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| ## Make each article a subsection, via === ## These are big articles that don't fit within another section ## Suggested sources: ubuntu-news-team mailing list, fridge.ubuntu.com |
=== Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) reaches End of Life on May 16 2014 === Adam Conrad announces that Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) will be retired on 16th May, 2014 after a support cycle which was slightly extended to overlap with the release of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Adam informs us of the supported upgrade path and links to the upgrade instructions and caveats. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2014-April/000183.html === Ubuntu Membership Board call for nominations === Daniel Holbach appeals for nominations of Ubuntu Members to serve on the Ubuntu Membership board. Daniel outlines the requirements needed, tells us how nominations can be submitted, and advises that nominations will be accepted until 1200 UTC on May 12th. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2014-April/001971.html |
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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) == 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. |
On behalf of the Ubuntu Membership Board, Javier Lopez welcomes two new Ubuntu Members, Alejandro Esperon and John S. Gruber. * Alejandro Esperon is part of the Ubuntu Community Council Uruguay, he's been involved with its local team in promoting Ubuntu and has participated actively in the UbuConLa. * John S. Gruber is the current maintainer of Lernid and avid tester and programmer who likes fixing bugs in Ubuntu. He has also been a crucial contributor to Ask Ubuntu in the early days. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2014-May/001974.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/ == 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 Honduras in the FLISOL === The Ubuntu Honduras Loco Team was present at the Latin American Free Software Install Fest (FLISOL). The team members gave different presentations about using free software tools for game development, web development and open hardware. http://diegoturcios.blogspot.com/2014/05/ubuntu-honduras-in-flisol.html |
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| ## This section largely draws from the aggregated blog at http://cloud.ubuntu.com/ | === Deploying and managing workloads to POWER8 === Jorge Castro tells us about deploying Ubuntu on IBM’s new Power8 architecture, and embeds a couple of videos in his post, saying "No part of this demo is staged; I literally went from nothing to fully deployed in 178 seconds." Jorge concludes his post with "This is the power of Juju!" http://www.jorgecastro.org/2014/05/01/deploying-and-managing-workloads-to-power8/ |
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| ## This section is for Ubuntu News from "The Planet" at http://planet.ubuntu.com/ == Other Community News == ## This section is for Ubuntu News from elsewhere in the community: ## mailing lists, team blogs not on planet, etc |
=== Xubuntu: Xubuntu 14.04 QA Recap === The Xubuntu team recaps their efforts through the last cycle to expand testing and QA. Highlights include the 50 bugs found in Xubuntu, and the extensive testing accomplished through the xubuntu-testers launchpad group. http://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-14-04-qa-recap/ === Martin Pitt: Booting Ubuntu with systemd: Now in Utopic === Martin Pitt announces that the latest systemd 204-10ubuntu1 is now available on Utopic. He also reminds us that there is no fixed date or deadline when this will be fully released. http://www.piware.de/2014/04/booting-ubuntu-with-systemd-now-in-utopic/ === Bryan Quigley: Help people move to L/Ubuntu from Windows XP! === Bryan Quigley tells us about the ongoing preparations for Cherry Hill Library’s upcoming XP to Linux Installfest, including links to the resources - presentation, worksheet, etc - which will be used. https://bryanquigley.com/converting/help-people-move-to-lubuntu-from-windows-xp === Robie Basak: New in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: nginx 1.4 in main === Robie Basak informs us that with the release of Ubuntu 14.04, nginx is in Ubuntu's main repository for the first time. Robbie tells us about the changes that had to be made to version 1.4 for inclusion, and also from where other versions of nginx can be downloaded. http://www.justgohome.co.uk/blog/2014/05/new-in-14-04-nginx.html === Kubuntu: KDE Applications and Development Platform 4.13 === The Kubuntu team announce the release of KDE SC 4.13, advising for which versions of Kubuntu it is available, how to obtain the update and to where bugs should be reported. http://www.kubuntu.org/news/kde-sc-4.13 === Alberto Milone: Hybrid Graphics in Ubuntu 14.04 === Alberto Milone gives us a quick rundown of the new features related to hybrid graphics in Ubuntu 14.04. http://albertomilone.com/?p=662 |
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| ## This section largely comes from blog.canonical.com and Canonical ## press releases |
=== The Ubuntu Scale Out and Cloud Partner Ecosystem expands with IBM Power8 === John Zannos writes about IBM’s new Open``POWER Foundation and the new Power8 architecture which it is promoting. He says the foundation has attracted 26 partners, Canonical being one of the most recent. http://insights.ubuntu.com/news/the-ubuntu-scale-out-and-cloud-partner-ecosystem-expands-with-ibm-power8/ === Announcing the winners of the third Ubuntu App Showdown === David Planella announces the winners of the latest Ubuntu App Showdown. David also provides screenshots of the winning apps, all of which are available from the app store. http://developer.ubuntu.com/2014/04/announcing-the-winners-of-the-third-ubuntu-app-showdown/ === New DVD design for 14.04 LTS === Tom Macfarlane of Canonical’s design team has released new designs for Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr DVDs. http://design.canonical.com/2014/05/new-dvd-design-for-14-04-lts/ |
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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 |
=== Linux to the rescue! How Ubuntu can help a computer in distress === Chris Hoffman of PCWorld explains some of the basic ins and outs to using Ubuntu to clean up or repair a Windows system, including how to reset passwords, scan for virus’ and check the health of your hard drive. http://www.pcworld.com/article/2147063/linux-to-the-rescue-how-ubuntu-can-help-a-computer-in-distress.html === Top tip, power users – upgrading Ubuntu may knacker your Linux PC === Gavin Clark writing for The Register notes that power users may want to think twice about upgrading from Ubuntu 13.10 to Ubuntu 14.04. Gavin says some users who have attempted the upgrade have had to manually reinstall the bootloader on the master boot record of their hard drives. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/28/ubuntu_power_user_crash/ |
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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. |
* Bug Report Claims Ubuntu for Android ‘No Longer In Development’ - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/04/ubuntu-android-no-longer-in-development-says-dev * Picuntu 5.1 Now Offers Ubuntu 14.04 On MarsBoard RK3066 Mini PC - http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/picuntu-5-1-offers-ubuntu-14-04-on-marsboard-rk3066-mini-pc-28-04-2014/ * Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn Release Schedule - http://www.webupd8.org/2014/04/ubuntu-1410-utopic-unicorn-release.html * Ubuntu Fixes Security Flaw in Trusty Login Screen - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/04/ubuntu-fixes-security-flaw-trusty-login-screen * Canonical Is No Longer Actively Working On Ubuntu For Android - http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTY3Nzk |
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| ## Bullet-point list of articles that are more generic linux in nature | * Don't use Internet Explorer, warns US government - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/microsoft/10793272/Dont-use-Internet-Explorer-warns-US-government.html |
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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 - 29th April 2014 === Jono Bacon presents another of his regular Q&A sessions which was first broadcast on Ubuntu on Air! https://youtu.be/L-QhQ2Gl2n4 === Ubuntu Engineering Live! - 30th April 2014 === Michael Hall is joined by Kevin Gunn, Michael Sawicz, Thomas Strehl and Alan Pope for another in the regular series of Ubuntu Engineering Live! updates. https://youtu.be/Vum5SfMEj4o === Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S07E05 – The One with the Metaphorical Tunnel === Alan Pope, Mark Johnson, Tony Whitmore, and Laura Cowen are in Studio L for Season Seven, Episode Five of the Ubuntu Podcast! * We take a look at what’s been happening in the news. * We also take a look at what’s been happening in the community. We’ll be back next week, when we’ll interview Michael Meeks and Bjorn Michaelson from The Document Foundation and go through your feedback. http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2014/05/01/s07e05-the-one-with-the-metaphorical-tunnel/ |
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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 == 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 - April 29, 2014 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Meeting/2014-04-29 * Security Team - April 28, 2014 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20140428 * Server Team - April 29, 2014 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/20140429 |
WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 366 for the week April 28 - May 4, 2014.
In This Issue
General Community News
Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) reaches End of Life on May 16 2014
Adam Conrad announces that Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) will be retired on 16th May, 2014 after a support cycle which was slightly extended to overlap with the release of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Adam informs us of the supported upgrade path and links to the upgrade instructions and caveats.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2014-April/000183.html
Ubuntu Membership Board call for nominations
Daniel Holbach appeals for nominations of Ubuntu Members to serve on the Ubuntu Membership board. Daniel outlines the requirements needed, tells us how nominations can be submitted, and advises that nominations will be accepted until 1200 UTC on May 12th.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2014-April/001971.html
Welcome New Members and Developers
On behalf of the Ubuntu Membership Board, Javier Lopez welcomes two new Ubuntu Members, Alejandro Esperon and John S. Gruber.
- Alejandro Esperon is part of the Ubuntu Community Council Uruguay,
he's been involved with its local team in promoting Ubuntu and has participated actively in the UbuConLa.
- John S. Gruber is the current maintainer of Lernid and avid tester and
programmer who likes fixing bugs in Ubuntu. He has also been a crucial contributor to Ask Ubuntu in the early days.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2014-May/001974.html
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 Honduras in the FLISOL
The Ubuntu Honduras Loco Team was present at the Latin American Free Software Install Fest (FLISOL). The team members gave different presentations about using free software tools for game development, web development and open hardware.
http://diegoturcios.blogspot.com/2014/05/ubuntu-honduras-in-flisol.html
Ubuntu Cloud News
Deploying and managing workloads to POWER8
Jorge Castro tells us about deploying Ubuntu on IBM’s new Power8 architecture, and embeds a couple of videos in his post, saying "No part of this demo is staged; I literally went from nothing to fully deployed in 178 seconds." Jorge concludes his post with "This is the power of Juju!"
http://www.jorgecastro.org/2014/05/01/deploying-and-managing-workloads-to-power8/
The Planet
Xubuntu: Xubuntu 14.04 QA Recap
The Xubuntu team recaps their efforts through the last cycle to expand testing and QA. Highlights include the 50 bugs found in Xubuntu, and the extensive testing accomplished through the xubuntu-testers launchpad group.
http://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-14-04-qa-recap/
Martin Pitt: Booting Ubuntu with systemd: Now in Utopic
Martin Pitt announces that the latest systemd 204-10ubuntu1 is now available on Utopic. He also reminds us that there is no fixed date or deadline when this will be fully released.
http://www.piware.de/2014/04/booting-ubuntu-with-systemd-now-in-utopic/
Bryan Quigley: Help people move to L/Ubuntu from Windows XP!
Bryan Quigley tells us about the ongoing preparations for Cherry Hill Library’s upcoming XP to Linux Installfest, including links to the resources - presentation, worksheet, etc - which will be used.
https://bryanquigley.com/converting/help-people-move-to-lubuntu-from-windows-xp
Robie Basak: New in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: nginx 1.4 in main
Robie Basak informs us that with the release of Ubuntu 14.04, nginx is in Ubuntu's main repository for the first time. Robbie tells us about the changes that had to be made to version 1.4 for inclusion, and also from where other versions of nginx can be downloaded.
http://www.justgohome.co.uk/blog/2014/05/new-in-14-04-nginx.html
Kubuntu: KDE Applications and Development Platform 4.13
The Kubuntu team announce the release of KDE SC 4.13, advising for which versions of Kubuntu it is available, how to obtain the update and to where bugs should be reported.
http://www.kubuntu.org/news/kde-sc-4.13
Alberto Milone: Hybrid Graphics in Ubuntu 14.04
Alberto Milone gives us a quick rundown of the new features related to hybrid graphics in Ubuntu 14.04.
http://albertomilone.com/?p=662
Canonical News
The Ubuntu Scale Out and Cloud Partner Ecosystem expands with IBM Power8
John Zannos writes about IBM’s new OpenPOWER Foundation and the new Power8 architecture which it is promoting. He says the foundation has attracted 26 partners, Canonical being one of the most recent.
Announcing the winners of the third Ubuntu App Showdown
David Planella announces the winners of the latest Ubuntu App Showdown. David also provides screenshots of the winning apps, all of which are available from the app store.
http://developer.ubuntu.com/2014/04/announcing-the-winners-of-the-third-ubuntu-app-showdown/
New DVD design for 14.04 LTS
Tom Macfarlane of Canonical’s design team has released new designs for Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr DVDs.
http://design.canonical.com/2014/05/new-dvd-design-for-14-04-lts/
In The Press
Linux to the rescue! How Ubuntu can help a computer in distress
Chris Hoffman of PCWorld explains some of the basic ins and outs to using Ubuntu to clean up or repair a Windows system, including how to reset passwords, scan for virus’ and check the health of your hard drive.
Top tip, power users – upgrading Ubuntu may knacker your Linux PC
Gavin Clark writing for The Register notes that power users may want to think twice about upgrading from Ubuntu 13.10 to Ubuntu 14.04. Gavin says some users who have attempted the upgrade have had to manually reinstall the bootloader on the master boot record of their hard drives.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/28/ubuntu_power_user_crash/
In The Blogosphere
Bug Report Claims Ubuntu for Android ‘No Longer In Development’ - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/04/ubuntu-android-no-longer-in-development-says-dev
Picuntu 5.1 Now Offers Ubuntu 14.04 On MarsBoard RK3066 Mini PC - http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/picuntu-5-1-offers-ubuntu-14-04-on-marsboard-rk3066-mini-pc-28-04-2014/
Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn Release Schedule - http://www.webupd8.org/2014/04/ubuntu-1410-utopic-unicorn-release.html
Ubuntu Fixes Security Flaw in Trusty Login Screen - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/04/ubuntu-fixes-security-flaw-trusty-login-screen
Canonical Is No Longer Actively Working On Ubuntu For Android - http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTY3Nzk
Other Articles of Interest
Don't use Internet Explorer, warns US government - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/microsoft/10793272/Dont-use-Internet-Explorer-warns-US-government.html
Featured Audio and Video
Jono Bacon Q&A - 29th April 2014
Jono Bacon presents another of his regular Q&A sessions which was first broadcast on Ubuntu on Air!
Ubuntu Engineering Live! - 30th April 2014
Michael Hall is joined by Kevin Gunn, Michael Sawicz, Thomas Strehl and Alan Pope for another in the regular series of Ubuntu Engineering Live! updates.
Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S07E05 – The One with the Metaphorical Tunnel
Alan Pope, Mark Johnson, Tony Whitmore, and Laura Cowen are in Studio L for Season Seven, Episode Five of the Ubuntu Podcast!
- We take a look at what’s been happening in the news.
- We also take a look at what’s been happening in the community.
We’ll be back next week, when we’ll interview Michael Meeks and Bjorn Michaelson from The Document Foundation and go through your feedback.
http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2014/05/01/s07e05-the-one-with-the-metaphorical-tunnel/
Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
Kernel Team - April 29, 2014 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Meeting/2014-04-29
Security Team - April 28, 2014 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20140428
Server Team - April 29, 2014 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/20140429
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, 13.10 and 14.04
Security Updates
Ubuntu 10.04 Updates
Ubuntu 12.04 Updates
Ubuntu 12.10 Updates
Ubuntu 13.10 Updates
Ubuntu 14.04 Updates
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