Issue518

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Contents

  1. In This Issue
  2. General Community News
    1. Welcome New Members and Developers
  3. Ubuntu Stats
    1. Bug Stats
    2. Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions this week
  4. LoCo News
  5. LoCo Events
  6. The Planet
    1. Robie Basak: More on the imported repositories
    2. Dustin Kirkland: Bare Metal Kubernetes: More Containers, Less Overhead
    3. Andres Rodriguez: MAAS 2.3.0 alpha 2 Released!
    4. Help needed testing newest bugfix release of Plasma on Kubuntu 17.04
    5. Ubuntu GNOME Shell in Artful: Day 7
    6. Sergio Schvezov: UbuConLA 2017 Summit Summary
    7. Chris Glass: Fixing a lost right-click after switching to 17.10's Gnome 3 and Wayland
    8. Didier Roche: Ubuntu GNOME Shell in Artful: Day 8
    9. Nathan Handler: freenode #live
  7. Other Community News
  8. Ubuntu Cloud News
  9. Canonical News
  10. In The Press
  11. In The Blogosphere
    1. Meet the Laptops & Desktop PCs Powered by Ubuntu Budgie
    2. Ubuntu Sees Sense, Will Support Indicator Applets in Ubuntu 17.10
    3. New Features: Ubuntu 17.10 Will Ship with Indicator Apples and New Ubuntu Dock
    4. Ubuntu 17.10 Continues Refining Its GNOME Shell Theme
  12. In Other News
  13. Other Articles of Interest
  14. Featured Audio and Video
    1. Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S10E25 - Materialistic Gorgeous Cabbage
  15. Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  16. Upcoming Meetings and Events
  17. 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
  18. Subscribe
  19. Archives
  20. Additional Ubuntu News
  21. Conclusion
  22. Credits
  23. Glossary of Terms
  24. Ubuntu - Get Involved
  25. Feedback

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WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 518 for the week of August 22 - 28, 2017.

In This Issue

General Community News

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

Robie Basak: More on the imported repositories

http://www.justgohome.co.uk/blog/2017/08/more-on-the-imported-repositories.html

Dustin Kirkland: Bare Metal Kubernetes: More Containers, Less Overhead

http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2017/08/bare-metal-kubernetes.html

Andres Rodriguez: MAAS 2.3.0 alpha 2 Released!

http://www.roaksoax.com/2017/08/maas-2-3-0-alpha-2-released

Help needed testing newest bugfix release of Plasma on Kubuntu 17.04

http://www.kubuntu.org/news/help-needed-testing-newest-bugfix-release-of-plasma-on-kubuntu-17-04/

Ubuntu GNOME Shell in Artful: Day 7

https://didrocks.fr/2017/08/23/ubuntu-gnome-shell-in-artful-day-7/

Sergio Schvezov: UbuConLA 2017 Summit Summary

http://blog.sergiusens.org/posts/ubuconla-2017-summit-summary/

Chris Glass: Fixing a lost right-click after switching to 17.10's Gnome 3 and Wayland

https://tribaal.io/fixing-right-click-with-gnome3-in-1710.html

Didier Roche: Ubuntu GNOME Shell in Artful: Day 8

https://didrocks.fr/2017/08/25/ubuntu-gnome-shell-in-artful-day-8/

Nathan Handler: freenode #live

http://nhandler.com/blog/2017/08/26/freenode-live.html

Other Community News

Ubuntu Cloud News

Canonical News

In The Press

In The Blogosphere

Meet the Laptops & Desktop PCs Powered by Ubuntu Budgie

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/08/ubuntu-budgie-hardware-available-now

Ubuntu Sees Sense, Will Support Indicator Applets in Ubuntu 17.10

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/08/ubuntu-sees-sense-will-support-indicator-applets-ubuntu-17-10

New Features: Ubuntu 17.10 Will Ship with Indicator Apples and New Ubuntu Dock

https://fossbytes.com/ubuntu-17-10-features-indicator-applets-ubuntu-dock/

Ubuntu 17.10 Continues Refining Its GNOME Shell Theme

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-17.10-GNOME-Refinements

In Other News

Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S10E25 - Materialistic Gorgeous Cabbage

http://ubuntupodcast.org/2017/08/24/s10e25-materialistic-gorgeous-cabbage/

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

- https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2017-August/004023.html

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

You can always find older Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter issues at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter

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:

  • Chris Guiver
  • And many others

Glossary of Terms

Other acronyms can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/glossary

Ubuntu - Get Involved

The Ubuntu community consists of individuals and teams, working on different aspects of the distribution, giving advice and technical support, and helping to promote Ubuntu to a wider audience. No contribution is too small, and anyone can help. It's your chance to get in on all the community fun associated with developing and promoting Ubuntu. http://community.ubuntu.com/contribute/

Or get involved with the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter team! We always need summary writers and editors, if you're interested, learn more at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Join

Feedback

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