[ubuntu-us-nc] Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #182
Amber Graner
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Sun Feb 28 23:07:59 GMT 2010
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From: John Crawford <johnc4510 at ubuntu.com>
Date: Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 5:50 PM
Subject: Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #182
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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #182 for the week
February 21st - February 27th, 2010. In this issue we cover: Lucid Alpha
3 Released, Rocking The Opportunistic Desktop, Can you hear the Music,
New Ubuntu Members: Americas Board Meeting, Ubuntu Libya LoCo at the
Technology & Science Fair, Help localization testing with the ISO
tracker, Translating software descriptions with Nightmonkey, Attention
Encrypted Home Users, Server Bug Zapping - Call for Participation,
Ubuntu Women has a new IRC Channel, Full Circle Magazine #34, and much,
much more!
== UWN Translations ==
* Note to translators and our readers: We are trying a new way of
linking to our translations pages. Please follow the link below for the
information you need.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Translations
== In This Issue ==
* Lucid Alpha 3 Released
* Rocking The Opportunistic Desktop
* Can you hear the Music?
* New Ubuntu Members: Americas Board Meeting
* Ubuntu Stats
* Ubuntu Libya LoCo at the Technology & Science Fair
* Help localization testing with the ISO tracker
* Translating software descriptions with Nightmonkey
* Attention Encrypted Home Users
* Server Bug Zapping - Call for Participation
* Ubuntu Women has a new IRC Channel
* In the Press & Blogosphere
* Full Circle Magazine #34
* Meetings & Events
* Updates & Security
== General Community News ==
=== Lucid Alpha 3 Released ===
Welcome to Lucid Lynx Alpha 3, which will in time become Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.
Pre-releases of Lucid are *not* encouraged for anyone needing a stable
system or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional, even
frequent breakage. They are, however, recommended for Ubuntu developers
and those who want to help in testing, reporting, and fixing bugs.
Alpha 3 is the third in a series of milestone CD images that will be
released throughout the Lucid development cycle. The Alpha images are
known to be reasonably free of showstopper CD build or installer bugs,
while representing a very recent snapshot of Lucid. You can download it
here:
* http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/lucid/alpha-3/ (Ubuntu)
* http://uec-images.ubuntu.com/releases/lucid/alpha-3/ (Ubuntu Server
for UEC and EC2)
* http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/lucid/alpha-3/ (Kubuntu)
* http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/lucid/alpha-3/ (Xubuntu)
* http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/lucid/alpha-3/ (Edubuntu)
* http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/mythbuntu/releases/lucid/alpha-3/ (Mythbuntu)
* http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/lucid/alpha-3/ (Ubuntu
Studio)
See http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Mirrors for a list of mirrors.
Alpha 3 includes a number of software updates that are ready for wider
testing. Please refer to http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/lucid/alpha3 for
information on changes in Ubuntu.
This is quite an early set of images, so you should expect some bugs.
For a list of known bugs (that you don't need to report if you
encounter), please see: http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/lucid/alpha3
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2010-February/000682.html
=== Rocking The Opportunistic Desktop ===
Here are some fun opportunistic developer things going on over the next
few weeks. All of these events provide a great opportunity to get
started having fun making awesome apps that you can share with others.
1. Ubuntu Opportunistic Developer Week
* Ubuntu Opportunistic Developer Week Wiki:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOpportunisticDeveloperWeek
A few weeks ago Jono Bacon announced the plan to put together Ubuntu
Opportunistic Developer Week: a week of IRC tuition sessions aimed at
helping opportunistic developers scratch their itches and write fun and
useful programs using our awesome platform. The week takes place from
1st - 6th March 2010.
The response so far to the call for sessions has been fantastic, and we
already have the following sessions scheduled, all visible from the
timetable for the week:
* Welcome! Ubuntu For Opportunistic Developers - Jono Bacon
* Gooey Graphics with GooCanvas - Rick Spencer
* Testdrive - Dustin Kirkland
* CouchDB support in your app with DesktopCouch - Stuart Langridge
* Creating stunning interfaces with Cairo - Laszlo Pandy
* Hot-rod your app for translations support - David Planella
* Creating a PyKDE app - Rich Johnson
* Creating an application from scratch with Quickly - Rick Spencer
* Microblog from your app with the Gwibber API - Ken VanDine
* What's new in Quickly 0.4 - Didier Roche
* Learning through examples with Acire and Python-Snippets - Jono Bacon
* Building in Application Indicator support - Sense Hofstede
* Writing a Rhythmbox plug-in - Stuart Langridge
* Create games with PyGame - Rick Spencer
* Write Beautiful Code (and Maintain it Beautifully) - rockstar
* Using GTK+ signals in Python - Sense Hofstede
* Integrated development workflow with Ground Control - Martin Owens
* Building multimedia into your app with GStreamer - Laszlo Pandy
* Speed your development with quickly.widgets - Rick Spencer
* Web browsing and rapid UI with WebKit - Ryan Paul
Each of these sessions is designed to give you a taste of the topic and
get you up and running, enough to be productive and start exploring the
features of the tool being discussed. In addition to this we will have a
series of showcase sessions:
* SHOWCASE: Gwibber - Ken VanDine
* SHOWCASE: Lernid - Jono Bacon
* SHOWCASE: Photobomb - Rick Spencer
These sessions explain the story behind the app: talking about which
tools, modules and technology that was used to put these apps together
and what challenges were solved. This is a great way to learn more about
tools available for opportunistic developers so that when you need to do
something, you know which tool to reach out for.
2. Introduction To Python Tuition Sessions
Now, many of you will be entirely new to Python and entirely new to
coding. To give you folks a head start before Ubuntu Opportunistic
Developer Week kicks off, Rick Spencer from the desktop team will be
running some beginners Python tuition sessions on the Thursday before
Ubuntu Opportunistic Developer Week:
* Thu 25th Feb 2010 - 15.00 UTC - Ubuntu Opp Dev Week Prep: Intro to
Python for total beginners - Rick Spencer
* Thu 25th Feb 2010 - 16.00 UTC - Ubuntu Opp Dev Week Prep: Intro to
Python for programmers - Rick Spencer
This is a great way of getting your opportunistic development kickstarted!
Again, this awesome content is best experienced using Lernid. If you
would prefer to use a normal IRC client, just join #ubuntu-classroom and
#ubuntu-classroom-chat to join in the fun.
3. Fun Apps And Hacking Parties
With an awesome week of opportunistic developer learning ahead of us, I
was keen to put together some sessions where you good folks can just
hack on fun projects in the same room, ask each other questions and
more. As such, at the end of each Opportunistic Developer Week day,
there will be a a series of parties. These include:
* Mon 1st March 2010 - 21.00 - 23.00UTC - Hacking Party - Work on your
app together, ask/answer questions and have fun together!
* Tues 2nd March 2010 - 21.00 - 23.00UTC - Hacking Party - Work on your
app together, ask/answer questions and have fun together!
* Wed 3rd March 2010 - 21.00 - 23.00UTC - Hacking Party - Work on your
app together, ask/answer questions and have fun together!
* Thu 4th March 2010 - 21.00 - 23.00UTC - Snippets Party - Join us and
create Python snippets!\
* Fri 5th March 2010 - 21.00 - 23.00UTC - Hacking Party - Work on your
app together, ask/answer questions and have fun together!
This is an awesome opportunity to get together and make something fun.
So, Jono has issued a challenge for you good folks: before we start next
week, think of a fun app to focus on writing next week. Pick something
that will do something useful for you and something not too large and
comprehensive (e.g. don't pick a word processor or spreadsheet!).
4. The Place To Be: #ubuntu-app-devel
As part of building an awesome community and platform for opportunistic
developers, Jono created #ubuntu-app-devel on Freenode and we have a
great group of enthusiastic developers in there who can answer your
questions and help you get started. Join us and join in the fun!
http://www.jonobacon.org/2010/02/24/rocking-the-opportunistic-desktop/
=== Can you hear the music? ===
Well probably not yet, but the Ubuntu One Music Store is right around
the corner.
The team has made great progress since we announced this new Ubuntu
feature just a few short months ago at UDSLucid in Dallas. That session
was very important for a couple of reasons. It confirmed the community's
interest in having easy access to popular music from within an Ubuntu
application. It was also an excellent opportunity to learn some of the
community's concerns and desires. We think we've built a music store
that everyone will enjoy using at the launch of Ubuntu 10.04 and as it
evolves in the future.
There have been some great discussions in blogs and blog comments since
bits of the store started appearing in Lucid Lynx Alphas. Now that Lucid
Lynx has just passed the Alpha 3 milestone, we thought it was a good
time to give everyone a quick update.
The store is currently being thoroughly tested by a small group of
users. After we fix some of the initial bugs, we'll expand testing to a
larger group. This should be in the next few weeks. In the meantime,
we've prepared an FAQ for everyone to learn more about the upcoming
music store. Additional information about expanded testing will be
posted here so follow this blog or our posts on identi.ca and twitter
for more information.
* Ubuntu One Store FAQ: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuOne/MusicStore
http://voices.canonical.com/ubuntuone/?p=230
=== New Ubuntu Members: Americas Board Meeting ===
The approval results from the February 25th Americas Membership meeting
are as follows:
Dylan Mccall
* Wiki - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DylanMccall
* Launchpad - http://launchpad.net/~dylanmccall
Dylan is a student from Vancouver, Canada who has been using and
following development of Ubuntu since 2006. He is the maintainer of
the slideshow that runs during Ubuntu's desktop installation process,
simply named "ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu" and also contributes to the
forums, writes patches and submits bugs.
Penelope Stowe
* Wiki - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Pendulum
* Launchpad - https://launchpad.net/~pendulum/
Penelope has been using Ubuntu since 7.04 and is currently involved with
several projects in the community, including: Ubuntu Women,
Ubuntu User Days as an organizer and now member of the Classroom team,
Ubuntu NGO as co-head of the Advocacy team, has worked with Ubuntu UK
and is also involved with research to create an open source device for
people who cannot communicate orally or through sign.
Anthony Hook
* Wiki - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/AnthonyHook
* Launchpad - https://launchpad.net/~anthonyhook
Anthony is a Computer Science student at the University of Wisconsin and
is currently the team lead for Ubuntu Wisconsin where he has
hosted a successful release party, launched a new website and organized
monthly team meetings. He also is involved with bug
reporting, testing and has done some work with application development.
Robert Wall
* Wiki - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RobertWall
* Launchpad - https://launchpad.net/~robertwall
Robert has been an active member of the California LoCo team since
December 2008, working on many projects and events, including: the
team's approval application, manning booths at both OSCON 2009 and SCaLE
8x 2010, handling mailing list, IRC channel and launchpad
administration, and also even has time for the occasional forays into
Launchpad Answers and Ubuntu bug triaging.
Brett Alton
* Wiki - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BrettAlton
* Launchpad - https://launchpad.net/~brett-alton
Brett Canadian web developer and computer science undergrad who began
using Ubuntu with 5.10. In addition to deploying over 60 Ubuntu
installations, he is active on the forums, brainstorm ideas, bug
reports, feature requests, blog posts and blog posts. He is currently
helping the GetDeb.net project with user interface work and doing work
on the Ground Control project.
Pablo Rubianes
* Wiki - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PabloRubianes
* Launchpad - https://launchpad.net/~pablorubianes-uy
Pablo is a member of Uruguay's LoCo Community Council where he has done
a considerable amount of work with the team site and wiki,
handling administrative tasks and developing tutorials in Spanish. He is
also a member of the Ubuntu Beginners team, was also instrumental in the
recent Spanish version of Ubuntu User Day, has done translations and
documentation work.
A big welcome from the Americas Board and the Ubuntu community to all of
these great new members!
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2010-February/000872.html
== Ubuntu Stats ==
=== Bug Stats ===
* Open (77026) +335 over last week
* Critical (26) +/-0 over last week
* Unconfirmed (38964) -38 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 Karmic ===
1. Spanish (10404) -210 # over last week
2. English (United Kingdom) (16234) -3819 # over last week
3. French (40201) -89 # over last week
4. Brazilian Portuguese (40568) -1120 # over last week
5. German (65160) Not listed last week
Remaining strings to translate in Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala", see more
at: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/karmic/
=== Ubuntu Brainstorm Top 5 this week ===
* Idea Lifetimes - http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/23756/
* Auto-solving problems in synaptic, when "no space left on device" -
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/23784/
* Avoid duplication of the "Generating Grub.cfg" script during upgrade -
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/23797/
* evolution should import emails and addressbook at instalation -
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/23774/
* slow ISP bandwidth speeds and no way to prove it -
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/23789/
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/
== LoCo News ==
=== Ubuntu Libya LoCo at the Technology & Science Fair ===
Starting a new local community group requires a mixture of dedication,
enthusiastic people and the will to make things happen. And having fun
at it. The folks at the Ubuntu Libyan LoCo seem to have all the
ingredients for the recipe to success and are showing them off on their
way to becoming an approved LoCo team.
Ubuntu is the most used distro in Libya, and the team was born with the
lofty goal of supporting the Ubuntu users in the country. Since they
first joined the Ubuntu family in Karmic, a lot new members have joined
in. They've participated in a great deal of workshops, meetings and
discussions, which allowed them to shape the team's plans and goals.
While doing that, they've also participated in educational events
organized by local universities and private educational institutes, and
we're going to focus in one of them.
As part of its activities and ongoing strive to increase the knowledge
of GNU/Linux and Open Source Software, the Ubuntu Libya Loco Team
participated in the Technology & Science Fair, organized by The Libyan
Information Technology Group during the week of Dec 6th-12th 2009 and
hosted by the Al-Fateh University in Tripoli, Libya.
The Libyan Information Technology Group kindly provided a dedicated
booth for the Ubuntu Libya Loco Team, with an elegant and attractive
black and orange Ubuntu theme that clearly stood out in the Fair.
During the period of the Fair, the Libya Loco Team distributed 500
Ubuntu Karmic CDs to visiting students, IT specialists, Instructors and
IT consultants. An Ubuntu installation workshop was also organized by
the team after an introductory presentation about Ubuntu.
Many visitors were interested to know more about Ubuntu and Open Source
Software and this event was a great opportunity for the Ubuntu Libya
Loco Team to spread their knowledge and enthusiasm.
Their next event is going to be Libya's first installfest, for which
they've set themselves a target of 1000 attendees.
* Libyan Team Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LibyaTeam
* Libyan Team Website: http://ubuntu.ly/
* Libyan LoCo Forum: http://libya.ubuntuforums.org/
* IRC channel #ubuntu-ly
http://fridge.ubuntu.com/node/1984
== The Planet ==
=== David Planella: Help localization testing with the ISO tracker ===
The Ubuntu Testing Team is currently testing Lucid Alpha 3 candidate images.
* Testing Team Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing
* Testing Lucid Alpha 3 images
This cycle we have a brand new set of localization test cases for
everyone to check and make sure language support in Lucid is top notch,
and we need your help!
Here's how you can contribute; the procedure for testing is very easy,
and it involves:
* Signing up - create an account at the ISO testing tracker and log in
* Running the test cases - run the localization test cases following the
given steps
* Reporting - report on them (pass/fail, comments, bugs, etc.)
If you are interested in helping out, please visit the link below for
in-depth instructions on how to set up your own testing tracker.
http://davidplanella.wordpress.com/2010/02/24/help-localization-testing-with-the-iso-tracker/
=== David Planella: Translating software descriptions with Nightmonkey ===
Nightmonkey:
http://go2.wordpress.com/?id=725X1342&site=davidplanella.wordpress.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnightmonkey.ubuntu.hu%2F
What's this?
Nightmonkey is a project created and driven by the Ubuntu Hungarian team
to allow an easier translation of the descriptions of packages, with
István Nyitrai as the main developer and rockstar.
These are the short and long texts used to describe what a particular
software package does. They are shown in different places in the system,
most notably on Software Center when you are looking at an application's
info page.
Why is this so cool?
For multiple reasons. Let me just mention a few:
* It's a community project around translations, providing an alternative
view to translatable packages in Launchpad. This makes them more
discoverable and eases the translation process.
* It was designed with upstream collaboration in mind. István and
Michael Vogt made a great effort to ensure these translations can be
sent back to Debian.
* It's very easy to use, and it allows filtering translations according
to popularity, so that translators can focus their work on the
descriptions of most important applications.
* It is a great tool for teams to set translation goals and use it for
Translation Jams, for example.
Can you contribute to it?
Well of course!, Nightmonkey is Open Source, and you can:
* Translate it: https://translations.launchpad.net/ddtp-lp-html
* Improve it: https://code.launchpad.net/ddtp-lp-html
* Report bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ddtp-lp-html
* Ask and answer questions: https://answers.launchpad.net/ddtp-lp-html
http://davidplanella.wordpress.com/2010/02/26/translating-software-descriptions-with-nightmonkey/
=== Dustin Kirkland: Attention Encrypted Home Users ===
We're rapidly pushing toward an excellent Ubuntu 10.04 LTS release, and
we have made a few improvements in the way your Encrypted Home's
metadata is stored.
If you configured your Encrypted Home with Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) or
Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid), then no action is required, -- you may stop
reading here.
If you're not sure, and you want to check if you need to read this
article, take a look at your /var/lib/ecryptfs directory. If that
directory is empty, or it does not exist, you may stop reading here. If
that directory has contents, then you may want to continue reading...
Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) Encrypted Home installations stored eCryptfs
metadata in /var/lib/ecryptfs/$USER. This information is absolutely
required to mount your Encrypted Home Directory. Actually, everything in
here can be re-created if you wrote down your randomly generated mount
passphrase!
Big fat reminder here ... please be absolutely certain that you have
recorded your mount passphrase, on a piece of paper, stored somewhere
safely, separate from your computer! You can retrieve your randomly
generated passphrase by running the ecryptfs-unwrap-passphrase utility.
For Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic), new installs actually put this metadata in
/home/.ecryptfs/$USER. This is far more convenient for users who put all
of /home on its own partition, or for users who just simply backup all
of /home.
I've previously written about how to move your metadata out of
/var/lib/ecryptfs. Particularly if you're planning a Lucid upgrade of a
system that was originally installed with Jaunty's Encrypted Home
Directory, I strongly recommend that you follow these instructions:
http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2009/08/moving-your-encrypted-home-meta-data.html
http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2010/02/attention-encrypted-home-users.html
=== Dustin Kirkland: Server Bug Zapping - Call for Participation ===
In October 2009, just before the release of Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic),
Mathias Gug, Dan Nurmi, and I holed up for a couple of very long days,
working on the Ubuntu Eucalyptus package. Over the course of 72 hours,
we uploaded Eucalyptus 7 times, fixing over 30 bugs! While Mathias, Dan,
and I were co-located, we were also greatly assisted by Thierry Carrez
(located +7 hours ahead) and community member Joseph Salisbury. Thierry
and Joe helped tremendously with regression testing of the rapid fire
uploads, triaging and squashing any new issues as they arose. This
"push" was essential to delivering UEC for Ubuntu 9.10!
Well, the Server Team is going to do it again, for Ubuntu 10.04, and
covering several other important server packages in addition to
Eucalyptus, and we're hoping to get your help this time!
We're calling this effort Server Bug Zapping. The schedule and plans are
detailed here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerLucidBugZapping
http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2010/02/server-bug-zapping-call-for.html
=== Laura Czajkowski: Ubuntu Women has a new IRC Channel ===
Since UDS Lucid we've been working on some changes as a team, most know
about the Ubuntu team leader, but also a big change was the decision to
have a LOGGED CHANNEL. These came about from discussions and meetings
discussing the IRC purpose, as again the team is more than IRC.
Many many conversations were happening on IRC and not on mailing list of
indeed the forums. If you weren't on IRC you missed the information or
indeed the lengthy and interesting discussions taking place. The idea to
create a logged channel means if you don't IRC, not on IRC at the time,
and perhaps you don't run a screen session you don't lose out on these
conversations and discussions, you can catch up and read the logs like
many other teams.
We now have two channels and I'd like to point out to folks to perhaps
join and update their autojoin
#ubuntu-women-project is the new channel created, it is the logged
channel for the Ubuntu Women Project This is the Ubuntu, technical, and
project discussions take place, of course social chat is going to happen.
#ubuntu-women is the non logged channel social channel.
If anyone has any questions pop onto IRC and chat to us there.
http://www.lczajkowski.com/2010/02/25/ubuntu-women-new-channel/
== In The Press ==
=== A preview of Ubuntu 10.04 ===
Kenny Johnson of the PC Report acknowledges that Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid
Lynx) is only in the Alpha stage of testing at this moment. It doesn't
look extremely different from the current version of Ubuntu but there
are a few noticeable differences. Johnson decided to dig a little to
find out what has been changed. The most notable differences to me are
the games (or lack thereof) and a video editing software called PiTiVi.
The games that come with Ubuntu 10.04 are AisleRiot Solitaire, gbrainy,
Mahjongg, Mines, Quadrapassel, and Sudoku. The video editor known as
PiTiVi looks similar to Windows Movie Maker in Johnson's opinion. Ubuntu
Software Center has been upgraded, and when you click on the Games
category the screen gets split and you can chose from a sub-category or
scroll through the entire list of games. These are just the first few
things Johnson discovered. Follow the link for more information.
http://thepcreport.net/2010/02/preview-of-ubuntu-10-04/
=== An Update On The Boot & Power Performance In Ubuntu 10.04 ===
Phoronix's Michael Larabel recalls that in December he wrote that Ubuntu
10.04 already shortened the boot time, which has been a great focus
amongst Canonical and Ubuntu developers as they strive for a ten second
boot. A lot has changed since that article was published last year,
including the introduction of Plymouth and many kernel mode-setting
improvements along with the introduction of Nouveau for NVIDIA KMS
support. Larabel has ran a new boot performance comparison on two
laptops and a netbook to see how the boot times are looking with Ubuntu
10.04 LTS when compared to Ubuntu 9.10. He also looked at how the power
consumption has changed in the Lucid Lynx for these mobile devices.
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" is certainly on track to booting much
faster than its predecessor, which will certainly please many mobile
users particularly those with netbook computers. While it's not been an
active area of interest for Ubuntu developers, Ubuntu 10.04 LTS doesn't
appear to be any more power efficient than Ubuntu 9.10 besides with some
notebooks now dimming to a darker state by default when running on
battery power.
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_lucid_boot2&num=1
=== Ubuntu 10.04 to Include Built-In Music Store ===
Kevin Purdy of Lifehacker notes that looking to further its mission of
making your software, and your media, free of restrictions, Ubuntu is
bundling an Ubuntu One Music Store into 10.04, the next release of the
Linux operating system due out in April. The store uses 7Digital as its
provider, likely due to its greater international availability than
Amazon's own offering, and looks to be integrated into the Rhythmbox
music player. The Ubuntu One name implies a likely connection with the
cloud-based file syncing service, and a blogger who came across a
preview interface [1] says each track purchased can be downloaded 3
times on different computers.
[1] http://popey.com/blog/2010/02/19/ubuntu-one-music-store-sneak-peek/
http://lifehacker.com/5478063/ubuntu-1004-to-include-built+in-mp3-store?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lifehacker%2Ffull+%28Lifehacker%29
=== Ubuntu goin' gray, like the Mac OS way? ===
Tech Source's Jun Auza reports that a source from inside the Ubuntu team
has informed a blogger that there will be an important announcement
coming from Canonical regarding a possible rebranding of Ubuntu. A lot
of enthusiasts are quick to speculate that the changes will be all about
the color schemes used by Ubuntu and that it may go from brown to gray.
Evidence pointing to an Ubuntu makeover is this Ubuntu Single Sign On
page where the logo being used is color gray and not the usual brown.
There's also this statement made by Shuttleworth from a recent interview
in which he said: "We'll have some new styling which is going to be the
starting point of another five year view. We've been Human for the last
five years and now we're going to be light oriented." If indeed Ubuntu
turns to gray or light oriented as they call it, how will the users react?
http://www.junauza.com/2010/02/ubuntu-goin-gray-like-mac-os-way.html
=== Analysis: Ubuntu 10.04 Keeping Pace, Or More, With Windows? ===
Edward F. Moltzen, writing for ChannelWeb, has reviewed Ubuntu 10.04
"Lucid Lynx" Alpha 3 and feels that it compares well to Windows 7 in
boot speed: 15.2 seconds for Lucid Lynx compared to 30 seconds for
Windows 7 on the same machine. He also noted that it includes other
software in it's installation. NVidia is getting solid support, and
Gwibber, a social networking application that aggregates services
including Flickr, Twitter and Facebook is now included. He also tried
putting Windows 7 inside a Virtual Machine (VM) in Lucid Lynx, and
putting Lucid Lynx inside a VM in Windows 7, and was successful both
ways. In his words, "Folks, this is the real deal."
http://www.crn.com/software/223100831;jsessionid=1WDF2YMDSPYUDQE1GHPSKH4ATMY32JVN
== In The Blogosphere ==
=== 4 Cool New Features in Ubuntu Lucid Lynx Alpha 3 ===
Jim, Starry Hope Blog, talks about 4 cool features in Ubuntu 10.04,
Lucid Lynx, Alpha 3 release. Those features include:
* iPhone and iPod Touch Support
* Gwibber and the MeMenu
* Facebook Chat
* Improved Sound Controls
This article contains screenshots and commentary on all the above
features. The author concludes with, "Ubuntu 10.04 is shaping up to be a
fine release. Alpha 3 is pretty stable and brings some great new
features with it. There are still more features to come, such as the
Ubuntu One Music Store and possibly a new theme. I look forward to
tracking Lucid's progress and installing it on all of my workstations
when it is released in April."
http://www.starryhope.com/linux/ubuntu/2010/4-cool-new-features-in-ubuntu-lucid-lynx-alpha-3/
=== Customizing the Ubuntu Application Stack Before Installation ===
Christopher Tozzi, workswithU, discusses the pros and cons of allowing
users to pick and choose what applications users want on their computers
when installing Ubuntu on a new system. In this article Tozzi discusses
nhandler's brainstorm idea that proposes just that. Tozzi points out
that the implementation of this idea may save advance users time in
customizing their systems after a new install, but may as d0od points
out on OMG!Ubuntu, confuse new or "non-geek" users. Tozzi himself agrees
that though the idea has some limitations it also has merit, and he
would like to see Ubiquity follow suit.
http://www.workswithu.com/2010/02/22/customizing-the-ubuntu-application-stack-before-installation/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+WorksWithU+%28Works+With+U%29
=== EFL brings Ubuntu Netbook Remix to ARM ===
Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri, Enlightenment news, points to Jamie Bennett's
(Canonical, Mobile Team) about the new user interface (UI) for the ARM
based Ubuntu devices. Enlightenment Foundation Libraries (EFL) enabled
rich graphical user interfaces even on non-3D-accelerated ARM devices
and this is what the UNR ARM devices will use. Barbieri gives some
history on EFL in this article as well as pointing out that the
Enlightenment team boasts pride over in this inclusion stating, "Another
of the great things about this launcher, as opposed to the 3D launcher
shipped with Karmic, is that it's extremely theme-able. The
Enlightenment team is proud its products are being used more and more on
embedded systems, be they e-book readers, phones, or TV's; x86, ARM, or
MIPS; accelerated or non-accelerated hardware."
http://www.enlightenment.org/p.php?p=news/show&l=en&news_id=20
=== Ubuntu 10.04 Alpha 3 Released - What's new? ===
In this article, OMG!Ubuntu, points to what's new in Ubuntu 10.04 Alpha
3 that was released this week.
* Music Store
* Plymouth
* Boot time
* Software Centre
* Ubuntu Netbooks and "Desktop mode"
* Notification area
* Gwibber
* as well as all the latest fixes, updates, revisions and kernel updates
If you are curious to see all this new and exciting things that are in
Ubuntu 10.04 Alpha 3 release the article even gives you this link to
download it for yourself.
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/02/ubuntu-1004-alpha-3-released-later.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+d0od+%28Omg!+Ubuntu!%29
=== Ubuntu Linux Now Available to Fed Customers on GSA Advantage ===
David Coursey, PCWorld, points out that Ubuntu is now the third Linux
operating system approved by the General Services Administration (GSA)
for use by federal purchasers. Red hat and Novell are already available
through the GSA advantage purchasing program. "This gives government
purchasers the option of using Canonical's Ubuntu as well as its
Landscape systems management and monitoring tool," said Cole Crawford,
CTO of Autonomic Resources, an IT and service integration company
approved to offer the products to federal customers. Ubuntu is currently
the most popular operating system base for developers building
cloud-based computing solutions, Crawford said. The open source
operating system is already used in some government agencies, including
NASA, but has not been widely available as it lacked GSA schedule
pricing and support. "The value to the federal government or to
Canonical with Ubuntu and the Landscape services being added to the GSA
schedule is unknown at this time, but to find out more follow the link.
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/190264/ubuntu_linux_now_available_to_fed_customers_on_gsa_advantage.html
=== UbuntuOne Music Store - Your Questions Answered ===
OMG!Ubuntu takes a moment to answer your UbuntuOne music store
questions. The UbuntuOne Music Store team as a helpful online FAQ and
there is a link to that as well in the article. Questions and the answer
to them include the following:
* What will be the store's name?
* How is Ubuntu getting access to popular music?
* What desktop application will include the Ubuntu One Music Store?
* How is this different than Jamendo and Magnatune?
* Will these downloads play on my iPod or portable media player?
Answers to these and more can be found at OMG!Ubuntu.
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/02/ubuntuone-music-store-your-questions.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+d0od+%28Omg!+Ubuntu!%29
== In Other News ==
=== Full Circle Magazine #34 ===
Full Circle - the independent magazine for the Ubuntu Linux community
are proud to announce the release of our thirty-fourth issue.
This month:
* Command and Conquer.
* How-To : Program in Python - Part 8, Digitally Retouching a Photo in
GIMP, and The Perfect Server - Part 4.
* My Story - a Linux User, and Powerpets.
* Review - Acer UL30-A laptop.
* MOTU Interview - Roderick Greening.
* Top 5 - Reference Tools.
* Ubuntu Women, Ubuntu Games, My Opinion, and all the usual goodness!
Get it while it's hot: http://fullcirclemagazine.org/issue-34/
Full Circle Magazine now has a new podcast available. Created by Robin
Catling, Ed Hewitt and Dave Wilkins, the podcast features tech segments,
news, opinions, and fun tidbits. Check it out here:
http://fullcirclemagazine.org/2010/02/24/full-circle-podcast-1-stop-wine-ing-and-go-native/
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2010-February/000878.html
== Upcoming Meetings and Events ==
=== Monday, March 1, 2010 ===
==== Security Team Catch-up ====
* Start: 18:00 UTC
* End: 18:30 UTC
* Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
* Agenda: nothing formal, just a weekly catch-up.
=== Tuesday, March 2, 2010 ===
==== Ubuntu Mobile Team Meeting ====
* Start: 13:00 UTC
* End: 14:00 UTC
* Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
* Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MobileTeam/Meeting
==== Developer Membership Board ====
* Start: 15:00 UTC
* End: 16:00 UTC
* Location: None listed as of publication
* Agenda: None listed as of publication
==== Desktop Team Meeting ====
* Start: 16:30 UTC
* End: 17:30 UTC
* Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-desktop
* Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Meeting
==== Kernel Team Meeting ====
* Start: 17:00 UTC
* End: 18:00 UTC
* Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
* Agenda: Not listed as of publication
==== LoCo Teams Meeting ====
* Start: 18:00 UTC
* End: 19:00 UTC
* Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-locoteams
* Agenda: Not listed as of publication
==== Building multimedia into your app with GStreamer - Laszlo Pandy ====
* Start: 20:00 UTC
* End: 21:00 UTC
* Location: None listed as of publication
* Agenda: None listed as of publication
==== EMEA Membership Meeting ====
* Start: 20:00 UTC
* End: 21:00 UTC
* Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
* Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Membership/RegionalBoards/EMEA
==== Community Council Meeting ====
* Start: 22:00 UTC
* End: 24:00 UTC
* Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
* Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CommunityCouncilAgenda
=== Wednesday, March 3, 2010 ===
==== Ubuntu Beginners Team Meeting ====
* Start: 00:00 UTC
* End: 01:00 UTC
* Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
* Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BeginnersTeam/Meetings
==== Ubuntu Women Project IRC Meeting ====
* Start: 02:00 UTC
* End: 03:00 UTC
* Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-women
* Agenda: http://wiki.ubuntu-women.org/Meetings/March2010/Agenda
==== Server Team Meeting ====
* Start: 14:00 UTC
* End: 15:00 UTC
* Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
* Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam/Meeting
==== Cameroonian LoCoTeam monthly IRC meeting ====
* Start: 15:00 UTC
* End: 17:00 UTC
* Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-cm
* Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CameroonianTeam/NextMeeting
==== How to run a Translation Jam ====
* Start: 15:00 UTC
* End: 16:00 UTC
* Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-locoteams
* Agenda: Not listed as of publication
==== Foundation Team Meeting ====
* Start: 16:00 UTC
* End: 17:00 UTC
* Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
* Agenda: None listed as of publication
==== QA Team Meeting ====
* Start: 17:00 UTC
* End: 18:00 UTC
* Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
* Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Meetings/
==== Edubuntu Meeting ====
* Start: 19:00 UTC
* End: 20:00 UTC
* Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
* Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Edubuntu/Meetings/Agenda
==== Ubuntu-uk LoCo Meeting ====
* Start: 20:00 UTC
* End: 21:00 UTC
* Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-uk-meeting
* Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeamMeetingAgenda
=== Thursday, March 4, 2010 ===
==== Ubuntu Java Meeting ====
* Start: 14:00 UTC
* End: 15:00 UTC
* Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
* Agenda: None listed as of publication
==== How to run a Packaging Jam ====
* Start: 15:00 UTC
* End: 16:00 UTC
* Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-locoteams
* Agenda: None listed as of publication
==== Ubuntu Translations Meeting ====
* Start: 16:00 UTC
* End: 17:00 UTC
* Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
* Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TranslatingUbuntu/Events/Meetings
=== Friday, March 5, 2010 ===
==== Lucid Weekly Release Meeting ====
* Start: 16:00 UTC
* End: 17:30 UTC
* Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-meeting
* Agenda: http://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReleaseTeam/Meeting/2010-03-05
=== Saturday, March 6, 2010 ===
==== How to Run a Jam ====
* Start: 19:00 UTC
* End: 20:00 UTC
* Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-locoteams
* Agenda: None listed as of publication
==== BugJam ====
* Start: 21:00 UTC
* End: 23:00 UTC
* Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-us-dc and IRC channel #ubuntu-bugs
* Agenda: None listed as of publication
==== DC Loco IRC meeting ====
* Start: 23:00 UTC
* End: 24:00 UTC
* Location: IRC channel #ubuntu-us-dc
* Agenda: None listed as of publication
=== Sunday, March 7, 2010 ===
* None listed as of publication
== Updates and Security for 6.06, 8.04, 8.10, 9.04 and 9.10 ==
=== Security Updates ===
* USN-902-1: Pidgin vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-902-1
* USN-903-1: OpenOffice.org vulnerabilities -
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-903-1
* USN-904-1: Squid vulnerability - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-904-1
* USN-905-1: sudo vulnerabilities - http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-905-1
=== Ubuntu 6.06 Updates ===
* sudo-
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/dapper-changes/2010-February/012817.html
=== Ubuntu 8.04 Updates ===
* pidgin_2.4.1-1ubuntu2.9_sparc_translations.tar.gz (delayed)-
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-February/012399.html
* linux 2.6.24-27.67 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-February/012400.html
* openoffice.org_2.4.1-1ubuntu2.3_ia64_translations.tar.gz-
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-February/012401.html
* acroread 9.3.1-1hardy1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-February/012402.html
* acroread 9.3.1-1hardy2 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-February/012403.html
* squid_2.6.18-1ubuntu3.2_ia64_translations.tar.gz-
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-February/012404.html
* db2exc 9.7.1-3hardy1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-February/012405.html
* polipo-
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-February/012406.html
* sudo-
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/hardy-changes/2010-February/012407.html
=== Ubuntu 8.10 Updates ===
* pidgin_2.5.2-0ubuntu1.7_i386_translations.tar.gz-
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2010-February/009844.html
* openoffice.org-
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2010-February/009845.html
* acroread 9.3.1-1intrepid1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2010-February/009846.html
* squid_2.7.STABLE3-1ubuntu2.3_i386_translations.tar.gz-
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2010-February/009847.html
* polipo-
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2010-February/009848.html
* ajaxterm-
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2010-February/009849.html
* otrs2_2.2.7-2lenny3build0.8.10.1_i386_translations.tar.gz (delayed)-
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2010-February/009850.html
* sudo-
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/intrepid-changes/2010-February/009851.html
=== Ubuntu 9.04 Updates ===
* pidgin_2.5.5-1ubuntu8.6_amd64_translations.tar.gz-
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/2010-February/010009.html
* amsn 0.97.2~debian-2ubuntu2.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/2010-February/010010.html
* drupal6 (delayed)-
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/2010-February/010011.html
* drupal5-
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/2010-February/010012.html
* acroread 9.3.1-1jaunty1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/2010-February/010013.html
* squid_2.7.STABLE3-4.1ubuntu1.2_ia64_translations.tar.gz-
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/2010-February/010014.html
* polipo-
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/2010-February/010015.html
* sudo-
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/jaunty-changes/2010-February/010016.html
=== Ubuntu 9.10 Updates ===
* ifupdown 0.6.8ubuntu21.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-February/012253.html
* pidgin_2.6.2-1ubuntu7.2_powerpc_translations.tar.gz-
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-February/012254.html
* ddclient 3.8.0-4ubuntu1.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-February/012255.html
* bansheelyricsplugin 0.7-1ubuntu1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-February/012256.html
* gcalctool 5.28.2-0ubuntu2 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-February/012257.html
* python-bzutils 0.2-1ubuntu0.1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-February/012258.html
* ubuntu-dev-tools 0.81.2 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-February/012259.html
* recordmydesktop 0.3.8.1-0ubuntu2 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-February/012260.html
* ifupdown 0.6.8ubuntu21.2 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-February/012261.html
* cryptsetup 2:1.0.6+20090405.svn49-1ubuntu7.3 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-February/012262.html
* drupal6 (delayed)-
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-February/012263.html
* drupal5-
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-February/012264.html
* acroread 9.3.1-1karmic1 -
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-February/012265.html
* squid_2.7.STABLE6-2ubuntu2.2_i386_translations.tar.gz-
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-February/012266.html
* sudo-
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/karmic-changes/2010-February/012267.html
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