Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 275
Elizabeth Krumbach
lyz at ubuntu.com
Mon Jul 23 15:56:36 UTC 2012
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 275 for the week July
16 - 22, 2012.
== Links to UWN ==
* Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue275
== In This Issue ==
* Ubuntu Developer Week Planning starts
* 3, 2, 1, Live!
* Valve Games and Steam on Ubuntu 12.04
* Introducing Ubuntu Web Apps: setting the web free of the browser
* Welcome new members
* Elizabeth Krumbach: O'Reilly Open Source Award
* Ubuntu Stats
* Peruvian LoCo Team Re-Approved
* Bug reporting and search knows about privacy
* Beta test: asynchronous PPA package copies
* Didier Roche: Announcing session-migration now in ubuntu
* Ubuntu TV: Ubuntu TV weekly updates 2 & 3
* Jason Gerard DeRose: Testing CouchDB 1.2.0 for Quantal: Help wanted!
* Nicholas Skaggs: Testing in Cadence
* Ubuntu App Developer Blog: Top 10 Ubuntu app downloads for June 2012
* Dax Solomon Umaming: Neo Basic and Ubuntu
* Jono Bacon: Steam on Ubuntu
* IRC Council: IRC Operator Training Classes
* Jorge Castro: Democratizing the Cloud - Here comes native OpenStack
support for Juju
* Canonical News
* A first look at Dell's 'Sputnik' Ubuntu Linux developer laptop
* Shuttleworth: Next year 5 percent of the world's PCs will ship with
Ubuntu pre-installed #Linux
* In The Blogosphere
* In Other News
* Other Articles of Interest
* Featured Podcasts
* 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 ==
=== Ubuntu Developer Week Planning starts ===
Daniel Holbach writes for the Ubuntu Classroom blog to Ubuntu
developers interested in speaking about development best practices. He
announces an Ubuntu developer week coming up from August 28th to 30th,
where developers will have the opportunity to share techniques from
correct packaging methods to writing good code.
http://ubuntuclassroom.wordpress.com/2012/07/17/ubuntu-developer-week-planning-starts/
=== 3, 2, 1, Live! ===
Jose Antonio Rey announces the new "Ubuntu on Air!" project "that will
bring instructors, developers, leaders, etc. to your screen" through
Google Hangouts. Session attendees will join a new IRC channel set up
to interact with the presenter who will give a session and respond to
comments and questions from the audience. The first is coming up on
Thursday, July 26th at 18 UTC where the team has "Benjamin Kerensa
with the Developer News, and Brian Murray explaining us a little bit
more about bugs, and how useful are they to make a successful
release."
http://joseeantonior.wordpress.com/2012/07/17/3-2-1-live/
=== Valve Games and Steam on Ubuntu 12.04 ===
David Pitkin writes on the Canonical blog about Valve's announcement
that Steam will be coming to Ubuntu 12.04, with Left 4 Dead 2 as the
first Steam title ported to Linux. Pitkin says "This is yet another
huge development in the gaming space for Ubuntu users."
http://blog.canonical.com/2012/07/17/valve-games-and-steam-on-ubuntu-12-04/
=== Introducing Ubuntu Web Apps: setting the web free of the browser ===
Steve George writes on the Canonical blog that, starting from 12.10,
Ubuntu will come with web applications that behave just like desktop
applications. He explains that the web app support will have desktop
notifications, launchers and can even integrate with Ubuntu's HUD. Web
Apps will also be available as a preview in 12.04.
http://blog.canonical.com/2012/07/19/introducing-ubuntu-web-apps-setting-the-web-free-of-the-browser/
=== Welcome new members ===
Iain Lane is the latest approved core-developer, congratulations.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2012-July/001600.html
== Community Acknowledgments and Success Stories ==
=== Elizabeth Krumbach: O'Reilly Open Source Award ===
Elizabeth Krumbach accepts the O'Reilly Open Source Award for her work
in the Ubuntu community. She expresses her gratitude to the Ubuntu
community where she says she has met exceptional colleagues and found
a support network for her personal and professional life.
http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=6486
== Ubuntu Stats ==
=== Bug Stats ===
* Open (99118) +252 over last week
* Critical (74) -2 over last week
* Unconfirmed (49816) +303 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 Precise ===
* English (Australia) (2) -1 over last week
* Spanish (10489) -268 over last week
* English (United Kingdom) (19610) -367 over last week
* Bosnian (37168) +/- 0 over last week
* German (46264) +/- 0 over last week
Remaining strings to translate in Ubuntu 12.04 "Precise Pangolin", see
more at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise/ and
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Translations
=== Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week ===
* Ubuntu Software Center: categories in paid apps -
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29970/
* Construcao de aplicativos proprios - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29966/
* Evolve Startup Daemons - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29961/
* texts in software updater are too complicated -
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29960/
* Easy donate integratoren in Ubuntu Apps. -
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/29959/
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 undo the last cd command?
http://askubuntu.com/questions/164380/how-can-i-undo-the-last-cd-command
* Should I choose exFat or NTFS for a "shared" partition in a
dual-boot system?
http://askubuntu.com/questions/164728/should-i-choose-exfat-or-ntfs-for-a-shared-partition-in-a-dual-boot-system
* How do I add a binary file to my existing PPA package
http://askubuntu.com/questions/164621/how-do-i-add-a-binary-file-to-my-existing-ppa-package
* How do I install and use Ubuntu's web application integration?
http://askubuntu.com/questions/165662/how-do-i-install-and-use-ubuntus-web-application-integration
* How resilient is Ubuntu to repeated "power-off" shutdowns?
http://askubuntu.com/questions/164726/how-resilient-is-ubuntu-to-repeated-power-off-shutdowns
Ask (and answer!) your own questions at http://askubuntu.com
== LoCo News ==
=== Peruvian LoCo Team Re-Approved ===
Dante Diaz shares the news that the Ubuntu Peru is the latest LoCo
team to obtain re-approval as an official team until 2014. Diaz also
writes "This recognition would not have been possible without the help
of the entire local community through events, talks, and online help
making our LoCo Team grow and thrive!" and issues a special thanks to
Jose Antonio Rey.
http://viperioen.blogspot.com/2012/07/peruvian-loco-team-re-approved.html
== Launchpad News ==
=== Bug reporting and search knows about privacy ===
Curtis Hovey shares that Launchpad has recently improved bug reporting
and bug search to be based on privacy settings, from public to
private. It also fixed some usability bugs and more.
http://blog.launchpad.net/general/bug-reporting-and-search-knows-about-privacy
=== Beta test: asynchronous PPA package copies ===
Colin Watson shares details of some of the work which has been done by
the Foundations team recently to improve Launchpad's archive handling.
He describes a specific bug where a valuable PPA copying feature is
likely to break due to timeouts where it is most useful: for larger
packages. An fix which instead does the copies asynchronously has been
deployed to the Launchpad beta testers, and Watson describes how they
can test and report problems they see.
http://blog.launchpad.net/general/beta-test-asynchronous-ppa-package-copies
== The Planet ==
=== Didier Roche: Announcing session-migration now in ubuntu ===
Didier Roche announces a tool he has written for developers to more
easily migrate user session data. He writes that the tool "is executed
at session startup, in a sync fashion. It contains caching and tries
to execute the minimal chunk, based on the design of the excellent
gconf->gsettings migration tool."
http://blog.didrocks.fr/post/Announcing-session-migration-now-in-ubuntu
=== Ubuntu TV: Ubuntu TV weekly updates 2 & 3 ===
The Ubuntu TV team comes out with two updates this week. They cover an
example application that demonstrates live metadata searching using
Nux to render the UI, progress of the transition to Unity 3D, remote
control integration, work from the community on Unity lenses and
scopes that seem like they would work well in Ubuntu TV requiring
little or no modification, and work on the new Ubuntu TV Testcard. For
each post they also cover the current status of several parts of the
project, areas where they need help and how to get involved.
http://www.doadjustyourset.com/2012/07/16/ubuntu-tv-weekly-update-2/
http://www.doadjustyourset.com/2012/07/20/ubuntu-tv-weekly-update-3/
=== Jason Gerard DeRose: Testing CouchDB 1.2.0 for Quantal: Help wanted! ===
Jason Gerard DeRose has made a branch of the CouchDB 1.2.0 Debian
package and is calling for assistance in testing it for inclusion in
the up and coming Ubuntu Quantal Quetzal release.
http://jderose.blogspot.com/2012/07/please-help-test-couchdb-120-for.html
=== Nicholas Skaggs: Testing in Cadence ===
With a change in the testing methodology being employed for Ubuntu
12.10, iso images are now being tested every two weeks. To achieve
100% coverage on all the iso images and increase the diversity of
systems that confirm success or failure a call is being made to
everyone interested in assisting to sign up on the supplied wiki link.
http://www.theorangenotebook.com/2012/07/testing-in-cadence.html
=== Ubuntu App Developer Blog: Top 10 Ubuntu app downloads for June 2012 ===
The top ten downloaded apps in the Ubuntu Software Center for the past
week has strong showings for the Humble Indie Bundle titles as well as
Electronic Arts games.
http://developer.ubuntu.com/2012/07/top-10-ubuntu-app-downloads-for-june-2012/
=== Dax Solomon Umaming: Neo Basic and Ubuntu ===
Dax shares an advertisement for Neo, a Filipino shop selling laptops
and netbooks shipped with Ubuntu preloaded.
http://blog.knightlust.com/?p=415
=== Jono Bacon: Steam on Ubuntu ===
In this blog post by Jono Bacon, we are given some news on the
upcoming release of Steam - a popular gaming platform that is coming
to Ubuntu - and his reflections on what this means for gaming in
Ubuntu and Linux.
http://www.jonobacon.org/2012/07/18/steam-on-ubuntu/
=== IRC Council: IRC Operator Training Classes ===
There are two upcoming Classroom sessions new IRC operators should be
aware of. These important sessions are "Introduction to being an IRC
operator" hosted by Miia Ranta (Myrtti) on the 26th of July at 17:00
UTC, and "A grand tour of the channels and bots" with instructor
Lorenzo J. Lucchini (LJL) featured on August 2nd at 13:00 UTC. Both
classes will start in the #ubuntu-classroom channel on freenode.
http://ubottu.com/ircc/2012/07/20/irc-operator-training-classes/
=== Jorge Castro: Democratizing the Cloud - Here comes native
OpenStack support for Juju ===
Jorge Castro reports that at OSCON, Mark Shuttleworth revealed the new
native OpenStack provider for Juju on HP Cloud. In this new scenario,
the tools and OS are provided leaving the end user the option to
choose from Amazon, HP Cloud, Rackspace, Microsoft Azure, or a self
hosted OpenStack. This new setup boasts three tier architecture with
database replication, caching, load balancers. Scalable architecture
with the ability to export out of one environment and into another
makes this an excellent option for cloud hosting.
http://www.jorgecastro.org/2012/07/20/democratizing-the-cloud-here-comes-native-openstack-support-for-juju/
== Canonical News ==
=== Ubuntu One Files Java library ===
The Ubuntu One team announces that they are "now releasing a Java
library to access files stored in your personal cloud at Ubuntu One,
to make them available for use in your own applications." They also
share documentation for how this works and instructions for
downloading examples of it being used in a couple simple applications.
http://voices.canonical.com/ubuntuone/2012/07/18/ubuntu-one-files-java-library/
=== Ubuntu Cloud 12.04: Deploying Private, Public, Hybrid Cloud
Services with Ubuntu Cloud ===
Canonical will be hosting a webinar on July 26th, inviting people to
"join Mark Baker and Nick Barcet form the Ubuntu Server and Cloud
teams to learn about OpenStack in Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS - and how
you can use it to deliver the infrastructure and services you need."
http://www.canonical.com/about-canonical/news-and-events/events/2012/07/26/live-webinar/ubuntu-cloud-1204-deploying-private-p
== In The Press ==
=== Valve announces Ubuntu port of Steam, Source engine, and Left 4 Dead 2 ===
Ryan Paul of Ars Technica writes on the news from Valve about the
Linux port of their Steam source engine and work on Left 4 Dead 2 for
Linux. He concludes by saying "If major game titles attract a good
volume of sales on Linux, its possible that a broader range of
third-party software developers and hardware manufacturers will start
to consider supporting the platform."
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2012/07/valve-announces-ubuntu-port-of-steam-source-engine-and-left-4-dead-2/
=== A first look at Dell's 'Sputnik' Ubuntu Linux developer laptop ===
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, ZDNet, takes a look at the goals and
aspirations for Dell's "Sputnik" project, which ships a Dell XPS 13
laptop with Ubuntu 12.04. He writes that in addition to supporting
cloud developers "the Sputnik will come with profiles that contains
all the core programmer tools a developer might need for a particular
language or environment" and says "JavaScript, Ruby on Rails, and
Android" will be the first three developer "profiles" supported. After
looking at an engineering sample he says "I would have been happy to
walk away with and start work."
http://www.zdnet.com/a-first-look-at-dells-sputnik-ubuntu-linux-developer-laptop-7000001166/
=== Canonical integrating Ubuntu WebApps in Quantal Quetzal (video) ===
Canonical announces Ubuntu Web Apps. Webapps integrate your favourite
websites directly to your desktop. Using your desktop to directly
interact with the web removes indirect access through a browser. Apps
include Facebook, Last.fm, Google Plus, Youtube. With PR video.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/19/canonical-integrating-ubuntu-webapps-in-quantal-quetzal/
=== Shuttleworth: Next year 5 percent of the world's PCs will ship
with Ubuntu pre-installed #Linux ===
Sean Michael Kerner writes for Internet News about Mark Shuttleworth's
presentation at OSCON 2012. Kerner covers Shuttleworth speaking about
the process leading up to Unity, the HUD, making Ubuntu "more
beautiful than Apple" and shipping 5% of world PCs with Ubuntu to
emerging markets by next year.
http://www.internetnews.com/blog/skerner/shuttleworth-nxt-year-5-percent-of-the-worlds-pcs-will-ship-with-ubuntu-pre-installed-linux.html
== In The Blogosphere ==
=== Ubuntu and Thunderbird: What the Future Might Hold ===
The Var Guy reports on Mozilla's ceasing development of Thunderbird
recently and Ubuntu's assurances that they will still use Thunderbird
as the native offline mail client for the next releases. He speculates
that moving forward, Ubuntu may drop an offline mail client altogether
in favor of web-based solutions.
http://www.thevarguy.com/2012/07/15/ubuntu-and-thunderbird-what-the-future-might-hold/
=== Timezone Sorting Added to Ubuntu 12.10 Clock Applet ===
Joey Sneddon, OMG!Ubuntu!, writes that "recent update to Ubuntu 12.10
has brought subtle improvements to the default date and time applet"
and shares an Ubuntu 12.04 and 12.10 time zone comparison.
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/07/timezone-sorting-added-to-ubuntu-12-10-clock-applet
=== Steam'd Penguins ===
Valve Linux team introduces themselves through the short history on
their blog which includes: how team has evolved, interest for moving
Steam and the source game engine to the Linux. The team also points
out that they will be informing the public through their blog posts
about the work progress, which currently includes: getting the Steam
client onto Linux with full functionality, optimizing a version of
Left 4 Dead 2 running at a high frame rate with OpenGL, and porting
additional Valve titles. Ubuntu is currently the only distro that the
Valve Linux team supports.
http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/linux/steamd-penguins/
=== Ubuntu 12.10 To Include Gwibber, Photos Lens By Default ===
Saurav Modak of Muktware writes about two new default lenses, which
will be included in Ubuntu 12.10: Gwibber and Photos. These join
existing lenses for Applications, Files, Music and Video.
http://www.muktware.com/3946/ubuntu-1210-include-gwibber-and-photos-lens-default
=== New Look Nautilus Lands in Ubuntu 12.10 ===
Joey Sneddon, OMG!Ubuntu!, writes about new look for Nautilus which
has landed in Ubuntu 12.10. Sneddon points Nautilus changes such as:
rejigged toolbar, new sidebar icons, replaced app menu, symbolic icons
in the sidebar, 'just type' searching, side bar entry reordering and
many others.
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/07/new-look-nautilus-lands-in-ubuntu-12-10-not-qui
=== New Interface For Installing Drivers In Ubuntu 12.10 ===
Surav Modak, Muktware, writes how Jockey, a program for installing
additional drivers, will be replaced from Ubuntu 12.10 with
ubuntu-drivers-common, and will be presented with a new interface.
Modak also shows a mock-up for ubuntu-drivers-common created by Marti
Pitt.
http://www.muktware.com/3952/new-interface-installing-drivers-ubuntu-1210
=== Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal: Nautilus gets new toolbar and menu, other
important changes ===
Andrew, WEB UPD8, writes that Nautilus 3.5.4. has been uploaded to the
Ubuntu 12.10 repositories. Changes brought in with new Nautilus are
namely: a new GNOME 3 style toolbar, new "gear" menu, symbolic
monochrome icons for the sidebar and others.
http://www.webupd8.org/2012/07/nautilus-new-toolbar-menu-ubuntu-quantal.html
== In Other News ==
=== Ubuntu's Unity Desktop Comes To Fedora 17 ===
Michael Larabel, Phoronix, writes how Unity is now available in Fedora
17. Larabel states: "The Ubuntu Unity desktop hasn't been pushed into
Fedora package repository, but via work done by external parties and
pushed over the OpenSUSE Build Service." Larabel also brings Unity
screenshots taken under Fedora 17.
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTE0Mjc
== Other Articles of Interest ==
* OpenStack is pushing ahead in the open source cloud space -
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/OpenStack-Is-Pushing-Ahead-in-the-OpenSource-Cloud-Space-576389/
* Time to shine: Why desktop Linux is taking over -
http://www.business2community.com/tech-gadgets/open-source-software-consultancy-linuxit-shares-open-source-insight-infographic-0222236
* OSI announces it will open organization to individual members-
http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/osi-announces-it-will-open-organization-individual-members
* Google Drive For Linux Is Still A Priority -
http://www.muktware.com/3938/google-drive-linux-still-priority
* OSCON 2012: The Open-Source Creative Engine Drives the Economy -
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Linux-and-Open-Source/OSCON-2012-The-OpenSource-Creative-Engine-Drives-the-Economy-389281/
* Valve and Intel work on open source GPU drivers -
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTE0MzQ
== Featured Podcasts ==
=== Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S05E11 - Freedom Through Disobedience ===
"Alan Pope, Mark Johnson, Tony Whitmore, Laura Cowen, and The Big
Mixing Desk are back together in Studio A for the eleventh episode of
Season Five of the Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo Team!"
http://podcast.ubuntu-uk.org/2012/07/18/s05e11-freedom-through-disobedience/
== Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings ==
* QA Team - July 18, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Meetings/QA/20120718
* Desktop Team - July 17, 2012
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Meeting/2012-07-17
* Security Team - July 16, 2012
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20120716
== 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-1507-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-July/001760.html
* [USN-1508-1] Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerability -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-July/001761.html
* [USN-1509-1] Firefox vulnerabilities -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-July/001762.html
* [USN-1510-1] Thunderbird vulnerabilities -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-July/001763.html
* [USN-1509-2] ubufox update -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-July/001764.html
* [USN-1511-1] tiff vulnerability -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-July/001765.html
* [USN-1512-1] KDE PIM vulnerability -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2012-July/001766.html
=== Ubuntu 8.04 Updates ===
* linux-backports-modules-2.6.24 2.6.24-32.44 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-July/012780.html
* linux-backports-modules-2.6.24 2.6.24-32.44 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-July/012781.html
* linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 2.6.24.18-32.14 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-July/012782.html
* linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24 2.6.24-32.52 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-July/012783.html
* linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24 2.6.24-32.52 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-July/012784.html
* linux-meta 2.6.24.32.34 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-July/012785.html
* linux 2.6.24-32.104 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-July/012786.html
* linux 2.6.24-32.104 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-July/012787.html
* linux-meta 2.6.24.32.34 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-July/012788.html
* linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 2.6.24.18-32.14 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-July/012789.html
* tiff 3.8.2-7ubuntu3.13 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-July/012790.html
* silo 1.4.13a+git20070930-1ubuntu2 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-July/012791.html
* debian-installer 20070308ubuntu40.15 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-July/012792.html
* gnutls13 2.0.4-1ubuntu2.8 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2012-July/012793.html
End of life - April 2013 (Server)
=== Ubuntu 10.04 Updates ===
* linux-lts-backport-oneiric 3.0.0-23.38~lucid1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-July/012986.html
* linux-lts-backport-natty 2.6.38-15.63~lucid1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-July/012987.html
* linux-meta-lts-backport-oneiric 3.0.0.23.11 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-July/012988.html
* procps 1:3.2.8-1ubuntu4.3 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-July/012989.html
* gnutls26 2.8.5-2ubuntu0.2 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-July/012990.html
* cron 3.0pl1-106ubuntu7 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-July/012991.html
* pango-graphite 0.9.2-3.1ubuntu0.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-July/012992.html
* libvirt 0.7.5-5ubuntu27.23 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-July/012993.html
* vm-builder 0.12.4-0ubuntu0.3 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-July/012994.html
* redmine 0.9.3-1ubuntu0.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-July/012995.html
* enigmail 2:1.4.3-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-July/012996.html
* firefox 14.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-July/012997.html
* thunderbird 14.0+build1-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-July/012998.html
* insserv 1.12.0-14ubuntu0.2 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-July/012999.html
* tiff 3.9.2-2ubuntu0.10 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-July/013000.html
* squid 2.7.STABLE7-1ubuntu12.5 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-July/013001.html
* debian-installer 20081029ubuntu102.16 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-July/013002.html
* linux-lts-backport-oneiric 3.0.0-23.39~lucid1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-July/013003.html
* linux-lts-backport-oneiric 3.0.0-23.39~lucid1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lucid-changes/2012-July/013004.html
End of Life - April 2013 (Desktop) - April 2015 (Server)
=== Ubuntu 11.04 Updates ===
* linux 2.6.38-15.64 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-July/012595.html
* firefox 14.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-July/012596.html
* lightning-extension 1.6+build1-0ubuntu0.11.04.2 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-July/012597.html
* thunderbird 14.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-July/012598.html
* enigmail 2:1.4.3-0ubuntu0.11.04.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-July/012599.html
* bluez 4.91-0ubuntu2 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-July/012600.html
* insserv 1.14.0-2ubuntu0.11.04.2 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-July/012601.html
* lfm 2.2-1ubuntu0.11.04.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-July/012602.html
* tiff 3.9.4-5ubuntu6.3 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/natty-changes/2012-July/012603.html
End of Life - October 2012
=== Ubuntu 11.10 Updates ===
* ecryptfs-utils 92-0ubuntu1.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-July/012233.html
* udisks 1.0.4-1ubuntu0.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-July/012234.html
* linux-ti-omap4 3.0.0-1213.25 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-July/012235.html
* linux-meta-ti-omap4 3.0.0.1213.12 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-July/012236.html
* libvirt 0.9.2-4ubuntu15.3 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-July/012237.html
* gnutls26 2.10.5-1ubuntu3.2 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-July/012238.html
* enigmail 2:1.4.3-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-July/012239.html
* firefox 14.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-July/012240.html
* thunderbird 14.0+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-July/012241.html
* lightning-extension 1.6+build1-0ubuntu0.11.10.2 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-July/012242.html
* linux-meta 3.0.0.23.27 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-July/012243.html
* linux-backports-modules-3.0.0 3.0.0-23.16 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-July/012244.html
* linux 3.0.0-23.38 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-July/012245.html
* qwt 6.0.0-1ubuntu1.11.10.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-July/012246.html
* kdepim 4:4.7.4+git111222-0ubuntu0.2 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-July/012247.html
* update-notifier 0.117ubuntu3.3 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-July/012248.html
* insserv 1.14.0-2.1ubuntu0.2 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-July/012249.html
* opendnssec 1.3.0-1ubuntu1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-July/012250.html
* chemtool 1.6.12-1ubuntu1.11.10.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-July/012251.html
* libxi 2:1.4.3-3ubuntu1.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-July/012252.html
* meta-kde 5:68ubuntu9.3 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-July/012253.html
* kdepimlibs 4:4.7.4-0ubuntu0.2 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-July/012254.html
* kdepim-runtime 4:4.7.4-0ubuntu0.2 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-July/012255.html
* kdepim 4:4.7.4+git111222-0ubuntu0.3 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-July/012256.html
* kde4libs 4:4.7.4-0ubuntu0.2 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-July/012257.html
* tiff 3.9.5-1ubuntu1.3 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-July/012258.html
* linux 3.0.0-23.39 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-July/012259.html
* python-scipy 0.9.0+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-July/012260.html
* linux 3.0.0-23.39 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/oneiric-changes/2012-July/012261.html
End of Life - April 2013
=== Ubuntu 12.04 Updates ===
* ruby1.9.1 1.9.3.0-1ubuntu2 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016623.html
* debtags 1.9+git20120320-0ubuntu1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016624.html
* varnish 3.0.2-1ubuntu0.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016625.html
* gwibber 3.4.2-0ubuntu2 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016626.html
* foomatic-filters 4.0.16-0ubuntu0.2 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016627.html
* visualvm 1.3.2-0ubuntu2.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016628.html
* debian-installer 20101020ubuntu136.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016629.html
* amanda 1:3.3.0-1ubuntu1.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016630.html
* linux-ti-omap4 3.2.0-1416.22 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016631.html
* linux-meta-ti-omap4 3.2.0.1416.16 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016632.html
* linux-meta-ti-omap4 3.2.0.1416.16 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016633.html
* linux-ti-omap4 3.2.0-1416.22 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016634.html
* python-eventlet 0.9.16-1ubuntu4.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016635.html
* xorg-server 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10.6 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016636.html
* psmisc 22.15-2ubuntu1.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016637.html
* wine1.4 1.4-0ubuntu4.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016638.html
* qemu-kvm 1.0+noroms-0ubuntu14 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016639.html
* freemind 0.9.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016640.html
* unity-lens-music 5.12.0-0ubuntu2 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016641.html
* evince 3.4.0-0ubuntu1.2 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016642.html
* libgphoto2 2.4.13-1ubuntu1.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016643.html
* maas-enlist 0.4-0ubuntu1.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016644.html
* trac-odtexport 0.6.0+svn10787-1ubuntu0.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016645.html
* trac-wikiprint 1.9.2-1ubuntu0.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016646.html
* udisks 1.0.4-5ubuntu2.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016647.html
* uwsgi 1.0.3+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016648.html
* banshee 2.4.1-3ubuntu1~precise2 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016649.html
* winff 1.4.1-1ubuntu0.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016650.html
* nis 3.17-32ubuntu4.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016651.html
* gtkhtml4.0 4.2.2-1ubuntu1.2 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016652.html
* unscd 0.47-2build2.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016653.html
* gnome-icon-theme 3.4.0-0ubuntu1.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016654.html
* partman-target 77ubuntu2.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016655.html
* gtk+3.0 3.4.2-0ubuntu0.4 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016656.html
* gnome-panel 1:3.4.1-0ubuntu1.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016657.html
* synapse 0.2.8.2-1ubuntu1.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016658.html
* gnome-themes-standard 3.4.1-0ubuntu1.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016659.html
* ubiquity 2.10.17 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016660.html
* enigmail 2:1.4.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016661.html
* firefox 14.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016662.html
* thunderbird 14.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016663.html
* lightning-extension 1.6+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.2 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016664.html
* mailman 1:2.1.14-3ubuntu0.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016665.html
* linux-meta-armadaxp 3.2.0.1605.8 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016666.html
* linux-armadaxp 3.2.0-1605.8 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016667.html
* apport 2.0.1-0ubuntu11 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016668.html
* ubuntu-sso-client 3.0.2-0ubuntu1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016669.html
* gst-plugins-base0.10 0.10.36-1ubuntu0.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016670.html
* libvirt 0.9.8-2ubuntu17.2 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016671.html
* epoptes 0.5.5-0ubuntu0.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016672.html
* update-manager 1:0.156.14.6 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016673.html
* kdepim 4:4.8.4a-0ubuntu0.2 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016674.html
* nvidia-graphics-drivers-173 173.14.35-0ubuntu0.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016676.html
* nvidia-graphics-drivers-173-updates 173.14.35-0ubuntu0.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016675.html
* boinc 7.0.27+dfsg-5ubuntu0.12.04.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016677.html
* hplip 3.12.2-1ubuntu3.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016678.html
* cups 1.5.3-0ubuntu2 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016679.html
* ghostscript 9.05~dfsg-0ubuntu4.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016680.html
* xkeyboard-config 2.5-1ubuntu1.3 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016681.html
* python-greenlet 0.3.1-1ubuntu5.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016682.html
* krb5 1.10+dfsg~beta1-2ubuntu0.2 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016683.html
* base-installer 1.122ubuntu7.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016684.html
* libdebian-installer 0.79ubuntu2.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016685.html
* flash-kernel 2.28ubuntu42.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016686.html
* meta-kde 5:71~pre15ubuntu12.3 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016687.html
* kdepimlibs- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016688.html
* kdepim-runtime-
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016689.html
* kdepim- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016690.html
* kde4libs_4.8.4a-0ubuntu0.2_i386_translations.tar.gz-
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016691.html
* tiff 3.9.5-2ubuntu1.2 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016692.html
* flash-kernel 2.28ubuntu42.2 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016693.html
* tomcat7 7.0.26-1ubuntu1.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016694.html
* gnome-games 1:3.4.1-0ubuntu2.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016695.html
* udev 175-0ubuntu9.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016696.html
* psensor 0.6.2.16-1ubuntu4.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016697.html
* lightdm 1.2.1-0ubuntu1.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016698.html
* activemq 5.5.0+dfsg-6ubuntu1.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016699.html
* libgphoto2 2.4.13-1ubuntu1.2 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016700.html
* evince 3.4.0-0ubuntu1.3 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016701.html
* gnome-control-center 1:3.4.2-0ubuntu0.4 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016702.html
* postfix 2.9.3-2~12.04.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016703.html
* gnome-desktop3 3.4.2-0ubuntu0.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016704.html
* ubiquity 2.10.18 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016705.html
* gnome-media 3.4.0-0ubuntu2.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016706.html
* cgroup-lite 1.1.2 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016707.html
* gamin 0.1.10-4ubuntu0.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016708.html
* libfm 0.1.17-0ubuntu3.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016709.html
* sks 1.1.1+dpkgv3-7ubuntu0.2 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016710.html
* libjpeg-turbo 1.1.90+svn733-0ubuntu4.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016711.html
* lxc 0.7.5-3ubuntu60 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016712.html
* piston-mini-client 0.7.2+bzr57-0ubuntu1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016713.html
* ruby-rvm 1.6.9-0ubuntu2.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016714.html
* libmusicbrainz 4.0.3-0ubuntu0.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016715.html
* xen 4.1.2-2ubuntu2.2 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016716.html
* modsecurity-apache 2.6.3-1ubuntu0.2 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016717.html
* mod-proxy-html 3.0.1-1ubuntu0.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016718.html
* kubuntu-docs 12.04.0ubuntu1.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016719.html
* software-properties 0.82.7.2 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016720.html
* resolvconf 1.63ubuntu15 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016721.html
* qt4-x11 4:4.8.1-0ubuntu4.2 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2012-July/016722.html
End of Life - April 2017
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