Issue284
WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 284 for the week September 17 - 23, 2012.
In This Issue
General Community News
Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) reaches end-of-life on October 28, 2012
Kate Stewart of Canonical reminds the community that support for Ubuntu 11.04 will end on October 28 and that Ubuntu 11.10 continues to be “actively supported with security updates and select bug high-impact bug fixes.” Stewart therefore recommends using the “supported path from Ubuntu 11.04 to Ubuntu 11.10.” Instructions for the upgrade are available at the following link: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OneiricUpgrades
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2012-September/000162.html
Ubuntu Open Week for Quantal: Call for Instructors
José Antonio Rey announces Ubuntu Open Week for Quantal which will be held in October (24th-26th) and puts a call for instructors who are willing to participate. Anyone interested can contact José Antonio Rey (JoseeAntonioR on #ubuntu-classroom-backstage on freenode, joseeantonior at ubuntu dot com) or Philip Ballew (philballew on ubuntu-classroom-backstage on freenode, philipballew at ubuntu dot com).
Open Week will last for three days: first two days will be consisting of IRC sessions and the third day will be dedicated to Ubuntu On Air! sessions. More information what Ubuntu Open Week presents can be found at the following link: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpenWeek
http://ubuntuclassroom.wordpress.com/2012/09/17/ubuntu-open-week-for-quantal-call-for-instructors/
Quetzal is taking flight & update on Ubuntu secure boot plans
Jon Melamut of Canonical discusses changes around support for secure boot secure boot. Melamut explains that Canonical’s first decision was EFILinux boot loader, but then had an opportunity to discuss the licensing concerns around Grub2 with Free Software Foundation. Following this meeting with the FSF, Canonical felt their concerns were addressed and the decision was made stick with GRUB 2 which will be used in Ubuntu 12.04.2 and Ubuntu 12.10 by default.
http://blog.canonical.com/2012/09/20/quetzal-is-taking-flight-update-on-ubuntu-secure-boot-plans/
Quantal Quetzal 12.10 Beta Freeze now in effect
Kate Stewart of Canonical reminds Ubuntu developers that Beta freeze for Quantal Quetzal is in effect. Stewart highlights that if there are any bugs to be fixed urgently, developers should tag them with rls-q-incoming tag. Also, Stewart reminds developers to check their blueprints, and if they have any information to be added to the technical overview for Beta 2.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2012-September/000981.html
Amazon search results in the Dash
Mark Shuttleworth discusses the recent change to the Unity Dash for the development version of 12.10 to display search results from Amazon, writing that it “makes perfect sense to integrate Amazon search results in the Dash, because the Home Lens of the Dash should let you find *anything* anywhere. Over time, we’ll make the Dash smarter and smarter, so you can just ask for whatever you want, and it will Just Work.”
Shuttleworth goes on to respond to some of the main questions that people have been asking and comments people have been making since this change made it into of 12.10, including “Why are you putting ads in Ubuntu?” “I want to control what is searched on the Home Lens” and “This is just a moneymaking scheme.”
http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1182
Olli Ries, a Director of Technology at Canonical, writes about the change in this mailing list post: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2012-September/035905.html
There has been a lot of talk about this change, check out some of the following articles for coverage and reactions:
Ubuntu Unity Changes Aim For More Affiliate Revenue - http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTE4OTA
Online Shopping features arrive in Ubuntu 12.10 - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/09/online-shopping-features-arrive-in-ubuntu-12-10
Ubuntu Will Now Have Amazon Ads Pre-Installed - http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/09/22/1319216/ubuntu-will-now-have-amazon-ads-pre-installed
Ubuntu, Function and Fee - http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Blogs/Off-the-Beat-Bruce-Byfield-s-Blog/Ubuntu-Function-and-Fee
Welcome New Members and Developers
Results from the September 6, 2012 2200 UTC Membership board meeting:
Anas Emad from the Ubuntu Egypt LoCo team received an official Ubuntu membership. Emad’s role in Egypt LoCo team is Public Relations Representative.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2012-September/001649.html
Community Acknowledgments and Success Stories
Announcing the Ubuntu App Showdown community winners
David Planella of Ubuntu App Developers announces the community vote winners of recently held Ubuntu App Showdown. First place holds application Ridual - dual- pane file manager. Second place belongs to Orthcal - tool to stay up to date with the daily Eastern Orthodox Feasts and it supports Julian calendar. Bronze or third place belongs to Cuttlefish - application with which you can set up computer events such as unplugging USB device.
http://developer.ubuntu.com/2012/09/announcing-the-ubuntu-app-showdown-community-winners/
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
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
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- Language (#) +/- # over last week
- Language (#) +/- # over last week
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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
Ubuntu in Oregon
Benjamin Kerensa shares how he spent one afternoon visiting local libraries to distribute brochures and Ubuntu CDs due to grow continuance “not only the Ubuntu User (and Contributor) community in Oregon but also the amount of people using Free Open Source Software in general.”
Kerensa informs us that anyone who needs help to start with Ubuntu can visit Ubuntu Oregon web site http://www.ubuntu-oregon.org/. Kerensa also reminds about Ubuntu 12.10 release party which will be held in October. Anyone interested visiting the party can RSVP at the following link: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-us-or/1964/detail/
http://benjaminkerensa.com/2012/09/16/ubuntu-in-oregon
Ubuntu Brazilian Community at Latinoware 2012
Thiago Hillebrandt shares details about Latinoware 2012, which will be held in October (17th-19th). Hillebrandt also informs us about Ubuntu Brazilian community attendance to the conference, their presenters and topics which will be held at the conference including: Ubuntu packaging, games on Linux, Unity and much more.
http://tiagohillebrandt.eti.br/blog/ubuntu-brazilian-community-on-latinoware-2012.html
Ubuntu Michigan Global Jam 2012
Craig Maloney reports how Michigan team spent their Ubuntu Global Jam. Maloney states that his friends Gib and Robert played with getting the new version of Ubuntu running on their machines, while Maloney went through askubuntu.com to help answer some questions. “All in all, it was a pretty productive Jam, and we can’t wait for the next one!”
http://decafbad.net/2012/09/19/ubuntu-michigan-global-jam-2012/
Launchpad News
Privacy for blueprints enabled for beta testers
Deryck Hodge of Launchpad describes the new privacy feature for blueprints recently enabled for beta testers. “For projects with a commercial subscription on Launchpad, this means blueprints can now be set to proprietary or embargoed.”
Hodge states: “Enjoy privacy for blueprints, beta testers! And please file bugs on any issues you find.”
http://blog.launchpad.net/general/privacy-for-blueprints-enabled-for-beta-testers
Ubuntu Forums News
Ubuntu Cloud News
Catch me at build a cloud day at the Ohio Linuxfest
Jorge Castro informs us that he will be giving a talk about Juju at “Build a Cloud Day” on Friday at the Ohio Linux Fest. More information about the day at Ohio Linux Fest can be found at the following link: http://cloudstack.org/about-cloudstack/cloudstack-events/viewevent/100-build-an-open-source-cloud-day-ohio.html
http://www.jorgecastro.org/2012/09/20/catch-me-at-build-a-cloud-day-at-the-ohio-linuxfest/
The Planet
Canonical News
In The Press
In The Blogosphere
In Other News
Other Articles of Interest
Featured Audio and Video
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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