Issue399


Contents

  1. In This Issue
  2. General Community News
    1. UOS (Ubuntu Online Summit) dates: 5-7 May 2015
    2. Community Donations Report, Q2 2014
    3. Welcome New Members and Developers
  3. Ubuntu Stats
    1. Bug Stats
    2. Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions this week
      1. Most Active Questions
      2. Top Voted New Questions
  4. LoCo News
    1. Ubuntu California in 2014
  5. Ubuntu Cloud News
    1. OpenStack 2014.2.1 now available in 14.04 LTS
    2. A year in the Cloud
  6. The Planet
    1. Didier Roche: Ubuntu Make 0.4 starts the new year adding Go support
    2. Svetlana Belkin: Ubuntu Stickers on My ThinkCentre M93p
    3. Jono Bacon: Bad Voltage and Ubuntu
    4. Stuart Langridge: Ubuntu phone screencasting, a minor tip
  7. In The Press
    1. ​CES 2015: Dell refreshes high-end XPS business laptop line
  8. In The Blogosphere
    1. Unity 8 & Mir Are Moving Along For Ubuntu 15.04
    2. Intel ‘Compute Stick’ Is an $89 Chromecast-size PC That Runs Ubuntu
  9. Other Articles of Interest
  10. Featured Audio and Video
    1. Ubuntu Community Q&A - 6th January 2015
  11. Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  12. Upcoming Meetings and Events
  13. Updates and Security for 10.04, 12.04, 14.04 and 14.10
    1. Security Updates
    2. Ubuntu 10.04 Updates
    3. Ubuntu 12.04 Updates
    4. Ubuntu 14.04 Updates
    5. Ubuntu 14.10 Updates
  14. Subscribe
  15. Archives
  16. Additional Ubuntu News
  17. Conclusion
  18. Credits
  19. Glossary of Terms
  20. Ubuntu - Get Involved
  21. Feedback

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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 399 for the week January 5 - 11, 2015.

In This Issue

  • UOS (Ubuntu Online Summit) dates: 5-7 May 2015
  • Community Donations Report, Q2 2014
  • Welcome New Members and Developers
  • Ubuntu Stats
  • Ubuntu California in 2014

  • OpenStack 2014.2.1 now available in 14.04 LTS

  • A year in the Cloud
  • Didier Roche: Ubuntu Make 0.4 starts the new year adding Go support

  • Svetlana Belkin: Ubuntu Stickers on My ThinkCentre M93p

  • Jono Bacon: Bad Voltage and Ubuntu
  • Stuart Langridge: Ubuntu phone screencasting, a minor tip
  • CES 2015: Dell refreshes high-end XPS business laptop line
  • In The Blogosphere
  • Other Articles of Interest
  • Featured Audio and Video
  • Upcoming Meetings and Events
  • Updates and Security for 10.04, 12.04, 14.04 and 14.10
  • And much more!

General Community News

UOS (Ubuntu Online Summit) dates: 5-7 May 2015

Daniel Holbach announces that, as there have been no objections to an earlier proposal, the dates of the next Ubuntu Online Summit will be 5-7 May 2015.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/community-announce/2015-January/000023.html

Community Donations Report, Q2 2014

Michael Hall informs us that whenever a user downloads Ubuntu from the website, they are asked if they would like to make a donation, and if so how they want their money used. He links to a report that breaks down the Community Donations for Q2 2014, adding that consistently less is spent each quarter than is received.

http://mhall119.com/2015/01/community-donations-report-q2-2014/

Welcome New Members and Developers

This week the 2200 Membership Board welcomed a new Ubuntu Member who is very near and dear to us here at the Newsletter, our very own Paul White! Learn more about other work he does in the community via his wiki and Launchpad pages: https://launchpad.net/~PaulW2U | https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PaulW2U

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2015-January/002136.html

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open (116620) +102 over last week
  • Critical (258) no change over last week
  • Unconfirmed (57755) +71 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

Top Voted New Questions

People Contributing the best questions and answers this week: Luis Alvarado (http://askubuntu.com/users/7035/luis-alvarado), shaneonabike (http://askubuntu.com/users/30098/shaneonabike), Jacob Vlijm (http://askubuntu.com/users/72216/jacob-vlijm), Rinzwind (http://askubuntu.com/users/15811/rinzwind) and Fabby (http://askubuntu.com/users/344926/fabby)

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

LoCo News

Ubuntu California in 2014

Inspired by a recent post about the awesome year that Ubuntu Italy had, Elizabeth K. Joseph recalls the events of last year for Ubuntu California. She writes about the Southern California Linux Expo, the release of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, some local presentations, and some regular Ubuntu Hours that took place in San Francisco.

http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=10061

Ubuntu Cloud News

OpenStack 2014.2.1 now available in 14.04 LTS

Jorge Castro wishes us all a Happy New Year, and reminds us that OpenStack 2014.2.1 is now available for Ubuntu 14.04 and 14.10.

http://www.jorgecastro.org/2015/01/05/openstack-2014-dot-2-1-now-available-in-14-dot-04-lts/

A year in the Cloud

Canonical writes "The new year is a perfect occasion to reflect on the road we just covered and how far we have come just in this past year." They briefly refer to the launch of Ubuntu Server 14.04 LTS, demonstrating container live migration at the OpenStack summit in Paris, porting the Snappy technology from Ubuntu Phone to the cloud, and that Certified Public Cloud confirmed its position as the company’s fastest growing commercial program.

https://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/01/09/a-year-in-the-cloud/

The Planet

Didier Roche: Ubuntu Make 0.4 starts the new year adding Go support

Didier Roche writes that version 0.4 of Ubuntu Make has just been released and brings Go support and a new game category. He tells us how to install the new version, and informs us that the github repository has been moved to the ubuntu namespace.

http://blog.didrocks.fr/post/Ubuntu-Make-0.4-starts-the-new-year-adding-Go-support

Svetlana Belkin: Ubuntu Stickers on My ThinkCentre M93p

Following on from a previous article, Svetlana Belkin shows us an updated picture of her ThinkCentre with Ubuntu stickers applied.

http://ubuntusense.com/2015/01/06/ubuntu-stickers-on-my-thinkcentre-m93p/

Jono Bacon: Bad Voltage and Ubuntu

Jono Bacon writes about, and links to, the latest Bad Voltage podcast which includes an interview with Michael Hall who talks about the Ubuntu phone.

http://www.jonobacon.org/2015/01/09/bad-voltage-and-ubuntu/

Stuart Langridge: Ubuntu phone screencasting, a minor tip

Stuart Langridge informs us that an Ubuntu phone has a command-line utility called "mirscreencast" which means in theory it's possible to record a video of your phone's screen. He says that in practice it doesn't work for video as the result is too jerky but that he has come up with a way to make it work better by sending the video over a network rather than save it to phone storage.

http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2015/01/11/ubuntu-phone-screencasting-a-minor-tip/

In The Press

​CES 2015: Dell refreshes high-end XPS business laptop line

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols of ZDNet writes about Dell's two new XPS versions, the XPS 13 and XPS 15, for which there are special developer versions that come with Ubuntu. Steven gives us a brief specification of the two models, advising prices for the XPS 13 will start at $799.99, although the high-end XPS 15 will be priced at $2,349.00.

http://www.zdnet.com/article/ces-2015-dell-refreshes-high-end-xps-business-laptop-line/

In The Blogosphere

Unity 8 & Mir Are Moving Along For Ubuntu 15.04

Michael Larabel of Phoronix updates us on Unity 8 and Mir after a recent updated landed. He describes some of the new features which include a welcome wizard and a new Dash list overview, and reminds us that Ubuntu 15.04 will be sticking to Unity 7 with an X.org server.

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTg4MjQ

Also check out an article from Softpedia that reviews some of the changes from the latest Unity8 & Mir update on January 6th http://news.softpedia.com/news/Unity-8-and-Mir-Are-Getting-Some-Awesome-Features-for-the-Desktop-469264.shtml

Intel ‘Compute Stick’ Is an $89 Chromecast-size PC That Runs Ubuntu

Joey-Elijah Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! writes that the Intel Compute Stick was unveiled by Intel at the Consumer Electronic Show 2015 and has been described as "everything you love about your desktop computer in a device that fits in the palm of your hand”. He gives us a detailed specification of the device, informs us that the Ubuntu version will sell for $89, and says that it may be available from March or April.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2015/01/intel-compute-stick-specs-ubuntu-version

Ubuntu Community Q&A - 6th January 2015

Michael Hall is joined by Alan Pope for the Ubuntu Community Team's first Q&A session of 2015 in which they answer viewer's questions put to them on IRC.

http://youtu.be/uIQsYKZtEGo

Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings

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

Ubuntu 10.04 Updates

End of Life - April 2015 (Server)

Ubuntu 12.04 Updates

End of Life - April 2017

Ubuntu 14.04 Updates

End of Life - April 2019

Ubuntu 14.10 Updates

End of Life - July 2015

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Conclusion

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Credits

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

  • Paul White
  • Elizabeth K. Joseph
  • José Antonio Rey
  • And many others

Glossary of Terms

Other acronyms can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/glossary

Ubuntu - Get Involved

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