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welcome ubuntu weekly newsletter, issue 244 week of november 28 - december 4, 2011.

in issue

  • precise pangolin alpha 1 released!
  • ubuntu 12.04 development update
  • stories , saying thanks
  • ubuntu stats
  • akademy fr @ capitole du libre
  • new location co-sponsored hands-on linux workshop
  • ubuntu cloud news
  • victor tuson palau: asus , ubuntu in portugal
  • rick spencer: smoke tests
  • michael hall: reports of ubuntu's death exaggerated
  • david planella: building ubuntu app development community (i): communication channels
  • martin pitt: precises qa improvements alpha-1
  • in press
  • ubuntu 11.10 explored!
  • work underway on ubuntu tv, mark shuttleworth watching
  • ubuntu's 1 hundred paper cuts project precisely back!
  • alpha 1 released (collection of links release)
  • unity on telly
  • mythbuntu: mythbuntu guides moved askubuntu.com!
  • lubuntu 11.10 review: lightweight linux
  • the end of distro wars
  • other articles of interest
  • upcoming meetings , events
  • updates , security 8.04, 10.04, 10.10, 11.04 , 11.10
  • and much more!


general community news

precise pangolin alpha 1 released!

kate stewart, ubuntu release manager, announced on thursday, december 1st alpha 1 precise pangolin released.

announced reads follows:

pleased bring first set of developer images capture current fleeting reality of our precise pangolin (ubuntu 12.04 alpha 1) starts emerge.

pre-releases of precise pangolin *not* encouraged needing stable system or not comfortable running occasional, frequent breakage. are, however, recommended ubuntu developers , want in testing, reporting, , fixing bugs work towards getting lts release ready.

alpha 1 first in series of milestone cd images released throughout precise development cycle. alpha images known reasonably free of showstopper cd build or installer bugs, while representing recent snapshot of precise. can download them here:

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/precise/alpha-1/
(ubuntu desktop, server, arm)

additional images available at:

http://uec-images.ubuntu.com/releases/precise/alpha-1/ (ubuntu server cloud , ec2)

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/re...ecise/alpha-1/ (xubuntu)

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/r...ecise/alpha-1/ (edubuntu)

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/re...ecise/alpha-1/ (lubuntu)

more information on precise pangolin alpha 1 release please see announcement in full.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ub...er/000538.html

ubuntu 12.04 development update

daniel holbach, keeps readers informed latest installment of ubuntu 12.04 development updates. 7 weeks release cycle , holbach says, "ubuntu 12.04 alpha 1 has been announced. bear in mind of alpha quality, please go , test if curious , want out."

that's not all. includes information customizable bug lists, , events -- ubuntu developer week , bug jam , bug squashing party in portland.

holbach highlights first time contributors gregory hainaut , alexey mamadaliev , shines spotlight on what's been happening in ubuntu development in last 7 weeks.

want involved in ubuntu development, holbach covers areas well. find our more how can involved in exciting area of ubuntu project read full post @ link below.

http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2011/12/02/...ment-update-6/

community acknowledgments , success stories

stories , saying thanks

daniel holbach gives advice on how ubuntu community can remember thank , appreciate contributors share succcess stories.

holbach writes, "by reaching out contributors, thanking them , welcoming them ubuntu community lot encourage them , them integrate team more quickly. feel part of our culture already."

see full post find out how can recognize contributors in areas of interest in ubuntu.

http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/2011/11/...saying-thanks/

ubuntu stats

bug stats

  • open (88316) +147 on last week
  • critical (124) -5 on last week
  • unconfirmed (46098) -77 on last week


always, bug squad needs more help. if want started, please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/bugsquad

translation stats oneiric

1. english (australia) (7290) -17061 on last week
2. spanish (9039) -34 on last week
3. brazilian portuguese (45262) -143 on last week
4. english (united kingdom) (45733) -149 on last week
5. bosnian (62504) -2661 on last week

remaining strings translate in ubuntu 11.10 "oneiric oncelot", see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/oneiric/ , https://wiki.ubuntu.com/translations

ubuntu brainstorm top ideas week



ubuntu brainstorm community site geared toward letting add ideas ubuntu. can submit own idea, or vote or against idea. http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/

ask ubuntu top 5 questions week



ask (and answer!) own questions @ http://askubuntu.com

loco news

akademy fr @ capitole du libre

akademy fr, ubuntu party , drupal camp co-located , held last weekend, november 26-27, 2011 in toulouse, france.
kde team ran booth , hosted tracks on saturday noting able demo kde various ubuntu users weren't familiar it. sunday proved equally eventful day workshops part attracted attendees familiar free software.

http://agateau.wordpress.com/2011/12...tole-du-libre/

new location co-sponsored hands-on linux workshop

hands on linux workshop co-sponsored ubuntu new york loco team (rochester) , interlock rochester have new location rooms dedicated ham radio, workshop, hands-on / presentation room, lounge area, office space along server / networking room.

more information , see pictures of new space check out link below.

http://ftbeowulf.wordpress.com/2011/...inux-workshop/

ubuntu cloud news

how create basic or advanced crowbar build hadoop

barton george shares 2 videos crowbar lead architect rob hirschfeld put together. "the first, crowbar build (on cloud server), shows how use cloud server create crowbar iso using standard build process," writes george. "the second, advanced crowbar build (local) shows how build crowbar v1.2 iso using advanced techniques on local desktop using virtual machine."

http://bartongeorge.net/2011/11/29/h...ld-for-hadoop/

juju @ scale 10x

jorge castro announces there juju presentation @ scale 10x. castro notes, "along sponsoring speaker track , press , speaker green room, holding juju charm school!"

more information on juju , charm school @ scale 10x see full post @ link below.

http://cloud.ubuntu.com/2011/11/juju-at-scale-10x/

deploying status.net juju

in post jorge castro demo's status.net charm written george edison (nathan osman), did thinkup charm.

read castro's post in full find out more information deploying status.net using new juju charm.

http://cloud.ubuntu.com/2011/12/depl...kly-with-juju/

the planet

victor tuson palau: asus , ubuntu in portugal

victor tuson shares video demo of asus running ubuntu releasde worten store in portugal.

http://victorpalau.net/2011/11/28/as...u-in-portugal/

rick spencer: smoke tests

rick spencer lets readers know qa team has started page getting minute automated results smoke testing of daily images. spencer writes, "they still have more smoke tests set up, running automatically daily builds. can check see if latest build installs , if basic tests run. if do, it's worth testing build. if it's not, team should busy @ work @ making work testing!"

gives link blueprint smoke tests results page.

http://theravingrick.blogspot.com/20...oke-tests.html

michael hall: reports of ubuntu's death exaggerated

michael hall questions whether or not distrowatch's data "is measure of "popularity" of given distro, many news stories claiming is." find out more hall has on subject @ link below.

http://mhall119.com/2011/11/reports-...y-exaggerated/

david planella: building ubuntu app development community (i): communication channels

"one of main objectives ubuntu 12.04 cycle build upon foundations set ubuntu app developer site, apps , ubuntu software centre , start building ubuntu app developer community realize vision of rich ecosystem of apps around ubuntu," writes david planella. post, planella launches first of series discuss growing ubuntu app developer community shows readers how involved, , benefits of ubuntu target platform both developers , users.

http://davidplanella.wordpress.com/2...tion-channels/

charles proffit: ubuntu user: have problem...

charles proffit seeks improve community involvement bugs , hopes continue conversation started @ uds-p. of brian murray, charles proffit offers in post high level non-technical diagram of happens when users encounter problem.

http://ftbeowulf.wordpress.com/2011/...ave-a-problem/

martin pitt: precises qa improvements alpha-1

"the fruits of new qa paradigm , strategy , new stable+1 maintenance team have achieved remarkable results," writes martin pitt outlines in post of improvements are. improvements include:

  • the archive consistency reports component-mismatches, uninstallability, etc. appear 20 minutes earlier in oneiric.
  • cd image builds can happen 30 minutes earlier after publisher start, , quicker due moving newer machines. can build i386 or amd64 cd image in 8 minutes! still need wait slow powerpc buildd, moving faster machine there in progress. these improvements lead faster image rebuild turnarounds.
  • candidate cds automatically posted new iso tracker appear.
  • whenever new ubuntu image built (daily or candidate), automatically smoke-tested, know installer works under standard scenarios , produces install boots.
  • due new discipline , stable+1 team, had working daily isos pretty every day. in previous alphas, release engineer(s) pretty had work fulltime day or 2 fix worst uninstallability etc., of went away.


pitt take time thank canonical qa team , others work date.

http://www.piware.de/2011/12/precise...s-for-alpha-1/

in press

ubuntu penguins build linux tv challenge

gavin clarke, register, writes, "open-sourcers taking ubuntu linux in direction of google tv , microsoft's xbox 360." clarke points mark shuttleworth's blog list of essential items , there priorities around bringing ubuntu tv masses discussed.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/28/ubuntu_tv/

q&a: installing software on linux

gadgetwise, ny times site, answers windows user question installing software on ubuntu linux.

http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/...ware-on-linux/

readers' choice awards 2011

shawn powers linux journal announces ubuntu received "best linux distribution" award journal's readers. also, debian quite contender time. read more @ following link:

http://www.linuxjournal.com/slidesho...rs-choice-2011

in blogosphere

ubuntu 11.10 explored!

mohammad kamil nadeem explains makes ubuntu 11.10 'oneiric ocelot' awesome ubuntu yet.

http://mknadeem.blogspot.com/2011/11...-explored.html

fedora 16 vs. ubuntu 11.10 performance benchmarks

michael larabel, phoronix, gives readers "a comparison of 64-bit performance of ubuntu 11.10 vs. fedora 16 in out-of-the-box configuration."

larabel writes, " when comes these benchmarks, what's worth noting fedora 16 , ubuntu 11.10 both on gcc 4.6.x , ext4 file-system. of important differences though fedora 16 on linux 3.1 kernel while ubuntu 11.10 on linux 3.0 , fedora 16 has more recent (both user , kernel-space) graphics stack. there's various other differences linux operating systems canonical , red hat."

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...110_perf&num=1

work underway on ubuntu tv, mark shuttleworth watching

sam dean, ostatic, asks readers, "if google , apple can boost concept of revolutionizing television, why can't ubuntu community well?"

in post dean gives links both mark shuttleworth's blog , alan bell's proposed designs.

dean concludes post prediction readers see ubuntu-based tv platform arrive next year.

http://ostatic.com/blog/work-is-unde...worth-watching

a few useful tweaks ubuntu

article looks @ tweaks ubuntu desktop. looks @ gnome tips, include multiple wallpapers desktop work spaces, browser integration themes, , easter eggs. include unity tweaks such compiz settings manager , unity settings along adding newly installed programs launcher, unity 2d low-powered machines , simplicity fans , how move launcher bottom of screen, 32-bit ocelot release.

more tweaks read article in full.

(these tweaks have not been tested uwn team)

http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/u...ul-things.html

ubuntu's 1 hundred paper cuts project precisely back!

bilal akhtar lets omg! ubuntu! readers know popular 1 hundred paper cuts project back. in article, akhtar , http://wiki.ubuntu.com/papercut describe paper cut project as:

put briefly, paper cut trivially fixable usability bug average user encounter in default application of ubuntu or kubuntu or in of featured applications.

if prefer more detailed, itemized definition, paper cut is:
  • a bug, or unintended problem occurring within existing piece of software,
  • the presence of makes computer more difficult or less pleasant use,
  • that easy fix,
  • that average user encounter,
  • in default application of ubuntu or kubuntu release under development or in of featured applications.


find out more program check out link below

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/12/u...recisely-back/

alpha 1 released

several sites have covered release of 12.04 alpha1, following sampling collected our editors.



in other news

unity on telly

if you're interested "unity on telly" can take @ wiki page , find links collection of concept designs , storyboards unity tv project. have design ideas? if so, can add link design on page well. according wiki page preferable use pencil, common base template , ubuntu export filter. there detailed instructions installing pencil , getting bits set on page well.

find out more at:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ubuntutv/designs

mythbuntu: mythbuntu guides moved askubuntu.com!

mythubuntu team announces have moved guides askubuntu.com. according team's blog post reason given move more efficient method keep guides date , accurate. "the single forum post guides difficult keep date , requires manual intervention mythbuntu forum moderators (mythbuntu developers). there isn't automated way take care of this. moving askubuntu.com enables have auto-generated list of mythbuntu/mythtv related guides."

http://www.mythbuntu.org/node/356

lubuntu 11.10 review: lightweight linux

rohan pearce, techworld australia, writes, "for people, may best ubuntu derivative yet. others, it's going pretty snore-worthy."

pearce reviews lubuntu--lightweight , energy saving variant of ubuntu using lxde-- in post , comments, "... there strong, vibrant community surrounding ubuntu derivatives"

"lubuntu gets lot of things right, given it's relatively new addition ubuntu family. it's hard excited , it's distro i'd unlikely use personally," concludes pearce.

full review see link below.

http://www.techworld.com.au/article/...htweight_linux

the end of distro wars

brian profitt, world, starts article saying, "don't use distrowatch measuring stick in way popularity of linux distribution." , follows a, "seriously, stop it."
profitt says, "arguing "popular" distributions pointless."

want know profitt's reasons check out link below.

http://www.itworld.com/it-management...nd-distro-wars

weekly ubuntu development team meetings



weekly official ubuntu derivative distributions team meetings



other articles of interest



upcoming meetings , events

upcoming meetings , events please visit calendars @ fridge.ubuntu.com: http://fridge.ubuntu.com/calendars/

updates , security 8.04, 10.04, 10.10, 11.04 , 11.10

security updates



ubuntu 8.04 updates



ubuntu 10.04 updates



ubuntu 10.10 updates



ubuntu 11.04 updates



ubuntu 11.10 updates



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  • alex lourie
  • liraz siri
  • and many others


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