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''' WORK IN PROGRESS -- this is INCOMPLETE '''
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 * Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS released
 * Ubuntu Stats
 * Lo``Co Events
 * Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre: How to sign things for Secure Boot
 * Nish Aravamudan: git ubuntu clone
 * Didier Roche: Ubuntu @ GUADEC 2017 and plans for GNOME Shell migration
 * Paul White: A quick look at the decline of Ubuntu Membership
 * Canonical News
 * In The Blogosphere
 * Featured Audio and Video
 * Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
 * Upcoming Meetings and Events
 * Updates and Security for 14.04, 16.04, and 17.04
 * And much more!
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With security updates and corrections for other high-impact bugs, Ubuntu 16.04.3 is finally here. The release is aimed primarily for the 64-bit hardware, focussing on maintaining stability and compatibility with the previous 16.04 LTS release. The Long Term support or the LTS maintenance updates will be available for the following 5 years to Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu Server, Ubuntu Base, Ubuntu Cloud and Ubuntu Kylin flavours while all the others have a 3 year schedule.
With security updates and corrections for other high-impact bugs, Ubuntu 16.04.3 is finally here. The release is aimed at providing a convenient set of images containing security updates and bugfixes for people to use when installing Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on their system.
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 * Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS Released, Available to Download Now - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/08/ubuntu-16-04-3-lts-released
 * Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS Released: Download ISO Files & Torrents Here - https://fossbytes.com/ubuntu-16-04-3-released-download-iso-torrent/		  * Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS Officially Released with Linux Kernel 4.10 from Ubuntu 17.04 - http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-16-04-3-lts-officially-released-with-linux-kernel-4-10-from-ubuntu-17-04-517272.shtml
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 * Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS Officially Released with Linux Kernel 4.10 from Ubuntu 17.04 - http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-16-04-3-lts-officially-released-with-linux-kernel-4-10-from-ubuntu-17-04-517272.shtml
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Interested in the Flavors? 16.04.3 LTS release announcements as follows: Interested in the Flavors? 16.04.3 LTS release announcements from the flavors' blogs are as follows:
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    * Open (?) +? over last issue
    * Critical (?) +? over last issue
    * Unconfirmed (?) +? over last issue		     * Open (132196) +181 over last week
    * Critical (416) +2 over last week
    * Unconfirmed (66290) +130 over last week
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 * Apt update error - “An error occurred during the signature verification” (Chrome) [on hold] http://askubuntu.com/questions/943146/apt-update-error-an-error-occurred-during-the-signature-verification-chrome
 * Create alias for ssh connecting http://askubuntu.com/questions/942279/create-alias-for-ssh-connecting
 * How do I find out if a PNG is PNG-8 or PNG-24? http://askubuntu.com/questions/943625/how-do-i-find-out-if-a-png-is-png-8-or-png-24
 * Rename all “.pdf” files to “_0.pdf” [on hold] http://askubuntu.com/questions/943842/rename-all-pdf-files-to-0-pdf
 * Why does echo $$ return a number? http://askubuntu.com/questions/943932/why-does-echo-return-a-number
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 * Apt update error - "An error occurred during the signature verification" (Chrome) http://askubuntu.com/questions/943146/
 * Create alias for ssh connecting http://askubuntu.com/questions/942279/
 * How to exclude a package from apt-get autoremove? http://askubuntu.com/questions/943289/
 * How do I find out if a PNG is PNG-8 or PNG-24? http://askubuntu.com/questions/943625/
 * Rename all ".pdf" files to "_0.pdf" http://askubuntu.com/questions/943842/

Ask (and answer!) questions at http://askubuntu.com
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The following Lo``Co team events are currently scheduled in the next two weeks:

 * Roanoke Linux Users Group Ubuntu Global Jam, Ubuntu Virginia Lo``Co Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/virginiateam/3500-roanoke-linux-users-group-ubuntu-global-jam/
 * AZLOCO Install-fest/Linux Workshop, Arizona Lo``Co Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-arizona/3572-azloco-install-fest/linux-workshop/
 * Sierra Vista Ubuntu Hour, Arizona Lo``Co Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-arizona/3573-sierra-vista-ubuntu-hour/
 * Tempe Ubuntu Hour, Arizona Lo``Co Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-arizona/3574-tempe-ubuntu-hour/

Looking beyond the next two weeks? Visit the Lo``Co Team Portal to browse upcoming events around the world:

http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/
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=== Mathieu Trudel: How to sign things for Secure Boot ===
Mathiew Trudel tells us about Secure Boot and its trust chain, through to how it relates to Ubuntu. Mathiew then moves to creating a certificate in shim needed for UEFI Secure Boot. Detail including commands and output are provided as example.		 === Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre: How to sign things for Secure Boot ===

Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre writes about Secure Boot and its trust chain, and how it relates to Ubuntu. Mathieu then moves to showing how to create a certificate needed for UEFI Secure Boot, and ends by writing, "Signing things is complex -- you need to create SSL certificates ... You need to have a fair amount of prior knowledge of how Secure Boot works, and that the commands to use are. It's rather obvious that this isn't at the reach of everybody, and somewhat bad experience in the first place. For that reason, we're working on making the key creation, enrollment and signatures easier when installing DKMS modules. update-secureboot-policy should soon let you generate and enroll a key; and DKMS will be able to sign things by itself using that key.".
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Nish Aravamudan provides the second post in a collaborative series between Nish and Robie Basak to introduce git ubuntu to readers.
Nish Aravamudan provides the second post in a series by the Ubuntu Server team showing how to use the git ubuntu clone command to work on Ubuntu packaging with a Git workflow. He goes into detail about the command, showing screenshots and writing about how the command works on the backend. He wraps up the blog post by telling readers about the next post, writing, "In this post, we have seen a new way to get the source for any given package, git ubuntu clone. Robie’s next post will discuss where the imported repositories are and what they look like. My next post will continue discussing the git ubuntu tooling, by looking at another relatively simple subcommand “tag”."
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The GNOME Users And Developers European Conference or GUADEC being held annually was recently concluded in Manchester, England. Didier Roche, one of our developers from Canonical writes about this year’s gala in his blog. With discussions on the GNOME based desktop experience in the forthcoming 17.10 release, he assures us that the  release will certainly pack changes for the users. An upstream Vanilla session was also set up. 
The GNOME Users And Developers European Conference (or GUADEC) being held annually was recently concluded in Manchester, England. Didier Roche, one of the Ubuntu Developers from Canonical, writes about this year’s gala in his blog. With discussions on the GNOME based desktop experience in the forthcoming 17.10 release, he assures us that the release will certainly pack changes for the users. An upstream Vanilla session was also set up.
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Paul White reminds us that Ubuntu Membership is best described as recognition of significant and sustained contribution to Ubuntu or its community. Paul then provides some figures on how membership has changed over the years, especially with regards new members or members sustaining membership.
Paul White reminds us that Ubuntu Membership is best described as recognition of significant and sustained contribution to Ubuntu or its community. Paul then provides some figures on how membership has changed over the years, especially with regards new members or members sustaining membership. He notes, "I'll leave it to others to offer their explanations as to why an Ubuntu Membership may not be something that many of our users wish to work towards but membership applications are definitely no longer a regular occurrence. Most applications are successful as applicants tend to apply only when they are sure that they have met the necessary criteria for membership. Interestingly, there have been only five successful applications so far this year."
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== In Other News ==
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 * Desktop Team - June 30, 2017 - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/06/30/ubuntu-desktop-weekly-update-june-30-2017/
 * Foundations Team - August 1, 2017 - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/08/01/ubuntu-foundations-development-summary-august-1-2017/
 * Kernel Team - August 2, 2017 - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/08/02/weekly-kernel-development-summary-aug-1-2017/
 * Server Team - August 4, 2017 - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/08/04/ubuntu-server-development-summary-4-aug-2017/
 * Security Team - August 7, 2017 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20170807
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== Updates and Security for 14.04, 16.04, and 17.04 ==
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 * [USN-3294-2] Bash vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2017-August/003979.html
 * [USN-3370-2] Apache HTTP Server vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2017-August/003980.html
 * [USN-3375-1] LXC vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2017-August/003982.html
 * [USN-3376-1] WebKitGTK+ vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2017-August/003981.html
 * [USN-3377-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2017-August/003983.html
 * [USN-3377-2] Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2017-August/003984.html
 * [USN-3378-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2017-August/003985.html
 * [USN-3378-2] Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2017-August/003986.html
 * [USN-3212-4] LibTIFF vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2017-August/003988.html
 * [USN-3339-2] OpenVPN vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2017-August/003989.html
 * [USN-3379-1] Shotwell vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2017-August/003990.html
 * [USN-3380-1] FreeRDP vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2017-August/003991.html
 * [USN-3381-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2017-August/003992.html
 * [USN-3381-2] Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2017-August/003993.html

=== Ubuntu 14.04 Updates ===

 * pinba-engine-mysql 1.0.0-4ubuntu0.14.04.7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2017-August/024546.html
 * pinba-engine-mysql 1.0.0-4ubuntu0.14.04.7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2017-August/024547.html
 * smartshine 0.36-0ubuntu2.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2017-August/024548.html
 * update-manager 1:0.196.24 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2017-August/024549.html
 * libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql 2.0.3-6ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2017-August/024550.html
 * lxc 1.0.10-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2017-August/024551.html
 * lxc 1.0.10-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2017-August/024552.html
 * pollinate 4.23-0ubuntu1~14.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2017-August/024553.html
 * linux-signed-lts-xenial 4.4.0-89.112~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2017-August/024554.html
 * linux-lts-xenial 4.4.0-89.112~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2017-August/024555.html
 * linux-meta-lts-xenial 4.4.0.89.74 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2017-August/024556.html
 * linux-lts-xenial_4.4.0-89.112~14.04.1_amd64.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2017-August/024557.html
 * linux-lts-xenial 4.4.0-89.112~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2017-August/024558.html
 * linux-lts-xenial 4.4.0-89.112~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2017-August/024559.html
 * linux-signed-lts-xenial 4.4.0-89.112~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2017-August/024560.html
 * linux-signed-lts-xenial 4.4.0-89.112~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2017-August/024561.html
 * linux-meta-lts-xenial 4.4.0.89.74 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2017-August/024562.html
 * linux-meta-lts-xenial 4.4.0.89.74 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2017-August/024563.html
 * linux-lts-xenial_4.4.0-89.112~14.04.1_amd64.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2017-August/024564.html
 * mariadb-5.5 5.5.57-1ubuntu0.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2017-August/024565.html
 * mosquitto 0.15-2ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2017-August/024566.html
 * lxterminal 0.1.11-4ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2017-August/024567.html
 * lxterminal 0.1.11-4ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2017-August/024568.html
 * mosquitto 0.15-2ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2017-August/024569.html
 * mariadb-5.5 5.5.57-1ubuntu0.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2017-August/024570.html
 * linux 3.13.0-126.175 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2017-August/024571.html
 * linux-signed 3.13.0-126.175 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2017-August/024572.html
 * linux 3.13.0-126.175 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2017-August/024573.html
 * linux-signed 3.13.0-126.175 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2017-August/024574.html
 * linux-meta 3.13.0.126.136 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2017-August/024575.html
 * linux-meta 3.13.0.126.136 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2017-August/024576.html
 * linux_3.13.0-126.175_amd64.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2017-August/024577.html
 * pcmanfm 1.2.0-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2017-August/024578.html
 * pcmanfm 1.2.0-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2017-August/024579.html
 * shotwell 0.18.0-0ubuntu4.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2017-August/024580.html
 * shotwell 0.18.0-0ubuntu4.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2017-August/024581.html
 * freerdp 1.0.2-2ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2017-August/024582.html
 * freerdp 1.0.2-2ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2017-August/024583.html
 * gce-compute-image-packages 20170718-0ubuntu1~14.04.0 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2017-August/024584.html
 * landscape-client 14.12-0ubuntu6.14.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2017-August/024585.html
 * pollinate 4.25-0ubuntu1~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2017-August/024586.html
 * flashplugin-nonfree 26.0.0.151ubuntu0.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2017-August/024587.html
 * adobe-flashplugin 1:20170808.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2017-August/024588.html
 * flashplugin-nonfree 26.0.0.151ubuntu0.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2017-August/024589.html
 * adobe-flashplugin 1:20170808.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2017-August/024590.html
 * ubuntu-advantage-tools 2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2017-August/024591.html

End of Life - April 2019

=== Ubuntu 16.04 Updates ===

 * unattended-upgrades 0.90ubuntu0.7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/017966.html
 * ubiquity 2.21.63.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/017967.html
 * linux-hwe-edge 4.11.0-12.17~16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/017968.html
 * linux-hwe-edge_4.11.0-12.17~16.04.1_amd64.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/017969.html
 * linux-meta-hwe-edge 4.11.0.12.20 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/017970.html
 * linux-signed-hwe-edge 4.11.0-12.17~16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/017971.html
 * libvirt 1.3.1-1ubuntu10.12 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/017972.html
 * open-iscsi 2.0.873+git0.3b4b4500-14ubuntu3.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/017973.html
 * unattended-upgrades 0.90ubuntu0.7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/017974.html
 * base-files 9.4ubuntu4.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/017975.html
 * linux-azure 4.11.0-1004.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/017976.html
 * linux-meta-azure 4.11.0.1004.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/017977.html
 * pinba-engine-mysql 1.1.0-1ubuntu1.6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/017978.html
 * pinba-engine-mysql 1.1.0-1ubuntu1.6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/017979.html
 * numactl 2.0.11-1ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/017980.html
 * snapcraft 2.33 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/017981.html
 * nova 2:13.1.4-0ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/017982.html
 * smartshine 0.36-0ubuntu2.16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/017983.html
 * update-manager 1:16.04.8 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/017984.html
 * libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql 2.0.3-6.1ubuntu0.16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/017985.html
 * webkit2gtk 2.16.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/017986.html
 * webkit2gtk 2.16.6-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/017987.html
 * gtk+2.0 2.24.30-1ubuntu1.16.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/017988.html
 * linux-azure 4.11.0-1005.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/017989.html
 * linux-meta-azure 4.11.0.1005.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/017990.html
 * llvm-toolchain-4.0 1:4.0-1ubuntu1~16.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/017991.html
 * llvm-toolchain-4.0 1:4.0-1ubuntu1~16.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/017992.html
 * linux-signed 4.4.0-89.112 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/017993.html
 * linux 4.4.0-89.112 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/017994.html
 * linux-meta 4.4.0.89.95 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/017995.html
 * linux-aws 4.4.0-1028.37 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/017996.html
 * linux-meta-aws 4.4.0.1028.31 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/017997.html
 * linux-gke 4.4.0-1024.24 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/017998.html
 * linux-meta-gke 4.4.0.1024.26 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/017999.html
 * linux-signed-hwe 4.10.0-30.34~16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018000.html
 * linux-hwe 4.10.0-30.34~16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018002.html
 * linux-meta-hwe 4.10.0.30.33 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018001.html
 * linux-signed-hwe-edge 4.11.0-13.19~16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018003.html
 * linux-hwe-edge 4.11.0-13.19~16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018004.html
 * linux-meta-hwe-edge 4.11.0.13.21 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018005.html
 * linux-raspi2 4.4.0-1067.75 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018006.html
 * linux-meta-raspi2 4.4.0.1067.68 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018007.html
 * linux-snapdragon 4.4.0-1069.74 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018008.html
 * linux-meta-snapdragon 4.4.0.1069.62 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018009.html
 * linux_4.4.0-89.112_amd64.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018010.html
 * linux-hwe-edge_4.11.0-13.19~16.04.1_amd64.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018011.html
 * linux-hwe_4.10.0-30.34~16.04.1_amd64.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018012.html
 * squid3 3.5.12-1ubuntu7.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018013.html
 * gce-compute-image-packages 20170718-0ubuntu1~16.04.0 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018014.html
 * linux 4.4.0-89.112 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018015.html
 * linux-signed 4.4.0-89.112 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018016.html
 * linux 4.4.0-89.112 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018017.html
 * linux-signed 4.4.0-89.112 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018018.html
 * linux-aws 4.4.0-1028.37 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018019.html
 * linux-meta 4.4.0.89.95 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018020.html
 * linux-meta 4.4.0.89.95 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018021.html
 * linux-meta-aws 4.4.0.1028.31 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018022.html
 * linux-meta-aws 4.4.0.1028.31 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018023.html
 * linux-aws 4.4.0-1028.37 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018024.html
 * linux-meta-gke 4.4.0.1024.26 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018025.html
 * linux-gke 4.4.0-1024.24 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018026.html
 * linux-gke 4.4.0-1024.24 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018027.html
 * linux-meta-gke 4.4.0.1024.26 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018028.html
 * linux-signed-hwe 4.10.0-30.34~16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018029.html
 * linux-hwe 4.10.0-30.34~16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018030.html
 * linux-signed-hwe 4.10.0-30.34~16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018031.html
 * linux-hwe 4.10.0-30.34~16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018032.html
 * linux-meta-hwe 4.10.0.30.33 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018033.html
 * linux-meta-hwe 4.10.0.30.33 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018034.html
 * linux-raspi2 4.4.0-1067.75 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018035.html
 * linux-raspi2 4.4.0-1067.75 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018036.html
 * linux-meta-raspi2 4.4.0.1067.68 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018037.html
 * linux-meta-raspi2 4.4.0.1067.68 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018038.html
 * linux-snapdragon 4.4.0-1069.74 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018039.html
 * linux-meta-snapdragon 4.4.0.1069.62 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018040.html
 * linux-snapdragon 4.4.0-1069.74 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018041.html
 * linux-meta-snapdragon 4.4.0.1069.62 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018042.html
 * linux-hwe_4.10.0-30.34~16.04.1_amd64.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018043.html
 * linux_4.4.0-89.112_amd64.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018044.html
 * gnome-exe-thumbnailer 0.9.3-2ubuntu0.16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018045.html
 * lxterminal 0.2.0-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018046.html
 * mariadb-10.0 10.0.31-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018047.html
 * mosquitto 1.4.8-1ubuntu0.16.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018048.html
 * gnome-exe-thumbnailer 0.9.3-2ubuntu0.16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018049.html
 * mariadb-10.0 10.0.31-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018050.html
 * mosquitto 1.4.8-1ubuntu0.16.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018051.html
 * lxterminal 0.2.0-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018052.html
 * snapcraft 2.33 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018053.html
 * linux-signed-hwe-edge 4.11.0-13.19~16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018054.html
 * linux-hwe-edge 4.11.0-13.19~16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018055.html
 * linux-hwe-edge 4.11.0-13.19~16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018056.html
 * linux-hwe-edge 4.11.0-13.19~16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018060.html
 * linux-signed-hwe-edge 4.11.0-13.19~16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018057.html
 * linux-meta-hwe-edge 4.11.0.13.21 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018059.html
 * linux-meta-hwe-edge 4.11.0.13.21 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018058.html
 * linux-hwe-edge_4.11.0-13.19~16.04.1_amd64.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018061.html
 * juju-mongodb3.2 3.2.15-0ubuntu1~16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018062.html
 * ubuntu-image 1.1+16.04ubuntu3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018063.html
 * maas 2.2.2-6099-g8751f91-0ubuntu1~16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018064.html
 * pcmanfm 1.2.4-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018065.html
 * pcmanfm 1.2.4-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018066.html
 * shotwell 0.22.0+git20160108.r1.f2fb1f7-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018067.html
 * shotwell 0.22.0+git20160108.r1.f2fb1f7-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018068.html
 * keystone 2:9.3.0-0ubuntu3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018069.html
 * freerdp 1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018070.html
 * freerdp 1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018071.html
 * ubuntu-image 1.1+16.04ubuntu4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018072.html
 * pollinate 4.25-0ubuntu1~16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018073.html
 * flashplugin-nonfree 26.0.0.151ubuntu0.16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018074.html
 * adobe-flashplugin 1:20170808.1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018075.html
 * postfix 3.1.0-3ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018076.html
 * flashplugin-nonfree 26.0.0.151ubuntu0.16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018077.html
 * adobe-flashplugin 1:20170808.1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018078.html
 * ubuntu-advantage-tools 2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2017-August/018079.html

End of Life - April 2021

=== Ubuntu 17.04 Updates ===

 * unattended-upgrades 0.93.1ubuntu2.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011192.html
 * numactl 2.0.11-1ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011193.html
 * snapcraft 2.33+17.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011194.html
 * smartshine 0.36-0ubuntu2.17.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011195.html
 * update-manager 1:17.04.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011196.html
 * libapache2-mod-auth-pgsql 2.0.3-6.1ubuntu0.17.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011197.html
 * gtk+2.0 2.24.31-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011198.html
 * webkit2gtk 2.16.6-0ubuntu0.17.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011199.html
 * webkit2gtk 2.16.6-0ubuntu0.17.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011200.html
 * linux-signed 4.10.0-30.34 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011201.html
 * linux 4.10.0-30.34 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011202.html
 * linux-meta 4.10.0.30.31 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011203.html
 * linux-raspi2 4.10.0-1013.16 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011205.html
 * linux-meta-raspi2 4.10.0.1013.15 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011204.html
 * linux_4.10.0-30.34_amd64.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011206.html
 * gce-compute-image-packages 20170718-0ubuntu1~17.04.0 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011207.html
 * linux-signed 4.10.0-30.34 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011208.html
 * linux 4.10.0-30.34 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011209.html
 * linux-signed 4.10.0-30.34 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011210.html
 * linux 4.10.0-30.34 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011211.html
 * linux-meta 4.10.0.30.31 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011212.html
 * linux-meta 4.10.0.30.31 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011213.html
 * linux-meta-raspi2 4.10.0.1013.15 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011214.html
 * linux-raspi2 4.10.0-1013.16 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011215.html
 * linux-meta-raspi2 4.10.0.1013.15 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011216.html
 * linux-raspi2 4.10.0-1013.16 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011217.html
 * linux_4.10.0-30.34_amd64.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011218.html
 * lxterminal 0.3.0-1ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011219.html
 * gnome-tweak-tool 3.24.1-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011220.html
 * qtbase-opensource-src 5.7.1+dfsg-2ubuntu4~1.17.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011221.html
 * linux-snapdragon 4.4.0-1069.74 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011222.html
 * linux-meta-snapdragon 4.4.0.1069.62 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011223.html
 * gnome-exe-thumbnailer 0.9.4-2ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011224.html
 * mariadb-10.1 10.1.25-0ubuntu0.17.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011225.html
 * mosquitto 1.4.10-2ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011226.html
 * gnome-exe-thumbnailer 0.9.4-2ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011227.html
 * mosquitto 1.4.10-2ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011228.html
 * mariadb-10.1 10.1.25-0ubuntu0.17.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011229.html
 * snapcraft 2.33+17.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011230.html
 * juju-mongodb3.2 3.2.15-0ubuntu1~17.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011231.html
 * samba 2:4.5.8+dfsg-0ubuntu0.17.04.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011232.html
 * ubuntu-image 1.1+17.04ubuntu3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011233.html
 * nova 2:15.0.6-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011234.html
 * maas 2.2.2-6099-g8751f91-0ubuntu1~17.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011235.html
 * linux-snapdragon 4.4.0-1069.74 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011236.html
 * linux-meta-snapdragon 4.4.0.1069.62 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011239.html
 * linux-meta-snapdragon 4.4.0.1069.62 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011237.html
 * linux-snapdragon 4.4.0-1069.74 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011238.html
 * gnome-logs 3.24.2-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011240.html
 * pcmanfm 1.2.5-2ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011241.html
 * pcmanfm 1.2.5-2ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011242.html
 * shotwell 0.22.0+git20160108.r1.f2fb1f7-0ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011243.html
 * libvirt 2.5.0-3ubuntu5.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011244.html
 * mesa 17.0.7-0ubuntu0.17.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011245.html
 * shotwell 0.22.0+git20160108.r1.f2fb1f7-0ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011246.html
 * open-iscsi 2.0.873+git0.3b4b4500-14ubuntu17.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011247.html
 * gnome-applets 3.22.0-2ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011248.html
 * freerdp 1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-10ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011249.html
 * freerdp 1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-10ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011250.html
 * flashplugin-nonfree 26.0.0.151ubuntu0.17.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011251.html
 * adobe-flashplugin 1:20170808.1-0ubuntu0.17.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011252.html
 * flashplugin-nonfree 26.0.0.151ubuntu0.17.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011253.html
 * adobe-flashplugin 1:20170808.1-0ubuntu0.17.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011254.html
 * ubuntu-advantage-tools 2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/zesty-changes/2017-August/011255.html

End of Life - January 2018


Contents

  1. In This Issue
  2. General Community News
    1. Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS released
  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. Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre: How to sign things for Secure Boot
    2. Nish Aravamudan: git ubuntu clone
    3. Didier Roche: Ubuntu @ GUADEC 2017 and plans for GNOME Shell migration
    4. Paul White: A quick look at the decline of Ubuntu Membership
  6. Canonical News
  7. In The Blogosphere
  8. Featured Audio and Video
    1. Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S10E22 - Dazzling Fancy Beast
  9. Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  10. Upcoming Meetings and Events
  11. Updates and Security for 14.04, 16.04, and 17.04
    1. Security Updates
    2. Ubuntu 14.04 Updates
    3. Ubuntu 16.04 Updates
    4. Ubuntu 17.04 Updates
  12. Subscribe
  13. Archives
  14. Additional Ubuntu News
  15. Conclusion
  16. Credits
  17. Glossary of Terms
  18. Ubuntu - Get Involved
  19. Feedback

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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 515 for the week of August 1 - 7, 2017.

In This Issue

  • Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS released
  • Ubuntu Stats

  • LoCo Events

  • Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre: How to sign things for Secure Boot
  • Nish Aravamudan: git ubuntu clone
  • Didier Roche: Ubuntu @ GUADEC 2017 and plans for GNOME Shell migration
  • Paul White: A quick look at the decline of Ubuntu Membership
  • Canonical News
  • In The Blogosphere
  • Featured Audio and Video
  • Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  • Upcoming Meetings and Events
  • Updates and Security for 14.04, 16.04, and 17.04
  • And much more!

General Community News

Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS released

With security updates and corrections for other high-impact bugs, Ubuntu 16.04.3 is finally here. The release is aimed at providing a convenient set of images containing security updates and bugfixes for people to use when installing Ubuntu 16.04 LTS on their system.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2017-August/000224.html

The editors have also collected articles about the topic from around the Internet:

Interested in the Flavors? 16.04.3 LTS release announcements from the flavors' blogs are as follows:

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open (132196) +181 over last week
  • Critical (416) +2 over last week
  • Unconfirmed (66290) +130 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

Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre: How to sign things for Secure Boot

Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre writes about Secure Boot and its trust chain, and how it relates to Ubuntu. Mathieu then moves to showing how to create a certificate needed for UEFI Secure Boot, and ends by writing, "Signing things is complex -- you need to create SSL certificates ... You need to have a fair amount of prior knowledge of how Secure Boot works, and that the commands to use are. It's rather obvious that this isn't at the reach of everybody, and somewhat bad experience in the first place. For that reason, we're working on making the key creation, enrollment and signatures easier when installing DKMS modules. update-secureboot-policy should soon let you generate and enroll a key; and DKMS will be able to sign things by itself using that key.".

http://blog.cyphermox.net/2017/08/how-to-sign-things-for-secure-boot.html

Nish Aravamudan: git ubuntu clone

Nish Aravamudan provides the second post in a series by the Ubuntu Server team showing how to use the git ubuntu clone command to work on Ubuntu packaging with a Git workflow. He goes into detail about the command, showing screenshots and writing about how the command works on the backend. He wraps up the blog post by telling readers about the next post, writing, "In this post, we have seen a new way to get the source for any given package, git ubuntu clone. Robie’s next post will discuss where the imported repositories are and what they look like. My next post will continue discussing the git ubuntu tooling, by looking at another relatively simple subcommand “tag”."

https://naccblog.wordpress.com/2017/08/01/git-ubuntu-clone/

Didier Roche: Ubuntu @ GUADEC 2017 and plans for GNOME Shell migration

The GNOME Users And Developers European Conference (or GUADEC) being held annually was recently concluded in Manchester, England. Didier Roche, one of the Ubuntu Developers from Canonical, writes about this year’s gala in his blog. With discussions on the GNOME based desktop experience in the forthcoming 17.10 release, he assures us that the release will certainly pack changes for the users. An upstream Vanilla session was also set up.

https://didrocks.fr/2017/08/03/ubuntu--guadec-2017-and-plans-for-gnome-shell-migration/

Paul White: A quick look at the decline of Ubuntu Membership

Paul White reminds us that Ubuntu Membership is best described as recognition of significant and sustained contribution to Ubuntu or its community. Paul then provides some figures on how membership has changed over the years, especially with regards new members or members sustaining membership. He notes, "I'll leave it to others to offer their explanations as to why an Ubuntu Membership may not be something that many of our users wish to work towards but membership applications are definitely no longer a regular occurrence. Most applications are successful as applicants tend to apply only when they are sure that they have met the necessary criteria for membership. Interestingly, there have been only five successful applications so far this year."

http://blog.pcw.me.uk/2017/08/a-quick-look-at-decline-of-ubuntu.html

Canonical News

https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/08/03/stable-releases-sprints-more-a-snapd-recap/

In The Blogosphere

Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S10E22 - Dazzling Fancy Beast

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

The week we’ve been making microbit robots, we review the Entroware Apollo and announce a competition where you can win it. Protect your bits with another virtual private lurve and we go over all your feedback.”

http://ubuntupodcast.org/2017/08/03/s10e22-dazzling-fancy-beast/

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, and 17.04

Security Updates

Ubuntu 14.04 Updates

End of Life - April 2019

Ubuntu 16.04 Updates

End of Life - April 2021

Ubuntu 17.04 Updates

End of Life - January 2018

Subscribe

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Archives

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Additional Ubuntu News

As always you can find more news and announcements at:

and

Conclusion

Thank you for reading the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter.

See you next week!

Credits

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

  • Simon Quigley
  • Chris Guiver
  • Athul Muralidhar
  • And many others

Glossary of Terms

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