntu deployments.’ He also sates that “Ubuntu is now great choice for developers and operators who need Zing’s market leading predictable, low latency performance and monitoring for their Java applications."

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/Azul-Launches-Zing-52-JVM-With-Support-for-Ubuntu-Linux-885879/

Electronic Arts Attending Ubuntu Developer Summit

Joey Sneddon, of OMG! Ubuntu! reports that game giant Electronic Arts will attend next weeks Ubuntu Developer Summit for a short presentation, and says that the talk "ties in with a rumoured 'deal' between Canonical and a major games publisher."

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/05/electronic-arts-attending-ubuntu-developer-summit/

Burning Circle 69

Burning Circle in their episode 69 mention Ubuntu Open Week which lasted from May 1st through May 4th. They also announced Ubuntu Developer Summit which starts May 7th.

http://ohio.ubuntu-us.org/node/95

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