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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 241 for the week November 7 - 13, 2011.
In This Issue
Ubuntu 12.04 Development update
Ubuntu Community Appreciation Day
Welcome New Ubuntu Members
UDS Video Interviews Part 2
I'm as transparent as aluminum
Making All Community Members Feel Valued
Building a Culture of Appreciation
Ubuntu Stats
LoCo News
Launchpad News
Ubuntu Cloud News
Martin Pitt: 12.04: Testing FTW
Jono Bacon: Ubuntu: More Than The Default Install
Rick Spencer: Some Rock Solid things are Quite Beautiful
Pasi Lallinaho: Canonical-community collaboration
Charles Profitt: UDS-P: Community Bug Involvement
In The Press
In The Blogosphere
What's The Difference Between Linux Desktop Environments? [Technology Explained]
GNOME vs. KDE vs. Unity: Performing Seven Basic Tasks
Linaro Connect Video Interviews
Featured Podcasts
Other Articles of Interest
Upcoming Meetings and Events
Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 10.10, 11.04 and 11.10
And much more
General Community News
Ubuntu 12.04 Development update
Daniel Holbach continues updating the community in his ongoing Development Update series. UDS kicked off the current Precise development cycle into high gear and Holbach notes that a total of 1704 packages have been uploaded since October 13, 2011. With two weeks left before the Feature Definition Freeze currently scheduled for November 24, 2011 and Alpha 1 is scheduled shortly there after on December 1, 2011 everything in the current 12.04 LTS release cycle seems to be on track.
Holbach also links to the UDS video interviews and highlights Ubuntu developer Evan Broder in this installment of the 12.04 Development Update.
http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2011/11/11/ubuntu-12-04-development-update-3/
Ubuntu Community Appreciation Day
Daniel Holbach reminds the community to take note of November, 20th as this marks the first annual Ubuntu Community Appreciation Day. Holbach says, this is the perfect opportunity to make someone's day by letting them know that you appreciate their efforts.
http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/2011/11/ubuntu-community-appreciation-day/
Welcome New Ubuntu Members
Congratulations Everyone!
==== Americas Regional Membership Board ====
Results from the October 20th America's Membership Board meeting
The approval results from the October 20th Americas Membership meeting are as follows:
Thomas Martin (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Tenach | https://launchpad.net/~tenach)
James Gifford (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JamesGifford | https://launchpad.net/~jamesgifford)
Cesar Gomez (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CesarGomez | https://launchpad.net/~cegope)
Jose Gutierrez (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JoseGutierrez | https://launchpad.net/~jose.gutierrez)
Eduardo Zuniga (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EuzkoArima | https://launchpad.net/~euzkoarima)
Brandon Snider (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BrandonSnider | https://launchpad.net/~brandonsnider)
Benjamin Kerensa (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/bkerensa/Membership_Application | https://launchpad.net/~bkerensa)
Marco Ceppi (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/marco-ceppi | https://launchpad.net/~marco-ceppi)
All of our applicants at this meeting had really strong testimonials, so I want to thank them and their communities for coming out to support these new members so strongly.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2011-November/001415.html
==== EMEA Regional Membership Board ====
The EMEA RMB is delighted to welcome the following Ubuntu contributors as Ubuntu members:
Torsten Franz (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TorstenFranz | https://launchpad.net/~torsten.franz)
Ian Weisser (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Cheesehead | https://launchpad.net/~ian-weisser)
Oli (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Oli | https://launchpad.net/~oli)
Marcus Moeller (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MarcusMoeller | https://launchpad.net/~marcusmoeller)
Stefano Palazzo (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/stefano-palazzo | https://launchpad.net/~stefano-palazzo)
Also, a special thanks to n0rman who stood in from the Americas board. It was his first ever RMB meeting so I think it was brave of him to do so!
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2011-November/001417.html
As a side note, if you don't see results for your teams showing up in UWN then please make sure to send the team an email or drop the link into the #ubuntu-news irc channel on freenode. We can't report it if we don't know about it.
UDS Video Interviews Part 2
Ubuntu UDS P Orlando interviews - Robbie Williamson Ubuntu Server and Cloud Engineering Lead - http://www.youtube.com/user/ubuntudevelopers#p/u/2/CksWyd3tifg
Ubuntu UDS P Orlando interviews - Marco Ceppi, Juju Charmer - http://www.youtube.com/user/ubuntudevelopers#p/u/3/h_VieUjl5fY
Ubuntu UDS P Orlando interviews - Clint Byrum Server Engineer - http://www.youtube.com/user/ubuntudevelopers#p/u/4/ajLaUx9gQ7E
Ubuntu UDS P Orlando interviews - David Planella Community Team - http://www.youtube.com/user/ubuntudevelopers#p/u/5/srGWAwXkHVY
Ubuntu UDS P Orlando interviews - Gema Gomez Solano, QA Engineer - http://www.youtube.com/user/ubuntudevelopers#p/u/6/PnGNTtcrPX8
Interview with Bilal Akhtar - http://vimeo.com/31928006
I'm as transparent as aluminum.
Jorge Castro of the Canonical Community team list many areas where Canonical does a great job at being transparent to the community. He questions whether its really a matter of communication not lack of transparency. Castro also outlines what he is personally going to do to communicate that transparency. To find out more read Castro's post in full.
http://castrojo.tumblr.com/post/12720165691/im-as-transparent-as-aluminum
Community Acknowledgements and Success Stories
Making All Community Members Feel Valued
Phillip Ballew shares his plans to do a series of blog posts to highlight members of the Ubuntu community. In this series he plans to recognize and share their contributions and stories with the whole of the Ubuntu community.
http://philipballew.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/making-all-community-members-feel-valued/
Building a Culture of Appreciation
From Google+: "At the Ubuntu Developer Summit we discussed how to build more of a "appreciation culture" where people can thank and highlight others for their contributions to Ubuntu. So folks, let's have a little fun. In each comment, I want to ask each of you to thank someone and share why you are thanking them. " Check out the link and add your "thank yous" and appreciation to the list.
https://plus.google.com/100887841569748798697/posts/ZG4W98YVGPF
Ubuntu Stats
Bug Stats
Open (88136) -4304 over last week
Critical (124) +9 over last week
Unconfirmed (46162) -836 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 Oneiric
1. Spanish (9047) -10 over last week
2. English (Australia) (41965) -7859 over last week
3. English (United Kingdom) (43484) +10 over last week
4. Brazilian Portuguese (45525) -34 over last week
5. Bosnian (65862) +59278 over last week
Remaining strings to translate in Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Oncelot", see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/oneiric/ and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Translations
Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week
Applications does not share common resources - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28872/
Show number on applications windows on the scale effect +W> - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28862/
It is hard to work with so many desktops - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28861/
Change active window with grid-like keyboard shortcut - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28870/
Ubuntu Community Jobs - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28869/
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 can I prevent someone from resetting my password with a Live CD? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/76987/how-can-i-prevent-someone-from-resetting-my-password-with-a-live-cd
Why is there no lightweight desktop environment specialized for free developers? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/76867/why-is-there-no-lightweight-desktop-environment-specialized-for-free-developers
Problems Connecting MSN with empathy - http://askubuntu.com/questions/76948/problems-connecting-msn-with-empathy
Which is better? Staying with 10.04 LTS until 12.04 comes out or upgrading to 11.04? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/76997/which-is-better-staying-with-10-04-lts-until-12-04-comes-out-or-upgrading-to-11
Is there a difference between free software and open source software? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/78958/is-there-a-difference-between-free-software-and-open-source-software
Ask (and answer!) your own questions at http://askubuntu.com
LoCo News
Find out more about LoCo Teams and Events
Just a reminder to those who may not be familiar with the Ubuntu Local Community (LoCo) Team Portal. The LoCo directory as it is often referred to is more than a place to look up whether a LoCo team is approved or not. It's a place where you can see if there are others in your area of the world participating in Ubuntu. There is an Ubuntu LoCo teams blog section where teams are encouraged to write about what they are doing. There is even an events section to see when teams are meeting and what events they are planning or even attending.
Take a look at this resource and find out how you and your LoCo can participate and share what you're doing with the rest of the Ubuntu LoCo Community.
http://loco.ubuntu.com/
Ubuntu Romanian LoCo Team attends OSOM (Open Source Open Mind) 2011
Members of the Ubuntu Romanian LoCo team attended the 2011 Open Source Open Mind event on October 29th, 2011 in Sibiu. The team sums up their activities at this event and provides pictures from OSOM as well.
(original post in Romanian)
http://ubuntu.ro/2011/11/09/ubuntu-romania-la-osom-2011/
Launchpad News
Removing a project from a shared bug report
Curtis Hovey reports, soon projects will be able to mark that a certain bug that is shared with another project doesn't affect them. Hovey says to be able to do this you need to be either the project maintainer, bug supervisor, or be the person who added the project to the bug.
http://blog.launchpad.net/bug-tracking/removing-a-project-from-a-shared-bug-report
Daily builds of huge trees
Martin Pool posts that Launchpad has just upgraded their builder machines to Bazaar 2.4, so recipe builds of very large trees will work reliably now. Pool as notes that, "We are going to do some further rollouts over the next week to improve supportability of recipe builds, support building non-native packages, handle muiltiarch package dependencies, improve the buildd deployment story etc."
http://blog.launchpad.net/general/daily-builds-huge-trees
Improved performance for personal code pages
Raphael Badin writes, that a new simplified version of the branch menu which is displayed on the right hand side of personal code pages has just been released. This plus some other optimization is hoped to improve performance for everyone.
http://blog.launchpad.net/general/improved-performance-for-personal-code-pages
Ubuntu Cloud News
Hadoop cluster with Ubuntu server and juju
Juan Negron shows how he deployed a Hadoop cluster using the power of juju and its charms. In this post Negron shares his experience in detail as he links to documentation and more.
http://cloud.ubuntu.com/2011/11/hadoop-cluster-with-ubuntu-server-and-juju/
Painless Hadoop / Ubuntu / EC2
Mark Mims updates an earlier blog post of his in which he explains how to install Hadoop with Ubuntu and EC2 since the "Ensemble" to "juju" name changes. Mims also discusses changes in the API.
http://cloud.ubuntu.com/2011/11/painless-hadoop-ubuntu-ec2-3/
Monitoring Hadoop Benchmarks TeraGen/TeraSort with Ganglia
Mark Mims updates an earlier blog post of his (to reflect the changes in names and API since "Ensemble" changed to "juju") in which he explains how to deploy Ganglia alongside Hadoop for monitoring benchmarks like Terasort.
http://markmims.com/cloud/2011/11/08/terasort-ganglia
The Planet
Martin Pitt: 12.04: Testing FTW
Martin Pitt points out that the main focus for the up and coming LTS release is bug fixing to ensure a stable and quality product. He also mentions much of the focus during the recent UDS was on processes and tools to achieve this goal. Pitt notes in his post, "Failure is not an option."
http://www.piware.de/2011/11/12-04-testing-ftw/
Jono Bacon: Ubuntu: More Than The Default Install
Jono Bacon discusses the issue of software bundled with Ubuntu by default and why today, more than ever, this has become less of an issue as the choices are still available and easier than ever to find and install thanks to the new-look Ubuntu Software Center.
http://www.jonobacon.org/2011/11/08/ubuntu-more-than-the-default-install/
Rick Spencer: Some Rock Solid things are Quite Beautiful
A huge junk of time at the last UDS was spent discussing how the next release of Ubuntu will be built, with lots of emphasis on QA building on work already begun in the 11.10 cycle. Included is a lot of detail on how quality will be maintained right through the Precise cycle.
http://theravingrick.blogspot.com/2011/11/i-mentioned-at-closing-session-of-uds.html
Pasi Lallinaho: Canonical-community collaboration
Pasi Lallinaho, current lead of the Xubuntu Project, airs some views and concerns on the recently held Ubuntu Community Survey.
http://open.knome.fi/2011/11/09/canonical-community-collaboration/
Charles Profitt: UDS-P: Community Bug Involvement
Charles Proffit shares how he started a blueprint in the last UDS to address the issue of incomplete bug reports in Ubuntu and users being upset about nothing being done about their bugs. After some discussion on the subject, the angle to to assist people in finding help and not have to suffer though complicated bug reporting process.
http://ftbeowulf.wordpress.com/2011/11/11/uds-p-community-bug-involvement/
In The Press
Ubuntu 12.04 to outgrow CD-ROMs
H-Online reviews changes that are coming to Ubuntu 12.04. First, the change of the image size to 750 MB is discussed, which means that it will no longer fit on one CD. Other changes mentioned in the article include the decisions to set 64-bit images as the default images for users, changes in default applications and the performance fixes for Ubuntu Software Center.
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Ubuntu-12-04-to-outgrow-CD-ROMs-1374511.html
Ubuntu republic riven by damaging civil wars
Liam Proven gives an overview of the Ubuntu Project since inception focusing on the desktop environment side of the distro, from its humble beginnings choosing to use the Gnome DE up to Unity. He touches on the remixes and spin-offs that have sprung from Ubuntu and ponders the future of Ubuntu and that of the Linux landscape.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/08/ubuntu_on_trial/
Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin unveiled
Ray Walters of ExtremeTech reviews the new Ubuntu 12.04 and expected features. Walters reviews the changes in the default image size and the proposed recommendation of 64-bit for standard download. Walters goes on to discuss the decision to keep Unity as the main environment and expand Ubuntu to other devices such as phones and tablets. Also mentioned are other expected developments, such as using Ubuntu One as a login for the system, performance improvements for Ubuntu Software Center and changes in default applications.
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/103797-ubuntu-12-04-precise-pangolin-unveiled
Seven Changes to Watch for in Ubuntu 12.04 'Precise Pangolin'
Katherine Noyes of PC World reviews seven of the key things to look for in the next release of Ubuntu. Noyes includes the increased ISO size, a switch back to Rhythmbox, some GNOME 3.4 packages, a speedier Software Center and more.
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/243541/seven_changes_to_watch_for_in_ubuntu_1204_precise_ pangolin.html
In The Blogosphere
Concerns Over No PAE Kernel In Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Michael Larabel at Phoronix outlines some of the key concerns about support for older hardware surrounding the proposal to drop non-PAE 32-bit kernels for the next release. Larabel also links to a ubuntu-devel discussion on the topic.
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTAxMzU
Five Handy Lubuntu Tips
Joey Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! offers five tips for using Lubuntu, including how to install the light-weight Lubuntu Software Center, adjusting start up applications and enabling automatic log in.
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/11/five-handy-lubuntu-tips/
Liberate Yourself
In his new blog, Mohammad Kamil Nadeem explains how Ubuntu can be your key to Linux, FOSS and freedom.
http://mknadeem.blogspot.com/2011/11/liberate-yourself.html
Ubuntu Friendly: A User-Submitted Database Of Computers That Work With Ubuntu
Justin Pot explores the new Ubuntu Friendly program, explaining why it's useful, how to check the current database and actually running the tests, including screenshots.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/ubuntu-friendly-usersubmitted-database-computers-work-ubuntu/
In Other News
What's The Difference Between Linux Desktop Environments? [Technology Explained]
This article reviews what a desktop environment is and goes through the basics of GNOME, Unity, KDE and Xfce and offers comparisons.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/difference-linux-desktop-environments-technology-explained/
GNOME vs. KDE vs. Unity: Performing Seven Basic Tasks
In this Datamation article, Bruce Byfield takes the reader through seven basic tasks on three of the top desktop environments for Linux. He includes launching an application, finding an application or file, making an application easy to find, working with menus, manipulating and arranging windows, working with virtual workspaces and customizing the desktop. He offers verdicts on each and wraps up with a final verdict.
http://www.datamation.com/open-source/gnome-vs.-kde-vs.-unity-performing-seven-basic-tasks-1.html
Linaro Connect Video Interviews
Linaro Android Tech Lead Zach Pfeffer at Linaro Connect - http://vimeo.com/31887705
Linaro Kernel Tech Lead Deepak Saxena at Linaro Connect - http://vimeo.com/31827607
Linaro Developer Platform Tech Lead Ricardo Salveti at Linaro Connect - http://vimeo.com/31774785
Linaro COO Stephen Doel at Linaro Connect - http://vimeo.com/31749006
Linaro Toolchain Tech Lead Michael Hope at Linaro Connect - http://vimeo.com/31737147
Linaro CEO George Grey at Linaro Connect - http://vimeo.com/31712256
Calxeda, ARM servers, Novacut, and dmedia - http://vimeo.com/31603475
Featured Podcasts
Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S04E19 - Burning Ambition
Laura Cowen, Mark Johnson, Alan Pope, and Tony Whitmore are in Studio
A for episode 19 of season 4 of the Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo Team!
In this week's show:-
We chat about someone's new job at Canonical, going to a murder mystery party in costume, upgrading RAM in laptops and getting a new Android phone, and playing with Ruby and xvfb. Can you guess who's who?
We also interview James Smith from AMEE who we met at Homecamp 4 and we have the second installment of the second wave of The UUPC Quiz - this time brought to you by Mark.
In the news
Events
A Bit About Ubuntu
We have a command line lurrrrrrrrve
We have your feedback
http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2011/11/09/s04e19-burning-ambition/
Full Circle Podcast Episode 26 Blame it on the Ferrets
Hosts: Robin Catling, Les Pounder, Dave Wilkin with additional audio by Victoria Pritchard
Welcome and Intro
Since Last Time
Review of Full Circle Magazine #54
News
Guest Interview - Philippa Hammond - Reading from the Script
Guest Interview - Gemma Cameron - Barcamp Blackpool 2011
Feedback
Outro and wrap
http://fullcirclemagazine.org/2011/11/10/full-circle-podcast-episode-26-blame-it-on-the-ferrets/
Other Articles of Interest
Need Linux Skills? 12 Places to Learn Online: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/243581/need_linux_skills_12_places_to_learn_online.html
LibreOffice Easy Hacks Rotation: http://sweetshark.livejournal.com/6441.html
QA Community Coordinator Required: Apply Within: http://www.jonobacon.org/2011/11/12/qa-community-coordinator-required-apply-within/
A KDE user's view of Unity-Day One: http://bigjools.wordpress.com/2011/11/09/a-kde-users-view-of-unity-day-one/
Quixperiment: Ubuntu and iPod: http://allisonrandal.com/2011/11/06/quixperiment-ubuntu-and-ipod/
Experimenting with juju and Puppet: http://micknelson.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/experimenting-with-juju-and-puppet/
KDE is part of Google Code-in 2011: http://blog.lydiapintscher.de/2011/11/10/kde-is-part-of-google-code-in-2011/
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 8.04, 10.04, 10.10, 11.04 and 11.10
Security Updates
USN-1252-1: Tomcat vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1252-1
USN-1253-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1253-1
USN-1255-1: libmodplug vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1255-1
USN-1256-1: Linux kernel (Natty backport) vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1256-1
USN-1257-1: radvd vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1257-1
USN-1258-1: ClamAV vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1258-1
USN-1251-1: Firefox and Xulrunner vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1251-1
USN-1259-1: Apache vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1259-1
Ubuntu 8.04 Updates
apache2-mpm-itk 2.2.6-01-1build3.14 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2011-November/012697.html
apache2 2.2.8-1ubuntu0.22 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2011-November/012698.html
Ubuntu 10.04 Updates
facter 1.5.6-2ubuntu2.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-November/012516.html
tomcat6 6.0.24-2ubuntu1.9 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-November/012517.html
piuparts 0.38ubuntu3.10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-November/012518.html
acroread 9.4.6-0lucid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-November/012519.html
libmodplug 1:0.8.7-1ubuntu0.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-November/012520.html
papyon 0.4.8-0ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-November/012521.html
radvd 1:1.3-1.1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-November/012522.html
clamav 0.96.5+dfsg-1ubuntu1.10.04.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-November/012523.html
adobe-flashplugin 11.1.102.55-0lucid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-November/012524.html
apache2 2.2.14-5ubuntu8.7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-November/012525.html
flashplugin-nonfree 11.1.102.55ubuntu0.10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-November/012526.html
Ubuntu 10.10 Updates
facter 1.5.7-1ubuntu1.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-November/009640.html
tomcat6 6.0.28-2ubuntu1.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-November/009641.html
piuparts 0.38ubuntu3.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-November/009642.html
acroread 9.4.6-0maverick1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-November/009643.html
libmodplug 1:0.8.8.1-1ubuntu1.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-November/009644.html
python-django-piston 0.2.2-1ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-November/009645.html
globus-gssapi-gsi 7.5-2ubuntu0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-November/009646.html
papyon 0.5.1-0ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-November/009647.html
radvd 1:1.6-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-November/009648.html
clamav 0.96.5+dfsg-1ubuntu1.10.10.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-November/009649.html
apache2 2.2.16-1ubuntu3.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-November/009650.html
adobe-flashplugin 11.1.102.55-0maverick1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-November/009651.html
flashplugin-nonfree 11.1.102.55ubuntu0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-November/009652.html
Ubuntu 11.04 Updates
facter 1.5.8-2ubuntu2.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-November/012259.html
tomcat6 6.0.28-10ubuntu2.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-November/012260.html
kdeutils 4:4.6.5-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-November/012261.html
acroread 9.4.6-0natty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-November/012262.html
libmodplug 1:0.8.8.1-2ubuntu0.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-November/012263.html
python-django-piston 0.2.2-1ubuntu1.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-November/012264.html
papyon 0.5.5-1ubuntu1.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-November/012265.html
libcap2 1:2.20-1ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-November/012266.html
xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu7.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-November/012267.html
globus-gssapi-gsi 7.5-2ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-November/012268.html
radvd 1:1.7-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-November/012269.html
clamav 0.97.3+dfsg-1ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-November/012270.html
apache2 2.2.17-1ubuntu1.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-November/012271.html
adobe-flashplugin 11.1.102.55-0natty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-November/012272.html
flashplugin-nonfree 11.1.102.55ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-November/012273.html
Ubuntu 11.10 Updates
tomcat6 6.0.32-5ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011365.html
kdeutils 4:4.7.2-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011366.html
libmodplug 1:0.8.8.2-3ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011367.html
byobu 4.37-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011368.html
python-django-piston 0.2.2-1ubuntu1.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011369.html
onboard 0.96.1-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011370.html
xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011371.html
banshee 2.2.1-1ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011372.html
papyon 0.5.5-1ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011373.html
redhat-cluster 3.0.12-2ubuntu5.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011374.html
casper 1.287.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011375.html
offlineimap 6.3.3-3ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011376.html
nvidia-graphics-drivers-updates 285.05.09-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011377.html
compiz 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011378.html
simple-scan 3.2.1-0ubuntu1~oneiric1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011379.html
clutter-gst 1.4.2-1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011384.html
dell-recovery 1.11.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011380.html
brltty 4.2-8ubuntu5.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011381.html
compizconfig-python 0.9.5.94-0ubuntu3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011382.html
mono-zeroconf 0.9.0-3~ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011383.html
nautilus 1:3.2.1-0ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011385.html
acroread 9.4.6~enu-0oneiric1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011386.html
radvd 1:1.8-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011387.html
clamav 0.97.3+dfsg-1ubuntu0.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011388.html
apache2 2.2.20-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011389.html
adobe-flashplugin 11.1.102.55-0oneiric1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011390.html
flashplugin-nonfree 11.1.102.55ubuntu0.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011391.html
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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 241 for the week November 7 - 13, 2011.
In This Issue
Ubuntu 12.04 Development update
Ubuntu Community Appreciation Day
Welcome New Ubuntu Members
UDS Video Interviews Part 2
I'm as transparent as aluminum
Making All Community Members Feel Valued
Building a Culture of Appreciation
Ubuntu Stats
LoCo News
Launchpad News
Ubuntu Cloud News
Martin Pitt: 12.04: Testing FTW
Jono Bacon: Ubuntu: More Than The Default Install
Rick Spencer: Some Rock Solid things are Quite Beautiful
Pasi Lallinaho: Canonical-community collaboration
Charles Profitt: UDS-P: Community Bug Involvement
In The Press
In The Blogosphere
What's The Difference Between Linux Desktop Environments? [Technology Explained]
GNOME vs. KDE vs. Unity: Performing Seven Basic Tasks
Linaro Connect Video Interviews
Featured Podcasts
Other Articles of Interest
Upcoming Meetings and Events
Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 10.10, 11.04 and 11.10
And much more
General Community News
Ubuntu 12.04 Development update
Daniel Holbach continues updating the community in his ongoing Development Update series. UDS kicked off the current Precise development cycle into high gear and Holbach notes that a total of 1704 packages have been uploaded since October 13, 2011. With two weeks left before the Feature Definition Freeze currently scheduled for November 24, 2011 and Alpha 1 is scheduled shortly there after on December 1, 2011 everything in the current 12.04 LTS release cycle seems to be on track.
Holbach also links to the UDS video interviews and highlights Ubuntu developer Evan Broder in this installment of the 12.04 Development Update.
http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2011/11/11/ubuntu-12-04-development-update-3/
Ubuntu Community Appreciation Day
Daniel Holbach reminds the community to take note of November, 20th as this marks the first annual Ubuntu Community Appreciation Day. Holbach says, this is the perfect opportunity to make someone's day by letting them know that you appreciate their efforts.
http://daniel.holba.ch/blog/2011/11/ubuntu-community-appreciation-day/
Welcome New Ubuntu Members
Congratulations Everyone!
==== Americas Regional Membership Board ====
Results from the October 20th America's Membership Board meeting
The approval results from the October 20th Americas Membership meeting are as follows:
Thomas Martin (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Tenach | https://launchpad.net/~tenach)
James Gifford (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JamesGifford | https://launchpad.net/~jamesgifford)
Cesar Gomez (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CesarGomez | https://launchpad.net/~cegope)
Jose Gutierrez (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JoseGutierrez | https://launchpad.net/~jose.gutierrez)
Eduardo Zuniga (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EuzkoArima | https://launchpad.net/~euzkoarima)
Brandon Snider (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BrandonSnider | https://launchpad.net/~brandonsnider)
Benjamin Kerensa (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/bkerensa/Membership_Application | https://launchpad.net/~bkerensa)
Marco Ceppi (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/marco-ceppi | https://launchpad.net/~marco-ceppi)
All of our applicants at this meeting had really strong testimonials, so I want to thank them and their communities for coming out to support these new members so strongly.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2011-November/001415.html
==== EMEA Regional Membership Board ====
The EMEA RMB is delighted to welcome the following Ubuntu contributors as Ubuntu members:
Torsten Franz (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TorstenFranz | https://launchpad.net/~torsten.franz)
Ian Weisser (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Cheesehead | https://launchpad.net/~ian-weisser)
Oli (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Oli | https://launchpad.net/~oli)
Marcus Moeller (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MarcusMoeller | https://launchpad.net/~marcusmoeller)
Stefano Palazzo (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/stefano-palazzo | https://launchpad.net/~stefano-palazzo)
Also, a special thanks to n0rman who stood in from the Americas board. It was his first ever RMB meeting so I think it was brave of him to do so!
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2011-November/001417.html
As a side note, if you don't see results for your teams showing up in UWN then please make sure to send the team an email or drop the link into the #ubuntu-news irc channel on freenode. We can't report it if we don't know about it.
UDS Video Interviews Part 2
Ubuntu UDS P Orlando interviews - Robbie Williamson Ubuntu Server and Cloud Engineering Lead - http://www.youtube.com/user/ubuntudevelopers#p/u/2/CksWyd3tifg
Ubuntu UDS P Orlando interviews - Marco Ceppi, Juju Charmer - http://www.youtube.com/user/ubuntudevelopers#p/u/3/h_VieUjl5fY
Ubuntu UDS P Orlando interviews - Clint Byrum Server Engineer - http://www.youtube.com/user/ubuntudevelopers#p/u/4/ajLaUx9gQ7E
Ubuntu UDS P Orlando interviews - David Planella Community Team - http://www.youtube.com/user/ubuntudevelopers#p/u/5/srGWAwXkHVY
Ubuntu UDS P Orlando interviews - Gema Gomez Solano, QA Engineer - http://www.youtube.com/user/ubuntudevelopers#p/u/6/PnGNTtcrPX8
Interview with Bilal Akhtar - http://vimeo.com/31928006
I'm as transparent as aluminum.
Jorge Castro of the Canonical Community team list many areas where Canonical does a great job at being transparent to the community. He questions whether its really a matter of communication not lack of transparency. Castro also outlines what he is personally going to do to communicate that transparency. To find out more read Castro's post in full.
http://castrojo.tumblr.com/post/12720165691/im-as-transparent-as-aluminum
Community Acknowledgements and Success Stories
Making All Community Members Feel Valued
Phillip Ballew shares his plans to do a series of blog posts to highlight members of the Ubuntu community. In this series he plans to recognize and share their contributions and stories with the whole of the Ubuntu community.
http://philipballew.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/making-all-community-members-feel-valued/
Building a Culture of Appreciation
From Google+: "At the Ubuntu Developer Summit we discussed how to build more of a "appreciation culture" where people can thank and highlight others for their contributions to Ubuntu. So folks, let's have a little fun. In each comment, I want to ask each of you to thank someone and share why you are thanking them. " Check out the link and add your "thank yous" and appreciation to the list.
https://plus.google.com/100887841569748798697/posts/ZG4W98YVGPF
Ubuntu Stats
Bug Stats
Open (88136) -4304 over last week
Critical (124) +9 over last week
Unconfirmed (46162) -836 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 Oneiric
1. Spanish (9047) -10 over last week
2. English (Australia) (41965) -7859 over last week
3. English (United Kingdom) (43484) +10 over last week
4. Brazilian Portuguese (45525) -34 over last week
5. Bosnian (65862) +59278 over last week
Remaining strings to translate in Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Oncelot", see more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/oneiric/ and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Translations
Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week
Applications does not share common resources - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28872/
Show number on applications windows on the scale effect +W> - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28862/
It is hard to work with so many desktops - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28861/
Change active window with grid-like keyboard shortcut - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28870/
Ubuntu Community Jobs - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/28869/
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 can I prevent someone from resetting my password with a Live CD? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/76987/how-can-i-prevent-someone-from-resetting-my-password-with-a-live-cd
Why is there no lightweight desktop environment specialized for free developers? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/76867/why-is-there-no-lightweight-desktop-environment-specialized-for-free-developers
Problems Connecting MSN with empathy - http://askubuntu.com/questions/76948/problems-connecting-msn-with-empathy
Which is better? Staying with 10.04 LTS until 12.04 comes out or upgrading to 11.04? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/76997/which-is-better-staying-with-10-04-lts-until-12-04-comes-out-or-upgrading-to-11
Is there a difference between free software and open source software? - http://askubuntu.com/questions/78958/is-there-a-difference-between-free-software-and-open-source-software
Ask (and answer!) your own questions at http://askubuntu.com
LoCo News
Find out more about LoCo Teams and Events
Just a reminder to those who may not be familiar with the Ubuntu Local Community (LoCo) Team Portal. The LoCo directory as it is often referred to is more than a place to look up whether a LoCo team is approved or not. It's a place where you can see if there are others in your area of the world participating in Ubuntu. There is an Ubuntu LoCo teams blog section where teams are encouraged to write about what they are doing. There is even an events section to see when teams are meeting and what events they are planning or even attending.
Take a look at this resource and find out how you and your LoCo can participate and share what you're doing with the rest of the Ubuntu LoCo Community.
http://loco.ubuntu.com/
Ubuntu Romanian LoCo Team attends OSOM (Open Source Open Mind) 2011
Members of the Ubuntu Romanian LoCo team attended the 2011 Open Source Open Mind event on October 29th, 2011 in Sibiu. The team sums up their activities at this event and provides pictures from OSOM as well.
(original post in Romanian)
http://ubuntu.ro/2011/11/09/ubuntu-romania-la-osom-2011/
Launchpad News
Removing a project from a shared bug report
Curtis Hovey reports, soon projects will be able to mark that a certain bug that is shared with another project doesn't affect them. Hovey says to be able to do this you need to be either the project maintainer, bug supervisor, or be the person who added the project to the bug.
http://blog.launchpad.net/bug-tracking/removing-a-project-from-a-shared-bug-report
Daily builds of huge trees
Martin Pool posts that Launchpad has just upgraded their builder machines to Bazaar 2.4, so recipe builds of very large trees will work reliably now. Pool as notes that, "We are going to do some further rollouts over the next week to improve supportability of recipe builds, support building non-native packages, handle muiltiarch package dependencies, improve the buildd deployment story etc."
http://blog.launchpad.net/general/daily-builds-huge-trees
Improved performance for personal code pages
Raphael Badin writes, that a new simplified version of the branch menu which is displayed on the right hand side of personal code pages has just been released. This plus some other optimization is hoped to improve performance for everyone.
http://blog.launchpad.net/general/improved-performance-for-personal-code-pages
Ubuntu Cloud News
Hadoop cluster with Ubuntu server and juju
Juan Negron shows how he deployed a Hadoop cluster using the power of juju and its charms. In this post Negron shares his experience in detail as he links to documentation and more.
http://cloud.ubuntu.com/2011/11/hadoop-cluster-with-ubuntu-server-and-juju/
Painless Hadoop / Ubuntu / EC2
Mark Mims updates an earlier blog post of his in which he explains how to install Hadoop with Ubuntu and EC2 since the "Ensemble" to "juju" name changes. Mims also discusses changes in the API.
http://cloud.ubuntu.com/2011/11/painless-hadoop-ubuntu-ec2-3/
Monitoring Hadoop Benchmarks TeraGen/TeraSort with Ganglia
Mark Mims updates an earlier blog post of his (to reflect the changes in names and API since "Ensemble" changed to "juju") in which he explains how to deploy Ganglia alongside Hadoop for monitoring benchmarks like Terasort.
http://markmims.com/cloud/2011/11/08/terasort-ganglia
The Planet
Martin Pitt: 12.04: Testing FTW
Martin Pitt points out that the main focus for the up and coming LTS release is bug fixing to ensure a stable and quality product. He also mentions much of the focus during the recent UDS was on processes and tools to achieve this goal. Pitt notes in his post, "Failure is not an option."
http://www.piware.de/2011/11/12-04-testing-ftw/
Jono Bacon: Ubuntu: More Than The Default Install
Jono Bacon discusses the issue of software bundled with Ubuntu by default and why today, more than ever, this has become less of an issue as the choices are still available and easier than ever to find and install thanks to the new-look Ubuntu Software Center.
http://www.jonobacon.org/2011/11/08/ubuntu-more-than-the-default-install/
Rick Spencer: Some Rock Solid things are Quite Beautiful
A huge junk of time at the last UDS was spent discussing how the next release of Ubuntu will be built, with lots of emphasis on QA building on work already begun in the 11.10 cycle. Included is a lot of detail on how quality will be maintained right through the Precise cycle.
http://theravingrick.blogspot.com/2011/11/i-mentioned-at-closing-session-of-uds.html
Pasi Lallinaho: Canonical-community collaboration
Pasi Lallinaho, current lead of the Xubuntu Project, airs some views and concerns on the recently held Ubuntu Community Survey.
http://open.knome.fi/2011/11/09/canonical-community-collaboration/
Charles Profitt: UDS-P: Community Bug Involvement
Charles Proffit shares how he started a blueprint in the last UDS to address the issue of incomplete bug reports in Ubuntu and users being upset about nothing being done about their bugs. After some discussion on the subject, the angle to to assist people in finding help and not have to suffer though complicated bug reporting process.
http://ftbeowulf.wordpress.com/2011/11/11/uds-p-community-bug-involvement/
In The Press
Ubuntu 12.04 to outgrow CD-ROMs
H-Online reviews changes that are coming to Ubuntu 12.04. First, the change of the image size to 750 MB is discussed, which means that it will no longer fit on one CD. Other changes mentioned in the article include the decisions to set 64-bit images as the default images for users, changes in default applications and the performance fixes for Ubuntu Software Center.
http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Ubuntu-12-04-to-outgrow-CD-ROMs-1374511.html
Ubuntu republic riven by damaging civil wars
Liam Proven gives an overview of the Ubuntu Project since inception focusing on the desktop environment side of the distro, from its humble beginnings choosing to use the Gnome DE up to Unity. He touches on the remixes and spin-offs that have sprung from Ubuntu and ponders the future of Ubuntu and that of the Linux landscape.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/08/ubuntu_on_trial/
Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin unveiled
Ray Walters of ExtremeTech reviews the new Ubuntu 12.04 and expected features. Walters reviews the changes in the default image size and the proposed recommendation of 64-bit for standard download. Walters goes on to discuss the decision to keep Unity as the main environment and expand Ubuntu to other devices such as phones and tablets. Also mentioned are other expected developments, such as using Ubuntu One as a login for the system, performance improvements for Ubuntu Software Center and changes in default applications.
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/103797-ubuntu-12-04-precise-pangolin-unveiled
Seven Changes to Watch for in Ubuntu 12.04 'Precise Pangolin'
Katherine Noyes of PC World reviews seven of the key things to look for in the next release of Ubuntu. Noyes includes the increased ISO size, a switch back to Rhythmbox, some GNOME 3.4 packages, a speedier Software Center and more.
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/243541/seven_changes_to_watch_for_in_ubuntu_1204_precise_ pangolin.html
In The Blogosphere
Concerns Over No PAE Kernel In Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Michael Larabel at Phoronix outlines some of the key concerns about support for older hardware surrounding the proposal to drop non-PAE 32-bit kernels for the next release. Larabel also links to a ubuntu-devel discussion on the topic.
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTAxMzU
Five Handy Lubuntu Tips
Joey Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! offers five tips for using Lubuntu, including how to install the light-weight Lubuntu Software Center, adjusting start up applications and enabling automatic log in.
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/11/five-handy-lubuntu-tips/
Liberate Yourself
In his new blog, Mohammad Kamil Nadeem explains how Ubuntu can be your key to Linux, FOSS and freedom.
http://mknadeem.blogspot.com/2011/11/liberate-yourself.html
Ubuntu Friendly: A User-Submitted Database Of Computers That Work With Ubuntu
Justin Pot explores the new Ubuntu Friendly program, explaining why it's useful, how to check the current database and actually running the tests, including screenshots.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/ubuntu-friendly-usersubmitted-database-computers-work-ubuntu/
In Other News
What's The Difference Between Linux Desktop Environments? [Technology Explained]
This article reviews what a desktop environment is and goes through the basics of GNOME, Unity, KDE and Xfce and offers comparisons.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/difference-linux-desktop-environments-technology-explained/
GNOME vs. KDE vs. Unity: Performing Seven Basic Tasks
In this Datamation article, Bruce Byfield takes the reader through seven basic tasks on three of the top desktop environments for Linux. He includes launching an application, finding an application or file, making an application easy to find, working with menus, manipulating and arranging windows, working with virtual workspaces and customizing the desktop. He offers verdicts on each and wraps up with a final verdict.
http://www.datamation.com/open-source/gnome-vs.-kde-vs.-unity-performing-seven-basic-tasks-1.html
Linaro Connect Video Interviews
Linaro Android Tech Lead Zach Pfeffer at Linaro Connect - http://vimeo.com/31887705
Linaro Kernel Tech Lead Deepak Saxena at Linaro Connect - http://vimeo.com/31827607
Linaro Developer Platform Tech Lead Ricardo Salveti at Linaro Connect - http://vimeo.com/31774785
Linaro COO Stephen Doel at Linaro Connect - http://vimeo.com/31749006
Linaro Toolchain Tech Lead Michael Hope at Linaro Connect - http://vimeo.com/31737147
Linaro CEO George Grey at Linaro Connect - http://vimeo.com/31712256
Calxeda, ARM servers, Novacut, and dmedia - http://vimeo.com/31603475
Featured Podcasts
Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S04E19 - Burning Ambition
Laura Cowen, Mark Johnson, Alan Pope, and Tony Whitmore are in Studio
A for episode 19 of season 4 of the Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo Team!
In this week's show:-
We chat about someone's new job at Canonical, going to a murder mystery party in costume, upgrading RAM in laptops and getting a new Android phone, and playing with Ruby and xvfb. Can you guess who's who?
We also interview James Smith from AMEE who we met at Homecamp 4 and we have the second installment of the second wave of The UUPC Quiz - this time brought to you by Mark.
In the news
Events
A Bit About Ubuntu
We have a command line lurrrrrrrrve
We have your feedback
http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2011/11/09/s04e19-burning-ambition/
Full Circle Podcast Episode 26 Blame it on the Ferrets
Hosts: Robin Catling, Les Pounder, Dave Wilkin with additional audio by Victoria Pritchard
Welcome and Intro
Since Last Time
Review of Full Circle Magazine #54
News
Guest Interview - Philippa Hammond - Reading from the Script
Guest Interview - Gemma Cameron - Barcamp Blackpool 2011
Feedback
Outro and wrap
http://fullcirclemagazine.org/2011/11/10/full-circle-podcast-episode-26-blame-it-on-the-ferrets/
Other Articles of Interest
Need Linux Skills? 12 Places to Learn Online: http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/243581/need_linux_skills_12_places_to_learn_online.html
LibreOffice Easy Hacks Rotation: http://sweetshark.livejournal.com/6441.html
QA Community Coordinator Required: Apply Within: http://www.jonobacon.org/2011/11/12/qa-community-coordinator-required-apply-within/
A KDE user's view of Unity-Day One: http://bigjools.wordpress.com/2011/11/09/a-kde-users-view-of-unity-day-one/
Quixperiment: Ubuntu and iPod: http://allisonrandal.com/2011/11/06/quixperiment-ubuntu-and-ipod/
Experimenting with juju and Puppet: http://micknelson.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/experimenting-with-juju-and-puppet/
KDE is part of Google Code-in 2011: http://blog.lydiapintscher.de/2011/11/10/kde-is-part-of-google-code-in-2011/
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 8.04, 10.04, 10.10, 11.04 and 11.10
Security Updates
USN-1252-1: Tomcat vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1252-1
USN-1253-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1253-1
USN-1255-1: libmodplug vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1255-1
USN-1256-1: Linux kernel (Natty backport) vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1256-1
USN-1257-1: radvd vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1257-1
USN-1258-1: ClamAV vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1258-1
USN-1251-1: Firefox and Xulrunner vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1251-1
USN-1259-1: Apache vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1259-1
Ubuntu 8.04 Updates
apache2-mpm-itk 2.2.6-01-1build3.14 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2011-November/012697.html
apache2 2.2.8-1ubuntu0.22 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2011-November/012698.html
Ubuntu 10.04 Updates
facter 1.5.6-2ubuntu2.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-November/012516.html
tomcat6 6.0.24-2ubuntu1.9 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-November/012517.html
piuparts 0.38ubuntu3.10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-November/012518.html
acroread 9.4.6-0lucid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-November/012519.html
libmodplug 1:0.8.7-1ubuntu0.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-November/012520.html
papyon 0.4.8-0ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-November/012521.html
radvd 1:1.3-1.1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-November/012522.html
clamav 0.96.5+dfsg-1ubuntu1.10.04.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-November/012523.html
adobe-flashplugin 11.1.102.55-0lucid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-November/012524.html
apache2 2.2.14-5ubuntu8.7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-November/012525.html
flashplugin-nonfree 11.1.102.55ubuntu0.10.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2011-November/012526.html
Ubuntu 10.10 Updates
facter 1.5.7-1ubuntu1.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-November/009640.html
tomcat6 6.0.28-2ubuntu1.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-November/009641.html
piuparts 0.38ubuntu3.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-November/009642.html
acroread 9.4.6-0maverick1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-November/009643.html
libmodplug 1:0.8.8.1-1ubuntu1.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-November/009644.html
python-django-piston 0.2.2-1ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-November/009645.html
globus-gssapi-gsi 7.5-2ubuntu0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-November/009646.html
papyon 0.5.1-0ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-November/009647.html
radvd 1:1.6-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-November/009648.html
clamav 0.96.5+dfsg-1ubuntu1.10.10.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-November/009649.html
apache2 2.2.16-1ubuntu3.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-November/009650.html
adobe-flashplugin 11.1.102.55-0maverick1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-November/009651.html
flashplugin-nonfree 11.1.102.55ubuntu0.10.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/maverick-changes/2011-November/009652.html
Ubuntu 11.04 Updates
facter 1.5.8-2ubuntu2.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-November/012259.html
tomcat6 6.0.28-10ubuntu2.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-November/012260.html
kdeutils 4:4.6.5-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-November/012261.html
acroread 9.4.6-0natty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-November/012262.html
libmodplug 1:0.8.8.1-2ubuntu0.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-November/012263.html
python-django-piston 0.2.2-1ubuntu1.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-November/012264.html
papyon 0.5.5-1ubuntu1.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-November/012265.html
libcap2 1:2.20-1ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-November/012266.html
xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu7.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-November/012267.html
globus-gssapi-gsi 7.5-2ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-November/012268.html
radvd 1:1.7-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-November/012269.html
clamav 0.97.3+dfsg-1ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-November/012270.html
apache2 2.2.17-1ubuntu1.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-November/012271.html
adobe-flashplugin 11.1.102.55-0natty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-November/012272.html
flashplugin-nonfree 11.1.102.55ubuntu0.11.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2011-November/012273.html
Ubuntu 11.10 Updates
tomcat6 6.0.32-5ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011365.html
kdeutils 4:4.7.2-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011366.html
libmodplug 1:0.8.8.2-3ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011367.html
byobu 4.37-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011368.html
python-django-piston 0.2.2-1ubuntu1.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011369.html
onboard 0.96.1-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011370.html
xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.15.901-1ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011371.html
banshee 2.2.1-1ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011372.html
papyon 0.5.5-1ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011373.html
redhat-cluster 3.0.12-2ubuntu5.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011374.html
casper 1.287.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011375.html
offlineimap 6.3.3-3ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011376.html
nvidia-graphics-drivers-updates 285.05.09-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011377.html
compiz 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011378.html
simple-scan 3.2.1-0ubuntu1~oneiric1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011379.html
clutter-gst 1.4.2-1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011384.html
dell-recovery 1.11.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011380.html
brltty 4.2-8ubuntu5.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011381.html
compizconfig-python 0.9.5.94-0ubuntu3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011382.html
mono-zeroconf 0.9.0-3~ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011383.html
nautilus 1:3.2.1-0ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011385.html
acroread 9.4.6~enu-0oneiric1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011386.html
radvd 1:1.8-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011387.html
clamav 0.97.3+dfsg-1ubuntu0.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011388.html
apache2 2.2.20-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011389.html
adobe-flashplugin 11.1.102.55-0oneiric1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011390.html
flashplugin-nonfree 11.1.102.55ubuntu0.11.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2011-November/011391.html
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