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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 Scopes Showdown: Here are the winners! ===

In a blog post on the Ubuntu Developer blog, the winners of the Ubuntu Scopes showdown have been announced. They write: “About half of the accepted entries are using the new Java``Script API, which is very exciting, to say the least. All developers have put their heart in these scopes and they all have their merits, but we had to pick the three best and also the one seen as the most innovative…”
The post goes on to link to a page listing the following and explaining what they do.

 * 1st winner: Academy by Roman Shchekin
 * 2nd winner: freesound › by Ricardo Silva
 * 3rd winner: Stock 'n' Roll › by Michael Weimann
 * Innovation prize: Glances Remote › by Pieter Engelbrecht

The blog post concludes by thanking all the participants and judges.

https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/blog/2016/04/13/ubuntu-scopes-showdown-here-are-winners/

=== Adding snaps for secure, transactional packages in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ===

Ollie Ries introduces his post by talking about how Ubuntu has expanded into the realm of phones and Internet of Things devices and how this has required them to “solve real problems in security and reliability.” He continues by announcing “In Ubuntu 16.04 LTS we will make it possible to install snap packages alongside traditional deb packages. These two packaging formats live quite comfortably next to one another and enable us to maintain our existing processes for development and updates to the OS.”

http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/04/13/snaps-for-classic-ubuntu/

This was big news across the Ubuntu community and beyond, the following articles about it were selected by our editors:
 * Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) to Offer Users Newer Software Ve * Ubuntu Open``Stack growth confirmed by latest Open``Stack User Survey - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/04/12/ubuntu-openstack-growth-confirmed-by-latest-openstack-user-survey/
 * Nova-LXD delivers bare-metal performance on Open``Stack, while Ironic delivers NSA-as-a-Service - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/04/13/nova-lxd-delivers-bare-metal-performance-on-openstack-while-ironic-delivers-nsa-as-a-service/
 * I hate cloud credentials - http://www.jorgecastro.org/2016/04/15/i-hate-cloud-credentials/
 * charm & charm-tools 2.0 - http://marcoceppi.com/2016/04/charm-2-point-oh/rsions via Snaps - http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-16-04-lts-xenial-xerus-to-offer-users-newer-software-versions-via-snaps-502879.shtml
 * Ubuntu 16.04 LTS will bring snap packages for up-to-date apps - http://www.neowin.net/news/ubuntu-1604-lts-will-bring-snap-packages-for-up-to-date-apps
 * Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: Adding Snaps For Secure, Transactional Packages - http://www.mobipicker.com/ubuntu-16-04-lts-adding-snaps-secure-transactional-packages/
* Ubuntu 16.04 LTS To Offer Updates Via Snap Packages - http://www.webupd8.org/2016/04/ubuntu-1604-lts-to-offer-updates-via.html
 * Snap! Ubuntu 16.04 Just Made Installing New Apps MUCH Easier - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/04/ubuntu-16-04-lts-snap-packages
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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 (120530) +52 over last week
    * Critical (338) +6 over last week
    * Unconfirmed (59211) -62 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 ====

 * What is the name of the security concept that explains why Linux asks for root password? http://askubuntu.com/questions/756662/what-is-the-name-of-the-security-concept-that-explains-why-linux-asks-for-root-p
 * What is the 'Badlock Bug'? http://askubuntu.com/questions/756608/what-is-the-badlock-bug
 * How do I transpose a row to a column in a tab-delimited file? http://askubuntu.com/questions/756521/how-do-i-transpose-a-row-to-a-column-in-a-tab-delimited-file
 * How to crop a portion of the screen in the Clipboard? http://askubuntu.com/questions/757304/how-to-crop-a-portion-of-the-screen-in-the-clipboard
 * What are these extra output lines in bash? http://askubuntu.com/questions/757566/what-are-these-extra-output-lines-in-bash

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

 * What is the 'Badlock Bug'? http://askubuntu.com/questions/756608/
 * What is the name of the security concept that explains why Linux asks for root password? http://askubuntu.com/questions/756662/
 * Batch-convert and split .ape with .cue to .flac in various folders from terminal http://askubuntu.com/questions/756800/
 * How do I install and manage GNOME Shell extensions? http://askubuntu.com/questions/757325/
 * Moving large amount of files (~100.000) http://askubuntu.com/questions/757941/

People Contributing the best questions and answers this week: Pilot6 (http://askubuntu.com/users/167850/pilot6), Oli (http://askubuntu.com/users/449/oli), Byte Commander (http://askubuntu.com/users/367990/byte-commander), Zacharee1 (http://askubuntu.com/users/274320/zacharee1) and techraf (http://askubuntu.com/users/457662/techraf)
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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  * Ubuntu-Hn at FLISOL, Ubuntu Honduras: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-hn/3344-ubuntu-hn-at-flisol/
 * Encontro Ubuntu-pt @ Sintra // Festa de lançamento Xenial Xerus, Ubuntu Portugal: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-pt/3349-encontro-ubuntu-pt-@-sintra-//-festa-de-lançamento-xenial-xerus/
 * Toronto Xenial Xerus Release Party, Ubuntu Canada: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-ca/3330-toronto-xenial-xerus-release-party/
 * Ubuntu 16.04 Release Party with #OGStack: Man-In-The-Packets, Ubuntu Malaysia Lo``Co Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-my/3355-ubuntu-16.04-release-party-with-#ogstack:-man-in-the-packets/
 * Flisol Amazonas 2016, Ubuntu Venezuela Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-ve/3298-flisol-amazonas-2016/
 * KW Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus Release Party, Ubuntu Canada: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-ca/3361-kw-ubuntu-16.04-xenial-xerus-release-party/
 * Sierra Vista Ubuntu Hour, Arizona Lo``Co Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-arizona/3337-sierra-vista-ubuntu-hour/
 * Ubuntu Hour Tempe Az, Arizona Lo``Co Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-arizona/3338-ubuntu-hour-tempe-az/
 * Feeling a little Squirrely? Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus Release Party, Colorado Ubuntu Local Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-us-co/3353-feeling-a-little-squirrely?-ubuntu-16.04-xenial-xerus-release-party/
 * Ubuntu Michigan 16.04 Release Party, Ubuntu-Michigan: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-us-mi/3354-ubuntu-michigan-16.04-release-party/
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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		 === Simon Quigley: Contributing to Ubuntu - 1 - Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter ===

Simon Quigley shares with us what it is like to contribute to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter (UWN). He describes the typical workflow day by day for the UWN and ways you can contribute as well.

http://tsimonq2.net/blog/2016/04/13/

=== Thomas Ward: Ubuntu Xenial: Adding php5.6 to Xenial ===

Thomas Ward tells us PPAs are the only way to get php5 access in Ubuntu Xenial, which is not supported by the Ubuntu Server Team, noting that the only available version is php7. He continues by providing the commands necessary to add php 5.6 to your Xenial boxes.

http://dark-net.net/?p=128

=== Thomas Ward: Ubuntu Xenial: NGINX and PHP7.0 ===

With NGINX 1.9.14 now available in Ubuntu Xenial, Thomas Ward shares some changes with us for those currently using NGINX with php5-fpm.

http://dark-net.net/?p=125

=== Andrea Corbellini: Running Docker Swarm inside LXC ===

Andrea Corbellini writes about his experiences using Docker Swarm inside LXC containers. Andrea, who's been using them for a while now says he finds them “pretty lightweight” compared to virtual machines, making LXC containers “ideal for development and simulation purposes.” He uses example including commands & real-output to shows us how to create a Swarm manager container, modify it, start it & install Docker and much more. The example is intended to simulate clusters on your machine, rather than showing how to create a production environment.

http://andrea.corbellini.name/2016/04/13/docker-swarm-inside-lxc/

=== Xubuntu: The small details: Panel layouts and Wallpapers ===

These blog posts, written by the Xubuntu team, are part of a series of posts to help you get more from your Xubuntu. In the first they detail how to get more from your panel, and in the other they explain how to get more from wallpapers including how to have a different wallpaper for each workspace, or have changing wallpapers.

http://xubuntu.org/news/small-details-panel-layouts/ & http://xubuntu.org/news/small-details-wallpapers/

=== Xubuntu: My media manager: Other alternatives ===

Xubuntu team continues their series on media managers with the last in a series, introducing a list of additional choices available to Xubuntu users. This blog post covers Amorak, Audacious, Banshee, Exaile and more, concluding by talking about command-line based players and media servers.

http://xubuntu.org/news/my-media-manager-other-alternatives/

=== Stéphane Graber: LXD 2.0: Docker in LXD and LXD in LXD [7-8/12] ===

Stéphane Graber continues his series on LXD by talking about using Docker with LXD and how it makes nested containers easy by demonstrating how to use LXD in LXD.

https://www.stgraber.org/2016/04/13/lxd-2-0-docker-in-lxd-712/ & https://www.stgraber.org/2016/04/14/lxd-2-0-lxd-in-lxd-812/

=== Dustin Kirkland: Docker 1.10 with Fan Networking in Ubuntu 16.04, for Every Architecture! ===

Dustin Kirkland of Ubuntu Product & Strategy team introduces Docker 1.10.3 supported on every Ubuntu architecture & 16.04LTS, and announces Ubuntu Fan Networking. Dustin shows using screen dumps the launching of a Docker application container inside an LXD machine container. Ubuntu Fan Networking is specially designed to connect all of your Docker containers across networks. Again Dustin through use of screen dumps provides examples of Ubuntu Fan Networking.

http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2016/04/docker-110-with-fan-networking-in.html

=== Elizabeth K. Joseph: Color an Ubuntu Xenial Xerus ===

Elizabeth K. Joseph shares a printable coloring page of a xerus created by Ronnie Tucker and the official xerus artwork provided by the Tom Macfarlane of the Canonical Design Team.

http://princessleia.com/journal/2016/04/color-an-ubuntu-xenial-xerus/

=== Kubuntu: Party 2 in Review ===

The Kubuntu blog reports on the second Kubuntu package party, held online on Friday, April 15th. They write, “It was a brilliant party, with a great atmosphere,which is not easy to achieve in a purely online setting.” They continue by listing various tasks that were worked on or completed, what they learned from running this second party and write that while the point of these parties initially was to “share knowledge and enable learning” their community has shown them that it’s also about “Having Fun and Make Friends!” A date of May 20th for the next party is set at the conclusion of the post.

http://www.kubuntu.org/news/party-2-in-review/
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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		  * Ubuntu OpenStack growth confirmed by latest OpenStack User Survey - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/04/12/ubuntu-openstack-growth-confirmed-by-latest-openstack-user-survey/
 * Nova-LXD delivers bare-metal performance on OpenStack, while Ironic delivers NSA-as-a-Service - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/04/13/nova-lxd-delivers-bare-metal-performance-on-openstack-while-ironic-delivers-nsa-as-a-service/
 * I hate cloud credentials - http://www.jorgecastro.org/2016/04/15/i-hate-cloud-credentials/
 * charm & charm-tools 2.0 - http://marcoceppi.com/2016/04/charm-2-point-oh/
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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.		  * Canonical Has ‘No Plans’ To Support Convergence on Meizu MX4 - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/04/meizu-mx4-ubuntu-convergence-support
 * Rugged, fanless mini-PC runs Ubuntu on Atom at 8.3 Watts - http://hackerboards.com/rugged-fanless-mini-pc-runs-ubuntu-on-dual-core-atom/
 * Understanding LXC and LXD, Canonical's Open Source Container Solution - http://thevarguy.com/open-source-application-software-companies/understanding-lxc-and-lxd-canonicals-open-source-containe
 * First Real World Reviews of the Bq M10 Ubuntu Edition Tablet Appear Online - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/04/m10-ubuntu-tablet-user-reviews-video
 * Snapcraft 2.8 Now Live in Ubuntu 16.04, Adds Support for Snappy's New Interfaces - http://news.softpedia.com/news/snapcraft-2-8-now-live-in-ubuntu-16-04-adds-support-for-snappy-s-new-interfaces-503019.shtml
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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 - April 12, 2016 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Newsletter/2016-04-12
 * Security Team - April 11, 2016 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20160411
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## Run security-and-updates/ListSecurity.py YEAR MONTH  * [USN-2948-2] Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) regression - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2016-April/003381.html
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## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH precise
## End of Life - April 2017		  * apt-cacher-ng 0.7.2-1ubuntu2.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-April/025120.html
 * libebml 1.2.2-2+deb7u1build0.12.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-April/025121.html
 * libstruts1.2-java 1.2.9-5+deb7u2build0.12.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-April/025122.html
 * libebml 1.2.2-2+deb7u1build0.12.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-April/025123.html
 * libstruts1.2-java 1.2.9-5+deb7u2build0.12.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-April/025124.html

End of Life - April 2017
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## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH trusty
## End of Life - April 2019		  * systemd 204-5ubuntu20.19 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021758.html
 * mstflint4 4.1.0+1.46.gb1cdaf7-1ubuntu1~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021759.html
 * apt-cacher-ng 0.7.26-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021760.html
 * open-gram 0.1.22+20131212-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021761.html
 * multipath-tools 0.4.9-3ubuntu7.11 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021762.html
 * corosync 2.3.3-1ubuntu3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021763.html
 * simple-scan 3.12.3-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021764.html
 * pcre3 1:8.31-2ubuntu2.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021765.html
 * lvm2 2.02.98-6ubuntu3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021766.html
 * libebml 1.3.0-2+deb8u1build0.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021767.html
 * libebml 1.3.0-2+deb8u1build0.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021768.html
 * thermald 1.4.3-5~14.04.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021769.html

End of Life - April 2019
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## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH wily
## End of Life - July 2016		  * mstflint4 4.1.0+1.46.gb1cdaf7-1ubuntu1~15.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-April/013110.html
 * apt-cacher-ng 0.8.5-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-April/013111.html
 * pcre3 2:8.35-7.1ubuntu1.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-April/013112.html
 * lvm2 2.02.122-1ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-April/013113.html
 * oar 2.5.4-2+deb8u1build0.15.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-April/013114.html
 * oar 2.5.4-2+deb8u1build0.15.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-April/013115.html
 * thermald 1.4.3-5ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-April/013116.html

End of Life - July 2016
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## Common acronyms


Contents

  1. In This Issue
  2. General Community News
    1. Ubuntu Scopes Showdown: Here are the winners!
    2. Adding snaps for secure, transactional packages in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  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. Simon Quigley: Contributing to Ubuntu - 1 - Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter
    2. Thomas Ward: Ubuntu Xenial: Adding php5.6 to Xenial
    3. Thomas Ward: Ubuntu Xenial: NGINX and PHP7.0
    4. Andrea Corbellini: Running Docker Swarm inside LXC
    5. Xubuntu: The small details: Panel layouts and Wallpapers
    6. Xubuntu: My media manager: Other alternatives
    7. Stéphane Graber: LXD 2.0: Docker in LXD and LXD in LXD [7-8/12]
    8. Dustin Kirkland: Docker 1.10 with Fan Networking in Ubuntu 16.04, for Every Architecture!
    9. Elizabeth K. Joseph: Color an Ubuntu Xenial Xerus
    10. Kubuntu: Party 2 in Review
  6. Ubuntu Cloud News
  7. Ubuntu Phone News
  8. Canonical News
  9. In The Press
  10. In The Blogosphere
  11. In Other News
  12. Other Articles of Interest
  13. Featured Audio and Video
  14. Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  15. Upcoming Meetings and Events
  16. 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
  17. Subscribe
  18. Archives
  19. Additional Ubuntu News
  20. Conclusion
  21. Credits
  22. Glossary of Terms
  23. Ubuntu - Get Involved
  24. Feedback

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WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 462 for the week April 11 - 17, 2016.

In This Issue

General Community News

Ubuntu Scopes Showdown: Here are the winners!

In a blog post on the Ubuntu Developer blog, the winners of the Ubuntu Scopes showdown have been announced. They write: “About half of the accepted entries are using the new JavaScript API, which is very exciting, to say the least. All developers have put their heart in these scopes and they all have their merits, but we had to pick the three best and also the one seen as the most innovative…” The post goes on to link to a page listing the following and explaining what they do.

  • 1st winner: Academy by Roman Shchekin
  • 2nd winner: freesound › by Ricardo Silva
  • 3rd winner: Stock 'n' Roll › by Michael Weimann
  • Innovation prize: Glances Remote › by Pieter Engelbrecht

The blog post concludes by thanking all the participants and judges.

https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/blog/2016/04/13/ubuntu-scopes-showdown-here-are-winners/

Adding snaps for secure, transactional packages in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Ollie Ries introduces his post by talking about how Ubuntu has expanded into the realm of phones and Internet of Things devices and how this has required them to “solve real problems in security and reliability.” He continues by announcing “In Ubuntu 16.04 LTS we will make it possible to install snap packages alongside traditional deb packages. These two packaging formats live quite comfortably next to one another and enable us to maintain our existing processes for development and updates to the OS.”

http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/04/13/snaps-for-classic-ubuntu/

This was big news across the Ubuntu community and beyond, the following articles about it were selected by our editors:

* Ubuntu 16.04 LTS To Offer Updates Via Snap Packages - http://www.webupd8.org/2016/04/ubuntu-1604-lts-to-offer-updates-via.html

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open (120530) +52 over last week
  • Critical (338) +6 over last week
  • Unconfirmed (59211) -62 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: Pilot6 (http://askubuntu.com/users/167850/pilot6), Oli (http://askubuntu.com/users/449/oli), Byte Commander (http://askubuntu.com/users/367990/byte-commander), Zacharee1 (http://askubuntu.com/users/274320/zacharee1) and techraf (http://askubuntu.com/users/457662/techraf)

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

Simon Quigley: Contributing to Ubuntu - 1 - Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter

Simon Quigley shares with us what it is like to contribute to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter (UWN). He describes the typical workflow day by day for the UWN and ways you can contribute as well.

http://tsimonq2.net/blog/2016/04/13/

Thomas Ward: Ubuntu Xenial: Adding php5.6 to Xenial

Thomas Ward tells us PPAs are the only way to get php5 access in Ubuntu Xenial, which is not supported by the Ubuntu Server Team, noting that the only available version is php7. He continues by providing the commands necessary to add php 5.6 to your Xenial boxes.

http://dark-net.net/?p=128

Thomas Ward: Ubuntu Xenial: NGINX and PHP7.0

With NGINX 1.9.14 now available in Ubuntu Xenial, Thomas Ward shares some changes with us for those currently using NGINX with php5-fpm.

http://dark-net.net/?p=125

Andrea Corbellini: Running Docker Swarm inside LXC

Andrea Corbellini writes about his experiences using Docker Swarm inside LXC containers. Andrea, who's been using them for a while now says he finds them “pretty lightweight” compared to virtual machines, making LXC containers “ideal for development and simulation purposes.” He uses example including commands & real-output to shows us how to create a Swarm manager container, modify it, start it & install Docker and much more. The example is intended to simulate clusters on your machine, rather than showing how to create a production environment.

http://andrea.corbellini.name/2016/04/13/docker-swarm-inside-lxc/

Xubuntu: The small details: Panel layouts and Wallpapers

These blog posts, written by the Xubuntu team, are part of a series of posts to help you get more from your Xubuntu. In the first they detail how to get more from your panel, and in the other they explain how to get more from wallpapers including how to have a different wallpaper for each workspace, or have changing wallpapers.

http://xubuntu.org/news/small-details-panel-layouts/ & http://xubuntu.org/news/small-details-wallpapers/

Xubuntu: My media manager: Other alternatives

Xubuntu team continues their series on media managers with the last in a series, introducing a list of additional choices available to Xubuntu users. This blog post covers Amorak, Audacious, Banshee, Exaile and more, concluding by talking about command-line based players and media servers.

http://xubuntu.org/news/my-media-manager-other-alternatives/

Stéphane Graber: LXD 2.0: Docker in LXD and LXD in LXD [7-8/12]

Stéphane Graber continues his series on LXD by talking about using Docker with LXD and how it makes nested containers easy by demonstrating how to use LXD in LXD.

https://www.stgraber.org/2016/04/13/lxd-2-0-docker-in-lxd-712/ & https://www.stgraber.org/2016/04/14/lxd-2-0-lxd-in-lxd-812/

Dustin Kirkland: Docker 1.10 with Fan Networking in Ubuntu 16.04, for Every Architecture!

Dustin Kirkland of Ubuntu Product & Strategy team introduces Docker 1.10.3 supported on every Ubuntu architecture & 16.04LTS, and announces Ubuntu Fan Networking. Dustin shows using screen dumps the launching of a Docker application container inside an LXD machine container. Ubuntu Fan Networking is specially designed to connect all of your Docker containers across networks. Again Dustin through use of screen dumps provides examples of Ubuntu Fan Networking.

http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2016/04/docker-110-with-fan-networking-in.html

Elizabeth K. Joseph: Color an Ubuntu Xenial Xerus

Elizabeth K. Joseph shares a printable coloring page of a xerus created by Ronnie Tucker and the official xerus artwork provided by the Tom Macfarlane of the Canonical Design Team.

http://princessleia.com/journal/2016/04/color-an-ubuntu-xenial-xerus/

Kubuntu: Party 2 in Review

The Kubuntu blog reports on the second Kubuntu package party, held online on Friday, April 15th. They write, “It was a brilliant party, with a great atmosphere,which is not easy to achieve in a purely online setting.” They continue by listing various tasks that were worked on or completed, what they learned from running this second party and write that while the point of these parties initially was to “share knowledge and enable learning” their community has shown them that it’s also about “Having Fun and Make Friends!” A date of May 20th for the next party is set at the conclusion of the post.

http://www.kubuntu.org/news/party-2-in-review/

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