Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 336

By lyz | Published: 2013-09-30

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #336 for the week September 23 – 29, 2013, and the full version is available here.

In this issue we cover:

The issue of The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

  • Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph
  • Paul White
  • John Kim
  • Jim Connett
  • And many others

If you have a story idea for the Weekly Newsletter, join the Ubuntu News Team mailing list and submit it. Ideas can also be added to the wiki!

Except where otherwise noted, content in this issue is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License BY SA Creative Commons License

Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy Salamander) Final Beta released

By lyz | Published: 2013-09-27

The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the final beta release of Ubuntu 13.10 Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products.

Codenamed "Saucy Salamander", 13.10 continues Ubuntu’s proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been hard at work through this cycle, introducing new features and fixing bugs.

This beta release includes images from not only the Ubuntu Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products, but also the Edubuntu, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME, UbuntuKylin, Ubuntu Studio and Xubuntu flavours, and the first official beta release of Ubuntu for phones.

The beta images are known to be reasonably free of showstopper CD build or installer bugs, while representing a very recent snapshot of 13.10 that should be representative of the features intended to ship with the final release expected on October 17th, 2013.

Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server, Ubuntu Core, Cloud Images:

Saucy Final Beta includes updated versions of most of our core set of packages, including a current 3.11.1 kernel, a new upstart, and many more.

To upgrade to Ubuntu 13.10 Final Beta from Ubuntu 13.04, follow these instructions:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SaucyUpgrades

The Ubuntu 13.10 Final Beta images can be downloaded at:

http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/download (Ubuntu and Ubuntu Server)

Additional images can be found at the following links:

The full release notes for Ubuntu 13.10 Final Beta can be found at:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SaucySalamander/ReleaseNotes

Ubuntu for phones:

Together with existing builds of Ubuntu for PCs and servers, with this milestone, Ubuntu images for phones are also included in a beta for the first time. It is not recommended that casual users install Ubuntu on their phone, but developers can find instructions for installing the latest stable build of Ubuntu for phones at:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Install

Edubuntu:

Edubuntu is a flavor of Ubuntu designed as a free education oriented operating system for kids of all ages.

The Final Beta images can be downloaded at:

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/13.10/beta-2/

More information on the Edubuntu Final Beta cand be found here: http://www.edubuntu.org/news/13.10-beta2

Kubuntu:

Kubuntu is the KDE based flavour of Ubuntu. It uses the Plasma desktop and includes a wide selection of tools from the KDE project.

The Final Beta images can be downloaded at:

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/13.10/beta-2/

More information on Kubuntu Final Beta can be found here: https://wiki.kubuntu.org/SaucySalamander/Beta2/Kubuntu

Lubuntu:

Lubuntu is a flavor of Ubuntu that targets to be lighter, less resource hungry and more energy-efficient by using lightweight applications and LXDE, The Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment, as its default GUI.

The Final Beta images can be downloaded at:

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/13.10/beta-2/

More information on Lubuntu Final Beta can be found here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SaucySalamander/Beta2/Lubuntu

Ubuntu GNOME:

Ubuntu GNOME is a flavor of Ubuntu featuring the GNOME desktop environment.

The Final Beta images can be downloaded at:

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-gnome/releases/13.10/beta-2/

More information on Ubuntu GNOME Final Beta can be found here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SaucySalamander/Beta2/UbuntuGNOME

UbuntuKylin:

UbuntuKylin is a flavor of Ubuntu that is more suitable for Chinese users.

The Final Beta images can be downloaded at:

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntukylin/releases/13.10/beta-2/

More information on UbuntuKylin Final Beta can be found here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuKylin/1310-beta-2-ReleaseNote

Ubuntu Studio:

Ubuntu Studio is a flavor of Ubuntu that provides a full range of multimedia content creation applications for each key workflows: audio, graphics, video, photography and publishing.

The Final Beta images can be downloaded at:

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/13.10/beta-2/

More information on Ubuntu Studio Final Beta can be found here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SaucySalamander/Beta2/UbuntuStudio

Xubuntu:

Xubuntu is a flavor of Ubuntu that comes with Xfce, which is a stable, light and configurable desktop environment.

The Final Beta images can be downloaded at:

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/13.10/beta-2/

More information on Xubuntu Final Beta can be found here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SaucySalamander/Beta2/Xubuntu

Regular daily images for Ubuntu can be found at: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu is a full-featured Linux distribution for clients, servers and clouds, with a fast and easy installation and regular releases. A tightly-integrated selection of excellent applications is included, and an incredible variety of add-on software is just a few clicks away.

Professional technical support is available from Canonical Limited and hundreds of other companies around the world. For more information about support, visit http://www.ubuntu.com/support

If you would like to help shape Ubuntu, take a look at the list of ways you can participate at: http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate

Your comments, bug reports, patches and suggestions really help us to improve this and future releases of Ubuntu. Instructions can be found at: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs

You can find out more about Ubuntu and about this beta release on our website, IRC channel and wiki.

To sign up for future Ubuntu announcements, please subscribe to Ubuntu’s very low volume announcement list at:

http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-announce

On behalf of the entire Ubuntu Release Team,
Adam Conrad

Originally posted to the ubuntu-announce mailing list on Fri Sep 27 09:26:32 UTC 2013 by Adam Conrad

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 335

By lyz | Published: 2013-09-24

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #335 for the week September 16 – 22, 2013, and the full version is available here.

In this issue we cover:

The issue of The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

  • Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph
  • Paul White
  • Howard Chan
  • J Scott Gwin
  • And many others

If you have a story idea for the Weekly Newsletter, join the Ubuntu News Team mailing list and submit it. Ideas can also be added to the wiki!

Except where otherwise noted, content in this issue is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License BY SA Creative Commons License

Community Council Call for Nominations

By lyz | Published: 2013-09-19

All 7 elected Community Council member terms expire next month, we are going to have an election to restaff in a few weeks where all Ubuntu Members will be eligible to vote.

We will announce the details of the election soon. What we want from you now is nominations!

If you know somebody in the Ubuntu community, who

  • has been an Ubuntu member for a while
  • is dedicated to the project
  • is well-respected and known for balanced views and good leadership
  • has a good overview over various aspects of the project
  • is organized and has some organization talent

(or you know that this all applies to you), please send an email to the Community Council (community-council at lists.ubuntu.com) with the subject “[CC Nomination]” by Tuesday, October 8th, 16:00 UTC. If you are nominating someone else, please confirm that the person is willing to stand for election and make note of this in the nomination email.

FAQ

What is the Community Council?

Taken from the ubuntu.com governance page: The social structures and community processes of Ubuntu are supervised by the Ubuntu Community Council.

The Community Council and the Technical Board are the two major governing bodies of the Ubuntu project.

What are the responsibilities of the Community Council?

The Community Council is responsible for any changes to documents like the Code of Conduct, are the highest level of arbitration for community disputes, making sure the other boards within the project are properly staffed and running and doing what it can to make sure the Ubuntu community in general is healthy and communication is effective between teams and organizations.

What is the time commitment?

The Community Council has two meetings per month which members are expected to make as often as they can. We also have internal check-in meetings via Google Hangout two times per month to check in on our todo list and discuss general community health. Much of our work is done on the mailing list which may have 5-20 threads per month that require input from council members. Frequently work items come from these threads, whether it be review and improvement of community documents, dispute resolution or review and restaffing of the other boards within the project. It’s hard to put a number on time, it really depends on the threads (some require more discussion and input than others, some months are busier) and your own workflow.

Please feel free to email the Community Council at community-council at lists.ubuntu.com or reach out to any of the current sitting members if you have any questions about the Community Council or this process.

Thanks everyone,
Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph (on behalf of the Community Council)

Originally posted to the community-announce mailing list on Thu Sep 19 18:38:39 UTC 2013 by Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 334

By José Antonio Rey | Published: 2013-09-16

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #334 for the week September 9 – 15, 2013, and the full version is available here.

In this issue we cover:

The issue of The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

  • Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph
  • Paul White
  • J Scott Gwin
  • Mathias Hellsten
  • John Kim
  • And many others

If you have a story idea for the Weekly Newsletter, join the Ubuntu News Team mailing list and submit it. Ideas can also be added to the wiki!

Except where otherwise noted, content in this issue is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License BY SA Creative Commons License