news 28 Posted May 17, 2010 Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #193 for the week May 9th - May 15th, 2010. In this issue we cover Ubuntu Developer Summit - Ubuntu 10.10 - Maverick Meerkat planned, Ubuntu Developer Summit -M Videos, Unity, and Ubuntu Light, A Case for Modifying the Ubuntu Release Schedule, New Default Applications In Ubuntu Netbook Edition 10.10?, Ubuntu Stats, Ubuntu DC LoCo InstallFest, Release Party In Uruguay was a Big Hit, Welcome To Ubuntu in Maryland! May 20th, Ubuntu Release Party 10.04 – Alagoas, Ubuntu Hams - Our First UDS Session was Great, Clarifications around Ubuntu using “Google Chrome”, UDS-Maverick recap, BTRFS By Default In Maverick?, Testing Ubuntu Releases, Receive Ubuntu bugs by mail with the Debian PTS, Columbia Areas Linux User Group - Featured speaker Mackenzie Morgan, In The Press, In the Blogoshpere, Canonical’s Ubuntu support scope, Commercial bug-fixes for Ubuntu, Upcoming Meetings and Events, Updates and Security, And much much more... == In This Issue == * Ubuntu Developer Summit - Ubuntu 10.10 - Maverick Meerkat planned * Ubuntu Developer Summit -M Videos * Unity, and Ubuntu Light * A Case for Modifying the Ubuntu Release Schedule * New Default Applications In Ubuntu Netbook Edition 10.10? * Ubuntu Stats * Ubuntu DC LoCo InstallFest * Release Party In Uruguay was a Big Hit * Welcome To Ubuntu in Maryland! May 20th * Ubuntu Release Party 10.04 – Alagoas * Ubuntu Hams - Our First UDS Session was Great * Clarifications around Ubuntu using “Google Chrome” * UDS-Maverick recap * BTRFS By Default In Maverick? * Testing Ubuntu Releases * Receive Ubuntu bugs by mail with the Debian PTS * Columbia Areas Linux User Group - Featured speaker Mackenzie Morgan * In The Press * In the Blogosphere * Canonical’s Ubuntu support scope * Commercial bug-fixes for Ubuntu * Upcoming Meetings and Events * Updates and Security for * And much much more... == General Community News == === Ubuntu Developer Summit - Ubuntu 10.10 - Maverick Meerkat planned === Ubuntu developers and contributors from all over the globe meet in Brussels, Belgium from May 10th through May 14th, 2010 to plan the next Ubuntu release - code named Maverick Meerkat, currently scheduled to be released in October 2010. UDS opened with the "We're not going to take it" video introduction to Maverick Meerkat [1]. The video was made using Ubuntu and open source applications by Robbie Williamson of the Ubuntu Platform team. While the Ubuntu Technical Board has not yet approved the 10.10.10 release date, there is already talk of the Oct 10th date being the goal to shoot for. Mark Shuttleworth in his UDS Keynote [2] explained why this date would be an important date to aggressively plan for. In this same keynote the mystery of why the buttons were moved to the left in lucid was solved as "Unity" and "Ubuntu Light" and "Windacators" were explained. Many who attended UDS in Brussels noted that even though the tracks were the almost same as past UDS'. There seemed to be even more sessions available to choose from than in the past. The following break out illustrates why those who attended felt that way. Sessions per track at UDS-M: * Cloud and Server - 53 * Community - 72 * Design - 20 * Desktop - 116 * Foundations - 33 * Kernel - 27 * QA - 35 * Security - 17 * Ubuntu on Arm - 47 The Canonical Kernel Team choose 2.6.35 to be the Ubuntu 10.10 kernel version as well btrfs as a technology preview. The popularity and demand for the ARM sessions surprised everyone to include Mark Shuttleworth and before the end of the first day at UDS the ARM sessions had to be moved to rooms that held 60+ people. Even after moving these sessions to larger rooms they were still at standing room only capacity. The Ubuntu 10.10 cycle will focus on how to encourage new developers and to sharpen the skills of those developers who are currently contributing to Ubuntu. The 'opportunistic' developer will play a key, and crucial role in this cycle. UDS also focused on better communications, better marketing, increasing community participation, increasing quality and quantity of testing as well as increasing participation in all *ubuntu weeks, and up[censored] wiki.ubuntu.com pages for all teams. There are also plans for up[censored] ubuntu.com/community pages to better serve those who are looking to find ways to contribute to the Ubuntu project. That's not all, the community pages aren't the only area getting a face lift, The Fridge, Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Ubuntu Wiki Pages, Ubuntu , Ubuntu.com and Canonical.com will be updated to reflect the new light theme. Several people who attended UDS in person and remotely did a great job or summing up the sessions they attended. Please take a moment to read about their thoughts on UDS. * Elizabeth Krumbach - http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=2951, http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=2955, http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=2972, http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=2984 * Dustin Kirkland - http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2010/05/when-was-last-time-your-operating.html * Seif Lofty - http://seilo.geekyogre.com/2010/05/zeitgeist-the-road-to-maverick-meerkat/ * Nigel Babu - http://justanothertriager.wordpress.com/2010/05/11/uds-m-day-1-overview/, http://justanothertriager.wordpress.com/2010/05/12/uds-m-day-2/, http://justanothertriager.wordpress.com/2010/05/13/uds-m-day-3/, http://justanothertriager.wordpress.com/2010/05/14/uds-m-day-4/ * Laura Czajkowski - http://www.lczajkowski.com/2010/05/ [1] - [2]- http://ubuntudevelopers.blip.tv/file/3603061/ To find out more about UDS-M, please see the videos listed, as well as the UDS-M wiki's and Summit pages found at: http://summit.ubuntu.com/uds-m/ and https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UDS-M To see the UDS photo please see: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kwwii/4610334160/sizes/l/ === Ubuntu Developer Summit -M Videos === ==== Opening Videos ==== * UDS Maverick Kickoff Video - * UDS-M Mark Shuttleworth Keynote - http://ubuntudevelopers.blip.tv/file/3603061/ ==== Sessions ==== * Desktop Round Table - Monday - http://ubuntudevelopers.blip.tv/file/3606759/ * Upstart Q&A Session - http://ubuntudevelopers.blip.tv/file/3606758/ * Ubuntu Developer Workflow Review - http://ubuntudevelopers.blip.tv/file/3606757/ * UDS-M Running X as a Regular User - Desktop Team Session - http://ubuntudevelopers.blip.tv/file/3608709/ * UDS-M Meeting Ubuntu for the first time- http://ubuntudevelopers.blip.tv/file/3621746/ * UDS-M Up[censored] Desktop in Cloud Image - http://ubuntudevelopers.blip.tv/file/3621742/ * UDS-M-DX-Sound-Menu - http://ubuntudevelopers.blip.tv/file/3621725/ * UDS-M Ubuntu Server and Cloud - ARM - http://ubuntudevelopers.blip.tv/file/3617116/ * UDS-M The Desktop Is Your IDE - http://ubuntudevelopers.blip.tv/file/3617109/ * UDS-M ARM Toolchain Overview - http://ubuntudevelopers.blip.tv/file/3617077/ * UDS-M PyGtk base class library for fast app development - http://ubuntudevelopers.blip.tv/file/3608758/ * UDS-M DX Keyboard Menu - http://ubuntudevelopers.blip.tv/file/3622903/ * UDS-M-Making-Beautiful-Fonts - http://ubuntudevelopers.blip.tv/file/3621745/ * UDS-M Desktop and Upstart - http://ubuntudevelopers.blip.tv/file/3621723/ ==== Plenaries ==== ===== UDS-M Afternoon Plenary Monday - http://ubuntudevelopers.blip.tv/file/3606761 ===== * The Canonical Design Team * QT Roadmap * Quickly and Application Development on Maverick. ===== UDS-M afternoon Plenary Tuesday - http://ubuntudevelopers.blip.tv/file/3617079/ ===== * Diffamation - Using Animation Transitions to Support Navigation in Document History ===== UDS-M Plenary Wednesday - http://ubuntudevelopers.blip.tv/file/3618693/ ===== * Intro to ARM * Maverick Development Process * Launchpad Translations * Intro to Creating the New Ubuntu Font ===== UDS-M Plenary Thursday - http://ubuntudevelopers.blip.tv/file/3622104/ ===== * Collaboration with Ubuntu: From the Debian Point of View * What's this bit do? Ghosts of the Plumbing Layer ==== Interviews ==== * UDS-M Mark Shuttleworth interview - http://ubuntudevelopers.blip.tv/file/3614313/ * UDS-M Interview Stuart Langridge - Ubuntu One - http://ubuntudevelopers.blip.tv/file/3618697/ * UDS-M Interview Elizabeth Krumbach Community - http://ubuntudevelopers.blip.tv/file/3618695/ * UDS M Interview Laura Czajkowski - LoCo Council - http://ubuntudevelopers.blip.tv/file/3618692/ * UDS-M Interview with Daniel T Chen - http://ubuntudevelopers.blip.tv/file/3617078/ * UDS-M Interview with Robbie Williamson - http://ubuntudevelopers.blip.tv/file/3617076/ * UDS-M Interview with Kevin VanDine - http://ubuntudevelopers.blip.tv/file/3617075/ * UDS-M Jono Bacon Interview - http://ubuntudevelopers.blip.tv/file/3617074/ * UDS-M Marjo Mercardo Interview - http://ubuntudevelopers.blip.tv/file/3612676/ * UDS-M Interview with Alan Pope - http://ubuntudevelopers.blip.tv/file/3608971/ * UDS-M Kernel interview with Leann Ogasawara and Andy Whitcroft at UDS - http://ubuntudevelopers.blip.tv/file/3608969/ === Unity, and Ubuntu Light === Mark Shuttleworth discusses Unity and Ubuntu Light on his blog post: A few months ago we took on the challenge of building a version of Ubuntu for the dual-boot, instant-on market. We wanted to be surfing the web in under 10 seconds, and give people a fantastic web experience. We also wanted it to be possible to upgrade from that limited usage model to a full desktop. The fruit of that R&D is both a new desktop experience codebase, called Unity, and a range of Light versions of Ubuntu, both netbook and desktop, that are optimised for dual-boot scenarios. The dual-boot, web-focused use case is sufficiently different from general-purpose desktop usage to warrant a fresh look at the way the desktop is configured. We spent quite a bit of time analyzing screenshots of a couple of hundred different desktop configurations from the current Ubuntu and Kubuntu user base, to see what people used most. We also identified the things that are NOT needed in lightweight dual-boot instant-on offerings. That provided us both with a list of things to focus on and make rich, and a list of things we could leave out. Instant-on products are generally used in a stateless fashion. These are “get me to the web asap” environments, with no need of heavy local file management. If there is content there, it would be best to think of it as “cloud like” and synchronize it with the local Windows environment, with cloud services and other devices. They are also not environments where people would naturally expect to use a wide range of applications: the web is the key, and there may be a few complementary capabilities like media playback, messaging, games, and the ability to connect to local devices like printers and cameras and pluggable media. We also learned something interesting from users. It’s not about how fast you appear to boot. It’s about how fast you actually deliver a working web browser and Internet connection. It’s about how fast you have a running system that is responsive to the needs of the user. Mark also discusses the following in his post: * Unity: a lightweight netbook interface * Ubuntu Light * Evolving Unity for Ubuntu Netbook Edition 10.10 * Relationship to Gnome Shell * Relationship to FreeDesktop and KDE It will be an intense cycle, if we want to get all of these pieces in line. But we think it’s achievable: the new launcher, the new panel, the new implementation of the global menu and an array of indicators. Things have accelerated greatly during Lucid so if we continue at this pace, it should all come together. Here’s to a great summer of code. To read more about Unity and Ubuntu Light go to: http://www.markshuttleworth.com/ === A Case for Modifying the Ubuntu Release Schedule === Robbie Williamson, Ubuntu Platform Team Manager writes on his Blog about the modified release schedule needed to hit the proposed 10.10.10 release schedule for Maverick Meerkat on his blog. Robbie presented this information on the last day of UDS. 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