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Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy Salamander) Release Schedule revised

Written by Howard Chan on June 16, 2013, 7:37 a.m.

In the Ubuntu Developer Summit (UDS) held in May 2013, the Ubuntu release team discussed the release schedule of Ubuntu 13.10. Adam Conrad of the Ubuntu Release Team announced some changes to it on 14th June 2013. Notable changes include: Alpha 3 cancelled Moved alpha 1 to week 9 and alpha 2 to week 13 FeatureFreeze is now at Beta1Freeze DocStringFreeze is now at UIFreeze. Currently, here's how the flavours' interest in Alphas. Kubuntu: all Lubuntu: all Xubuntu: all Ubuntu Studio: none Ubuntu GNOME: unknown UbuntuKylin: all Mythbuntu: Will not release 13.10 at all. Ubuntu Desktop: none

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No Wubi for 13.04: Are you happy?

Written by Howard Chan on April 4, 2013, 12:05 a.m.

Canonical Ubuntu Foundations Team member Steve Langsek announced the removal of Wubi (Windows Ubuntu Installer) from Ubuntu 13.04 and notes that it will forever be unmaintained due to uncompatability with Windows 8, increasing no. of bugs and undermaintenance. I, for one, can't install Wubi for Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS and at last switching to full Ubuntu. Do you like Wubi? Do you feel happy or unhappy that Wubi is gone? Leace your comments below.

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Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS released

Written by Howard Chan on Feb. 16, 2013, 6:17 a.m.

Posted on the ubuntu-annouce mailing list, by Colin Watson, Ubuntu Release Team, February 14, 2013, 20:02:50 UTC The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS (Long-Term Support) for its Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products, as well as other flavours of Ubuntu with long-term support. To help support a broader range of hardware, the 12.04.2 release adds an updated kernel and X stack for new installations on x86 architectures, and matches the ability of 12.10 to install on systems using UEFI firmware with Secure Boot enabled. As usual, this point release includes many updates, and updated installation media has been provided so that fewer updates will need to be downloaded after installation. These include security ...

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Ubuntu 12.04.2 and Kubuntu 13.04 Alpha 2 testing needed.

Written by Howard Chan on Feb. 11, 2013, 10:02 p.m.

As the release date for Ubuntu 12.04.2 and Kubuntu 13.04 Alpha 2 draws near, it is time to get these images tested! Go to the ISO QA Tracker and select either Precise 12.04.1 or Raring Alpha 2 to start testing images!!! There were and are some sessions to help you started: 11th February, 2013 (Monday) 18:00-19:00 UTC Nicholas Skaggs (balloons) was at #ubuntu-quality on irc.freenode.net and also on Ubuntu on Air! to demonstrate the process of going through the testcases. The Google+ Hangout video is available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOkbMiyJIbI 13th February, 2013 (Wednesday) 13:00-15:00 UTC Howard Chan (smartboyhw, aka me) will be at #ubuntu-classroom and #ubuntu-classroom-chat on irc.freenode.net to host the finale of a series of QA Team Classroom sessions. It ...

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Ubuntu Developer Week (Raring) is coming to town!

Written by Howard Chan on Jan. 26, 2013, 7 a.m.

Yes Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome Ubuntu Developer Week (Raring)! Ubuntu Developer Week is a series of online workshops where you can: learn about different packaging techniques find out more about different development teams check out the efforts of the world-wide Development Community participate in open Q&A sessions with Ubuntu developers much more... It will be held on 29th January to 31st January, 2013, around 15:00 UTC to 20:00 UTC. Sessions include: "Introduction to Ubuntu Development" and "Getting set up to Ubuntu Development" by Daniel Holbach; "Introduction to patch systems" and "Ubuntu App Review Process explained" by Bhavani Shankar; "Working with upstreams" and "Interacting with Debian's Bug Tracking System" by Stefano Rivera; "Introduction to One Hundred Paper Cuts" by Chris ...

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Is Ubuntu Phone targetting 4K UHD video capturing???

Written by Howard Chan on Jan. 17, 2013, 5:34 a.m.

Today I went into the usual strolling along Launchpad and IRC and such (and still moaning about not being able to download any Android 4.0 or up source code) and found something interesting when I visited the Launchpad page of Ubuntu. In the "Newest Blueprints" section there is a blueprint called "Ubuntu Phone: Enable the ability to film 4K UHD video on 8.5-megapixel or greater mobile cameras". That was surprising, so I clicked in the blueprint to have a look. It's contents say: "Given that 4K UHD video is essentially the equivalent of an ~8.29-megapixel still image and that most mobile cameras in 2012 to begin with were already 8 megapixels, the cameras in 2013 and beyond will most certainly ...

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Ubuntu Core in/on a Nexus 7 Part 3: Newest updates and trashing part 2 for new methods

Written by Howard Chan on Dec. 8, 2012, 12:08 a.m.

If you have installed Ubuntu Core 12.10 on a Nexus 7, please re-flash the image using the instructions written below. Try not to dist-upgrade. Yes sorry, but then sadly from the Ubuntu Nexus7 Team's newest meeting it seems like the second part of this programme needs a rewrite. Every week at Friday, 16:00 UTC, the Ubuntu Nexus7 Team gathered to give each other and the whole community the newest updates. So let us see what did they talk about yesterday. Highlights: Alex Chiang away, Kyle Nitzsche moderated R status: nux fixes landed, but not drop shadow fix, BT not working due to brcm-patchram which ogra is trying to get mainlined, plan B/hack is a userspace approach by ayan that could ...

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Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) Alpha 1 for Kubuntu and Edubuntu released!

Written by Howard Chan on Dec. 6, 2012, 7:46 p.m.

"I am a ring-tailed roarer. I can draw faster, shoot straighter, ride harder, and drink longer than any man alive. I'm the rip-snortinest cowboy that ever rode North, South, East or West of the Rio Grande." Pecos Bill, Tall Tale 1995 The first Alpha of the Raring Ringtail (to become 13.04) has now been released! This alpha features images for Edubuntu and Kubuntu. At the end of the 12.10 development cycle, the Ubuntu flavour decided that it would reduce the number of milestone images going forward and the focus would concentrate on daily quality and fortnightly testing rounds known as cadence testing. Based on that change, The Ubuntu product itself will not have an Alpha-1 release. Its first milestone release ...

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Ubuntu Core in a Nexus 7:Part 2...... How to install a 13.04 daily image?

Written by Howard Chan on Dec. 6, 2012, 5:09 a.m.

If you want Ubuntu Core 12.10 image in a Nexus 7 that is very easy: Unlock the bootloader, install the "Ubuntu Nexus7 Installer" and follow the instructions. However, the problem arises: How to install Ubuntu Core 13.04 in a Nexus 7? If you have been paying attention to cdimage.ubuntu.com, you should see a new folder called "daily-preinstalled". Click it, then click the "current" folder, then you see the images specialized for the Nexus 7. Here are the standard installation procedures: Install the Ubuntu Nexus7 installer. To do so, type (in a terminal): sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-nexus7/ubuntu-nexus7-installer sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install ubuntu-nexus7-installer Unlock the bootloader by follwing these instructions: a. Reboot the Nexus 7 device into the Android boot loader. ...

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Ubuntu Core in a Nexus 7:Part 1...... What is the kernel!?

Written by Howard Chan on Dec. 1, 2012, 7:45 a.m.

In this series I am going to bring you some interesting guides on installing Ubuntu Core onto a Asus Google Nexus 7. In a normal Ubuntu 12.10 Operating system you get a Ubuntu Linux kernel version 3.5.0-19.30, which is based on the upstream Linux 3.5.7 kernel. In Ubuntu 13.04 presently you get a Ubuntu Linux kernel version 3.7.0-4.12, which is based on the upstream Linux v3.7-rc7 kernel. Ubuntu 12.04 provides a 3.2.0-34.53 kernel, which is based on the upstream Linux 3.2.33 kernel. However the Linux kernel in the Nexus 7 image is a bit different. It is, although you are installing a 13.04 or 12.10 image, still using a 3.1 kernel... The Ubuntu Nexus7 Linux Kernel is actually based on ...

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