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Elizabeth Krumbach | 21 May 23:15
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Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 266

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 266 for the week May 14
- 20, 2012.

== Links to UWN ==

 * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue266

== In This Issue ==

 * A UDS retrospective
 * Ubuntu Stats
 * LoCo News
 * Launchpad News
 * Ubuntu Forums News
 * Jono Bacon: Precision and Reliability in Ubuntu Accomplishments
 * Martin Pitt: Debian/Ubuntu Packages for PostgreSQL 9.2 Beta 1
 * Jonathan Carter: Launchpad.net: bug 1 000 000
 * Mythbuntu: Default download link for 12.04 ISO is now 64-bit!
 * 125,000 Ubuntu PCs to land in Pakistani students' laps
 * Ubuntu 12.04 LTS review
 * Linux Desktops: Cinnamon vs. Unity
 * Canonical's Ubuntu Business Desktop Remix Evolves
 * An example of the usefulness of bittorrent for entirely legal purposes
 * Other Articles of Interest
 * Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
 * Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings
 * Monthly Team Reports: April 2012
 * Upcoming Meetings and Events
 * Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 11.04, 11.10 and 12.04
 * And much more!
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Elizabeth Krumbach | 15 May 03:51
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Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 265

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 265 for the week May 7
- 13, 2012.

== Links to UWN ==

 * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue265

== In This Issue ==

 * Ubuntu Developer Summit for Quantal
 * EA Games and Ubuntu
 * Welcome New Members
 * Ubuntu Stats
 * LoCo News
 * Launchpad News
 * Ubuntu Cloud News
 * Introducing Project Sputnik: Developer laptop
 * Pasi Lallinaho: Brainstorm! Contribute!
 * Alan Pope: Why not contribute to Ubuntu Manual
 * Stuart Langridge: Ubuntu One for Nokia N9
 * Jonathan Carter: Edubuntu Preliminary Plans for 12.10
 * Summaries from the Ubuntu Developer Summit
 * ARM arrives on servers with Calxeda's Ubuntu demo
 * Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin review
 * Project Sputnik: Dell's Ubuntu-based XPS13 laptop for developers
 * Mark Shuttleworth is passionate about Canonical, patents and space
 * In The Blogosphere
 * In Other News
 * Other Articles of Interest
 * Featured Podcasts
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Elizabeth Krumbach | 7 May 07:24
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Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 264

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 264 for the week April
30 - May 6, 2012.

== Links to UWN ==

 * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue264

== In This Issue ==

 * Quantal open for development
 * Ubuntu Developer Summit: May 7-11
 * Ask Mark & Ubuntu Open Week Days 1-3
 * Welcome New Members
 * Ubuntu Stats
 * Ubuntu Serbia presents at Share Conference
 * Launchpad Clinic at UDS-Q
 * Daniel Holbach: The importance of apps in Ubuntu
 * Jason Gerard DeRose: Daily builds are your canary in the mine shaft
 * David Wonderly: Kubuntu: Updates
 * Serge Hallyn: First round of kvm performance tests
 * Daniel Holbach: "After the release" is "before the release"
 * Stephane Graber: LXC in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
 * Lubuntu Blog: New Lubuntu website
 * Xubuntu: FAQ for Xubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin
 * Ubuntu's Mark Shuttleworth on shaking up system software
 * Free as in awesome: our favorite open source apps for Ubuntu 12.04
 * Android's new ally against the iPhone: Ubuntu
 * Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin review
 * New Ubuntu 12.04: Any hope against Windows and Apple?
 * Press Reaction to Ubuntu 12.04
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Elizabeth Krumbach | 30 Apr 23:18
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Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 263

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 263 for the week April
23 - 29, 2012.

== Links to UWN ==

 * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue263
 * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/ES/Edicion263
(Spanish Version)

== In This Issue ==

 * Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) released!
 * Quality has a new name
 * Ubuntu OpenWeek, 2-4 May on Freenode
 * Membership Boards: Restaffing and Reorganization
 * Welcome New Members
 * Community Acknowledgments and Success Stories
 * Ubuntu Stats
 * Get the Ubuntu Online Tour on your LoCo site
 * Contributing to Launchpad
 * OpenStack in Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS
 * Announcing the UDS Juju Charm Contest for UDS attendees
 * MAAS, Juju, AWSOME - Making the Complicated; Simple!
 * Python 3 on the desktop for Quantal Quetzal
 * Hello Unity, episode 3 & 4
 * Xubuntu Artwork Update: Unity Support
 * An Interview with Coffeecat
 * I'm an Ubuntu Developer Summit local!
 * Revamping Launchpad Translators
 * Ubuntu 12.04 - Jane Silber talks Unity, community and 'continuous computing'
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Elizabeth Krumbach | 24 Apr 00:27
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Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 262

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 262 for the week April
16 - 22, 2012.

== Links to UWN ==

 * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue262

== In This Issue ==

 * Code of Conduct Update
 * Developer Advisory Team Report 12.04: Feedback from new contributors
 * Welcome New Members
 * Ubuntu Stats
 * "Best of Jam": We Have a Winner!
 * 12.04 Presentation for Bay Area Linux Users Group (BALUG) and
upcoming SF Release Party
 * Pangolin Release parties - we have 2 - any more?
 * Launchpad News
 * Ubuntu Cloud News
 * Looking towards Xubuntu Q
 * New Lubuntu icon theme
 * Ubuntu 12.04 is for App Developers
 * Top 10 Ubuntu app downloads for March 2012
 * The Importance Of Application Developers To Ubuntu
 * Kubuntu: Moving Forward
 * The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Needs You
 * Ubuntu wants to be your cloud and data-center Linux
 * Is Canonical in ISV trouble?
 * Ubuntu nominated in top 5 Linux distros
 * In The Blogosphere
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Elizabeth Krumbach | 16 Apr 23:23
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Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 261

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 261 for the week April
9 - 15, 2012.

== Links to UWN ==

 * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue261
 * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/ES/Edicion261
(Spanish Version in progress)

== In This Issue ==

 * Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) end-of-life reached on April 10, 2012
 * Ubuntu 12.04 Development update
 * Ubuntu Teams
 * Welcome new members
 * Ubuntu Stats
 * LoCo News
 * Launchpad News
 * juju Charm Contest winners!
 * Jorge Castro: Ubuntu OpenWeek call for instructors
 * Daniel Holbach: If only I had known what needs to be done...
 * Kubuntu to be Sponsored by Blue Systems
 * Didier Roche: Precise Pangolin has now its finale Unity release (5.10)
 * Instagram's $Billion Sale Powered by Ubuntu Linux
 * 20-million new Ubuntu Linux PCs in 2012?
 * In The Blogosphere
 * In Other News
 * Other Articles of Interest
 * Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S05E04 - Cube Root of Conquest
 * Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
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Elizabeth Krumbach | 9 Apr 23:49
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Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 260

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 260 for the week April
2 - 8, 2012.

== Links to UWN ==

 * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue260
 * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/ES/Edicion260
(Spanish Version)

== In This Issue ==

 * Introducing Metal as a Service: provisioning for the hyperscale era
 * Ubuntu Stats
 * Ordering your 12.04 CDs for LoCo Teams is now available
 * Launchpad News
 * Why the juju charm store will change the way you use Ubuntu Server
 * Kicking the tires on MAAS
 * Don't miss the inaugural Ubuntu Cloud Summit
 * Jono Bacon: Looking Towards Ubuntu 12.04
 * Chuck Short: Openstack Essex on 12.04
 * Ubuntu Classroom: Algorithms in Programming Classes
 * Shuttleworth defends Ubuntu's Linux contributions
 * New Canonical Tool Tackles 'Hyperscale' Data Centers
 * The Ubuntu 12.04 Default Wallpaper Revealed
 * Why Ubuntu Is Not Contributing To Linux, Or Is It?
 * Other Articles of Interest
 * Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
 * Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings
 * Upcoming Meetings and Events
 * Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 10.10, 11.04 and 11.10
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Elizabeth Krumbach | 2 Apr 23:30
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Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 259

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 259 for the week March
26 - April 1, 2012.

== Links to UWN ==

 * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue259
 * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/ES/Edicion259
(Spanish Version)

== In This Issue ==

 * Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) Beta 2 Released.
 * Ubuntu Countdown Banners Now Available
 * Unsung heroes
 * Ubuntu Stats
 * LoCo News
 * Parallelising the Unparallelisable
 * Jono Bacon: Integrating Your App Into Unity
 * Mark Shuttleworth: Holistic UI is smarter UX
 * Canonical: Ubuntu Survey Parts 3 and 4
 * Rick Spencer: 12.04 Quality Engineering Retrospective
 * What Ubuntu users think about Ubuntu 2012
 * Canonical Integrates Landscape with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
 * Red Hat Earnings End Ubuntu Server Debate
 * Beta 2 Reviews
 * Full Circle #59 is here for the taking!
 * Other Articles of Interest
 * Featured Podcasts
 * Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
 * Weekly Official Ubuntu Flavors Team Meetings
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Amber Graner | 26 Mar 22:26
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Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 258

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 258 for the week March
19 - 25, 2012.

== Links to UWN ==

 * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue258
 * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/ES/Edicion258
(Spanish Version)

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 258 for the week March
19 - 25, 2012.

== In This Issue ==

 * Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) Beta 2 Freeze is now in effect.
 * The Ubuntu User Surveys – Parts 1 and 2
 * Ubuntu 12.04 Development update
 * Ubuntu Stats
 * Is Ubuntu Global Jam an Event for Me?
 * Approval / Re-Approval Guidelines Updated
 * Egypt LoCo Approved
 * Launchpad News
 * Ubuntu Cloud Day in India – April 4th, Bangalore
 * Contributing to Unity for Artists: SVG Icons
 * Ubuntu and Youth Survey
 * An Interview with lovinglinux
 * Ubuntu Docs: A Call for Help
 * A new UI for System Testing
 * Kubuntu and the state of free consumer software
 * The Pangolin wallpaper selection takes flight
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Elizabeth Krumbach | 19 Mar 22:11
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Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 257

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 257 for the week March
12 - 18, 2012.

== Links to UWN ==

 * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue257

== In This Issue ==

 * UDS registration opened on March 12th
 * Ubuntu 12.04 Development update
 * Welcome New Members
 * A quick thank you
 * Ubuntu Stats
 * Yet More Precise Jams
 * Work items in blueprints
 * Ubuntu Cloud Guest images in Amazon's quickstart launcher
 * Didier Roche: New, shiny, Unity 5.6 released!
 * Mark Shuttleworth: Ubuntu vs RHEL in enterprise computing
 * Jonathan Riddell: Kubuntu Active is Activated
 * Daniel Holbach: Making sure code gets reviewed in Ubuntu
 * Canonical Design Team: Task switching in Ubuntu, and a introduction
to 'The Spread'
 * Mythbuntu: Mythbuntu changing to LTS only releases
 * Has Canonical Found the Keys to the Computing Kingdom?
 * Is Ubuntu becoming a big name in enterprise Linux servers?
 * In The Blogosphere
 * Other Articles of Interest
 * Featured Podcasts
 * Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
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Elizabeth Krumbach | 12 Mar 23:10
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Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 256

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 256 for the week March
5 - 11, 2012.

== Links to UWN ==

 * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue256

== In This Issue ==

 * Ubuntu 12.04 Development Update
 * Ubuntu User Survey 2012
 * Membership changes to Community and LoCo Councils
 * Community Acknowledgments and Success Stories
 * Ubuntu Stats
 * LoCo News
 * Charm School webinar video available.
 * Canonical Design Team: Notes from the Mobile World Congress 2012
 * Michael Hall: Faces of Ubuntu: The non-Developers
 * Alan Pope: Improved Unity Files Lens Call For Testing
 * Mark Shuttleworth: Government use of Ubuntu
 * Brian Murray: Confirming a bug task in Launchpad
 * Ubuntu for Android is an open-source treat in hands-on video
 * How Linux is changing lives in Zambia
 * Is Ubuntu 12.04 a Linux Game Changer?
 * Ubuntu 12.04 .ISO Will Remain CD Sized
 * Improving Hardware Support in Ubuntu
 * Other Articles of Interest
 * Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
 * Upcoming Meetings and Events
 * Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 10.10, 11.04 and 11.10
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