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## 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.
=== Growing an Active Ubuntu Advocacy Community ===

Jono Bacon gives us a rundown on the four basic steps to grow your local Ubuntu Advocacy Community. Starting with the Ubuntu Advocacy Kit, and building up to local hangouts and portals, Jono gives us all a quick review of the basic steps involved in helping to build and/or grow your local community.

http://www.jonobacon.org/2014/01/17/growing-an-active-ubuntu-advocacy-community/

=== Ubuntu User Days coming up! ===

Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph announces the upcoming Ubuntu User Days, an internet relay chat-based series of classes on Saturday, January 25th. Classes include: Command line made easy, Unity: Tips, tricks and configuration, Equivalent Applications and Finding Support for Ubuntu.

http://ubuntuclassroom.wordpress.com/2014/01/20/ubuntu-user-days-coming-up/
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## 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/

== Launchpad News ==

## 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
=== Ubuntu LoCo Council: Defining Bug Status for the ubuntu-locoteams Project ===

Jose Antonio Rey explains the process for defining, verifying and eventually closing bugs in the Ubuntu Lo``Co Council’s (re)-verification process.

http://lococouncil.ubuntu.com/2014/01/13/defining-bug-status-for-the-ubuntu-locoteams-project/

=== UGJ, ETA 3 months ===

Javier L. reminds us that the Ubuntu Global Jam, a world wide event intended to collaborate as a community around Ubuntu, will take place from Friday 4th April 2014 to Sunday 6th April 2014. Javier says that the Ubuntu-MX team will host their event on Saturday 5th April and that they have already pushed publicity through their media channels.

http://viajemotu.wordpress.com/2014/01/13/ugj-eta-3-months/
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## This section largely draws from the aggregated blog at http://cloud.ubuntu.com/ === Call for testing: Juju and gccgo ===

James Page informs us that an objective for 14.04 is to have a single toolchain for Go in Juju and the only way that this can be done is to use gccgo instead of golang-go. James shows us how to switch between the golang gc built binaries and the gccgo built versions to make diagnosing gccgo specific issues easier.

http://javacruft.wordpress.com/2014/01/17/call-for-testing-juju-and-gccgo/
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## This section is for Ubuntu News from "The Planet" at http://planet.ubuntu.com/ === Jonathan Riddell: Tier 1 is a Slam Dunk ===

Jonathan Riddell writes "KDE Frameworks 5 tech preview shipped last week and we've been packaging furiously. This is all new packaging from scratch, none of our automated scripts we have for KDE SC. Tier 1 is in our experimental PPA for Trusty. Special thanks to Scarlett our newest Kubuntu Ninja who is doing a stormer." Jonathan links to the KDE Frameworks 5 web page and to the experimental PPA where the packages can be found.

http://blogs.kde.org/2014/01/13/tier-1-slam-dunk

=== David Planella: Make Ubuntu speak your language ===

David Planella reminds us all of the importance of translation and how you can help. With the upcoming release of the first Ubuntu Touch phones in the coming year, David reminds us that translation will be vitally important to ensure full viability around the world in the coming weeks, months and years.

http://davidplanella.org/make-ubuntu-speak-your-language/

=== Benjamin Kerensa: Thoughts on Ubuntu Touch Images ===

Benjamin Kerensa responds to the the announcement that Canonical will cease to produce Ubuntu Touch images for certain Nexus devices in the near future. He suggests that instead of producing a set number of images for a select few devices, Canonical could instead choose to simply update its instructions on building images for any device, leaving it up to developers to produce images for their device(s).

http://benjaminkerensa.com/2014/01/14/thoughts-ubuntu-touch-images

=== Stephen M. Webb: The future looks very small. ===

Stephen Webb explains the work he and others are doing in Ubuntu to ensure that Ubuntu works out-of-the-box on high DPI screens. As it currently stands neither Windows nor Ubuntu does too good of a job on such screens though that is sure to change in the next few years as they become more common.

http://bregmatter.wordpress.com/2014/01/16/the-future-looks-very-small/

=== Randall Ross: Planet Ubuntu Needs More Awesome - Parts 1 & 2 ===

Randall Ross publishes his promised summary of the survey results along with a bonus colour-commentary and recommendations. Randall tells us that he will wrap up the series in his next post with general conclusions and a prescription on how to make Planet Ubuntu awesome again.

http://randall.executiv.es/pu-more-awesome-pt1 & http://randall.executiv.es/pu-more-awesome-pt2

=== Steve Conklin: Ubuntu File System Benchmarking ===

Steve Conklin tells us that he's been working to implement file system benchmarking as part of the test process that the kernel team applies to every kernel update. Steve reproduces an announcement that he sent to the Ubuntu Kernel mailing list which covers his work.

http://illruminations.com/2014/01/17/ubuntu-file-system-benchmarking/

=== Valve’s OpenGL Debugger Developed on Kubuntu ===

Jonathan Riddell reports that one of Valve's developers has announced a new OpenGL debugger that is being developed on Kubuntu. Jonathan says "Lovely to know Kubuntu is helping bring the next generation of games on all platforms."

http://wire.kubuntu.org/?p=130
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## This section is for Ubuntu News from elsewhere in the community:
## mailing lists, team blogs not on planet, etc
=== Ubuntu App Heroes interviewed: the Weather app developers ===

Daniel Holbach marks the start of a new blog series, which highlights developers of popular and/or upcoming apps, who they are, their thoughts on Ubuntu development and future plans. This week, kicking off the series we are treated to an interview with Martin Borho and Raúl Yeguas, two of the developers of the new Weather app.

http://developer.ubuntu.com/2014/01/ubuntu-app-heroes-interviewed-the-weather-app-developers/

=== Testing wanted: grub2 2.02~beta2-2 ===

On the Ubuntu Developer mailing list, Colin Watson appeals for help testing GRUB 2.02 which represents a year and a half of upstream development. Colin tells us how to install the updated version, lists the new features, and links to the bug report where both positive and negative feedback can be left.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2014-January/037978.html
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## This section largely comes from blog.canonical.com and Canonical
## press releases
=== Sheets transition ===

Bejan Alizadeh of the Canonical Design team says "Our main goal is that there is a consistent transition for sharing photos across the phone." Bejan shares the latest transitions with us, reminds us that this is still a work in progress, and appeals for feedback.

http://design.canonical.com/2014/01/sheets-transition/
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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.

== In Other News ==

## Any news or links that don't fit neatly into other sections.

== Other Articles of Interest ==

## Bullet-point list of articles that are more generic linux in nature
=== Ubuntu Touch Nexus 5 Support On Hold, Other Nexus Devices Dropped ===

Joey-Elijah Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! informs us that the Ubuntu Engineering team will continue to focus on the Nexus 4 for the current release cycle, dropping (for now at least) plans for the Nexus 5. Additionally, builds for the following supported Nexus devices will be discontinued as of the end of January:

 * Nexus 10 (2012)
 * Nexus 7 (2012)
 * Galaxy Nexus

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/01/ubuntu-touch-wont-support-nexus-5-will-drop-support-nexus-7-10

=== Ubuntu Likely Won't Appear On Phones Until 2015 ===

Michael Larabel of Phoronix reports on the likelihood of an Ubuntu Phone appearing in 2014 as reported by Jono Bacon in a recent Reddit Ask Me Anything (AMA). Michael writes that with every passing day, we hear more and more talk about 2015 and less about what will be available this year.

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTU3MTk

=== GNOME Shell 3.10 Lands In Ubuntu 14.04 ===

Michael Larabel of Phoronix informs us that GNOME Shell 3.10 will be included in the Ubuntu 14.04 LTS release. He says the update to GNOME 3.10 was previously blocked by the GNOME Control Center, which ended up being forked by Canonical until their own Ubuntu System Settings can be developed.

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTU3NDY

=== Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Ship With Beta Version of GRUB 2 ===

Joey-Elijah Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! says that even though 14.04 is a LTS release, it may ship with a beta version of GRUB 2.0 due to many new features including numerous improvements to coreboot & EFI platforms. As such, GRUB 2.0 has now been pushed to the ‘proposed’ repositories for 14.04 Trusty Tahr, where it will be tested before a final decision is made.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/01/grub-2-beta-ubuntu-14-04-lts

=== GNOME 3.10 Will Be Available To Install In Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ===

Joey-Elijah Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! informs us that GNOME 3.10 will be available to install in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Joey-Elijah says that the updated version of GNOME Shell along with a number of new GNOME applications have been pushed into Ubuntu 14.04's testing repositories.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/01/gnome-3-10-install-in-ubuntu-14-04-lts

=== Welcome to the Laptop Machine ===

Penn Manor High School’s technology department treats us to an update on their 1:1 Laptop Program. After a two-day marathon of laptop setup, they now have 1725 laptops ready for distribution to Penn Manor high school students. Using Fast Linux Deployment Toolkit (FLDT), developed by senior Andrew Lobos, as many as 50 laptops can be imaged and setup at once. FLDT is available for use and development on Git``Hub: https://github.com/pennmanor/

http://www.pennmanor.net/techblog/?cat=69

=== The Top 7 Best Linux Distros for 2014 ===

Carla Schroder of Linux.com does a rundown of 7 classes of Linux distributions for 2014, including “most beautiful” and “best enterprise” categories. For “best desktop distro” she names Ubuntu flavor Xubuntu and in the “best desktop distro” category she ranks Lubuntu at the top.

https://www.linux.com/news/software/applications/752221-the-top-7-best-linux-distros-for-2014
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## Ubuntu UK Podcast
## Full Circle Magazine Podcast
## At Home With Jono Bacon - Weekly Community QA on UStreamTV
## Lococast.net
=== Jono Bacon Q&A - 14th Jan 2014 ===

Jono Bacon presents another of his weekly Q&A sessions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Rwdu8x6v_c

=== Convergence Design Brainstorm Hangout - 15th Jan 2014 ===

Alan Pope introduces the second Convergence Design brainstorming session.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDtsdIE4Z9g

=== Little sneak previews ===

Michael Zanetti has produced a short video previewing right edge gestures on Ubuntu Touch.

http://notyetthere.org/little-sneak-previews/
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## * 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

== Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings ==

# 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
 * Kernel Team - January 14, 2014 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Meeting/2014-01-14
 * Security Team - January 13, 2014 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20140113

== Monthly Team Reports: December 2013 ==

See here for the team report for December 2013: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TeamReports/December2013

If your team is not producing monthly reports, see this page to get your team started: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BuildingCommunity/TeamReporting
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## The following list is in chronological order.

 * Your Name Here
 * Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph
 * Paul White
 * Gim H
 * Emily Gonyer


Contents

  1. In This Issue
  2. General Community News
    1. Growing an Active Ubuntu Advocacy Community
    2. Ubuntu User Days coming up!
  3. Ubuntu Stats
    1. Bug Stats
    2. Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions this week
  4. LoCo News
    1. Ubuntu LoCo Council: Defining Bug Status for the ubuntu-locoteams Project
    2. UGJ, ETA 3 months
  5. Ubuntu Cloud News
    1. Call for testing: Juju and gccgo
  6. The Planet
    1. Jonathan Riddell: Tier 1 is a Slam Dunk
    2. David Planella: Make Ubuntu speak your language
    3. Benjamin Kerensa: Thoughts on Ubuntu Touch Images
    4. Stephen M. Webb: The future looks very small.
    5. Randall Ross: Planet Ubuntu Needs More Awesome - Parts 1 & 2
    6. Steve Conklin: Ubuntu File System Benchmarking
    7. Valve’s OpenGL Debugger Developed on Kubuntu
  7. Other Community News
    1. Ubuntu App Heroes interviewed: the Weather app developers
    2. Testing wanted: grub2 2.02~beta2-2
  8. Canonical News
    1. Sheets transition
  9. In The Press
  10. In The Blogosphere
    1. Ubuntu Touch Nexus 5 Support On Hold, Other Nexus Devices Dropped
    2. Ubuntu Likely Won't Appear On Phones Until 2015
    3. GNOME Shell 3.10 Lands In Ubuntu 14.04
    4. Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Ship With Beta Version of GRUB 2
    5. GNOME 3.10 Will Be Available To Install In Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
    6. Welcome to the Laptop Machine
    7. The Top 7 Best Linux Distros for 2014
  11. Featured Audio and Video
    1. Jono Bacon Q&A - 14th Jan 2014
    2. Convergence Design Brainstorm Hangout - 15th Jan 2014
    3. Little sneak previews
  12. Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  13. Monthly Team Reports: December 2013
  14. Upcoming Meetings and Events
  15. Updates and Security for 10.04, 12.04, 12.10, 13.04 and 13.10
    1. Security Updates
    2. Ubuntu 10.04 Updates
    3. Ubuntu 12.04 Updates
    4. Ubuntu 12.10 Updates
    5. Ubuntu 13.04 Updates
    6. Ubuntu 13.10 Updates
  16. Subscribe
  17. Archives
  18. Additional Ubuntu News
  19. Conclusion
  20. Credits
  21. Glossary of Terms
  22. Ubuntu - Get Involved
  23. Feedback

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WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 351 for the week January 13 - 19, 2014.

In This Issue

General Community News

Growing an Active Ubuntu Advocacy Community

Jono Bacon gives us a rundown on the four basic steps to grow your local Ubuntu Advocacy Community. Starting with the Ubuntu Advocacy Kit, and building up to local hangouts and portals, Jono gives us all a quick review of the basic steps involved in helping to build and/or grow your local community.

http://www.jonobacon.org/2014/01/17/growing-an-active-ubuntu-advocacy-community/

Ubuntu User Days coming up!

Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph announces the upcoming Ubuntu User Days, an internet relay chat-based series of classes on Saturday, January 25th. Classes include: Command line made easy, Unity: Tips, tricks and configuration, Equivalent Applications and Finding Support for Ubuntu.

http://ubuntuclassroom.wordpress.com/2014/01/20/ubuntu-user-days-coming-up/

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 LoCo Council: Defining Bug Status for the ubuntu-locoteams Project

Jose Antonio Rey explains the process for defining, verifying and eventually closing bugs in the Ubuntu LoCo Council’s (re)-verification process.

http://lococouncil.ubuntu.com/2014/01/13/defining-bug-status-for-the-ubuntu-locoteams-project/

UGJ, ETA 3 months

Javier L. reminds us that the Ubuntu Global Jam, a world wide event intended to collaborate as a community around Ubuntu, will take place from Friday 4th April 2014 to Sunday 6th April 2014. Javier says that the Ubuntu-MX team will host their event on Saturday 5th April and that they have already pushed publicity through their media channels.

http://viajemotu.wordpress.com/2014/01/13/ugj-eta-3-months/

Ubuntu Cloud News

Call for testing: Juju and gccgo

James Page informs us that an objective for 14.04 is to have a single toolchain for Go in Juju and the only way that this can be done is to use gccgo instead of golang-go. James shows us how to switch between the golang gc built binaries and the gccgo built versions to make diagnosing gccgo specific issues easier.

http://javacruft.wordpress.com/2014/01/17/call-for-testing-juju-and-gccgo/

The Planet

Jonathan Riddell: Tier 1 is a Slam Dunk

Jonathan Riddell writes "KDE Frameworks 5 tech preview shipped last week and we've been packaging furiously. This is all new packaging from scratch, none of our automated scripts we have for KDE SC. Tier 1 is in our experimental PPA for Trusty. Special thanks to Scarlett our newest Kubuntu Ninja who is doing a stormer." Jonathan links to the KDE Frameworks 5 web page and to the experimental PPA where the packages can be found.

http://blogs.kde.org/2014/01/13/tier-1-slam-dunk

David Planella: Make Ubuntu speak your language

David Planella reminds us all of the importance of translation and how you can help. With the upcoming release of the first Ubuntu Touch phones in the coming year, David reminds us that translation will be vitally important to ensure full viability around the world in the coming weeks, months and years.

http://davidplanella.org/make-ubuntu-speak-your-language/

Benjamin Kerensa: Thoughts on Ubuntu Touch Images

Benjamin Kerensa responds to the the announcement that Canonical will cease to produce Ubuntu Touch images for certain Nexus devices in the near future. He suggests that instead of producing a set number of images for a select few devices, Canonical could instead choose to simply update its instructions on building images for any device, leaving it up to developers to produce images for their device(s).

http://benjaminkerensa.com/2014/01/14/thoughts-ubuntu-touch-images

Stephen M. Webb: The future looks very small.

Stephen Webb explains the work he and others are doing in Ubuntu to ensure that Ubuntu works out-of-the-box on high DPI screens. As it currently stands neither Windows nor Ubuntu does too good of a job on such screens though that is sure to change in the next few years as they become more common.

http://bregmatter.wordpress.com/2014/01/16/the-future-looks-very-small/

Randall Ross: Planet Ubuntu Needs More Awesome - Parts 1 & 2

Randall Ross publishes his promised summary of the survey results along with a bonus colour-commentary and recommendations. Randall tells us that he will wrap up the series in his next post with general conclusions and a prescription on how to make Planet Ubuntu awesome again.

http://randall.executiv.es/pu-more-awesome-pt1 & http://randall.executiv.es/pu-more-awesome-pt2

Steve Conklin: Ubuntu File System Benchmarking

Steve Conklin tells us that he's been working to implement file system benchmarking as part of the test process that the kernel team applies to every kernel update. Steve reproduces an announcement that he sent to the Ubuntu Kernel mailing list which covers his work.

http://illruminations.com/2014/01/17/ubuntu-file-system-benchmarking/

Valve’s OpenGL Debugger Developed on Kubuntu

Jonathan Riddell reports that one of Valve's developers has announced a new OpenGL debugger that is being developed on Kubuntu. Jonathan says "Lovely to know Kubuntu is helping bring the next generation of games on all platforms."

http://wire.kubuntu.org/?p=130

Other Community News

Ubuntu App Heroes interviewed: the Weather app developers

Daniel Holbach marks the start of a new blog series, which highlights developers of popular and/or upcoming apps, who they are, their thoughts on Ubuntu development and future plans. This week, kicking off the series we are treated to an interview with Martin Borho and Raúl Yeguas, two of the developers of the new Weather app.

http://developer.ubuntu.com/2014/01/ubuntu-app-heroes-interviewed-the-weather-app-developers/

Testing wanted: grub2 2.02~beta2-2

On the Ubuntu Developer mailing list, Colin Watson appeals for help testing GRUB 2.02 which represents a year and a half of upstream development. Colin tells us how to install the updated version, lists the new features, and links to the bug report where both positive and negative feedback can be left.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2014-January/037978.html

Canonical News

Sheets transition

Bejan Alizadeh of the Canonical Design team says "Our main goal is that there is a consistent transition for sharing photos across the phone." Bejan shares the latest transitions with us, reminds us that this is still a work in progress, and appeals for feedback.

http://design.canonical.com/2014/01/sheets-transition/

In The Press

In The Blogosphere

Ubuntu Touch Nexus 5 Support On Hold, Other Nexus Devices Dropped

Joey-Elijah Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! informs us that the Ubuntu Engineering team will continue to focus on the Nexus 4 for the current release cycle, dropping (for now at least) plans for the Nexus 5. Additionally, builds for the following supported Nexus devices will be discontinued as of the end of January:

  • Nexus 10 (2012)
  • Nexus 7 (2012)
  • Galaxy Nexus

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/01/ubuntu-touch-wont-support-nexus-5-will-drop-support-nexus-7-10

Ubuntu Likely Won't Appear On Phones Until 2015

Michael Larabel of Phoronix reports on the likelihood of an Ubuntu Phone appearing in 2014 as reported by Jono Bacon in a recent Reddit Ask Me Anything (AMA). Michael writes that with every passing day, we hear more and more talk about 2015 and less about what will be available this year.

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTU3MTk

GNOME Shell 3.10 Lands In Ubuntu 14.04

Michael Larabel of Phoronix informs us that GNOME Shell 3.10 will be included in the Ubuntu 14.04 LTS release. He says the update to GNOME 3.10 was previously blocked by the GNOME Control Center, which ended up being forked by Canonical until their own Ubuntu System Settings can be developed.

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTU3NDY

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS May Ship With Beta Version of GRUB 2

Joey-Elijah Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! says that even though 14.04 is a LTS release, it may ship with a beta version of GRUB 2.0 due to many new features including numerous improvements to coreboot & EFI platforms. As such, GRUB 2.0 has now been pushed to the ‘proposed’ repositories for 14.04 Trusty Tahr, where it will be tested before a final decision is made.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/01/grub-2-beta-ubuntu-14-04-lts

GNOME 3.10 Will Be Available To Install In Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Joey-Elijah Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! informs us that GNOME 3.10 will be available to install in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Joey-Elijah says that the updated version of GNOME Shell along with a number of new GNOME applications have been pushed into Ubuntu 14.04's testing repositories.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/01/gnome-3-10-install-in-ubuntu-14-04-lts

Welcome to the Laptop Machine

Penn Manor High School’s technology department treats us to an update on their 1:1 Laptop Program. After a two-day marathon of laptop setup, they now have 1725 laptops ready for distribution to Penn Manor high school students. Using Fast Linux Deployment Toolkit (FLDT), developed by senior Andrew Lobos, as many as 50 laptops can be imaged and setup at once. FLDT is available for use and development on GitHub: https://github.com/pennmanor/

http://www.pennmanor.net/techblog/?cat=69

The Top 7 Best Linux Distros for 2014

Carla Schroder of Linux.com does a rundown of 7 classes of Linux distributions for 2014, including “most beautiful” and “best enterprise” categories. For “best desktop distro” she names Ubuntu flavor Xubuntu and in the “best desktop distro” category she ranks Lubuntu at the top.

https://www.linux.com/news/software/applications/752221-the-top-7-best-linux-distros-for-2014

Jono Bacon Q&A - 14th Jan 2014

Jono Bacon presents another of his weekly Q&A sessions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Rwdu8x6v_c

Convergence Design Brainstorm Hangout - 15th Jan 2014

Alan Pope introduces the second Convergence Design brainstorming session.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDtsdIE4Z9g

Little sneak previews

Michael Zanetti has produced a short video previewing right edge gestures on Ubuntu Touch.

http://notyetthere.org/little-sneak-previews/

Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings

Monthly Team Reports: December 2013

See here for the team report for December 2013: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TeamReports/December2013

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 10.04, 12.04, 12.10, 13.04 and 13.10

Security Updates

Ubuntu 10.04 Updates

Ubuntu 12.04 Updates

Ubuntu 12.10 Updates

Ubuntu 13.04 Updates

Ubuntu 13.10 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 Joseph
  • Paul White
  • Gim H
  • Emily Gonyer
  • And many others

Glossary of Terms

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

Ubuntu - Get Involved

The Ubuntu community consists of individuals and teams, working on different aspects of the distribution, giving advice and technical support, and helping to promote Ubuntu to a wider audience. No contribution is too small, and anyone can help. It's your chance to get in on all the community fun associated with developing and promoting Ubuntu. http://community.ubuntu.com/contribute/

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