Category Archives: Planet

13.04 (Raring Ringtail) Alpha 2 Released

By pleia2 | Published: 2013-02-14

Welcome to the Raring Ringtail Alpha 2 release, which will in time become the 13.04 release. This alpha features images for Kubuntu and Ubuntu Cloud. At the end of the 12.10 development cycle, the Ubuntu flavour decided that it would reduce the number of milestone images going forward and the focus would concentrate on daily […]

Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS released

By pleia2 | Published: 2013-02-14

The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS (Long-Term Support) for its Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products, as well as other flavours of Ubuntu with long-term support. To help support a broader range of hardware, the 12.04.2 release adds an updated kernel and X stack for new installations on […]

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 303

By pleia2 | Published: 2013-02-12

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #303 for the week February 4 – 10, 2013, and the full version is available here. In this issue we cover: Welcome New Members and Developers Ubuntu Stats How I’ve found being a member of Ubuntu Ireland Coming up with another term for Approved LoCo Teams […]

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 302

By pleia2 | Published: 2013-02-04

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #302 for the week January 28 – February 3, 2013, and the full version is available here. In this issue we cover: Smart Scopes Announcing Ubuntu User Days Feb 9-10th Ubuntu Stats Ubuntu Ohio Holds Educational Session The World’s Largest Barcamp is in Myanmar Ubuntu App […]

Smart Scopes

By pleia2 | Published: 2013-01-30

In the Ubuntu 13.04 cycle the development team have been working on making a series of improvements to the dash to improve search quality as well as the breadth of areas, software, and services that the dash can search. This will result in a significantly greater number of scopes (potentially 100) shipped by default and […]