Issue507


Contents

  1. In This Issue
  2. General Community News
    1. Mark Shuttleworth, Canonical - OpenStack Summit 2017
  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. Kubuntu: 17.10 Wallpaper Contest! Call for artists
    2. Valorie Zimmerman: Google Summer of Code students are announced today
    3. Canonical Design Team: April's reading list
    4. Marcos Costales: A new hope for Ubuntu Phone: The community
    5. Aaron Honeycutt: LFNW 2017
  6. Other Community News
    1. Frameworks and plasma updates for backports
  7. Canonical News
  8. In The Press
    1. Post Unity 8 Ubuntu shock? Relax, Linux has been here before
    2. Mark Shuttleworth: Ubuntu on the Desktop Will Remain Important to Canonical
    3. Canonical starts IPO path
    4. What happened at Canonical
    5. Ubuntu 17.04 review: Don't call it abandonware, pre se
    6. Ubuntu 17.10 Won't Ship with Upstart and CGManager As Unity 8 Is Being Dropped
    7. Hell Is Freezing Over, Part 2: Ubuntu Launched in Microsoft's Windows Store
    8. Microsoft Announces Linux Subsystem for Windows Server
  9. In The Blogosphere
    1. Meet the Slimbook Excalibur, a 15" Aluminum Linux Laptop
    2. The Dell Precision 5520 lets you get to work in Ubuntu 16.04
    3. Canonical Developer Works on Bringing Snap Support to Raspberry Pi's Raspbian
    4. Canonical Releases Snapd 2.26 Snappy Daemon with Tab-Completion Support in Snaps
    5. Chuwi LapBook 12.3 is a 2K Ubuntu Laptop for $329
    6. Official Ubuntu T-Shirt for 'Zesty Zapus' Is Now Available to Buy
    7. Canonical: 'rip up the rule book' for engineers
  10. Other Articles of Interest
  11. Featured Audio and Video
    1. Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S10E09 - Elfin Moaning Wine
    2. Ubuntu Testing Day - Xubuntu
    3. Ubuntu Testing Day - Kubuntu
    4. Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S10E10 - Miniature Blushing Steel
    5. Ubuntu Testing Day - Kubuntu
  12. Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  13. Upcoming Meetings and Events
  14. Updates and Security for 14.04, 16.04, 16.10, and 17.04
    1. Security Updates
    2. Ubuntu 14.04 Updates
    3. Ubuntu 16.04 Updates
    4. Ubuntu 16.10 Updates
    5. Ubuntu 17.04 Updates
  15. Subscribe
  16. Archives
  17. Additional Ubuntu News
  18. Conclusion
  19. Credits
  20. Glossary of Terms
  21. Ubuntu - Get Involved
  22. Feedback

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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 507 for the weeks May 1-15, 2017.

In This Issue

  • Mark Shuttleworth, Canonical - OpenStack Summit 2017

  • Ubuntu Stats

  • LoCo Events

  • Kubuntu: 17.10 Wallpaper Contest! Call for artists
  • Valorie Zimmerman: Google Summer of Code students are announced today
  • Canonical Design Team: April's reading list
  • Marcos Costales: A new hope for Ubuntu Phone: The community
  • Aaron Honeycutt: LFNW 2017
  • Other Community News
  • Canonical News
  • In The Press
  • In The Blogosphere
  • Other Articles of Interest
  • Featured Audio and Video
  • Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  • Upcoming Meetings and Events
  • Updates and Security for 14.04, 16.04, 16.10, and 17.04
  • And much more!

General Community News

Mark Shuttleworth, Canonical - OpenStack Summit 2017

Mark Shuttleworth had a presentation at OpenStack Summit. You can check the video here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3BsmXN4RQw

A further video was produced the second day, which follows:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc2cF3Sxjr4

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open (131597) +205 over last week
  • Critical (423) -3 over last week
  • Unconfirmed (65138) -551 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 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

Kubuntu: 17.10 Wallpaper Contest! Call for artists

Kubuntu have their first wallpaper contest for the 17.10 Artful Aardvark release, and it's open to any user. Submissions are to be made by flickr and full details provided, with a June 8 2017 deadline.

http://www.kubuntu.org/news/17-10-wallpaper-contest-call-for-artists/

Valorie Zimmerman: Google Summer of Code students are announced today

Valorie Zimmerman tell us that the Google Summer of Code students have been announced and informs us what the students be working on. The coding period starts May 30, with Valorie asking us to look out for student blogs and posts, and welcome and aid them during this community bonding period.

http://linuxgrandma.blogspot.com/2017/05/google-summer-of-code-students-are.html

Canonical Design Team: April's reading list

Inayaili de León of Canonical provides with the best links shared by the design team in April 2017. Inayaili also thanks Ant, Barry, Carla & Richard for the links.

https://design.canonical.com/2017/05/aprils-reading-list-2/

Marcos Costales: A new hope for Ubuntu Phone: The community

Marcos Costales writes about Ubuntu Phone providing a link to instructions on how to open a new store on your Ubuntu Phone. This new openStore will continue after Canonical closes the original current store. Further Marcos tells us of a new 0.70 release uNav available in the new openStore.

http://thinkonbytes.blogspot.com/2017/05/a-new-hope-for-ubuntu-phone-community.html

Aaron Honeycutt: LFNW 2017

Aaron Honeycutt tells us about the recent LinuxFest NorthWest 2017. The Ubuntu was manned by Valorie (Kubuntu), Simon (Kubuntu/Lubuntu) with Martin Wimpress (Ubuntu-Mate) there too. Aaron provides photos and some details of what occurs, with thanks to the Ubuntu Community for helping make this happen.

http://usefoss.com/index.php/2017/05/14/lfnw-2017/

Other Community News

Frameworks and plasma updates for backports

José Manuel Santamaría Lema asks that if you have a spare machine, or even vm, that you help test Plasma 5.9.5 and Frameworks 5.33 on Kubuntu 17.04.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kubuntu-users/2017-May/062260.html

Canonical News

In The Press

Post Unity 8 Ubuntu shock? Relax, Linux has been here before

Scott Gilbertson of TheRegister writes following the recent events at Canonical, that it's not a first; other companies have done this before. Scott provides clues as to where he believes Canonical will be spending its efforts and his expected outcomes for Ubuntu.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/05/02/post_unity_8_what_next_for_canonical/

Mark Shuttleworth: Ubuntu on the Desktop Will Remain Important to Canonical

Marius Nestor from Softpedia reports that Mark Shuttleworth commented that the Ubuntu Desktop is still one of the main products at Canonical.

http://linux.softpedia.com/blog/mark-shuttleworth-ubuntu-on-the-desktop-will-remain-important-to-canonical-515529.shtml

This announcement was covered by several sites, the following is another selected by our editors:

Canonical starts IPO path

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols from ZDNet writes about the OpenStack Summit interview of Mark Shuttleworth. The reason for Mark Shuttleworth's recent changes within Canonical is to prepare it for IPO, which is undated, but will be sooner rather than later.

http://www.zdnet.com/article/canonical-starts-ipo-path/

What happened at Canonical

Chris Thornett gives an in depth opinion piece on recent events within Canonical. From Canonical's U-turn on Unity, reducing staff numbers through to seeking external investors leading to an IPO in four years. Much detail including how it affected employees is provided because of leaks from employees.

http://www.techradar.com/news/what-happened-at-canonical

Ubuntu 17.04 review: Don't call it abandonware, pre se

Scott Gilbertson from ArsTechinca gives a review on Ubuntu 17.04. He compares Ubuntu Desktop, shipping with Unity, with Ubuntu GNOME.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/05/ubuntu-17-04-review-this-is-unitys-true-swan-song/

Ubuntu 17.10 Won't Ship with Upstart and CGManager As Unity 8 Is Being Dropped

Marius Nestor from Softpedia writes about Ubuntu 17.10, codenamed Artful Aardvark, which won’t ship with Upstart and CGManager, key components to Unity 8.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-17-10-won-t-ship-with-upstart-and-cgmanager-as-unity-8-is-being-dropped-515289.shtml

Hell Is Freezing Over, Part 2: Ubuntu Launched in Microsoft's Windows Store

Marius Nestor from Softpedia write about Ubuntu launching in the Microsoft Windows Store, which allows the operating system to be installed alongside Windows, as a painless solution.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/hell-is-freezing-over-part-2-ubuntu-launched-in-microsoft-s-windows-store-515638.shtml

This announcement was widely covered, the following is a selection by our editors:

Microsoft Announces Linux Subsystem for Windows Server

Bogdan Popa of Softpedia tells us that Microsoft have announced at Build this week, that Ubuntu, Fedora and SUSE are coming to the Windows Store. Further the Windows Subsystem for Linux is coming to Windows Server later in the year.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/microsoft-announces-linux-subsystem-for-windows-server-515682.shtml

In The Blogosphere

Meet the Slimbook Excalibur, a 15" Aluminum Linux Laptop

Joey Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu tells us about the Slimbook from a Spanish computer company. Joey provides specs and some options available, including a choice of Ubuntu, KDE Neon or other OSes. Finally prices are listed with a note that prices are expected to rise May 25th.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/05/slimbook-excalibur-linux-laptop-specs

The Dell Precision 5520 lets you get to work in Ubuntu 16.04

Alex Campbell at PCWorld provides his review of the Dell Precision 5520 laptop shipping with Ubuntu. Alex outlines issues with arrival followed by fix, then moves to describing the laptop including specs, numerous benchmarks and many opinions and findings.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/3190552/linux/the-dell-precision-5520-lets-you-get-to-work-in-ubuntu-16-04.html

Canonical Developer Works on Bringing Snap Support to Raspberry Pi's Raspbian

Marius Nestor of Softpedia informs us that Simon Fels of Canonical has announced that he's working on bringing the Snappy daemon to the Raspbian OS for Raspberry Pis. A brief intro to Snaps is provided, before moving to telling us about Raspbian, and Simon's desire to have testers test it. Details on adding Snapd to Raspbian system is provided.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/canonical-developers-works-on-bringing-snap-support-to-raspberry-pi-s-raspbian-515370.shtml

Canonical Releases Snapd 2.26 Snappy Daemon with Tab-Completion Support in Snaps

Marius Nestor of Softpedia lets us know that the Snappy daemon now supports tab completion in snaps, a very requested feature among developers.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/canonical-releases-snapd-2-26-snappy-daemon-with-tab-completion-support-in-snaps-515649.shtml

Chuwi LapBook 12.3 is a 2K Ubuntu Laptop for $329

Joey Sneddon from OMG! Ubuntu! Writes about the lapbook that Chinese computer company Chuwi is planning to release. With impressive specs at an even more impressing price, this lapbook looks promising.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/05/chuwi-lapbook-12-3-laptop-price-specs

Official Ubuntu T-Shirt for 'Zesty Zapus' Is Now Available to Buy

Joey Sneddon from OMG! Ubuntu! Reports that the 17.04 t-shirts with the Zesty Zapus design is now available to be bought from the Canonical store.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/05/ubuntu-t-shirt-17-04-zesty-zapus

Canonical: 'rip up the rule book' for engineers

Rob Horgan from PCR Online writes about how Canonical experiencing with a new playbook on regards to company strategy.

http://www.pcr-online.biz/news/read/canonical-rip-up-the-rule-book-for-engineers/039321

Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S10E09 - Elfin Moaning Wine

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

http://ubuntupodcast.org/2017/05/04/s10e09-elfin-moaning-wine/

Ubuntu Testing Day - Xubuntu

Leo Arias of Ubuntu QA hosts another Ubuntu Testing Day. This testing day features Sean Davis from the Xubuntu team. They talk about how you can test Xubuntu, and much more!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4a-N-kxPoY

Ubuntu Testing Day - Kubuntu

Leo Arias hosts another Testing Day session, and is joined by Kyle Fazzari and Zygmunt Krynicki. This testing day features Aaron Honeycutt from the Kubuntu team. They talk about how you can test Kubuntu, and much more!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHZAH8SZD4E

Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S10E10 - Miniature Blushing Steel

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

http://ubuntupodcast.org/2017/05/11/s10e10-miniature-blushing-steel/

Ubuntu Testing Day - Kubuntu

Leo Arias hosts an Ubuntu Testing Day with all things around Kubuntu QA.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHZAH8SZD4E

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 14.04, 16.04, 16.10, and 17.04

Security Updates

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

Ubuntu 17.04 Updates

End of Life - January 2018

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