Issue331
WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 331 for the week August 19 - 25, 2013.
In This Issue
Ubuntu Edge crowdfunding drive has missed its target
The 30-day crowdfunding campaign to raise $32m for the Ubuntu Edge smartphone has failed to reach its target and this has led to another series of posts from news sites and blogs alike. The following are a sampling collected by our editors:
Ubuntu Edge thank you- http://insights.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-edge-thank-you/
Jono Bacon: Onwards and Upwards - http://www.jonobacon.org/2013/08/22/onwards-and-upwards-2/
Ubuntu Edge crowdfunding drive misses target - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23793457
Ubuntu Edge: founder says failure isn't the end of the dream - http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/22/ubuntu-edge-founder-failure-canonical
Ubuntu Edge Campaign Ends, Fails to Reach $32m Target - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/08/ubuntu-edge-fails-to-meet-mutli-million-dollar-goal-wont-be-made
Ubuntu Edge fails to reach $32,000,000, yet proves itself a massive success - http://iloveubuntu.net/ubuntu-edge-fails-reach-32000000-yet-proves-itself-massive-success
Ubuntu Edge: A grand experiment for the future of computing does not constitute a failure - http://www.zdnet.com/ubuntu-edge-a-grand-experiment-for-the-future-of-computing-does-not-constitute-a-failure-7000019762/
The failed Ubuntu Edge: when a good idea just isn't enough - http://money.cnn.com/2013/08/22/technology/mobile/ubuntu-edge-crowdfunding/index.html
Ubuntu Edge Falls Short of Goal - http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/08/22/ubuntu-edge-falls-short-of-goal/
Ubuntu smartphone axed after crowdfunding drive fails - http://www.cnbc.com/id/100979890
Ubuntu Edge is dead, long live Ubuntu phones - http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/08/ubuntu-edge-is-dead-long-live-ubuntu-phones/
Ubuntu Developer Summit August 27-29th
The next mid-cycle virtual Ubuntu Developer Summit is scheduled for August 27-29th from 2pm-8pm UTC!
Check out the details, participation information and schedule at: http://uds.ubuntu.com/
Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS released
“The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS (Long-Term Support) for its Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products, as well as other flavours of Ubuntu with long-term support.”
Release details, including links to changes and instructions for updating at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2013-August/000175.html
Welcome New Members and Developers
Results for the 12:00 UTC Membership Board meeting for August 21st, 2013 are as follows:
Michael Zanetti (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/mzanetti | https://launchpad.net/~mzanetti)
Chit Ko Ko Win (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ChitKoKoWin | https://launchpad.net/~saintjohn769)
C de-Avillez of the membership board writes: “mzanetti is a developer at Canonical, and is very active on the Touch environment; saintjohn769 is a member of the never-ceasing-to-amaze-me Myanmar LoCo, and is very active on spreading knowledge about Ubuntu and free software”
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2013-August/001853.html
General Community News
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
Launchpad News
Ubuntu Forums News
Ubuntu Cloud News
The Planet
Other Community News
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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