Issue521
WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 521 for the weeks of October 3 - 16, 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
Call for nominations to the LoCo Council - http://lococouncil.ubuntu.com/2017/10/05/call-for-nominations-to-the-loco-council-5/
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 Hub
Please get to testing Artful RCs (20171015)
Adam Conrad, on behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team, has created a set of test (iso) images with serial 20171015 for testing. Everyone is able is requested to test these, before the final set will be produced Monday. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-release/2017-October/004224.html
Ubuntu 17.10 Community ISO Testing
https://community.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-17-10-community-iso-testing/458
Mir release 0.28
https://community.ubuntu.com/t/mir-release-0-28/545
The Planet
Alan Pope: New Ubuntu Community Hub Launched
Alan Pope reminds us of his proposal to replace the static Community site and tells us the new Community site is live. Some early posts are up, with Alan showing us how they look inviting us to provide feedback if anything is missing. Alan thanks Nathan Haines, Simon Quigley, Marius Quabeck, Will Cooke, Martin Wimpress and Didier Roche for their help. http://popey.com/blog/posts/new-ubuntu-community-hub-launched.html
Jorge Castro: Thoughts on the first Kubernetes Steering Election
http://castrojo.github.io/2017/10/05/lessons-learned-from-the-first-kubernetes-steering-election/
Scarlett Clark: KDE at #UbuntuRally in New York! KDE Applications snaps!
http://scarlettgatelyclark.com/2017/kde-at-ubunturally-in-new-york-kde-applications-snaps/
Didier Roche: Ubuntu GNOME Shell in Artful (Continued)
Didier Roche from the Desktop Team in a series of daily blog posts describes the process of making Ubuntu GNOME Shell ready for Artful Aardvark 17.10. The desired result contains both a default Ubuntu session experience avoiding any shock for those updating from Unity 7, and the choice of a more generic GNOME session Didier Roche: Ubuntu GNOME Shell in Artful: Day 15 - https://didrocks.fr/2017/10/16/ubuntu-gnome-shell-in-artful-day-15/
Other Community News
Ubuntu Cloud News
Canonical News
Snap install-time setup: the install hook - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/10/03/snap-install-time-setup-the-install-hook/
Snap configuration: the configure book - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/10/03/snap-configuration-the-configure-hook/
Heroku as a snap: talking security, Snapcraft & daily updates - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/10/04/heroku-as-a-snap-talking-security-snapcraft-daily-updates/
MAAS 2.3.0 beta 1 released - http://www.roaksoax.com/2017/10/maas-2-3-0-beta-1-released
Webinar: 10-step plan to rollout Cloud devops - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/10/05/webinar-10-step-plan-to-rollout-cloud-devops/
Kubernetes on Ubuntu VMs - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/10/06/kubernetes-on-ubuntu-vms/
James Page: Ubuntu Openstack Dev Summary - 9 October 2017 - https://javacruft.wordpress.com/2017/10/09/ubuntu-openstack-dev-summary-9th-october-2017/
LXD Weekly status #18 - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/10/09/lxd-weekly-status-18/
Designing product page templates for ubuntu.com - https://design.canonical.com/2017/10/designing-product-page-templates-for-ubuntu-com/
Private Docker Registries and the Canonical Distribution of Kubernetes - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/10/11/private-docker-registries-and-the-canonical-distribution-of-kubernetes/
elementary on why snaps are right for the Linux distro - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/10/11/elementary-on-why-snaps-are-right-for-their-linux-distro/
MAAS 2.3.0 beta 2 released! - http://www.roaksoax.com/2017/10/maas-2-3-0-beta-2-released
Kubernetes the not so easy way - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/10/12/kubernetes-the-not-so-easy-way/
OpenStack Development Summary - October 13, 2017 - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/10/13/openstack-development-summary-october-13-2017/
In The Press
In The Blogosphere
The GNOME 3.26 Point Release Is Coming to Ubuntu 17.10
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/10/gnome-3-26-1-bug-fixes
Canonical drops 32-bit Ubuntu desktop ISO
http://opensourceforu.com/2017/10/canonical-drops-32-bit-ubuntu-desktop-iso/
Ubuntu MATE 17.10 to be First Linux OS to Ship with a Snap Installed By Default
Ubuntu 17.10 New Features Release Date and Upgrade Procedure
https://itsfoss.com/ubuntu-17-10-release-features/
Dash to Panel Adds Support for Dynamic Transparency
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/10/dash-panel-adds-support-dynamic-transparency
Mir 1.0 Is Pulled Back, Now It's Mir 0.28
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Mir-1.0-Now-Mir-0.28
Canonical Outs Important Linux Kernel Updates for All Supported Ubuntu Releases
GNOME and Budgie: 2 Comfy Ubuntu 17.10 Envrionments
https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/84866.html
Ubuntu 17.10 Aartful Aardvark Is Now In Final Freeze, Launches October 19
Canonical Puts Out Call for Users to Test Ubuntu 17.10's Release Candidate ISOs
Ubuntu 17.10 Artful Aardvark Enters Final Freeze - Final Release On October 19th
https://fossbytes.com/ubuntu-17-10-final-freeze-release-date-download/
In Other News
Other Articles of Interest
Featured Audio and Video
Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S10E31 - Plausible Dull Story - http://ubuntupodcast.org/2017/10/06/s10e31-plausible-dull-story/
Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S10E32 - Possessive Open Chicken - http://ubuntupodcast.org/2017/10/12/s10e32-possessive-open-chicken/
Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
Server Team - 3 October 2017 - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/10/03/ubuntu-server-development-summary-03-oct-2017/
- Kernel Team Summary - 4 October 2017 -
https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/10/04/kernel-team-summary-october-4-2017/
Security Team - 5 October 2017 - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/10/05/security-team-update-october-5-2017/
- Desktop Team - 6 October 2017 -
https://community.ubuntu.com/t/desktop-weekly-newsletter-6-october-2017/318
Ubuntu Server Development Summary - 10 October 2017 - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/10/11/ubuntu-server-development-summary-10-oct-2017/
Kernel Team Summary - 11 October 2017 - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/10/11/kernel-team-summary-october-11-2017/
Security Team - 12 October 2017 - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/10/12/security-team-weekly-summary-october-12-2017/
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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