Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 398

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 398 for the two weeks
December 22, 2014 - January 4, 2015.

== Links to UWN ==

 * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue398

== In This Issue ==

 * Ubuntu Stats
 * Final Meeting of the Year for Ubuntu Ohio
 * New Point of Contact/Leader for Ubuntu Ohio
 * ubuntu-it had an awesome year!
 * Riccardo Padovani: Ubuntu Phone seen by my friends
 * Joe Liau: Dumb is Dead: Snappy is the New Smart
 * Costales: Ubuntu Phone Countdown Banner for your blog/web
 * Jonathan Riddell: What's happened with Kubuntu recently?
 * Riccardo Padovani: Ubuntu Calculator App Reboot
 * Svetlana Belkin: Ubuntu on ThinkCentre M93p
 * Forums Council: Super Moderators
 * Elizabeth K. Joseph: The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter and other ways to
contribute to Ubuntu
 * Stuart Langridge: Ubuntu Component Store, redux 2
 * Ubuntu Phone User: Manager at Braum's
 * Getting Started with Ubuntu 14.04 - Second edition is now available
 * YEAR of the PENGUIN: A Linux mobile in 2015?
 * In The Blogosphere
 * Full Circle Issue #92
 * Other Articles of Interest
 * Upcoming Meetings and Events
 * Updates and Security for 10.04, 12.04, 14.04 and 14.10
 * And much more!

== Ubuntu Stats ==

=== Bug Stats ===

    * Open (116518) -311 over 2 weeks ago
    * Critical (258) +20 over 2 weeks ago
    * Unconfirmed (57684) -146 over 2 weeks ago

As always, the Bug Squad needs more help. If you want to get started,
please see  https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad

=== Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions this week ===

==== Most Active Questions ====

 * How to make `apt-get upgrade` use less resources?
http://askubuntu.com/questions/567680/how-to-make-apt-get...
 * Why is this Bash script not working?
http://askubuntu.com/questions/567474/why-is-this-bash-sc...
 * Allocate swap after ubuntu 14.04 LTS installation
http://askubuntu.com/questions/566745/allocate-swap-after...
 * Unable to play "Prince of Persia: Warrior Within" on Ubuntu 12.04
LTS
http://askubuntu.com/questions/566509/unable-to-play-prin...
 * How can I find the command history if a user used a space before
the command?
http://askubuntu.com/questions/566534/how-can-i-find-the-...

==== Top Voted New Questions ====

 * How to make `apt-get upgrade` use less resources?
http://askubuntu.com/questions/567680/
 * How can I find the command history if a user used a space before
the command? http://askubuntu.com/questions/566534/
 * Allocate swap after ubuntu 14.04 LTS installation
http://askubuntu.com/questions/566745/
 * Want to disable built-in screen by default
http://askubuntu.com/questions/567180/
 * Where can I download some default ubuntu icons
http://askubuntu.com/questions/568487/

People Contributing the best questions and answers this week: MVit
(http://askubuntu.com/users/341907/mvit), jbrock
(http://askubuntu.com/users/331285/jbrock), geoffmcc
(http://askubuntu.com/users/361434/geoffmcc), Rinzwind
(http://askubuntu.com/users/15811/rinzwind) and Eliah Kagan
(http://askubuntu.com/users/22949/eliah-kagan)

Ask (and answer!) your own questions at http://askubuntu.com

== LoCo News ==

=== Final Meeting of the Year for Ubuntu Ohio ===

Svetlana Belkin reports on final Ubuntu Ohio LoCo team meeting of 2014
which took place on December 26. She tells us that the topics that
were discussed were the mailing list, the Twitter account,
participation in the Ubuntu Global Jam, and the leadership transition.

http://ubuntusense.com/2014/12/26/final-meeting-of-the-ye...

=== New Point of Contact/Leader for Ubuntu Ohio ===

Svetlana Belkin announces the stepping down of Stephen Michael Kellat
from his position as the point of contact/leader of Ubuntu Ohio. She
links to the team's Launchpad page which names the three deputies, and
assures us that Stephen is not leaving the community.

http://ubuntusense.com/2014/12/31/new-point-of-contactlea...

Also see Stephen's post where names the members of the Ohio Leadership
team, looks forward to the Ubuntu Global Jam, and confirms that he
will remain a member of the LoCo Council.

http://erielookingproductions.info/ubuntu/2015/01/63-star...

=== ubuntu-it had an awesome year! ===

Riccardo Padovani looks at Ubuntu-it and the events that the LoCo
organized in 2014: the Debian/Ubuntu Community Conference Italia and a
community meeting in November. He provides some statistics about the
LoCo's social media sites, speculating that activity will increase in
2015 with the launch of a new website and the launch of the Ubuntu
Phone.

http://www.rpadovani.com/ubuntu-it-2014

== The Planet ==

=== Riccardo Padovani: Ubuntu Phone seen by my friends ===

Riccardo Padovani shares some feedback he's received from his
university friends who aren't studying tech and "know about Ubuntu
only because [he is] involved." Positives include fluidity and ability
to multitask, but he noted the lack of the WhatsApp application and a
confusing unlock screen as some weaknesses. He concludes "I'm more
than happy with the results: Ubuntu Phone seems ready for all, and
this is a good point where we could start to build. We have simply to
continue on that way, and we will change the world, bit by bit, mind
by mind."

http://www.rpadovani.com/ubuntu-phone-seen-by-friends

=== Joe Liau: Dumb is Dead: Snappy is the New Smart ===

Continuing a series about dumb phones, Joe now focuses on the new
"snappy" Ubuntu Core which features transactional, image-based updates
and shares a video of Mark Shuttleworth introducing the product.

http://blog.josephliau.com/dumb-is-dead-snappy-is-the-new...

=== Costales: Ubuntu Phone Countdown Banner for your blog/web ===

Marcos Costales shows us a countdown banner that he has made for a
forthcoming Ubuntu Phone presentation. He also shows us how to use the
banner in web pages and how it can be be customized.

http://thinkonbytes.blogspot.com/2014/12/ubuntu-phone-cou...

=== Jonathan Riddell: What's happened with Kubuntu recently? ===

Jonathan Riddell informs us that due to a server move, Kubuntu Wire is
down so reproduces a Wire post written by Ilya Kowalewski in which he
mentions Kubuntu 15.04 Alpha 1, Plasma 5, and KDE Frameworks 5,5,0.
Ilya quotes several sources including Softpedia, Linux Veda, and a
Kubuntu user who says: "Stable, and now hooked on Kubuntu's KDE
plasma. Christmas gift, and Happy Holidays, New Year 2015 and beyond
to you and yours."

http://jriddell.org/2014/12/23/whats-happened-with-kubunt...

=== Riccardo Padovani: Ubuntu Calculator App Reboot ===

Riccardo Padovani writes about the next core app to be rebooted which
is the Calculator app. He shows us some screenshots of the prototypes,
describe some features that are to be implemented, and appeals for
help testing and fixing bugs.

http://www.rpadovani.com/ubuntu-calculator-app-reboot

=== Svetlana Belkin: Ubuntu on ThinkCentre M93p ===

Svetlana Belkin writes about one of her Christmas presents, a
refurbished ThinkCentre M93p. She shows us some photographs to
illustrate its small size, and says that 64-bit Ubuntu was soon
installed on it.

http://ubuntusense.com/2014/12/25/ubuntu-on-thinkcentre-m...

=== Forums Council: Super Moderators ===

The Forums Council informs us that they have decided to mentor a group
of Super Moderators who will have access to the Administrator Control
Panel. They say: "With the advent of the SSO login, we've found that
more and more time is spent just trying to help people log into and
use the forums. The only way to actually deal with these issues is
from the Administrator Control Panel."

http://ubuntuforumsorg.wordpress.com/2014/12/30/super-mod...

=== Elizabeth K. Joseph: The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter and other ways
to contribute to Ubuntu ===

On the last day of 2014, Elizabeth K. Joseph looks back on some of her
biggest accomplishments which include the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter,
for which she runs through the weekly cycle acknowledging her fellow
contributors and invites others to help write article summaries.
Elizabeth then thanks and names all those who have helped during 2014.
She finishes by referring to two presentations she gave during the
year for those without programming experience and who might wish to
contribute to Ubuntu.

http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=10045

=== Stuart Langridge: Ubuntu Component Store, redux 2 ===

Stuart Langridge writes that he came up with an idea of how an Ubuntu
Component Store could work but that it required a server which
maintains accounts. He says that he then came up with an alternative
that must be hosted on Launchpad and demonstrates how it works.

http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2015/01/01/ubuntu-component...

== Other Community News ==

=== Ubuntu Phone User: Manager at Braum's ===

When taking his son out for ice cream on his birthday Ted Gould,
wearing an Ubuntu hat reports that he was asked about Ubuntu. The
manager of the ice cream shop Braum's asked a few questions about
Ubuntu, as he was using it on his desktop and had installed it on his
phone for full time use. He said, describing his favorite feature, "I
love how much it's the same as the computer version. I'm trying to get
a business off the ground, have four kids and I have to keep this
place running. I don't have time to keep a different model of how two
things work."

https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-phone/msg10855.html

=== Getting Started with Ubuntu 14.04 - Second edition is now available ===

Kevin Godby informs us that the second edition of "Getting Started
with Ubuntu 14.04" has been published. He advises from where a copy
can be downloaded , and also from where a printed copy can be
purchased.

https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-manual/msg04850.html

== In The Press ==

=== YEAR of the PENGUIN: A Linux mobile in 2015? ===

Scott Gilbertson of The Register talks about the lackluster attention
given to desktop Linux in 2014 and writes that tablets serve the needs
of most users and: "Combine that with better battery life, smaller,
lighter form factors and you can understand why Canonical spent the
better part of year working on its mobile interface."

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/12/22/linux_year_review/

== In The Blogosphere ==

=== Why You Should Switch to Ubuntu MATE Edition ===

Matt Hartley of Datamation looks at his use of various desktop
environments over the years and encourages us to switch to Ubuntu
MATE. He gives us his reasons why he thinks we should, speculates that
it could become a popular base flavor, saying: "I'd recommend Ubuntu
MATE edition over Ubuntu proper all day long."

http://www.datamation.com/open-source/why-you-should-swit...

=== The Most Popular Ubuntu News Of 2014 ===

Michael Larabel of Phoronix looks the top Ubuntu news stories of 2014
which include Mark Shuttleworth revealing two manufacturing partners
for the Ubuntu Phone, Canonical's Unity 8 Mir compositor video, Ubuntu
to develop its own file manager, and several stories that compare the
performance between Ubuntu releases.

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTg3Mjg

=== 12 Months, 12 Highlights: This was Ubuntu in 2014 ===

Joey-Elijah Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! reflects on the positive
highlights of Ubuntu in 2014. On a month by month basis, amongst the
events he looks at are the Ubuntu Phone, the Ubuntu releases, Ubuntu
MATE, and improvements to Unity.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/12/ubuntu-in-2014-news-hi...

=== Shuttleworth Explains Why Open Source is More Secure than Closed
Source [VIDEO] ===

Sean Michael Kerner of Datamation quotes Mark Shuttleworth as saying;
"You'll never stop security issues from occurring in either open
source or proprietary software but you deal with issues faster in open
source." He embeds a video in his article of a short interview with
Mark which expands on this quote.

http://www.datamation.com/open-source/shuttleworth-explai...

=== 2014's Five Biggest Stories Affecting FOSS ===

Christine Hall of FOSS Force covers a selection of five of the biggest
stories of 2014, including the systemd discussion and possibility of
forks which may impact Ubuntu.

http://fossforce.com/2014/12/2014s-five-biggest-stories-a...

=== Dust Off That iBook: Ubuntu MATE PowerPC Support Is Coming ===

Joey-Elijah Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! writes that although Ubuntu
stopped supporting PPC builds of Ubuntu after 6.10, Lubuntu continues
to release PowerPC builds of its LTS releases and that Ubuntu MATE has
now followed Lubuntu's lead. He invites us to download and test the
ISO but warns us that not all apps available on a regular x86-based
version of Linux can be compiled for or are compatible with PowerPC.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2015/01/dust-off-ibook-ubuntu-...

== In Other News ==

=== Full Circle Issue #92 ===

Full Circle - the independent magazine for the Ubuntu Linux community
are proud to announce the release of our ninety-second issue.

This month:
 * Command & Conquer
 * How-To : Make a Special Edition, LibreOffice, and Bulk Print with Nautilus
 * Graphics : Inkscape.
 * Linux Labs: Compiling a Kernel Pt 5 and Graphically Renaming Files Over SSH
 * Review: Scilabs
 * Book Review: Build Your Own Web Site
 * Ubuntu Games: X-Plane Flight Plans

plus: News, Arduino, Q&A, and soooo much more.

Get it while it's hot!

http://fullcirclemagazine.org/issue-92

== Other Articles of Interest ==

 * Features Of The Linux 3.19 Kernel: Graphics & Disks Rule -
http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTg3MTA
 * Why is the Number of Linux Distros Declining? -
http://www.datamation.com/open-source/why-is-the-number-o...
 * Debian Project News - December 29th, 2014 -
https://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2014/17/index.en.html
 * Reminder: PearOS is dead and insecure - Don't install it, stop
using it immediately! -
http://thepcspy.com/read/reminder-pearos-is-dead-and-inse...

== Upcoming Meetings and Events ==

For upcoming meetings and events please visit the calendars at
fridge.ubuntu.com: http://fridge.ubuntu.com/calendars/

== Updates and Security for 10.04, 12.04, 14.04 and 14.10 ==

=== Security Updates ===

None.

=== Ubuntu 10.04 Updates ===

None.

End of Life - April 2015 (Server)

=== Ubuntu 12.04 Updates ===

None.

End of Life - April 2017

=== Ubuntu 14.04 Updates ===

None.

End of Life - April 2019

=== Ubuntu 14.10 Updates ===

None.

End of Life - July 2015

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