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WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 516 for the week of August 8 - 17, 2017.
In This Issue
General Community News
Ubuntu Artful Desktop Fit and Finish Sprint
Alan Pope of Canonical tells us the Ubuntu 17.10 is progressing at top speed. Because of the major change being the new GNOME Shell, volunteers are requested to help fine tune the GUI experience. The hackfest is 24th & 25th August at the London office, with skilled help wanted on the 24th. The deadline is 18th August with details and links provided. https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/08/08/ubuntu-artful-desktop-fit-and-finish-sprint
The editors have also collected articles about the topic from around the Internet:
Canonical Needs Your Help to Finalize the Unity to GNOME Shell Transition - http://news.softpedia.com/news/canonical-needs-your-help-to-finalize-the-unity-to-gnome-shell-transition-517331.shtml
Canonical needs your help transitioning Ubuntu Linux from Unity to GNOME - https://betanews.com/2017/08/08/canonical-ubuntu-linux-gnome/
Welcome New Members and Developers
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 News
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
Alan Pope: Ubuntu Community Hub Proposal
Alan Pope writes about the Community Portal and the onboarding process for new contributors. Alan, after speaking with active members of the Ubuntu Community reveals main necessary themes, and explains why he thinks the Community Portal isn't ideal for this purpose. Alan's fix is a new Community Hub, briefly explaining the idea. http://popey.com/blog/posts/ubuntu-community-hub-proposal.html
Other Community News
Ubuntu Cloud News
Canonical News
Ubuntu in NYC Kubernetes in minutes and enterprise support on AWS - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/08/08/ubuntu-in-nyc-kubernetes-in-minutes-and-enterprise-support-on-aws/
Top Snaps in July: GIMP, Brackets, Gogland, Openstack and more - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/08/10/top-snaps-in-july-gimp-bracket-gogland-openstack-and-more/
68% of businesses are struggling to hire talent for IoT - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/08/09/68-of-businesses-are-struggling-to-hire-talent-for-iot/
In The Press
In The Blogosphere
Ubuntu 17.10 to Enter Feature Freeze on August 24, Python 3 Transition Continues - http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-17-10-to-enter-feature-freeze-on-august-24-python-3-transition-continues-517339.shtml
20 Biggest Features Of Ubuntu 17.10 And Release Date - https://fossbytes.com/ubuntu-17-10-release-date-new-features/
Canonical Starts Work on a Linux 4.12 Kernel for Ubuntu 17.10 for Raspberry Pi 2 - http://news.softpedia.com/news/canonical-starts-work-on-a-linux-4-12-kernel-for-ubuntu-17-10-for-raspberry-pi-2-517362.shtml
Canonical Outs New Kernel Security Updates for All Supported Ubuntu Releases - http://news.softpedia.com/news/canonical-outs-new-kernel-security-updates-for-all-supported-ubuntu-releases-517387.shtml
Canonical Works on Improving Video, Audio and Networking on Ubuntu 17.10 - http://news.softpedia.com/news/canonical-works-on-improving-video-audio-and-networking-on-ubuntu-17-10-517383.shtml
Canonical Releases Snapd 2.27 Snappy Daemon for Ubuntu, Other Linux Distros - http://news.softpedia.com/news/canonical-releases-snapd-2-27-snappy-daemon-for-ubuntu-other-linux-distros-517388.shtml
Mir 1.0 Appears Close, But No Wayland Client Support Yet Nor Vulkan - http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Mir-1.0-Closing-In
In Other News
Other Articles of Interest
Featured Audio and Video
Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S10E23 - Important Fluffy Turn - http://ubuntupodcast.org/2017/08/10/s10e23-important-fluffy-turn/
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
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