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    Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 424


    Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 424 for the week June - 29 - July 5, 2015.

    Links to UWN

    In This Issue

    • Ubuntu 14.10 (Utopic Unicorn) reaches End of Life on July 23, 2015
    • Welcome New Members and Developers
    • Ubuntu Stats
    • Korea Community newly launched Ask Ubuntu KR + Ubuntu Hours Feedback
    • LoCo Events
    • Elizabeth K. Joseph: Contributing to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter
    • Nicholas Skaggs: Snappy Open House
    • Nicholas Skaggs: Have you tried writing a testsuite?
    • Brendan Perrine: lxrandr new dual screen options
    • Ubuntu Cloud News
    • Ubuntu Phone News
    • Canonical News
    • Intel To Release Ubuntu-Flavored Compute Stick
    • Why Ubuntu plans to replace traditional Linux packages with something better
    • In The Blogosphere
    • Other Articles of Interest
    • Featured Audio and Video
    • Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
    • Upcoming Meetings and Events
    • Updates and Security for 12.04, 14.04, 14.10 and 15.04
    • And much more!


    General Community News

    Ubuntu 14.10 (Utopic Unicorn) reaches End of Life on July 23, 2015

    Adam Conrad announces that the support period for Ubuntu 14.10 will come to an end on 23rd July 2015. At that time, security notices will no longer include information or updated packages for Ubuntu 14.10. Adam tells us that the supported upgrade path is via Ubuntu 15.04, and he links to the site where instructions and caveats for the upgrade can be found.

    https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ub...ly/003010.html

    Welcome New Members and Developers

    ANIS El Acheche, on behalf of the Ubuntu Membership Board, announces two new members:-



    https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ub...ly/002269.html


    Ubuntu Stats

    Bug Stats

    • Open (119146) +180 over last week
    • Critical (278) +3 over last week
    • Unconfirmed (59586) +164 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 ====



    People Contributing the best questions and answers this week: Maythux (http://askubuntu.com/users/150504/maythux), A.B. (http://askubuntu.com/users/367165/a-b), Oli (http://askubuntu.com/users/449/oli), muru (http://askubuntu.com/users/158442/muru) and Serg (http://askubuntu.com/users/295286/serg)

    Ask (and answer!) questions at http://askubuntu.com

    LoCo News

    Korea Community newly launched Ask Ubuntu KR + Ubuntu Hours Feedback

    In a message to the loco-contacts mailing list, Jang Taehee announces the new homepage for the Ubuntu Korea team as well as a Korean language Ask Ubuntu site.

    https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/lo...ne/006992.html

    LoCo Events

    Want to learn whether there is an event upcoming in your area? Visit the LoCo Team Portal to browse upcoming events around the world:

    http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/

    The Planet

    Elizabeth K. Joseph: Contributing to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter

    Elizabeth K. Joseph looks back on her time with the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, noting how its production has changed since 2011. She says, before describing the task of a Summary Writer: "we always need help putting the newsletter together. We especially need people who can take some time out of their weekend to help us write article summaries."

    http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=10400

    Nicholas Skaggs: Snappy Open House

    Nicholas Skaggs writes to inform us of Snappy Open Houses which gives users a chance to meet the snappy team developers and help QA test snappy images. He says that there will be a live broadcast on ubuntuonair.com and that any questions that are asked on IRC will be answered. Nicholas ends his post with: "The first of these snappy open houses will be July 7th at 1400 UTC. Please stop by and help test with us, try out snappy, and meet the snappy team!"

    http://www.theorangenotebook.com/201...pen-house.html

    Nicholas Skaggs: Have you tried writing a testsuite?

    Nicholas Skaggs explains how it has never been easier for developers to write tests for their applications and says that he wants to share details on some new documentation. He links to several sites that refer to running autopilot tests and writing good functional tests, saying: "No matter what language or level you write tests for, the guides are there to help you."

    http://www.theorangenotebook.com/201...testsuite.html

    Brendan Perrine: lxrandr new dual screen options

    Brendan Perrine highlights a new release of lxrandr now available in Lubuntu 15.04. Version 0.3.0 brings support for positioning secondary screens relative to a primary screen as well as making it easier to select specific monitors to use.

    http://brendanperrine.com/posts/lxra...n-options.html

    Ubuntu Cloud News



    Ubuntu Phone News

    Thoughts on Meizu MX4

    Ricardo Padovani reviews the Meizu MX4, comparing it to the BQ Aquaris E4.5. He describes the screen as perfect in relation to the BQ's screen; with thin borders and sitting at 5.36 inches large, we can understand why. Regarding performance, he notes that the browser renders much quicker and that he receives up to 500 messages a day on Telegram without a bump.

    http://rpadovani.com/thoughts-on-arale/

    Sujeevan Vijayakumaran also wrote a review -
    https://svij.org/blog/2015/07/05/rev...buntu-edition/

    As did Marcos Costales (article is in Spanish) - http://thinkonbytes.blogspot.co.uk/2...ion-beast.html

    Announcing the MX4 Challenge Winner

    Nekhelesh Ramananthan (nik90) announces the winner of the Meizu MX4 Challenge, which attracted 10 quality submissions, to be Brian Douglass who created a UApp Explorer scope. Nekhelesh shows us some screenshots of the winning entry, says he is happy with the submissions, and thanks all the participants for their effort.


    http://nik90.com/announcing-the-mx4-challenge-winner/

    Canonical News

    Publishing LXD images

    Serge Hallyn writes how to create a LXD container image of Ubuntu Wily with upstart. He shows us how to publish the container to a remote server so that anyone can read it. He also explains how to make such a container "private".

    http://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/06/3...ng-lxd-images/

    Intel Compute Stick now comes with Ubuntu

    Canonical announces the availability of an Ubuntu flavored Intel Compute Stick which will be priced at around $110 USD and will be available next week. They say that the device can turn any HDMI display into a fully functioning computer as it can also connect to a wireless router, keyboard and mouse.

    http://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/07/0...s-with-ubuntu/

    Community team week 27 update

    David Planella shares some activity by the Ubuntu Community Team at Canonical. Highlights include a tutorial for writing Unity Scopes in Go, a new Core Apps site, and Ubucon DE planning.

    https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ub...ly/000651.html

    In The Press

    Intel To Release Ubuntu-Flavored Compute Stick

    Lory Gil of Liliputing informs us that Intel is releasing an Ubuntu version (Intel product number STCK1A8LFC) of its compute stick for sale next week. The device will be available on-line and at brick and mortar stores like Best Buy, see: http://tinyurl.com/pp4ukur

    http://liliputing.com/2015/07/ubuntu...next-week.html

    Why Ubuntu plans to replace traditional Linux packages with something better

    Chris Hoffman of PCWorld writes an overview of how Ubuntu has traditionally worked and contrasts that with the new Snappy system that is due to be an option for Ubuntu desktops in the near future. Reflecting on how Snappy works, he writes: "Applications are no longer installed system-wide. The base Ubuntu operating system is kept securely isolated from applications you install later. Both the base system and Snappy packages are kept as read-only images." He concludes on a positive note and writes: "Ubuntu's developers think the time is right to leave traditional Linux packages behind and replace them with something better."

    http://www.pcworld.com/article/29422...ng-better.html

    In The Blogosphere

    Unity 8 Desktop Gains a Slick 3D Task Switcher

    Joey-Elijah Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! tells us that Unity 8 has gained a 3D desktop spread that is triggered using the traditional Alt+Tab keyboard shortcut. He embeds a short video of the new app switcher in his post, warns that the new feature is still a work in progress, and that Unity 8 must be compiled from source in order to try the switcher.

    http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2015/06/u...indow-switcher

    BQ Aquaris E5: An Ubuntu Edition Phone that severely disappoints

    Jack Wallen of TechRepublic writes that his first experience of an Ubuntu Phone in the form of the BQ Aquaris E5 was disappointing, saying that the hardware is laggy and slow, there are critically few apps in the Ubuntu Store, and that scopes are little more than glorified short cuts to mobile web pages. After Jack points out further deficiencies he concludes his review saying: "Please, Canonical, go back to the drawing board and return with a UI that makes sense... or simply return all of your focus on what you do best and leave the mobile platform to Google and Apple."

    http://www.techrepublic.com/article/...y-disappoints/

    Ubuntu MATE Announces A Partnership With A PC Hardware Vendor

    Michael Larabel of Phoronix informs us that Ubuntu MATE has formed a partnership with LibreTrend who ship the distribution pre-loaded on a "free software friendly and 100% blobless Linux driver" PC. Michael says that the price is rather high for the specification, suggests an alternative option, and says that he hopes the company will put out some other interesting hardware at a competitive price.

    http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag...Libre-Hardware

    Ubuntu Is Finally Fixing Its Annoying GRUB Setting

    Michael Larabel of Phoronix writes that an annoying GRUB configuration setting will be addressed in Ubuntu 15.10 and other releases via a stable release upgrade. He says that currently in the event of a system problem, the GRUB boot-loader screen will hang indefinitely until a user interacts with it but that the update will change the configuration to wait for just 30 seconds.

    http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?pag....10-GRUB-Fixed

    Other Articles of Interest



    Featured Audio and Video

    Ubuntu Community Q&A - 30th June 2015

    Daniel Planella is joined by Alan Pope for another regular Q&A session in which viewers' questions, which are asked on IRC, are answered.

    https://youtu.be/qjgDTkWqwbQ

    What is Kubuntu? - Kubuntu Podcast Show 2

    "Welcome to Show 2 of Kubuntu Podcast - Join Aaron Honeycutt, Ovidiu-Florin BOGDAN and Rick Timmis as they discuss all things Kubuntu."

    https://youtu.be/JInlEO8RMXo

    Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S08E17 - Gigli

    It's Episode Seventeen of Season Eight of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson, Laura Cowen, and Martin Wimpress are all together again and speaking to your brain.

    In this week's show:
    • We look at what's been going on in the news:
    • The Linux port of the Unity 3D Editor is "coming along quite nicely"...
    • Toyota have settled a case of Unintended Acceleration in the US and had their code reviewed...
    • Some Ubuntu 15.10 flavours released Alpha 1...
    • The Meizu MX4 Ubuntu phone went on sale Thursday, June 25...
    • Linux Mint 17.2 "Rafaela Cinnamon Edition...
    • Linux Mint 17.2 "Rafaela MATE Edition


    We also take a look at what's been going on in the community:
    • "After much public controversy, the Ubuntu Community Council and Kubuntu Council have met with Mark Shuttleworth and Jonathan Riddell to chart a path forward."
    • Korean Loco team have setup their own localised "Ask Ubuntu" site
    • The Internet's Jono Bacon suggests making Android apps run on Ubuntu phone...
    • Oggcamp 2015 is happening!


    That's all for this week, please send your comments and suggestions to: show@ubuntupodcast.org

    http://ubuntupodcast.org/2015/07/03/s08e17-gigli/

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    Updates and Security for 12.04, 14.04, 14.10 and 15.04

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    Ubuntu 12.04 Updates



    End of Life - April 2017

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    End of Life - April 2019

    Ubuntu 14.10 Updates



    End of Life - July 2015

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    • Paul White
    • Elizabeth K. Joseph
    • Charles Profitt
    • Ian Nicholson
    • Daniel Beck
    • Jim Connett
    • And many others


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