Issue510

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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 510 for the week of June 5 - 11, 2017.

In This Issue

  • Welcome New Members and Developers
  • Ubuntu Stats
  • Top Voted New Questions
  • LoCo Events

  • José Antonio Rey: Announcing UbuCon Latin America 2017

  • Kubuntu Team: Plasma 5.10.1 now in Zesty backports
  • Canonical News
  • In The Blogosphere
  • In Other News
  • 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!

Welcome New Members and Developers

Łukasz Zemczak on behalf of the Ubuntu Developer Membership Board announces the newest Ubuntu Core Developer:

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2017-June/002673.html

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open (132403) +246 over last week
  • Critical (414) no change over last week
  • Unconfirmed (65364) +128 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

José Antonio Rey: Announcing UbuCon Latin America 2017

Jose Antonio Rey announces the upcoming UbuCon Latin America 2017, scheduled to take place from 18 to 19 August at the University of Lima, Peru. Outlining the purpose of the events, he also provides likes relating to practical matters such as travel, accommodation and participation procedures.

https://joseeantonior.wordpress.com/2017/06/05/announcing-ubucon-latin-america-2017/

Kubuntu Team: Plasma 5.10.1 now in Zesty backports

The newest version of the KDE Plasma desktop, Plasma 5.10.1, is currently available for download from the Kubuntu Backports PPA. The update is rolled out for Kubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus) and promises new features and bug fixes.

http://www.kubuntu.org/news/plasma-5-10-1-now-in-zesty-backports/

Canonical News

In The Blogosphere

In Other News

Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S10E14 - Mature Halting Snail

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

This week we review the Tuxedo Infinitybook Pro 13, use Atom to write Sinclair BASIC and go to a Cory Doctorow book signing. We explain how you can protect your bits with Lantern and go over your feedback.”

http://ubuntupodcast.org/2017/06/08/s10e14-mature-halting-snail/

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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Conclusion

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Credits

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  • And many others

Glossary of Terms

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