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| ## Make each article a subsection, via === ## These are big articles that don't fit within another section ## Suggested sources: ubuntu-news-team mailing list, fridge.ubuntu.com === Welcome New Members and Developers === ## Browse ubuntu-news-team list for announcements of new Ubuntu members. ## developers or PPU ## Forums and IRC also grant membership, where to look for those? ## Format: Results for the $foo Board Meeting DATE ## * Name (launchpad profile | wiki page) |
=== Meizu PRO 5 Ubuntu Edition launches globally === Canonical announces the global launch of the Meizu PRO 5, with the highest specifications of all the Ubuntu phones. It will be available for preorder during Mobile World Congress 2016. They write that it has a: “Host of new features: the fifth Ubuntu device launched by Canonical and partners in 12 months” http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/02/17/meizu-pro-5-ubuntu-edition-launches-globally/ This news was widely covered, the following is a collection of articles collected by our editors: * Meizu unveils the most powerful Ubuntu phone yet - http://www.engadget.com/2016/02/17/meizu-pro-5-ubuntu-edition/ * Canonical announces the most powerful Ubuntu phone yet - http://www.cio.com/article/3033848/linux/canonical-announces-the-most-powerful-ubuntu-phone-yet.html * Meizu's Pro 5 Ubuntu Edition will be available for pre-order at MWC - http://www.cnet.com/products/meizu-pro-5-ubuntu-edition/ * Meizu Pro 5 Ubuntu Edition - http://gadgets.ndtv.com/meizu-pro-5-ubuntu-edition-3301 * Meizu PRO 5 Ubuntu Edition Announced and It's a Beast - http://news.softpedia.com/news/meizu-pro-5-ubuntu-edition-announced-and-it-s-a-beast-photos-500526.shtml * Say Hello To The Meizu PRO 5 Ubuntu Edition Smartphone - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/02/meizu-pro-5-ubuntu-edition-specs-price * Meizu Launches New Ubuntu Linux-Based PRO 5 Smartphone - http://thevarguy.com/open-source-application-software-companies/meizu-launches-new-ubuntu-linux-based-pro-5-smartphone === Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS released === Adam Conrad, on behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team, announces the release of Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS. He highlights the updated kernel and X stack, as well as new hardware support across architectures. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2016-February/000205.html The following articles collected by our editors from the press and blogosphere also covered the 14.04.4 release. * Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS Released, This Is What’s New - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/02/14-04-4-lts-released-whats-new * Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS (Trusty Tahr) Officially Released, Available for Download Now - http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-14-04-4-lts-trusty-tahr-officially-released-available-for-download-now-500610.shtml |
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| ## This section is for Ubuntu News from "The Planet" at http://planet.ubuntu.com/ | === Dustin Kirkland: ZFS is *the* FS for Containers in Ubuntu 16.04! === Dustin Kirkland notes Ubuntu 16.04 LTS is “only a few short weeks away” and blogs about its ZFS. He explains that ZFS is a combination of volume manager and filesystem and now [OpenZFS] is available to Ubuntu. A few “killer” features of ZFS he recounts are snapshots, copy-on-write cloning, continuous integrity checking, automatic repair & efficient compression. Dustin details (with screenshots) how to install, and do a few things with OpenZFS on Ubuntu. http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2016/02/zfs-is-fs-for-containers-in-ubuntu-1604.html === Paul White: Some random thoughts on contributing to Ubuntu === Paul White who has been contributing to Ubuntu for nearly six years, gives us his thoughts on contributing to Ubuntu. Paul highlights the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter has a very small team and could really need some help if you’re able to contribute. Paul then goes to talk about Ubuntu Membership, and lastly the last Ubuntu Online Summit and it’s promise to discuss retaining bored/burnt-out volunteers only to omit any discussion. http://blog.pcw.me.uk/2016/02/some-random-thoughts-on-contributing-to.html === Canonical Design Team: MWC stand: behind the scenes (parts 1, 2, 3 & finale) === Steph Wilson writes about MWC (Mobile World Congress) and behind the scenes construction work in preparing the stand for the MWC, accompanying his posts with lots of photos. Each part reflects days 1 through 3 of progress, and then the behind the scenes setup finale. http://design.canonical.com/2016/02/mwc-stand-behind-the-scenes-part-1/ & http://design.canonical.com/2016/02/mwc-stand-behind-the-scenes-part-2/ & http://design.canonical.com/2016/02/mwc-stand-behind-the-scenes-part-3/ & http://design.canonical.com/2016/02/mwc-stand-behind-the-scenes-finale/ |
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| ## This section is for Ubuntu News from elsewhere in the community: ## mailing lists, team blogs not on planet, etc |
=== [Ubuntu-manual] Let's go for it! === Hannie Dumoleyn writes in the to the Ubuntu Manual Team that preparations for the coming Xenial Xerus 16.04 Manual have commenced. All authors, editors and reviewers are asked to add their name to chapters and sections they want to work on. When enough chapters are covered more detailed instructions will be sent. https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-manual/msg04881.html === Formal closure of Ubuntu Classroom === Elizabeth K. Joseph announces the formal closure of the Ubuntu Classroom team. She points out that the team has had a great run, but it has became clear that it’s time for the project to come to an end. She invites anybody with further ideas to email the Ubuntu Community Team mailing list. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-community-team/2016-February/001088.html |
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| ## This section largely draws from the news from http://insights.ubuntu.com/ and the ## Ubuntu Planet, news from our community, not 3rd party press/blogs |
* Introducing Juju Resources - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/02/15/introducing-juju-resources/ * Juju Big Data hits the conference scene - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/02/16/juju-big-data-hits-the-conference-scene/ * Juju GUI 2.0.3 released - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/02/17/juju-gui-2-0-3-released/ * Real world Big Data workloads in the cloud - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/02/19/real-world-big-data-workloads-in-the-cloud/ |
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| ## This section largely comes from blog.canonical.com and Canonical ## press releases |
* Canonical and Samsung demonstrate Ubuntu Core on SAMSUNG ARTIK™ - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/02/18/canonical-and-samsung-demonstrate-ubuntu-core-on-samsung-artik/ |
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| ## Ubuntu UK Podcast ## Full Circle Magazine Podcast ## At Home With Jono Bacon - Weekly Community QA on UStreamTV ## Lococast.net |
=== Ubuntu Community Team Q&A - 16th February 2016 === Alan Pope, Michael Hall, and Daniel Holbach present an hour of updates updates and answers on behalf of the Canonical Community Team. They open talking about several upcoming events, such as the upcoming Ubuntu Online Summit, Mobile World Congress, and Google Summer of Code. They then answer questions provided to then over IRC. Although the questions were primarily questions about Ubuntu Touch and convergence, there were also questions about Ubuntu Online Summit and the upcoming Ubu``Con in Germany later this year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr4d0zZZEOw === Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S09E00 – Topical Solution - Ubuntu Podcast === "It's Episode Zero of Season Nine of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson, Laura Cowen and Martin Wimpress are connected and speaking to your brain. We're back! And we’re going to be back every week starting Thursday 3rd March 2016!! In this week’s show we give a quick run-down of all the news that happened while we were away..." http://ubuntupodcast.org/2016/02/18/s09e00-topical-solution/ === Full Circle Weekly News #05 === "A short podcast (<10 minutes) with just the news. No chit-chat. No time wasting. Just the latest FOSS/Linux/Ubuntu news." http://fullcirclemagazine.org/podcast/full-circle-weekly-news-05/ |
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| ## Change date to reflect the latest meeting date and verify link then just remove the comment out marks ## * Kernel Team - February 21, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Meeting#Tues.2C_21_February_2012 ## * QA Team - February 15, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Meetings/QA/20120215 ## * Desktop Team - February 21, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopTeam/Meeting/2012-02-21 ## * Security Team - February 13, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20120213 ## * Server Team - February 21, 2012 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/20120221 == Monthly Team Reports: <MONTH> <YEAR> == ## Once a month we do these in the format: ## ## See here for the team report for June 2011: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TeamReports/MonthYear ## ## If your team is not producing monthly reports, see this page to get your team started: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BuildingCommunity/TeamReporting |
* Kernel Team - February 16, 2016 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Newsletter/2016-02-16 * Server Team - February 16, 2016 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/20160216 |
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| ## The following list is in chronological order. * Your Name Here |
* Elizabeth K. Joseph * Simon Quigley * Chris Guiver * Daniel Beck |
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WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 455 for the week February 15 - 21, 2016.
In This Issue
General Community News
Meizu PRO 5 Ubuntu Edition launches globally
Canonical announces the global launch of the Meizu PRO 5, with the highest specifications of all the Ubuntu phones. It will be available for preorder during Mobile World Congress 2016. They write that it has a: “Host of new features: the fifth Ubuntu device launched by Canonical and partners in 12 months”
http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/02/17/meizu-pro-5-ubuntu-edition-launches-globally/
This news was widely covered, the following is a collection of articles collected by our editors:
Meizu unveils the most powerful Ubuntu phone yet - http://www.engadget.com/2016/02/17/meizu-pro-5-ubuntu-edition/
Canonical announces the most powerful Ubuntu phone yet - http://www.cio.com/article/3033848/linux/canonical-announces-the-most-powerful-ubuntu-phone-yet.html
Meizu's Pro 5 Ubuntu Edition will be available for pre-order at MWC - http://www.cnet.com/products/meizu-pro-5-ubuntu-edition/
Meizu Pro 5 Ubuntu Edition - http://gadgets.ndtv.com/meizu-pro-5-ubuntu-edition-3301
Meizu PRO 5 Ubuntu Edition Announced and It's a Beast - http://news.softpedia.com/news/meizu-pro-5-ubuntu-edition-announced-and-it-s-a-beast-photos-500526.shtml
Say Hello To The Meizu PRO 5 Ubuntu Edition Smartphone - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/02/meizu-pro-5-ubuntu-edition-specs-price
Meizu Launches New Ubuntu Linux-Based PRO 5 Smartphone - http://thevarguy.com/open-source-application-software-companies/meizu-launches-new-ubuntu-linux-based-pro-5-smartphone
Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS released
Adam Conrad, on behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team, announces the release of Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS. He highlights the updated kernel and X stack, as well as new hardware support across architectures.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2016-February/000205.html
The following articles collected by our editors from the press and blogosphere also covered the 14.04.4 release.
Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS Released, This Is What’s New - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/02/14-04-4-lts-released-whats-new
Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS (Trusty Tahr) Officially Released, Available for Download Now - http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-14-04-4-lts-trusty-tahr-officially-released-available-for-download-now-500610.shtml
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
Dustin Kirkland: ZFS is *the* FS for Containers in Ubuntu 16.04!
Dustin Kirkland notes Ubuntu 16.04 LTS is “only a few short weeks away” and blogs about its ZFS. He explains that ZFS is a combination of volume manager and filesystem and now [OpenZFS] is available to Ubuntu. A few “killer” features of ZFS he recounts are snapshots, copy-on-write cloning, continuous integrity checking, automatic repair & efficient compression. Dustin details (with screenshots) how to install, and do a few things with OpenZFS on Ubuntu.
http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2016/02/zfs-is-fs-for-containers-in-ubuntu-1604.html
Paul White: Some random thoughts on contributing to Ubuntu
Paul White who has been contributing to Ubuntu for nearly six years, gives us his thoughts on contributing to Ubuntu. Paul highlights the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter has a very small team and could really need some help if you’re able to contribute. Paul then goes to talk about Ubuntu Membership, and lastly the last Ubuntu Online Summit and it’s promise to discuss retaining bored/burnt-out volunteers only to omit any discussion.
http://blog.pcw.me.uk/2016/02/some-random-thoughts-on-contributing-to.html
Canonical Design Team: MWC stand: behind the scenes (parts 1, 2, 3 & finale)
Steph Wilson writes about MWC (Mobile World Congress) and behind the scenes construction work in preparing the stand for the MWC, accompanying his posts with lots of photos. Each part reflects days 1 through 3 of progress, and then the behind the scenes setup finale.
http://design.canonical.com/2016/02/mwc-stand-behind-the-scenes-part-1/ & http://design.canonical.com/2016/02/mwc-stand-behind-the-scenes-part-2/ & http://design.canonical.com/2016/02/mwc-stand-behind-the-scenes-part-3/ & http://design.canonical.com/2016/02/mwc-stand-behind-the-scenes-finale/
Other Community News
[Ubuntu-manual] Let's go for it!
Hannie Dumoleyn writes in the to the Ubuntu Manual Team that preparations for the coming Xenial Xerus 16.04 Manual have commenced. All authors, editors and reviewers are asked to add their name to chapters and sections they want to work on. When enough chapters are covered more detailed instructions will be sent.
https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-manual/msg04881.html
Formal closure of Ubuntu Classroom
Elizabeth K. Joseph announces the formal closure of the Ubuntu Classroom team. She points out that the team has had a great run, but it has became clear that it’s time for the project to come to an end. She invites anybody with further ideas to email the Ubuntu Community Team mailing list.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-community-team/2016-February/001088.html
Ubuntu Cloud News
Introducing Juju Resources - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/02/15/introducing-juju-resources/
Juju Big Data hits the conference scene - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/02/16/juju-big-data-hits-the-conference-scene/
Juju GUI 2.0.3 released - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/02/17/juju-gui-2-0-3-released/
Real world Big Data workloads in the cloud - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/02/19/real-world-big-data-workloads-in-the-cloud/
Ubuntu Phone News
Canonical News
Canonical and Samsung demonstrate Ubuntu Core on SAMSUNG ARTIK™ - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/02/18/canonical-and-samsung-demonstrate-ubuntu-core-on-samsung-artik/
In The Press
In The Blogosphere
In Other News
Other Articles of Interest
Featured Audio and Video
Ubuntu Community Team Q&A - 16th February 2016
Alan Pope, Michael Hall, and Daniel Holbach present an hour of updates updates and answers on behalf of the Canonical Community Team. They open talking about several upcoming events, such as the upcoming Ubuntu Online Summit, Mobile World Congress, and Google Summer of Code. They then answer questions provided to then over IRC. Although the questions were primarily questions about Ubuntu Touch and convergence, there were also questions about Ubuntu Online Summit and the upcoming UbuCon in Germany later this year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr4d0zZZEOw
Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S09E00 – Topical Solution - Ubuntu Podcast
"It's Episode Zero of Season Nine of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson, Laura Cowen and Martin Wimpress are connected and speaking to your brain.
We're back! And we’re going to be back every week starting Thursday 3rd March 2016!!
In this week’s show we give a quick run-down of all the news that happened while we were away..."
http://ubuntupodcast.org/2016/02/18/s09e00-topical-solution/
Full Circle Weekly News #05
"A short podcast (<10 minutes) with just the news. No chit-chat. No time wasting. Just the latest FOSS/Linux/Ubuntu news."
http://fullcirclemagazine.org/podcast/full-circle-weekly-news-05/
Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
Kernel Team - February 16, 2016 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Newsletter/2016-02-16
Server Team - February 16, 2016 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/20160216
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 12.04, 14.04 and 15.10
Security Updates
Ubuntu 12.04 Updates
Ubuntu 14.04 Updates
Ubuntu 15.10 Updates
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Credits
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- Simon Quigley
- Chris Guiver
- Daniel Beck
- And many others
Glossary of Terms
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