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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		 === IRC Council Election Results ===

Neal Bussett announces the election of the new Ubuntu IRC Council, which now has the following members: elky (existing member), Flannel (existing member), hggdh (incumbent), Tm_T (incumbent) and Unit193. He goes on to thank all who participated.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-irc/2016-April/001849.html

=== Phone Update: OTA-10 – New theme and color palette ===

Amrisha Prather highlights some changes in OTA-10, such as the addition of three apps that are now installed by default, and some general enhancements. She goes on to provide a link to the full change log.

http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/04/06/phone-update-ota-10/

The official release announcement by Łukasz 'sil2100' Zemczak is here: Ubuntu Touch OTA-10 released - https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-phone/msg19463.html

The press and blogosphere also celebrated the OTA-10 release with several articles. The following is a section from our editors.

 * Ubuntu OTA-10 Brings New Apps, New Features to Ubuntu Phone - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/04/ubuntu-ota-10-brings-new-apps-new-features-ubuntu-phone
 * Ubuntu Touch OTA-10 Officially Released - http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-touch-ota-10-officially-released-502633.shtml
 * Ubuntu OTA-10 Finally Brings VPN Support To Ubuntu Phones/Tablets - http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-OTA-10
 * Ubuntu Touch OTA 10 Update Released; New Out-Of-The-Box Experience And VPN Support - http://www.mobipicker.com/ubuntu-touch-ota-10-update-released-new-box-experience-vpn-support/
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## 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)		 Results from the Ubuntu Membership Board meeting on 7 April, 2016:

The membership board is pleased to say that we have new members!

 * Marius Quabeck (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Mister_Q | https://launchpad.net/~misterq)
 * Patrik Bubák (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Inoki | https://launchpad.net/~inoki)

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2016-April/002450.html
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## Data can be found at: http://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bugs
## Note: "Unconfirmed" number comes from "New" number
## See last week's UWN to calculate change over last week.
## NOTE: To be done ONLY on the release date of the UWN (or latter if late).

    * Open (#) +/- # over last week
    * Critical (#) +/- # over last week
    * Unconfirmed (#) +/- # over last week		     * Open (120478) -118 over last week
    * Critical (332) +7 over last week
    * Unconfirmed (59273) +14 over last week
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## AUTOMATIC (preferred method, more stats!)
## Run: ./askubuntu/askubuntu.py
## MANUAL: Go to askubuntu.com and click on "WEEK" to get the
## top questions of the week		 ==== Most Active Questions ====

 * Accidentally created directory named “~” (tilde) http://askubuntu.com/questions/754881/accidentally-created-directory-named-tilde
 * Bash Script to Drag and Drop a File to New Location http://askubuntu.com/questions/753642/bash-script-to-drag-and-drop-a-file-to-new-location
 * Why doesn't ls combined with awk show exact sizes? http://askubuntu.com/questions/754840/why-doesnt-ls-combined-with-awk-show-exact-sizes
 * Is there any program for fuzzy string matching, which provides a match score? http://askubuntu.com/questions/753608/is-there-any-program-for-fuzzy-string-matching-which-provides-a-match-score
 * Dollar sign in environment variable's value http://askubuntu.com/questions/755033/dollar-sign-in-environment-variables-value

==== Top Voted New Questions ====

 * Accidentally created directory named "~" (tilde) http://askubuntu.com/questions/754881/
 * Is there any program for fuzzy string matching, which provides a match score? http://askubuntu.com/questions/753608/
 * Bash Script to Drag and Drop a File to New Location http://askubuntu.com/questions/753642/
 * How do I delete the target of a symbolic link without deleting the link itself? http://askubuntu.com/questions/754026/
 * Accidentally mounted a partition on /usr http://askubuntu.com/questions/755614/

People Contributing the best questions and answers this week: cl-netbox (http://askubuntu.com/users/260935/cl-netbox), muru (http://askubuntu.com/users/158442/muru), emk2203 (http://askubuntu.com/users/332437/emk2203), A.B. (http://askubuntu.com/users/367165/a-b) and Redoubts (http://askubuntu.com/users/94353/redoubts)
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== LoCo News ==

## Make each article a subsection, via === Section name ===
## Add notes about new locoteams, changed ones, meetings, etc.
## Keep and eye on the Planet, the LoCo Team Portal, and other
## LoCo team Blogs you can add to your RSS Feeds, also the
## loco-contacts mailing list and http://lococouncil.ubuntu.com/
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## Run the ./loco-events/loco-events.py script to get a list  * Az Loco Installfest/Linux and open source workshop, Arizona Lo``Co Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-arizona/3335-az-loco-installfest/linux-and-open-source-workshop/
 * Ubuntu-Hn at FLISOL, Ubuntu Honduras: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-hn/3344-ubuntu-hn-at-flisol/
 * Encontro Ubuntu-pt @ Sintra // Festa de lançamento Xenial Xerus, Ubuntu Portugal: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-pt/3349-encontro-ubuntu-pt-@-sintra-//-festa-de-lançamento-xenial-xerus/
 * Toronto Xenial Xerus Release Party, Ubuntu Canada: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-ca/3330-toronto-xenial-xerus-release-party/
 * Ubuntu 16.04 Release Party with #OGStack: Man-In-The-Packets, Ubuntu Malaysia Lo``Co Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-my/3355-ubuntu-1604-release-party-with-ogstack-man-in-the-packets/
 * Flisol Amazonas 2016, Ubuntu Venezuela Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-ve/3298-flisol-amazonas-2016/
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## This section is for Ubuntu News from "The Planet" at http://planet.ubuntu.com/ === Xubuntu: My media manager: gmusicbrowser ===

The Xubuntu team reminds us that Xubuntu 16.04 LTS is the first Xubuntu release without a default media manager. In the next article in this series about media managers, members of the Xubuntu team talk about their use of gmusicbrowser and why it’s the best choice for them.

http://xubuntu.org/news/my-media-manager-gmusicbrowser/

=== Xubuntu: The small details: Shortcut keys & Text editor and terminal color schemes ===

In this series of articles the Xubuntu team writes about some of the smaller details in Xubuntu which will help you use your system more efficiently. The first shares several of the default shortcut keys and how to add new ones. The second article highlights the ability to customize your environment as one of the strengths of Xubuntu and explains how to edit the color schemes of Mousepad text editor and the Xfce4 terminal emulator in the application Preferences.

http://xubuntu.org/news/small-details-shortcut-keys/ & http://xubuntu.org/news/small-details-text-editor-terminal-color-schemes/

=== Sam Hewitt: What's up with Unity 7? ===

Sam Hewitt writes about Unity’s new feature in the upcoming 16.04 to move the launcher to the bottom of the screen. He accepts that the developers have responded to requests from users who wanted this feature, even though he believes it is“very odd to suddenly give users an option that lets them alter the UI so dramatically.” He concludes by Including the terminal command to move the launcher.

http://samuelhewitt.com/blog/2016-04-06-whats-up-with-unity-7-on-ubuntu

=== Stéphane Graber: LXC 2.0 has been released! ===

Stephanie Graber announces the release of LXC 2.0, the second Long Term Support Release. “LXC 2.0,” he says, “is the result of a year of work by the LXC community with over 700 commits done by over 90 contributors.” He explains that it joins LXCFS 2.0, which just came out last week and it will very soon join LXD 2.0 to complete its collection of 2.0 container management tools. "It will still support all kernels from 2.6.32, though the exact feature set does obviously vary based on kernel features," states Graber. He concludes by also sharing that LXC 2.0 support was greatly improved for a bunch of architectures, a plethora of bugs were fixed, and other rough edges were polished.

https://www.stgraber.org/2016/04/06/lxc-2-0-has-been-released/

=== Simon Quigley: Contributing to Ubuntu - 0 - What is this? ===

Simon Quigley introduces a new blog series that he is working on to help people start contributing to Ubuntu. He says, “I plan on creating a series of blog posts in the next couple of months covering the forms of contributions I have personally participated in, and possibly a few interviews from some Ubuntu community members about their contributions.” He invites anybody with ideas for content to cover to leave a comment on that page.

http://tsimonq2.net/blog/2016/04/06/

=== Dustin Kirkland: Container MacCloud: Can there really only be one? ===

Dustin Kirkland uses references from Highlander to talk about the various types of containers available today for Ubuntu and shares various links talking about the use in development and production. He concludes with plans to attend the upcoming Open``Stack Summit ("The Gathering") and invites readers to view an upcoming webinar on "Discover the Cloud and Scale Out World of Ubuntu on IBM."

http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2016/04/container-maccloud.html

=== Colin Watson: No more “Hash Sum Mismatch” errors ===

Colin Watson summarizes some updates to the way that the Ubuntu and Debian archives work, showing the steps that built up to the recent change in the design of the repositories. Colin says, "The solution we’ve ended up with, thanks to Michael Vogt’s work implementing it in APT, is called by-hash and should be familiar in concept to people who’ve used git: with the exception of the top-level In``Release file, index files for suites that support the by-hash mechanism may now be fetched using a URL based on one of their hashes listed in In``Release.” He points out that this is currently only supported for Xenial, as “earlier versions of Ubuntu don’t have the necessary support in APT. With this, hash mismatches on updates should be a thing of the past."

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~cjwatson/blog/no-more-hash-sum-mismatch-errors.html

=== Michael Hall: New Ubuntu Community Donations report ===

Michael Hall publishes the Community Donations report for Q3 2015. Everybody who has received these funds have used them to contribute to the Ubuntu project. The Ubuntu Community Donations Fund is regularly paying out more than it is getting in donations. Michael Hall writes: "If you like the things we’ve been able to support with this program, please consider sending it a contribution and helping us spread the word about it."

http://mhall119.com/2016/04/new-ubuntu-community-donations-report/
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## This section is for Ubuntu News from elsewhere in the community:
## mailing lists, team blogs not on planet, etc		 === Nominations to the Tech Board ===

Mark Shuttleworth lists the Ubuntu Technical Board nominees, and writes "We are very fortunate to have such an excellent group of nominees, and I am confident that the Ubuntu developer community will choose well." He shares that the Community Council is in charge of setting up the polling, and will take over the process next time to avoid taking too long firming up the list of candidates.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/technical-board/2016-April/002205.html

=== Community team weeks 13-14 update ===

David Planella catches us up with the latest progress from the Canonical Community Team, featuring the projects they have worked with in the past couple weeks. He covers improvements and changes to the Ubuntu development website, progress on supporting Ubu``Con Europe and the upcoming Ubuntu Online Summit, the preparation of Snappy documentation and changes that teams need to be notified about and other miscellaneous tasks.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-community-team/2016-April/001198.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		  * Open``Stack Spotlight – Ryan Beisner & James Wengraf - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/04/06/employee-openstack-spotlight-part-2/
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## Just like cloud, 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		 === Five hundred days using Ubuntu Phone ===

Robert Ancell highlights some pros and cons he has experienced in his 500 days using the Ubuntu Phone. He talks about his experience developing apps on the phone, “I have written a bunch of phone apps you can install and blogged it. Writing for the Ubuntu phone is by far the easiest platform I've developed for.” He goes on to talk about updates, scopes, webapps, and the general design, with a focus on the development aspect of the phone.

http://bobthegnome.blogspot.com/2016/04/five-hundred-days-using-ubuntu-phone.html
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## This section largely comes from blog.canonical.com and Canonical
## press releases		  * When a projector and app-enabled software-defined radio cross paths - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/04/07/when-a-projector-and-app-enabled-software-defined-radio-cross-paths/
 * How life appears when all your computing needs fit into one device - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/04/07/how-life-appears-when-all-your-computing-needs-fit-into-one-device/
 * How many people use Ubuntu? - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/04/07/ubuntu-is-everywhere/
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## Things Ubuntu-specific are great, but general Linux goings-on are good to, to an extent.
## We don't need to replicate Digg & Slashdot, but certain things are of special interest.
## Just pulling one example from my memory, the story about Indiana schools piloting
## a classroom Linux deployment, a portion of which was Ubuntu, are good. Ubuntu
## release reviews are also common items in this section.
## For this and the next sections, see:
## https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/LinkSuggestions
=== Ubuntu 15.10: Changing the Linux game ===

Prajesh SJB Rana, writing for the Kathmandu Post, introduces Ubuntu and Linux and proceeds to give a review of the 15.10 release. He talks about the growth, customization and improved usability of Ubuntu, and concludes: “Ubuntu is growing, Linux is growing and with it my opinions of the OS are changing. If you want to break free from the monotony of Windows, try Ubuntu 15.10. It’s not as complex as it was before and with a little tweaks here and there, it looks amazing.”

http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2016-04-05/ubuntu-1510-changing-the-linux-game.html

=== Windows 10 with Ubuntu now in public preview ===

Tim Anderson of The Register writes: “Microsoft's latest "Insider" Windows 10 preview Build 14316, includes the Windows Subsystem for Linux along with a flurry of other new features.” He briefly explains the Linux subsystem being used, speculates on usage and concludes: “Overall this is not a build you will want to use for real work, but is nevertheless full of interest, especially for developers working on Windows but deploying applications to Linux.”

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/04/07/windows_10_with_ubuntu_now_in_public_preview/

=== 'Dial it up to 11, hope for the best': Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth on mobiles and Mars ===

Jo Best of ZDNet writes about comments from “Ubuntu chief and space tourist” Mark Shuttleworth about his vision of convergence onto a single device and the work Canonical has done with Meizu and BQ to bring devices to market. She goes on to discuss Canonical’s plans for the Internet of Things using Snappy Ubuntu Core. The article concludes by asking him if he’d consider going to Mars, to which he respons “Yes, I would. Why not? In 20 years, a one-way ticket could be a perfectly plausible last hurrah. Frontiers are fascinating. There are ecosystems there we have to more respectful of them, certainly more respectful then we have to our own. You have to dial it up to 11 and hope for the best. Going to Mars is dialling it up to 11.”

http://www.zdnet.com/article/dial-it-up-to-11-hope-for-the-best-canonical-founder-mark-shuttleworth-on-mobiles-for-the-1-percent/
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## In this section we want to highlight the blogs that are exceptionally well-written and in-depth.
## Blogs tend to make it easy for low-quality content, so be extra careful on what goes here.
## We should encourage bloggers to spread the word, so this section might be a good way to do so.

== In Other News ==

## Any news or links that don't fit neatly into other sections.

== Other Articles of Interest ==

## Bullet-point list of articles that are more generic linux in nature		 === I Am Excited About Ubuntu Coming Atop Windows 10 ===

Michael Larabel of Phoronix tells his excitement regarding testing Ubuntu on Windows with the Phoronix Test suite and the potential of comparing that to a clean install of plain Ubuntu.

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-Windows-10-Excitement

=== Ubuntu’s Instagram Scope Just Got a Big Update ===

Joey-Elijah Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! shares the news about a recent update to the Ubuntu Scope on the phone. He begins his post by reminding readers what a Scope is and continues by listing features of the new Instagram Scope, including a refreshed UI, an improved detailed view and search. He concludes by sharing his thoughts about how it can be improved further, “In all, this update brings Ubuntu’s fuzzy attempt at adding social cool into sharper focus. It’s not perfect but it is a big improvement over that which it replaces.”

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/04/instagram-ubuntu-phone-scope-update

=== Meet the brand new Ubuntu Software Center in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ===

This article by Manual Rose covers the GNOME Software Center that replaced the Ubuntu Software Center for 16.04. “I was so excited to see the "new" Software Center in 16.04 that I didn't even check it twice. Canonical completely scrapped the Ubuntu Software Center it seems,” stated Rose. He writes that one of the things you will notice is the different layout of the GNOME Software Center compared to the Ubuntu Software Center. Rose continues by pointing out that the GNOME Software Center is incredibly more responsive, saying that it “feels feather light, and that is going to do a world of good for new Ubuntu users who are probably the primary target of latest Software Center improvements.”

http://www.techdrivein.com/2016/04/new-ubuntu-software-center-1604-xenial.html

=== Canonical Releases Snapcraft 2.7 Snappy Creator Tool for Ubuntu Snappy 16.04 LTS ===

Marius Nestor of Softpedia reports that Sergio Schvezov of the Snapcraft team has announced the release and immediate availability of the Snappy creator tool for the Snappy Ubuntu core 16.04 LTS operating system. He writes that Snapcraft version 2.7 is the main part of the Ubuntu Snappy OS for embedded and IoT (Internet of Things) devices. “Snapcraft version 2.7 appears is a significant update, improving the support for pkg-config within installdir, the stage directory, as well as the host. It also implements support for looking up libraries via the host, which lets users use build-packages instead of stage-packages." This article also gives information on how to get the latest install.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/canonical-releases-snapcraft-2-7-snappy-creator-tool-for-ubuntu-snappy-16-04-lts-502691.shtml

=== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) Default Wallpapers Revealed ===

Marius Nestor of Softpedia shares that Ubuntu project member Nathan Haines has selected and uploaded the default wallpapers following the Free Software Showcase which community members made submissions to. He goes on to share the twelve selected images in a gallery.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-16-04-lts-xenial-xerus-default-wallpapers-revealed-gallery-502692.shtml
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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 - April 5, 2016 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Newsletter/2016-04-05
 * Security Team - April 4, 2016 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20160404
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## Run security-and-updates/ListSecurity.py YEAR MONTH  * [USN-2946-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2016-April/003373.html
 * [USN-2946-2] Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2016-April/003374.html
 * [USN-2947-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2016-April/003375.html
 * [USN-2947-2] Linux kernel (Wily HWE) vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2016-April/003376.html
 * [USN-2947-3] Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2016-April/003377.html
 * [USN-2948-1] Linux kernel (Utopic HWE) vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2016-April/003378.html
 * [USN-2949-1] Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2016-April/003379.html
 * [USN-2917-2] Firefox regressions - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2016-April/003380.html
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## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH precise
## End of Life - April 2017		  * linux-signed-lts-trusty 3.13.0-85.129~precise1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-April/025103.html
 * linux-lts-trusty 3.13.0-85.129~precise1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-April/025104.html
 * linux-signed-lts-trusty 3.13.0-85.129~precise1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-April/025105.html
 * linux-lts-trusty 3.13.0-85.129~precise1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-April/025106.html
 * linux-meta-lts-trusty 3.13.0.85.77 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-April/025107.html
 * linux-meta-lts-trusty 3.13.0.85.77 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-April/025108.html
 * linux-lts-trusty_3.13.0-85.129~precise1_amd64.tar.gz - - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-April/025109.html
 * walinuxagent 2.0.16-0ubuntu2~12.04.0 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-April/025110.html
 * postgresql-9.1 9.1.21-0ubuntu0.12.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-April/025111.html
 * python-setproctitle 1.0.1-1ubuntu1.12.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-April/025112.html
 * adobe-flashplugin 1:20160407.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-April/025113.html
 * adobe-flashplugin 1:20160407.1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-April/025114.html
 * flashplugin-nonfree 11.2.202.616ubuntu0.12.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-April/025115.html
 * firefox 45.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-April/025116.html
 * flashplugin-nonfree 11.2.202.616ubuntu0.12.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-April/025117.html
 * firefox 45.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-April/025118.html
 * python-setproctitle 1.0.1-1ubuntu1.12.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-April/025119.html

End of Life - April 2017
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## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH trusty
## End of Life - April 2019		  * debmirror 1:2.16ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021689.html
 * linux-signed 3.13.0-85.129 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021690.html
 * linux 3.13.0-85.129 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021691.html
 * linux-signed 3.13.0-85.129 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021692.html
 * linux-meta 3.13.0.85.91 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021693.html
 * linux-meta 3.13.0.85.91 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021694.html
 * linux 3.13.0-85.129 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021695.html
 * linux-meta-keystone 3.13.0.55.53 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021696.html
 * linux-meta-keystone 3.13.0.55.53 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021697.html
 * linux-keystone 3.13.0-55.80 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021698.html
 * linux-keystone 3.13.0-55.80 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021699.html
 * linux-signed-lts-utopic 3.16.0-69.89~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021700.html
 * linux-signed-lts-utopic 3.16.0-69.89~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021701.html
 * linux-meta-lts-utopic 3.16.0.69.60 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021702.html
 * linux-lts-utopic 3.16.0-69.89~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021703.html
 * linux-meta-lts-utopic 3.16.0.69.60 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021704.html
 * linux-lts-utopic 3.16.0-69.89~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021705.html
 * linux-lts-vivid 3.19.0-58.64~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021706.html
 * linux-signed-lts-vivid 3.19.0-58.64~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021707.html
 * linux-signed-lts-vivid 3.19.0-58.64~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021708.html
 * linux-meta-lts-vivid 3.19.0.58.41 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021709.html
 * linux-meta-lts-vivid 3.19.0.58.41 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021710.html
 * linux-lts-vivid 3.19.0-58.64~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021711.html
 * linux-signed-lts-wily 4.2.0-35.40~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021712.html
 * linux-signed-lts-wily 4.2.0-35.40~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021713.html
 * linux-meta-lts-wily 4.2.0.35.28 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021714.html
 * linux-lts-wily 4.2.0-35.40~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021715.html
 * linux-meta-lts-wily 4.2.0.35.28 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021716.html
 * linux-lts-wily 4.2.0-35.40~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021717.html
 * linux-lts-wily_4.2.0-35.40~14.04.1_amd64.tar.gz - - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021718.html
 * linux-lts-vivid_3.19.0-58.64~14.04.1_amd64.tar.gz - - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021719.html
 * linux-lts-utopic_3.16.0-69.89~14.04.1_amd64.tar.gz - - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021720.html
 * linux_3.13.0-85.129_amd64.tar.gz - - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021721.html
 * libvirt 1.2.2-0ubuntu13.1.19 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021722.html
 * multipath-tools 0.4.9-3ubuntu7.11 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021723.html
 * corosync 2.3.3-1ubuntu3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021724.html
 * apt 1.0.1ubuntu2.12 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021725.html
 * linux-lts-utopic 3.16.0-70.90~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021726.html
 * linux-lts-utopic_3.16.0-70.90~14.04.1_amd64.tar.gz - - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021727.html
 * linux-meta-lts-utopic 3.16.0.70.61 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021728.html
 * linux-signed-lts-utopic 3.16.0-70.90~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021729.html
 * postgresql-9.1 9.1.21-0ubuntu0.14.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021730.html
 * postgresql-9.3 9.3.12-0ubuntu0.14.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021731.html
 * python-setproctitle 1.0.1-1ubuntu1.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021732.html
 * adobe-flashplugin 1:20160407.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021733.html
 * adobe-flashplugin 1:20160407.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021734.html
 * flashplugin-nonfree 11.2.202.616ubuntu0.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021735.html
 * firefox 45.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021736.html
 * flashplugin-nonfree 11.2.202.616ubuntu0.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021737.html
 * firefox 45.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021738.html
 * python-setproctitle 1.0.1-1ubuntu1.14.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021739.html
 * linux-lts-utopic 3.16.0-70.90~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021740.html
 * linux-signed-lts-utopic 3.16.0-70.90~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021741.html
 * linux-signed-lts-utopic 3.16.0-70.90~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021742.html
 * linux-lts-utopic 3.16.0-70.90~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021743.html
 * linux-meta-lts-utopic 3.16.0.70.61 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021744.html
 * linux-meta-lts-utopic 3.16.0.70.61 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021745.html
 * linux-lts-utopic_3.16.0-70.90~14.04.1_amd64.tar.gz - - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021746.html
 * linux-lts-xenial 4.4.0-18.34~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021747.html
 * linux-meta-lts-xenial 4.4.0.18.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021748.html
 * linux-signed-lts-xenial 4.4.0-18.34~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021749.html
 * linux-lts-xenial_4.4.0-18.34~14.04.1_amd64.tar.gz - - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021750.html
 * linux-signed-lts-xenial 4.4.0-18.34~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021751.html
 * linux-lts-xenial 4.4.0-18.34~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021752.html
 * linux-signed-lts-xenial 4.4.0-18.34~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021753.html
 * linux-meta-lts-xenial 4.4.0.18.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021755.html
 * linux-lts-xenial 4.4.0-18.34~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021754.html
 * linux-meta-lts-xenial 4.4.0.18.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021756.html
 * linux-lts-xenial_4.4.0-18.34~14.04.1_amd64.tar.gz - - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021757.html

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 * linux 4.2.0-35.40 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-April/013088.html
 * linux-signed 4.2.0-35.40 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-April/013089.html
 * linux-meta 4.2.0.35.38 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-April/013090.html
 * linux 4.2.0-35.40 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-April/013091.html
 * linux-raspi2 4.2.0-1028.36 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-April/013092.html
 * linux-meta 4.2.0.35.38 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-April/013093.html
 * linux-meta-raspi2 4.2.0.1028.31 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-April/013094.html
 * linux-meta-raspi2 4.2.0.1028.31 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-April/013095.html
 * linux-raspi2 4.2.0-1028.36 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-April/013096.html
 * linux_4.2.0-35.40_amd64.tar.gz - - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-April/013097.html
 * llvm-toolchain-3.4 1:3.4.2-13ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-April/013098.html
 * thermald 1.4.3-5ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-April/013099.html
 * corosync 2.3.4-0ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-April/013100.html
 * nova 2:12.0.2-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-April/013101.html
 * keystone 2:8.1.0-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-April/013102.html
 * adobe-flashplugin 1:20160407.1-0ubuntu0.15.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-April/013103.html
 * adobe-flashplugin 1:20160407.1-0ubuntu0.15.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-April/013104.html
 * flashplugin-nonfree 11.2.202.616ubuntu0.15.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-April/013105.html
 * firefox 45.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.15.10.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-April/013106.html
 * flashplugin-nonfree 11.2.202.616ubuntu0.15.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-April/013107.html
 * firefox 45.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.15.10.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-April/013108.html
 * postgresql-9.4 9.4.7-0ubuntu0.15.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-April/013109.html

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Contents

  1. In This Issue
  2. General Community News
    1. IRC Council Election Results
    2. Phone Update: OTA-10 – New theme and color palette
    3. Welcome New Members and Developers
  3. Ubuntu Stats
    1. Bug Stats
    2. Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions this week
      1. Most Active Questions
      2. Top Voted New Questions
  4. LoCo Events
  5. The Planet
    1. Xubuntu: My media manager: gmusicbrowser
    2. Xubuntu: The small details: Shortcut keys & Text editor and terminal color schemes
    3. Sam Hewitt: What's up with Unity 7?
    4. Stéphane Graber: LXC 2.0 has been released!
    5. Simon Quigley: Contributing to Ubuntu - 0 - What is this?
    6. Dustin Kirkland: Container MacCloud: Can there really only be one?
    7. Colin Watson: No more “Hash Sum Mismatch” errors
    8. Michael Hall: New Ubuntu Community Donations report
  6. Other Community News
    1. Nominations to the Tech Board
    2. Community team weeks 13-14 update
  7. Ubuntu Cloud News
  8. Ubuntu Phone News
    1. Five hundred days using Ubuntu Phone
  9. Canonical News
  10. In The Press
    1. Ubuntu 15.10: Changing the Linux game
    2. Windows 10 with Ubuntu now in public preview
    3. 'Dial it up to 11, hope for the best': Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth on mobiles and Mars
  11. In The Blogosphere
    1. I Am Excited About Ubuntu Coming Atop Windows 10
    2. Ubuntu’s Instagram Scope Just Got a Big Update
    3. Meet the brand new Ubuntu Software Center in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
    4. Canonical Releases Snapcraft 2.7 Snappy Creator Tool for Ubuntu Snappy 16.04 LTS
    5. Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) Default Wallpapers Revealed
  12. Featured Audio and Video
    1. Full Circle Weekly News #11
    2. Ubuntu Community Team Q&A - 29nd March 2016
    3. Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S09E06 – La Kik - Ubuntu Podcast
    4. Kubuntu Podcast #11
  13. Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  14. Upcoming Meetings and Events
  15. Updates and Security for 12.04, 14.04 and 15.10
    1. Security Updates
    2. Ubuntu 12.04 Updates
    3. Ubuntu 14.04 Updates
    4. Ubuntu 15.10 Updates
  16. Subscribe
  17. Archives
  18. Additional Ubuntu News
  19. Conclusion
  20. Credits
  21. Glossary of Terms
  22. Ubuntu - Get Involved
  23. Feedback

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WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 461 for the week April 4 - 10, 2016.

In This Issue

General Community News

IRC Council Election Results

Neal Bussett announces the election of the new Ubuntu IRC Council, which now has the following members: elky (existing member), Flannel (existing member), hggdh (incumbent), Tm_T (incumbent) and Unit193. He goes on to thank all who participated.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-irc/2016-April/001849.html

Phone Update: OTA-10 – New theme and color palette

Amrisha Prather highlights some changes in OTA-10, such as the addition of three apps that are now installed by default, and some general enhancements. She goes on to provide a link to the full change log.

http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/04/06/phone-update-ota-10/

The official release announcement by Łukasz 'sil2100' Zemczak is here: Ubuntu Touch OTA-10 released - https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-phone/msg19463.html

The press and blogosphere also celebrated the OTA-10 release with several articles. The following is a section from our editors.

Welcome New Members and Developers

Results from the Ubuntu Membership Board meeting on 7 April, 2016:

The membership board is pleased to say that we have new members!

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2016-April/002450.html

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open (120478) -118 over last week
  • Critical (332) +7 over last week
  • Unconfirmed (59273) +14 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: cl-netbox (http://askubuntu.com/users/260935/cl-netbox), muru (http://askubuntu.com/users/158442/muru), emk2203 (http://askubuntu.com/users/332437/emk2203), A.B. (http://askubuntu.com/users/367165/a-b) and Redoubts (http://askubuntu.com/users/94353/redoubts)

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

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

Xubuntu: My media manager: gmusicbrowser

The Xubuntu team reminds us that Xubuntu 16.04 LTS is the first Xubuntu release without a default media manager. In the next article in this series about media managers, members of the Xubuntu team talk about their use of gmusicbrowser and why it’s the best choice for them.

http://xubuntu.org/news/my-media-manager-gmusicbrowser/

Xubuntu: The small details: Shortcut keys & Text editor and terminal color schemes

In this series of articles the Xubuntu team writes about some of the smaller details in Xubuntu which will help you use your system more efficiently. The first shares several of the default shortcut keys and how to add new ones. The second article highlights the ability to customize your environment as one of the strengths of Xubuntu and explains how to edit the color schemes of Mousepad text editor and the Xfce4 terminal emulator in the application Preferences.

http://xubuntu.org/news/small-details-shortcut-keys/ & http://xubuntu.org/news/small-details-text-editor-terminal-color-schemes/

Sam Hewitt: What's up with Unity 7?

Sam Hewitt writes about Unity’s new feature in the upcoming 16.04 to move the launcher to the bottom of the screen. He accepts that the developers have responded to requests from users who wanted this feature, even though he believes it is“very odd to suddenly give users an option that lets them alter the UI so dramatically.” He concludes by Including the terminal command to move the launcher.

http://samuelhewitt.com/blog/2016-04-06-whats-up-with-unity-7-on-ubuntu

Stéphane Graber: LXC 2.0 has been released!

Stephanie Graber announces the release of LXC 2.0, the second Long Term Support Release. “LXC 2.0,” he says, “is the result of a year of work by the LXC community with over 700 commits done by over 90 contributors.” He explains that it joins LXCFS 2.0, which just came out last week and it will very soon join LXD 2.0 to complete its collection of 2.0 container management tools. "It will still support all kernels from 2.6.32, though the exact feature set does obviously vary based on kernel features," states Graber. He concludes by also sharing that LXC 2.0 support was greatly improved for a bunch of architectures, a plethora of bugs were fixed, and other rough edges were polished.

https://www.stgraber.org/2016/04/06/lxc-2-0-has-been-released/

Simon Quigley: Contributing to Ubuntu - 0 - What is this?

Simon Quigley introduces a new blog series that he is working on to help people start contributing to Ubuntu. He says, “I plan on creating a series of blog posts in the next couple of months covering the forms of contributions I have personally participated in, and possibly a few interviews from some Ubuntu community members about their contributions.” He invites anybody with ideas for content to cover to leave a comment on that page.

http://tsimonq2.net/blog/2016/04/06/

Dustin Kirkland: Container MacCloud: Can there really only be one?

Dustin Kirkland uses references from Highlander to talk about the various types of containers available today for Ubuntu and shares various links talking about the use in development and production. He concludes with plans to attend the upcoming OpenStack Summit ("The Gathering") and invites readers to view an upcoming webinar on "Discover the Cloud and Scale Out World of Ubuntu on IBM."

http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2016/04/container-maccloud.html

Colin Watson: No more “Hash Sum Mismatch” errors

Colin Watson summarizes some updates to the way that the Ubuntu and Debian archives work, showing the steps that built up to the recent change in the design of the repositories. Colin says, "The solution we’ve ended up with, thanks to Michael Vogt’s work implementing it in APT, is called by-hash and should be familiar in concept to people who’ve used git: with the exception of the top-level InRelease file, index files for suites that support the by-hash mechanism may now be fetched using a URL based on one of their hashes listed in InRelease.” He points out that this is currently only supported for Xenial, as “earlier versions of Ubuntu don’t have the necessary support in APT. With this, hash mismatches on updates should be a thing of the past."

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~cjwatson/blog/no-more-hash-sum-mismatch-errors.html

Michael Hall: New Ubuntu Community Donations report

Michael Hall publishes the Community Donations report for Q3 2015. Everybody who has received these funds have used them to contribute to the Ubuntu project. The Ubuntu Community Donations Fund is regularly paying out more than it is getting in donations. Michael Hall writes: "If you like the things we’ve been able to support with this program, please consider sending it a contribution and helping us spread the word about it."

http://mhall119.com/2016/04/new-ubuntu-community-donations-report/

Other Community News

Nominations to the Tech Board

Mark Shuttleworth lists the Ubuntu Technical Board nominees, and writes "We are very fortunate to have such an excellent group of nominees, and I am confident that the Ubuntu developer community will choose well." He shares that the Community Council is in charge of setting up the polling, and will take over the process next time to avoid taking too long firming up the list of candidates.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/technical-board/2016-April/002205.html

Community team weeks 13-14 update

David Planella catches us up with the latest progress from the Canonical Community Team, featuring the projects they have worked with in the past couple weeks. He covers improvements and changes to the Ubuntu development website, progress on supporting UbuCon Europe and the upcoming Ubuntu Online Summit, the preparation of Snappy documentation and changes that teams need to be notified about and other miscellaneous tasks.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-community-team/2016-April/001198.html

Ubuntu Cloud News

Ubuntu Phone News

Five hundred days using Ubuntu Phone

Robert Ancell highlights some pros and cons he has experienced in his 500 days using the Ubuntu Phone. He talks about his experience developing apps on the phone, “I have written a bunch of phone apps you can install and blogged it. Writing for the Ubuntu phone is by far the easiest platform I've developed for.” He goes on to talk about updates, scopes, webapps, and the general design, with a focus on the development aspect of the phone.

http://bobthegnome.blogspot.com/2016/04/five-hundred-days-using-ubuntu-phone.html

Canonical News

In The Press

Ubuntu 15.10: Changing the Linux game

Prajesh SJB Rana, writing for the Kathmandu Post, introduces Ubuntu and Linux and proceeds to give a review of the 15.10 release. He talks about the growth, customization and improved usability of Ubuntu, and concludes: “Ubuntu is growing, Linux is growing and with it my opinions of the OS are changing. If you want to break free from the monotony of Windows, try Ubuntu 15.10. It’s not as complex as it was before and with a little tweaks here and there, it looks amazing.”

http://kathmandupost.ekantipur.com/news/2016-04-05/ubuntu-1510-changing-the-linux-game.html

Windows 10 with Ubuntu now in public preview

Tim Anderson of The Register writes: “Microsoft's latest "Insider" Windows 10 preview Build 14316, includes the Windows Subsystem for Linux along with a flurry of other new features.” He briefly explains the Linux subsystem being used, speculates on usage and concludes: “Overall this is not a build you will want to use for real work, but is nevertheless full of interest, especially for developers working on Windows but deploying applications to Linux.”

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/04/07/windows_10_with_ubuntu_now_in_public_preview/

'Dial it up to 11, hope for the best': Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth on mobiles and Mars

Jo Best of ZDNet writes about comments from “Ubuntu chief and space tourist” Mark Shuttleworth about his vision of convergence onto a single device and the work Canonical has done with Meizu and BQ to bring devices to market. She goes on to discuss Canonical’s plans for the Internet of Things using Snappy Ubuntu Core. The article concludes by asking him if he’d consider going to Mars, to which he respons “Yes, I would. Why not? In 20 years, a one-way ticket could be a perfectly plausible last hurrah. Frontiers are fascinating. There are ecosystems there we have to more respectful of them, certainly more respectful then we have to our own. You have to dial it up to 11 and hope for the best. Going to Mars is dialling it up to 11.”

http://www.zdnet.com/article/dial-it-up-to-11-hope-for-the-best-canonical-founder-mark-shuttleworth-on-mobiles-for-the-1-percent/

In The Blogosphere

I Am Excited About Ubuntu Coming Atop Windows 10

Michael Larabel of Phoronix tells his excitement regarding testing Ubuntu on Windows with the Phoronix Test suite and the potential of comparing that to a clean install of plain Ubuntu.

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-Windows-10-Excitement

Ubuntu’s Instagram Scope Just Got a Big Update

Joey-Elijah Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! shares the news about a recent update to the Ubuntu Scope on the phone. He begins his post by reminding readers what a Scope is and continues by listing features of the new Instagram Scope, including a refreshed UI, an improved detailed view and search. He concludes by sharing his thoughts about how it can be improved further, “In all, this update brings Ubuntu’s fuzzy attempt at adding social cool into sharper focus. It’s not perfect but it is a big improvement over that which it replaces.”

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/04/instagram-ubuntu-phone-scope-update

Meet the brand new Ubuntu Software Center in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

This article by Manual Rose covers the GNOME Software Center that replaced the Ubuntu Software Center for 16.04. “I was so excited to see the "new" Software Center in 16.04 that I didn't even check it twice. Canonical completely scrapped the Ubuntu Software Center it seems,” stated Rose. He writes that one of the things you will notice is the different layout of the GNOME Software Center compared to the Ubuntu Software Center. Rose continues by pointing out that the GNOME Software Center is incredibly more responsive, saying that it “feels feather light, and that is going to do a world of good for new Ubuntu users who are probably the primary target of latest Software Center improvements.”

http://www.techdrivein.com/2016/04/new-ubuntu-software-center-1604-xenial.html

Canonical Releases Snapcraft 2.7 Snappy Creator Tool for Ubuntu Snappy 16.04 LTS

Marius Nestor of Softpedia reports that Sergio Schvezov of the Snapcraft team has announced the release and immediate availability of the Snappy creator tool for the Snappy Ubuntu core 16.04 LTS operating system. He writes that Snapcraft version 2.7 is the main part of the Ubuntu Snappy OS for embedded and IoT (Internet of Things) devices. “Snapcraft version 2.7 appears is a significant update, improving the support for pkg-config within installdir, the stage directory, as well as the host. It also implements support for looking up libraries via the host, which lets users use build-packages instead of stage-packages." This article also gives information on how to get the latest install.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/canonical-releases-snapcraft-2-7-snappy-creator-tool-for-ubuntu-snappy-16-04-lts-502691.shtml

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) Default Wallpapers Revealed

Marius Nestor of Softpedia shares that Ubuntu project member Nathan Haines has selected and uploaded the default wallpapers following the Free Software Showcase which community members made submissions to. He goes on to share the twelve selected images in a gallery.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-16-04-lts-xenial-xerus-default-wallpapers-revealed-gallery-502692.shtml

Full Circle Weekly News #11

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-11

Ubuntu Community Team Q&A - 29nd March 2016

“Join the Ubuntu Community Team for another week of updates and a live Q&A. This week they [were] joined by Canonical's Dustin Kirkland to talk about the recent Ubuntu on Windows announcement, so if you're excited about that and have some questions, this is the perfect time to get them answered!”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdLobNoCbxw

Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S09E06 – La Kik - Ubuntu Podcast

“It’s Episode Six of Season Nine of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson, Laura Cowen and Martin Wimpress are connected and speaking to your brain.

In this week’s show:

  • We discuss breaking the internet (in the removing-packages-from-npm sense):

  • We discuss going to MoodleMoot and Debian SHA1 removal.

  • We share a Command Line Lurve – glances:”
  • And more

http://ubuntupodcast.org/2016/04/07/s09e06-la-kik/

Kubuntu Podcast #11

On April 6th 2016 we join the Kubuntu Podcast of Rick, Ovidiu and Aaron to discuss what we have been doing this month in Kubuntu land, reading user feedback, getting a Release Party together, Plasma 5.6 and much more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuz5-eZMEK8

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