Issue454


Contents

  1. In This Issue
  2. General Community News
    1. GCI [Google Code-In] Wrap-up
  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 News
    1. Ubuntu Xenial Xerus 16.04 LTS Release Party
    2. Trip report: UbuCon Summit + SCaLE14x
    3. UbuCon and SCaLE 2016 trip report
  5. LoCo Events
  6. The Planet
    1. Simon Quigley: Ubuntu Membership!
    2. Didier Roche: Ubuntu Make 16.02 brings Nodejs, Lighttable IDE, Spring Tools Suite and JetBrains' Datagrip
    3. Nicholas Skaggs: Prepping for a Summer of Code!
    4. Ubuntu Leadership Team Is Now [A Part] Of Ubuntu Community Team
  7. Other Community News
    1. New Ubuntu Flavours download page
    2. Status update from the Community Team (Wk 1-6)
  8. Ubuntu Cloud News
  9. Ubuntu Phone News
    1. All questions about Ubuntu Phone
  10. Canonical News
  11. In The Press
    1. Canonical reckons Android phone-makers will switch to Ubuntu
  12. In The Blogosphere
    1. This Is The Fairphone 2 Running Ubuntu
    2. GNOME Software Gets Comment and Rating Support with Help from Ubuntu Dev
    3. Latest Mesa Update Lands In Ubuntu 16.04, Enables OpenGL 4.1 With LLVM 3.8
    4. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS to Let Users Change the Visibility of App Menus in Unity Panel
    5. Canonical Will Be Present at MWC 2016 to Showcase Its Ubuntu Convergence
  13. Other Articles of Interest
  14. Featured Audio and Video
    1. Ubuntu Community Team Q&A - 9th February 2016
    2. Snappy Ubuntu Core Clinic
  15. Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  16. Upcoming Meetings and Events
  17. Updates and Security for 12.04, 14.04 and 15.10
    1. Security Updates
    2. Ubuntu 12.04 Updates
    3. Ubuntu 14.04 Updates
    4. Ubuntu 15.10 Updates
  18. Subscribe
  19. Archives
  20. Additional Ubuntu News
  21. Conclusion
  22. Credits
  23. Glossary of Terms
  24. Ubuntu - Get Involved
  25. Feedback

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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 454 for the week February 8 - 14, 2016.

In This Issue

  • GCI [Google Code-In] Wrap-up
  • Ubuntu Stats
  • Ubuntu Xenial Xerus 16.04 LTS Release Party

  • Trip report: UbuCon Summit + SCaLE14x

  • UbuCon and SCaLE 2016 trip report

  • LoCo Events

  • Simon Quigley: Ubuntu Membership!

  • Didier Roche: Ubuntu Make 16.02 brings Nodejs, Lighttable IDE, Spring Tools Suite and JetBrains' Datagrip

  • Nicholas Skaggs: Prepping for a Summer of Code!
  • Ubuntu Leadership Team Is Now [A Part] Of Ubuntu Community Team
  • New Ubuntu Flavours download page
  • Status update from the Community Team (Wk 1-6)
  • Ubuntu Cloud News
  • All questions about Ubuntu Phone
  • Canonical News
  • Canonical reckons Android phone-makers will switch to Ubuntu
  • 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 15.10
  • And much more!

General Community News

GCI [Google Code-In] Wrap-up

Nicholas Skaggs writes a wrap-up where he announces that 215 students finished more than 500 tasks in the Google Code-In (GCI) 2015 for Ubuntu. He thanks the students and their mentors and discloses the winners' names, Daniyaal Rasheed and Matthew Allen, as well as the finalists, Evan McIntire, Girish Rawat and Malena Vasquez Currie.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-community-team/2016-February/001010.html

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open (118782) +222 over last week
  • Critical (321) +6 over last week
  • Unconfirmed (58212) +136 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: Rinzwind (http://askubuntu.com/users/15811/rinzwind), cl-netbox (http://askubuntu.com/users/260935/cl-netbox), wilfo (http://askubuntu.com/users/220167/wilfo), Pilot6 (http://askubuntu.com/users/167850/pilot6) and muru (http://askubuntu.com/users/158442/muru)

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

LoCo News

Ubuntu Xenial Xerus 16.04 LTS Release Party

MajB of the Arizona LoCo team writes about the upcoming Ubuntu 16.04 Long Term Support release and says, “The release of a new LTS versions means many things to many people but it means PARTY TIME to me.” He goes on to propose several dates in April and May to the team for a release party in Phoenix and extends a special invitation to community members who “do not normally travel to the Phoenix metropolitan area to attend events.”

http://azloco.com/node/232

Trip report: UbuCon Summit + SCaLE14x

Daniel Holbach writes about his experience after attending UbuCon Summit and SCaLE14x in California this past January, reporting how the first of these summits went.

https://daniel.holba.ch/blog/2016/02/trip-report-ubucon-summit-scale14x/

UbuCon and SCaLE 2016 trip report

Sergio Schvezov tells us about his experiences at UbuCon and SCaLE. Videos are also included. For example, the Ubuntu Leadership panel mediated by Jono at UbuCon (55 mins) to Mark’s SCaLE keynote (48 mins) and many more. If you missed these conferences, this report may fill in a few of the blanks.

http://blog.sergiusens.org/posts/UbuCon-and-SCaLE-2016-trip-report/

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

Simon Quigley: Ubuntu Membership!

Simon Quigley lets us know his experience on becoming an Ubuntu Member and some things you should have in mind if you are considering applying to become one.

http://fromadifferentperspectivetsimonq2.blogspot.com/2016/02/ubuntu-membership.html

Didier Roche: Ubuntu Make 16.02 brings Nodejs, Lighttable IDE, Spring Tools Suite and JetBrains' Datagrip

Didier Roche announces the latest release of Ubuntu Make, including support for nodeJS and the LightTable IDE, as well as Eclipse-based Spring Tools Suite, and the DataGrip IDE for database administration and SQL development. Simultaneously, he points out a point release to fix Visual Studio Code. He also describes the particular members of the community responsible for these contributions.

http://blog.didrocks.fr/post/Ubuntu-Make-16.02-brings-Nodejs%2C-Lighttable-IDE%2C-Spring-Tools-Suite-and-JeBrains-Datagrip

Nicholas Skaggs: Prepping for a Summer of Code!

Nicholas Skaggs explains Ubuntu has applied to participate in Google Summer of Code, a summer event uniting university students and open-source organizations to produce project ideas from the organization provided through mentoring. He invites mentors to sign up and provide ideas, and he offers resources for more information.

He continues on, stating that the GSOC takes place between May and August, so if you have the skills and time, please consider putting your name forward (to mentor). Project ideas may be submitted by Feb 19, and friends may assist in the mentoring to reduce workload.

http://www.theorangenotebook.com/2016/02/prepping-for-summer-of-code.html

Ubuntu Leadership Team Is Now [A Part] Of Ubuntu Community Team

Belkinsa blogs about frustrations with rebooting Ubuntu Leadership, and announces they have subsequently merged the Ubuntu Leadership Team with the Ubuntu Community Team.

http://senseopenness.com/ubuntu-leadership-team-is-now-apart-of-ubuntu-community-team/

Other Community News

New Ubuntu Flavours download page

Michael Hall announces, on behalf of the Community Council, that the Ubuntu download page now has a new row with information on how to download different Ubuntu flavors.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xubuntu-devel/2016-February/011022.html

Status update from the Community Team (Wk 1-6)

Daniel Holbach reports on the progress the Canonical Community Team has had in the past six weeks in different areas within the community, such as the Developer Portal, Snappy, Core Apps and more.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-community-team/2016-February/001028.html

Ubuntu Cloud News

Ubuntu Phone News

All questions about Ubuntu Phone

Marcos Costales answers some basic questions about Ubuntu on phones and the devices currently available for purchase.

http://thinkonbytes.blogspot.com/2016/02/all-questions-about-ubuntu-phone.html

Canonical News

In The Press

Canonical reckons Android phone-makers will switch to Ubuntu

The Register talks with Jane Silber at Canonical. Silber gave statements about Ubuntu being on more mobile phones later this year.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/02/09/canonical_ubuntu_google_android_partners

In The Blogosphere

This Is The Fairphone 2 Running Ubuntu

Scott Bouvier from OMG Ubuntu shares a photograph from Marius Gripsgård of Ubuntu running on a fairphone 2. The port is not ready for wider use because critical features like making calls and sending texts are not yet working.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/02/fairphone-2-ubuntu-touch-port-now-underway

GNOME Software Gets Comment and Rating Support with Help from Ubuntu Dev

Silviu Stahie informs us that GNOME Software is finally accepting reviews and votes for applications. The work was completed with the help of Ubuntu developer Robert Ancell. Canonical intends to replace Ubuntu Software Center with GNOME Software and wants to feature it in Ubuntu 16.04.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/gnome-software-gets-comment-and-rating-support-with-help-from-ubuntu-dev-500268.shtml

Latest Mesa Update Lands In Ubuntu 16.04, Enables OpenGL 4.1 With LLVM 3.8

Michael Larabel of Phoronix writes that Mesa 11.1.2 is in the process of landing for Ubuntu 16.04 and that this version is built against LLVM 3.8. LLVM 3.8 enables OpenGL 4.1 support.

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Mesa-LLVM-3.8-Ubuntu-16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS to Let Users Change the Visibility of App Menus in Unity Panel

Marius Nestor of Softpedia lets us know about some important updates that have arrived on Xenial (16.04), like menu visibility changes.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-16-04-lts-to-let-users-change-the-visibility-of-app-menus-in-unity-panel-500305.shtml

Canonical Will Be Present at MWC 2016 to Showcase Its Ubuntu Convergence

Marius Nestor of Softpedia writes about Canonical being present at MWC 2016 in Barcelona, Spain with some phones and especially the new BQ Aquaris M10 tablet, featuring convergence.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/canonical-will-be-present-at-mwc-2016-to-showcase-its-ubuntu-convergence-500338.shtml

Ubuntu Community Team Q&A - 9th February 2016

“This time around Ubuntu Devices Product Manager Richard Collins and Engineering Director Pat McGowan will be joining us on the second part of the hangout to answer your questions about the Ubuntu tablet announcement. Join us in a few hours and ask your questions!”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pe9QCZKJYOQ

Snappy Ubuntu Core Clinic

“Sergio Schvezov will lead this Snappy Clinic to talk about all the good new stuff which has come to snapcraft in the past weeks. Join us, see the demos, bring your questions!”

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

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 15.10

Security Updates

Ubuntu 12.04 Updates

End of Life - April 2017

Ubuntu 14.04 Updates

End of Life - April 2019

Ubuntu 15.10 Updates

End of Life - July 2016

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Glossary of Terms

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