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| ## This section is for Ubuntu News from "The Planet" at http://planet.ubuntu.com/ | === James Hunt: Counting down to Ubuntu and Debian releases with distro-info === James Hunt talks about the “distro-info” tool written by Benjamin Drung that allows users to track the time between Ubuntu and Debian releases. He also explains how it can be utilised to inform the user of updates to their version of Ubuntu. http://ifdeflinux.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/counting-down-to-ubuntu-and-debian.html === Michael Hall: Getting through the Trough and closer to the Edge, Together === Michael Hall discusses the Ubuntu Edge and how the Kickstarter project can still rise to become a success, breaking more records as it has since the beginning. He asks the community for their input and opinions on how to bring more contributions in before the deadline. http://mhall119.com/2013/08/getting-through-the-trough-and-closer-to-the-edge-together/ === Canonical Design Team: Calendar App Visuals === Lina Pio of the Canonical Design Team talks about the work that’s going into the Ubuntu Calendar app, describing the features and goals of its design. She reminds the community to keep watching as they unveil more about the project and the design aspects of the platform. http://design.canonical.com/2013/08/calendar-app-visuals/ === Pasi Lallinaho: Don’t panic: the state of Xubuntu and Mir === Pasi Lallinaho discusses the uncertain state of the use of Mir in Xubuntu and where the community currently stands. Lallinaho explains that the final decision on using Mir is yet to be made, and encourages interested users to watch the community for more information. http://open.knome.fi/2013/08/07/dont-panic-the-state-of-xubuntu-and-mir/ === Jhosman Lizarazo: What if the goal is not reached #UbuntuEdge? === Jhosman Lizarazo talks about the Ubuntu Edge and how it stacks up to other smartphones that can be purchased immediately. He points out that the functionality of the Edge outweighs any other current smartphone and offers solutions that would help the project to finish as a success. http://jhosman.com/en/ubuntu/hardware/what-if-the-goal-is-not-reached-ubuntuedge/ === Nicholas Skaggs: Autopilot best practices === Nicholas Skaggs tells us that he has been writing autopilot tests for about nine months and says "along the way I've learned or been taught some of the things that are important to remember." Nicholas lists seven best practises and advises that if they are adopted testcases are more reliable, easier to read and will run without a hitch day in and day out. http://www.theorangenotebook.com/2013/08/autopilot-best-practices.html === Brian Murray: Phasing of Stable Release Updates === Brian Murray writes that for some time he's wanted to gradually roll out updates to expanding subsets of Ubuntu users so that regressions can be monitored and the update process stopped if there any are found. Brian tells us that users of Ubuntu 13.04 who install updates with update-manager are automatically participating in this process and describes how the Phased Update process works and how the Ubuntu Error Tracker has been modified to help determine if there are any regressions. http://www.murraytwins.com/blog/?p=127 === Randall Ross: Ubuntu's Gets Two More "P's": Lucky 7! === Randall Ross reminds us that he earlier introduced us to the Five "P's" of Ubuntu. After a lively quiz that he hosted at Ubuntu Vancouver's "Cup of Ubuntu" event he learned that there are actually two more P's that he hadn't thought of and lists Ubuntu's Seven P's. http://randall.executiv.es/ubuntu-7-p === Rick Spencer: The Big Rocks of August === Rick Spencer writes about five "big rocks", Image based upgrades, Indicators, Click, Application lifecycle and, Unity 8/Mir that are required to be completed by the end of August. Rick talks about each of them in turn and concludes "After August, Ubuntu Touch will have made a dramatic step forward, really becoming the architecture that it is meant to be. I can't wait!" http://theravingrick.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-big-rocks-of-august.html === Daniel Holbach: Want to try Ubuntu Touch on your phone? We’re almost there! === Daniel Holbach writes that Sergio Schvezov has restructured phablet-tools to more easily support community ports of Ubuntu Touch and that the following community ports have been added: HTC Desire Z, Samsung Galaxy S2, Huawei Ascend P1. Daniel advises that more devices are on the way and provides instructions on how to flash the various devices. https://daniel.holba.ch/blog/2013/08/want-to-try-ubuntu-touch-on-your-phone-were-almost-there === Daniel Holbach: Surprising stats === Daniel Holbach looks at the level of completion of translations of the packaging guide (or Ubuntu Development Guide) and provides a breakdown of completion and unreviewed translations by language. Daniel thanks all the translators for their hard work and points experienced team members to the languages that have unreviewed strings that need reviewing. https://daniel.holba.ch/blog/2013/08/surprising-stats/ |
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| ## This section is for Ubuntu News from elsewhere in the community: ## mailing lists, team blogs not on planet, etc |
=== XMir news! === Kevin Gunn writes that Xmir has landed in the default repository for Saucy Salamander and that the final component needed for turning on XMir is the unity-system-compositor (u-s-c). Kevin looks at the next steps for u-s-c to become the default in Ubuntu 13.10, tells us what features have been enabled and what features are still being worked on. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2013-August/037572.html |
WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 329 for the week August 5 - 11, 2013.
In This Issue
General Community News
Announcing the 2013 Ubuntu App Showdown Contest!
Michael Hall announces the second Ubuntu App Showdown and writes: “Contestants will have six weeks to build and publish their apps using the new Ubuntu SDK and Ubuntu Touch platform. Both original apps and ported apps, native and HTML 5, will qualify for this competition.
The winners of this contest will each receive an LG Nexus 4 phone running Ubuntu Touch with their application pre-installed.”
http://developer.ubuntu.com/2013/08/announcing-the-2013-ubuntu-app-showdown-contest/
More at http://developer.ubuntu.com/showdown/
Ubuntu Edge backed by Bloomberg and price reduction to $695
News from the Ubuntu Edge campaign continues to pour in! This week we learned that Bloomberg became the first company to come in at the $80,000 pledge level and more.
Bloomberg bets big on the Ubuntu Edge - http://insights.ubuntu.com/news/press-releases/bloomberg-bets-big-on-the-ubuntu-edge/
Ubuntu Edge now $695, thanks to major industry backing - http://insights.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-edge-now-695-thanks-to-major-industry-backing/
For more articles reporting on these announcements, see below In the Press and Blogosphere.
Welcome New Members and Developers
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
Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions this week
Ask (and answer!) your own questions at http://askubuntu.com
LoCo News
Ubuntu Ohio - Burning Circle: UbuCon Announcement
Featured here is the audio file from the announcement of the UbuCon event at Ohio Linux Fest 2013.
http://ohio.ubuntu-us.org/node/160
Ubuntu Forums News
Ubuntu forums now exclusively using Ubuntu One SSO accounts to login
Coffeecat announces the new Ubuntu Forums login policy, which will use Ubuntu One SSO for added security when authenticating. Changes that will occur as a result of the new policy are explained, as well as what forum users should take note of going forward.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2164051
The Planet
James Hunt: Counting down to Ubuntu and Debian releases with distro-info
James Hunt talks about the “distro-info” tool written by Benjamin Drung that allows users to track the time between Ubuntu and Debian releases. He also explains how it can be utilised to inform the user of updates to their version of Ubuntu.
http://ifdeflinux.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/counting-down-to-ubuntu-and-debian.html
Michael Hall: Getting through the Trough and closer to the Edge, Together
Michael Hall discusses the Ubuntu Edge and how the Kickstarter project can still rise to become a success, breaking more records as it has since the beginning. He asks the community for their input and opinions on how to bring more contributions in before the deadline.
http://mhall119.com/2013/08/getting-through-the-trough-and-closer-to-the-edge-together/
Canonical Design Team: Calendar App Visuals
Lina Pio of the Canonical Design Team talks about the work that’s going into the Ubuntu Calendar app, describing the features and goals of its design. She reminds the community to keep watching as they unveil more about the project and the design aspects of the platform.
http://design.canonical.com/2013/08/calendar-app-visuals/
Pasi Lallinaho: Don’t panic: the state of Xubuntu and Mir
Pasi Lallinaho discusses the uncertain state of the use of Mir in Xubuntu and where the community currently stands. Lallinaho explains that the final decision on using Mir is yet to be made, and encourages interested users to watch the community for more information.
http://open.knome.fi/2013/08/07/dont-panic-the-state-of-xubuntu-and-mir/
Jhosman Lizarazo: What if the goal is not reached #UbuntuEdge?
Jhosman Lizarazo talks about the Ubuntu Edge and how it stacks up to other smartphones that can be purchased immediately. He points out that the functionality of the Edge outweighs any other current smartphone and offers solutions that would help the project to finish as a success.
http://jhosman.com/en/ubuntu/hardware/what-if-the-goal-is-not-reached-ubuntuedge/
Nicholas Skaggs: Autopilot best practices
Nicholas Skaggs tells us that he has been writing autopilot tests for about nine months and says "along the way I've learned or been taught some of the things that are important to remember." Nicholas lists seven best practises and advises that if they are adopted testcases are more reliable, easier to read and will run without a hitch day in and day out.
http://www.theorangenotebook.com/2013/08/autopilot-best-practices.html
Brian Murray: Phasing of Stable Release Updates
Brian Murray writes that for some time he's wanted to gradually roll out updates to expanding subsets of Ubuntu users so that regressions can be monitored and the update process stopped if there any are found. Brian tells us that users of Ubuntu 13.04 who install updates with update-manager are automatically participating in this process and describes how the Phased Update process works and how the Ubuntu Error Tracker has been modified to help determine if there are any regressions.
http://www.murraytwins.com/blog/?p=127
Randall Ross: Ubuntu's Gets Two More "P's": Lucky 7!
Randall Ross reminds us that he earlier introduced us to the Five "P's" of Ubuntu. After a lively quiz that he hosted at Ubuntu Vancouver's "Cup of Ubuntu" event he learned that there are actually two more P's that he hadn't thought of and lists Ubuntu's Seven P's.
http://randall.executiv.es/ubuntu-7-p
Rick Spencer: The Big Rocks of August
Rick Spencer writes about five "big rocks", Image based upgrades, Indicators, Click, Application lifecycle and, Unity 8/Mir that are required to be completed by the end of August. Rick talks about each of them in turn and concludes "After August, Ubuntu Touch will have made a dramatic step forward, really becoming the architecture that it is meant to be. I can't wait!"
http://theravingrick.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-big-rocks-of-august.html
Daniel Holbach: Want to try Ubuntu Touch on your phone? We’re almost there!
Daniel Holbach writes that Sergio Schvezov has restructured phablet-tools to more easily support community ports of Ubuntu Touch and that the following community ports have been added: HTC Desire Z, Samsung Galaxy S2, Huawei Ascend P1. Daniel advises that more devices are on the way and provides instructions on how to flash the various devices.
https://daniel.holba.ch/blog/2013/08/want-to-try-ubuntu-touch-on-your-phone-were-almost-there
Daniel Holbach: Surprising stats
Daniel Holbach looks at the level of completion of translations of the packaging guide (or Ubuntu Development Guide) and provides a breakdown of completion and unreviewed translations by language. Daniel thanks all the translators for their hard work and points experienced team members to the languages that have unreviewed strings that need reviewing.
https://daniel.holba.ch/blog/2013/08/surprising-stats/
Other Community News
XMir news!
Kevin Gunn writes that Xmir has landed in the default repository for Saucy Salamander and that the final component needed for turning on XMir is the unity-system-compositor (u-s-c). Kevin looks at the next steps for u-s-c to become the default in Ubuntu 13.10, tells us what features have been enabled and what features are still being worked on.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2013-August/037572.html
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 10.04, 12.04, 12.10 and 13.04
Security Updates
Ubuntu 10.04 Updates
Ubuntu 12.04 Updates
Ubuntu 12.10 Updates
Ubuntu 13.04 Updates
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