news 28 Posted December 10, 2012 Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 295 for the week December 3 - 9, 2012. == Links to UWN == * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue295 == In This Issue == * 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) Alpha 1 Released! * Welcome New Members and Developers * Ubuntu Stats * "Ubuntizando" the day of the candles in Bogota #Ubuntu * LoCos, now it's your time to take the stage! * Private Projects and Private Blueprints leave beta * New Juju Website Ready * State of Juju and the Charm Store * Daniel Holbach: Ubuntu Development Hangouts for you * Ubuntu App Developer Blog: Top 10 Ubuntu App Downloads for November * Daniel Holbach: The Packaging Guide finally does speak Spanish * Michael Hall: A sneak peek inside Ubuntu Skunkworks * Randall Ross: "Raring" to Try Your Nexus 7 with Ubuntu? * Jono Bacon: Improving Community 'Getting Involved' Documentation * Searching in the Dash in Ubuntu 13.04 * Is Ubuntu Software Management User Friendly? * Ubuntu Linux and Windows 8: Head-to-Head at Last * Ubuntu Spyware: What to Do? * In The Blogosphere * Other Articles of Interest * Featured Audio and Video * Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings * Upcoming Meetings and Events * Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 11.10, 12.04 and 12.10 == General Community News == === 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) Alpha 1 Released! === Stephane Graber, a member of the Ubuntu release team, announces the release of Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) Alpha 1 for Edubuntu and Kubuntu. The release announcement can be found at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2012-December/000998.html === Welcome New Members and Developers === Results from the 2012-11-19 Developer Membership Board meeting * Dmitry Shachnev was given PPU upload rights to retext and unity-mail and added to the Ubuntu Developers team - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DmitryShachnev/PPUApplication https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2012-December/001698.html Announced on December 4th, Forum Council has approved Ubuntu Membership for forum contributions to: * varunendra - http://ubuntuorg/member.php?u=1043629 http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Varunendra https://launchpad.net/~varunendra * Ventrical - http://ubuntuorg/member.php?u=1140838 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ventrical https://launchpad.net/~twocamels * YannBuntu - http://ubuntuorg/member.php?u=485559 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Yannubuntu https://launchpad.net/~yannubuntu https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2012-December/001700.html == Ubuntu Stats == === Bug Stats === * Open (102456) -68 over last week * Critical (86) -6 over last week * Unconfirmed (50738) -7 over last week As always, the Bug Squad needs more help. If you want to get started, please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad === Translation Stats Quantal === * English (United Kingdom) (9000) +/-0 over last week * Spanish (13605) -59 over last week * English (Australia) (17039) +/-0 over last week * Bosnian (30887) -4791 over last week * Brazilian Portuguese (38459) -4 over last week Remaining strings to translate in Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal", see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/quantal/ and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Translations === Ubuntu Brainstorm Top ideas this week === * Global Option menu addition - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/30397/ * Accelerate the availability of software. - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/30393/ * Integrate System Monitor System Info into Ubuntu About Computer - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/30403/ Ubuntu Brainstorm is a community site geared toward letting you add your ideas for Ubuntu. You can submit your own idea, or vote for or against another idea. http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/ === Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions this week === * How do I type on the next line in the Terminal? http://askubuntu.com/questions/226204/how-do-i-type-on-the-next-line-in-the-terminal * Will I keep my programs, like PowerPoint, Word, Excel, iTunes, etc? http://askubuntu.com/questions/226504/will-i-keep-my-programs-like-powerpoint-word-excel-itunes-etc * How do I edit text in a scanned .jpeg? http://askubuntu.com/questions/225872/how-do-i-edit-text-in-a-scanned-jpeg * Short-cut for switching to a given directory http://askubuntu.com/questions/226417/short-cut-for-switching-to-a-given-directory * Ubuntu with spyware? [closed] http://askubuntu.com/questions/226575/ubuntu-with-spyware Ask (and answer!) your own questions at http://askubuntu.com == LoCo News == === "Ubuntizando" the day of the candles in Bogota #Ubuntu === Jhosman Lizarazo shares news from the Ubuntu Columbia LoCo which celebrated the ''day of the candles'' in the streets of Bogota to promote Ubuntu. The team gave out DVDs and flyers promoting Ubuntu; Lizarazo shares photos from the event. http://jhosman.com/en/locoteams/ubuntizando-the-day-of-the-candles-in-bogota-ubuntu/ === LoCos, now it's your time to take the stage! === Jose Antonio Rey of the Ubuntu Classroom team puts out a call for members of LoCo teams to get involved in a new initiative by Ubuntu Classroom to host sessions about running LoCos, events, and more. http://ubuntuclassroom.wordpress.com/2012/12/09/locos-now-its-your-time-to-take-the-stage/ == Launchpad News == === Private Projects and Private Blueprints leave beta === As of the 4th of December, the Private Projects and Private Blueprints features in Launchpad leave their beta period, and are now stable. A commercial subscription is required to use these features, but anyone who creates a Private Project and/or a Private Blueprint will enter into a 30-day trial commercial subscription. http://blog.launchpad.net/general/private-projects-and-private-blueprints-leave-beta == Ubuntu Cloud News == === New Juju Website Ready === Jorge Castro of the Canonical Community Team reports that they have created a new website for JuJu Charm at http://jujucharms.com/. Castro welcomes everyone to help file bugs against the site. http://www.jorgecastro.org/2012/12/05/new-juju-website-ready/ === State of Juju and the Charm Store === Share this post Link to post