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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 286 for the week October 1 - 7, 2012.

Links to UWN

Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue286

In This Issue


New Members of the Loco Council
Ubuntu Stats
Call for Quantal Release Parties and Ubuntu's 8th Birthday
Burning down critical bugs
Openstack on Ubuntu - an update.
Matt Fischer: BECOMING A MOTU
Jono Bacon: The Canonical Community Team and 13.04
Kubuntu:KDE Plasma, Applications and Platform 4.9.2
Ubuntu Women: Career Days - October 18th!
David Henningsson: Pulseaudio conference - less than a month away!
Jono Bacon: 24 Hours Later. PS5,133.70 Raised.
Jeremy Bicha: Ubuntu Online Accounts and the Ubuntu GNOME Remix
Jhosman Lizarazo: Ubuntu Quantal Logo
Ubuntu has a bigger problem than its Amazon blunder
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, 11.04, 11.10 and 12.04
And much more!


General Community News

New Members of the Loco Council

Sergio Meneses shares an announcement of the newest LoCo council members. Meneses says farewell to outgoing members, Paolo and Greg, and welcomes the new members aboard:


Efrain Valles: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EfrainValles
Bhavani Shankar: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BhavaniShankar


http://lococouncil.ubuntu.com/2012/10/03/new-members-of-the-loco-council/

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats


Open (99945) +109 over last week
Critical (83) -3 over last week
Unconfirmed (50011) -129 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) (9770) -373 over last week
Spanish (14104) -36 over last week
English (Australia) (16443) -1238 over last week
Brazilian Portuguese (37926) -555 over last week
Bosnian (42788) -964 over last week
French (49788) -321 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 this week


Prevent PC from sleep/hibernate while backup - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/30225/
Allow touchpad to be rotated like Display rotation - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/30223/
Hard to find in which line of the text you are during in-text searches - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/30215/


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


What are the available browsers for 128 MB of RAM PC? http://askubuntu.com/questions/196339/what-are-the-available-browsers-for-128-mb-of-ram-pc
How to remove GUI from Ubuntu 12.04? http://askubuntu.com/questions/196603/how-to-remove-gui-from-ubuntu-12-04
How to save .jpg NOT .JPG http://askubuntu.com/questions/196593/how-to-save-jpg-not-jpg
Find directories that DON'T contain a file http://askubuntu.com/questions/196960/find-directories-that-dont-contain-a-file
What is the significance of the asterisk in the file listing results? http://askubuntu.com/questions/195631/what-is-the-significance-of-the-asterisk-in-the-file-listing-results


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

LoCo News

Call for Quantal Release Parties and Ubuntu's 8th Birthday

Benjamin Kerensa gives a reminder about the Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) release party. He highlights instructions about how to throw a party, and how to share it with the rest of the world. Kerensa states: "The key thing is not the venue, it is the people. With a venue and date, you are all set to let the world know about it."

http://benjaminkerensa.com/2012/10/05/call-for-quantal-release-parties-and-ubuntus-8th-birthday

Launchpad News

Burning down critical bugs

Curtis Hovey shares his experience with critical bugs, and points out the Purple Squad's great work, saying they are the best when it comes to closing critical bugs. Hovey states: "Maybe the Purple squad are better maintenance engineers than other squads who work on maintenance."

http://blog.launchpad.net/general/burning-down-critical-bugs

Ubuntu Cloud News

Openstack on Ubuntu - an update.

Chuck Short reports about recent work concerning OpenStack:


"Folsom release on Ubuntu 12.10" which includes following projects: "Nova, Swift, Glance, Keystone, Horizon and two new ones (Cinder - block storage, Quantum - SDN)."
"Folsom release on Ubuntu 12.04" where is highlighted recently announced Ubuntu cloud archive which enables "releasing the latest version of OpenStack to users who want the stability of an LTS release but need a newer version of OpenStack for their cloud."


Short also extends a call to testers and bug reporters on 12.04 servers, pointing out that volunteers will need the following in their /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://ubuntu-cloud.archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise-proposed/folsom main. Users who just want to install the latest version of OpenStack on their 12.04 server will need to add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://ubuntu-cloud.archive.canonical.com/ubuntu precise-updates/folsom main

http://zulcss.wordpress.com/2012/10/02/openstack-on-ubuntu-an-update/

The Planet

Matt Fischer: BECOMING A MOTU

Matt Fischer discusses why he became a 'Master of the Universe' in Ubuntu, and provides information for others who want to get involved. MOTUs are responsible for maintaining the Universe repository, which contains software supported by the community.

http://www.mattfischer.com/blog/?p=236

Jono Bacon: The Canonical Community Team and 13.04

Jono Bacon discusses the progress made by the Canoncial Community Team, and outlines plans for the team during the upcoming 13.04 cycle. He writes about the recent commitment to Quality Assurance, and how the team hopes to expand on that commitment by growing the community of testers, and using the resources more effectively by improving manual and automatic testing. Other targeted areas include: improving the App Developers' experience, continued development on Ubuntu Accomplishments, and further growing Ubuntu's popularity in the cloud with Juju.

http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/10/03/the-canonical-community-team-and-13-04/

Kubuntu:KDE Plasma, Applications and Platform 4.9.2

The Kubuntu team announces "packages for the release of KDE SC 4.9.2 are available for Kubuntu 12.04.1 LTS releases" which can be retrieved from the Kubuntu Backports PPA. The packages are also in Kubuntu 12.10 development release.

http://www.kubuntu.org/news/kde-sc-4.9.2

Ubuntu Women: Career Days - October 18th!

Cheri Francis of Ubuntu Women announces a new career day session to be held October 18th at 19:00 UTC in #ubuntu-classroom and #ubuntu-classroom-chat on irc.freenode.net. Francis writes that "Silvia Bindelli (Dolasilla) will be presenting about working as a Software Release Coordinator. The job involves keeping track of both people and technology."

More information about Career Days can be found at: http://wiki.ubuntu-women.org/CareerDays Also, anyone interested in Career Days can contact Cheri Francis (cheri703@ubuntu.com), and Elizabeth Krumbach (lyz@ubuntu.com).

http://blog.ubuntu-women.org/2012/10/career-days-october-18th/

David Henningsson: Pulseaudio conference - less than a month away!

David Henningsson reminds us that the upcoming Pulseaudio conference in Bella Center, Copenhagen, is less than a month away. The event takes place alongside the Ubuntu Developer Summit and Linaro Connect. There is no fee, but attendees must have either a UDS or LC registration to get into the conference area.

http://voices.canonical.com/david.henningsson/2012/10/04/pulseaudio-conference-less-than-a-month-away/

Jono Bacon: 24 Hours Later. PS5,133.70 Raised.

This past week, the Community Team did a 24-hour marathon to raise money for charity. The event was streamed live via Google+ Hangouts and featured interviews and discussions from many community members. Six charities were benefited, and by the end a total of PS5,133.70 was raised.

http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/10/05/24-hours-later-5133-70-raised/

Jeremy Bicha: Ubuntu Online Accounts and the Ubuntu GNOME Remix

In this article from Jeremy Bicha, we read about the Ubuntu GNOME Remix project and its goal to bridge the gap between Ubuntu and GNOME. The project seeks to address the issue of including both Ubuntu Online Accounts and GNOME Online Accounts in the 12.10 release, which provides a horrible user experience as well as a headache for GNOME app developers due to the two different APIs.

http://jeremy.bicha.net/2012/10/06/ubuntu-online-accounts-and-gnome/

Jhosman Lizarazo: Ubuntu Quantal Logo

With the release of Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal approaching, we can see some of the promotional materials appearing, such as this logo on jhosman.com.

http://jhosman.com/en/ubuntu/ubuntu-quantal-logo/

In The Press

Ubuntu has a bigger problem than its Amazon blunder

Paul Venezia of Infoworld writes about the recent Amazon shopping feature in the Ubuntu 12.10 Unity Dash, and how he believes it is a privacy issue. Venezia goes on to say that Canonical's response to this issue highlights a bigger problem: the threat to its user trust.

http://www.infoworld.com/d/data-center/ubuntu-has-bigger-problem-its-amazon-blunder-203467

In The Blogosphere

Ubuntu 12.10 Updates Messaging menu status icons

Joey Sneddon of OMG!Ubuntu! presents minor changes to the Messaging menu status icons which include:


"New pips - the small icons that appear on the panel 'envelope' icon to denote your online status."
"New status icons" - their visibility is changed
"Pipped to the post" -" Messaging Menu will look and behave as it did in Ubuntu 12.04."


http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/10/ubuntu-12-10-updates-messaging-menu-status-pips

Early Ubuntu 12.10 boot speed results

Michael Larabel of Phoronix brings us "early look of some Bootchart numbers for two systems running Ubuntu 12.10 development snapshots compared to earlier releases."

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTE5ODE

Ubuntu Adds 'Amazon Results' Off Switch, Fixes NSFW Issues

Joey Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! informs us about the so-called "Kill Switch" - a feature, which when activated, disables the retrieval of all lenses and scopes results from online sources. Sneddon also writes that there have been improvements to avoid NSFW (Not Safe For Work) content showing up in search results.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/10/ubuntu-adds-amazon-results-off-switch-fixes-nsfw-issues

10 Things To Look For In Ubuntu 12.10

Abhishek Prakash of Make Tech Easier gives us a list of 10 things to look for in Ubuntu 12.10, including: Web Apps, Remote Login, Sponsored Amazon and Ubuntu One suggestions in Unity Dash, Unity Preview, Update Manger revamped as Software Updater, Additional Drivers, Full Disk Encryption, System Settings Options, the loss of the CD-size image and, of course, newly updated packages.

http://maketecheasier.com/10-things-to-look-for-in-ubuntu-12-10/2012/10/05

Unity 6.8.0 Arrives in Ubuntu 12.10 with Performance Fixes

Joey Sneddon of OMG!Ubuntu! introduces a list of changes brought with Unity 6.8.0, which include: bug fixes, faster window scaling during the 'Spread' feature, rendering fixes for previews, and more.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/10/unity-6-8-0-arrives-in-quantal

Ubuntu: Open X Bugs, Nouveau In A "Funky State"

Michael Larabel of Phoronix shares highlights from messages by Bryce Harrington, Canonical's Xorg maintainer, "where he described the open bugs for the different open and closed-source graphics drivers plus the X.Org Server."

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTIwMDA

Games Dominate Ubuntu's Paid App Chart in September

Joey Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! brings us September's 2012 Top 10 Commercial Apps chart:


MC Launcher
Bastion
Sacred Gold (new)
Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Braid
Linux Format Magazine - Issue 163 (new)
Fluendo DVD Player
Torchlight (new)
Cubemen (new)
Majesty Gold (new)


http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/10/games-dominate-ubuntus-paid-app-chart-in-september

Bluelight Powering Auroville With OpenSource

Atuljha of Muktware writes about a not-for-profit shop located inside Auroville in Southern India with a diverse team of people from Russia, Gemany, India, France and other countries. This shop manages a Cyber Cafe which is running on Ubuntu, as well as providing consulting regarding IT and Open Source software for Auroville.

http://www.muktware.com/4497/bluelight-powering-auroville-opensource

23 Brand New Features in Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal [Screenshots Tour]

Posted by Manuel Jose at Tech Drive-in, we see a feature review complete with screenshots for the upcoming Ubuntu 12.10 version.

http://www.techdrivein.com/2012/10/23-changes-to-ubuntu1210-quantal-quetzal.html

In Other News

Best Ways to Read E-books on Ubuntu

Jun Auza of TechSource brings us Abhishek's chart of the best applications for reading e-books under Ubuntu: Calibre, Evince, Okular, MuPDF and FBReader.

http://www.junauza.com/2012/10/best-ways-to-read-e-books-on-ubuntu.html

Other Articles of Interest


Debian Project News - October 1st, 2012 - http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2012/19/
Four key new features in Linux 3.6 - http://www.pcworld.com/article/2010923/four-key-new-features-in-linux-3-6.html
Intel SMAP Comes To Try to Better Secure Linux - http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTE5NzI
Linux 3.7 supports the Nintendo Wii Balance Board - http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTE5NjY
Linux video editor Openshot updates with more blender effects - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/10/linux-video-editor-openshot-updates-with-more-blender-effects
Zarafa, Yubicon partner on Open Source Security - http://www.thevarguy.com/2012/10/02/zarafa-yubicon-partner-on-open-source-security/
Linux Now Supports Oracle's SPARC-T4 - http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTE5Nzc
Survey Shows That Concerns Remain in the Open Source Cloud - http://ostatic.com/blog/survey-shows-that-concerns-remain-in-the-open-source-cloud


Featured Audio and Video

Ubuntu Ohio : Burning Circle, Episode no. 85

In this podcast, Stephen Michael Kellat brings us news about Ohio's Linux fest and Ubuntu Community Council's draft of the new Ubuntu Code of Conduct.

http://ohio.ubuntu-us.org/node/117

Automating an Ubuntu installation

Nicholas Skaggs of the Ubuntu QA team shares a prototype for automating the Ubiquity installer, testing a "manual" installation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Owdb8oMRT8o

Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings


Kernel Team - October 2, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Meeting#Tues.2C_02_Oct_2012
QA Team - October 3, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Meetings/QA/20121003
Desktop Team - October 2, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Meeting/2012-10-02
Security Team - October 1, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20121001
Server Team - October 2, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/20121002


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, 11.04, 11.10 and 12.04

Security Updates


[USN-1588-1] Software Properties vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-October/001846.html
[USN-1589-1] GNU C Library vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-October/001847.html
[USN-1590-1] QEMU vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-October/001848.html
[USN-1591-1] xdiagnose update - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-October/001849.html
[USN-1592-1] Python 2.7 vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-October/001850.html
[USN-1593-1] devscripts vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-October/001851.html
[USN-1594-1] Linux kernel (Oneiric backport) vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-October/001852.html
[USN-1576-2] DBus regressions - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-October/001853.html
[USN-1595-1] libxslt vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-October/001854.html
[USN-1596-1] Python 2.6 vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-October/001855.html
[USN-1597-1] Linux kernel (EC2) vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-October/001856.html


Ubuntu 8.04 Updates


postgresql-8.3 8.3.21-0ubuntu8.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-October/012824.html
glibc 2.7-10ubuntu8.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-October/012825.html
glibc 2.7-10ubuntu8.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-October/012826.html
dbus 1.1.20-1ubuntu3.9 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-October/012827.html
dbus 1.1.20-1ubuntu3.9 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-October/012828.html
libxslt 1.1.22-1ubuntu1.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-October/012829.html
libxslt 1.1.22-1ubuntu1.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-October/012830.html


End of life - April 2013 (Server)

Ubuntu 10.04 Updates


postgresql-8.4 8.4.14-0ubuntu10.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-October/013193.html
software-properties 0.75.10.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-October/013194.html
software-properties 0.75.10.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-October/013195.html
vmware-view-client 1.6.0-0ubuntu0.10.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-October/013196.html
eglibc 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.11 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-October/013197.html
eglibc 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.11 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-October/013198.html
qemu-kvm 0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9.20 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-October/013199.html
qemu-kvm 0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu9.20 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-October/013200.html
linux-lts-backport-oneiric 3.0.0-26.43~lucid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-October/013201.html
linux-lts-backport-oneiric 3.0.0-26.43~lucid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-October/013202.html
devscripts 2.10.61ubuntu5.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-October/013203.html
devscripts 2.10.61ubuntu5.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-October/013204.html
python-distutils-extra 2.18bzr1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-October/013205.html
python-distutils-extra 2.18bzr1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-October/013206.html
dbus 1.2.16-2ubuntu4.7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-October/013207.html
dbus 1.2.16-2ubuntu4.7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-October/013208.html
libxslt 1.1.26-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-October/013209.html
libxslt 1.1.26-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-October/013210.html
linux-ec2 2.6.32-349.55 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-October/013211.html
linux-ec2 2.6.32-349.55 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-October/013212.html
linux-meta-ec2 2.6.32.349.30 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-October/013213.html
linux-meta-ec2 2.6.32.349.30 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-October/013214.html
python2.6 2.6.5-1ubuntu6.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-October/013215.html
python2.6 2.6.5-1ubuntu6.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-October/013216.html


End of Life - April 2013 (Desktop) - April 2015 (Server)

Ubuntu 11.04 Updates


postgresql-8.4 8.4.14-0ubuntu11.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-October/012745.html
software-properties 0.80.9.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-October/012746.html
software-properties 0.80.9.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-October/012747.html
vmware-view-client 1.6.0-0ubuntu0.11.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-October/012748.html
eglibc 2.13-0ubuntu13.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-October/012749.html
eglibc 2.13-0ubuntu13.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-October/012750.html
qemu-kvm 0.14.0+noroms-0ubuntu4.7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-October/012751.html
qemu-kvm 0.14.0+noroms-0ubuntu4.7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-October/012752.html
python2.7 2.7.1-5ubuntu2.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-October/012753.html
python2.7 2.7.1-5ubuntu2.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-October/012754.html
devscripts 2.10.69ubuntu2.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-October/012755.html
devscripts 2.10.69ubuntu2.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-October/012756.html
python-distutils-extra 2.26-2ubuntu0.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-October/012757.html
python-distutils-extra 2.26-2ubuntu0.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-October/012758.html
dbus 1.4.6-1ubuntu6.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-October/012759.html
dbus 1.4.6-1ubuntu6.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-October/012760.html
libxslt 1.1.26-6ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-October/012761.html
libxslt 1.1.26-6ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-October/012762.html
python2.6 2.6.6-6ubuntu7.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-October/012763.html
python2.6 2.6.6-6ubuntu7.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-October/012764.html


End of Life - October 2012

Ubuntu 11.10 Updates


postgresql-9.1 9.1.6-0ubuntu11.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-October/012471.html
software-properties 0.81.13.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-October/012472.html
software-properties 0.81.13.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-October/012473.html
vmware-view-client 1.6.0-0ubuntu0.11.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-October/012474.html
eglibc 2.13-20ubuntu5.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-October/012475.html
eglibc 2.13-20ubuntu5.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-October/012476.html
qemu-kvm 0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-October/012477.html
qemu-kvm 0.14.1+noroms-0ubuntu6.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-October/012478.html
python2.7 2.7.2-5ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-October/012479.html
python2.7 2.7.2-5ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-October/012480.html
devscripts 2.11.1ubuntu3.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-October/012481.html
devscripts 2.11.1ubuntu3.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-October/012482.html
dbus 1.4.14-1ubuntu1.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-October/012483.html
dbus 1.4.14-1ubuntu1.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-October/012484.html
libxslt 1.1.26-7ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-October/012485.html
libxslt 1.1.26-7ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-October/012486.html
python2.6 2.6.7-4ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-October/012487.html
python2.6 2.6.7-4ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-October/012488.html
update-manager 1:0.152.25.13 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-October/012489.html


End of Life - April 2013

Ubuntu 12.04 Updates


postgresql-9.1 9.1.6-0ubuntu12.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017529.html
jenkins 1.424.6+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017530.html
jenkins 1.424.6+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017531.html
software-properties 0.82.7.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017532.html
software-properties 0.82.7.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017533.html
linux-meta-armadaxp 3.2.0.1609.14 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017534.html
linux-armadaxp 3.2.0-1609.14 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017535.html
postgresql-8.4 8.4.14-0ubuntu12.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017536.html
vmware-view-client 1.6.0-0ubuntu0.12.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017537.html
nvidia-common 1:0.2.44.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017538.html
jockey 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017539.html
gnome-pkg-tools 0.19.1ubuntu3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017540.html
coreutils 8.13-3ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017541.html
pdksh 5.2.14-26ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017542.html
xterm 271-1ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017543.html
java-gnome 4.1.1-2ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017544.html
eglibc 2.15-0ubuntu10.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017545.html
eglibc 2.15-0ubuntu10.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017546.html
libvirt 0.9.8-2ubuntu17.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017547.html
qemu-kvm 1.0+noroms-0ubuntu14.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017548.html
qemu-kvm 1.0+noroms-0ubuntu14.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017549.html
xdiagnose 2.5.2ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017550.html
xdiagnose 2.5.2ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017551.html
devscripts 2.11.6ubuntu1.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017552.html
devscripts 2.11.6ubuntu1.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017553.html
nvidia-common 1:0.2.44.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017554.html
jockey 0.9.7-0ubuntu7.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017555.html
cntlm 0.92.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017556.html
fwts 0.25.06precise1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017557.html
openvswitch 1.4.0-1ubuntu1.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017558.html
rosegarden 1:11.11.42-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017559.html
hellanzb 0.13-6.1ubuntu0 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017560.html
ntfs-3g 1:2012.1.15AR.1-1ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017561.html
qemu-kvm 1.0+noroms-0ubuntu14.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017562.html
qemu-linaro 1.0.50-2012.03-0ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017563.html
qemu-kvm 1.0+noroms-0ubuntu14.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017564.html
dbus 1.4.18-1ubuntu1.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017565.html
dbus 1.4.18-1ubuntu1.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017566.html
libxslt 1.1.26-8ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017567.html
libxslt 1.1.26-8ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017568.html
sks 1.1.1+dpkgv3-7ubuntu0.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017569.html
accountsservice 0.6.15-2ubuntu9.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017570.html
landscape-client 12.05-0ubuntu1.12.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017571.html
aptitude 0.6.6-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017572.html
partman-auto-lvm 42ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017573.html
ubuntu-sso-client 3.0.2-0ubuntu3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017574.html
libgnome 2.32.1-2ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017575.html
kaffeine 1.2.2-1ubuntu3.12.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017576.html
eglibc 2.15-0ubuntu10.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017577.html
update-manager 1:0.156.14.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017578.html
autofs5 5.0.6-0ubuntu5.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017579.html
sessioninstaller 0.20+bzr128-0ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017580.html
xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017581.html
postgresql-8.4 8.4.14-0ubuntu12.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017582.html
xkeyboard-config 2.5-1ubuntu1.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017583.html
apport 2.0.1-0ubuntu14 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017584.html
apparmor 2.7.102-0ubuntu3.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017585.html
linux-base 3.4ubuntu3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017586.html
zentyal-core 2.3.4precise1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017587.html
wpasupplicant 0.7.3-6ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-October/017588.html


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