Issue422
WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 422 for the week June 15 - 21, 2015.
In This Issue
General Community News
Vacant Developer Membership Board seat: Call for nominations
Micah Gersten appeals for nominations for a replacement member of the Developer Membership Board which is responsible for reviewing and approving new Ubuntu developers. He describes the voting process, advises the various deadlines involved, and asks that nominees add a short statement to their Wiki page so that others get a better idea of who they are voting for.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2015-June/001136.html
Ubuntu Stats
Bug Stats
- Open (#) +/- # over last week
- Critical (#) +/- # over last week
- Unconfirmed (#) +/- # 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
Ask (and answer!) questions at http://askubuntu.com
LoCo News
Department of Meteorology and Hydrology - Ubuntu Class
The Ubuntu Myanmar LoCo Team was asked to give a lecture about Ubuntu. A few members of the Team went to provide two days of training. Surprisingly the Departments were still running Ubuntu 08.04 in fear that their applications only ran on that version. The LoCo Team helped them upgrade and fix their applications.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2015-June/002245.html
Flisol Bogotá 2015 – Press Information
FLISoL is the largest Free Software event in Latin America with over 20 countries working together. The event has lectures, presentations and workshops.
http://jhosman.com/en/locoteams/flisol-bogota-2015-press-information/
LoCo Events
Want to learn whether there is an event upcoming in your area? Visit the LoCo Team Portal to browse upcoming events around the world:
http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/
The Planet
Sean Davis: Bug Reporting in Xubuntu
Sean Davis goes over how the Xubuntu Team is handling bug reports a little bit differently for the Wily cycle. He provides rules, tips, and some pictures to explain filing bugs.
https://smdavis.us/2015/06/18/bug-reporting-in-xubuntu/
Svetlana Belkin: Membership Board Member Interviews: Walter Lapchynski
Svetlana Belkin interviews Ubuntu Membership Board member Walter Lapchynski who talks about what he does for a career, how long he has been involved with Ubuntu, and some of the projects he's worked on over the years. Walter says he joined the board because he was curious about the governance of the Ubuntu community, and that part of his focus in Ubuntu today is encouraging more contributions.
http://senseopenness.com/membership-board-member-interviews-walter-lapchynski/
Charles Profitt: Dell XPS 13 (9343) Developer Edition Review
Charles Profitt recalls his experience in ordering and taking delivery of a Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition laptop. He says that although Ubuntu 14.04 was pre-installed he opted to install Ubuntu 15.04 and that everything he tested is working properly.
https://ftbeowulf.wordpress.com/2015/06/20/dell-xps-13-9343-developer-edition-review/
Charles followed up his post with another in which he compares the XPS 13 with the Lenovo X1 Carbon (2015) - https://ftbeowulf.wordpress.com/2015/06/20/dell-xps-13-9343-developer-edition-vs-lenovo-x1-carbon-2015/
Rebasing Ubuntu on Android
Jono Bacon explores the possibilities of what would happen if Ubuntu were to be rebased on Android.
http://www.jonobacon.org/2015/06/19/rebasing-ubuntu-on-android/
Other Community News
Unity8, Mir & LXC for Xapps update June 18, 2015
Some features and fixes landed in Unity 8, Mir and LXC this week. The long awaited full Shell rotation, proper handling of misbehaving applications.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/mir-devel/2015-June/001132.html
A Unity8-specific update was also provided by Michael Zanetti on June 19th: https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-phone/msg13486.html
Ubuntu Cloud News
Fast Galera Cluster Deployments in the Cloud Using Juju - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/06/15/fast-galera-cluster-deployments-in-the-cloud-using-juju/
Starting up in the new OpenStack - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/06/16/starting-up-in-the-new-openstack/
Deploying OpenStack from source to scalable multi-node environments - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/06/17/deploying-openstack-from-source-to-scalable-multi-node-environments/
12 Questions about Juju - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/06/17/12-questions-about-juju/
Certivox joins the Charm Partner Programme - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/06/19/certivox-joins-the-charm-partner-programme/
Juju Quickstart 2.2.0 - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/06/19/juju-quickstart-2-2-0/
Ubuntu Phone News
OTA Update 4 for RTM
Some nice features landed in Ubuntu for Mobile with the newest OTA-4. MMS group-chat support, new welcome wizard, upgrade to Qt 5.4, new Ubuntu UI Toolkit 1.2.
https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-phone/msg13291.html
Canonical News
Canonical Design Team: The Grid System in detail
After the previous article about Grid Units the Design Team is covering the technical aspect. Basicly the pixel count for each Grid Unit is decided by the OS relating to the screen size and density.
http://design.canonical.com/2015/06/the-grid-system-in-detail/
=== World’s first 25/100 gigabit open ethernet-based switch launches ==
Mellanox Tech is launching the worlds first 25/100 Gigabit Ethernet-based switch. Powering this switch is none other than is Snappy Ubuntu Core.
Community team week 25 update
David Planella provides an update on the Ubuntu Community Team work items.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-community-team/2015-June/000624.html
In The Blogosphere
Unity 8 Shell Rotation Finally Coming to Ubuntu Phone
Joey-Elijah Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! comments on rotation being worked on for Ubuntu Phone. He provides some screenshots and insights on when to expect the feature.
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2015/06/unity-8-shell-rotation-finally-coming-to-ubuntu-phone
BQ Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Edition Is Now Available for Purchase Without Pre-Order
Marius Nestor of Softpedia informs us that BQ and Canonical have announces that the BQ Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Edition has moved from pre-order to being available to buy. Marius says that pre-orders for the phone, which will only be available in counties that are part of the European Union, Norway and Switzerland, will probably be shipped by the end of June.
Ubuntu 15.10 (Wily Werewolf) Now Uses the Full GNOME 3.16 Stack
Marius Nestor of Softpedia updates us on the 15.10 release, which is now using the full GNOME 3.16 stack.
In Other News
Debian Project News - June 15th, 2015 - https://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2015/05/index.en.html#content
Featured Audio and Video
Community Team Q&A - 16th June 2015
Alan Pope is joined by Michael Hall for another regular weekly Q&A session held by Canonical’s Community Team. This week, Michael reports on the recent SouthEast LinuxFest which was held in Florida, USA, and as usual they answer viewers' question which are put to them on IRC
Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Edition – a quick look
Ronnie Tucker of Full Circle Magazine takes a quick look at the Meizu MX4 Ubuntu Edition phone from first switch on through applying updates and rebooting.
http://fullcirclemagazine.org/2015/06/17/meizu-mx4-ubuntu-edition-a-quick-look/
Kubuntu Podcast Show 1
Rick Timmis, Aaron Honeycutt and Ovidiu-Florin Bogdan present the first in a regular series of podcasts by the Kubuntu team.
http://wire.kubuntu.org/?p=330
=== Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S08E15 – The Touch of Satan ===
It’s Episode Fifteen of Season Eight of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson, Laura Cowen, and Martin Wimpress are all together again and speaking to your brain.
- In this week’s show:
- We look at what’s been going on in the news:
- Apple announces Swift will be open source by the end of the year…
- Microsoft have finally made their Raspberry Pi 2 image available…
- If you’re in the EU, Norway, or Switzerland, you can now pre-order the BQ Aquaris E5 Ubuntu Edition phone from BQ’s website…
- Rumour that Microsoft is working with partners to bring cheaper devices to the market
Guy accused of copyright infringement for reporting his mobile phone operator is inserting JavaScript into browser sessions…
SourceForge explain their Past, Present and Future and how they are working to Maintain the Integrity of their Open Source backbone…. Looking for alternatives?
LastPass security breach; change your master password.
- We also take a look at what’s been going on in the community:
- A review of the new Dell XPS 13 Ubuntu Edition laptop…
- Mark S proposes a way to avoid conflicts of interest on the Community Council in future…
- Try out Unity 8 in a container…
- Reddit discussion about using Ubuntu Phone as sole phone…
- Win a Meizu MX4 if you’re a developer with a track record…deadline 1st July…
- Flavour developers needed for milestone prep…
That’s all for this week, please send your comments and suggestions to: show@ubuntupodcast.org
http://ubuntupodcast.org/2015/06/19/s08e15-the-touch-of-satan/
Juju Office Hours - 18th June 2015
Jorge Castro is joined by Charles Butler, Cory Johns, Marco Ceppi, Matt Bruzek and Tim Penhey for another regular Ubuntu-On-Air session in which updates from their respective teams are presented.
Using An Ubuntu Phone
Ronnie Tucker, for Full Circle Magazine, shows us with the aid of a video, how to use an Ubuntu phone. He looks at adding apps to the launcher, adding social media accounts, and navigating through the scopes.
http://fullcirclemagazine.org/2015/06/21/using-an-ubuntu-phone/
Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
Kernel Team - June 16, 2015 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Meeting/2015-06-16
Security Team - June 15, 2015 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20150615
Desktop Team - June 16, 2015 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-desktop/2015-June/004669.html
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 12.04, 14.04, 14.10 and 15.04
Security Updates
Ubuntu 12.04 Updates
Ubuntu 14.04 Updates
Ubuntu 14.10 Updates
Ubuntu 15.04 Updates
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