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## In this section, list major topics of interest using bullets.
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## These are big articles that don't fit within another section
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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?
## Format: Results for the $foo Board Meeting DATE
## * Name (launchpad profile | wiki page)
Results for the 1200UTC Regional Membership Board Meeting, April 17, 2013:

 * Warren Hill https://launchpad.net/~warren-hill | https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Warren-Hill

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2013-April/001781.html
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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/		 === Get the Ubuntu Online Tour on your LoCo site ===

David Planella announces the availibility of Ubuntu 12.04 Online Tour for LoCo websites and encourages LoCos to translate and deploy the online tour.

http://davidplanella.org/get-the-ubuntu-online-tour-on-your-loco-site/
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## This section is for Ubuntu News from "The Planet" at http://planet.ubuntu.com/ === Michael Hall: Another Ubuntu SDK Apps roundup ===

Michael Hall writes of another update of the Ubuntu SDK Apps, including review of inclusion of Core Apps in the daily images, and also the work of independent developers in other interesting apps.

http://mhall119.com/2013/04/another-ubuntu-sdk-apps-roundup/

=== James Hunt: Stateful re-exec for Upstart Sessions? You bet! ===

James Hunt writes about the support of restarting PID 1 without losing state in the latest Upstart version and tells readers how it works underneath.

http://ifdeflinux.blogspot.com/2013/04/stateful-re-exec-for-upstart-sessions.html

=== Spring cleaning ubuntu.com ===

Inayaili Leon of the Ubuntu Design Team announces a new updated version of ubuntu.com, with refocused navigation bar, an updated footer and a much cleaner but modular user interface.

http://design.canonical.com/2013/04/spring-cleaning-ubuntu-com/

=== Howard Chan: Testdrive Hacking (possibly part 1 only?) ===

Howard Chan writes about the QA Team’s interest in maintaining Testdrive, an application for testing Ubuntu daily isos. Chan discusses some of the current issues and shares basic details for how he got a fix in.

http://smartboyhw.tk/wordpress_smartboyhw/?p=49

=== Michael Hall: Announcing the Ubuntu SDK Apps Collection ===

Michael Hall announces the start of the Ubuntu SDK Apps Collection, where apps from community developers will be packaged, reviewed, and included in the Ubuntu Touch images with other Core Apps.

http://mhall119.com/2013/04/announcing-the-ubuntu-sdk-apps-collection/

=== Ivanka Majic: Designing in the open ===

Ivanka Majic writes about her talk at Mozilla’s “Designing in the open” and talks about some of what she has learned while working within an open community, including how complicated it is, the importance of not having secrets, playing nicely and helping to educate others through improved communication.

http://www.ivankamajic.com/observations/designing-in-the-open/

=== Michael Hall: Building an Ubuntu SDK App: rev 8 ===

Michael Hall returns to his series of building an Ubuntu SDK App to introduce QML transitions, and specifically talks about how ListView transitions comes into good use.

http://mhall119.com/2013/04/building-an-ubuntu-sdk-app-rev-8/

=== Daniel Holbach: Community on ubuntu.com ===

Daniel Holbach addresses concerns as related to the removal of the “community” link from the navigation bar of ubuntu.com. He shares details related to the new community website in progress and invites everyone to help so it can be launched, saying that it’s “very likely just going to be a set of small tasks, so any help would be much appreciated.”

http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/2013/04/community-on-ubuntu-dot-com/

=== Jonathan Riddell: 100 things that are great about Kubuntu? ===

Jonathan Riddell shares a Google+ thread created by community members discussing 100 things that are great about Kubuntu.

http://blogs.kde.org/2013/04/17/100-things-are-great-about-kubuntu

=== Sergio Meneses: Solucionando Bugs en Ubuntu – Fixing Bugs in Ubuntu (only in Spanish) ===

Sergio Meneses writes about his process in fixing a bug in Ubuntu by fixing a duplicate entry bug in Testdrive. He goes through the process of assigning bugs, branching the code, committing the fix and proposing a merge proposal. Article in Spanish.

http://sergioandresmeneses.wordpress.com/2013/04/17/solucionando-bugs-en-ubuntu-fixing-bugs-in-ubuntu-only-in-spanish/

=== José Antonio Rey: Ubuntu Community Survey 2013 (By Nathan Heafner) ===

José Antonio Rey writes about and encourages community members to fill out a survey prepared by community member Nathan Heafner to better understand the growing community by asking questions about contributions to Ubuntu and it’s drivers.

http://joseeantonior.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/ubuntu-community-survey-2013-by-nathan-heafner/

=== Nicholas Skaggs: Testing Ubuntu Touch Images (now with raring!) ===

Nicholas Skaggs announces the availability of Ubuntu Touch images in the ISO QA Tracker and encourages everyone to test out the images for the 4 devices available.

http://www.theorangenotebook.com/2013/04/testing-ubunutu-touch-images-now-with.html
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## This section is for Ubuntu News from elsewhere in the community:
## mailing lists, team blogs not on planet, etc		 === Ubuntu Touch Summary (week 15) ===

Jim Hodapp writes the 15th week summary of the Ubuntu Touch project, with updates of Camera, Gallery, the indicator client, the phone shell and bluetooth.

https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-phone/msg01691.html
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## This section largely comes from blog.canonical.com and Canonical
## press releases		 === Enterprise Cloud Computing with Ubuntu on Windows Azure ===

Paul Oh talks about Canonical’s partnership with Microsoft to get Ubuntu running flawlessly on Windows Azure and describes the many opportunities that it can bring, for example hybrid and public clouds.

http://blog.canonical.com/2013/04/16/enterprise-cloud-computing-with-ubuntu-on-windows-azure/
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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		 === Shuttleworth: Canonical is fast and easy with OpenStack clouds ===

Timothy Prickett Morgan of The Register writes about Mark Shuttleworth’s keynote talk in OpenStack summit in Portland, where he talks about the integration of OpenStack and Ubuntu Server, the OpenStack module in Landscape and much more.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/18/canonical_ubuntu_openstack/

=== It just works: Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition Linux Ultrabook review ===

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/04/it-just-works-dell-xps-13-developer-edition-linux-ultrabook-review/
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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.		 === 7 Subtle Unity Changes You Might Not Notice in 13.04... ===

Joey-Elijah Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! writes about 7 Unity changes one might not notice in the upcoming 13.04 release, including faster icon reveals, dash error finding, scroll switching and more.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/04/7-unity-changes

=== Ubuntu Software Center Explored ===

Matt Hartley of Datamation writes about the simplified process of installing applications in Ubuntu using the Ubuntu Software Center, including managing free applications, installing across multiple PCs, and much more convenient features.


http://www.datamation.com/open-source/ubuntu-software-center-explored-1.html

=== Ubuntu Button Tweaked to Meet 'Cultural & Aesthetic' Expectations ===

Joey Elijah-Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! writes about a last-minute change of the Ubuntu logo button on the Unity Dash from anti-clockwise to clockwise due to user cultural recommendations and it’s responses from the community.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/04/clockwise-ubuntu-logo-button

=== Canonical Promotes Ubuntu for Microsoft Azure Cloud ===


Christopher Tozzi of The VAR Guy writes about the announcement from Canonical of providing infrastructure support for Windows Azure, and thinks of this as an movement from Canonical to corner the cloud market.


http://thevarguy.com/ubuntu/canonical-promotes-ubuntu-microsoft-azure-cloud

=== Ubuntu 13.04: GNOME vs Unity User Interface Update ===


Christopher Tozzi of The VAR Guy writes about the availability of an GNOME flavor of Ubuntu in the forthcoming 13.04 release, and thinks that it’s a good way to respond to Ubuntu users who doesn’t like Unity.


http://thevarguy.com/ubuntu/ubuntu-1304-gnome-vs-unity-user-interface-update

=== 10 Best Ubuntu 13.04 Features - From Social Lens to Window Snapping ===

Joey Elijah-Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! writes about the top 10 best Ubuntu 13.04 features including new preview animations, shutdown dialog, sync menu, new lenses and improved speed. He also posts YouTube videos of many of them in action.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/04/new-ubuntu-13-04-features
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## Bullet-point list of articles that are more generic linux in nature * Debian Project News - April 15th, 2013 - http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2013/08/
 * Community Leadership Summit, Training, and Talks - http://www.jonobacon.org/2013/04/17/community-leadership-summit-training-and-talks/
 * Debian 7 "Wheezy" to be yours on 4th/5th May - http://www.muktware.com/5505/debian-7-wheezy-be-yours-4th5th-may
 * Microsoft, Red Hat and Others Sound Off in a Busy Cloud Computing Week - http://ostatic.com/blog/microsoft-red-hat-and-others-sound-off-in-a-busy-cloud-computing-week
 * Welcome Xen as a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project - http://www.linux.com/news/featured-blogs/158-jim-zemlin/714120-welcome-xen-as-a-linux-foundation-collaborative-project/
 * 5 Great Quotes of the Day from the Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit - http://www.linux.com/news/featured-blogs/200-libby-clark/713705-top-5-quotes-of-the-day-from-the-linux-foundation-collaboration-summit/
 * 2014: The year of the Linux car? - http://www.zdnet.com/2014-the-year-of-the-linux-car-7000014091/
 * Open source is taking over the software world, survey says - http://www.pcworld.com/article/2035651/open-source-is-taking-over-the-software-world-survey-says.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 Ohio - Burning Circle: Burning Circle Episode 110 ===

The newly appointed Leader for Ubuntu Ohio, Stephen Michael Kellat, talks about the on-going Membership Awareness Poll as an effort to gauge what members are actually out there. Mention is given as to preparing for a possible UbuCon at Ohio Linux Fest 2013. Kellat declares at the end that he intends to set up IRC office hours but has come to no decision yet in that regard.

http://ohio.ubuntu-us.org/node/143

=== Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S06E08 – Inglourious Ubuntu ===

Alan Pope, Mark Johnson, Tony Whitmore, Laura Cowen and the Podcasts are at Studio A to present the 8th episode of the 6th series of the Ubuntu UK Podcast. The team interviews Michael Hall about Core Apps being developed by the community for the nascent Ubuntu Touch platform, share GNOME-do in GUI love, Laura mentions moonlighting on the Doctor Who podcast, and feedback from listeners is raised.

http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2013/04/19/s06e08-inglourious-ubuntu/
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## Change date to reflect the latest meeting date and verify link then just remove the comment out marks
## * Kernel Team - February 21, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Meeting#Tues.2C_21_February_2012
## * QA Team - February 15, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Meetings/QA/20120215
## * Desktop Team - February 21, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Meeting/2012-02-21
## * Security Team - February 13, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20120213
## * Server Team - February 21, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/20120221		  * Kernel Team - April 16, 2013 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Meeting/2013-04-16
 * Desktop Team - April 16, 2013 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Meeting/2013-04-16
 * Security Team - April 15, 2013 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20130415
 * Server Team - April 9, 2013 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/20130409
 * One Hundred Paper Cuts - February 19, 2013 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OneHundredPaperCuts/Meetings/19Feb2013
 * QA Team - October 10, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Meetings/QA/20121010
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 * Your Name Here  * Elizabeth Krumbach
 * Howard Chan
 * The Alpaca Herder


Contents

  1. In This Issue
  2. General Community News
    1. Welcome New Members and Developers
  3. Community Acknowledgments and Success Stories
  4. Ubuntu Stats
    1. Bug Stats
    2. Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week
    3. Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions this week
  5. LoCo News
    1. Get the Ubuntu Online Tour on your LoCo site
  6. Launchpad News
  7. Ubuntu Forums News
  8. Ubuntu Cloud News
  9. The Planet
    1. Michael Hall: Another Ubuntu SDK Apps roundup
    2. James Hunt: Stateful re-exec for Upstart Sessions? You bet!
    3. Spring cleaning ubuntu.com
    4. Howard Chan: Testdrive Hacking (possibly part 1 only?)
    5. Michael Hall: Announcing the Ubuntu SDK Apps Collection
    6. Ivanka Majic: Designing in the open
    7. Michael Hall: Building an Ubuntu SDK App: rev 8
    8. Daniel Holbach: Community on ubuntu.com
    9. Jonathan Riddell: 100 things that are great about Kubuntu?
    10. Sergio Meneses: Solucionando Bugs en Ubuntu – Fixing Bugs in Ubuntu (only in Spanish)
    11. José Antonio Rey: Ubuntu Community Survey 2013 (By Nathan Heafner)
    12. Nicholas Skaggs: Testing Ubuntu Touch Images (now with raring!)
  10. Other Community News
    1. Ubuntu Touch Summary (week 15)
  11. Canonical News
    1. Enterprise Cloud Computing with Ubuntu on Windows Azure
  12. In The Press
    1. Shuttleworth: Canonical is fast and easy with OpenStack clouds
    2. It just works: Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition Linux Ultrabook review
  13. In The Blogosphere
    1. 7 Subtle Unity Changes You Might Not Notice in 13.04...
    2. Ubuntu Software Center Explored
    3. Ubuntu Button Tweaked to Meet 'Cultural & Aesthetic' Expectations
    4. Canonical Promotes Ubuntu for Microsoft Azure Cloud
    5. Ubuntu 13.04: GNOME vs Unity User Interface Update
    6. 10 Best Ubuntu 13.04 Features - From Social Lens to Window Snapping
  14. In Other News
  15. Other Articles of Interest
  16. Featured Audio and Video
    1. Ubuntu Ohio - Burning Circle: Burning Circle Episode 110
    2. Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S06E08 – Inglourious Ubuntu
  17. Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  18. Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings
  19. Monthly Team Reports: <MONTH> <YEAR>
  20. Upcoming Meetings and Events
  21. Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 11.10, 12.04 and 12.10
    1. Security Updates
    2. Ubuntu 8.04 Updates
    3. Ubuntu 10.04 Updates
    4. Ubuntu 11.10 Updates
    5. Ubuntu 12.04 Updates
    6. Ubuntu 12.10 Updates
  22. Subscribe
  23. Archives
  24. Additional Ubuntu News
  25. Conclusion
  26. Credits
  27. Glossary of Terms
  28. Ubuntu - Get Involved
  29. Feedback

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WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 313 for the week April 15 - 21, YEAR.

In This Issue

General Community News

Welcome New Members and Developers

Results for the 1200UTC Regional Membership Board Meeting, April 17, 2013:

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2013-April/001781.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

Get the Ubuntu Online Tour on your LoCo site

David Planella announces the availibility of Ubuntu 12.04 Online Tour for LoCo websites and encourages LoCos to translate and deploy the online tour.

http://davidplanella.org/get-the-ubuntu-online-tour-on-your-loco-site/

Launchpad News

Ubuntu Forums News

Ubuntu Cloud News

The Planet

Michael Hall: Another Ubuntu SDK Apps roundup

Michael Hall writes of another update of the Ubuntu SDK Apps, including review of inclusion of Core Apps in the daily images, and also the work of independent developers in other interesting apps.

http://mhall119.com/2013/04/another-ubuntu-sdk-apps-roundup/

James Hunt: Stateful re-exec for Upstart Sessions? You bet!

James Hunt writes about the support of restarting PID 1 without losing state in the latest Upstart version and tells readers how it works underneath.

http://ifdeflinux.blogspot.com/2013/04/stateful-re-exec-for-upstart-sessions.html

Spring cleaning ubuntu.com

Inayaili Leon of the Ubuntu Design Team announces a new updated version of ubuntu.com, with refocused navigation bar, an updated footer and a much cleaner but modular user interface.

http://design.canonical.com/2013/04/spring-cleaning-ubuntu-com/

Howard Chan: Testdrive Hacking (possibly part 1 only?)

Howard Chan writes about the QA Team’s interest in maintaining Testdrive, an application for testing Ubuntu daily isos. Chan discusses some of the current issues and shares basic details for how he got a fix in.

http://smartboyhw.tk/wordpress_smartboyhw/?p=49

Michael Hall: Announcing the Ubuntu SDK Apps Collection

Michael Hall announces the start of the Ubuntu SDK Apps Collection, where apps from community developers will be packaged, reviewed, and included in the Ubuntu Touch images with other Core Apps.

http://mhall119.com/2013/04/announcing-the-ubuntu-sdk-apps-collection/

Ivanka Majic: Designing in the open

Ivanka Majic writes about her talk at Mozilla’s “Designing in the open” and talks about some of what she has learned while working within an open community, including how complicated it is, the importance of not having secrets, playing nicely and helping to educate others through improved communication.

http://www.ivankamajic.com/observations/designing-in-the-open/

Michael Hall: Building an Ubuntu SDK App: rev 8

Michael Hall returns to his series of building an Ubuntu SDK App to introduce QML transitions, and specifically talks about how ListView transitions comes into good use.

http://mhall119.com/2013/04/building-an-ubuntu-sdk-app-rev-8/

Daniel Holbach: Community on ubuntu.com

Daniel Holbach addresses concerns as related to the removal of the “community” link from the navigation bar of ubuntu.com. He shares details related to the new community website in progress and invites everyone to help so it can be launched, saying that it’s “very likely just going to be a set of small tasks, so any help would be much appreciated.”

http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/2013/04/community-on-ubuntu-dot-com/

Jonathan Riddell: 100 things that are great about Kubuntu?

Jonathan Riddell shares a Google+ thread created by community members discussing 100 things that are great about Kubuntu.

http://blogs.kde.org/2013/04/17/100-things-are-great-about-kubuntu

Sergio Meneses: Solucionando Bugs en Ubuntu – Fixing Bugs in Ubuntu (only in Spanish)

Sergio Meneses writes about his process in fixing a bug in Ubuntu by fixing a duplicate entry bug in Testdrive. He goes through the process of assigning bugs, branching the code, committing the fix and proposing a merge proposal. Article in Spanish.

http://sergioandresmeneses.wordpress.com/2013/04/17/solucionando-bugs-en-ubuntu-fixing-bugs-in-ubuntu-only-in-spanish/

José Antonio Rey: Ubuntu Community Survey 2013 (By Nathan Heafner)

José Antonio Rey writes about and encourages community members to fill out a survey prepared by community member Nathan Heafner to better understand the growing community by asking questions about contributions to Ubuntu and it’s drivers.

http://joseeantonior.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/ubuntu-community-survey-2013-by-nathan-heafner/

Nicholas Skaggs: Testing Ubuntu Touch Images (now with raring!)

Nicholas Skaggs announces the availability of Ubuntu Touch images in the ISO QA Tracker and encourages everyone to test out the images for the 4 devices available.

http://www.theorangenotebook.com/2013/04/testing-ubunutu-touch-images-now-with.html

Other Community News

Ubuntu Touch Summary (week 15)

Jim Hodapp writes the 15th week summary of the Ubuntu Touch project, with updates of Camera, Gallery, the indicator client, the phone shell and bluetooth.

https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-phone/msg01691.html

Canonical News

Enterprise Cloud Computing with Ubuntu on Windows Azure

Paul Oh talks about Canonical’s partnership with Microsoft to get Ubuntu running flawlessly on Windows Azure and describes the many opportunities that it can bring, for example hybrid and public clouds.

http://blog.canonical.com/2013/04/16/enterprise-cloud-computing-with-ubuntu-on-windows-azure/

In The Press

Shuttleworth: Canonical is fast and easy with OpenStack clouds

Timothy Prickett Morgan of The Register writes about Mark Shuttleworth’s keynote talk in OpenStack summit in Portland, where he talks about the integration of OpenStack and Ubuntu Server, the OpenStack module in Landscape and much more.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/18/canonical_ubuntu_openstack/

It just works: Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition Linux Ultrabook review

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/04/it-just-works-dell-xps-13-developer-edition-linux-ultrabook-review/

In The Blogosphere

7 Subtle Unity Changes You Might Not Notice in 13.04...

Joey-Elijah Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! writes about 7 Unity changes one might not notice in the upcoming 13.04 release, including faster icon reveals, dash error finding, scroll switching and more.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/04/7-unity-changes

Ubuntu Software Center Explored

Matt Hartley of Datamation writes about the simplified process of installing applications in Ubuntu using the Ubuntu Software Center, including managing free applications, installing across multiple PCs, and much more convenient features.

http://www.datamation.com/open-source/ubuntu-software-center-explored-1.html

Ubuntu Button Tweaked to Meet 'Cultural & Aesthetic' Expectations

Joey Elijah-Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! writes about a last-minute change of the Ubuntu logo button on the Unity Dash from anti-clockwise to clockwise due to user cultural recommendations and it’s responses from the community.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/04/clockwise-ubuntu-logo-button

Canonical Promotes Ubuntu for Microsoft Azure Cloud

Christopher Tozzi of The VAR Guy writes about the announcement from Canonical of providing infrastructure support for Windows Azure, and thinks of this as an movement from Canonical to corner the cloud market.

http://thevarguy.com/ubuntu/canonical-promotes-ubuntu-microsoft-azure-cloud

Ubuntu 13.04: GNOME vs Unity User Interface Update

Christopher Tozzi of The VAR Guy writes about the availability of an GNOME flavor of Ubuntu in the forthcoming 13.04 release, and thinks that it’s a good way to respond to Ubuntu users who doesn’t like Unity.

http://thevarguy.com/ubuntu/ubuntu-1304-gnome-vs-unity-user-interface-update

10 Best Ubuntu 13.04 Features - From Social Lens to Window Snapping

Joey Elijah-Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! writes about the top 10 best Ubuntu 13.04 features including new preview animations, shutdown dialog, sync menu, new lenses and improved speed. He also posts YouTube videos of many of them in action.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/04/new-ubuntu-13-04-features

In Other News

* Debian Project News - April 15th, 2013 - http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2013/08/

Ubuntu Ohio - Burning Circle: Burning Circle Episode 110

The newly appointed Leader for Ubuntu Ohio, Stephen Michael Kellat, talks about the on-going Membership Awareness Poll as an effort to gauge what members are actually out there. Mention is given as to preparing for a possible UbuCon at Ohio Linux Fest 2013. Kellat declares at the end that he intends to set up IRC office hours but has come to no decision yet in that regard.

http://ohio.ubuntu-us.org/node/143

Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S06E08 – Inglourious Ubuntu

Alan Pope, Mark Johnson, Tony Whitmore, Laura Cowen and the Podcasts are at Studio A to present the 8th episode of the 6th series of the Ubuntu UK Podcast. The team interviews Michael Hall about Core Apps being developed by the community for the nascent Ubuntu Touch platform, share GNOME-do in GUI love, Laura mentions moonlighting on the Doctor Who podcast, and feedback from listeners is raised.

http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2013/04/19/s06e08-inglourious-ubuntu/

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, 11.10, 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

Subscribe

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Archives

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Additional Ubuntu News

As always you can find more news and announcements at:

and

Conclusion

Thank you for reading the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter.

See you next week!

Credits

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

  • Elizabeth Krumbach
  • Howard Chan
  • The Alpaca Herder
  • And many others

Glossary of Terms

Other acronyms can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/glossary

Ubuntu - Get Involved

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