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## Browse ubuntu-news-team list for announcements of new Ubuntu members.
## developers or PPU
## Forums and IRC also grant membership, where to look for those?
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## * Name (launchpad profile | wiki page)
Results from the 1200 UTC Membership Board Meeting, September 12, 2012
Anthony Harrington got an official Ubuntu membership due to his contributions considering British English translation efforts.
 * Anthony Harrington (https://launchpad.net/~untaintableangel - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AnthonyHarrington)

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2012-September/001634.htm
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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/
=== Report UGJ Mexico DF – 08/09/2012 ===

Javier López reports how Ubuntu-mx team hosted their third Ubuntu Global Jam. "The event started at 11:00 (utc-6) and finished at 18:00 which means that they have jammed for almost 7 hours.” Ubuntu-mx team talked about many different subjects including: juju, maas, iso adoption procedure, harvest, checkbox, proposed updates and steps to report bugs.

http://viajemotu.wordpress.com/2012/09/09/report-ugj-08-09-201/

=== DíaDev: Ubuntu Global Jam in Maracaibo ===

Efrain Valles reports about Ubuntu Global Jam which was held in Maracaibo, Venezuela. Valles highlights that Venezuela team spent day: learning how to participate, reporting errors, reviewing the functions. They also participated in Google hangouts with Laura Czajkowski and Daniel Holbach.

http://effiejayx.com/content/d%C3%ADadev-ubuntu-global-jam-maracaibo

=== San Francisco Ubuntu Global Jam Wrap-up ===

Elizabeth Krumbach writes about her experiences with this years Ubuntu Global Jam held in San Francisco at Wikimedia Foundation and focused on ISO testing. Attendees at UGJ San Francisco had organized printout materials for: reporting bugs, finding right package, basic Ubuntu live test, Basic Ubuntu Install test, Xubuntu short test, Xubuntu long test and they had bug reporting instructions for Ubuntu desktop amd64. Krumbach also gave live demonstrations to attendees which include: ISO tracker tour, crash course in bug reporting, package tracker introduction.

http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=6749

=== Ubuntu Japanese LoCo attends Open Source Conference Tokyo/Fall ===

Fumihito YOSHIDA reports about Open Source Conference held in Tokyo where Japanese Lo``Co team participated as an exhibitor and a speaker. YOSHIDA highlights how “Open Source Conference (OSC) is the greatest open source event of Japan” where exhibitors are mostly combined of communities and powerful companies like Dell, HP, AMD, Hitachi, Microsoft!, Cytrix and many others.

http://fabric-janitor.blogspot.com/2012/09/open-source-conference-tokyofall.html
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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
=== Reduced Builder Capacity ===

Laura Czajkowski informs us that Launchpad builders are currently operating at reduced build capacity. Czajkowski points out that if someone is having any issues with their builds they should ask for help in #launchpad.

http://blog.launchpad.net/notifications/reduced-builder-capacity
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## This section largely draws from the aggregated blog at http://cloud.ubuntu.com/ === [A Juju Adventure] Charming Lamp! and Android ToDo ===

Victor Palau continues with his series of blog posts considering Juju adventures. Current post series include:

 * Proof that you can access a Juju local environment from the Android Emulator
 * Usage of few charms from the charm store plus a custom one, set up a MySQL database that can be exposed through a web service with simple commands/steps
 * Development of a TODO list android app
 * Connection of android app and the web service, so they talk to each other.

http://victorpalau.net/2012/09/10/a-juju-adventure-charming-lamp/

http://victorpalau.net/2012/09/14/juju-adventure-android-todo-and-juju/
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## Bullet-point list of articles that are more generic linux in nature  * Mozilla shows off Firefox OS - http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Mozilla-shows-off-Firefox-OS-1703503.html
 * Salvatore’s Open Source Cure for brain cancer - http://blog.andreacolangelo.com/2012/09/11/salvatores-open-source-cure-for-brain-cancer/
 * NVIDIA Announces New Legacy Linux Support- http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTE4MTM
 * Linux``Con Europe 2012 Schedule Announced - http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/LinuxCon-Europe-2012-schedule-announced-1706380.html
 * Virtual``Box 4.2.0 released with drag-and-drop from host to Linux guests and more - http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/virtualbox-420-released-with-support.html
 * Parted``Magic update includes GParted LVM support - http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Parted-Magic-update-includes-GParted-LVM-support-1706323.html
 * IDF: Intel says Clover Trail will not work with Linux - http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2205462/idf-intel-says-clover-trail-will-not-work-with-linux
 * Europe officially runs out of IPv4 Addresses - http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/09/europe-officially-runs-out-of-ipv4-addresses/
 * Why Linux is Good for Business - http://www.junauza.com/2012/09/why-linux-is-good-for-business.html
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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: S05E15 – The Man From the Clouds ===

Some of the news that Mark Johnson, Tony Whitmore, Alan Pope, and Laura Cowen are bringing in the fifteenth episode, of the Ubuntu podcast UK, are:

 * Flattering Broadcom with interest in their Pi chip…
 * Phishing vulnerability in Firefox and Opera browsers…
 * Nvidia proof-of-concept work on Linux…
 * Valve wants to push hardware innovation…

http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2012/09/12/s05e15-the-man-from-the-clouds/


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WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 283 for the week September 10 - 16, 2012.

In This Issue

General Community News

Welcome New Members and Developers

Results from the 1200 UTC Membership Board Meeting, September 12, 2012 Anthony Harrington got an official Ubuntu membership due to his contributions considering British English translation efforts.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2012-September/001634.htm

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 Quantal

  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 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal", see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/quantal/ 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

Report UGJ Mexico DF – 08/09/2012

Javier López reports how Ubuntu-mx team hosted their third Ubuntu Global Jam. "The event started at 11:00 (utc-6) and finished at 18:00 which means that they have jammed for almost 7 hours.” Ubuntu-mx team talked about many different subjects including: juju, maas, iso adoption procedure, harvest, checkbox, proposed updates and steps to report bugs.

http://viajemotu.wordpress.com/2012/09/09/report-ugj-08-09-201/

DíaDev: Ubuntu Global Jam in Maracaibo

Efrain Valles reports about Ubuntu Global Jam which was held in Maracaibo, Venezuela. Valles highlights that Venezuela team spent day: learning how to participate, reporting errors, reviewing the functions. They also participated in Google hangouts with Laura Czajkowski and Daniel Holbach.

http://effiejayx.com/content/d%C3%ADadev-ubuntu-global-jam-maracaibo

San Francisco Ubuntu Global Jam Wrap-up

Elizabeth Krumbach writes about her experiences with this years Ubuntu Global Jam held in San Francisco at Wikimedia Foundation and focused on ISO testing. Attendees at UGJ San Francisco had organized printout materials for: reporting bugs, finding right package, basic Ubuntu live test, Basic Ubuntu Install test, Xubuntu short test, Xubuntu long test and they had bug reporting instructions for Ubuntu desktop amd64. Krumbach also gave live demonstrations to attendees which include: ISO tracker tour, crash course in bug reporting, package tracker introduction.

http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=6749

Ubuntu Japanese LoCo attends Open Source Conference Tokyo/Fall

Fumihito YOSHIDA reports about Open Source Conference held in Tokyo where Japanese LoCo team participated as an exhibitor and a speaker. YOSHIDA highlights how “Open Source Conference (OSC) is the greatest open source event of Japan” where exhibitors are mostly combined of communities and powerful companies like Dell, HP, AMD, Hitachi, Microsoft!, Cytrix and many others.

http://fabric-janitor.blogspot.com/2012/09/open-source-conference-tokyofall.html

Launchpad News

Reduced Builder Capacity

Laura Czajkowski informs us that Launchpad builders are currently operating at reduced build capacity. Czajkowski points out that if someone is having any issues with their builds they should ask for help in #launchpad.

http://blog.launchpad.net/notifications/reduced-builder-capacity

Ubuntu Cloud News

[A Juju Adventure] Charming Lamp! and Android ToDo

Victor Palau continues with his series of blog posts considering Juju adventures. Current post series include:

  • Proof that you can access a Juju local environment from the Android Emulator
  • Usage of few charms from the charm store plus a custom one, set up a MySQL database that can be exposed through a web service with simple commands/steps
  • Development of a TODO list android app
  • Connection of android app and the web service, so they talk to each other.

http://victorpalau.net/2012/09/10/a-juju-adventure-charming-lamp/

http://victorpalau.net/2012/09/14/juju-adventure-android-todo-and-juju/

The Planet

Canonical News

In The Press

In The Blogosphere

In Other News

Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S05E15 – The Man From the Clouds

Some of the news that Mark Johnson, Tony Whitmore, Alan Pope, and Laura Cowen are bringing in the fifteenth episode, of the Ubuntu podcast UK, are:

  • Flattering Broadcom with interest in their Pi chip…
  • Phishing vulnerability in Firefox and Opera browsers…
  • Nvidia proof-of-concept work on Linux…
  • Valve wants to push hardware innovation…

http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2012/09/12/s05e15-the-man-from-the-clouds/

Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings

Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings

# Edubuntu Team, Lubuntu, Studio and Xubuntu currently (01/2012) have active regular 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, 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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Additional Ubuntu News

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Conclusion

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