Issue453
WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 453 for the week February 1 - 7, 2016.
In This Issue
General Community News
Welcome New Members and Developers
Walter Lapchynski, on behalf of the Ubuntu Membership Board, announces a new Ubuntu Member added on 4th February at the 2200 UTC meeting:
Simon Quigley (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/tsimonq2 | https://launchpad.net/~tsimonq2)
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2016-February/002399.html
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
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
Other Community News
Ubuntu Desktop on i386
Dimitri John Ledkov begins a discussion on the ubuntu-devel mailing list about the future of the i386 ISOs for the Ubuntu Desktop. He suggests that “people with i386-only hardware are unlikely to be capable to run Unity 7 Desktop, and probably run other Ubuntu variants“ and proposes ceasing to build, validate and ship the ubuntu-desktop-i386.iso, “we should only test the relevant multiarch i386 pieces that are there to support 3rd-party, i386-only apps on amd64 desktop.”
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2016-February/039161.html
Calling for Server Guide reviewers/contributors - - XENIAL
Peter Matulis calls for help reviewing the current Ubuntu Server Guide, invites us to visit the online site, and lists the subjects that need attention in order of priority. He requests help fixing specific bugs and validating reviews (merge proposals).
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-server/2016-February/007164.html
Ubuntu Cloud News
The Start of Charm: Another Guide for New Juju Charmers - http://blog.josephliau.com/the-start-of-charm-another-guide-for-new-juju-charmers/
Embeddable cards for Juju - http://design.canonical.com/2016/02/embeddable-cards-for-juju/
Telco Demos With Juju: DataStax - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/02/03/telco-demos-with-juju-datastax/
From the trenches: Juju ‘Management’ Camp - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/02/04/juju-management-camp/
Juju Charmer Summit Update - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/02/03/juju-charmer-summit-update/
Juju Charmers Summit: The Real Day - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/02/05/juju-charmers-summit-the-real-day/
Ubuntu Phone News
Canonical News
In The Press
In The Blogosphere
Dell will ship XPS 13 Developer Edition "Project Sputnik" Linux laptops with Skylake chips - http://www.pcworld.com/article/3029193/laptop-computers/dell-to-ship-xps-13-developer-edition-linux-laptop-with-skylake.html
Canonical Releases Groundbreaking Snapcraft 2.1 Ubuntu Snappy Creator Tool - http://news.softpedia.com/news/canonical-releases-groundbreaking-snapcraft-2-1-ubuntu-snappy-creator-tool-499880.shtml
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Will Ship An Older Version Of Nautilus - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/02/ubuntu-16-04-reverts-to-older-version-of-nautilus
Ubuntu Linux in the Wild: How a French University Uses Unity - http://thevarguy.com/open-source-application-software-companies/ubuntu-linux-wild-how-french-university-uses-unity
Ubuntu 6.06 To Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Performance Benchmarks: 10 Years Of Linux Performance - http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu-dapper-xerus&num=1
Canonical To Demo OnePlus & Sony Devices Running Ubuntu - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/02/ubuntu-phone-sony-oneplus-fairphone-community-ports
Ubuntu.com Gets a New Look for the Tablet Section, Rest of Website to Follow - http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-com-gets-a-new-look-for-the-tablet-section-rest-of-website-to-follow-499989.shtml
Featured Audio and Video
Community Team Q&A - 2nd February 2016
Alan Pope and Daniel Holbach present an hour of updates and Q&A on behalf of Canonical’s Community Team. After updating us on the recent UbuCon in Pasadena, and briefly discussing the next Google Summer of Code and the Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase for Ubuntu 16.04 they answer questions that are put to them on IRC.
Kubuntu Podcast #9 - Pimp your Plasma Desktop
“Welcome to the Kubuntu Podcast show - Join Aaron Honeycutt, Ovidiu-Florin BOGDAN and Rick Timmis as they discuss all things Kubuntu.”
Full Circle Weekly News #03
“A short podcast (<10 minutes) with just the news. No chit-chat. No time wasting. Just the latest FOSS/Linux/Ubuntu news.”
http://fullcirclemagazine.org/podcast/full-circle-weekly-news-03/
Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
Kernel Team - February 2, 2016 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Newsletter/2016-02-02
Security Team - February 1, 2016 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20160201
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 15.10
Security Updates
Ubuntu 12.04 Updates
Ubuntu 14.04 Updates
Ubuntu 15.04 Updates
Ubuntu 15.10 Updates
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