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'''WORK IN PROGRESS'''

## Edit the following to include issue number, date info, and a short list
## of the top articles in this release.
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## In this section, list major topics of interest using bullets.
## Format: * <Topic name>
## Ex: * Ubuntu overtakes Microsoft with 90% market share
## This gets added right before you publish bullet points of table of contents		  * BQ goes global with Ubuntu
 * Reintroducing the Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase
 * Ubuntu Stats
 * Lo``Co Events
 * Kubuntu: Plasma 5.3.2 and Frameworks 5.12.0 Backported to Kubuntu 15.04
 * Daniel Holbach: Ubuntu Community Q&A
 * Svetlana Belkin: Membership Board Member Interviews: Pablo Rubianes
 * Ubuntu App Developer Blog: Adaptive page layouts made easy
 * Didier Roche: Ubuntu Make 15.08 with Scala support and a visual studio code hot fix community story
 * Ubuntu Cloud News
 * Ubuntu Phone India launch
 * Ubuntu (Touch) Week One Review
 * Ubuntu One file syncing code Open Sourced
 * Ubuntu and LXD at Container``Con 2015
 * Meet Mycroft: Open Source Artificial Intelligence Powered by Snappy
 * In The Blogosphere
 * Other Articles of Interest
 * Featured Audio and Video
 * Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
 * Upcoming Meetings and Events
 * Updates and Security for 12.04, 14.04 and 15.04
 * And much more!
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## Make each article a subsection, via ===
## These are big articles that don't fit within another section
## Suggested sources: ubuntu-news-team mailing list, fridge.ubuntu.com

=== Welcome New Members and Developers ===

## Browse ubuntu-news-team list for announcements of new Ubuntu members.
## developers or PPU
## Forums and IRC also grant membership, where to look for those?
## Format: Results for the $foo Board Meeting DATE
## * Name (launchpad profile | wiki page)		 === BQ goes global with Ubuntu ===

Jordana Sherman announces the opening of BQ's global store where anyone can now buy an Aquaris Ubuntu edition handset. Jordana writes: "We know (and BQ has acknowledged) that network frequency, and mobile operator, compatibility in some countries, such as the US, will limit some of the handset and OS functionality that European users are presently enjoying." She continues by saying that Canonical stand committed to bringing the best Ubuntu phone to individual regions around the world.

https://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/08/10/bq-goes-global-with-ubuntu/

Several blog and news sites picked up on the story. These articles are amongst those that found by our editors from around the web:

 * BQ shipping worldwide, and black E4.5 and E5HD for India - http://fullcirclemagazine.org/2015/08/10/bq-shipping-worldwide-and-black-e4-5-and-e5hd-for-india/
 * Ubuntu phone on sale to world+dog ... but will it work on your network? - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/08/11/ubuntu_phone_global_sales/
 * Ubuntu Phone Now Available Worldwide but You Still Won’t Want It - http://geardiary.com/2015/08/10/ubuntu-phone-now-available-worldwide-but-you-still-wont-want-it/
 * Canonical’s Ubuntu Phones Now On Sale Globally - http://techcrunch.com/2015/08/11/canonicals-ubuntu-phones-now-on-sale-globally/
 * Aquaris E5 Ubuntu phone launches globally, sans 4G or even 3G in US - http://www.zdnet.com/article/aquaris-e5-ubuntu-phone-launches-globally-sans-4g-or-even-3g-in-us/

=== Reintroducing the Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase ===

Nathan Haines announces the reintroduction of the Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase, an opportunity to show off high quality free culture content in Ubuntu, featuring submissions in three categories: wallpapers, video, and audio. He writes that the judges have yet to be selected, links to a wiki page where further information can be found, and confirms a submission deadline of September 15th, 2015 at 23:59 UTC. Nathan says that the winners will be featured in the Ubuntu 15.10 release in October.

http://nhaines.livejournal.com/68147.html
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## Bug stats only take a second to do.
## Data can be found at: http://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bugs
## Note: "Unconfirmed" number comes from "New" number
## See last week's UWN to calculate change over last week.
## NOTE: To be done ONLY on the release date of the UWN (or latter if late).

    * Open (#) +/- # over last week
    * Critical (#) +/- # over last week
    * Unconfirmed (#) +/- # over last week		     * Open (118774) +38 over last week
    * Critical (283) -13 over last week
    * Unconfirmed (59227) +47 over last week
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## AUTOMATIC (preferred method, more stats!)
## Run: ./askubuntu/askubuntu.py
## MANUAL: Go to askubuntu.com and click on "WEEK" to get the
## top questions of the week		 ==== Most Active Questions ====

 * Restore man user http://askubuntu.com/questions/660186/restore-man-user
 * Copy/paste from “Sorry, the application XXX has stopped unexpectedly” http://askubuntu.com/questions/659731/copy-paste-from-sorry-the-application-xxx-has-stopped-unexpectedly
 * Which command should i use to open an mp3 file? http://askubuntu.com/questions/660102/which-command-should-i-use-to-open-an-mp3-file
 * Is it safe to install Ubuntu 12.04 alongside windows 7? [closed] http://askubuntu.com/questions/660200/is-it-safe-to-install-ubuntu-12-04-alongside-windows-7
 * Script for “extracting” subfolders into parent folder http://askubuntu.com/questions/660161/script-for-extracting-subfolders-into-parent-folder

==== Top Voted New Questions ====

 * Restore man user http://askubuntu.com/questions/660186/
 * Copy/paste from &quot;Sorry, the application XXX has stopped unexpectedly&quot; http://askubuntu.com/questions/659731/
 * Why is package 'xul-ext-ubufox' is required to install the Firefox package? http://askubuntu.com/questions/661380/
 * Why do I need the x permission to cd into a directory? http://askubuntu.com/questions/660502/
 * Script for &quot;extracting&quot; subfolders into parent folder http://askubuntu.com/questions/660161/

People Contributing the best questions and answers this week: Liso (http://askubuntu.com/users/253251/liso), fossfreedom (http://askubuntu.com/users/14356/fossfreedom), Pilot6 (http://askubuntu.com/users/167850/pilot6), Giri (http://askubuntu.com/users/175922/giri) and Ron (http://askubuntu.com/users/402004/ron)
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== LoCo News ==

## Make each article a subsection, via === Section name ===
## Add notes about new locoteams, changed ones, meetings, etc.
## Keep and eye on the Planet, the LoCo Team Portal, and other
## LoCo team Blogs you can add to your RSS Feeds, also the
## loco-contacts mailing list and http://lococouncil.ubuntu.com/
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## This section is for Ubuntu News from "The Planet" at http://planet.ubuntu.com/

== Other Community News ==

## This section is for Ubuntu News from elsewhere in the community:
## mailing lists, team blogs not on planet, etc		 === Kubuntu: Plasma 5.3.2 and Frameworks 5.12.0 Backported to Kubuntu 15.04 ===

The Kubuntu team reports that packages for the KDE desktop suite Plasma 5.3.2 & Frameworks 5.12.0 are available for Kubuntu 15.04. They advise how to add the required ppa, as point us to where any bugs that are found should be reported.

http://www.kubuntu.org/news/plasma-532-and-frameworks-5120-backported-kubuntu-1504

=== Daniel Holbach: Ubuntu Community Q&A ===

Daniel Holbach writes that every Tuesday a Ubuntu Community Q&A session is held (15:00 UTC) at http://www.ubuntuonair.com and that old sessions are available via You``Tube. Daniel says that it’s a great way to get to know, and even ask questions to those within the inner circles of Ubuntu.

https://daniel.holba.ch/blog/2015/08/ubuntu-community-qa/

=== Svetlana Belkin: Membership Board Member Interviews: Pablo Rubianes ===

Svetlana Belkin writes that the Ubuntu Membership Board is responsible for approving new Ubuntu members, and subsequently makes interviews of members of the board available so we can get to better know them. This time it’s Pablo Rubianes being interviewed who talks about what he does for a career, some of the Ubuntu projects he's worked on over the years, and his focus on Ubuntu today.

http://senseopenness.com/membership-board-member-interviews-pablo-rubianes/

=== Ubuntu App Developer Blog: Adaptive page layouts made easy ===

Tim Peeters writes about the Adaptive``Page``Layout component in Ubuntu.Components 1.3 (still under development; official release expected soon). He says that it’ll help make it easier for app developers to write an app that can run on different form factors, without changes to code needed in order to support different screen sizes. Explanation is provided via example and source code.

http://developer.ubuntu.com/en/blog/2015/08/10/adaptive-page-layouts/

=== Didier Roche: Ubuntu Make 15.08 with Scala support and a visual studio code hot fix community story ===

Didier Roche writes about his day starting with the discovering of a problem caused by a Visual Studio Code page change. He says that within 12 hours of the breakage, bugs have been opened, a new contributor has made a github pull request, and he releases a new Ubuntu Make 15.08. Didier writes "That made my day." He also notes Igor Vuk has added Scale support, and informs us that the new Ubuntu Make is available directly in Ubuntu Wily, and for the current releases through a ppa.

http://blog.didrocks.fr/post/Ubuntu-Make-15.08-with-Scala-support-and-a-visual-studio-code-hot-fix-community-story
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## This section largely draws from the news from http://insights.ubuntu.com/ and the
## Ubuntu Planet, news from our community, not 3rd party press/blogs		  * The Golden Ratio calculated to a record 2 trillion digits, on Ubuntu, in the Cloud! - http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2015/08/the-golden-ratio-calculated-to-record-2.html
 * How Netflix tunes Ubuntu on EC2 - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/08/11/how-netflix-tunes-ubuntu-on-ec2/
 * France Labs joins the Charm Partner Programme - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/08/13/france-labs-joins-the-charm-partner-programme/
 * 7iSolutions joins Charm Partner Programme - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/08/14/7isolutions-joins-charm-partner-programme/
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## Just like cloud, this section largely draws from the news from http://insights.ubuntu.com/
## and the Ubuntu Planet, news from our community, not 3rd party press/blogs		 === Ubuntu Phone India launch ===

Carla Sella reveals fresh news on the launch of Ubuntu Phone devices in India. BQ will be launching the same two European devices; though the precise launch date isn’t yet known. Carla shares some of the details that she knows, including news of a worldwide release though radio restrictions may limit where it’ll work in the US.

http://carla-sella.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/ubuntu-phone-india-launch.html

=== Ubuntu (Touch) Week One Review ===

Svetlana Belkin writes a review of using Ubuntu after it was installed on a Nexus 4 and used for a week. Topics such as battery use, sound, bluetooth, and system stability are covered, and in summary she notes "I'm liking it and would never switch back."

http://senseopenness.com/ubuntu-touch-week-one-review/
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## This section largely comes from blog.canonical.com and Canonical
## press releases

== In The Press ==

## Things Ubuntu-specific are great, but general Linux goings-on are good to, to an extent.
## We don't need to replicate Digg & Slashdot, but certain things are of special interest.
## Just pulling one example from my memory, the story about Indiana schools piloting
## a classroom Linux deployment, a portion of which was Ubuntu, are good. Ubuntu
## release reviews are also common items in this section.
## For this and the next sections, see:
## https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/LinkSuggestions		 === Ubuntu One file syncing code Open Sourced ===

Martin Albisetti writes about the open sourcing of the biggest piece of Ubuntu One file syncing service code. The code released is the server side of what desktop clients connected to, received the most innovation and work as it faced scaling challenges, and was the basis from which other components were built upon. It is released under AGPLv3 license.

http://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/08/10/ubuntu-one-file-syncing-code-open-sourced/

=== Ubuntu and LXD at ContainerCon 2015 ===

Dustin Kirkland writes that Canonical are delighted to sponsor Container``Con 2015 which is being held in Seattle between August 17th and 19th. He recalls that last year the designs for LXD were publicly shared and says that those designs are now a reality, being available in all supported Ubuntu releases and Ubuntu 15.10 which is currently in development.

http://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/08/12/ubuntu-and-lxd-at-containercon-2015/

=== Meet Mycroft: Open Source Artificial Intelligence Powered by Snappy ===

In a guest post from the the Mycroft team, they share the news that Mycroft AI is being powered by Ubuntu Snappy Core, which is aimed specifically at the Internet of Things. They write that by integrating with smart devices and using voice control for streaming services and more, they aim to make a house smarter. It will make online services like You``Tube, Netflix, Pandora, Spotify and others available using voice commands. The article concludes: “The Mycroft team believes that AI is too important to remain proprietary. If you believe that the future of AI should be open source you should consider backing them on Kickstarter.”

https://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/08/14/meet-mycroft-open-source-artificial-intelligence-powered-by-snappy/
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## In this section we want to highlight the blogs that are exceptionally well-written and in-depth.
## Blogs tend to make it easy for low-quality content, so be extra careful on what goes here.
## We should encourage bloggers to spread the word, so this section might be a good way to do so.

== In Other News ==

## Any news or links that don't fit neatly into other sections.		  * Ubuntu Phone To Soon Launch Within India: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-Phone-India-Launch
 * Canonical Releases Ubuntu One File Syncing Code: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-Opens-File-Syncing
 * Ubuntu Developers Want To Make It Easier To Run The Latest NVIDIA Drivers: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-Better-Gaming-Drivers
 * Ubuntu Want To Make It Easier For You To Install The Latest Nvidia Linux Driver: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2015/08/ubuntu-easy-install-latest-nvidia-linux-drivers
 * Ubuntu Launches Its "Fresh" Proprietary Driver PPA: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-Fresh-Driver-PPA
 * Workaround For Poor Ubuntu Phone Performance / Stuttering? "Touch The Screen A Lot": http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-Stuttering-Touch-Screen
 * Second Snappy Ubuntu Core 15.04 Stable Version Now Ready for Raspberry Pi 2: http://news.softpedia.com/news/second-snappy-ubuntu-core-15-04-stable-version-now-ready-for-raspberry-pi-2-488820.shtml
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## Bullet-point list of articles that are more generic linux in nature  * GNOME Turns 18 Years Old Today - http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=GNOME-18-Today
 * At the desktop, it's still very much a Windows world, for now - http://www.zdnet.com/article/at-the-desktop-its-very-much-a-windows-world/
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## Ubuntu UK Podcast
## Full Circle Magazine Podcast
## At Home With Jono Bacon - Weekly Community QA on UStreamTV
## Lococast.net		 === Ubuntu Community Q&A - 11th August 2015 ===

Daniel Holbach is joined by David Callé for another regular Q&A session in which they answer questions put to them on IRC.

https://youtu.be/UbiuM9pF5a4

=== KDE Plasma 5.4 Beta on Kubuntu 15.10 Full Review 1080p ===

Marco Parillo reposts a lengthy video which showcases the latest version of Plasma 5 that is now available for Kubuntu 15.10.

http://wire.kubuntu.org/?p=379
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## Change date to reflect the latest meeting date and verify link then just remove the comment out marks
## * Kernel Team - February 21, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Meeting#Tues.2C_21_February_2012
## * QA Team - February 15, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Meetings/QA/20120215
## * Desktop Team - February 21, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Meeting/2012-02-21
## * Security Team - February 13, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20120213
## * Server Team - February 21, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/20120221

== Monthly Team Reports: <MONTH> <YEAR> ==

## Once a month we do these in the format:
##
## See here for the team report for June 2011: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TeamReports/MonthYear
##
## If your team is not producing monthly reports, see this page to get your team started: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BuildingCommunity/TeamReporting		  * Kernel Team - August 11, 2015 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Meeting/2015-08-11
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## Run security-and-updates/ListSecurity.py YEAR MONTH  * [USN-2702-1] Firefox vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2015-August/003077.html
 * [USN-2702-2] Ubufox update - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2015-August/003078.html
 * [USN-2710-1] OpenSSH vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2015-August/003079.html
 * [USN-2709-1] pollinate update - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2015-August/003080.html
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## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH precise
## End of Life - April 2017		  * cloud-init 0.6.3-0ubuntu1.18 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2015-August/024242.html
 * adobe-flashplugin 1:20150811.1-0precise1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2015-August/024243.html
 * adobe-flashplugin 1:20150811.1-0precise1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2015-August/024244.html
 * flashplugin-nonfree 11.2.202.508ubuntu0.12.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2015-August/024245.html
 * flashplugin-nonfree 11.2.202.508ubuntu0.12.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2015-August/024246.html
 * firefox 40.0+build4-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2015-August/024247.html
 * ubufox 3.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2015-August/024248.html
 * firefox 40.0+build4-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2015-August/024249.html
 * ubufox 3.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2015-August/024250.html
 * walinuxagent 2.0.14-0ubuntu1~12.04.0 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2015-August/024251.html
 * tzdata 2015f-0ubuntu0.12.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2015-August/024252.html
 * tzdata 2015f-0ubuntu0.12.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2015-August/024253.html
 * tzdata 2015f-0ubuntu0.12.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2015-August/024254.html
 * linux-lts-trusty 3.13.0-62.102~precise1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2015-August/024255.html
 * linux-lts-trusty_3.13.0-62.102~precise1_amd64.tar.gz - - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2015-August/024256.html
 * linux-signed-lts-trusty 3.13.0-62.102~precise1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2015-August/024257.html
 * openssh 1:5.9p1-5ubuntu1.6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2015-August/024258.html
 * openssh 1:5.9p1-5ubuntu1.6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2015-August/024259.html

End of Life - April 2017
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## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH trusty
## End of Life - April 2019		  * cloud-init 0.7.5-0ubuntu1.7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019628.html
 * adobe-flashplugin 1:20150811.1-0trusty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019629.html
 * adobe-flashplugin 1:20150811.1-0trusty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019630.html
 * flashplugin-nonfree 11.2.202.508ubuntu0.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019631.html
 * flashplugin-nonfree 11.2.202.508ubuntu0.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019632.html
 * firefox 40.0+build4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019633.html
 * ubufox 3.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019634.html
 * firefox 40.0+build4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019635.html
 * ubufox 3.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019636.html
 * vnc4 4.1.1+xorg4.3.0-37ubuntu5.0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019637.html
 * vnc4 4.1.1+xorg4.3.0-37ubuntu5.0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019638.html
 * linux-firmware 1.127.15 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019639.html
 * linux-firmware 1.127.15 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019640.html
 * libvpd 2.2.4-0ubuntu2~14.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019641.html
 * libservicelog 1.1.15-0ubuntu2~14.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019642.html
 * lsvpd 1.7.5-0ubuntu2~14.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019645.html
 * thermald 1.4.3-3~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019646.html
 * qemu 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.16 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019647.html
 * servicelog 1.1.12-0ubuntu1.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019648.html
 * ppc64-diag 2.6.9-0ubuntu1~14.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019643.html
 * apparmor 2.8.95~2430-0ubuntu5.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019644.html
 * linux 3.13.0-62.102 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019649.html
 * linux_3.13.0-62.102_amd64.tar.gz - - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019650.html
 * linux-signed 3.13.0-62.102 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019651.html
 * linux-signed 3.13.0-62.102 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019655.html
 * linux-lts-utopic 3.16.0-46.62~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019652.html
 * linux-lts-utopic_3.16.0-46.62~14.04.1_amd64.tar.gz - - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019653.html
 * linux-signed-lts-utopic 3.16.0-46.62~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019654.html
 * xen 4.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019656.html
 * walinuxagent 2.0.14-0ubuntu1~14.04.0 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019657.html
 * ifenslave 2.4ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019658.html
 * ceph 0.80.10-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019659.html
 * python-amqp 1.3.3-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019660.html
 * partman-base 172ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019661.html
 * apport 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.12 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019662.html
 * tzdata 2015f-0ubuntu0.14.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019663.html
 * tzdata 2015f-0ubuntu0.14.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019664.html
 * tzdata 2015f-0ubuntu0.14.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019665.html
 * gnome-do 0.9-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019666.html
 * usbredir 0.6-2ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019667.html
 * gnuradio 3.7.2.1-5ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019668.html
 * mdadm 3.2.5-5ubuntu4.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019669.html
 * linux-lts-vivid 3.19.0-26.28~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019670.html
 * linux-lts-vivid_3.19.0-26.28~14.04.1_amd64.tar.gz - - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019671.html
 * linux-signed-lts-vivid 3.19.0-26.28~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019672.html
 * crash 7.0.3-3ubuntu4.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019673.html
 * automysqlbackup 2.6+debian.3-1ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019674.html
 * ipmitool 1.8.13-1ubuntu0.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019675.html
 * php5 5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.12 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019676.html
 * samba 2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2.14.04.9 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019677.html
 * pollinate 4.7-0ubuntu1.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019678.html
 * pollinate 4.7-0ubuntu1.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019679.html
 * openssh 1:6.6p1-2ubuntu2.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019680.html
 * openssh 1:6.6p1-2ubuntu2.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019681.html
 * linux-keystone 3.13.0-35.55 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-August/019682.html

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## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH vivid
## End of Life - January 2016		  * heat 2015.1.1-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-August/009081.html
 * cloud-init 0.7.7~bzr1091-0ubuntu4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-August/009082.html
 * horizon 1:2015.1.1-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-August/009083.html
 * keystone 1:2015.1.1-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-August/009084.html
 * nova 1:2015.1.1-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-August/009085.html
 * neutron-fwaas 2015.1.1-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-August/009086.html
 * neutron-lbaas 1:2015.1.1-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-August/009087.html
 * neutron-vpnaas 1:2015.1.1-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-August/009088.html
 * glance 1:2015.1.1-0ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-August/009089.html
 * cinder 1:2015.1.1-0ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-August/009090.html
 * ceilometer 2015.1.1-0ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-August/009091.html
 * neutron 1:2015.1.1-0ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-August/009092.html
 * adobe-flashplugin 1:20150811.1-0vivid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-August/009093.html
 * adobe-flashplugin 1:20150811.1-0vivid1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-August/009094.html
 * flashplugin-nonfree 11.2.202.508ubuntu0.15.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-August/009095.html
 * flashplugin-nonfree 11.2.202.508ubuntu0.15.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-August/009096.html
 * firefox 40.0+build4-0ubuntu0.15.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-August/009097.html
 * ubufox 3.1-0ubuntu0.15.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-August/009098.html
 * ubufox 3.1-0ubuntu0.15.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-August/009099.html
 * firefox 40.0+build4-0ubuntu0.15.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-August/009100.html
 * linux-firmware 1.143.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-August/009102.html
 * linux-firmware 1.143.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-August/009101.html
 * python-neutronclient 1:2.3.11-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-August/009103.html
 * powerpc-ibm-utils 1.2.26-1~15.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-August/009104.html
 * libvpd 2.2.4-0ubuntu2~15.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-August/009105.html
 * mac-fdisk 0.1-16ubuntu3~15.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-August/009106.html
 * util-linux 2.25.2-4ubuntu3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-August/009107.html
 * libservicelog 1.1.15-0ubuntu2~15.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-August/009108.html
 * lsvpd 1.7.5-0ubuntu2~15.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-August/009109.html
 * thermald 1.4.3-3~15.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-August/009110.html
 * ppc64-diag 2.6.9-0ubuntu1~15.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-August/009111.html
 * linux 3.19.0-26.28 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-August/009112.html
 * linux_3.19.0-26.28_amd64.tar.gz - - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-August/009113.html
 * linux-signed 3.19.0-26.28 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-August/009114.html
 * walinuxagent 2.0.14-0ubuntu1~15.04.0 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-August/009115.html
 * partman-base 181ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-August/009116.html
 * ipmitool 1.8.15-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-August/009117.html
 * apport 2.17.2-0ubuntu1.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-August/009118.html
 * tzdata 2015f-0ubuntu0.15.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-August/009119.html
 * tzdata 2015f-0ubuntu0.15.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-August/009120.html
 * tzdata 2015f-0ubuntu0.15.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-August/009121.html
 * mdadm 3.3-2ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-August/009122.html
 * pollinate 4.11-0ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-August/009123.html
 * pollinate 4.11-0ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-August/009124.html
 * openssh 1:6.7p1-5ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-August/009125.html
 * openssh 1:6.7p1-5ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-August/009126.html

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 * Your Name Here		  * Paul White
 * Elizabeth K. Joseph
 * Chris Guiver
 * Charles Profitt
 * José Antonio Rey
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## Common acronyms


Contents

  1. In This Issue
  2. General Community News
    1. BQ goes global with Ubuntu
    2. Reintroducing the Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase
  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 Events
  5. The Planet
    1. Kubuntu: Plasma 5.3.2 and Frameworks 5.12.0 Backported to Kubuntu 15.04
    2. Daniel Holbach: Ubuntu Community Q&A
    3. Svetlana Belkin: Membership Board Member Interviews: Pablo Rubianes
    4. Ubuntu App Developer Blog: Adaptive page layouts made easy
    5. Didier Roche: Ubuntu Make 15.08 with Scala support and a visual studio code hot fix community story
  6. Ubuntu Cloud News
  7. Ubuntu Phone News
    1. Ubuntu Phone India launch
    2. Ubuntu (Touch) Week One Review
  8. Canonical News
    1. Ubuntu One file syncing code Open Sourced
    2. Ubuntu and LXD at ContainerCon 2015
    3. Meet Mycroft: Open Source Artificial Intelligence Powered by Snappy
  9. In The Blogosphere
  10. Other Articles of Interest
  11. Featured Audio and Video
    1. Ubuntu Community Q&A - 11th August 2015
    2. KDE Plasma 5.4 Beta on Kubuntu 15.10 Full Review 1080p
  12. Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  13. Upcoming Meetings and Events
  14. Updates and Security for 12.04, 14.04 and 15.04
    1. Security Updates
    2. Ubuntu 12.04 Updates
    3. Ubuntu 14.04 Updates
    4. Ubuntu 15.04 Updates
  15. Subscribe
  16. Archives
  17. Additional Ubuntu News
  18. Conclusion
  19. Credits
  20. Glossary of Terms
  21. Ubuntu - Get Involved
  22. Feedback

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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 430 for the week August 10 - 16, 2015.

In This Issue

  • BQ goes global with Ubuntu
  • Reintroducing the Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase
  • Ubuntu Stats

  • LoCo Events

  • Kubuntu: Plasma 5.3.2 and Frameworks 5.12.0 Backported to Kubuntu 15.04

  • Daniel Holbach: Ubuntu Community Q&A

  • Svetlana Belkin: Membership Board Member Interviews: Pablo Rubianes
  • Ubuntu App Developer Blog: Adaptive page layouts made easy
  • Didier Roche: Ubuntu Make 15.08 with Scala support and a visual studio code hot fix community story
  • Ubuntu Cloud News
  • Ubuntu Phone India launch
  • Ubuntu (Touch) Week One Review
  • Ubuntu One file syncing code Open Sourced

  • Ubuntu and LXD at ContainerCon 2015

  • Meet Mycroft: Open Source Artificial Intelligence Powered by Snappy
  • In The Blogosphere
  • Other Articles of Interest
  • Featured Audio and Video
  • Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  • Upcoming Meetings and Events
  • Updates and Security for 12.04, 14.04 and 15.04
  • And much more!

General Community News

BQ goes global with Ubuntu

Jordana Sherman announces the opening of BQ's global store where anyone can now buy an Aquaris Ubuntu edition handset. Jordana writes: "We know (and BQ has acknowledged) that network frequency, and mobile operator, compatibility in some countries, such as the US, will limit some of the handset and OS functionality that European users are presently enjoying." She continues by saying that Canonical stand committed to bringing the best Ubuntu phone to individual regions around the world.

https://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/08/10/bq-goes-global-with-ubuntu/

Several blog and news sites picked up on the story. These articles are amongst those that found by our editors from around the web:

Reintroducing the Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase

Nathan Haines announces the reintroduction of the Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase, an opportunity to show off high quality free culture content in Ubuntu, featuring submissions in three categories: wallpapers, video, and audio. He writes that the judges have yet to be selected, links to a wiki page where further information can be found, and confirms a submission deadline of September 15th, 2015 at 23:59 UTC. Nathan says that the winners will be featured in the Ubuntu 15.10 release in October.

http://nhaines.livejournal.com/68147.html

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open (118774) +38 over last week
  • Critical (283) -13 over last week
  • Unconfirmed (59227) +47 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: Liso (http://askubuntu.com/users/253251/liso), fossfreedom (http://askubuntu.com/users/14356/fossfreedom), Pilot6 (http://askubuntu.com/users/167850/pilot6), Giri (http://askubuntu.com/users/175922/giri) and Ron (http://askubuntu.com/users/402004/ron)

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

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

Kubuntu: Plasma 5.3.2 and Frameworks 5.12.0 Backported to Kubuntu 15.04

The Kubuntu team reports that packages for the KDE desktop suite Plasma 5.3.2 & Frameworks 5.12.0 are available for Kubuntu 15.04. They advise how to add the required ppa, as point us to where any bugs that are found should be reported.

http://www.kubuntu.org/news/plasma-532-and-frameworks-5120-backported-kubuntu-1504

Daniel Holbach: Ubuntu Community Q&A

Daniel Holbach writes that every Tuesday a Ubuntu Community Q&A session is held (15:00 UTC) at http://www.ubuntuonair.com and that old sessions are available via YouTube. Daniel says that it’s a great way to get to know, and even ask questions to those within the inner circles of Ubuntu.

https://daniel.holba.ch/blog/2015/08/ubuntu-community-qa/

Svetlana Belkin: Membership Board Member Interviews: Pablo Rubianes

Svetlana Belkin writes that the Ubuntu Membership Board is responsible for approving new Ubuntu members, and subsequently makes interviews of members of the board available so we can get to better know them. This time it’s Pablo Rubianes being interviewed who talks about what he does for a career, some of the Ubuntu projects he's worked on over the years, and his focus on Ubuntu today.

http://senseopenness.com/membership-board-member-interviews-pablo-rubianes/

Ubuntu App Developer Blog: Adaptive page layouts made easy

Tim Peeters writes about the AdaptivePageLayout component in Ubuntu.Components 1.3 (still under development; official release expected soon). He says that it’ll help make it easier for app developers to write an app that can run on different form factors, without changes to code needed in order to support different screen sizes. Explanation is provided via example and source code.

http://developer.ubuntu.com/en/blog/2015/08/10/adaptive-page-layouts/

Didier Roche: Ubuntu Make 15.08 with Scala support and a visual studio code hot fix community story

Didier Roche writes about his day starting with the discovering of a problem caused by a Visual Studio Code page change. He says that within 12 hours of the breakage, bugs have been opened, a new contributor has made a github pull request, and he releases a new Ubuntu Make 15.08. Didier writes "That made my day." He also notes Igor Vuk has added Scale support, and informs us that the new Ubuntu Make is available directly in Ubuntu Wily, and for the current releases through a ppa.

http://blog.didrocks.fr/post/Ubuntu-Make-15.08-with-Scala-support-and-a-visual-studio-code-hot-fix-community-story

Ubuntu Cloud News

Ubuntu Phone News

Ubuntu Phone India launch

Carla Sella reveals fresh news on the launch of Ubuntu Phone devices in India. BQ will be launching the same two European devices; though the precise launch date isn’t yet known. Carla shares some of the details that she knows, including news of a worldwide release though radio restrictions may limit where it’ll work in the US.

http://carla-sella.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/ubuntu-phone-india-launch.html

Ubuntu (Touch) Week One Review

Svetlana Belkin writes a review of using Ubuntu after it was installed on a Nexus 4 and used for a week. Topics such as battery use, sound, bluetooth, and system stability are covered, and in summary she notes "I'm liking it and would never switch back."

http://senseopenness.com/ubuntu-touch-week-one-review/

Canonical News

Ubuntu One file syncing code Open Sourced

Martin Albisetti writes about the open sourcing of the biggest piece of Ubuntu One file syncing service code. The code released is the server side of what desktop clients connected to, received the most innovation and work as it faced scaling challenges, and was the basis from which other components were built upon. It is released under AGPLv3 license.

http://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/08/10/ubuntu-one-file-syncing-code-open-sourced/

Ubuntu and LXD at ContainerCon 2015

Dustin Kirkland writes that Canonical are delighted to sponsor ContainerCon 2015 which is being held in Seattle between August 17th and 19th. He recalls that last year the designs for LXD were publicly shared and says that those designs are now a reality, being available in all supported Ubuntu releases and Ubuntu 15.10 which is currently in development.

http://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/08/12/ubuntu-and-lxd-at-containercon-2015/

Meet Mycroft: Open Source Artificial Intelligence Powered by Snappy

In a guest post from the the Mycroft team, they share the news that Mycroft AI is being powered by Ubuntu Snappy Core, which is aimed specifically at the Internet of Things. They write that by integrating with smart devices and using voice control for streaming services and more, they aim to make a house smarter. It will make online services like YouTube, Netflix, Pandora, Spotify and others available using voice commands. The article concludes: “The Mycroft team believes that AI is too important to remain proprietary. If you believe that the future of AI should be open source you should consider backing them on Kickstarter.”

https://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/08/14/meet-mycroft-open-source-artificial-intelligence-powered-by-snappy/

In The Blogosphere

Ubuntu Community Q&A - 11th August 2015

Daniel Holbach is joined by David Callé for another regular Q&A session in which they answer questions put to them on IRC.

https://youtu.be/UbiuM9pF5a4

KDE Plasma 5.4 Beta on Kubuntu 15.10 Full Review 1080p

Marco Parillo reposts a lengthy video which showcases the latest version of Plasma 5 that is now available for Kubuntu 15.10.

http://wire.kubuntu.org/?p=379

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 12.04, 14.04 and 15.04

Security Updates

Ubuntu 12.04 Updates

End of Life - April 2017

Ubuntu 14.04 Updates

End of Life - April 2019

Ubuntu 15.04 Updates

End of Life - January 2016

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Archives

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Additional Ubuntu News

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Conclusion

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See you next week!

Credits

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

  • Paul White
  • Elizabeth K. Joseph
  • Chris Guiver
  • Charles Profitt
  • José Antonio Rey
  • And many others

Glossary of Terms

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

Ubuntu - Get Involved

The Ubuntu community consists of individuals and teams, working on different aspects of the distribution, giving advice and technical support, and helping to promote Ubuntu to a wider audience. No contribution is too small, and anyone can help. It's your chance to get in on all the community fun associated with developing and promoting Ubuntu. http://community.ubuntu.com/contribute/

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