Issue378
WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 378 for the week August 4 - 10, 2014.
In This Issue
General Community News
Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS released
On behalf of the release team, Stéphane Graber announces the availability of the fifth point release for Ubuntu 12.04. He writes that in addition to a an updated kernel and X stack for new installations on x86 architectures, “this point release includes many updates, and updated installation media has been provided so that fewer updates will need to be downloaded after installation. These include security updates and corrections for other high-impact bugs, with a focus on maintaining stability and compatibility with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.”
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2014-August/000189.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
UbunConLa 2014, next week! (August 14th-16th)
Javier Lopez does a blog post letting us know that UbuConLA is coming here soon. There’s still a couple days, if you want to attend!
http://viajemotu.wordpress.com/2014/08/05/ubunconla-2014-next-week-august-14th-16th/
[Event]Open Source Conference 2014 Kansai@Kyoto
mizuno-as lets us know about the Open Source Conference 2014 Kansai@Kyoto that was held in the city of Kyoto on August 1-2, and shares some pictures of the event with us.
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/mizuno-as/20140806/1407307913
ReVerification Ubuntu Greece
George Christofis, contact for the Ubuntu Greece team, announces that the team has been reverified by the LoCo Council and writes: “The Greek community started its activity in 2005, and since 2008 which it was the first approval from LoCo Council, is continued to be the verified Ubuntu community in Greece due to the work and the activities by the members. Many credits to all members of our community for their contribution!”
http://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/reverification-ubuntu-greece/1825
The Planet
Michael Hall: Web apps vs. Native apps in Ubuntu
Michael hall writes a blog post about the differences in a web application (HTML5) vs a Native application (QML) running in Ubuntu, getting to a conclusion.
http://mhall119.com/2014/08/web-apps-vs-native-apps-in-ubuntu/
Canonical Design Team: Ubuntu 14.10 wallpapers – we needs ‘em!
The Canonical Design Team puts up a call for submissions for new wallpapers for the 14.10 release. The blog post has instructions on how to submit the materials for consideration.
http://design.canonical.com/2014/08/ubuntu-14-10-wallpapers-we-needs-em/
Other Community News
Unity8 & Mir update Aug 5, 2014
Kevin Gunn provides us with another update about the status of Unity8 and Mir in Ubuntu, for this week.
https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-phone/msg09349.html
Canonical News
The hybrid cloud would prefer you leave your interop inhibitions at the door
Mark Baker writes about recent studies that reveal that the hybrid cloud is expected to become the dominant cloud strategy.
In The Press
India Opens Up to Ubuntu
Varun Aggarwal at The India Times tells us about how Ubuntu has started to become more and more popular in India over time, growing its user base in more than 50% year over year.
Amazon 'adware' laden Ubuntu passes ICO's data smell test
Gavin Clarke from The Register reports on the Amazon Shopping lens having passed a data smell test.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/08/07/ubuntu_passes_ico_data_smell_test/
In The Blogosphere
Latest Intel Linux Graphics Drivers Now Available on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/08/intel-graphics-installer-linux-updated-1-0-6
Ubuntu Spotted Flying Over the Antarctic During a NASA Mission - http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-Spotted-Flying-Over-the-Antarctic-During-a-NASA-Mission-453378.shtml
With Android L and iOS 8, is Ubuntu Phone OS Too Late to the Party? - http://www.junauza.com/2014/08/with-android-l-and-ios-8-is-ubuntu-phone-os-too-late-to-the-party.html
Ubuntu Used on the International Space Station to Control Rover Back on Earth - http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-Used-on-the-International-Space-Station-to-Control-Rover-Back-on-Earth-454101.shtml
Featured Audio and Video
Ubuntu Engineering Live! Aug 6, 2014
Alan Pope provides an update on the Core Apps status, Clock reboot, Reminders using production Evernote for syncing, and a call for more translations help.
Benjamin Zeller from the Ubuntu SDK joins us for the first time to talk about recent improvements to the SDK tools, additions to the UI Toolkit components, and optimizations under the hood.
Lukasz Zemczak talked about the phone image release process, CI team dashboard, how being in TRAINCON-0 affects the landing process, and what changes are coming to support an RTM branch of development.
Olli Ries brought us an update on the Unity 8 development, new APIs landing for the dash and indicators, and plans for further convergence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_KN66aRORU
Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S07E19 – The One Where No One’s Ready
We take a look at what’s been happening in the news:
- More companies join the Linux Foundation…
- Groupon launches “Gnome Software” (you can see where this one is going…)
- Mozilla joins That List…
EtherCalc, a collaborative open source spreadsheet has been launched…
- Password manager Mitro is being open sourced by Twitter…
- XBMC will be renamed to Kodi…
This week, we just about have time for some gaming news from Tony:
- GOG.com have added Linux support for 50+ games in their DRM-free catalog…
We also take a look at what’s been happening in the community:
- Ubuntu is to get faster positioning services through Nokia HERE maps…
- Alpha 2 of Utopic Unicorn has been released…
- Support for GTK apps running on Mir has landed in utopic-proposed…
- The ICO and the legality of the Ubuntu shopping lens…
And there are a couple of events:
- Wikimania 2014 – 8th-10th August – London, UK
- Ogg`Camp 2014 – 4th-5th October – Oxford, UK
http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2014/08/07/s07e19-the-one-where-no-ones-ready/
Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
Security Team - August 4, 2014 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20140804
Server Team - August 5, 2014 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/20140805
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 and 14.04
Security Updates
Ubuntu 10.04 Updates
Ubuntu 12.04 Updates
Ubuntu 14.04 Updates
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