news 28 Posted September 9, 2014 Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 382 for the week September 1 - 7, 2014. == Links to UWN == * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue382 == In This Issue == * Welcome New Members and Developers * Ubuntu Stats * OpenStack Austin Meetup, with an Orange Box and Home Brew Beer! * Arizona: Installfest schedule and locations * Didier Roche: Ubuntu loves Developers * Daniel Holbach: ubuntu-community-team list: Hang out, discuss new ideas * Nicholas Skaggs: Autopilot Test Runners * Lubuntu Blog: [Poll] Community wallpaper contest * Unity8 & Mir update Sept 2, 2014 * Canonical News * YES, I have ridden the UNICORN: The Ubuntu Utopic unicorn * In The Blogosphere * Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S07E23 - The One with the Nap Partners * Upcoming Meetings and Events * Updates and Security for 10.04, 12.04 and 14.04 * And much more! == General Community News == === Welcome New Members and Developers === The Membership Board is pleased to announce Membership results from the latest meeting on Sept. 4, 2014 22 UTC: * Carla Sella https://launchpad.net/~carla-sella | https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CarlaSella https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2014-September/002061.html == Ubuntu Stats == === Bug Stats === * Open (113903) +402 over last week * Critical (226) -3 over last week * Unconfirmed (56887) +199 over last week 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 ==== * No GRUB Screen or recovery mode on Boot after 12.04 Upgrade http://askubuntu.com/questions/184767/no-grub-screen-or-recovery-mode-on-boot-after-12-04-upgrade * Can I see in a log file all GUI based tasks in its alternative command-line format? http://askubuntu.com/questions/520377/can-i-see-in-a-log-file-all-gui-based-tasks-in-its-alternative-command-line-form * Problems installing xubuntu http://askubuntu.com/questions/521191/problems-installing-xubuntu * Problem accessing Windows Share from Ubuntu using Samba http://askubuntu.com/questions/521286/problem-accessing-windows-share-from-ubuntu-using-samba * An Ubuntu command bricked my sytem? http://askubuntu.com/questions/521293/an-ubuntu-command-bricked-my-sytem ==== Top Voted New Questions ==== * Remove the first part of a string using sed http://askubuntu.com/questions/520080/ * Is it okay to use symbolic links in my web server? http://askubuntu.com/questions/518660/ * How can I remove a single temporary key mapping without resetting the entire keymap? http://askubuntu.com/questions/519074/ * use of * in file searching http://askubuntu.com/questions/519529/ * Only get the H+W geometry of my screen without the later +x+y http://askubuntu.com/questions/519729/ People Contributing the best questions and answers this week: muru (http://askubuntu.com/users/158442/muru), Oli (http://askubuntu.com/users/449/oli), Whaaaaaat (http://askubuntu.com/users/208574/whaaaaaat), Jan (http://askubuntu.com/users/193328/jan) and KasiyA (http://askubuntu.com/users/283843/kasiya) Ask (and answer!) your own questions at http://askubuntu.com == LoCo News == === OpenStack Austin Meetup, with an Orange Box and Home Brew Beer! === Dustin Kirkland announces an upcoming meetup in Austin, Texas on September 10th featuring the Ubuntu Orange Box running OpenStack Icehouse and a "a couple of growlers of my own home brewed beer, Ubrewtu." http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2014/09/openstack-austin-meetup-with-orange-box.html === Arizona: Installfest schedule and locations === The Arizona LoCo team announces an upcoming series of installfests Chandler and Tempe in late September and early October. Attendees are encouraged to bring a system they wish to install, and volunteers are also "happy to fix problems, answer questions or simply discuss free software." http://azloco.com/node/192 == The Planet == === Didier Roche: Ubuntu loves Developers === Didier Roche writes about interest in supporting developers of alternate platforms, like Android, with Ubuntu as a platform. To make this easier for them, he announces the availability of the alpha version of the Ubuntu Developer Tools Center "a command line tool which allows you to download the latest version of Android Studio (beta), alongside the latest Android SDK, and all the required dependencies... enable multi-arch on your system if you are on a 64 bit machine, integrate it with the Unity launcher." http://blog.didrocks.fr/post/Ubuntu-loves-Developers === Daniel Holbach: ubuntu-community-team list: Hang out, discuss new ideas === Share this post Link to post
