Call for nominations on the Loco Council

We on the LoCo Council are being faced with the challenge of replacing two of our current Council members. A special thanks to Christophe and Efrain for all of the great contributions they have made while serving with us on the LoCo Council.

So with that in mind, we are writing this e-mail to ask for volunteers to step forward and nominate themselves or another contributor for the two open positions. The LoCo Council is defined on our wiki page.

Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoCouncil

Team Agenda: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LoCoCouncilAgenda

Typically, we meet up once a month in IRC to go through items on the team agenda. This involves approving new LoCo Teams, Re-approval of Approved LoCo Teams, resolving issues within Teams, approving LoCo Team mailing list requests, and anything else that comes along.

We have the following requirements for Nominees:

  • Be an Ubuntu member
  • Be available during typical meeting times of the council
  • Insight into the culture(s) and typical activities within teams is a plus

Here is a description of the current LoCo Council:

They are current Ubuntu Members with a proven track record of activity in the community. They have shown themselves over time to be able to work well with others, and display the positive aspects of the Ubuntu Code of Conduct. They should be people who can judge contribution quality without emotion while engaging in an interview/discussion that communicates interest, a welcoming atmosphere, and which is marked by humanity, gentleness, and kindness.

If this sounds like you, or a person you know, please e-mail the LoCo Council with your nomination(s) using the following e-mail address: loco-council<at>lists.ubuntu.com.

Please include a few lines about yourself, or whom you’re nominating, so we can get a good idea of why you/they’d like to join the council, and why you feel that you/they should be considered. If you plan on nominating another person, please let them know, so they are aware.

We welcome nominations from anywhere in the world, and from any LoCo team. Nominees do not need to be a LoCo Team Contact to be nominated for this post. We are however looking for people who are active in their LoCo Team.

The time frame for this process is as follows:

  1. Nominations will open: April 5th, 2013.
  2. Nominations will close: April 19th, 2013.
  3. We will then forward the nominations to the CC, Requesting they take the following week to make their selections (hopefully by their meeting on April 25th,2013).
  4. Date new council members will be announced: April 26th 2013.

Originally posted to the loco-contacts mailing list on Fri Apr 5 17:17:43 UTC 2013 by Bhavani Shankar R on behalf of the LoCo Council

Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) Beta 2 released

The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the final beta release of Ubuntu 13.04 Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products.

Codenamed "Raring Ringtail", 13.04 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.

Together with Ubuntu 13.04, Kubuntu, Edubuntu, Lubuntu, Xubuntu and Ubuntu Studio also reached Final Beta status today. We also welcome two new flavors, Ubuntu Gnome and UbuntuKylin, which are participating in the Ubuntu release process for the first time this cycle.

Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server, and Cloud Images

Some of the new features available in Ubuntu 13.04 Final Beta are:

  • Raring Final Beta includes the 3.8.0-16.26 Ubuntu Linux kernel which is based on the v3.8.5 upstream Linux kernel.
  • Unity has been updated to version 6.12.

Please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RaringRingtail/TechnicalOverview for details.

Kubuntu

  • KDE SC 4.10.2
  • Muon Suite 2
  • Homerun, Oxygen Font, Krita
  • Slick new look for the installer

Please see https://wiki.kubuntu.org/RaringRingtail/Beta2/Kubuntu for details.

Edubuntu

For details on what has changed in Edubuntu 13.04, please refer to
http://www.edubuntu.org .

Xubuntu

New features in Xubuntu Beta 2 include:

  • Documentation is updated to 13.04
  • New version of Catfish (0.6.1) is included and fixes a lot of bugs
  • More updates for the Greybird theme

For more details on what has changed in Xubuntu 13.04, please refer to http://xubuntu.org/news/raring-beta2/ .

Lubuntu

For information about the changes in Lubuntu 13.04, please go to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu .

Ubuntu Studio

Ubuntu Studio has had many bug fixes applied since Beta 1. When compared to 12.10, it has a rewritten icon theme, new wallpapers, new ubiquity, some new applications, an updated -lowlatency kernel and much more.

See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RaringRingtail/Beta2/UbuntuStudio for the release notes.

Ubuntu GNOME

  • In coordination with the Ubuntu Desktop Team, we have decided to stick with GNOME 3.6 for Ubuntu 13.04. For an overview of what’s new in GNOME 3.6, please see https://help.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/3.6/
  • For more information about the GNOME3 PPAs which offer an early look at GNOME 3.8, please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RaringRingtail/TechnicalOverview
  • Default apps have changed since Ubuntu GNOME Remix 12.10.
    • Firefox instead of GNOME Web (Epiphany)
    • Ubuntu Software Center and Update Manager instead of GNOME Software (gnome-packagekit)
    • LibreOffice instead of Abiword and Gnumeric
    • The other apps are still available for install; they just aren’t included in the default install.

UbuntuKylin

UbuntuKylin has had several bug fixes applied to chinese-calendar and indicator-china-weather, fctix has been made the default and the theme has been improved since Beta 1. For more information about UbuntuKylin 13.04, please see:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuKylin/1304-beta-2-ReleaseNote

About Ubuntu

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 .

To Get Ubuntu 13.04 Final Beta

To upgrade to the Ubuntu 13.04 Final Beta from Ubuntu 12.10, follow these instructions:

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

Or, download Ubuntu 13.04 Beta images from a location near you:

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

In addition they can be found at the following links:

The final version of Ubuntu 13.04 is expected to be released on April 25, 2013.

More Information

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

Originally posted to the ubuntu-announce mailing list on Fri Apr 5 04:49:04 UTC 2013 by Steve Langasek

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 310

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #310 for the week March 25 – 31, 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
  • Mathias Hellsten
  • Tiago Carrondo
  • David Morfin
  • 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 8.04 (Hardy Heron) server, 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) desktop and 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) reaching End of Life on May 9 2013

On behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team, Adam Conrad announces the formal EOL dates of Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) server, 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) desktop and 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) desktop and server.

8.04 (Hardy Heron) server

Ubuntu announced its 8.04 (Hardy Heron) release almost 5 years ago, on April 24, 2008. As with the earlier LTS releases, Ubuntu committed to ongoing security and critical fixes for a period of 5 years. The support period is now nearing its end and Ubuntu 8.04 will reach end of life on Thursday, May 9th. At that time, Ubuntu Security Notices will no longer include information or updated packages for Ubuntu 8.04.

The supported upgrade path from Ubuntu 8.04 is via Ubuntu 10.04. Users are encouraged to evaluate and upgrade to our latest 12.04 LTS release via 10.04. Instructions and caveats for the upgrades may be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LucidUpgrades and https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PreciseUpgrades. Ubuntu 10.04 and 12.04 continue to be actively supported with security updates and select high-impact bug fixes.

10.04 (Lucid Lynx) desktop

Ubuntu announced its 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) release almost 3 years ago, on April 29, 2010. As with the earlier LTS releases, Ubuntu committed to ongoing security and critical fixes for a period of 3 years on the desktop. The support period is now nearing its end and Ubuntu 10.04 Desktop will reach end of life on Thursday, May 9th. At that time, Ubuntu Security Notices will no longer include information or updated packages for Ubuntu 10.04 Desktop. Ubuntu 10.04 Server continues to be supported for another 2 years.

The supported upgrade path from Ubuntu 10.04 is via Ubuntu 12.04. Instructions and caveats for the upgrade may be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PreciseUpgrades. Ubuntu 12.04 continues to be actively supported with security updates and select high-impact bug fixes.

11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) desktop and server

Ubuntu announced its 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) release almost 18 months ago, on October 13, 2011. As with the earlier releases, Ubuntu committed to ongoing security and critical fixes for a period of 18 months. The support period is now nearing its end and Ubuntu 11.10 will reach end of life on Thursday, May 9th. At that time, Ubuntu Security Notices will no longer include information or updated packages for Ubuntu 11.10.

The supported upgrade path from Ubuntu 11.10 is via Ubuntu 12.04. Instructions and caveats for the upgrade may be found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PreciseUpgrades. Ubuntu 12.04 continues to be actively supported with security updates and select high-impact bug fixes.

All announcements of official security updates for Ubuntu releases are sent to the ubuntu-security-announce mailing list.

Since its launch in October 2004 Ubuntu has become one of the most highly regarded Linux distributions with millions of users in homes, schools, businesses and governments around the world. Ubuntu is Open Source software, costs nothing to download, and users are free to customise or alter their software in order to meet their needs.

Originally posted to the ubuntu-announce mailing list here, here and here by Adam Conrad on Fri Mar 29 2013

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 309

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #309 for the week March 18 – March 24, 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
  • Charles Profitt
  • Mathias Hellsten
  • Benjamin Kerensa
  • Radu Stoica
  • Javier Lopez
  • Matt Rudge
  • 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