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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 503 for the week March 13 - 19, 2017.

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General Community News

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

These announcements were covered by several sites, the following are several articles selected by our editors:

• Ubuntu 12.04 ESM Throws LTS Users a Lifeline - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/03/ubuntu-12-04-esm-support

• Canonical extends Ubuntu 12.04 support for paying customers - http://www.zdnet.com/article/canonical-extends-ubuntu-12-04-support-for-paying-customers/

• Canonical announces Ubuntu Linux 12.04 ESM (Extended Security Maintenance) - https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/03/15/ubuntu_12_04_extended_security_maintenance/

• Canonical Goes Long for Ubuntu Server Support - http://www.serverwatch.com/server-news/canonical-goes-long-for-ubuntu-server-support.html

Upcoming Vacant Developer Membership Board seats: Call for nominations

Brian Murray on behalf of the Developer Membership Board writes to tells us that because Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre and Adam Conrad's terms will be expiring soon, two new members need to be selected. Brian provides details of the Membership Board, qualifications required, and how to submit applications, which need to be submitted before March 21, 2017.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2017-March/001205.html

Welcome New Members and Developers

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

• Paddy Landau (LP: https://launchpad.net/~paddy-landau | Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/paddy-landau | Forums profile: https://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=572807)

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:

• Dan Streetman (LP: https://launchpad.net/~ddstreet | Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ddstreet)

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

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

• Darin Miller (LP: https://launchpad.net/~darinmiller | Wiki: https://wiki.kubuntu.org/~darinmiller)

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

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 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/

Ubuntu Cloud News

• Webinar: network function virtualization and juju - https://www.sdxcentral.com/event/vnf-deployments-ubuntu-open-baton/

• Webinar: Learn the secrets to innovate and scalable VNF delopyment - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/03/16/webinar-learn-the-secrets-to-innovative-and-scalable-vnf-deployment/

Canonical News

• This elevator catches intruders, saves lives, generates money - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/03/13/this-elevator-catches-intruders-saves-lives-generates-money/

• The Smart Multi-Personality Vending Machine - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/03/13/the-smart-schizophrenic-vending-machine/

• NXP and Canonical to demo Ubuntu Core on the LS1043A at Embedded World - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/03/14/nxp-and-canonical-to-demo-ubuntu-core-on-the-ls1043a-at-embedded-world/

• The Orange Pi community gets a snap store - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/03/16/the-orange-pi-community-gets-a-snap-store/

In The Blogosphere

• Ubuntu 17.04 — Official Mascot Artwork Revealed - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/03/ubuntu-17-04-mascot-logo

• Mir 1.0 Expected To Come Early In Ubuntu 17.10 Cycle - http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Mir-1.0-Early-Ubuntu-17.10

Featured Audio and Video

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/

Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings

• Kernel Team - March 14, 2017 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Newsletter/2017-03-14

• Security Team - March 13, 2017 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20170313

• Server Team - March 14, 2017 - https://ubottu.com/meetingology/logs/ubuntu-meeting/2017/ubuntu-meeting.2017-03-14-16.02.html

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

Ubuntu 14.04 Updates

Ubuntu 16.04 Updates

Ubuntu 16.10 Updates

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