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| === 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) |
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| ## 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/ |
=== Jono Bacon & Stuart Langridge: SCALE14x Plans === In a pair of posts, community members Jono Bacon and Stuart Langridge share their schedules for the upcoming SCALE14x conference. Both will be participating in the Ubu``Con Summit, with Stuart doing a “Beyond building Ubuntu phone apps” talk for developers and Jono doing an “Ubuntu Redux” talk where he reflects on the past and future of Ubuntu, and will lead a panel on Friday. They will also be co-hosting Bad Voltage: Live, a live performance of their podcast where various Ubuntu-related giveaways will be available to audience members. http://www.jonobacon.org/2016/01/11/scale14x-plans/ http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2016/01/11/scale-14x-plans/ === What’s happening at UbuCon Summit === Daniel Holbach begins, "I can't wait for Ubu``Con Summit to start." He shares a link to the finalized schedule, plus links to the evening social events starting at 19:00PST on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. https://daniel.holba.ch/blog/2016/01/whats-happening-at-ubucon-summit/ === About the Ubuntu US Wisconsin Local Community Team === Simon Quigley introduces us to the Ubuntu US Wisconsin Lo``Co Team informing us who currently leads the team, the resources that members can use to contact each other, and how many members are currently active. Simon invites anyone with any comments or queries to contact him. http://ubuntu-wisconsin.org/blog/2016/01/15/ === Welcome Sujeevan to the LoCo Council === Bhavani Shankar, on behalf of the Lo``Co Council, congratulates and welcomes newly appointed council member Sujeevan Vijayakumaran, linking to his Launchpad profile and wishing him “all the best in his tenure with the Lo``Co Council.“ https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/loco-contacts/2016-January/007070.html === Color me Ubuntu at UbuCon Summit & SCALE14x === Elizabeth K. Joseph reflects on the planning and lead up to the Ubu``Con Summit and shares some of the things she’ll be bringing along, including origami paper for making unicorns and werewolves, and a new coloring page made by Ronnie Tucker of Full Circle Magazine featuring a werewolf. http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=11227 |
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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 |
=== Scarlett Clark: KDE: Kubuntu: Status Update, Patreon and Donations notifications. === Scarlett Clark updates us on her progress in various projects which include soon being able to work on more than two builds of KDE at once, working on Debian merges, and learning how to be a KDE Sysadmin. She also notes that she has corrected her paypal should you wish to donate. http://scarlettgatelyclark.com/2016/kde-kubuntu-status-update-patreon-and-donations-notifications/ === Lubuntu Blog: Lubuntu Xenial Xerus (with LXQt) in a Raspberry Pi 2 === Rafael Laguna on the Lubuntu Blog asks if you want Lubuntu Xenial Xerus (with LXQt) to run on your Raspberry Pi 2? He writes that wxl from the Lubuntu QA Team did an experiment to run it and documented the steps for getting it running in this brief post. http://lubuntu.me/lubuntu-lxqt-in-a-raspberry-pi/ |
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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 |
* AT&T selects Ubuntu for cloud and enterprise applications - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/01/13/att-selects-ubuntu-for-cloud-and-enterprise-applications/ * Mojo Updates - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/01/12/mojo-updates/ * 5 reasons you should only use certified images on the public cloud - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/01/14/5-reasons-you-should-only-use-certified-images-on-the-public-cloud/ |
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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 |
* Apps for @Ubuntu #Phone by @bqreaders [Video] - http://thinkonbytes.blogspot.com/2016/01/apps-for-ubuntu-phone-by-bqreaders.html * RockWork the Ubuntu clockwork for the Pebble smartwatch - http://carla-sella.blogspot.com/2016/01/rockwork-ubuntu-clockwork-for-pebble.html |
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| ## This section largely comes from blog.canonical.com and Canonical ## press releases |
=== Ubuntu is coming to a city near you === Marcin Kierdelewicz tells us the first ever Ubuntu Day; a local event “to support awareness and adoption of Ubuntu technologies in local markets.” He writes that the first Ubuntu Day will occur in Milan, Italy on Tuesday 2nd February 2016 and goes on to share the agenda and registration details. http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/01/15/ubuntu-is-coming-to-a-city-near-you/ |
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| ## 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 |
=== 10 Reasons Why Ubuntu Is Killing It In The Cloud === Janakiram MSV of Forbes shares various statistics to support why “Ubuntu is most preferred OS by system administrators and Dev``Ops professionals.” Included are the number of Ubuntu instances “launched in the cloud” In 2015, major organizations that run Ubuntu and more. http://www.forbes.com/sites/janakirammsv/2016/01/12/10-reasons-why-ubuntu-is-killing-it-in-the-cloud/#2715e4857a0b706f52e119a2 |
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| == In Other News == ## Any news or links that don't fit neatly into other sections. |
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| ## Bullet-point list of articles that are more generic linux in nature | * Linux 4.4 - https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/1/10/305 |
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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 Team Q&A - 12th January 2016 === David Planella, Daniel Holbach and Nicholas Skaggs introduce another regular Ubuntu on Air! broadcast on behalf of Canonical’s Community team. They talk briefly about SCALE14x and Google Code In, and then answer general questions that are put to them on IRC. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czqxsk4dNtU |
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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 |
* Kernel Team - January 12, 2016 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Newsletter/2016-01-12 * Security Team - January 11, 2016 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20160111 |
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| ## The following list is in chronological order. * Your Name Here |
* Elizabeth K. Joseph * Simon Quigley * Chris Guiver * Paul White |
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WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 450 for the week January 11 - 17, 2016.
In This Issue
General Community News
Ubuntu Stats
Bug Stats
- Open (#) +/- # over last week
- Critical (#) +/- # over last week
- Unconfirmed (#) +/- # over last week
As always, the Bug Squad needs more help. If you want to get started, please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad
Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions this week
Ask (and answer!) questions at http://askubuntu.com
LoCo News
Jono Bacon & Stuart Langridge: SCALE14x Plans
In a pair of posts, community members Jono Bacon and Stuart Langridge share their schedules for the upcoming SCALE14x conference. Both will be participating in the UbuCon Summit, with Stuart doing a “Beyond building Ubuntu phone apps” talk for developers and Jono doing an “Ubuntu Redux” talk where he reflects on the past and future of Ubuntu, and will lead a panel on Friday. They will also be co-hosting Bad Voltage: Live, a live performance of their podcast where various Ubuntu-related giveaways will be available to audience members.
http://www.jonobacon.org/2016/01/11/scale14x-plans/
http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2016/01/11/scale-14x-plans/
What’s happening at UbuCon Summit
Daniel Holbach begins, "I can't wait for UbuCon Summit to start." He shares a link to the finalized schedule, plus links to the evening social events starting at 19:00PST on Wednesday and Thursday evenings.
https://daniel.holba.ch/blog/2016/01/whats-happening-at-ubucon-summit/
About the Ubuntu US Wisconsin Local Community Team
Simon Quigley introduces us to the Ubuntu US Wisconsin LoCo Team informing us who currently leads the team, the resources that members can use to contact each other, and how many members are currently active. Simon invites anyone with any comments or queries to contact him.
http://ubuntu-wisconsin.org/blog/2016/01/15/
Welcome Sujeevan to the LoCo Council
Bhavani Shankar, on behalf of the LoCo Council, congratulates and welcomes newly appointed council member Sujeevan Vijayakumaran, linking to his Launchpad profile and wishing him “all the best in his tenure with the LoCo Council.“
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/loco-contacts/2016-January/007070.html
Color me Ubuntu at UbuCon Summit & SCALE14x
Elizabeth K. Joseph reflects on the planning and lead up to the UbuCon Summit and shares some of the things she’ll be bringing along, including origami paper for making unicorns and werewolves, and a new coloring page made by Ronnie Tucker of Full Circle Magazine featuring a werewolf.
http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=11227
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
Scarlett Clark: KDE: Kubuntu: Status Update, Patreon and Donations notifications.
Scarlett Clark updates us on her progress in various projects which include soon being able to work on more than two builds of KDE at once, working on Debian merges, and learning how to be a KDE Sysadmin. She also notes that she has corrected her paypal should you wish to donate.
http://scarlettgatelyclark.com/2016/kde-kubuntu-status-update-patreon-and-donations-notifications/
Lubuntu Blog: Lubuntu Xenial Xerus (with LXQt) in a Raspberry Pi 2
Rafael Laguna on the Lubuntu Blog asks if you want Lubuntu Xenial Xerus (with LXQt) to run on your Raspberry Pi 2? He writes that wxl from the Lubuntu QA Team did an experiment to run it and documented the steps for getting it running in this brief post.
http://lubuntu.me/lubuntu-lxqt-in-a-raspberry-pi/
Ubuntu Cloud News
AT&T selects Ubuntu for cloud and enterprise applications - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/01/13/att-selects-ubuntu-for-cloud-and-enterprise-applications/
Mojo Updates - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/01/12/mojo-updates/
5 reasons you should only use certified images on the public cloud - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/01/14/5-reasons-you-should-only-use-certified-images-on-the-public-cloud/
Ubuntu Phone News
* Apps for @Ubuntu #Phone by @bqreaders [Video] - http://thinkonbytes.blogspot.com/2016/01/apps-for-ubuntu-phone-by-bqreaders.html
RockWork the Ubuntu clockwork for the Pebble smartwatch - http://carla-sella.blogspot.com/2016/01/rockwork-ubuntu-clockwork-for-pebble.html
Canonical News
Ubuntu is coming to a city near you
Marcin Kierdelewicz tells us the first ever Ubuntu Day; a local event “to support awareness and adoption of Ubuntu technologies in local markets.” He writes that the first Ubuntu Day will occur in Milan, Italy on Tuesday 2nd February 2016 and goes on to share the agenda and registration details.
http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/01/15/ubuntu-is-coming-to-a-city-near-you/
In The Press
10 Reasons Why Ubuntu Is Killing It In The Cloud
Janakiram MSV of Forbes shares various statistics to support why “Ubuntu is most preferred OS by system administrators and DevOps professionals.” Included are the number of Ubuntu instances “launched in the cloud” In 2015, major organizations that run Ubuntu and more.
In The Blogosphere
Other Articles of Interest
Linux 4.4 - https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/1/10/305
Featured Audio and Video
Ubuntu Community Team Q&A - 12th January 2016
David Planella, Daniel Holbach and Nicholas Skaggs introduce another regular Ubuntu on Air! broadcast on behalf of Canonical’s Community team. They talk briefly about SCALE14x and Google Code In, and then answer general questions that are put to them on IRC.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czqxsk4dNtU
Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
Kernel Team - January 12, 2016 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Newsletter/2016-01-12
Security Team - January 11, 2016 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20160111
Monthly Team Reports: <MONTH> <YEAR>
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
Ubuntu 14.04 Updates
Ubuntu 15.04 Updates
Ubuntu 15.10 Updates
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Conclusion
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Credits
The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:
- Elizabeth K. Joseph
- Simon Quigley
- Chris Guiver
- Paul White
- And many others
Glossary of Terms
Other acronyms can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/glossary
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