Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 335 for the week
September 16 - 22, 2012.
== Links to UWN ==
== In This Issue ==
- Community Council Call for Nominations
- Welcome New Members and Developers
- Bug Stats
- Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions this week
- Ubuntu Global Jam, Dublin… Both productive and fun!
- Ubuntu Cloud News
- Jonathan Riddell: Kubuntu: Best KDE distro of 2013
- Nicholas Skaggs: Testing Ubuntu Touch: The final month before release
- Michael Hall: Ubuntu Touch on the OPPO Find 5
- Robie Basak: Continuous integration of your Ubuntu-based server deployments
- Jonathan Riddell: Winter Is Coming
- Ubuntu App Developer Blog: Ubuntu App Showdown update: all apps in the Store!
- Jono Bacon: Building an Ubuntu App Developer Advocacy Community
- Lubuntu Blog: StartUbuntu
- Stephen Michael Kellat: Value of Offline Documentation
- Ubuntu GNOME Team needs Contributors
- Ubuntu on Windows Azure gets the Juju magic
- HP releases Ubuntu loaded machines in 1,500 stores in China
- Creating Evernote on Ubuntu for smartphones
- In The Press
- In The Blogosphere
- Other Articles of Interest
- Featured Audio and Video
- Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
- Upcoming Meetings and Events
- Updates and Security for 10.04, 12.04, 12.10 and 13.04
== General Community News ==
=== Community Council Call for Nominations ===
Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph of the Ubuntu Community Council announces an
election to restaff the current 7 sitting board members of the Ubuntu
Community Council, and hence calls for nominations for the election.
Ubuntu Members who are dedicated to the project, well-respected, have
a good overview of the project and are organized are welcome to
nominate themselves to the Council by 16:00 UTC, 8th October, 2013.
Elizabeth also answers some common questions about the Community
Council’s work and function.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/community-announce/2013-September/000013.html
=== Welcome New Members and Developers ===
The 1200 Ubuntu Membership Board welcomed four new members on
September 18th, 2013.
- Jack Yu: The lead of UbuntuKylin
- Riccardo Padovani: An active member of the Italian LoCo Team
- Mattia Rizzolo: Also an active member of the Italian LoCo Team
- Sean Davis: An active developer and contributor to Xubuntu and Xfce
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2013-September/001868.html
== Ubuntu Stats ==
=== Bug Stats ===
- Open (106812) -16 over last week
- Critical (115) +10 over last week
- Unconfirmed (52362) -29 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 ===
==== Most Active Questions ====
- How install Mozart 1.4.0 on Ubuntu 12.04
http://askubuntu.com/questions/349307/how-install-mozart-1-4-0-on-ubuntu-12-04 - installing fujitsu drivers on u1010
http://askubuntu.com/questions/349306/installing-fujitsu-drivers-on-u1010 - CD/DVD drive not being read/won't mount
http://askubuntu.com/questions/209723/cd-dvd-drive-not-being-read-wont-mount - 12.04 LTS won't boot after nvidia driver upgrade
http://askubuntu.com/questions/349129/12-04-lts-wont-boot-after-nvidia-driver-upgrade - booting ubunto 12.04 LTS
http://askubuntu.com/questions/349301/booting-ubunto-12-04-lts
==== Top Voted New Questions ====
- Closest alternative to Times New Roman http://askubuntu.com/questions/346552/
- Are updates released all at once or ad hoc?
http://askubuntu.com/questions/346798/ - Should MaaS and Juju get installed on one of my servers or on a
client system? http://askubuntu.com/questions/347866/ - Sed substitute through a sentence on multiple lines
http://askubuntu.com/questions/347223/ - Change default guest session launcher applications?
http://askubuntu.com/questions/348090/
People Contributing the best questions and answers this week: Radu
Radeanu (http://askubuntu.com/users/147044/radu-rdeanu), fossfreedom
(http://askubuntu.com/users/14356/fossfreedom), Rinzwind
(http://askubuntu.com/users/15811/rinzwind), TomKat
(http://askubuntu.com/users/99886/tomkat) and PeppeDAlterio
(http://askubuntu.com/users/191611/peppedalterio)
Ask (and answer!) your own questions at http://askubuntu.com
== LoCo News ==
=== Ubuntu Global Jam, Dublin… Both productive and fun! ===
Mike O’Donohue writes about the Ubuntu Global Jam event held in
Dublin, where the participants tested the daily images and reported a
number of bugs, making the event a successful and fun one.
http://airurando.wordpress.com/2013/09/17/ubuntu-global-jam-dublin-both-productive-and-fun/
=== Mid-September Leader Notes ===
Stephen Michael Kellat notes down the activities of Ubuntu Ohio,
including an UbuCon and an exhibition at the Ohio Linux Fest, plans
for the Software Freedom Day, and future meetings.
http://erielookingproductions.info/ubuntu/2013/09/44-mid-september-leader-notes/
== Ubuntu Cloud News ==
=== Juju Charm Ecosystem Status for 13 September ===
Jorge Castro reports on the latest Juju ecosystem updates which
includes Azure support and a summary of team members’ goals.
http://www.jorgecastro.org/2013/09/18/juju-charm-ecosystem-status-for-13-september/
=== Here comes the Juju GUI inspector ===
Jorge Castro announces the new Juju GUI inspector, along with the new
release of the Juju GUI, “which shows you information about a specific
service.” Jorge encourages users to build up something of their own
and participate in the Juju Charm Championship.
http://www.jorgecastro.org/2013/09/19/here-comes-the-juju-gui-inspector/
=== Charm Championship to be judged by industry leaders ===
Canonical announces the expert panel of judges to be judging the Juju
Charm Championship, including Adrian Cockroft for media, Eric Hammond,
Chad Fowler and Simon Wardley for continuous deployment, Pete Warden
and Mark Mims for data science, Alan Quayle for telecommunications,
Florian Haas and James Page for high availability, and John Vincent
for monitoring. Contestants of the Championship are reminded of the
six steps to follow in order to participate.
http://insights.ubuntu.com/news/charm-championship-to-be-judged-by-industry-leaders/
== The Planet ==
=== Jonathan Riddell: Kubuntu: Best KDE distro of 2013 ===
Jonathan Riddell informs us that the writer of the Best KDE Distro of
2013 on Netrunner Mag, came to the conclusion that “If you have
friends and family you might want to expose to Linux, then Kubuntu
will probably be the best overall choice.”
http://blogs.kde.org/2013/09/16/kubuntu-best-kde-distro-2013
=== Nicholas Skaggs: Testing Ubuntu Touch: The final month before release ===
Nicholas Skaggs asks for community testers to help out testing images
using their Ubuntu Touch images, confirming bugs or to write autopilot
tests. He reminds us that the Ubuntu Touch images are to be released
in a month, and will require testing.
http://www.theorangenotebook.com/2013/09/testing-ubuntu-touch-final-month-before.html
=== Michael Hall: Ubuntu Touch on the OPPO Find 5 ===
Michael Hall announces that there is a winner of the competition to
port Ubuntu Touch to the OPPO Find 5. Michael tells us which functions
work and which don’t, and confirms that the developer will continue to
maintain the image.
http://mhall119.com/2013/09/ubuntu-touch-on-the-oppo-find-5/
=== Robie Basak: Continuous integration of your Ubuntu-based server
deployments ===
Robie Basak proposes that institutions using continuous integration
deployments with Ubuntu keep an eye on the development version of
Ubuntu, suggesting: “How about a branch that targets the Ubuntu
development release? This way your continuous integration can flag any
action you need to take to make your deployment work against the next
release (and thus the next LTS, if you deploy on LTS).”
=== Jonathan Riddell: Winter Is Coming ===
Jonathan Riddell reminds us that winter in the northern hemisphere is
coming and shows us how to keep warm with Kubuntu by showing us a
Kubuntu branded sweater.
http://blogs.kde.org/2013/09/20/winter-coming
=== Ubuntu App Developer Blog: Ubuntu App Showdown update: all apps in
the Store! ===
David Planella announces that all apps submitted for the Ubuntu App
Showdown 2013 are now available in the Ubuntu Software Store to be
downloaded and installed into an Ubuntu Touch device. He mentions that
after a final round of testing the final list of apps will be
published and the judging will start.
http://developer.ubuntu.com/2013/09/ubuntu-app-showdown-update-all-apps-in-the-store/
=== Jono Bacon: Building an Ubuntu App Developer Advocacy Community ===
Jono Bacon writes that making things better for Ubuntu App Developers
can best be done by building a new community for them. This will
partly will be done by showcasing video tutorials, training weeks,
local tutorial schools, app contests, and more. A good place to start
helping is to join the “Users of the Ubuntu Etherpad instance” team.
http://www.jonobacon.org/2013/09/21/building-an-ubuntu-app-developer-advocacy-community/
=== Lubuntu Blog: StartUbuntu ===
Rafael Laguna writes that StartUbuntu is a huge project and a massive
campaign that is aimed at Windows XP Users by offering them a free
Linux-based system. Rafael adds that StartUbuntu is offering not just
one “replacement” for Windows XP but nine alternatives, and links to
further information regarding the the Ubuntu derivatives and
StartUbuntu artwork.
http://lubuntublog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/startubuntu.html
=== Stephen Michael Kellat: Value of Offline Documentation ===
Stephen Michael Kellat reflects upon the work done on the Xubuntu
offline documentation and stresses the importance of putting effort
into developing it. Kellat demonstrates: “Offline documentation serves
a useful purpose with all of our flavors. The so-called “digital
divide” has shifted from being a matter of lacking discrete points of
access to the Internet to a marked divergence in the degrees of
quality among those access points. When the lights go out for me or my
broadband provider has a line cut, having offline documentation is
better than having access to nothing at all.”
http://erielookingproductions.info/ubuntu/2013/09/45-value-of-offline-documentation/
== Other Community News ==
=== Ubuntu GNOME Team needs Contributors ===
amjjawad announces the beginning of a recruitment process for the
Ubuntu GNOME team and lists areas that need help and support which
include development, testing and documentation. He provides contact
details and adds “We are looking for people who stick around 
we
don’t want people on temporary basis.”
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-gnome/2013-September/000728.html
== Canonical News ==
=== Ubuntu on Windows Azure gets the Juju magic ===
Mark Baker announces that Juju fully supports deploying services on
Ubuntu into Windows Azure. Fresh Ubuntu Certified images are available
for Windows Azure deployment, and automation of the cloud
infrastructure is much easier. He also reminds us that it is a good
opportunity to submit entries to the Juju Charm Championship.
http://blog.canonical.com/2013/09/18/ubuntu-on-windows-azure-gets-the-juju-magic/
=== HP releases Ubuntu loaded machines in 1,500 stores in China ===
Canonical announces that HP Pavilion laptops pre-installed with Ubuntu
is now available in over 1,500 stores across major cities in China,
with helping materials available and over 4,000 in-store staff trained
to promote the benefits of Ubuntu.
http://insights.ubuntu.com/news/hp-releases-ubuntu-loaded-machines-in-1500-stores-in-china/
=== Creating Evernote on Ubuntu for smartphones ===
Canonical announces a project to write an open-source Evernote app for
Ubuntu Touch, and invites community contributors to participate in the
development of the app, making Evernote available in multiple
platforms. She also notes that it has received Evernote’s support in
developing the app.
http://insights.ubuntu.com/news/creating-evernote-on-ubuntu-for-smartphones/
== In The Press ==
=== Ubuntu penguins strain to squeeze out bug backlog by mobe OS deadline ===
Gavin Clarke of The Register reports “Canonical is rushing to finish
the smartphone-friendly version of its distro for its 17 October
launch” and lists the supported devices. Gavin adds that handsets
running Ubuntu out of the box are not expected until early next year
and that Canonical is pushing on with Ubuntu Touch despite the failure
to raise enough donations to pay for development of its own phone.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/09/20/ubuntu_smart_phone_rush/
== In The Blogosphere ==
=== Meet StartUbuntu, interesting open-for-participation project aimed
at further spreading Ubuntu’s adoption ===
razvi of iloveubuntu writes on the StartUbuntu project, an attempt to
attract Windows XP users to use Ubuntu and its flavors, with the
support period of Windows XP ending on 8th April, 2014. He notes the
various stages the project will undergo.
=== Ubuntu Phone Will Offer Integrated Facebook Web App ===
Joey-Elijah Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! writes: “Each release of Ubuntu
since 12.10 has shipped with ‘Unity Web Apps’ - a feature that allows
a number of websites to ‘hook in’ to the desktop to deliver updates
and notifications, give access to music controls, etc. A
community-crafted Facebook ‘app’ for Ubuntu Touch will do something
similar. It takes the regular Facebook mobile site and integrates it
with various features of the Touch interface.”
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/09/ubuntu-phone-facebook-app-will-be-integrated-web-app
=== $350-$400 Solar-powered Ubuntu laptop SOL to be launched worldwide
in December 2013 ===
razvi of iloveubuntu writes about a new solar-powered Ubuntu laptop,
SOL, designed in mind of multiple power-lacking scenarios yet with
decent specs, will be available for less than US$400 by December 2013.
http://iloveubuntu.net/350-400-solar-powered-ubuntu-laptop-sol-be-launched-worldwide-december-2013
=== Powerful New Ubuntu PC Unveiled By System76 ===
Joey-Elijah Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! reports that a powerful new Ubuntu
PC has been revealed by Linux computer company System76. Joey-Elijah
gives the specification of the fourth generation of the Leopard
Extreme series and advises that pricing starts at $1,699.00 for the
‘base’ model.
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/09/system-76-new-leopard-extreme-pc
=== Munich Starts Distributing Free Ubuntu CDs to Windows XP Users ===
Radu Tyrsina of Windows 8 Apps writes about the city of Munich’s
effort to switch users from Windows XP to using Ubuntu, by providing
2,000 free Ubuntu 12.04 LTS CDs in its libraries. Radu also notes the
city’s plan to use its own variant of Linux, LiMux, in its 22
departments at 51 locations.
http://wind8apps.com/free-ubuntu-cd-munich-windows-xp/
=== Mark Shuttleworth turns 40 today, September 18th ===
razvi of iloveubuntu takes a quick look at the life of Mark
Shuttleworth who turned 40 on September 18th 2013 and lists some
interesting facts about the creator and leader of the Ubuntu project.
http://iloveubuntu.net/mark-shuttleworth-turns-40-today-september-18th
=== Smart Scopes to anonymize images before landing in the user’s Dash
(privacy oriented) ===
razvi of iloveubuntu writes about an announcement made by David Calle
that the Smart Scopes in Ubuntu 13.10 will now anonymize images before
landing in the user’s Unity Dash, to calm user’s concerns over the
privacy of the Smart Scopes.
http://iloveubuntu.net/smart-scopes-anonymize-images-landing-users-dash-privacy-oriented
=== Ubuntu 13.10 Default Wallpaper Revealed ===
Joey-Elijah Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! reveals the default wallpaper that
will be used for Ubuntu 13.10 and explains that it has to be
good-looking and appealing but also easily identifiable and tie into
Ubuntu’s overall design which is why each release sees a similar, but
never identical, design.
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/09/ubuntu-13-10-default-wallpaper-revealed