Issue443


Contents

  1. In This Issue
  2. General Community News
    1. Ubuntu Community Appreciation Day
  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. Canonical Design Team: Jujucharms.com homepage redesign
    2. Carla Sella: Ubuntu Phone update: OTA 8
    3. Charles Profitt: Reminder: Vote in the Ubuntu Community Council Election
    4. Nicholas Skaggs: Google Code In 2015
    5. Ubuntu App Developer Blog: Here comes the brand new Ubuntu SDK IDE tools
    6. Canonical Design Team: Using Vanilla with Jekyll
    7. Harald Sitter: Muon 5.5 and Carrots
  6. Ubuntu Cloud News
  7. Ubuntu Phone News
    1. BQ Aquaris Ubuntu Edition phones land in Russia
    2. Phone Update: OTA-8
  8. Canonical News
  9. In The Blogosphere
    1. Ubuntu Studio Is a Treasure Trove for Creative Types
    2. Unity 8 for Ubuntu Desktop Explained - What You Need to Know
    3. Ubuntu MATE Developers Are Preparing Something Special for 16.04 LTS
    4. Visiting the System76 headquarters -- a Willy Wonka-like superfan experience
    5. Ubuntu 15.10 review: Wily Werewolf leaves scary experimentation for next year
    6. GeekBox is an Android & Ubuntu mini PC… and developer platform
    7. Ubuntu Online Summit 2015 Was the Most Attended UOS Event of All Times
    8. Ubuntu Phone is getting better
    9. Review: Ubuntu GNOME 15.10 is what vanilla Ubuntu should be
  10. Featured Audio and Video
    1. Ubuntu Community Team Q&A - 17th November 2015
    2. Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S08E37 – Code Name: K.O.Z. - Ubuntu Podcast
  11. Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  12. Upcoming Meetings and Events
  13. Updates and Security for 12.04, 14.04, 15.04 and 15.10
    1. Security Updates
    2. Ubuntu 12.04 Updates
    3. Ubuntu 14.04 Updates
    4. Ubuntu 15.04 Updates
    5. Ubuntu 15.10 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 443 for the week November 16-22, 2015.

In This Issue

  • Ubuntu Community Appreciation Day
  • Ubuntu Stats

  • LoCo Events

  • Canonical Design Team: Jujucharms.com homepage redesign
  • Carla Sella: Ubuntu Phone update: OTA 8
  • Charles Profitt: Reminder: Vote in the Ubuntu Community Council Election
  • Nicholas Skaggs: Google Code In 2015
  • Ubuntu App Developer Blog: Here comes the brand new Ubuntu SDK IDE tools
  • Canonical Design Team: Using Vanilla with Jekyll
  • Harald Sitter: Muon 5.5 and Carrots
  • Ubuntu Cloud News
  • BQ Aquaris Ubuntu Edition phones land in Russia
  • Phone Update: OTA-8
  • Canonical News
  • In The Blogosphere
  • Featured Audio and Video
  • Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  • Upcoming Meetings and Events
  • Updates and Security for 12.04, 14.04, 15.04 and 15.10
  • And much more!

General Community News

Ubuntu Community Appreciation Day

On November 20th of each year, the Ubuntu community celebrates Ubuntu Community Appreciation Day. On this day, community members are encouraged to take a moment to thank someone for their contribution. This year, the following members and teams took time to celebrate the work of others in the form of blog posts:

There was also a Twitter and G+ hashtag for this day, #UCADay, explore the tweets and posts via the following links:

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open (120429) +176 over last week
  • Critical (284) +6 over last week
  • Unconfirmed (60019) +149 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: A.B. (http://askubuntu.com/users/367165/a-b), kos (http://askubuntu.com/users/380067/kos), Rinzwind (http://askubuntu.com/users/15811/rinzwind), heemayl (http://askubuntu.com/users/216503/heemayl) and cl-netbox (http://askubuntu.com/users/260935/cl-netbox)

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

Canonical Design Team: Jujucharms.com homepage redesign

Elvira Figueras of the Ubuntu Design team writes about the new design of the Jujucharms homepage. She says, “We’ve strived to create a website that not only looks beautiful but also succeeds in thoroughly explaining what Juju is and the way it can improve your workflow.”

http://design.canonical.com/2015/11/jujucharms-com-homepage-redesign/

Carla Sella: Ubuntu Phone update: OTA 8

Carla Sella explains some of the new features in the Ubuntu Phone update OTA 8. They include a new weather application, web browser updates and so much more!

http://carla-sella.blogspot.com/2015/11/ubuntu-phone-update-ota-8.html

Charles Profitt: Reminder: Vote in the Ubuntu Community Council Election

Charles Profitt encourages all Ubuntu Members to vote in the Community Council election. He points out that 41% of eligible voters voted in the last election and hopes to increase that percentage this time, concluding “Remember to vote! Let's ROCK the election!”

https://ftbeowulf.wordpress.com/2015/11/18/reminder-vote-in-the-ubuntu-community-council-election/

Nicholas Skaggs: Google Code In 2015

Nicholas Skaggs announces the acceptance of Ubuntu as a mentoring organization for Google Code In 2015. He encourages community members who are interested and have the required skills to help out by becoming a mentor. He confirms that this will involve some work, “but not as much as you may think.” If you’re still not sure, Nicholas shares a FAQ about Ubuntu’s participation in the program and a list of contacts to reach out to if you have further questions.

http://www.theorangenotebook.com/2015/11/google-code-in-2015.html

Ubuntu App Developer Blog: Here comes the brand new Ubuntu SDK IDE tools

Benjamin Zeller writes for the Ubuntu App Developer Blog about a rework for the SDK tools which have resulted in two new packages being released to help more beauty come from developers hands. The new packages are *-sdk-ide & *-sdk-dev, and a PPA is provided for you to use them. Note: because newer versions of QtCreator & Ubuntu UI Toolkit are used; some adjustments may be necessary especially if you use older versions like 14.04LTS, with help found in the article.

http://developer.ubuntu.com/en/blog/2015/11/19/here-comes-brand-new-ubuntu-sdk-ide-tools/

Canonical Design Team: Using Vanilla with Jekyll

Anthony Dillon from the Canonical Design Team explains how to install and use Vanilla with Jekyll. Anthony notes all went well until GitHub pages revealed issues, so he briefly gives the pros and cons of various methods of using the tools and justifies why he thinks using Git submodules is best.

http://design.canonical.com/2015/11/using-vanilla-with-jekyll/

Harald Sitter: Muon 5.5 and Carrots

Harald Sitter shares a photo and some details from a sprint in Munich where the KDE and Kubuntu developers worked on and decided to release version 5.5.0 of the Debian package manager Muon.

https://apachelog.wordpress.com/2015/11/22/muon-5-5-and-carrots/

Ubuntu Cloud News

Ubuntu Phone News

BQ Aquaris Ubuntu Edition phones land in Russia

The Canonical Insights blog reports that BQ’s Aquaris line of Ubuntu Phones will soon be available to buy in Russia. First up is the E5 at 15,999 rubles and then the E4.5 will be 12,499 rubles. They also write that Scopes developed just for the Russian market will be preloaded such as Vkontakte, Yandex, Mail.Ru and Kinopoisk.

http://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/11/17/bq-aquaris-ubuntu-edition-phones-land-in-russia/

Phone Update: OTA-8

A report from the Canonical Insight blog says that the newest OTA has been released. They write that this update includes big changes including a new weather application, improved Contacts sync, new Book aggregator scope, new Twitter scope with the ability to tweet, comment, follow, and unfollow, with tons more!

http://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/11/19/phone-update-ota-8/

Canonical News

In The Blogosphere

Ubuntu Studio Is a Treasure Trove for Creative Types

Jack M. Germain of Linux Insider takes a look at Ubuntu Studio 15.10 which he says “bundles a nearly full range of multimedia content-creation applications for workflows involving audio, graphics, video, photography and publishing.” He reviews some of the bundled applications, points out that the classic Xfce desktop is installed by default, and concludes that Ubuntu Studio 15.10 is a solid gateway for artistic enthusiasts catering more to graphic and audio users.

http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/82755.html

Unity 8 for Ubuntu Desktop Explained - What You Need to Know

Silviu Stahie of Softpedia writes that Unity 8 is coming to the Ubuntu desktop but that there is still a lot of uncertainty about how it will look. He says that one common misconception is that it will look like Unity 8 on the phone, but it already looks quite different. Silviu reminds us that although Canonical wants to have a single operating system for all devices there will be different builds but the core will be the same.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/unity-8-for-ubuntu-desktop-explained-what-you-need-to-know-496478.shtml

Ubuntu MATE Developers Are Preparing Something Special for 16.04 LTS

Silviu Stahie of Softpedia explains that Ubuntu MATE has been very transparent with the donations that they receive from users. He reports that they will be making donations to other teams “who are not involved with their OS in any way.” And they are using the time running up to the 16.04 release to run some small paid projects.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-mate-developers-are-preparing-something-special-for-16-04-lts-496298.shtml

Visiting the System76 headquarters -- a Willy Wonka-like superfan experience

Brian Fagioli of Beta News reports that System76 had their first superfan contest to select people for its event of the same name. He says that users had to create multiple forms of media from logos, gifs, to an online game to try to win, and that the winners received a paid round-trip to their headquarters in Denver where they were able to meet the whole team.

http://betanews.com/2015/11/16/visiting-the-system76-headquarters-a-willy-wonka-like-superfan-experience/

Ubuntu 15.10 review: Wily Werewolf leaves scary experimentation for next year

Scott Gilbertson of Ars Technica goes through some of unexciting changes that 15.10 beings but also the welcomed updates, and refinements. He covers several changes, from the removal of Ubuntu’s own scroll bars and move to GNOME’s stock ones, a really nice kernel update, and other application updates.

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/11/ubuntu-15-10-review-wily-werewolf-leaves-scary-experimentation-for-next-year/

GeekBox is an Android & Ubuntu mini PC… and developer platform

Brad Linder of Liliputing writes about the recent announcement of the GeekBox, sharing hardware specs and explaining that the Geekbox comes with Android and Ubuntu dual-boot software. He also talks about some of the buying options and what some of the packages include.

http://liliputing.com/2015/11/geekbox-is-an-android-ubuntu-mini-pc-and-developer-platform.html

Ubuntu Online Summit 2015 Was the Most Attended UOS Event of All Times

Silviu Stahie of Softpedia passes on information that the most recent Ubuntu Online Summit “appears to be one of the most crowded UOS events in history.” He goes on to quickly share tidbits on other community news, including the start of the Community Council elections, UbuCon updates from Florida and California and the latest from Ubuntu Core Apps and the newly updated Ubuntu Developer website.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-online-summit-2015-was-the-most-attended-uos-event-of-all-times-496326.shtml

Ubuntu Phone is getting better

Dedoimedo has updated its review of the Ubuntu Phone from over several months ago with the recent release of OTA8. Their experience with the update process was uneventful and successful. From new icons in the Dash, the System Setting changes, the kinda new Hotspot feature, and updated design choices in the applications left a more polished feeling and usage.

http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/ubuntu-phone-getting-better.html

Review: Ubuntu GNOME 15.10 is what vanilla Ubuntu should be

Bryan Lunduke of Network World reports on his disappointment with Unity and subsequent installation of the Ubuntu GNOME flavor, writing: “It's good looking. It's logically laid out and easy to use. And fast.”

http://www.networkworld.com/article/3007257/opensource-subnet/review-ubuntu-gnome-15-10.html

Ubuntu Community Team Q&A - 17th November 2015

David Planella and Michael Hall host another regular Q&A session on behalf on Canonical's Community team in which they answer questions that are put to them on IRC.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkjSwjLoybI

Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S08E37 – Code Name: K.O.Z. - Ubuntu Podcast

"It’s Episode Thirty-seven of Season Eight of the Ubuntu Podcast! With Mark Johnson, Laura Cowen, Martin Wimpress, and Alan Pope recording as normal over the internets which are suffering slightly from the storms outside…

In this week’s show:

We look at what’s been going on in the news:

  • Valve launches a massive sale of SteamOS (Linux) titles to coincide with the launch of Steam Machines…
  • The first Linux ransomware program, Linux.Encoder.1, has been cracked
  • Nvidia has launched the Jetson TX1 module…
  • Raspberry Pi Foundation and Code Club have merged…
  • ISPs have told the Commons select committee that £175m budgeted by the UK government will not cover ‘massive costs’ of collecting everyone’s data…. Find out more on the Open Rights Group’s campaign page where you can email your MP.
  • The first release candidate for QEMU v2.5 is out…
  • Edward Snowden explains how to reclaim your privacy…

We also take a look at what’s been going on in the community:

  • Ubuntu members should be notified soon about voting in the Community Council elections..."

They also cover several upcoming events.

http://ubuntupodcast.org/2015/11/19/s08e37-code-name-k-o-z/

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, 15.04 and 15.10

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

Ubuntu 15.10 Updates

End of Life - July 2016

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