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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 === Welcome New Members and Developers === ## 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? ## 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. |
=== New Members of the Loco Council === Sergio Meneses shares an announcement of newest Lo``Co council members. Meneses says farewell to old members Paolo and Greg and welcomes new members a board: * Efrain Valles: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EfrainValles * Bhavani Shankar: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BhavaniShankar http://lococouncil.ubuntu.com/2012/10/03/new-members-of-the-loco-council/ |
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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 |
* Open (99945) +109 over last week * Critical (83) -3 over last week * Unconfirmed (50011) -129 over last week |
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| ## Translation stats only take a second to do. ## Data can be found at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/quantal (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 |
* English (United Kingdom) (9770) -373 over last week * Spanish (14104) -36 over last week * English (Australia) (16443) -1238 over last week * Brazilian Portuguese (37926) -555 over last week * Bosnian (42788) -964 over last week |
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| === Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week === ## 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 |
=== Ubuntu Brainstorm Top this week === * Prevent PC from sleep/hibernate while backup - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/30225/ * Allow touchpad to be rotated like Display rotation - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/30223/ * Hard to find in which line of the text you are during in-text searches - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/30215/ |
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| ## Go to askubuntu.com and click on "WEEK" to get the top questions ## of the week |
* What are the available browsers for 128 MB of RAM PC? http://askubuntu.com/questions/196339/what-are-the-available-browsers-for-128-mb-of-ram-pc * How to remove GUI from Ubuntu 12.04? http://askubuntu.com/questions/196603/how-to-remove-gui-from-ubuntu-12-04 * How to save .jpg NOT .JPG http://askubuntu.com/questions/196593/how-to-save-jpg-not-jpg * Find directories that DON'T contain a file http://askubuntu.com/questions/196960/find-directories-that-dont-contain-a-file * What is the significance of the asterisk in the file listing results? http://askubuntu.com/questions/195631/what-is-the-significance-of-the-asterisk-in-the-file-listing-results |
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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/ |
=== Call for Quantal Release Parties and Ubuntu’s 8th Birthday === Benjamin Kerensa gives a reminder about Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) release party where he highlights: instructions how to throw a party and share it with the rest of the world. Kerensa states: “They key thing is not the venue, it is the people. With a venue and date, you are all set to let the world know about it.” http://benjaminkerensa.com/2012/10/05/call-for-quantal-release-parties-and-ubuntus-8th-birthday |
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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 |
=== Burning down critical bugs === Curtis Hovey shares his experience with critical bugs and points out the Purple Squad’s great work saying that they are the best when it comes to closing critical bugs. Hovey states: “Maybe the Purple squad are better maintenance engineers than other squads who work on maintenance.” Despite mentioned, Hovey doesn’t decrease other squad’s effort considering work at Launchpad. http://blog.launchpad.net/general/burning-down-critical-bugs |
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| ## This section largely draws from the aggregated blog at http://cloud.ubuntu.com/ | === Openstack on Ubuntu – an update. === Chuck Short reports about recent work considering Open``Stack: * “Folsom release on Ubuntu 12.10” which includes following projects: “Nova, Swift, Glance, Keystone, Horizon and two new ones (Cinder - block storage, Quantum - SDN).” * “Folsom release on Ubuntu 12.04” where is highlighted recently announced Ubuntu cloud archive which enables “releasing the latest version of Open``Stack to users who want the stability of an LTS release but need a newer version of Open``Stack for their cloud.” Short also puts a call for testing and reporting bugs on 12.04 servers pointing out that volunteers will need following in their /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://ubuntu-cloud.archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise-proposed/folsom main And gives instructions for Folsom installation under Ubuntu 12.04 servers pointing out following command: deb http://ubuntu-cloud.archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise-updates/folsom main http://zulcss.wordpress.com/2012/10/02/openstack-on-ubuntu-an-update/ |
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| ## This section is for Ubuntu News from "The Planet" at http://planet.ubuntu.com/ == Canonical News == ## This section comes from blog.canonical.com |
=== Mat Fischer: BECOMING A MOTU === Mat Fischer discusses why he became a ‘Master of the Universe’ in Ubuntu and provides information for others who want to get involved. MOTUs are responsible for maintaining the Universe repository, which contains software that is supported by the community. http://www.mattfischer.com/blog/?p=236 === Jono Bacon: The Canonical Community Team and 13.04 === Jono Bacon discusses the progress the Canoncial Community Team has made, and outlines plans for the team during the upcoming 13.04 cycle. He writes of the recent commitment to Quality Assurance, and how the team hopes to expand on that commitment by growing the community of testers and using the resources more effectively by improving manual and automatic testing. Other targeted areas include improving App Developers’ experiences, continued development on Ubuntu Accomplishments, and growing Ubuntu’s popularity in the cloud further with Juju. http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/10/03/the-canonical-community-team-and-13-04/ === Kubuntu:KDE Plasma, Applications and Platform 4.9.2 === The Kubuntu team announces “packages for the release of KDE SC 4.9.2 are available for Kubuntu 12.04.1 LTS releases” which can be retrieved from the Kubuntu Backports PPA. The packages are also in Kubuntu 12.10 development release. http://www.kubuntu.org/news/kde-sc-4.9.2 === Ubuntu Women: Career Days – October 18th! === Cheri Francis of Ubuntu Women announces new career day session which will be held on October 18th at 19:00 UTC in #ubuntu-classroom and #ubuntu-classroom-chat on irc.freenode.net. Francis writes that the session is on “Silvia Bindelli (Dolasilla) who will be presenting about working as a Software Release Coordinator. The job involves keeping track of both people and technology.” More information about Career Days can be found at: http://wiki.ubuntu-women.org/CareerDays Also, anyone interested in Career Days can contact Cheri Francis (cheri703@ubuntu.com), and Elizabeth Krumbach (lyz@ubuntu.com). http://blog.ubuntu-women.org/2012/10/career-days-october-18th/ === David Henningsson: Pulseaudio conference – less than a month away! === David Henningsson reminds us that the upcoming Pulseaudio conference in Bella Center, Copenhagen, is less than a month away. The event takes place alongside the Ubuntu Developer Summit and Linaro Connect. There is no fee, but attendees must have either a UDS or LC registration to get into the conference area. http://voices.canonical.com/david.henningsson/2012/10/04/pulseaudio-conference-less-than-a-month-away/ === Jono Bacon: 24 Hours Later. £5133.70 Raised. === This past week the Community Team did a 24-hour marathon to raise money for charity. The event was streamed live via Google+ Hangouts and featured interviews and discussions from many community members. Six charities were benefited, and by the end a total of £5133.70 was raised. http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/10/05/24-hours-later-5133-70-raised/ === Jeremy Bicha: Ubuntu Online Accounts and the Ubuntu GNOME Remix === This article from Jeremy Bicha we read about the Ubuntu GNOME Remix project and its goal to bridge the gap between Ubuntu and GNOME. The project seeks to address the issue of including both Ubuntu Online Accounts, and GNOME Online Accounts in the 12.10 release, which provides a horrible user experience as well as a headache for GNOME app developers due to the two different APIs. http://jeremy.bicha.net/2012/10/06/ubuntu-online-accounts-and-gnome/ === Jhosman Lizarazo: Ubuntu Quantal Logo === With the release of Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal approaching, we can see some of the promotional materials appearing, such as this logo we find on jhosman.com. http://jhosman.com/en/ubuntu/ubuntu-quantal-logo/ |
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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 has a bigger problem than its Amazon blunder === Paul Venezia of Infoworld writes about the recent Amazon shopping feature in the Ubuntu 12.10 Unity Dash and how he believes it is a privacy issue. Venezia goes on to say that Canonical’s response to this issue highlights a bigger problem: the threat to its user trust. http://www.infoworld.com/d/data-center/ubuntu-has-bigger-problem-its-amazon-blunder-203467 |
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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. |
=== Ubuntu 12.10 Updates Messaging menu status icons === Joey Sneddon of OMG!Ubuntu! presents minor changes considering Messaging menu status icons which include: * “New pips - the small icons that appear on the panel ‘envelope’ icon to denote your online status.” * “New status icons” - their visibility is changed * “Pipped to the post” -” Messaging Menu will look and behave as it did in Ubuntu 12.04.” http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/10/ubuntu-12-10-updates-messaging-menu-status-pips === Early Ubuntu 12.10 boot speed results === Michael Larabel of Phoronix brings us “early look of some Bootchart numbers for two systems running Ubuntu 12.10 development snapshots compared to earlier releases.” http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTE5ODE === Ubuntu Adds ‘Amazon Results’ Off Switch, Fixes NSFW Issues === Joey Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! informs us about the so called “Kill Switch” - a feature when turned off disables all lenses and scopes to retrieve results from online sources. Sneddon also writes that there have been improvements to avoid NSFW (Not Safe For Work) content showing up in search results. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/10/ubuntu-adds-amazon-results-off-switch-fixes-nsfw-issues === 10 Things To Look For In Ubuntu 12.10 === Abishek Prakash of Make Tech Easier gives us a list of 10 things to look for in Ubuntu 12.10 which include: Web Apps, Remote Login, Sponsored Amazon and Ubuntu One suggestions in Unity Dash, Unity Preview, Update Manger revamped as Software Updater, Additional Drivers, Full Disk Encryption, System Settings Options, the loss of the CD-size image and of course, newly Updated Packages. http://maketecheasier.com/10-things-to-look-for-in-ubuntu-12-10/2012/10/05 === Unity 6.8.0 Arrives in Ubuntu 12.10 with Performance Fixes === Joey Sneddon of OMG!Ubuntu! introduces us with a list of changes brought with Unity 6.8.0. which includes: bug fixes, faster window scaling during the ‘Spread’ feature, rendering fixes for previews and more. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/10/unity-6-8-0-arrives-in-quantal === Ubuntu: Open X Bugs, Nouveau In A "Funky State" === Michael Larabel of Phoronix brings us highlights from message of Bryce Harrington, Canonical’s Xorg maintainer, “where he described the open bugs for the different open and closed-source graphics drivers plus the X.Org Server.” http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTIwMDA === Games Dominate Ubuntu’s Paid App Chart in September === Joey Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! brings us September’s 2012 Top 10 Commercial Apps chart which includes: * MC Launcher * Bastion * Sacred Gold (new) * Amnesia: The Dark Descent * Braid * Linux Format Magazine – Issue 163 (new) * Fluendo DVD Player * Torchlight (new) * Cubemen (new) * Majesty Gold (new) http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/10/games-dominate-ubuntus-paid-app-chart-in-september === Bluelight Powering Auroville With OpenSource === Atuljha of Muktware writes about a non for profit shop located inside Auroville in South-India. With a diverse team with people from Russia, Gemany, India, France and other countries, This shop manages a Cyber Cafe which is running on Ubuntu, as well as also providing all the consulting related to IT and Open Source software for Auroville. http://www.muktware.com/4497/bluelight-powering-auroville-opensource === 23 Brand New Features in Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal [Screenshots Tour] === Posted by Manuel Jose at Tech Drive-in, we see a feature review complete with screenshots for the upcoming Ubuntu 12.10 version. http://www.techdrivein.com/2012/10/23-changes-to-ubuntu1210-quantal-quetzal.html |
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| ## Any news or links that don't fit neatly into other sections. | === Best Ways to Read E-books on Ubuntu === Jun Auza of Tech``Source brings us Abishek’s chart of best applications for reading e-books under Ubuntu: Calibre, Evince, Okular, MuPDF and FBReader. http://www.junauza.com/2012/10/best-ways-to-read-e-books-on-ubuntu.html |
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| ## Bullet-point list of articles that are more generic linux in nature | * Debian Project News - October 1st, 2012 - http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2012/19/ * Four key new features in Linux 3.6 - http://www.pcworld.com/article/2010923/four-key-new-features-in-linux-3-6.html * Intel SMAP Comes To Try to Better Secure Linux - http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTE5NzI * Linux 3.7 supports the Nintendo Wii Balance Board - http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTE5NjY * Linux video editor Openshot updates with more blender effects - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/10/linux-video-editor-openshot-updates-with-more-blender-effects * Zarafa, Yubicon partner on Open Source Security - http://www.thevarguy.com/2012/10/02/zarafa-yubicon-partner-on-open-source-security/ * Linux Now Supports Oracle's SPARC-T4 - http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTE5Nzc * Survey Shows That Concerns Remain in the Open Source Cloud - http://ostatic.com/blog/survey-shows-that-concerns-remain-in-the-open-source-cloud |
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| ## Ubuntu UK Podcast ## Full Circle Magazine Podcast ## At Home With Jono Bacon - Weekly Community QA on UStreamTV ## Lococast.net |
=== Ubuntu Ohio : Burning Circle, Episode no. 85 === In this podcast, Steven Michael Kellet brings us news about Ohio’s Linux fest and Ubuntu Community Council’s draft of the new Ubuntu Code of Conduct. http://ohio.ubuntu-us.org/node/117 === Automating a ubuntu installation === Nicholas Skaggs of the Ubuntu QA team shares a prototype of automating the Ubiquity installer test a “manual” installation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Owdb8oMRT8o |
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| # Edubuntu Team, Lubuntu, Studio and Xubuntu currently (01/2012) have active regular meetings. == Monthly Team Reports: <MONTH> <YEAR> == ## Once a month we do these in the format: ## ## See here for the team report for June 2011: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TeamReports/MonthYear ## ## If your team is not producing monthly reports, see this page to get your team started: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BuildingCommunity/TeamReporting |
## Edubuntu Team, Lubuntu, Studio and Xubuntu currently (01/2012) have active regular meetings. |
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| ## The following list is in chronological order. * Your Name Here |
* Elizabeth Krumbach * Nitin Venkatesh * Jasna Benčić * Mathias Hellsten * Nathan Dyer |
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## Common acronyms |
WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 286 for the week October 1 - 7, 2012.
In This Issue
General Community News
New Members of the Loco Council
Sergio Meneses shares an announcement of newest LoCo council members. Meneses says farewell to old members Paolo and Greg and welcomes new members a board:
Efrain Valles: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EfrainValles
Bhavani Shankar: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BhavaniShankar
http://lococouncil.ubuntu.com/2012/10/03/new-members-of-the-loco-council/
Ubuntu Stats
Bug Stats
- Open (99945) +109 over last week
- Critical (83) -3 over last week
- Unconfirmed (50011) -129 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
- English (United Kingdom) (9770) -373 over last week
- Spanish (14104) -36 over last week
- English (Australia) (16443) -1238 over last week
- Brazilian Portuguese (37926) -555 over last week
- Bosnian (42788) -964 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 this week
Prevent PC from sleep/hibernate while backup - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/30225/
Allow touchpad to be rotated like Display rotation - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/30223/
Hard to find in which line of the text you are during in-text searches - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/30215/
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
What are the available browsers for 128 MB of RAM PC? http://askubuntu.com/questions/196339/what-are-the-available-browsers-for-128-mb-of-ram-pc
How to remove GUI from Ubuntu 12.04? http://askubuntu.com/questions/196603/how-to-remove-gui-from-ubuntu-12-04
How to save .jpg NOT .JPG http://askubuntu.com/questions/196593/how-to-save-jpg-not-jpg
Find directories that DON'T contain a file http://askubuntu.com/questions/196960/find-directories-that-dont-contain-a-file
What is the significance of the asterisk in the file listing results? http://askubuntu.com/questions/195631/what-is-the-significance-of-the-asterisk-in-the-file-listing-results
Ask (and answer!) your own questions at http://askubuntu.com
LoCo News
Call for Quantal Release Parties and Ubuntu’s 8th Birthday
Benjamin Kerensa gives a reminder about Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) release party where he highlights: instructions how to throw a party and share it with the rest of the world. Kerensa states: “They key thing is not the venue, it is the people. With a venue and date, you are all set to let the world know about it.”
http://benjaminkerensa.com/2012/10/05/call-for-quantal-release-parties-and-ubuntus-8th-birthday
Launchpad News
Burning down critical bugs
Curtis Hovey shares his experience with critical bugs and points out the Purple Squad’s great work saying that they are the best when it comes to closing critical bugs. Hovey states: “Maybe the Purple squad are better maintenance engineers than other squads who work on maintenance.” Despite mentioned, Hovey doesn’t decrease other squad’s effort considering work at Launchpad.
http://blog.launchpad.net/general/burning-down-critical-bugs
Ubuntu Cloud News
Openstack on Ubuntu – an update.
Chuck Short reports about recent work considering OpenStack:
- “Folsom release on Ubuntu 12.10” which includes following projects: “Nova, Swift, Glance, Keystone, Horizon and two new ones (Cinder - block storage, Quantum - SDN).”
“Folsom release on Ubuntu 12.04” where is highlighted recently announced Ubuntu cloud archive which enables “releasing the latest version of OpenStack to users who want the stability of an LTS release but need a newer version of OpenStack for their cloud.”
Short also puts a call for testing and reporting bugs on 12.04 servers pointing out that volunteers will need following in their /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://ubuntu-cloud.archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise-proposed/folsom main
And gives instructions for Folsom installation under Ubuntu 12.04 servers pointing out following command: deb http://ubuntu-cloud.archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise-updates/folsom main
http://zulcss.wordpress.com/2012/10/02/openstack-on-ubuntu-an-update/
The Planet
Mat Fischer: BECOMING A MOTU
Mat Fischer discusses why he became a ‘Master of the Universe’ in Ubuntu and provides information for others who want to get involved. MOTUs are responsible for maintaining the Universe repository, which contains software that is supported by the community.
http://www.mattfischer.com/blog/?p=236
Jono Bacon: The Canonical Community Team and 13.04
Jono Bacon discusses the progress the Canoncial Community Team has made, and outlines plans for the team during the upcoming 13.04 cycle. He writes of the recent commitment to Quality Assurance, and how the team hopes to expand on that commitment by growing the community of testers and using the resources more effectively by improving manual and automatic testing. Other targeted areas include improving App Developers’ experiences, continued development on Ubuntu Accomplishments, and growing Ubuntu’s popularity in the cloud further with Juju.
http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/10/03/the-canonical-community-team-and-13-04/
Kubuntu:KDE Plasma, Applications and Platform 4.9.2
The Kubuntu team announces “packages for the release of KDE SC 4.9.2 are available for Kubuntu 12.04.1 LTS releases” which can be retrieved from the Kubuntu Backports PPA. The packages are also in Kubuntu 12.10 development release.
http://www.kubuntu.org/news/kde-sc-4.9.2
Ubuntu Women: Career Days – October 18th!
Cheri Francis of Ubuntu Women announces new career day session which will be held on October 18th at 19:00 UTC in #ubuntu-classroom and #ubuntu-classroom-chat on irc.freenode.net. Francis writes that the session is on “Silvia Bindelli (Dolasilla) who will be presenting about working as a Software Release Coordinator. The job involves keeping track of both people and technology.”
More information about Career Days can be found at: http://wiki.ubuntu-women.org/CareerDays Also, anyone interested in Career Days can contact Cheri Francis (cheri703@ubuntu.com), and Elizabeth Krumbach (lyz@ubuntu.com).
http://blog.ubuntu-women.org/2012/10/career-days-october-18th/
David Henningsson: Pulseaudio conference – less than a month away!
David Henningsson reminds us that the upcoming Pulseaudio conference in Bella Center, Copenhagen, is less than a month away. The event takes place alongside the Ubuntu Developer Summit and Linaro Connect. There is no fee, but attendees must have either a UDS or LC registration to get into the conference area.
Jono Bacon: 24 Hours Later. £5133.70 Raised.
This past week the Community Team did a 24-hour marathon to raise money for charity. The event was streamed live via Google+ Hangouts and featured interviews and discussions from many community members. Six charities were benefited, and by the end a total of £5133.70 was raised.
http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/10/05/24-hours-later-5133-70-raised/
Jeremy Bicha: Ubuntu Online Accounts and the Ubuntu GNOME Remix
This article from Jeremy Bicha we read about the Ubuntu GNOME Remix project and its goal to bridge the gap between Ubuntu and GNOME. The project seeks to address the issue of including both Ubuntu Online Accounts, and GNOME Online Accounts in the 12.10 release, which provides a horrible user experience as well as a headache for GNOME app developers due to the two different APIs.
http://jeremy.bicha.net/2012/10/06/ubuntu-online-accounts-and-gnome/
Jhosman Lizarazo: Ubuntu Quantal Logo
With the release of Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal approaching, we can see some of the promotional materials appearing, such as this logo we find on jhosman.com.
http://jhosman.com/en/ubuntu/ubuntu-quantal-logo/
In The Press
Ubuntu has a bigger problem than its Amazon blunder
Paul Venezia of Infoworld writes about the recent Amazon shopping feature in the Ubuntu 12.10 Unity Dash and how he believes it is a privacy issue. Venezia goes on to say that Canonical’s response to this issue highlights a bigger problem: the threat to its user trust.
http://www.infoworld.com/d/data-center/ubuntu-has-bigger-problem-its-amazon-blunder-203467
In The Blogosphere
Ubuntu 12.10 Updates Messaging menu status icons
Joey Sneddon of OMG!Ubuntu! presents minor changes considering Messaging menu status icons which include:
- “New pips - the small icons that appear on the panel ‘envelope’ icon to denote your online status.”
- “New status icons” - their visibility is changed
- “Pipped to the post” -” Messaging Menu will look and behave as it did in Ubuntu 12.04.”
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/10/ubuntu-12-10-updates-messaging-menu-status-pips
Early Ubuntu 12.10 boot speed results
Michael Larabel of Phoronix brings us “early look of some Bootchart numbers for two systems running Ubuntu 12.10 development snapshots compared to earlier releases.”
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTE5ODE
Ubuntu Adds ‘Amazon Results’ Off Switch, Fixes NSFW Issues
Joey Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! informs us about the so called “Kill Switch” - a feature when turned off disables all lenses and scopes to retrieve results from online sources. Sneddon also writes that there have been improvements to avoid NSFW (Not Safe For Work) content showing up in search results.
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/10/ubuntu-adds-amazon-results-off-switch-fixes-nsfw-issues
10 Things To Look For In Ubuntu 12.10
Abishek Prakash of Make Tech Easier gives us a list of 10 things to look for in Ubuntu 12.10 which include: Web Apps, Remote Login, Sponsored Amazon and Ubuntu One suggestions in Unity Dash, Unity Preview, Update Manger revamped as Software Updater, Additional Drivers, Full Disk Encryption, System Settings Options, the loss of the CD-size image and of course, newly Updated Packages.
http://maketecheasier.com/10-things-to-look-for-in-ubuntu-12-10/2012/10/05
Unity 6.8.0 Arrives in Ubuntu 12.10 with Performance Fixes
Joey Sneddon of OMG!Ubuntu! introduces us with a list of changes brought with Unity 6.8.0. which includes: bug fixes, faster window scaling during the ‘Spread’ feature, rendering fixes for previews and more.
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/10/unity-6-8-0-arrives-in-quantal
Ubuntu: Open X Bugs, Nouveau In A "Funky State"
Michael Larabel of Phoronix brings us highlights from message of Bryce Harrington, Canonical’s Xorg maintainer, “where he described the open bugs for the different open and closed-source graphics drivers plus the X.Org Server.”
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTIwMDA
Games Dominate Ubuntu’s Paid App Chart in September
Joey Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! brings us September’s 2012 Top 10 Commercial Apps chart which includes:
- MC Launcher
- Bastion
- Sacred Gold (new)
- Amnesia: The Dark Descent
- Braid
- Linux Format Magazine – Issue 163 (new)
- Fluendo DVD Player
- Torchlight (new)
- Cubemen (new)
- Majesty Gold (new)
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/10/games-dominate-ubuntus-paid-app-chart-in-september
Bluelight Powering Auroville With OpenSource
Atuljha of Muktware writes about a non for profit shop located inside Auroville in South-India. With a diverse team with people from Russia, Gemany, India, France and other countries, This shop manages a Cyber Cafe which is running on Ubuntu, as well as also providing all the consulting related to IT and Open Source software for Auroville.
http://www.muktware.com/4497/bluelight-powering-auroville-opensource
23 Brand New Features in Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal [Screenshots Tour]
Posted by Manuel Jose at Tech Drive-in, we see a feature review complete with screenshots for the upcoming Ubuntu 12.10 version.
http://www.techdrivein.com/2012/10/23-changes-to-ubuntu1210-quantal-quetzal.html
In Other News
Best Ways to Read E-books on Ubuntu
Jun Auza of TechSource brings us Abishek’s chart of best applications for reading e-books under Ubuntu: Calibre, Evince, Okular, MuPDF and FBReader.
http://www.junauza.com/2012/10/best-ways-to-read-e-books-on-ubuntu.html
Other Articles of Interest
Debian Project News - October 1st, 2012 - http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2012/19/
Four key new features in Linux 3.6 - http://www.pcworld.com/article/2010923/four-key-new-features-in-linux-3-6.html
Intel SMAP Comes To Try to Better Secure Linux - http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTE5NzI
Linux 3.7 supports the Nintendo Wii Balance Board - http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTE5NjY
Linux video editor Openshot updates with more blender effects - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/10/linux-video-editor-openshot-updates-with-more-blender-effects
Zarafa, Yubicon partner on Open Source Security - http://www.thevarguy.com/2012/10/02/zarafa-yubicon-partner-on-open-source-security/
Linux Now Supports Oracle's SPARC-T4 - http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTE5Nzc
Survey Shows That Concerns Remain in the Open Source Cloud - http://ostatic.com/blog/survey-shows-that-concerns-remain-in-the-open-source-cloud
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Ubuntu Ohio : Burning Circle, Episode no. 85
In this podcast, Steven Michael Kellet brings us news about Ohio’s Linux fest and Ubuntu Community Council’s draft of the new Ubuntu Code of Conduct.
http://ohio.ubuntu-us.org/node/117
Automating a ubuntu installation
Nicholas Skaggs of the Ubuntu QA team shares a prototype of automating the Ubiquity installer test a “manual” installation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Owdb8oMRT8o
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