Issue437


Contents

  1. In This Issue
  2. General Community News
    1. 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 Events
  5. The Planet
    1. Nicholas Skaggs: Ubuntu Font Testing: Arabic
    2. Dustin Kirkland: Container Summit Presentation and Live LXD Demo
    3. Xubuntu: Printable and shareable Xubuntu flyers
    4. Ronnie Tucker: New Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities Fixed in Ubuntu 15.04, Users Urged to Update Now
    5. Nathan Haines: Beginning Ubuntu for Windows and Mac Users
    6. Ronnie Tucker: Linux AIO Team Releases an All-in-One ISO Image for Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS
    7. Kubuntu Wire: KDE Plasma 5.4.2, bugfix Release for October, is already landing in Kubuntu Wily
    8. Joe Liau: Do You Speak Ubuntu?
    9. Launchpad News: Launchpad news, September 2015
  6. Other Community News
    1. Community team week 40 update
  7. Ubuntu Cloud News
  8. Ubuntu Phone News
    1. Introducing Pilot
    2. How to repair a broken BQ E4.5 Ubuntu Phone touch screen
  9. Canonical News
  10. In The Blogosphere
    1. A Slick New Set-Up Wizard Is Coming To Ubuntu
    2. Ubuntu To Make It Easier To Ship Micro-Release Updates, New Features Post-LTS
    3. Next Ubuntu Touch OTA Update to Enter Feature Freeze
    4. BQ Ubuntu "Convergent" Phone Launch Slips into 2016
    5. Ubuntu Touch Vibrant Venice concept
    6. Ubuntu Developers Say WhatsApp for Ubuntu Is a Chicken and Egg Problem
    7. Ubuntu Edge & Beyond: What We Learned from Crowdfunding
    8. Here’s How You Can Help Improve Ubuntu Phone
  11. Other Articles of Interest
  12. Featured Audio and Video
    1. Ubuntu phone in desktop mode
    2. Ubuntu Community Q&A - 29th September 2015
    3. Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S08E30 – Gunday
  13. Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  14. Upcoming Meetings and Events
  15. 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
  16. Subscribe
  17. Archives
  18. Additional Ubuntu News
  19. Conclusion
  20. Credits
  21. Glossary of Terms
  22. Ubuntu - Get Involved
  23. Feedback

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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 437 for the week September 28 - October 4, 2015.

In This Issue

  • Welcome New Members and Developers
  • Ubuntu Stats
  • Nicholas Skaggs: Ubuntu Font Testing: Arabic
  • Dustin Kirkland: Container Summit Presentation and Live LXD Demo
  • Xubuntu: Printable and shareable Xubuntu flyers
  • Ronnie Tucker: New Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities Fixed in Ubuntu 15.04, Users Urged to Update Now
  • Nathan Haines: Beginning Ubuntu for Windows and Mac Users
  • Ronnie Tucker: Linux AIO Team Releases an All-in-One ISO Image for Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS
  • Kubuntu Wire: KDE Plasma 5.4.2, bugfix Release for October, is already landing in Kubuntu Wily
  • Joe Liau: Do You Speak Ubuntu?
  • Launchpad News: Launchpad news, September 2015
  • Community team week 40 update
  • Ubuntu Cloud News
  • Introducing Pilot
  • How to repair a broken BQ E4.5 Ubuntu Phone touch screen
  • Canonical News
  • 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

Welcome New Members and Developers

Iain Lane of the Developer Membership Board (DMB) announces acceptance of the application from ShuiLu Pi, a member of Ubuntu Kylin Team, for Per Package Upload (PPU) rights to the ubuntukylin-default-settings package and welcomes him as an uploader.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2015-September/002321.html

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open (118726) +120 over last week
  • Critical (284) no change over last week
  • Unconfirmed (59190) +137 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: snoop (http://askubuntu.com/users/332494/snoop), A.B. (http://askubuntu.com/users/367165/a-b), pl_rock (http://askubuntu.com/users/432559/pl-rock), mchid (http://askubuntu.com/users/167115/mchid) and Oli (http://askubuntu.com/users/449/oli)

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

LoCo Events

The following LoCo team events are currently scheduled in the next two weeks:

Looking beyond the next two weeks? Visit the LoCo Team Portal to browse upcoming events around the world:

http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/

The Planet

Nicholas Skaggs: Ubuntu Font Testing: Arabic

Nicholas Skaggs asks for volunteers interested in testing the Arabic version of the Ubuntu font. An electronic survey is offered for those who are willing to test it.

http://www.theorangenotebook.com/2015/09/ubuntu-font-testing-arabic.html

Dustin Kirkland: Container Summit Presentation and Live LXD Demo

Dustin Kirkland gave a presentation in San Francisco on 23 Sept, 2015 at the Container Summit which was professionally recorded. Dustin’s presentation is provided in video format, plus slide-deck presentation and PDFs, too.

http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2015/09/container-summit-presentation-and-live.html

Xubuntu: Printable and shareable Xubuntu flyers

The Xubuntu Team announces that as part of the Wily Werewolf development, their Marketing Team have completed work on flyers which can be printed by anyone and used at conferences, jams, and other events. They say that they are available in A4 and US-letter size and licensed by CC-BY-SA meaning you are welcome to remix, transform or build using the terms of that license.

http://xubuntu.org/news/printable-shareable-xubuntu-flyers/

Ronnie Tucker: New Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities Fixed in Ubuntu 15.04, Users Urged to Update Now

Ronnie Tucker writes for Full Circle Magazine warning of kernel vulnerabilities for Ubuntu 15.04 in the md and vhost drivers. Patches for both vulnerabilities are already available in Ubuntu repositories.

http://fullcirclemagazine.org/2015/10/01/new-linux-kernel-vulnerabilities-fixed-in-ubuntu-15-04-users-urged-to-update-now/

Nathan Haines: Beginning Ubuntu for Windows and Mac Users

Nathan Haines writes that his new book “Beginning Ubuntu for Windows and Mac Users” was written to help users speed up the process of becoming familiar with finding their way around their computer. He says there are chapters on using the command line, advice for power users and that “The book explains key concepts and helps users adapt to their new operating system.”

http://nhaines.livejournal.com/69426.html

Ronnie Tucker: Linux AIO Team Releases an All-in-One ISO Image for Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS

Rascal23 writes that Zeljko Popivoda from the Linux AIO team reports that Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS is now available for download. It is distributed as two DVD size images, for x86 (32bit) and for x86_64. Unfortunately, MATE is not included as there was no MATE 14.04.3 LTS release currently available.

http://fullcirclemagazine.org/2015/10/02/linux-aio-team-releases-an-all-in-one-iso-image-for-ubuntu-14-04-3-lts/

Kubuntu Wire: KDE Plasma 5.4.2, bugfix Release for October, is already landing in Kubuntu Wily

Marco Parillo announces the arrival of KDE Plasma 5.4.2 into Kubuntu Wily whose release is less than a month away.

http://wire.kubuntu.org/?p=407

Joe Liau: Do You Speak Ubuntu?

Joe Liau reflects on his recent experiences with TPRS (Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling) and translates that into how community members act when advocating for Ubuntu. Based on his training, he argues that for Ubuntu to be disseminated effectively, the community needs to:

  • Tell stories
  • Make use of repetition
  • Engage all of our senses
  • Meet face-to-face
  • Involve the community

He concludes by asking us to “go practice how you preach.”

http://blog.josephliau.com/do-you-speak-ubuntu/

Launchpad News: Launchpad news, September 2015

Colin Watson shares details about the progress made on the Launchpad team throughout September, including changes related to bugs, code, mail notifications, registry and the new snap packages and Soyuz package building support.

http://blog.launchpad.net/general/launchpad-news-september-2015

Other Community News

Community team week 40 update

David Planella delivers another weekly update from Canonical’s Community Team highlighting the work with which the team is currently involved. He notes ongoing Ubuntu @ SCALE coordination, the launch of PILOT, the publishing of new API docs for SDK 15.04.1, and the release of snapcraft 0.2 to Wily.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-community-team/2015-October/000853.html

Ubuntu Cloud News

Ubuntu Phone News

Introducing Pilot

Nicholas Skaggs announces the arrival of Pilot, a new app for the Ubuntu phone that provides a way for users to participate in testing the software that runs on their device. With the aid of some screenshots he shows us how we can take part, ending his post with the following: “As the number of devices grows, we want to ensure every device has the same level of quality. With your help, we can make sure ubuntu gets better with each update. Thanks for your help!”

http://www.theorangenotebook.com/2015/10/introducing-pilot.html

How to repair a broken BQ E4.5 Ubuntu Phone touch screen

Marcos Costales guides us through the process of replacing the touch screen of his BQ E4.5 phone after it fell from his bag. He highlights a number of points to be aware of, and he offers links to a short video that helped him replace the screen.

http://thinkonbytes.blogspot.com/2015/10/how-to-repair-broken-bq-e45-ubuntu.html

Canonical News

In The Blogosphere

A Slick New Set-Up Wizard Is Coming To Ubuntu

Joey-Elijah Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! informs us that the Ubuntu installer is going to get a “dramatic makeover” that will see Ubiquity, introduced in 2010, replaced. He shows us some screenshots of the proposed installer but says that although there are no firm plans for its introduction it may not be too long before we can try it out as the march to desktop convergence is now in full swing.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2015/09/new-look-ubuntu-installer-coming-soon

Marius Nestor of Softpedia also wrote an article on this news:

Ubuntu To Make It Easier To Ship Micro-Release Updates, New Features Post-LTS

Michael Larabel of Phoronix delves into the recent decision by the Ubuntu Technical Board to “make it easier to send down micro-release updates as well as offering new features to existing LTS.” He concludes by sharing the mailing list announcement made by Ubuntu Developer Martin Pitt.

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-SRU-Policy-Updated

Next Ubuntu Touch OTA Update to Enter Feature Freeze

Silviu Stahie of Softpedia informs us that Ubuntu Touch is preparing for OTA-7 as the developers have decided to hit the feature freeze this week. Silviu links to some of Softpedia’s other current Ubuntu Phone articles after saying: “The Ubuntu Touch platform is evolving before our eyes and it's interesting to see how each piece is fitted together.“

http://linux.softpedia.com/blog/next-ubuntu-touch-ota-update-to-enter-feature-freeze-493097.shtml

BQ Ubuntu "Convergent" Phone Launch Slips into 2016

Silviu Stahie of Softpedia reminds us that Mark Shuttleworth said that a new “convergent” phone would be released in 2015. Silviu says that in a recent Q&A session Canonical’s Pat McGowan said that nothing official had been announced but they did want to have it next year.

http://linux.softpedia.com/blog/bq-ubuntu-convergent-phone-launch-slips-into-2016-493087.shtml

Ubuntu Touch Vibrant Venice concept

Pablo Marlasca shows us some of his designs of which he says: “Just a couple of ideas that will hopefully become real in a future in Ubuntu Touch. Hope you like it!!”

https://www.behance.net/gallery/29848255/Ubuntu-Touch-Vibrant-Venice

Ubuntu Developers Say WhatsApp for Ubuntu Is a Chicken and Egg Problem

Silviu Stahie of Softpedia shares feedback from Ubuntu mobile users regarding one of their main gripes--lack of support for the popular WhatsApp application. Stahie reports on a quote from the Director of Tools and Applications at Canonical, Pat McGowan: "it's a chicken and egg problem. Once they are able to work with larger providers, they will come. Textsecure is getting ready to launch on Ubuntu."

http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-developers-say-whatsapp-for-ubuntu-is-a-chicken-and-egg-problem-493057.shtml

Ubuntu Edge & Beyond: What We Learned from Crowdfunding

In a guest post, Canonical’s Amrisha Prashar writes that the company entered the “mature mobile ecosystem” with BQ and Meizu with the aim of changing the ecosystem game where there is a consumer reliance on the traditional app model. Amrisha goes on to say that the success of the Edge campaign demonstrated the need for something different from the smartphone experience.

https://go.indiegogo.com/blog/2015/10/ubuntu-edge-beyond-what-we-learned-from-crowdfunding.html

Here’s How You Can Help Improve Ubuntu Phone

Joey-Elijah Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! introduces us to Pilot, a new app for Ubuntu Touch that provides a way for existing Ubuntu phone users to participate in testing the software that runs on their device. He shows us how we can take part, provided we have an Ubuntu phone and an Ubuntu One account.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2015/10/this-is-how-you-can-help-improve-ubuntu-phone

Ubuntu phone in desktop mode

In a short video Michael Hall demonstrates a bluetooth mouse connected to an Ubuntu phone which converts the UI into desktop mode.

https://youtu.be/zYP5wuszuzk

Ubuntu Community Q&A - 29th September 2015

Michael Hall and Alan Pope present another weekly Q&A session in which they answer viewers’ questions that are put to them on IRC.

https://youtu.be/MPFPmxy40ns

Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S08E30 – Gunday

It’s Episode Thirty of Season Eight of the Ubuntu Podcast! With Mark Johnson, Laura Cowen, Martin Wimpress, and Alan Pope!

In this week’s show:

  • We chat about OggCamp 2015 with Les Pounder.

  • We go over your feedback.
  • We have a command line love, from Alan: sed -n '1p;$p'
  • We chat about developing cross-platform games in HTML5, the continuing saga of Mark’s laptop, building a kernel the Ubuntu Way, and getting a cheap Jolla phone.

That’s all for this week, please send your comments and suggestions to: show@ubuntupodcast.org

http://ubuntupodcast.org/2015/10/02/s08e30-gunday/

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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