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Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 301

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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 301 for the week

January 21 - 27, 2013.

 

== Links to UWN ==

 

* Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue301

 

== In This Issue ==

 

* Ubuntu Developer Week is back

* Ubuntu Stats

* Romero, the Ubuntu-BR-SC LoCo Team's game server

* January Business Meeting for Ubuntu Ohio

* Parcel in the post: Stickers!

* Juju GUI now easily deployable in the Charm Store

* Ubuntu Cloud Images automated release updates publication

* Lubuntu Blog: 13.04 wallpaper contest

* Scott Lavender: Lunchtime Thoughts on Ubuntu Studio Team Structure

* Didier Roche: Unity: release early, release often... release daily!

(parts 1-4)

* Michael Terry: Software Updater Changes in Ubuntu 13.04

* Jono Bacon: Community Driven Ubuntu Phone Core Apps

* Martin Owens: Give Jono a Break, Grow the Community

* Nicholas Skaggs: Introspecting with Autopilot

* Victor Tuson Palau: [ubuntu QML] ToDo Android vs Ubuntu

* Ubuntu helped set the stage for today's inauguration

* Ubuntu considers "huge" change that would end traditional release cycle

* Ubuntu CEO: two-year releases are only "an idea"

* The Engadget Interview: Richard Collins, head of Ubuntu mobile products

* In The Blogosphere

* In Other News

* 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

* And much more!

 

== General Community News ==

 

=== Ubuntu Developer Week is back ===

 

Daniel Holbach announces Ubuntu Developer Week, which will be held

from 29th to 31st of January 2013. Holbach writes that, in the

upcoming Ubuntu Developer Week, attendees can expect "sessions from

hands-on introduction, packaging and Ubuntu development to talks

about how to quickly get involved in certain teams and interact with

other projects and much much more."

 

http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/2013/01/ubuntu-developer-week-is-back-2/

 

== Ubuntu Stats ==

 

=== Bug Stats ===

 

* Open (103191) +113 over last week

* Critical (83) -3 over last week

* Unconfirmed (51142) +101 over last week

 

As always, the Bug Squad needs more help. If you want to get started,

please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad

 

=== Ubuntu Brainstorm Top Idea this week ===

 

* Spread View: Close Windows on Middle-Click -

http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/30502/

 

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 does my sys admin know that I haven't rebooted my system?

http://askubuntu.com/questions/245614/how-does-my-sys-admin-know-that-i-havent-rebooted-my-system

* Is it possible to undo an apt-get install command?

http://askubuntu.com/questions/247549/is-it-possible-to-undo-an-apt-get-install-command

* How do I audit an executable to make sure it is not malicious

http://askubuntu.com/questions/246463/how-do-i-audit-an-executable-to-make-sure-it-is-not-malicious

* I am looking for software to defragment Ubuntu

http://askubuntu.com/questions/247635/i-am-looking-for-software-to-defragment-ubuntu

* What does this info mean when I fire 'dpkg -l lxpanel'?

http://askubuntu.com/questions/247042/what-does-this-info-mean-when-i-fire-dpkg-l-lxpanel

 

Ask (and answer!) your own questions at http://askubuntu.com

 

== LoCo News ==

 

=== Romero, the Ubuntu-BR-SC LoCo Team's game server ===

 

Julian Fernandes of Ubuntu-BR-SC LoCo announces the release of their

first Ubuntu gaming server called Romero. For now only one game is

available on their server, which is Valve's "Killing Floor." Later on

more games will be available to play. Besides the announcement,

Fernandes also gives instructions on how to connect to the server.

 

http://www.julianfernandes.com/romero-the-ubuntu-br-sc-loco-teams-game-server.html

 

=== January Business Meeting for Ubuntu Ohio ===

 

Stephen Michael Kellat of Ubuntu Ohio LoCo reports details of the

meeting, which was held on January 23rd 2013 where they covered some

of the online resources the team currently has. Logs from the meeting

are available on the following link:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/OhioTeam/IRC20130123

 

http://erielookingproductions.info/ubuntu/2013/01/28-january-business-meeting-for-ubuntu-ohio/

 

=== Parcel in the post: Stickers! ===

 

Maia Grotepass informs us about the Ubuntu stickers she ordered for

Ubuntu-za by showing a lovely photo of them, and encourages everybody

else from the Ubuntu-za LoCo to contact her to order them for a small

fee.

 

http://my-ubuntu-day.blogspot.com/2013/01/parcel-in-post-stickers.html

 

== Ubuntu Cloud News ==

 

=== Juju GUI now easily deployable in the Charm Store ===

 

Jorge Castro shares details about the availability of the Juju GUI

from the charm store, saying it's now easy to "deploy GUI into an

existing Juju development." Detailed instructions are available on the

following link: http://jujucharms.com/charms/precise/juju-gui

 

Along with announcement Castro also provides us with some screenshots

of Juju-GUI in action.

 

http://www.jorgecastro.org/2013/01/24/juju-gui-now-easily-deployable-in-the-charm-store/

 

=== Ubuntu Cloud Images automated release updates publication ===

 

Ben Howard unveils details about the Ubuntu cloud images, covering

their ad-hoc release in the past and automated release in the near

future for Ubuntu server 10.04 LTS, 11.10, 12.04 LTS and 12.10. "This

means that approximately every three to four weeks, a new, freshened

image will be released. The release cadence will follow the kernel SRU

process." Any concerns related to this release change can be reported

either to Howard's blog post or directly to his mail.

 

http://blog.utlemming.org/2013/01/ubuntu-cloud-images-automated-release.html

 

== The Planet ==

 

=== Lubuntu Blog: 13.04 wallpaper contest ===

 

Alexander Andjelkovic of the Lubuntu Artwork team announces the start

of the Lubuntu 13.04 wallpaper contest, and asks submissions to be

made through Flickr.

 

http://lubuntublog.blogspot.com/2013/01/1304-wallpaper-contest.html

 

=== Scott Lavender: Lunchtime Thoughts on Ubuntu Studio Team Structure ===

 

Scott Lavender writes about his ideas of a new team structure and

positions of the Ubuntu Studio Team. For example, including subteams

in the structure, following other flavors' structures closer so they

can use and improve them, etc.

 

http://dullass.blogspot.com/2013/01/lunchtime-thoughts-on-ubuntu-studio.html

 

=== Didier Roche: Unity: release early, release often... release

daily! (parts 1-4) ===

 

Didier Roche of the Unity team describes the new process to release

Unity daily in the archive, and talks about the life of a merge

request, stacks, personal package archive builds, and integration

tests to publish a daily package of Unity. He discusses the advantages

and disadvantages of this change, and explains in detail what will be

done, as well as how will it be done. He also states some guidelines

for merge proposals, and says how can you contribute to making this

project successful.

 

http://blog.didrocks.fr/post/Unity%3A-release-early%2C-release-often%E2%80%A6-release-daily%21

 

http://blog.didrocks.fr/post/Unity%3A-release-early%2C-release-often%E2%80%A6-release-daily%21-%28part-2%29

 

http://blog.didrocks.fr/post/Unity%3A-release-early%2C-release-often%E2%80%A6-release-daily!-%28part-3%29

 

http://blog.didrocks.fr/post/Unity%3A-release-early%2C-release-often%E2%80%A6-release-daily%21-%28part-4%29

 

=== Michael Terry: Software Updater Changes in Ubuntu 13.04 ===

 

Michael Terry writes about the new Software Updater changes

implemented on releases coming to Ubuntu 13.04, including grouping

items into Backup and Ubuntu base sections and improvements to both

categories.

 

http://mterry.name/log/2013/01/22/software-updater-changes-in-ubuntu-13-04/

 

=== Jono Bacon: Community Driven Ubuntu Phone Core Apps ===

 

Jono Bacon writes that, after a response from over 1,500 developers

willing to help with creating the core apps for the Ubuntu Phone, the

community was invited to help contribute design ideas for the apps.

Balsamiq, an online mock-up tool, has provided a site where designs

can be saved and commented on. Additionally, Jono Bacon notes that

there will be other opportunities in the future to contribute,

including icon design, QA, and testing.

 

http://www.jonobacon.org/2013/01/23/community-driven-ubuntu-phone-core-apps/

 

=== Martin Owens: Give Jono a Break, Grow the Community ===

 

Martin Owens writes about the immense amount of work that the

Canonical Community Team does for Ubuntu, but that even with long

days, the team is unable to meet all needs of the Ubuntu community.

Instead of having the Canonical Community Team as the perceived

"center" of the Ubuntu Community, he proposes that the community seek

to "find an identity for Ubuntu which lies outside of Canonical."

 

http://doctormo.org/2013/01/24/give-jono-a-break-grow-the-community/

 

=== Nicholas Skaggs: Introspecting with Autopilot ===

 

Nicholas Skaggs introduces how "introspection" can be used to perform

some more complicated automated test cases, and explains what this

means for testing with Autopilot with a visual example using

"autopilot vis" - the Autopilot visualization tool.

 

http://www.theorangenotebook.com/2013/01/introspecting-with-autopilot.html

 

=== Victor Tuson Palau: [ubuntu QML] ToDo Android vs Ubuntu ===

 

Victor Tuson Palau writes about his experiences writing apps for

mobile platforms and compares mobile development platforms and their

tools including: Android vs Ubuntu phone, QML vs Dalvik Java,

Eclipse vs QtCreator and documentation. Palau's code is available at

his launchpad repository

https://code.launchpad.net/~vtuson/+junk/simpletodo_qml.

 

http://victorpalau.net/2013/01/25/ubuntu-qml-todo-android-vs-ubuntu/

 

== Canonical News ==

 

=== Ubuntu helped set the stage for today's inauguration ===

 

The Obama campaign relied heavily on Ubuntu during the 2012 US

Presidential race. Harper Reed, CTO for the Obama campaign, spoke with

Canonical about the challenges they faced, and how the team

implemented solutions during last year's campaign.

 

http://blog.canonical.com/2013/01/21/ubuntu-helped-set-the-stage-for-todays-inauguration/

 

== In The Press ==

 

=== Ubuntu considers "huge" change that would end traditional release cycle ===

 

Jon Brodkin of Ars Technica reports that Canonical is considering

switching from the traditional release cycle to a rolling release,

where a major version is released every two years, with updates rolled

out in between. Reasons for the switch include being able to stay

current with security updates and software fixes, as well as giving

developers more time and fewer restrictions to deliver features.

 

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/01/ubuntu-considers-huge-change-that-would-end-traditional-release-cycle/

 

=== Ubuntu CEO: two-year releases are only "an idea" ===

 

Canonical's CEO Jane Silber told PC Pro that the move to a rolling

release is at "very, very early stage discussions." She notes that she

doesn't know how likely a decision to switch to the new release cycle

is, stating, "it's an idea at this point, and I think the decision

merits discussion."

 

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/379507/ubuntu-ceo-two-year-releases-are-only-an-idea

 

=== The Engadget Interview: Richard Collins, head of Ubuntu mobile products ===

 

Richard Collins, head of Ubuntu mobile products, sat down with

Engadget and answered their questions about the upcoming Ubuntu Phone.

Topics discussed in the interview include: how Ubuntu Phone compares

to Ubuntu on the desktop, compatibility with Android existing apps,

competition, Ubuntu for Android, and what the future holds for Ubuntu

in two years' time.

 

http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/25/canonical-richard-collins-interview/

 

== In The Blogosphere ==

 

=== New Icons, Window Snap Animation Land in Unity ===

 

Joey-Elijah Sneddon of OMG!Ubuntu! gives us a sneak peak of some of

Unity's new features:

 

* Window snapping effect

 

* New icons - new effects on Ubuntu button on Launcher

 

* Revamped Unity Previews

 

* New Launcher options

 

Along with description and screenshots Sneddon also provides us with

short demonstration video that shows changes in Ubuntu 13.04.

 

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/01/new-icons-window-snap-animation-land-in-unity

 

=== Baidu Music Search Available for Ubuntu 13.04 ===

 

Joey-Elijah Sneddon of OMG!Ubuntu! informs that "search support for

China's largest music download site, Baidu Music, has been been added

to Ubuntu 13.04 and is likely to ship as default in the Chinese

version of Ubuntu."

 

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/01/baidu-music-search-available-for-ubuntu-13-04

 

=== Head-to-Head Desktop Comparison: Ubuntu 12.10 vs. OS X Mountain Lion ===

 

Matt Hartley of Datamation gives us a thorough comparison of Ubuntu

12.10 and OS X which includes: installation of an operating system,

operating system first impression and software and pre-installed

hardware choices. Hartley concludes: "Which operating system is the

best? My advice is to read everything above carefully and determine

what's important to you. Speaking for myself, Ubuntu (and other Linux

distros) will continue to be where my time is spent. They offer me the

experience that best meets my needs. Your own experiences may vary."

 

http://www.datamation.com/open-source/head-to-head-desktop-comparison-ubuntu-12.10-vs.-os-x-mountain-lion-1.html

 

=== The first game for Ubuntu phone OS, Dropping Letters, sees new

features and desktop-enabled state ===

 

razvi of iloveubuntu gives us a detailed preview of the Ubuntu phone

game "Dropping letters" including description and video. Code of the

game is available on the following link

 

https://code.launchpad.net/~sil/+junk/dropping-letters

 

http://www.iloveubuntu.net/first-game-ubuntu-phone-os-dropping-letters-sees-new-features-and-desktop-enabled-state

 

=== Ubuntu Ask Community to Help Create New App Icon ===

 

Joey-Elijah Sneddon informs us that Ubuntu's design team is looking

for community members to join in with ideas how to change new Ubuntu's

software updater icon. According to Ubuntu's Matthew Paul Thomas

Ubuntu's current software updater app design has nothing to do with

 

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