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| ## Make each article a subsection, via === ## These are big articles that don't fit within another section ## Suggested sources: ubuntu-news-team mailing list, fridge.ubuntu.com === 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) |
=== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) Final Beta released === Adam Conrad, on behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team, announces the last beta release of "Xenial Xerus” Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products, along with the participating flavors. He writes that the teams have been hard at work through this cycle, introducing new features and fixing bugs. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2016-March/000206.html Several news outlets and blogs have covered this news, the following is a selection from our editors: * Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) Final Beta Screenshot Tour - http://linux.softpedia.com/blog/ubuntu-16-04-lts-xenial-xerus-final-beta-screenshot-tour-502161.shtml * Ubuntu MATE 16.04 LTS Beta 2 Adds UI Refinements, Synapse Integration for MATE - http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-mate-16-04-lts-beta-2-adds-ui-refinements-synapse-integration-for-mate-502152.shtml * Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Final Beta Based On Linux Kernel 4.4.6 LTS To Be Released Today - http://www.mobipicker.com/ubuntu-16-04-lts-final-beta-based-on-linux-kernel-4-4-6-lts-to-be-released/ * Ubuntu 16.04 Flavors Make Second Beta Available to Download - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/03/ubuntu-16-04-beta-2-flavors-released * Canonical releases Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS 'Xenial Xerus' Final Beta - http://betanews.com/2016/03/25/canonical-ubuntu-linux-xenial-xerus/ * Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus Final Beta Available For Download [Video, Screenshots] - http://www.webupd8.org/2016/03/ubuntu-1604-xenial-xerus-final-beta.html |
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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/ |
=== Speaking at San Diego Linux users group === Philip Ballew gives us a brief description of his recent Ubuntu talk at the San Diego Linux Users Group. He says, “I spoke about ways to customize your Ubuntu desktop, the talk finished a little earlier than the group meeting was planned to go to, so I used that time to talk about some of the server stuff with Ubuntu, as well as the switch to systemd.” He ends by thanking the group for the invite. https://philipballew.wordpress.com/2016/03/21/speaking-at-san-diego-linux-users-group/ |
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| ## This section is for Ubuntu News from "The Planet" at http://planet.ubuntu.com/ | === Nicholas Skaggs: Reflections === Nicholas Skaggs reflects upon the work he’s done in Quality Assurance over the past couple years, and thanks folks who have been involved, writing: “Oftentimes quality can be a background job, with thank you's going unsaid, while complaints are easy to find. Truly, it's been wonderful learning and hacking on quality efforts with you. So thank you!” In what he admit sounds like a farewell, he announces that moving forward he will be transitioning to working on improving the quality story for Juju. http://www.theorangenotebook.com/2016/03/reflections.html === Julian Andres Klode: Dropping SHA-1 support in APT === Julian Andres Klode discusses the move to disable SHA1 support for future releases, packages and source files, writing that “disabling the SHA1 support requires a bit of patching in our test suite, it’s best to do that now than later when we’re forced to do it.” He continues by sketching out a timeline for completion of this switch, including enforcement of SHA2 for GPG signatures. https://juliank.wordpress.com/2016/03/14/dropping-sha-1-support-in-apt/ Julian also wrote a follow up post, "Clarifications and updates on APT + SHA1" - https://juliank.wordpress.com/2016/03/15/clarifications-and-updates-on-apt-sha1/ === Michael Hall: Help make Gnome Software beautiful === Michael Hall writes an article which touches on enhancing the new Gnome Software application for Ubuntu 16.04 release, which is replacing the Ubuntu Software Center. He shares a key way to improve the look and feel, but adding application icons that are missing and the steps to follow to submit an icon. http://mhall119.com/2016/03/help-make-gnome-software-beautiful/ === Stéphane Graber: LXD 2.0: Installing and configuring LXD & Your first LXD container [2-4/12] === Stéphane Graber continues in his series of articles about LXD. These three describe how to obtain new releases of LXD, directions on how to install it and handling resource (Disk, CPU, Memory, Network I/O and Block I/O) control. https://www.stgraber.org/2016/03/15/lxd-2-0-installing-and-configuring-lxd-212/ & https://www.stgraber.org/2016/03/19/lxd-2-0-your-first-lxd-container-312/ & https://www.stgraber.org/2016/03/26/lxd-2-0-resource-control-412/ === Kubuntu: A Big Blue Button & Kubuntu Party 2 === The Kubuntu team writes about their recent online packaging party hosted on the Big Blue Button video conferencing platform. They share details about the event, along with a thanks to the Big Blue Button team for supporting their work. In a follow-up post, they go on to share details about another party being planned in the future. http://www.kubuntu.org/news/a-big-blue-button/ & http://www.kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-part-2/ === Xubuntu 16.04 Wallpaper Competition === The Xubuntu team announces the beginning of the wallpaper contest for images to be submitted for inclusion in the Xubuntu community wallpapers package for the 16.04 release. They outline submission terms, guidelines and procedures and note that the deadline for submissions is April 1st. http://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-16-04-wallpaper-competition/ === Ubuntu App Developer Blog: Ride With Us: The Road To UI Toolkit 2.0 === Zsombor Egri states the problems with the current Toolkit 1.3 implementation and explains why the developement for version 2.0 will start soon. He writes that toolkit 2.0 will break the API and make it more flexible but that the performance of Toolkit 2.0 should be much better because they will not rely heavily on Javascript anymore. Development will be made in a lab module, where they’re asking community members to try out each component before it lands to the stable module. http://developer.ubuntu.com/en/blog/2016/03/23/ride-us-road-ui-toolkit-20/ |
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| ## This section is for Ubuntu News from elsewhere in the community: ## mailing lists, team blogs not on planet, etc |
=== Status update from the Community Team (Wk 11-12) === Michael Hall, on behalf of the Canonical Community Team, gives us some updates from the community for weeks 11 and 12 of 2016. There’s some work on Snappy and Ubuntu Phone apps, as well as some general items such as a meeting with the Docs team, collecting Scopes Showdown results, and saying goodbye to Nicholas Skaggs, “Said goodbye to Nick[3] - all the best in juju QA!” https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-community-team/2016-March/001152.html |
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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 |
* Renting bare-metal (as a Service) with MAAS - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/03/15/delivering-bare-metal-as-a-service-with-maas/ * Juju Charm Partner News: March 2016 - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/03/17/juju-charm-partner-news-march-2016/ * Tele2 begins major shift to cloud with Canonical - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/03/23/tele2-begins-major-shift-to-cloud-with-canonical/ * Employee Open``Stack Spotlight – Bill Bauman - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/03/24/openstack-summit-spotlight/ |
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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 |
=== SDK Planning for 16.10 === Zoltán Balogh from the Ubuntu SDK Team highlights some goals for the Ubuntu SDK in 16.10, “We have a clear commitment for the upcoming cycle: We will make it faster!” They point out some feature gaps they have to close, the need and progress on an API tracker, and the release cycle they plan on using. They end by pointing out their emphasis on openness, “We will keep publishing technical blog posts and videocasts about what is going on in the SDK workshops. We welcome all contributions to our projects and we are going to participate in various events to hear developers and to share information.” http://developer.ubuntu.com/en/blog/2016/03/16/planning-the-sdk-16-10/ |
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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 |
* VIP Internet turns to Canonical’s Juju for instant service creation - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/03/14/vip-internet-turns-to-canonicals-juju-for-instant-service-creation/ * Flexwebhosting spins up services in record time with Canonical - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/03/14/flexwebhosting-spins-up-services-in-record-time-with-canonical/ * MWC 2016: Our biggest show yet - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/03/23/mwc-2016-our-biggest-show-yet/ |
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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. |
=== Yet Another Reason Why Ubuntu MATE 16.04 Will Rock === Joey-Elijah Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! highlights some interesting changes relating to GTK in Ubuntu MATE that will land in Ubuntu MATE 16.04 LTS, set to release in late April, from Martin Wimpress’ recent Google+ post. He says, “Ubuntu MATE 16.04 will offer full support for Client Side Decoration (CSD) and GTK Header Bar applications out of the box.” He goes on to point out a screenshot and some applications that could use this, “Header bars span a range of apps, from the increasingly useful GNOME Photos to the geek-friendly Polari IRC client and by way of the fantastic Corebird desktop Twitter app.” http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/03/ubuntu-mate-16-04-client-side-decoration === NVIDIA GeForce vs. Radeon/AMDGPU OpenGL Performance On Ubuntu 16.04 === Michael Larabel of Phoronix writes an article summarizing performance, comparing NVIDIA and AMD OpenGL drivers on Ubuntu Xenial Xerus, the development branch that is set to release in late April. He shows us some statistics using various graphics cards and drivers, for NVIDIA and AMD. He summarizes the results with: “So while it's exciting that the open-source Radeon Linux driver stack is maturing and becoming much more competitive with Catalyst, the whole AMD Linux driver stack with regard to OpenGL performance still needs to be improved. In several of these tests, all of the tested AMD hardware was slower than all of the NVIDIA Ge``Force hardware.” http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=nvidia-amd-xenial&num=1 === Logic Supply Unveils New Rugged Industrial Panel PC That Runs Ubuntu or Windows === In this article, Marius Nestor of Softpedia, explains that Logic Supply’s Industrial Panel PC which supports both Ubuntu and Windows operating systems. Marius reports that Logic Supply stated that it is for industrial settings in which ruggedness is desired and that JP Ishaq, Head of Product Management at Logic Supply, states that “it's rare to find this combination of quality, performance, and ruggedness in a Panel PC.” http://news.softpedia.com/news/logic-supply-unveils-new-rugged-industrial-panel-pc-that-runs-ubuntu-or-windows-501787.shtml === It's Official, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Now Lets Users Move the Unity Launcher to Bottom === Marius Nestor of Softpedia reports about Unity 7’s recent integration of a frequently requested feature, the ability to move the launcher to the bottom of the screen. “...Ubuntu Unity developer Marco Trevisan announced yesterday on his Google+ page that Canonical finally decided to merge the hard work done by the Ubuntu Kylin team to bring the Unity 7 Launcher on the bottom edge.” He gives instructions about how to do this and a screenshot to show the end result. http://news.softpedia.com/news/it-s-official-ubuntu-16-04-lts-now-lets-you-move-the-unity-launcher-to-bottom-501932.shtml === Ubuntu being pulled into "game changing" areas – Canonical CEO === Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Ubuntu Canonical, says “Ubuntu developers are now targeting the company’s Ubuntu platform for areas such as Network Function Virtualisation and Internet of Things.” Mark Shuttleworth states Ubuntu’s convergence idea is that we all want to carry one device. Their goal, he states, is to “deliver the same code on a tablet, a phone, and a PC.” http://www.mobileworldlive.com/featured-content/home-banner/ubuntu-is-beginning-to-branch-out-canonicals-shuttleworth/ === This Is What The Official Mascot of Ubuntu 16.04 Looks Like === “The official mascot animal artwork for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS has been unveiled!” Joey-Elijah Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! shows us the design of the Xenial Xerus, the mascot for the upcoming release of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, to be released in late April. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/03/official-mascot-ubuntu-16-04-looks-like |
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| ## Any news or links that don't fit neatly into other sections. == Other Articles of Interest == ## Bullet-point list of articles that are more generic linux in nature |
=== Full Circle Magazine #107 === Full Circle - the independent magazine for the Ubuntu Linux community are proud to announce the release of issue one hundred and seven. This month: * Command & Conquer * How-To : Python, Libre``Office, Migrating From VAX, and The Pocket Server * Graphics : Inkscape * Chrome Cult: Apricity OS * Linux Labs: Building A 3D Printer * Ubuntu Devices * Review: Able2``Extract 10, and Deepin OS * Ubuntu Games: Saints Row IV, and The Kindred plus: News, Arduino, Q&A, and soooo much more. Get it while it's hot! http://fullcirclemagazine.org/issue-107 |
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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: S09E03 – Arms Akimbo - Ubuntu Podcast === It’s Episode Three of Season Nine of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson, Laura Cowen and Martin Wimpress are connected and speaking to your brain. In this week’s show: * We discuss the news * We discuss the community news and events * We discuss playing with Snappy on the Raspberry Pi, and watching long, old films for many hours at the Prince Charles Cinema. * And more http://ubuntupodcast.org/2016/03/17/s09e03-arms-akimbo/ === Ubuntu Community Team Q&A - 15th March 2016 === Daniel Holbach and Alan Pope present an hour of updates on behalf of the Canonical Community Team. They open with announcements about the Ubuntu Online Summit, Ubu``Con Europe, and GNOME Software. They then answer questions to them provided over IRC. The questions were primarily about Ubuntu Touch, Ubuntu Phones, and Community involvement, with some miscellaneous questions as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud9XP90zgn8 === Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S09E04 – Master of Unrelated Science - Ubuntu Podcast === It’s Episode Four of Season Nine of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson, Laura Cowen and Martin Wimpress are connected and speaking to your brain. In this week’s show: * Laura interviews Catherine Jones, New Media Engineer at the Science Museum in London, about building interactive displays. * We discuss bringing an O2 Joggler back to life, and fixing bugs ready for the next beta of Ubuntu MATE. * We share a Command Line Lurve – `ps_mem` * And more http://ubuntupodcast.org/2016/03/24/s09e04-master-of-unrelated-science/ === Ubuntu Community Team Q&A - 22nd March 2016 === Canonical's David Calle and Michael Hall hosted this week's Q&A where they discuss updates on the latest Ubuntu development and then took user questions on the air. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt028wLuI74 === Full Circle Weekly News #09 === 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-09 |
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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 - March 22, 2016 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Newsletter/2016-03-22 * Security Team - March 14 & 21, 2016 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20160314 & https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20160321 * Server Team - March 15 & 22, 2016 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/20160315 & https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/20160322 |
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WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 459 for the week March 14 - 27, 2016.
In This Issue
General Community News
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) Final Beta released
Adam Conrad, on behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team, announces the last beta release of "Xenial Xerus” Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products, along with the participating flavors. He writes that the teams have been hard at work through this cycle, introducing new features and fixing bugs.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2016-March/000206.html
Several news outlets and blogs have covered this news, the following is a selection from our editors:
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) Final Beta Screenshot Tour - http://linux.softpedia.com/blog/ubuntu-16-04-lts-xenial-xerus-final-beta-screenshot-tour-502161.shtml
Ubuntu MATE 16.04 LTS Beta 2 Adds UI Refinements, Synapse Integration for MATE - http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-mate-16-04-lts-beta-2-adds-ui-refinements-synapse-integration-for-mate-502152.shtml
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Final Beta Based On Linux Kernel 4.4.6 LTS To Be Released Today - http://www.mobipicker.com/ubuntu-16-04-lts-final-beta-based-on-linux-kernel-4-4-6-lts-to-be-released/
Ubuntu 16.04 Flavors Make Second Beta Available to Download - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/03/ubuntu-16-04-beta-2-flavors-released
Canonical releases Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS 'Xenial Xerus' Final Beta - http://betanews.com/2016/03/25/canonical-ubuntu-linux-xenial-xerus/
Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus Final Beta Available For Download [Video, Screenshots] - http://www.webupd8.org/2016/03/ubuntu-1604-xenial-xerus-final-beta.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
Speaking at San Diego Linux users group
Philip Ballew gives us a brief description of his recent Ubuntu talk at the San Diego Linux Users Group. He says, “I spoke about ways to customize your Ubuntu desktop, the talk finished a little earlier than the group meeting was planned to go to, so I used that time to talk about some of the server stuff with Ubuntu, as well as the switch to systemd.” He ends by thanking the group for the invite.
https://philipballew.wordpress.com/2016/03/21/speaking-at-san-diego-linux-users-group/
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
Nicholas Skaggs: Reflections
Nicholas Skaggs reflects upon the work he’s done in Quality Assurance over the past couple years, and thanks folks who have been involved, writing: “Oftentimes quality can be a background job, with thank you's going unsaid, while complaints are easy to find. Truly, it's been wonderful learning and hacking on quality efforts with you. So thank you!”
In what he admit sounds like a farewell, he announces that moving forward he will be transitioning to working on improving the quality story for Juju.
http://www.theorangenotebook.com/2016/03/reflections.html
Julian Andres Klode: Dropping SHA-1 support in APT
Julian Andres Klode discusses the move to disable SHA1 support for future releases, packages and source files, writing that “disabling the SHA1 support requires a bit of patching in our test suite, it’s best to do that now than later when we’re forced to do it.” He continues by sketching out a timeline for completion of this switch, including enforcement of SHA2 for GPG signatures.
https://juliank.wordpress.com/2016/03/14/dropping-sha-1-support-in-apt/
Julian also wrote a follow up post, "Clarifications and updates on APT + SHA1" - https://juliank.wordpress.com/2016/03/15/clarifications-and-updates-on-apt-sha1/
Michael Hall: Help make Gnome Software beautiful
Michael Hall writes an article which touches on enhancing the new Gnome Software application for Ubuntu 16.04 release, which is replacing the Ubuntu Software Center. He shares a key way to improve the look and feel, but adding application icons that are missing and the steps to follow to submit an icon.
http://mhall119.com/2016/03/help-make-gnome-software-beautiful/
Stéphane Graber: LXD 2.0: Installing and configuring LXD & Your first LXD container [2-4/12]
Stéphane Graber continues in his series of articles about LXD. These three describe how to obtain new releases of LXD, directions on how to install it and handling resource (Disk, CPU, Memory, Network I/O and Block I/O) control.
https://www.stgraber.org/2016/03/15/lxd-2-0-installing-and-configuring-lxd-212/ & https://www.stgraber.org/2016/03/19/lxd-2-0-your-first-lxd-container-312/ & https://www.stgraber.org/2016/03/26/lxd-2-0-resource-control-412/
Kubuntu: A Big Blue Button & Kubuntu Party 2
The Kubuntu team writes about their recent online packaging party hosted on the Big Blue Button video conferencing platform. They share details about the event, along with a thanks to the Big Blue Button team for supporting their work. In a follow-up post, they go on to share details about another party being planned in the future.
http://www.kubuntu.org/news/a-big-blue-button/ & http://www.kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-part-2/
Xubuntu 16.04 Wallpaper Competition
The Xubuntu team announces the beginning of the wallpaper contest for images to be submitted for inclusion in the Xubuntu community wallpapers package for the 16.04 release. They outline submission terms, guidelines and procedures and note that the deadline for submissions is April 1st.
http://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-16-04-wallpaper-competition/
Ubuntu App Developer Blog: Ride With Us: The Road To UI Toolkit 2.0
Zsombor Egri states the problems with the current Toolkit 1.3 implementation and explains why the developement for version 2.0 will start soon. He writes that toolkit 2.0 will break the API and make it more flexible but that the performance of Toolkit 2.0 should be much better because they will not rely heavily on Javascript anymore. Development will be made in a lab module, where they’re asking community members to try out each component before it lands to the stable module.
http://developer.ubuntu.com/en/blog/2016/03/23/ride-us-road-ui-toolkit-20/
Other Community News
Status update from the Community Team (Wk 11-12)
Michael Hall, on behalf of the Canonical Community Team, gives us some updates from the community for weeks 11 and 12 of 2016. There’s some work on Snappy and Ubuntu Phone apps, as well as some general items such as a meeting with the Docs team, collecting Scopes Showdown results, and saying goodbye to Nicholas Skaggs, “Said goodbye to Nick[3] - all the best in juju QA!”
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-community-team/2016-March/001152.html
Ubuntu Cloud News
Renting bare-metal (as a Service) with MAAS - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/03/15/delivering-bare-metal-as-a-service-with-maas/
Juju Charm Partner News: March 2016 - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/03/17/juju-charm-partner-news-march-2016/
Tele2 begins major shift to cloud with Canonical - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/03/23/tele2-begins-major-shift-to-cloud-with-canonical/
Employee OpenStack Spotlight – Bill Bauman - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/03/24/openstack-summit-spotlight/
Ubuntu Phone News
SDK Planning for 16.10
Zoltán Balogh from the Ubuntu SDK Team highlights some goals for the Ubuntu SDK in 16.10, “We have a clear commitment for the upcoming cycle: We will make it faster!” They point out some feature gaps they have to close, the need and progress on an API tracker, and the release cycle they plan on using. They end by pointing out their emphasis on openness, “We will keep publishing technical blog posts and videocasts about what is going on in the SDK workshops. We welcome all contributions to our projects and we are going to participate in various events to hear developers and to share information.”
http://developer.ubuntu.com/en/blog/2016/03/16/planning-the-sdk-16-10/
Canonical News
VIP Internet turns to Canonical’s Juju for instant service creation - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/03/14/vip-internet-turns-to-canonicals-juju-for-instant-service-creation/
Flexwebhosting spins up services in record time with Canonical - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/03/14/flexwebhosting-spins-up-services-in-record-time-with-canonical/
* MWC 2016: Our biggest show yet - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/03/23/mwc-2016-our-biggest-show-yet/
In The Blogosphere
Yet Another Reason Why Ubuntu MATE 16.04 Will Rock
Joey-Elijah Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! highlights some interesting changes relating to GTK in Ubuntu MATE that will land in Ubuntu MATE 16.04 LTS, set to release in late April, from Martin Wimpress’ recent Google+ post. He says, “Ubuntu MATE 16.04 will offer full support for Client Side Decoration (CSD) and GTK Header Bar applications out of the box.” He goes on to point out a screenshot and some applications that could use this, “Header bars span a range of apps, from the increasingly useful GNOME Photos to the geek-friendly Polari IRC client and by way of the fantastic Corebird desktop Twitter app.”
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/03/ubuntu-mate-16-04-client-side-decoration
NVIDIA GeForce vs. Radeon/AMDGPU OpenGL Performance On Ubuntu 16.04
Michael Larabel of Phoronix writes an article summarizing performance, comparing NVIDIA and AMD OpenGL drivers on Ubuntu Xenial Xerus, the development branch that is set to release in late April. He shows us some statistics using various graphics cards and drivers, for NVIDIA and AMD. He summarizes the results with: “So while it's exciting that the open-source Radeon Linux driver stack is maturing and becoming much more competitive with Catalyst, the whole AMD Linux driver stack with regard to OpenGL performance still needs to be improved. In several of these tests, all of the tested AMD hardware was slower than all of the NVIDIA GeForce hardware.”
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=nvidia-amd-xenial&num=1
Logic Supply Unveils New Rugged Industrial Panel PC That Runs Ubuntu or Windows
In this article, Marius Nestor of Softpedia, explains that Logic Supply’s Industrial Panel PC which supports both Ubuntu and Windows operating systems. Marius reports that Logic Supply stated that it is for industrial settings in which ruggedness is desired and that JP Ishaq, Head of Product Management at Logic Supply, states that “it's rare to find this combination of quality, performance, and ruggedness in a Panel PC.”
It's Official, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Now Lets Users Move the Unity Launcher to Bottom
Marius Nestor of Softpedia reports about Unity 7’s recent integration of a frequently requested feature, the ability to move the launcher to the bottom of the screen. “...Ubuntu Unity developer Marco Trevisan announced yesterday on his Google+ page that Canonical finally decided to merge the hard work done by the Ubuntu Kylin team to bring the Unity 7 Launcher on the bottom edge.” He gives instructions about how to do this and a screenshot to show the end result.
Ubuntu being pulled into "game changing" areas – Canonical CEO
Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Ubuntu Canonical, says “Ubuntu developers are now targeting the company’s Ubuntu platform for areas such as Network Function Virtualisation and Internet of Things.” Mark Shuttleworth states Ubuntu’s convergence idea is that we all want to carry one device. Their goal, he states, is to “deliver the same code on a tablet, a phone, and a PC.”
This Is What The Official Mascot of Ubuntu 16.04 Looks Like
“The official mascot animal artwork for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS has been unveiled!” Joey-Elijah Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! shows us the design of the Xenial Xerus, the mascot for the upcoming release of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, to be released in late April.
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/03/official-mascot-ubuntu-16-04-looks-like
In Other News
Full Circle Magazine #107
Full Circle - the independent magazine for the Ubuntu Linux community are proud to announce the release of issue one hundred and seven.
This month:
Command & Conquer
How-To : Python, LibreOffice, Migrating From VAX, and The Pocket Server
- Graphics : Inkscape
- Chrome Cult: Apricity OS
- Linux Labs: Building A 3D Printer
- Ubuntu Devices
Review: Able2Extract 10, and Deepin OS
- Ubuntu Games: Saints Row IV, and The Kindred
plus: News, Arduino, Q&A, and soooo much more.
Get it while it's hot!
http://fullcirclemagazine.org/issue-107
Featured Audio and Video
Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S09E03 – Arms Akimbo - Ubuntu Podcast
It’s Episode Three of Season Nine of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson, Laura Cowen and Martin Wimpress are connected and speaking to your brain.
In this week’s show:
- We discuss the news
- We discuss the community news and events
- We discuss playing with Snappy on the Raspberry Pi, and watching long, old films for many hours at the Prince Charles Cinema.
- And more
http://ubuntupodcast.org/2016/03/17/s09e03-arms-akimbo/
Ubuntu Community Team Q&A - 15th March 2016
Daniel Holbach and Alan Pope present an hour of updates on behalf of the Canonical Community Team. They open with announcements about the Ubuntu Online Summit, UbuCon Europe, and GNOME Software. They then answer questions to them provided over IRC. The questions were primarily about Ubuntu Touch, Ubuntu Phones, and Community involvement, with some miscellaneous questions as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud9XP90zgn8
Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S09E04 – Master of Unrelated Science - Ubuntu Podcast
It’s Episode Four of Season Nine of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson, Laura Cowen and Martin Wimpress are connected and speaking to your brain.
In this week’s show:
- Laura interviews Catherine Jones, New Media Engineer at the Science Museum in London, about building interactive displays.
- We discuss bringing an O2 Joggler back to life, and fixing bugs ready for the next beta of Ubuntu MATE.
We share a Command Line Lurve – ps_mem
- And more
http://ubuntupodcast.org/2016/03/24/s09e04-master-of-unrelated-science/
Ubuntu Community Team Q&A - 22nd March 2016
Canonical's David Calle and Michael Hall hosted this week's Q&A where they discuss updates on the latest Ubuntu development and then took user questions on the air.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lt028wLuI74
Full Circle Weekly News #09
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-09
Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
Kernel Team - March 22, 2016 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Newsletter/2016-03-22
Security Team - March 14 & 21, 2016 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20160314 & https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20160321
Server Team - March 15 & 22, 2016 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/20160315 & https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/20160322
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 15.10 Updates
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