Issue264
WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 264 for the week April 30 - May 6, 2012.
In This Issue
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
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.
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/~eng-ma7moud-ebrahem)
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2012-May/001556.html
Community Acknowledgments and Success Stories
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 Precise
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
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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
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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, Ubuntu LoCo team Serbia (www.ubuntu-rs.org) held a presentation of Ubuntu 12.04 that aroused significant interest by the audience. The presentation at this prestigious festival was devoted to 12.04 LTS edition, and possibilities of new Ubuntu, as well as to recently published statistics on application of FLOSS solutions in business environment in Serbia.
The presentation was held by Bojan Bogdanović (bojce), team coordinator, Igor Kekeljević (digitalis_vulgaris)and Ladislav Urošević (uros). They were answering the questions asked by audience after the presentation. Share conference is the biggest and most important conference in this part of Europe on topic of Sharing knowledge, 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
Ubuntu Forums News
Ubuntu Cloud News
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 for Ubuntu.
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 testing environment for the X.org server. The key goals of the project are to facilitate the writing of test cases, as well as providing a 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 outs, 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 and 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 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 join in helping 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/
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.
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.
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.”
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
In Other News
Other Articles of Interest
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 - OpenStack conference - http://vimeo.com/openstack
Featured Podcasts
Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings
# Edubuntu Team, Lubuntu, Studio and Xubuntu currently (01/2012) have active regular 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 8.04, 10.04, 11.04, 11.10 and 12.04
Security Updates
Ubuntu 8.04 Updates
Ubuntu 10.04 Updates
Ubuntu 11.04 Updates
Ubuntu 11.10 Updates
Ubuntu 12.04 Updates
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