Issue537
WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 537 for the week of July 15 - 21, 2018.
In this Issue
General Community News
Ubuntu 17.10 (Artful Aardvark) End of Life reached on July 19 2018
Adam Conrad announces that Ubuntu 17.10 is now End of Life. This means there will be no further updates and it will soon be archived to old-releases.ubuntu.com. Adam advises that the supported upgrade path is to 18.04 and links to more information on it.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2018-July/000233.html
Ubuntu Stats
Bug Stats
- Open: 136730 (+26)
- Critical: 438 (-2)
- Unconfirmed: 66612 (-292)
As always, the Bug Squad needs more help. If you want to get started, please see: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad
Translations
- Ukrainian: 87.42% (30462/1)
- Bosnian: 86.09% (33683/4)
- Spanish: 85.82% (34343/1720)
- German: 84.43% (37697/300)
- French: 81.40% (45022/5756)
Hot in Support
Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions
Is there documentation for chown that is easier to understand? - https://askubuntu.com/questions/1056799/is-there-documentation-for-chown-that-is-easier-to-understand
How to remove Ubuntu's automatic internet connection needs? - https://askubuntu.com/questions/1057458/how-to-remove-ubuntus-automatic-internet-connection-needs
Dollar Value To Word In LibreOffice Calc - https://askubuntu.com/questions/1056752/dollar-value-to-word-in-libreoffice-calc
Send specific bytes over USB/MIDI - https://askubuntu.com/questions/1056512/send-specific-bytes-over-usb-midi
I Installed Ubuntu Mate 18.04 on my Pendrive. How can I maximise the life of that drive? - https://askubuntu.com/questions/1058318/i-installed-ubuntu-mate-18-04-on-my-pendrive-how-can-i-maximise-the-life-of-tha
Ask (and answer!) questions at: https://askubuntu.com/
Ubuntu Forums Top 5 Threads
Formatting USB stick with an ISO present - https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2396564
No Sound - https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2396736
Overwrite windows with Ubuntu - https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2396433
Cant run php in Chrome - https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2396821
Change my terminal from x-term to mate-terminal for Thunar - https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2396708
Find more support at: https://ubuntuforums.org/
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 Hub
The Planet
Other Community News
Ubuntu Cloud News
Canonical News
In the Press
In the Blogosphere
In Other News
Other Articles of Interest
Featured Audio and Video
Meeting Reports
Upcoming Meetings and Events
For more details and farther dates please visit: http://fridge.ubuntu.com/calendars/
Updates and Security for 14.04, 16.04, 17.10, and 18.04
Security Updates
Ubuntu 14.04 Updates
End of Life: April 2019
Ubuntu 16.04 Updates
End of Life: April 2021
Ubuntu 17.10 Updates
End of Life: July 2018
Ubuntu 18.04 Updates
End of Life: April 2023
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