Issue503


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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 503 for the weeks March 13 - 26, 2017.

In This Issue

  • Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus) Final Beta Released
  • Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) reaches End of Life on April 28 2017
  • Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Extended Security Maintenance)
  • Welcome New Members and Developers
  • Ubuntu Stats
  • LoCo Events

  • Jorge Castro: What a kickass ride this has been!
  • Elizabeth K. Joseph: Your own Zesty Zapus
  • Nish Aravamudan: (USBSD #1: Goals) Inaugural Ubuntu Server Bug Squashing Day!
  • Nish Aravamudan: [USD #1] Ubuntu Server Dev git Importer
  • Simon Quigley: What I've Been Up To
  • Ubuntu Cloud News
  • Ubuntu Phone News
  • Canonical News
  • In The Blogosphere
  • Featured Audio and Video
  • Other Articles of Interest
  • 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

Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus) Final Beta Released

Adam Conrad, on behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team, announces the release of Ubuntu 17.04 Final Beta. He lists the flavors that have participated in the release, tells us from where we can download the ISO images, and help with development of Ubuntu by providing bug reports and feedback.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2017-March/000219.html

News about the Final Beta was also covered by the following:

Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) reaches End of Life on April 28 2017

Adam Conrad, on behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team, reminds us that Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) was released almost five years ago, and that the support period will reach end of life (EOL) on Thursday, April 28th. He provides details of the supported upgrade path, and links to upgrade instructions.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2017-March/003777.html

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Extended Security Maintenance)

Dustin Kirkland of Canonical writes that while Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is reaching End of Life, Canonical is offering Extended Security Maintenance (ESM) for Ubuntu Advantage customers. Users of 12.04 LTS are recommended to update to 14.04 LTS or 16.04 LTS, but for those customers who cannot, 12.04 ESM now continues support for core packages in 12.04.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2017-March/000217.html

This announcement was covered by several sites, the following are several articles selected by our editors:

Welcome New Members and Developers

QIII, on behalf of the Ubuntu Forum Council, is happy to announce the newest Ubuntu Member via forums contributions:

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2017-March/002634.html

Łukasz Zemczak, on behalf of the Developer Membership Board, is also happy to announce the newest Ubuntu Contributing Developer:

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/devel-permissions/2017-March/001052.html

Lastly, the Kubuntu Council is happy to announce the newest Kubuntu Member:

http://www.kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-has-a-new-member-darin-miller/

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open (130419) +484 over last issue
  • Critical (439) +14 over last issue
  • Unconfirmed (64957) +287 over last issue

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 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

Jorge Castro: What a kickass ride this has been!

Jorge Castro informs us that after twenty Ubuntu releases, many thousands of edits and nearly 400,000 miles of air travel, he is moving on from Ubuntu. Jorge tells us about his new job at Heptio, and writes, "I’ve been privileged to work with some of the brightest people in the industry, and for that I’ll always be grateful."

https://blog.jorgecastro.org/2017/03/17/service-jorge-stop-git-rebase-heptio-master-service-jorge-start/

Elizabeth K. Joseph: Your own Zesty Zapus

Elizabeth K. Joseph writes a short post about the new Zesty Zapus artwork, and a new addition to her Ubuntu Codename stuffed animal collection.

http://princessleia.com/journal/2017/03/your-own-zesty-zapus/

Nish Aravamudan: (USBSD #1: Goals) Inaugural Ubuntu Server Bug Squashing Day!

Nish Aravamudan writes about the first Ubuntu Server Bug Squashing Day (USBSD). He explains the intent of the USBSD, and what they accomplished during the event. He then points out a tentative date for a second USBSD, and tells us that he will explain more about what can be improved in follow-up posts.

https://naccblog.wordpress.com/2017/03/24/usbsd-1-goals-inaugural-ubuntu-server-bug-squashing-day/

Nish Aravamudan: [USD #1] Ubuntu Server Dev git Importer

Nish Aravamudan writes about the Ubuntu Server Dev git importer. He links to the initial announcements, and provides brief details on how to use the tools, telling us that he will “dig into details in the next post.”

https://naccblog.wordpress.com/2017/03/24/usd-1-ubuntu-server-dev-git-importer/

Simon Quigley: What I've Been Up To

Simon Quigley writes about his Open Source activities he’s been taking part of lately, writing about his work in Lubuntu, the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, and a few other notable things he’s been working on.

https://www.tsimonq2.net/blog/2017/03/24/

Ubuntu Cloud News

Ubuntu Phone News

Canonical News

In The Blogosphere

Kubuntu Podcast 21

Once again, Ovidiu-Florin, Rick Timmis, and Aaron Honeycutt bring us the monthly Kubuntu news. They mention that the quality of the podcast is much improved over previous casts due to Rick’s hardware upgrades. Discussion topics summarized in the Intro and Kubuntu News sections include KDE Slimbook, Nimbusoft, Plasma 5.9, HAM radio hardware and software.

http://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-podcast-21/

Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S10E02 - Wiry Labored Sense

In this week's podcast, Mark reviews the Entroware Aether laptop, Martin discusses new toys he's bought with bitcoin, there's a command line love for nVidia users, and they go over listener feedback.

http://ubuntupodcast.org/2017/03/16/s10e02-wiry-labored-sense/

Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S10E03 - Aloof Puny Wren

"It’s Season Ten Episode Three of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson and Martin Wimpress are connected and speaking to your brain."

http://ubuntupodcast.org/2017/03/23/s10e03-aloof-puny-wren/

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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