Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #272 for the week June 25 – July 1, 2012, and the full version is available here.
In this issue we cover:
- 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) Alpha 2 Released!
- Welcome New Members
- Ubuntu Stats
- Jo’burg Ubuntu Hour and CDs across the country
- Launchpad News
- Ubuntu Cloud News
- Daniel Holbach: A few days as an ARB helper
- IRC Council: Join the discussion in #ubuntu-discuss
- Jono Bacon: Ubuntu App Showdown: Gallery Of Progress
- Nicholas Skaggs: Call for Testing: 12.10 kernel on 12.04
- Edubuntu: Deployments Page
- Benjamin Kerensa: Help wanted:Chromium PPA’s for Ubuntu
- Ubuntu App Developer Blog: Ubuntu App Showdown Week 2 Wrap-Up
- Barneedhar: Ask Ubuntu update for June 2012
- Daniel Holbach: Be part of the Ubuntu Apps Sprint
- Matthew Helmke: The Official Ubuntu Book, seventh edition
- Helping Zentyal offer an open-source alternative for small businesses
- Which Linux Is Best for File Servers? Survey Says: Debian and Ubuntu
- Canonical will use Intel’s efilinux in Ubuntu for UEFI secure boot
- Ubuntu Unity: Making the desktop seriously efficient again
- In The Blogosphere
- Full Circle Magazine #62
- Getting Started with Ubuntu 12.04 is now available!
- 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!
The issue of The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:
- Elizabeth Krumbach
- Stephen Michael Kellat
- Jasna Bencic
- Mathias Hellsten
- Matt Rudge
- And many others
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