Issue501


Contents

  1. In This Issue
  2. General Community News
    1. Mobile World Congress 2016, Day 1, 2, 3, and 4 Recaps
  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. New leader votes from the Korean team and summary of activities for the past two years
  5. LoCo Events
  6. The Planet
    1. Simon Raffeiner - Mir and graphics on Ubuntu Core
    2. Leo Arias - Call for testing: MySQL
    3. Simon Raffeiner: MWC Interviews with Mark Shuttleworth, Alan Pope, Pauline Buth and Martin Wimpress on the UbuntuFun Podcast
    4. Canonical Design Team: Hack day 2
    5. Canonical Design Team: February's reading list
    6. Forums Council: Forum Council Additions
    7. Canonical Design Team: Securing our sites with HTTPS
  7. Other Community News
    1. IRC Council call for nominations 2017
  8. Ubuntu Cloud News
  9. Ubuntu Phone News
    1. New video demos Ubuntu Personal 16.04 on Aquaris M10 tablet
  10. Canonical News
  11. In The Blogosphere
    1. Ubuntu Snappy Core Linux OS Now Runs on Technologic Systems' i.MX6-Based TS-4900
    2. MWC 2017: Dell's New Edge Gateway 3000 Series Are Powered by Ubuntu Core 16
    3. Meet the $30 Ubuntu-Ready NanoPi M1 Plus
    4. The New System76 Galago Pro is a Potential Macbook Killer
  12. Featured Audio and Video
    1. Ubuntu Testing Day - testing games, a.k.a. just playing
    2. Full Circle Weekly News #54
  13. Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  14. Upcoming Meetings and Events
  15. Updates and Security for 12.04, 14.04, 16.04 and 16.10
    1. Security Updates
    2. Ubuntu 12.04 Updates
    3. Ubuntu 14.04 Updates
    4. Ubuntu 16.04 Updates
    5. Ubuntu 16.10 Updates
  16. Subscribe
  17. Archives
  18. Additional Ubuntu News
  19. Conclusion
  20. Credits
  21. Glossary of Terms
  22. Ubuntu - Get Involved
  23. Feedback

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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 501 for the week of February 27 - March 5, 2017.

In This Issue

  • Mobile World Congress 2016, Day 1, 2, 3, and 4 Recaps
  • Ubuntu Stats
  • New leader votes from the Korean team and summary of activities for the past two years

  • LoCo Events

  • Simon Raffeiner - Mir and graphics on Ubuntu Core
  • Leo Arias - Call for testing: MySQL

  • Simon Raffeiner: MWC Interviews with Mark Shuttleworth, Alan Pope, Pauline Buth and Martin Wimpress on the UbuntuFun Podcast

  • Canonical Design Team: Hack day 2
  • Canonical Design Team: February's reading list
  • Forums Council: Forum Council Additions
  • Canonical Design Team: Securing our sites with HTTPS
  • Ubuntu Cloud News
  • New video demos Ubuntu Personal 16.04 on Aquaris M10 tablet
  • Canonical News
  • In The Blogosphere
  • Featured Audio and Video
  • Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  • Upcoming Meetings and Events
  • Updates and Security for 12.04, 14.04, 16.04, and 16.10
  • And much more!

General Community News

Mobile World Congress 2016, Day 1, 2, 3, and 4 Recaps

Christopher Wilder reports on the Mobile World Congress (MWC) event which took place in Barcelona, Spain between 27th February and 2nd March. He takes a look at what he saw being demonstrated on each day of the event including Software Defined Radios, the DAQRI Smart Helmet, many items of innovative IoT and Customer Premise Equipment, Ubuntu OpenStack and Juju. Christopher also shows us several photographs which were taken during the four day event.

https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/02/27/mobile-world-congress-2017-day-one-recap/ and https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/03/01/mobile-world-congress-2017-day-two-recap/ and https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/03/01/mobile-world-congress-2017-day-3-recap/ and https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/03/02/mobile-world-congress-2017-day-four-recap/

Dustin Kirkland also wrote a short summary of the event:

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open (129590) +284 over last week
  • Critical (426) +5 over last week
  • Unconfirmed (64466) +104 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

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

LoCo News

New leader votes from the Korean team and summary of activities for the past two years

Taehee Jang updates us on the status of the Korean LoCo team, writing about the new representative and some accomplishments that the Korean team is proud of. He looks forward to a bright future for the team, and says: “I think we should focus on development and contribution from now on.“

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/loco-contacts/2017-March/007196.html

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 Raffeiner - Mir and graphics on Ubuntu Core

Simon Raffeiner tells us about installing Mir on an Ubuntu Core installation. A video is provided, as well as description of Mir (and a comparison with Wayland) with Simon assuming you're familiar with basic management. Lots of screenshots and examples are included.

http://www.lieberbiber.de/2017/02/27/mir-and-graphics-on-ubuntu-core

Leo Arias - Call for testing: MySQL

Leo Arias announces that the latest beta versions of the MySQL Community snap are available and ready to be tested. This includes both 8.0 and 5.7 versions of the snap which need testing in all current versions and flavors of Ubuntu. Leo links to a testing guide and instructions.

http://elopio.net/blog/call-for-testing-mysql/

Simon Raffeiner: MWC Interviews with Mark Shuttleworth, Alan Pope, Pauline Buth and Martin Wimpress on the UbuntuFun Podcast

Simon Raffeiner briefly writes about the Mobile World Congress, sharing a link to an UbuntuFun[.de] 40 minute podcast featuring interviews with Mark Shuttleworth, Alan Pope, Martin Wimpress, and Pauline Buth.

http://www.lieberbiber.de/2017/03/03/mwc-interviews-with-mark-shuttleworth-alan-pope-pauline-buth-and-martin-wimpress-on-the-ubuntufun-podcast/

Canonical Design Team: Hack day 2

Anthony Dillon of Canonical’s Design Team writes about the second Hack day of the web team. Anthony describes the approach to the day, plus what each team worked on and what was achieved. Photos and a simplified-dash included. He says that the hack day was successful.

http://design.canonical.com/2017/03/hack-day-2/

Canonical Design Team: February's reading list

Canonical’s Inayaili de León Persson provides the top ten list of links shared by the design team in February 2017, and thanks Greg, Jamie, Karl, Magdalena and Will for their links.

https://design.canonical.com/2017/03/februarys-reading-list-2/

Forums Council: Forum Council Additions

The Forum Council welcomes two new members, QIII and oldos2er, to the Forum Council after being two members short of a full council for some time. They also list the current breakdown of forum staff and share a link to where the full list can be found. The Council also thanks DuckHook and Wild Man for stepping up to Super Moderator positions.

https://ubuntuforumsorg.wordpress.com/2017/03/04/139/

Canonical Design Team: Securing our sites with HTTPS

Robin Winslow tells us that the Design Team have been making an effort to secure all of their websites with HTTPS. He explains why this has become necessary, and lists the sites that have been HTTPS enabled. Robin adds that they hope to enable the remaining sites in the coming months.

http://design.canonical.com/2017/03/securing-our-sites-with-https/

Other Community News

IRC Council call for nominations 2017

C de-Avillez tells us that two IRC members have completed their terms and thus an election is coming. A link to the IRC Council charter is provided along with a summary of the election process, and a note regarding voting for the Ubuntu IRC Members Team.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-irc/2017-February/001876.html

Ubuntu Cloud News

Ubuntu Phone News

New video demos Ubuntu Personal 16.04 on Aquaris M10 tablet

Sturmflut discusses a new German YouTube video from the “Warum Linux Besser Ist” channel that talks about installing an alpha stage release of Ubuntu Personal 16.04 on the bq Aquaris M10 FHD tablet. The video includes information on the flashing tool, the setup wizard, and some of the installed applications, to show what works and what still needs improvement.

http://www.lieberbiber.de/2017/03/04/german-youtuber-demos-ubuntu-personal-16-04-on-aquaris-m10-tablet/

Canonical News

In The Blogosphere

Ubuntu Snappy Core Linux OS Now Runs on Technologic Systems' i.MX6-Based TS-4900

Marius Nestor of Softpedia informs us that Canonical announced a new partnership with Technologic Systems Inc. to deliver the TS-4900 computer on module (CoM) running Ubuntu Snappy Core 16. The TS-4900 is a fanless device with optional quad-core i.MX6, selectable ram with onboard WiFi, Bluetooth, Ethernet, USB, SATA and PCIe ports. Marius shares a link to Technologic website, and includes some photos of the device.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-snappy-core-linux-os-now-runs-on-technologic-systems-i-mx6-based-ts-4900-513382.shtml

MWC 2017: Dell's New Edge Gateway 3000 Series Are Powered by Ubuntu Core 16

Marius Nestor of Softpedia reports that at MWC 2017, Canonical announced Dell's Edge Gateway 3000, with three models on display running Ubuntu Snappy Core. The first model being a general-purpose device for energy management and industrial automation, the second for logistics and transportation, and the third for IoT from media to point-of-sale.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/mwc-2017-dell-s-new-edge-gateway-3000-series-are-powered-by-ubuntu-core-16-513377.shtml

Meet the $30 Ubuntu-Ready NanoPi M1 Plus

Joey Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! introduces us to the NanoPi M1 Plus which costs $30, is 2/3rds the size of a Pi, and will run Ubuntu Core or Ubuntu MATE. It includes a quad-core A7 cpu, gpu, 1gb ram, on-board Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, IR receiver, mic, reset and power buttons. Ports include audio, HDMI, USBs, gigabit ethernet and MicroSD slot, but the $30 price-tag is expected to rise.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/03/30-dollar-nanopi-m1-plus

The New System76 Galago Pro is a Potential Macbook Killer

Joey Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! tell us about the slim new Galago Pro laptop from System76. The Galago Pro is a slim lightweight laptop in a aluminum alloy case powered by Intel's Kaby Lake processors with up to 32GB RAM and 13.5-inch HiDPI IPS display. With SD card slot, 2 USB 3.0 ports plus USB type-C port, microphone, audio, full-size HDMI and mini-Display port included. Video and link provided, with the laptop expected in April 2017.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/03/system76-galago-pro-aluminum-4k-laptop

Ubuntu Testing Day - testing games, a.k.a. just playing

Leo Arias hosts another Testing Day session and is joined by Kyle Fazzari and Alan Pope. This week the focus is on packaging games as snaps. As usual the team answer questions that are put to them on IRC.

https://youtu.be/hsqBWEW3d44

Full Circle Weekly News #54

Released on March 4th, the Full Circle Magazine team brings you their 54th installment of their weekly news.

Show notes:

http://fullcirclemagazine.org/podcast/full-circle-weekly-news-54/

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, 16.04 and 16.10

Security Updates

Ubuntu 12.04 Updates

End of Life - April 2017

Ubuntu 14.04 Updates

End of Life - April 2019

Ubuntu 16.04 Updates

End of Life - April 2021

Ubuntu 16.10 Updates

End of Life - July 2017

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