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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue ### for the week MONTH DAY - DAY, YEAR. Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 446 for the week December 7 - 13, 2015.
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## 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 (121053) +50 over last week
    * Critical (297) +21 over last week
    * Unconfirmed (60396) +160 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 ====

 * Where should I keep my personal files while keeping the pathname short? http://askubuntu.com/questions/707688/where-should-i-keep-my-personal-files-while-keeping-the-pathname-short
 * How to escape “.” with sed or grep? http://askubuntu.com/questions/708417/how-to-escape-with-sed-or-grep
 * How to tell which processes are uploading and downloading data (and how much)? [closed] http://askubuntu.com/questions/706928/how-to-tell-which-processes-are-uploading-and-downloading-data-and-how-much
 * Piping Terminal command to Gedit for further editing [on hold] http://askubuntu.com/questions/708121/piping-terminal-command-to-gedit-for-further-editing
 * Merge files using a common column http://askubuntu.com/questions/707843/merge-files-using-a-common-column

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

 * Where should I keep my personal files while keeping the pathname short? http://askubuntu.com/questions/707688/
 * How to tell which processes are uploading and downloading data (and how much)? http://askubuntu.com/questions/706928/
 * What are those 'x xx' in 'ls -l' command http://askubuntu.com/questions/708170/
 * Daily Ubuntu base update http://askubuntu.com/questions/707179/
 * How to debug an unmet dependencies problem? http://askubuntu.com/questions/707333/

People Contributing the best questions and answers this week: cl-netbox (http://askubuntu.com/users/260935/cl-netbox), Alex (http://askubuntu.com/users/400278/alex), oldfred (http://askubuntu.com/users/126395/oldfred), kos (http://askubuntu.com/users/380067/kos) and user283885 (http://askubuntu.com/users/283885/user283885)
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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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## Run the ./loco-events/loco-events.py script to get a list  * Almuerzo Ubuntero - El Tigre, Anz - Diciembre 2015, Ubuntu Venezuela Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-ve/3278-almuerzo--ubuntero---el-tigre,-anz----diciembre-2015/
 * Ubuntu & Beer, Ubuntu Spain: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-es/3277-ubuntu-&-beer/
 * Encontro Ubuntu-pt @ Sintra, Ubuntu Portugal: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-pt/3279-encontro-ubuntu-pt-@-sintra/
 * Sierra Vista Ubuntu Hour date changed due to holiday, Arizona Lo``Co Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-arizona/3272-sierra-vista-ubuntu-hour-date-changed-due-to-holiday/
 * Tempe Ubuntu Hour date change due to holiday, Arizona Lo``Co Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-arizona/3269-tempe-ubuntu-hour-date-change-due-to-holiday/
 * Introduction to Ubuntu, Ubuntu Myanmar Lo``Co Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-mm/3275-introduction-to-ubuntu/
 * Az Loco Installfest/Linux and open source workshop, Arizona Lo``Co Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-arizona/3266-az-loco-installfest/linux-and-open-source-workshop/
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## This section is for Ubuntu News from "The Planet" at http://planet.ubuntu.com/ === Lubuntu Blog: FileZilla Box theme ===

Rafael Laguna writes that Box is the default theme (icons, controls, backgrounds..) for Lubuntu, but some applications don’t follow XDG specs for their buttons and graphics. Rafael feels File``Zilla is a must-have app so he writes how to use his Lubuntu matching theme.

http://lubuntu.me/filezilla-box-theme/

=== Canonical Design Team: Helsinki SDK sprint ===

Femma blogs about the Helsinki SDK Sprint which aimed to have designers and engineers work together on tools and components. During the week the goals were achieved, and Femma lists achievements. The Sprint ended with a sense of accomplishment and camaraderie.

http://design.canonical.com/2015/12/helsinki-sdk-sprint/

=== Jono Bacon: Why You Should Go To UbuCon in Los Angeles in January ===

Jono Bacon tells us why 21st-22nd January are important dates: it’s when the Ubu``Con Summit happens, in Pasadena California. He shares that it’s an event aimed at users, developers, artists, educators, business people and more with a goal to share ideas, have fun with Ubuntu and build relationships. Jono lists many speakers, highlighting that networking and the social side is the most valuable, also that entrance is free.

http://www.jonobacon.org/2015/12/11/why-you-should-go-to-ubucon-in-los-angeles-in-january/
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## This section is for Ubuntu News from elsewhere in the community:
## mailing lists, team blogs not on planet, etc		 === Online searches in the dash to be off by default. ===

Will Cooke writes about Unity 7 scopes (introduced with 12.10) which added results from online searches to the dash home screen. In Unity 8 the scopes concept has evolved; this ‘evolution’ cannot be added to Unity 7 so the decision has been made to gracefully retire some aspects of online search features in 16.04 LTS. Read for more details..

http://www.whizzy.org/2015/12/online-searches-in-the-dash-to-be-off-by-default/

=== Community team weeks 49+50 update ===

David Planella highlights some of the achievements of Ubuntu Community Team members (both Canonical and others) over weeks 49+50. As the details for weeks 47+48 weren’t previously sent, they are included too.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-community-team/2015-December/000943.html

Plus an addendum from Nicholas Skaggs about QA and Core Apps:
Nicholas Skaggs provides additional (missing) details on Quality & Core Apps missing from the Community team weeks 49+50 update.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-community-team/2015-December/000945.html
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James Donner embeds a short video in his post which illustrates the Charm release process, the OpenStack support timeline, the anatomy of a Juju Charm bundle, and how charms can evolves with OpenStack and Ubuntu. James also links to a YouTube channel which contains further videos about Juju. James Donner embeds a short video in his post which illustrates the Charm release process, the Open``Stack support timeline, the anatomy of a Juju Charm bundle, and how charms can evolves with Open``Stack and Ubuntu. James also links to a You``Tube channel which contains further videos about Juju.
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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		 === New uNav 0.35: Sharing Ubuntu everywhere ===

Marcos Costales shows us how to share our location with others using an Ubuntu phone which is using version 0.35 of uNav. He shares several screenshots of the app and links to the store from where the app can be downloaded.

http://thinkonbytes.blogspot.com/2015/12/new-unav-035-sharing-ubuntu-everywhere.html
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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		 === UAVIA unveils first 100% remotely controlled drones; powered by Ubuntu ===

Thibaut Rouffineau writes about UAVIA’s first 100% remotely controlled drones, which are powered by Ubuntu. Thibaut writes, “Drones are currently complex to handle as the operator has to physically move to the site of interest to perform an inspection.” This makes this easier by allowing for remote control of the drones.

http://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/12/08/uavia-unveils-first-100-remotely-controlled-drones-powered-by-ubuntu/

=== Using bcache for performance gains on the Launchpad Database Servers ===

Tom Haddon shares some changes to Launchpad using bcache that have increased the performance of their datastores. He goes into an overview of their configuration and how it was deployed.

http://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/12/10/using-bcache-for-performance-gains-on-the-launchpad-database-servers/
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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 Touch OTA-8.5 to Land Early Next Week, OTA-9 Gets a Huge Unity 8 Update ===

Marius Nestor, writing for Softpedia, shares the news that the Ubuntu Touch developers will shortly release an OTA-8.5 hotfix update, and that OTA-9 should arrive on January 20, 2016. He describes OTA-9 as being a big Unity 8 update with lots of convergence features, and adds that some missing language packs have been added.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-touch-ota-8-5-to-land-early-next-week-ota-9-gets-a-huge-unity-8-update-497501.shtml

=== Ubuntu Touch LibreOffice DocViewer Released, UbuCon Summit Preparations Continue ===

Marius Nestor from Softpedia writes about the latest Community Team summary by David Planella in which he highlights Google Code In, the new Ubuntu Touch app features/bug fixes, and Snappy.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-touch-libreoffice-docviewer-released-ubucon-summit-preparations-continue-497505.shtml
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## Bullet-point list of articles that are more generic linux in nature  * On a mission to make Linux as accessible as possible - https://opensource.com/life/15/12/my-linux-story-kendell-clark
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## Ubuntu UK Podcast
## Full Circle Magazine Podcast
## At Home With Jono Bacon - Weekly Community QA on UStreamTV
## Lococast.net		 === Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S08E40 – Kartoffelsalat - Ubuntu Podcast ===

It’s Episode Forty of Season Eight of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson, Nick B and Martin Wimpress are connected and speaking to your brain.

In this week’s show we are joined by guest presenter Nick B from #systemau podcast.

 * We chat about gardening, automating Ubuntu Touch testing, accidently dding over an external USB backup disk and being inspired by a talk Stuart Langridge gave a Ogg``Camp 2015 and creating a general purpose tool for encoding and publishing podcast content and assets.
 * We have some interviews from Ogg``Camp with Enroware and ragworm.
 * We have some links to video, podcasts and blogs that summarise what went on at Ogg``Camp 2015.
  * What I learned at Ogg``Camp 2015 – A summary from a first time Ogg``Camper
  * The Tech Shed Podcast Episode 04, The Ogg``camp Hangover Special
 *We go over your feedback.

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

http://ubuntupodcast.org/2015/12/09/s08e40-kartoffelsalat/

=== Ubuntu Community Team Q&A - 8th December 2015 ===

David Planella and Daniel Holbach host another regular Q&A session on behalf of Canonical’s Community Team. After talking briefly about Google Code In, the Ubu``Con summit and snappy they answer general questions that are put to them on IRC.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axrbOo9Qj90
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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 - December 8, 2015 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Newsletter/2015-12-08
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## Run security-and-updates/ListSecurity.py YEAR MONTH  * [USN-2830-1] OpenSSL vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2015-December/003211.html
 * [USN-2831-1] cups-filters vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2015-December/003212.html
 * [USN-2831-2] foomatic-filters vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2015-December/003213.html
 * [USN-2832-1] libsndfile vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2015-December/003214.html
 * [USN-2825-1] Oxide vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2015-December/003215.html
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## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH precise
## End of Life - April 2017		  * openssl 1.0.1-4ubuntu5.32 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2015-December/024709.html
 * openssl 1.0.1-4ubuntu5.32 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2015-December/024710.html
 * foomatic-filters 4.0.16-0ubuntu0.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2015-December/024711.html
 * foomatic-filters 4.0.16-0ubuntu0.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2015-December/024712.html
 * linux-meta-lts-trusty 3.13.0.73.65 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2015-December/024713.html
 * linux-signed-lts-trusty 3.13.0-73.116~precise1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2015-December/024714.html
 * linux-lts-trusty 3.13.0-73.116~precise1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2015-December/024715.html
 * linux-lts-trusty_3.13.0-73.116~precise1_amd64.tar.gz - - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2015-December/024716.html
 * libsndfile 1.0.25-4ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2015-December/024717.html
 * libsndfile 1.0.25-4ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2015-December/024718.html
 * flashplugin-nonfree 11.2.202.554ubuntu0.12.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2015-December/024719.html
 * flashplugin-nonfree 11.2.202.554ubuntu0.12.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2015-December/024720.html
 * adobe-flashplugin 1:20151208.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2015-December/024721.html
 * adobe-flashplugin 1:20151208.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2015-December/024722.html
 * ntp 1:4.2.6.p3+dfsg-1ubuntu3.7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2015-December/024723.html
 * tgt 1:1.0.17-1ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2015-December/024724.html

End of Life - April 2017
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## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH trusty
## End of Life - April 2019		 openssl 1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.16 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-December/020656.html
 * openssl 1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.16 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-December/020657.html
 * cups-filters 1.0.52-0ubuntu1.6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-December/020658.html
 * cups-filters 1.0.52-0ubuntu1.6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-December/020659.html
 * linux-signed 3.13.0-73.116 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-December/020660.html
 * linux-meta 3.13.0.73.79 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-December/020661.html
 * linux 3.13.0-73.116 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-December/020662.html
 * linux-meta-keystone 3.13.0.43.41 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-December/020663.html
 * linux-keystone 3.13.0-43.68 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-December/020664.html
 * linux_3.13.0-73.116_amd64.tar.gz - - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-December/020665.html
 * libsndfile 1.0.25-7ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-December/020666.html
 * libsndfile 1.0.25-7ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-December/020667.html
 * flashplugin-nonfree 11.2.202.554ubuntu0.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-December/020668.html
 * flashplugin-nonfree 11.2.202.554ubuntu0.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-December/020669.html
 * adobe-flashplugin 1:20151208.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-December/020670.html
 * adobe-flashplugin 1:20151208.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-December/020671.html
 * chromium-browser 47.0.2526.73-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1106 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-December/020672.html
 * chromium-browser 47.0.2526.73-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1106 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-December/020673.html
 * systemtap 2.3-1ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-December/020674.html
 * openvswitch 2.0.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-December/020675.html
 * lightdm 1.10.6-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-December/020676.html
 * haproxy 1.4.24-2ubuntu0.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-December/020677.html
 * walinuxagent 2.1.2-0ubuntu1~14.04.0~14.04.0 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-December/020678.html
 * linux-meta-lts-vivid 3.19.0.41.26 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-December/020679.html
 * linux-lts-vivid 3.19.0-41.46~14.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-December/020680.html
 * linux-signed-lts-vivid 3.19.0-41.46~14.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-December/020681.html
 * linux-lts-vivid_3.19.0-41.46~14.04.2_amd64.tar.gz - - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-December/020682.html
 * walinuxagent 2.1.2-0ubuntu1~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-December/020683.html
 * debian-installer 20101020ubuntu318.33 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-December/020684.html
 * livecd-rootfs 2.208.9 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-December/020685.html
 * libguestfs 1:1.24.5-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-December/020686.html
 * oxide-qt 1.11.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-December/020687.html
 * oxide-qt 1.11.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-December/020688.html
 * grub2 2.02~beta2-9ubuntu1.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-December/020689.html
 * python-apt 0.9.3.5ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-December/020690.html
 * coreutils 8.21-1ubuntu5.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-December/020691.html
 * ntp 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu2.14.04.6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-December/020692.html
 * gnome-desktop3 3.8.4-0ubuntu3.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-December/020693.html
 * unattended-upgrades 0.82.1ubuntu2.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-December/020694.html
 * gst-plugins-base1.0 1.2.4-1~ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-December/020695.html
 * grub2-signed 1.34.6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-December/020696.html

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## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH vivid
## End of Life - January 2016		  * openssl 1.0.1f-1ubuntu11.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-December/009718.html
 * openssl 1.0.1f-1ubuntu11.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-December/009719.html
 * cups-filters 1.0.67-0ubuntu2.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-December/009720.html
 * cups-filters 1.0.67-0ubuntu2.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-December/009721.html
 * linux-signed 3.19.0-41.46 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-December/009722.html
 * linux-meta 3.19.0.41.40 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-December/009723.html
 * linux 3.19.0-41.46 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-December/009724.html
 * linux_3.19.0-41.46_amd64.tar.gz - - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-December/009725.html
 * libsndfile 1.0.25-9.1ubuntu0.15.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-December/009726.html
 * libsndfile 1.0.25-9.1ubuntu0.15.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-December/009727.html
 * flashplugin-nonfree 11.2.202.554ubuntu0.15.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-December/009728.html
 * ffmpeg 7:2.5.9-0ubuntu0.15.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-December/009729.html
 * flashplugin-nonfree 11.2.202.554ubuntu0.15.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-December/009730.html
 * ffmpeg 7:2.5.9-0ubuntu0.15.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-December/009731.html
 * adobe-flashplugin 1:20151208.1-0ubuntu0.15.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-December/009732.html
 * adobe-flashplugin 1:20151208.1-0ubuntu0.15.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-December/009733.html
 * chromium-browser 47.0.2526.73-0ubuntu0.15.04.1.1190 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-December/009734.html
 * chromium-browser 47.0.2526.73-0ubuntu0.15.04.1.1190 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-December/009735.html
 * walinuxagent 2.1.2-0ubuntu1~14.04.0~15.04.0 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-December/009736.html
 * walinuxagent 2.1.2-0ubuntu1~15.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-December/009737.html
 * oxide-qt 1.11.3-0ubuntu0.15.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-December/009738.html
 * oxide-qt 1.11.3-0ubuntu0.15.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-December/009739.html
 * ntp 1:4.2.6.p5+dfsg-3ubuntu6.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-December/009740.html
 * haproxy 1.5.10-1ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/vivid-changes/2015-December/009741.html

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## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH wily
## End of Life - July 2016		  * openssl 1.0.2d-0ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2015-December/012519.html
 * openssl 1.0.2d-0ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2015-December/012520.html
 * cups-filters 1.0.76-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2015-December/012521.html
 * cups-filters 1.0.76-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2015-December/012522.html
 * libsndfile 1.0.25-9.1ubuntu0.15.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2015-December/012523.html
 * libsndfile 1.0.25-9.1ubuntu0.15.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2015-December/012524.html
 * zfs-linux 0.6.4.2-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2015-December/012525.html
 * flashplugin-nonfree 11.2.202.554ubuntu0.15.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2015-December/012526.html
 * flashplugin-nonfree 11.2.202.554ubuntu0.15.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2015-December/012527.html
 * adobe-flashplugin 1:20151208.1-0ubuntu0.15.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2015-December/012528.html
 * adobe-flashplugin 1:20151208.1-0ubuntu0.15.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2015-December/012529.html
 * zfs-linux 0.6.4.2-0ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2015-December/012530.html
 * chromium-browser 47.0.2526.73-0ubuntu0.15.10.1.1215 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2015-December/012531.html
 * chromium-browser 47.0.2526.73-0ubuntu0.15.10.1.1215 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2015-December/012532.html
 * cloud-init 0.7.7~bzr1149-0ubuntu5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2015-December/012533.html
 * nano 2.4.2-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2015-December/012534.html
 * init-system-helpers 1.23ubuntu4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2015-December/012535.html
 * walinuxagent 2.1.2-0ubuntu1~14.04.0~15.10.0 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2015-December/012536.html
 * walinuxagent 2.1.2-0ubuntu1~15.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2015-December/012537.html
 * oxide-qt 1.11.3-0ubuntu0.15.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2015-December/012538.html
 * oxide-qt 1.11.3-0ubuntu0.15.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2015-December/012539.html
 * nova-compute-lxd 0.18-0ubuntu3.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2015-December/012540.html
 * distro-info-data 0.27ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2015-December/012541.html
 * makedumpfile 1:1.5.8-4ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2015-December/012542.html
 * evolution 3.16.5-1ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2015-December/012543.html
 * lightdm 1.16.6-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2015-December/012544.html
 * python-apt 1.0.1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2015-December/012545.html
 * network-manager 1.0.4-0ubuntu5.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2015-December/012546.html
 * dpdk 2.0.0-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2015-December/012547.html
 * gtk+3.0 3.16.7-0ubuntu3.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2015-December/012548.html

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## The following list is in chronological order.

 * Your Name Here		  * Elizabeth K. Joseph
 * Chris Guiver
 * Paul White
 * Simon Quigley
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## Common acronyms


Contents

  1. In This Issue
  2. General Community News
    1. Google Code-In 2015: Student registration now open!
    2. 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. Lubuntu Blog: FileZilla Box theme
    2. Canonical Design Team: Helsinki SDK sprint
    3. Jono Bacon: Why You Should Go To UbuCon in Los Angeles in January
  6. Other Community News
    1. Online searches in the dash to be off by default.
    2. Community team weeks 49+50 update
  7. Ubuntu Cloud News
    1. Juju Charmer Summit: Charm Evolution
  8. Ubuntu Phone News
    1. New uNav 0.35: Sharing Ubuntu everywhere
  9. Canonical News
    1. UAVIA unveils first 100% remotely controlled drones; powered by Ubuntu
    2. Using bcache for performance gains on the Launchpad Database Servers
  10. In The Blogosphere
    1. Ubuntu Touch OTA-8.5 to Land Early Next Week, OTA-9 Gets a Huge Unity 8 Update
    2. Ubuntu Touch LibreOffice DocViewer Released, UbuCon Summit Preparations Continue
  11. Other Articles of Interest
  12. Featured Audio and Video
    1. Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S08E40 – Kartoffelsalat - Ubuntu Podcast
    2. Ubuntu Community Team Q&A - 8th December 2015
  13. Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  14. Upcoming Meetings and Events
  15. 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
  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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WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 446 for the week December 7 - 13, 2015.

In This Issue

General Community News

Google Code-In 2015: Student registration now open!

José Antonio Rey announces Ubuntu’s participation in Google Code-In 2015, which is an annual open source competition hosted by Google. He writes that students 13-17 years of age can register, and compete against others to complete various tasks created by mentors. The contest will run until January 25, 2016.

http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2015/12/07/google-code-in-2015-student-registration-now-open/

Welcome New Members and Developers

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open (121053) +50 over last week
  • Critical (297) +21 over last week
  • Unconfirmed (60396) +160 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: cl-netbox (http://askubuntu.com/users/260935/cl-netbox), Alex (http://askubuntu.com/users/400278/alex), oldfred (http://askubuntu.com/users/126395/oldfred), kos (http://askubuntu.com/users/380067/kos) and user283885 (http://askubuntu.com/users/283885/user283885)

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

Lubuntu Blog: FileZilla Box theme

Rafael Laguna writes that Box is the default theme (icons, controls, backgrounds..) for Lubuntu, but some applications don’t follow XDG specs for their buttons and graphics. Rafael feels FileZilla is a must-have app so he writes how to use his Lubuntu matching theme.

http://lubuntu.me/filezilla-box-theme/

Canonical Design Team: Helsinki SDK sprint

Femma blogs about the Helsinki SDK Sprint which aimed to have designers and engineers work together on tools and components. During the week the goals were achieved, and Femma lists achievements. The Sprint ended with a sense of accomplishment and camaraderie.

http://design.canonical.com/2015/12/helsinki-sdk-sprint/

Jono Bacon: Why You Should Go To UbuCon in Los Angeles in January

Jono Bacon tells us why 21st-22nd January are important dates: it’s when the UbuCon Summit happens, in Pasadena California. He shares that it’s an event aimed at users, developers, artists, educators, business people and more with a goal to share ideas, have fun with Ubuntu and build relationships. Jono lists many speakers, highlighting that networking and the social side is the most valuable, also that entrance is free.

http://www.jonobacon.org/2015/12/11/why-you-should-go-to-ubucon-in-los-angeles-in-january/

Other Community News

Online searches in the dash to be off by default.

Will Cooke writes about Unity 7 scopes (introduced with 12.10) which added results from online searches to the dash home screen. In Unity 8 the scopes concept has evolved; this ‘evolution’ cannot be added to Unity 7 so the decision has been made to gracefully retire some aspects of online search features in 16.04 LTS. Read for more details..

http://www.whizzy.org/2015/12/online-searches-in-the-dash-to-be-off-by-default/

Community team weeks 49+50 update

David Planella highlights some of the achievements of Ubuntu Community Team members (both Canonical and others) over weeks 49+50. As the details for weeks 47+48 weren’t previously sent, they are included too.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-community-team/2015-December/000943.html

Plus an addendum from Nicholas Skaggs about QA and Core Apps: Nicholas Skaggs provides additional (missing) details on Quality & Core Apps missing from the Community team weeks 49+50 update.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-community-team/2015-December/000945.html

Ubuntu Cloud News

Juju Charmer Summit: Charm Evolution

James Donner embeds a short video in his post which illustrates the Charm release process, the OpenStack support timeline, the anatomy of a Juju Charm bundle, and how charms can evolves with OpenStack and Ubuntu. James also links to a YouTube channel which contains further videos about Juju.

http://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/12/09/juju-charmer-summit-charm-evolution/

Ubuntu Phone News

New uNav 0.35: Sharing Ubuntu everywhere

Marcos Costales shows us how to share our location with others using an Ubuntu phone which is using version 0.35 of uNav. He shares several screenshots of the app and links to the store from where the app can be downloaded.

http://thinkonbytes.blogspot.com/2015/12/new-unav-035-sharing-ubuntu-everywhere.html

Canonical News

UAVIA unveils first 100% remotely controlled drones; powered by Ubuntu

Thibaut Rouffineau writes about UAVIA’s first 100% remotely controlled drones, which are powered by Ubuntu. Thibaut writes, “Drones are currently complex to handle as the operator has to physically move to the site of interest to perform an inspection.” This makes this easier by allowing for remote control of the drones.

http://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/12/08/uavia-unveils-first-100-remotely-controlled-drones-powered-by-ubuntu/

Using bcache for performance gains on the Launchpad Database Servers

Tom Haddon shares some changes to Launchpad using bcache that have increased the performance of their datastores. He goes into an overview of their configuration and how it was deployed.

http://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/12/10/using-bcache-for-performance-gains-on-the-launchpad-database-servers/

In The Blogosphere

Ubuntu Touch OTA-8.5 to Land Early Next Week, OTA-9 Gets a Huge Unity 8 Update

Marius Nestor, writing for Softpedia, shares the news that the Ubuntu Touch developers will shortly release an OTA-8.5 hotfix update, and that OTA-9 should arrive on January 20, 2016. He describes OTA-9 as being a big Unity 8 update with lots of convergence features, and adds that some missing language packs have been added.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-touch-ota-8-5-to-land-early-next-week-ota-9-gets-a-huge-unity-8-update-497501.shtml

Ubuntu Touch LibreOffice DocViewer Released, UbuCon Summit Preparations Continue

Marius Nestor from Softpedia writes about the latest Community Team summary by David Planella in which he highlights Google Code In, the new Ubuntu Touch app features/bug fixes, and Snappy.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-touch-libreoffice-docviewer-released-ubucon-summit-preparations-continue-497505.shtml

Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S08E40 – Kartoffelsalat - Ubuntu Podcast

It’s Episode Forty of Season Eight of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson, Nick B and Martin Wimpress are connected and speaking to your brain.

In this week’s show we are joined by guest presenter Nick B from #systemau podcast.

  • We chat about gardening, automating Ubuntu Touch testing, accidently dding over an external USB backup disk and being inspired by a talk Stuart Langridge gave a OggCamp 2015 and creating a general purpose tool for encoding and publishing podcast content and assets.

  • We have some interviews from OggCamp with Enroware and ragworm.

  • We have some links to video, podcasts and blogs that summarise what went on at OggCamp 2015.

    • What I learned at OggCamp 2015 – A summary from a first time OggCamper

    • The Tech Shed Podcast Episode 04, The Oggcamp Hangover Special

  • We go over your feedback.

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

http://ubuntupodcast.org/2015/12/09/s08e40-kartoffelsalat/

Ubuntu Community Team Q&A - 8th December 2015

David Planella and Daniel Holbach host another regular Q&A session on behalf of Canonical’s Community Team. After talking briefly about Google Code In, the UbuCon summit and snappy they answer general questions that are put to them on IRC.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axrbOo9Qj90

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

openssl 1.0.1f-1ubuntu2.16 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2015-December/020656.html

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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Conclusion

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Credits

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  • Chris Guiver
  • Paul White
  • Simon Quigley
  • 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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