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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) |
Iain Lane of the Developer Membership Board (DMB) announces acceptance of the application from Shui``Lu Pi, a member of Ubuntu Kylin Team, for Per Package Upload (PPU) rights to the ubuntukylin-default-settings package and welcomes as an uploader. * Shui``Lu Pi - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ShuiLuPi/DeveloperApplication-PPU https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2015-September/002321.html |
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| ## This section is for Ubuntu News from elsewhere in the community: ## mailing lists, team blogs not on planet, etc |
=== Community team week 40 update === David Planella delivers another weekly update from Canonical’s Community Team highlighting the work that the team are currently involved with. He highlights ongoing Ubuntu @ SCALE coordination, the launch of PILOT, the publishing of new API docs for SDK 15.04.1, and the release of snapcraft 0.2 to Wily. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-community-team/2015-October/000853.html |
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| ## This section largely draws from the news from http://insights.ubuntu.com/ and the ## Ubuntu Planet, news from our community, not 3rd party press/blogs |
* Charm Partner Newsletter - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/09/28/charm-partner-newsletter/ * Executive Summary from the Juju Charmer Summit 2015 - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/09/28/executive-summary-from-the-juju-charmer-summit-2015/ * Engineering Group joins the Charm Partner Programme - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/09/28/engineering-group-joins-the-charm-partner-programme/ * Azul Zulu 8 charm now available - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/09/29/azul-zulu-8-charm-now-available/ * PLUMGrid’s Open Networking Suite now available in the Charm Store - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/09/30/plumgrids-open-networking-suite-now-available-in-the-charm-store/ |
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| ## Just like cloud, this section largely draws from the news from http://insights.ubuntu.com/ ## and the Ubuntu Planet, news from our community, not 3rd party press/blogs |
=== Introducing Pilot === Nicholas Skaggs announces the arrival of Pilot, a new app for the Ubuntu phone that provides a way for users to participate in testing the software that runs on their device. We the aid of some screenshots he shows us how we can take part, ending his post with: “As the number of devices grows, we want to ensure every device has the same level of quality. With your help, we can make sure ubuntu gets better with each update. Thanks for your help!” http://www.theorangenotebook.com/2015/10/introducing-pilot.html === How to repair a broken BQ E4.5 Ubuntu Phone touch screen === Marcos Costales guides us through the process of replacing the touch screen of his BQ E4.5 phone after it fell from his bag. He highlights a number of points to be aware of, and links to a short video that helped him replace the screen. http://thinkonbytes.blogspot.com/2015/10/how-to-repair-broken-bq-e45-ubuntu.html |
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| ## Bullet-point list of articles that are more generic linux in nature | * Why there will never be a year of the Linux desktop - http://www.zdnet.com/article/why-there-will-never-be-a-year-of-the-linux-desktop/ |
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| ## Ubuntu UK Podcast ## Full Circle Magazine Podcast ## At Home With Jono Bacon - Weekly Community QA on UStreamTV ## Lococast.net |
=== Ubuntu phone in desktop mode === In a short video Michael Hall demonstrates a bluetooth mouse connected to an Ubuntu phone which converts the UI into desktop mode. https://youtu.be/zYP5wuszuzk === Ubuntu Community Q&A - 29th September 2015 === Michael Hall and Alan Pope present another weekly Q&A session in which they answer viewers’ questions that are put to them on IRC. https://youtu.be/MPFPmxy40ns === Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S08E30 – Gunday === It’s Episode Thirty of Season Eight of the Ubuntu Podcast! With Mark Johnson, Laura Cowen, Martin Wimpress, and Alan Pope! In this week’s show: * We chat about Ogg``Camp 2015 with Les Pounder. * We go over your feedback. * We have a command line love, from Alan: sed -n '1p;$p' * We chat about developing cross-platform games in HTML5, the continuing saga of Mark’s laptop, building a kernel the Ubuntu Way, and getting a cheap Jolla phone. That’s all for this week, please send your comments and suggestions to: show@ubuntupodcast.org http://ubuntupodcast.org/2015/10/02/s08e30-gunday/ |
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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 == 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 |
* Security Team - September 28, 2015 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20150928 |
WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 437 for the week September 28 - October 4, 2015.
In This Issue
General Community News
Welcome New Members and Developers
Iain Lane of the Developer Membership Board (DMB) announces acceptance of the application from ShuiLu Pi, a member of Ubuntu Kylin Team, for Per Package Upload (PPU) rights to the ubuntukylin-default-settings package and welcomes as an uploader.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2015-September/002321.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!) questions at http://askubuntu.com
LoCo News
LoCo Events
The following LoCo team events are currently scheduled in the next two weeks:
Looking beyond the next two weeks? Visit the LoCo Team Portal to browse upcoming events around the world:
http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/
The Planet
Other Community News
Community team week 40 update
David Planella delivers another weekly update from Canonical’s Community Team highlighting the work that the team are currently involved with. He highlights ongoing Ubuntu @ SCALE coordination, the launch of PILOT, the publishing of new API docs for SDK 15.04.1, and the release of snapcraft 0.2 to Wily.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-community-team/2015-October/000853.html
Ubuntu Cloud News
Charm Partner Newsletter - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/09/28/charm-partner-newsletter/
Executive Summary from the Juju Charmer Summit 2015 - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/09/28/executive-summary-from-the-juju-charmer-summit-2015/
Engineering Group joins the Charm Partner Programme - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/09/28/engineering-group-joins-the-charm-partner-programme/
Azul Zulu 8 charm now available - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/09/29/azul-zulu-8-charm-now-available/
PLUMGrid’s Open Networking Suite now available in the Charm Store - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/09/30/plumgrids-open-networking-suite-now-available-in-the-charm-store/
Ubuntu Phone News
Introducing Pilot
Nicholas Skaggs announces the arrival of Pilot, a new app for the Ubuntu phone that provides a way for users to participate in testing the software that runs on their device. We the aid of some screenshots he shows us how we can take part, ending his post with: “As the number of devices grows, we want to ensure every device has the same level of quality. With your help, we can make sure ubuntu gets better with each update. Thanks for your help!”
http://www.theorangenotebook.com/2015/10/introducing-pilot.html
How to repair a broken BQ E4.5 Ubuntu Phone touch screen
Marcos Costales guides us through the process of replacing the touch screen of his BQ E4.5 phone after it fell from his bag. He highlights a number of points to be aware of, and links to a short video that helped him replace the screen.
http://thinkonbytes.blogspot.com/2015/10/how-to-repair-broken-bq-e45-ubuntu.html
Canonical News
In The Press
In The Blogosphere
Other Articles of Interest
Why there will never be a year of the Linux desktop - http://www.zdnet.com/article/why-there-will-never-be-a-year-of-the-linux-desktop/
Featured Audio and Video
Ubuntu phone in desktop mode
In a short video Michael Hall demonstrates a bluetooth mouse connected to an Ubuntu phone which converts the UI into desktop mode.
Ubuntu Community Q&A - 29th September 2015
Michael Hall and Alan Pope present another weekly Q&A session in which they answer viewers’ questions that are put to them on IRC.
Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S08E30 – Gunday
It’s Episode Thirty of Season Eight of the Ubuntu Podcast! With Mark Johnson, Laura Cowen, Martin Wimpress, and Alan Pope!
In this week’s show:
We chat about OggCamp 2015 with Les Pounder.
- We go over your feedback.
- We have a command line love, from Alan: sed -n '1p;$p'
- We chat about developing cross-platform games in HTML5, the continuing saga of Mark’s laptop, building a kernel the Ubuntu Way, and getting a cheap Jolla phone.
That’s all for this week, please send your comments and suggestions to: show@ubuntupodcast.org
http://ubuntupodcast.org/2015/10/02/s08e30-gunday/
Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
Security Team - September 28, 2015 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20150928
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 12.04, 14.04 and 15.04
Security Updates
Ubuntu 12.04 Updates
Ubuntu 14.04 Updates
Ubuntu 15.04 Updates
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