Issue306
WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 306 for the week February 25 - March 3, 2013.
In This Issue
General Community News
Ubuntu Developer Summits Now Online and Every Three Months
Jono Bacon announces a change to the Ubuntu Developer Summit schedule which will be exclusively online and take place every three months, writing that the “new format of UDS provides an enhanced level of openness and transparency that is optimized for online participants.” Bacon announces that the “first online UDS will be taking place next week from 5th – 6th March 2013 from 2pm UTC – 8pm UTC and the next event will take place around the same time as the originally scheduled physical UDS in Oakland.”
http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2013/02/26/ubuntu-developer-summits-now-online-and-every-three-months/
Let's Discuss Interim Releases (and a Rolling Release)
Rick Spencer kicks off discussion on the Ubuntu development list of a proposal which suggests “dropping non-LTS releases and move to a rolling release plus LTS releases right now.”
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2013-February/036537.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
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 at SCaLE11x
Elizabeth Krumbach writes about and shares pictures of the successful Ubucon mini-conference and Ubuntu booth at the Southern California Linux Expo February 22nd-24th.
http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=7650
Jamming? We Need Your Photos!
Randall Ross puts out a call to LoCo teams to share photos from their Ubuntu Global Jam events.
http://randall.executiv.es/raring-global-jam-8
UGJ, Mexico city, March 2013
Javier L. shares photos and details from the Ubuntu Global Jam event in Mexico City. “We jammed for ~4 hours, which we used to ping the problems we had reported previously, looked at translations, art, talked about the strategies to keep improving the Ubuntu-mx team and ate lots of pizza.”
http://viajemotu.wordpress.com/2013/03/03/ugj-mexico-city-march-2013/
Cape Town Global Jam Raring
Maia Grotepass writes about and shares photos from the Ubuntu Global Jam event in Cape Town, South Africa and thanks their organizer, attendees and venue sponsor.
http://my-ubuntu-day.blogspot.com/2013/03/cape-town-global-jam-raring.html
Ubuntu Forums News
Ubuntu Forums upgraded!
Jorge Castro announces that the big upgrade to vBulletin 4 on ubuntuforums.org has been completed. Castro thanks everyone who have made this possible, including “the Forums Council, the CC, the Canonical IS team, and an untold number of people who helped make this happen” with a nod to Kyle A. Baker who wrote the OpenID plugin.
http://www.jorgecastro.org/2013/02/28/ubuntu-forums-upgraded/
The Planet
Dmitrijs Ledkovs: X-Chat power-user upload
Dmitrijs Ledkovs shares the changelog details from the most recent upload of xchat to the Ubuntu archives and writes that it “should make xchat more pleasant to work with for avid irc chatters.”
http://blog.surgut.co.uk/2013/02/x-chat-power-user-upload.html
Jono Bacon: On Moving To An Online Ubuntu Developer Summit
Jono Bacon discusses the move to an online-only Ubuntu Developer Summit, and shares some of the benefits that he sees in the new format. He notes that there were some difficulties in hearing sessions in past remote participation, but those issues should be fixed by having everyone use their own microphones and webcams. He also discusses how the use of Hangouts and IRC will allow more users to be able to participate, and help retain personal connections despite not being face-to-face.
http://www.jonobacon.org/2013/02/26/on-moving-to-an-online-ubuntu-developer-summit/
Jono Bacon: XDA Developers and Ubuntu Touch
Jono Bacon thanks the XDA Developers who have been working on porting Ubuntu Touch during the Ubuntu Touch Port-o-thon, which aims to bring Ubuntu images to more devices. Bacon writes that there was a great response on the XDA forums, and as a result Ubuntu has been ported to several new devices. He notes that David Planella and Daniel Holbach are working on engaging with the XDA Developers to grow a relationship and work more closely together.
http://www.jonobacon.org/2013/02/27/xda-developers-and-ubuntu-touch/
Marcin Juszkiewicz: AArch64 port of Debian/Ubuntu is alive!
Marcin Juszkiewicz shares news that the AArch64 port port of Ubuntu and Debian now exists in an early form and writes “you can find ready to use rootfs there which (connected with kernel from OpenEmbedded) boots to fresh Ubuntu 13.04.”
http://marcin.juszkiewicz.com.pl/2013/02/27/aarch64-port-of-debianubuntu-is-alive/
Dmitrijs Ledkovs: Flash Nexus7 like a rock star
Dmitrijs Ledkovs writes about a new tool available for those tired of having to type a hostname, username, password and WiFi password every time they flash a Nexus 7 with Ubuntu. It automates the steps and allows users to reboot into fastboot mode over ssh without having to use the volume or power buttons.
http://blog.surgut.co.uk/2013/02/flash-nexus7-like-rock-star.html
Daniel Holbach: The Port-a-thon is in full swing
A week after Ubuntu Touch first became available, an effort to port it to new devices is underway. Images and instructions for installing Ubuntu Touch are now available for fifteen devices, with additional 23 ports currently in progress. During the Ubuntu Global Jam that took place March 1-3, participants were encouraged to help test, port, and write apps for Ubuntu Touch.
http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/2013/02/the-port-a-thon-is-in-full-swing/
Scott Kitterman: Kubuntu Council Elections 2013 – Call For Nominations
Scott Kitterman calls for nominations from the Kubuntu members to be a Kubuntu Council member, replacing 3 Council members who are about to have their membership expired. http://skitterman.wordpress.com/2013/02/27/kc_elections_2013/
José Antonio Rey: Localizing the Q&A Systems
José Antonio Rey discusses his research into a Q&A-style support system for Ubuntu that can support languages other than English and puts out a call to the community for help.
http://joseeantonior.wordpress.com/2013/02/27/localizing-the-qa-systems/
Other Community News
Ubuntu Manual: Call for contributors
John Xygonakis of the Ubuntu Manual team issues a call for contributors for the 13.04 edition of the Ubuntu Manual. “We have a firm base of contributors (authors, editors, translators) and we want more people to work with us, to make the next manual awesome!”
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2013-March/001744.html
Canonical News
Ubuntu phone, tablet at Mobile World Congress
Canonical writes about their presence of the, now completed, Mobile World Congress (MWC) event and highlights opportunities for operators, developers and consumers that a future of mobile with the Ubuntu phone presents.
http://voices.canonical.com/ubuntuone/2013/02/25/ubuntu-phone-tablet-at-mobile-world-congress/
In The Press
Open source port-a-thon brings Ubuntu to more phones, tablets - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/02/25/ubuntu_port_a_thon/
Elegant Ubuntu Touch OS impresses for phones and tablets (hands-on) - http://reviews.cnet.com/operating-systems/ubuntu-touch/4505-3671_7-35624752.html
Canonical posting daily builds for plenty more Ubuntu Touch devices - http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/27/ubuntu-touch-daily-builds/
Ubuntu Touch beats Firefox OS to win best of MWC from CNET - http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13970_7-57571750-78/ubuntu-touch-beats-firefox-os-to-win-best-of-mwc-from-cnet/
Mark Shuttleworth: Serious people are saying Ubuntu is better than Windows 8 on tablets - http://www.zdnet.com/mark-shuttleworth-serious-people-are-saying-ubuntu-is-better-than-windows-8-on-tablets-7000011959/
In The Blogosphere
Can Ubuntu ‘Converge’ Across Phones, TVs, PCs and Tablets? - http://www.thevarguy.com/2013/02/25/can-ubuntu-converge-across-phones-tvs-pcs-and-tablets/
Benchmarking Ubuntu Touch Yields Mixed Results - http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTMxMTY
How Ubuntu Turned Search in the Dash into a PR Crisis - http://www.datamation.com/open-source/how-ubuntu-turned-search-in-the-dash-into-a-pr-crisis-1.html
Chinese Linux Distro Seeks Place in Ubuntu Family - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/02/ubuntu-kylin-official-ubuntu-spin
German federal state switches Linux-based school server - http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/German-federal-state-switches-Linux-based-school-server-1812334.html
Other Articles of Interest
LibrePlanet 2013 Conference Registration Opens! - https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/excitement-building-for-libreplanet-sign-up-before-it-fills-up
Discover Debian's hassle-free trademarks, use them to promote Debian - http://www.debian.org/News/2013/20130301
Featured Audio and Video
Ubuntu Ohio - Burning Circle: Burning Circle Episode 102
The usual presenter, Stephen Michael Kellat, disappeared for this episode as he stood duty as acting engineer. The show’s producer Gloria Kellat took over the presenting duties. “G” brought replays from USDA Radio and the Ubuntu UK Podcast team and brought local news relevant to the Ohio Local Community Team.
http://ohio.ubuntu-us.org/node/135
MWC 2013: Ubuntu Touch OS hands on [video]
Lewis Leong of the SOFTONIC On Software Blog shares a video of the Ubuntu Touch OS from Mobile World Congress.
http://onsoftware.en.softonic.com/mwc-2013-ubuntu-touch-os-hands-on
Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S06E01 – We Need to Talk About Ubuntu
“We’re back! That’s us: Alan Pope, Mark Johnson, Tony Whitmore, Laura Cowen, and (not forgetting) The Podcats. We’re here in Studio A for the first episode of Season (Series) Six of the Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo Team!”
http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2013/02/28/s06e01-we-need-to-talk-about-ubuntu/
Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
Kernel Team - February 26, 2013 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Meeting/2013-02-26
Desktop Team - February 26, 2013 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Meeting/2013-02-26
Security Team - February 25, 2013 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20130225
Server Team - February 26, 2013 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/20130226
Monthly Team Reports: January 2013
See here for the team report for January 2013: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TeamReports/January2013
If your team is not producing monthly reports, see this page to get your team started: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BuildingCommunity/TeamReporting
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, 11.10, 12.04 and 12.10
Security Updates
Ubuntu 8.04 Updates
Ubuntu 10.04 Updates
Ubuntu 11.10 Updates
Ubuntu 12.04 Updates
Ubuntu 12.10 Updates
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