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'''WORK IN PROGRESS'''

## Edit the following to include issue number, date info, and a short list
## of the top articles in this release.
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## In this section, list major topics of interest using bullets.
## Format: * <Topic name>
## Ex: * Ubuntu overtakes Microsoft with 90% market share
## This gets added right before you publish bullet points of table of contents
  * [Ubuntu Online Summit] UOS: 3-5 May
 * LTS 16.04 Review roundup!
 * Welcome New Members and Developers
 * Ubuntu Stats
 * Lo``Co Events
 * Paul White: Some thoughts about Xenial development, an annoying bug and Yakkety Yak
 * Stéphane Graber: LXD 2.0: Live migration [9/12]
 * Matthias Klumpp: A GNOME Software Hackfest report
 * Canonical Design Team: Ubuntu orange update
 * Forums Council: Forum Staff Additions
 * Zygmunt Krynicki: Anatomy of a snappy interface
 * Nekhelesh Ramananthan: uNav 0.59 "Beauty and the Beast" is OUT!
 * Simon Quigley: Contributing to Ubuntu - 2 - Ubuntu Quality
 * Canonical Design Team: Wallpaper design for Xenial Xerus 16.04
 * Sam Hewitt: Extending the Ubuntu Icon Spec.
 * Michael Terry: In-App Purchases Available in the Ubuntu Store
 * Yakkety Yak is now open for development
 * Ubuntu Cloud News
 * Ubuntu Phone News
 * In The Press
 * In The Blogosphere
 * In Other News
 * Featured Audio and Video
 * Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
 * Upcoming Meetings and Events
 * Updates and Security for 12.04, 14.04, 15.10 and 16.04
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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		 === [Ubuntu Online Summit] UOS: 3-5 May ===

Daniel Holbach writes that the next Ubuntu online summit will take place from May 3rd to 5th. He also includes the links necessary for registration and session propositions.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/community-announce/2016-April/000041.html

=== LTS 16.04 Review roundup! ===

Amrisha Prashar provides a collection of reviews for the newly released Ubuntu 16.04 LTS from a variety of online publications. As she notes, this release has granted further security and reliability to the Ubuntu community, thereby creating a more unified experience.

http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/04/29/lts-16-04-review-roundup/
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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)		 New Ubuntu Members via Forums Contributions: The Ubuntu Forums are delighted to welcome new Ubuntu members via Forums contributions:

 * wgarcia - http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=242060 (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WalterGarciaFontes | https://launchpad.net/~walter-garcia)
 * Duck``Hook - http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2321165 (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DuckHook | https://launchpad.net/~duckhook)
 * mastablasta - http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=964486 (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/gregor-g | https://launchpad.net/~gregor-g)
 * runrickus - http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=27449 (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/runrickus | https://launchpad.net/~8-rick)
 * jeremy31 - http://ubuntuforums.org/member.php?u=1924242 (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/jeremy31 | https://launchpad.net/~wa113y3s)

The Forums Council congratulates each and every one and thanks them all for sustained contributions in the Forums assisting others to use and get the best from Ubuntu.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2016-April/002466.html & https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2016-April/002470.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 (121377) +554 over last week
    * Critical (352) +3 over last week
    * Unconfirmed (59452) +314 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 ====

 * Linux without graphical OS but with graphical resources http://askubuntu.com/questions/762782/linux-without-graphical-os-but-with-graphical-resources
 * Personal computer hacked: How do I block this user from logging in again? How do I find out how they are logging in? http://askubuntu.com/questions/764616/personal-computer-hacked-how-do-i-block-this-user-from-logging-in-again-how-do
 * .sh specifying extension? http://askubuntu.com/questions/764121/sh-specifying-extension
 * The Unicode look of disapproval no longer displays correctly in 16.04 - how do I fix this? http://askubuntu.com/questions/765633/the-unicode-look-of-disapproval-no-longer-displays-correctly-in-16-04-how-do-i
 * No more boot logging since 16.04? http://askubuntu.com/questions/763638/no-more-boot-logging-since-16-04

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

 * The Unicode look of disapproval no longer displays correctly in 16.04 - how do I fix this? http://askubuntu.com/questions/765633/
 * Linux without graphical OS but with graphical resources http://askubuntu.com/questions/762782/
 * Personal computer hacked: How do I block this user from logging in again? How do I find out how they are logging in? http://askubuntu.com/questions/764616/
 * 16.04 LTS wifi connection issues http://askubuntu.com/questions/762198/
 * .sh specifying extension? http://askubuntu.com/questions/764121/

People Contributing the best questions and answers this week: Surya Teja Karra (http://askubuntu.com/users/253850/surya-teja-karra), chaskes (http://askubuntu.com/users/117123/chaskes), muru (http://askubuntu.com/users/158442/muru), Juan M. Gonzalez (http://askubuntu.com/users/506976/juan-m-gonzalez) and Shantanu Bedajna (http://askubuntu.com/users/467147/shantanu-bedajna)
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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  * Monthly meeting, FOSS User Group at Natick Community-Senior Center, Ubuntu Massachusetts Lo``Co: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-us-ma/3257-monthly-meeting,-foss-user-group-at-natick-community-senior-center/
 * Ubuntu Hour Tempe Az, Arizona Lo``Co Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-arizona/3356-ubuntu-hour-tempe-az/
 * Ubuntu 16.04 Release Party @ Taipei, Ubuntu Taiwan Local Community: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-tw/3352-ubuntu-1604-release-party-taipei/
 * Az Loco Installfest/Linux and open source workshop, Arizona Lo``Co Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-arizona/3357-az-loco-installfest/linux-and-open-source-workshop/
 * 11th Annual West End Fair, Arizona Lo``Co Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-arizona/3347-11th-annual-west-end-fair/
 * OSCAL (Open Source Conference Albania), Albanian Lo``Co Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/albania/3306-oscal-(open-source-conference-albania)/
 * Xenial Xerus (16.04 LTS) Release Party, Arizona Lo``Co Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-arizona/3346-xenial-xerus-1604-lts-release-party/
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## This section is for Ubuntu News from "The Planet" at http://planet.ubuntu.com/ === Paul White: Some thoughts about Xenial development, an annoying bug and Yakkety Yak ===

Paul White blogs abouts his stepping back and becoming a "floating contributor." He is impressed by the hard work and enthusiasm that goes into each Ubuntu release, while noting the minor bugs that do occasionally get into releases such as #1521302 which affects 'gnome-terminal' and will be fixed by 16.04.1. Paul suggests using terminator if you are bothered by the bug in the meantime. Finally, he gives his thoughts on “Yakkety Yak.”

http://blog.pcw.me.uk/2016/04/some-thoughts-about-xenial-development.html

=== Stéphane Graber: LXD 2.0: Live migration [9/12] ===

Stéphane Graber continues the series (this is the 9th of 12) about LXD 2.0. This is on container checkpoint and restore which remains experimental at this time. To have access to this container live migration, Stéphane lists the requirements (16.04 has them all) and apt command to install. Then by using example he provides examples of it, its limitations, and requests that if you discover bugs then please fill out a Launchpad bug report.

https://www.stgraber.org/2016/04/25/lxd-2-0-live-migration-912/

=== Matthias Klumpp: A GNOME Software Hackfest report ===

Matthias tells us about the recent GNOME hackfest in London. Starting off as travel log, it moves into shout-outs to various people he hadn't seen in awhile then to new people, including folks from Endless “who build their low-budget computer for developing/emerging countries on top of GNOME and Linux technologies.” Matthias was surprised to see what Endless had done too, writing that the “incarnation of GNOME Software used by endless looks pretty different from what the normal GNOME user sees”. His post touches on many different topics (Xdg``App, sandboxing, App``Stream, etc) ending in a big thank you to the Ubuntu Community Fund for sponsoring him to be there.

http://blog.tenstral.net/2016/04/gnome-software-hackfest-report.html

=== Canonical Design Team: Ubuntu orange update ===

A short blog by Jamie Young to document the new color palette update in the SDK; the new orange for screen use is E95420.

http://design.canonical.com/2016/04/ubuntu-orange-update/

=== Forums Council: Forum Staff Additions ===

Documenting the addition of new Forum Moderators accepted as part of the Staff team. The Ubuntu Forums Council congratulates Duck``Hook, jeremy31, kc1di, MAFoElffen, nerdtron, oldrocker99, vasa1, wgarcia & runrickus for becoming Forum Moderators.

https://ubuntuforumsorg.wordpress.com/2016/04/26/forum-staff-additions-2/

=== Zygmunt Krynicki: Anatomy of a snappy interface ===

Zygmunt Krynicki writes another blog post (third) in a series teaching us about making Snappy interfaces. Zygmunt uses code fragments to explain what's needed to create an interface. He writes also that if you want to create the interface, you'll have to wait for the next post.

http://www.zygoon.pl/2016/04/anatomy-of-snappy-interface.html

=== Nekhelesh Ramananthan: uNav 0.59 "Beauty and the Beast" is OUT! ===

The uNav team, through Nekhelesh Ramananthan, is proud to announce the release of iNav 0.59. He shares that uNav is a navigation app, and the hope of this release is turning the "beast" of power within uNav into a “beauty” in its use.

http://nik90.com/unav-0-59-beauty-and-the-beast-2/

=== Simon Quigley: Contributing to Ubuntu - 2 - Ubuntu Quality ===

Simon Quigley, having done a couple of forms of QA for the Ubuntu project, tells us how we'd go about it. Using annotated screen dumps with explanation, Simon walks us through some of how we'd go about testing a Lubuntu 16.10 daily build, saving bandwidth by using zsync, creating or selecting a test case, and logging bugs via Launchpad. Links are provided for further explanation, but and he asserts that if you're thinking you'd like contribute to Ubuntu via testing, this could be a starting point.

http://tsimonq2.net/blog/2016/04/27/

=== Canonical Design Team: Wallpaper design for Xenial Xerus 16.04 ===

Grazina Borosko writes about how the default wallpaper for Xenial Xerus 16.04 was designed using the Suru visual language. Grazina starts by showing default wallpapers of 14.10 through 15.10, shares the Origami animal made in the image of Xerus and notes that the final resulting default wallpaper of Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus is inspired by the Origami folds.

http://design.canonical.com/2016/04/wallpaper-design-for-xenial-xerus-16-04/

=== Sam Hewitt: Extending the Ubuntu Icon Spec. ===

Sam Hewitt talks about his extension to the Ubuntu Icon specification, saying, “When I started designing app icons for folks, I (too) felt the official specification was lacking detailed instructions and explanations for the Suru design –not to mention it's woefully out of date– which isn't much help. My only recourse was to follow updates to the official icons themselves and to dissect the icons to determine the elements and visual principles that make up the Suru style and updates to it.” He links to his extension to the guide.

http://samuelhewitt.com/blog/2016-04-29-extending-ubuntu-icon-design-spec

=== Michael Terry: In-App Purchases Available in the Ubuntu Store ===

Michael Terry points out the new ability to have in-app purchases in Ubuntu Touch apps. He points out, “Besides allowing someone to write the next Candy Crush, this also means that app authors can stop providing separate ‘donation’ versions of their app. Which means less busywork for authors, reviews are all on the same app, and less confusion for users.“

https://mterry.name/log/2016/05/01/in-app-purchases-available-in-the-ubuntu-store/
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## This section is for Ubuntu News from elsewhere in the community:
## mailing lists, team blogs not on planet, etc		 === Yakkety Yak is now open for development ===

Matthias Klose reports that Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) is now open for development. Matthias encourages developers to not procrastinate on the targeted development goals and to begin working on merges as soon as possible.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2016-April/039331.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 Carlos Gonzales and Josh McJilton - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/04/23/openstack-spotlight-carlos-gonzales-and-josh-mcjilton/
 * Making Deep Learning accessible on Openstack - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/04/25/making-deep-learning-accessible-on-openstack/
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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

== Canonical News ==

## This section largely comes from blog.canonical.com and Canonical
## press releases		 === A DIY guide to the Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Edition tablet ===

Amrisha Prashar illustrates the versatility of the Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Edition tablet by providing a detailed diagram of the ways in which the device may be configured. The versatility of the tablet combines a desktop Ubuntu experience with the mobility of a tablet.

http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/04/25/a-diy-guide-to-the-aquaris-m10-ubuntu-edition-tablet/

=== Wolfram Research releases Data Drop Logging app for Ubuntu Phone ===

David Pitkin announces that in collaboration with Wolfram Research, Canonical has released the “first app collaboration with cloud connect functionality for Ubuntu developers and users,” Wolfram Data Drop™ Logging. He writes: “The application turns an Ubuntu phone into a powerful cloud-connected sensor collection device. It has the ability to send location, acceleration and rotation data directly to a Wolfram Cloud Databin where you can then interact and use your own data just like any other Wolfram data source.” The post concludes by including the community in their celebration of this new app, asking users to tweet the most original findings from their collected sensor data using the #Ubuntu``Wolfram hash tag.

http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/04/26/wolfram-research-releases-data-drop-logging-app-for-ubuntu-phone/

=== The most powerful Ubuntu phone is available to buy ===

Amrisha Prashar announces that the Ubuntu edition of the Meizu Pro 5 is now available for ordering. She shares that this device is the most powerful Ubuntu phone on the market, boasting a 5.7 inch 1080p screen and 32GB of memory.

http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/04/26/the-most-powerful-ubuntu-phone-is-available-to-buy/
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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 16.04 Brings More Privacy and Big Changes to the Desktop - http://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/computers/item/23037-ubuntu16-04-brings-more-privacy-and-big-changes-to-the-desktop
 * A perfect marriage: YOU and Ubuntu 16.04 - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/04/25/ububtu_1604_review/
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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.		  * Ubuntu Snap Packages: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly - http://www.datamation.com/open-source/ubuntu-snap-packages-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly.html
 * First Flagship Ubuntu Phone Now Available for $369 - https://mbeddedmaximum.com/2016/04/26/first-flagship-ubuntu-phone-now-available-for-369/
 * Magic happens with the Ubuntu tablet - http://www.techrepublic.com/article/magic-happens-with-the-ubuntu-tablet/
 * Mele PCG02U is a $70 Ubuntu PC stick - http://liliputing.com/2016/04/mele-pcg02u-is-a-70-ubuntu-pc-stick.html
 * Using modern open source as a tactical weapon | #Open``Stack - http://siliconangle.com/blog/2016/04/26/using-modern-open-source-as-a-tactical-weapon-openstack/
 * This is the Release Date for Ubuntu 16.10 ‘Yakkety Yak’ - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/04/ubuntu-16-10-release-schedule-release-schedule-date-yakkety-yak
 * UK-based Entroware launches 14 inch Ubuntu laptop with Intel Skylake - http://liliputing.com/2016/04/uk-based-entroware-launches-14-inch-ubuntu-laptop-with-intel-skylake.html
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## 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		 === Full Circle #108 ===

Full Circle - the independent magazine for the Ubuntu Linux community are proud to announce the release of issue one hundred and eight.

This month:
 * Command & Conquer
 * How-To : Python, Libre``Office, Migrating From VAX, and LaTeX
 * Graphics : Inkscape
 * Chrome Cult: Options
 * Linux Labs: Debian (Noroot) in Android & Testing and Troubleshooting Hard Drives
 * Ubuntu Devices
 * Review: Linux Lite
 * Ubuntu Games: Go``Panda

plus: News, Arduino, Q&A, and soooo much more.

Get it while it's hot! http://fullcirclemagazine.org/issue-108
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## Ubuntu UK Podcast
## Full Circle Magazine Podcast
## At Home With Jono Bacon - Weekly Community QA on UStreamTV
## Lococast.net		  * Watch: Mark Shuttleworth Talks Ubuntu, LinuxONE and Big Data at Open``Stack Summit -http://linux.softpedia.com/blog/watch-mark-shuttleworth-talks-ubuntu-linuxone-and-big-data-at-openstack-summit-503461.shtml
 * Ubuntu Podcast from the UK Lo``Co: S09``E09 – Solitary Confinement - Ubuntu Podcast - http://ubuntupodcast.org/2016/04/28/s09e09-solitary-confinement/
 * Ubuntu Community Team Q&A - 26 April 2016 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54iW73i58Ak
 * See Ubuntu Convergence in Action With This Music App - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/04/ubuntu-music-app-convergence-action
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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 26, 2016 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Newsletter/2016-04-26
 * Security Team - April 25, 2016 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20160425
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## Run security-and-updates/ListSecurity.py YEAR MONTH  * [USN-2954-1] MySQL vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2016-April/003387.html
 * [USN-2936-1] Firefox vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2016-April/003388.html
 * [USN-2952-2] PHP regression - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2016-April/003390.html
 * [USN-2950-2] libsoup update - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2016-April/003389.html
 * [USN-2955-1] Oxide vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2016-April/003391.html
 * [USN-2934-1] Thunderbird vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2016-April/003392.html
 * [USN-2956-1] ubuntu-core-launcher vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2016-April/003393.html
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## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH precise
## End of Life - April 2017		  * fuseiso 20070708-2+deb6u1build0.12.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-April/025156.html
 * fuseiso 20070708-2+deb6u1build0.12.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-April/025157.html
 * eglibc 2.15-0ubuntu10.14 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-April/025158.html
 * passenger 2.2.11debian-2+deb6u1ubuntu12.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-April/025159.html
 * passenger 2.2.11debian-2+deb6u1ubuntu12.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-April/025160.html
 * cloud-init 0.6.3-0ubuntu1.25 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-April/025161.html
 * scheme48 1.8+dfsg-1+deb6u1ubuntu12.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-April/025162.html
 * scheme48 1.8+dfsg-1+deb6u1ubuntu12.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-April/025163.html
 * php-radius 1.2.5-2+squeeze1ubuntu0.12.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-April/025164.html
 * php-radius 1.2.5-2+squeeze1ubuntu0.12.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-April/025165.html
 * firefox 46.0+build5-0ubuntu0.12.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-April/025166.html
 * firefox 46.0+build5-0ubuntu0.12.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-April/025167.html
 * thunderbird 1:38.7.2+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-April/025168.html
 * thunderbird 1:38.7.2+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-April/025169.html

End of Life - April 2017
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## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH trusty
## End of Life - April 2019		  * dpkg 1.17.5ubuntu5.6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021843.html
 * fuseiso 20070708-3+deb7u1ubuntu14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021844.html
 * eglibc 2.19-0ubuntu6.8 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021845.html
 * fuseiso 20070708-3+deb7u1ubuntu14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021846.html
 * dpkg 1.17.5ubuntu5.6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021847.html
 * dpkg 1.17.5ubuntu5.6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021848.html
 * linux-signed-lts-xenial 4.4.0-22.38~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021850.html
 * linux-meta-lts-xenial 4.4.0.22.12 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021849.html
 * linux-lts-xenial 4.4.0-22.38~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021851.html
 * linux-lts-xenial_4.4.0-22.38~14.04.1_amd64.tar.gz - - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021852.html
 * walinuxagent 2.0.16-0ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021853.html
 * efivar 0.21-1~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021854.html
 * apt 1.0.1ubuntu2.13 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021855.html
 * firefox 46.0+build5-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021856.html
 * oxide-qt 1.14.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021857.html
 * firefox 46.0+build5-0ubuntu0.14.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021858.html
 * oxide-qt 1.14.7-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021859.html
 * libsoup2.4 2.44.2-1ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021860.html
 * libsoup2.4 2.44.2-1ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021861.html
 * thunderbird 1:38.7.2+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021862.html
 * thunderbird 1:38.7.2+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021863.html
 * klibc 2.0.3-0ubuntu1.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-April/021864.html

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## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH wily
## End of Life - July 2016		  * glibc 2.21-0ubuntu4.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-April/013158.html
 * apt 1.0.10.2ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-April/013159.html
 * firefox 46.0+build5-0ubuntu0.15.10.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-April/013160.html
 * oxide-qt 1.14.7-0ubuntu0.15.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-April/013161.html
 * oxide-qt 1.14.7-0ubuntu0.15.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-April/013162.html
 * firefox 46.0+build5-0ubuntu0.15.10.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-April/013163.html
 * php5 5.6.11+dfsg-1ubuntu3.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-April/013164.html
 * libsoup2.4 2.50.0-2ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-April/013165.html
 * libsoup2.4 2.50.0-2ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-April/013166.html
 * php5 5.6.11+dfsg-1ubuntu3.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-April/013167.html
 * thunderbird 1:38.7.2+build1-0ubuntu0.15.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-April/013168.html
 * thunderbird 1:38.7.2+build1-0ubuntu0.15.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-April/013169.html
 * klibc 2.0.3-0ubuntu1.15.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-April/013170.html

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## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH xenial
## End of Life - April 2021		  * mysql-5.7 5.7.12-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/012973.html
 * pinba-engine-mysql 1.1.0-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/012974.html
 * pinba-engine-mysql 1.1.0-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/012975.html
 * linux-signed 4.4.0-22.38 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/012976.html
 * linux-meta 4.4.0.22.23 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/012977.html
 * linux 4.4.0-22.38 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/012978.html
 * linux_4.4.0-22.38_amd64.tar.gz - - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/012979.html
 * ubuntu-release-upgrader 1:16.04.14 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/012980.html
 * xinit 1.3.4-3ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/012981.html
 * stress-ng 0.05.23-1ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/012982.html
 * metacity 1:3.18.4-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/012983.html
 * tgt 1:1.0.63-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/012984.html
 * dpdk 2.2.0-0ubuntu8 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/012985.html
 * lxcfs 2.0.0-0ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/012986.html
 * language-selector 0.165.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/012987.html
 * nginx 1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/012988.html
 * linux-meta-raspi2 4.4.0.1010.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/012989.html
 * linux-raspi2 4.4.0-1010.11 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/012990.html
 * juju-core 2.0~beta6-0ubuntu1.16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/012991.html
 * gce-utils 1.3.3-0ubuntu4~16.04.0 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/012992.html
 * linux-meta-snapdragon 4.4.0.1013.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/012993.html
 * linux-snapdragon 4.4.0-1013.13 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/012994.html
 * ubuntu-release-upgrader 1:16.04.14 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/012995.html
 * language-selector 0.165.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/012996.html
 * lxcfs 2.0.0-0ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/012997.html
 * nginx 1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/012998.html
 * bind9 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/012999.html
 * juju-core 2.0~beta6-0ubuntu1.16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/013000.html
 * firefox 46.0+build5-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/013001.html
 * oxide-qt 1.14.7-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/013002.html
 * oxide-qt 1.14.7-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/013003.html
 * firefox 46.0+build5-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/013004.html
 * libsoup2.4 2.52.2-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/013005.html
 * libsoup2.4 2.52.2-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/013006.html
 * thunderbird 1:38.7.2+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/013007.html
 * thunderbird 1:38.7.2+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/013008.html
 * klibc 2.0.4-8ubuntu1.16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/013009.html
 * stress-ng 0.05.23-1ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/013010.html
 * gnome-software 3.20.1+git20160426.1.a976144-ubuntu-xenial-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/013011.html
 * watchdog 5.14-3ubuntu0.16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/013012.html
 * iptraf-ng 1.1.4-2ubuntu0.16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/013013.html
 * brltty 5.3.1-2ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/013014.html
 * conjure-up 0.1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/013015.html
 * openssh 1:7.2p2-4ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/013016.html
 * ceph 10.2.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/013017.html
 * gce-utils 1.3.3-0ubuntu4~16.04.0 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/013018.html
 * bind9 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/013019.html
 * grep 2.25-1~16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/013020.html
 * javatools 0.54ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/013021.html
 * fwupd 0.7.0-0ubuntu4.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/013022.html
 * ubuntu-mate-welcome 16.04.9.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/013023.html
 * ubuntu-mate-artwork 16.04.6.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/013024.html
 * ubuntu-drivers-common 1:0.4.17.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/013025.html
 * ubuntu-core-launcher 1.0.27.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/013026.html
 * ubuntu-core-launcher 1.0.27.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/013027.html
 * ubiquity 2.21.63.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-April/013028.html

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## Common acronyms


Contents

  1. In This Issue
  2. General Community News
    1. [Ubuntu Online Summit] UOS: 3-5 May
    2. LTS 16.04 Review roundup!
    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. Paul White: Some thoughts about Xenial development, an annoying bug and Yakkety Yak
    2. Stéphane Graber: LXD 2.0: Live migration [9/12]
    3. Matthias Klumpp: A GNOME Software Hackfest report
    4. Canonical Design Team: Ubuntu orange update
    5. Forums Council: Forum Staff Additions
    6. Zygmunt Krynicki: Anatomy of a snappy interface
    7. Nekhelesh Ramananthan: uNav 0.59 "Beauty and the Beast" is OUT!
    8. Simon Quigley: Contributing to Ubuntu - 2 - Ubuntu Quality
    9. Canonical Design Team: Wallpaper design for Xenial Xerus 16.04
    10. Sam Hewitt: Extending the Ubuntu Icon Spec.
    11. Michael Terry: In-App Purchases Available in the Ubuntu Store
  6. Other Community News
    1. Yakkety Yak is now open for development
  7. Ubuntu Cloud News
  8. Ubuntu Phone News
    1. A DIY guide to the Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Edition tablet
    2. Wolfram Research releases Data Drop Logging app for Ubuntu Phone
    3. The most powerful Ubuntu phone is available to buy
  9. In The Press
  10. In The Blogosphere
  11. In Other News
    1. Full Circle #108
  12. Featured Audio and Video
  13. Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  14. Upcoming Meetings and Events
  15. Updates and Security for 12.04, 14.04, 15.10 and 16.04
    1. Security Updates
    2. Ubuntu 12.04 Updates
    3. Ubuntu 14.04 Updates
    4. Ubuntu 15.10 Updates
    5. Ubuntu 16.04 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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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 463 for the week April 24 - May 1, 2016.

In This Issue

  • [Ubuntu Online Summit] UOS: 3-5 May
  • LTS 16.04 Review roundup!
  • Welcome New Members and Developers
  • Ubuntu Stats

  • LoCo Events

  • Paul White: Some thoughts about Xenial development, an annoying bug and Yakkety Yak
  • Stéphane Graber: LXD 2.0: Live migration [9/12]
  • Matthias Klumpp: A GNOME Software Hackfest report
  • Canonical Design Team: Ubuntu orange update
  • Forums Council: Forum Staff Additions
  • Zygmunt Krynicki: Anatomy of a snappy interface
  • Nekhelesh Ramananthan: uNav 0.59 "Beauty and the Beast" is OUT!
  • Simon Quigley: Contributing to Ubuntu - 2 - Ubuntu Quality
  • Canonical Design Team: Wallpaper design for Xenial Xerus 16.04
  • Sam Hewitt: Extending the Ubuntu Icon Spec.
  • Michael Terry: In-App Purchases Available in the Ubuntu Store
  • Yakkety Yak is now open for development
  • Ubuntu Cloud News
  • Ubuntu Phone News
  • In The Press
  • In The Blogosphere
  • In Other News
  • Featured Audio and Video
  • Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  • Upcoming Meetings and Events
  • Updates and Security for 12.04, 14.04, 15.10 and 16.04
  • And much more!

General Community News

[Ubuntu Online Summit] UOS: 3-5 May

Daniel Holbach writes that the next Ubuntu online summit will take place from May 3rd to 5th. He also includes the links necessary for registration and session propositions.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/community-announce/2016-April/000041.html

LTS 16.04 Review roundup!

Amrisha Prashar provides a collection of reviews for the newly released Ubuntu 16.04 LTS from a variety of online publications. As she notes, this release has granted further security and reliability to the Ubuntu community, thereby creating a more unified experience.

http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/04/29/lts-16-04-review-roundup/

Welcome New Members and Developers

New Ubuntu Members via Forums Contributions: The Ubuntu Forums are delighted to welcome new Ubuntu members via Forums contributions:

The Forums Council congratulates each and every one and thanks them all for sustained contributions in the Forums assisting others to use and get the best from Ubuntu.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2016-April/002466.html & https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2016-April/002470.html

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open (121377) +554 over last week
  • Critical (352) +3 over last week
  • Unconfirmed (59452) +314 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: Surya Teja Karra (http://askubuntu.com/users/253850/surya-teja-karra), chaskes (http://askubuntu.com/users/117123/chaskes), muru (http://askubuntu.com/users/158442/muru), Juan M. Gonzalez (http://askubuntu.com/users/506976/juan-m-gonzalez) and Shantanu Bedajna (http://askubuntu.com/users/467147/shantanu-bedajna)

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

Paul White: Some thoughts about Xenial development, an annoying bug and Yakkety Yak

Paul White blogs abouts his stepping back and becoming a "floating contributor." He is impressed by the hard work and enthusiasm that goes into each Ubuntu release, while noting the minor bugs that do occasionally get into releases such as #1521302 which affects 'gnome-terminal' and will be fixed by 16.04.1. Paul suggests using terminator if you are bothered by the bug in the meantime. Finally, he gives his thoughts on “Yakkety Yak.”

http://blog.pcw.me.uk/2016/04/some-thoughts-about-xenial-development.html

Stéphane Graber: LXD 2.0: Live migration [9/12]

Stéphane Graber continues the series (this is the 9th of 12) about LXD 2.0. This is on container checkpoint and restore which remains experimental at this time. To have access to this container live migration, Stéphane lists the requirements (16.04 has them all) and apt command to install. Then by using example he provides examples of it, its limitations, and requests that if you discover bugs then please fill out a Launchpad bug report.

https://www.stgraber.org/2016/04/25/lxd-2-0-live-migration-912/

Matthias Klumpp: A GNOME Software Hackfest report

Matthias tells us about the recent GNOME hackfest in London. Starting off as travel log, it moves into shout-outs to various people he hadn't seen in awhile then to new people, including folks from Endless “who build their low-budget computer for developing/emerging countries on top of GNOME and Linux technologies.” Matthias was surprised to see what Endless had done too, writing that the “incarnation of GNOME Software used by endless looks pretty different from what the normal GNOME user sees”. His post touches on many different topics (XdgApp, sandboxing, AppStream, etc) ending in a big thank you to the Ubuntu Community Fund for sponsoring him to be there.

http://blog.tenstral.net/2016/04/gnome-software-hackfest-report.html

Canonical Design Team: Ubuntu orange update

A short blog by Jamie Young to document the new color palette update in the SDK; the new orange for screen use is E95420.

http://design.canonical.com/2016/04/ubuntu-orange-update/

Forums Council: Forum Staff Additions

Documenting the addition of new Forum Moderators accepted as part of the Staff team. The Ubuntu Forums Council congratulates DuckHook, jeremy31, kc1di, MAFoElffen, nerdtron, oldrocker99, vasa1, wgarcia & runrickus for becoming Forum Moderators.

https://ubuntuforumsorg.wordpress.com/2016/04/26/forum-staff-additions-2/

Zygmunt Krynicki: Anatomy of a snappy interface

Zygmunt Krynicki writes another blog post (third) in a series teaching us about making Snappy interfaces. Zygmunt uses code fragments to explain what's needed to create an interface. He writes also that if you want to create the interface, you'll have to wait for the next post.

http://www.zygoon.pl/2016/04/anatomy-of-snappy-interface.html

Nekhelesh Ramananthan: uNav 0.59 "Beauty and the Beast" is OUT!

The uNav team, through Nekhelesh Ramananthan, is proud to announce the release of iNav 0.59. He shares that uNav is a navigation app, and the hope of this release is turning the "beast" of power within uNav into a “beauty” in its use.

http://nik90.com/unav-0-59-beauty-and-the-beast-2/

Simon Quigley: Contributing to Ubuntu - 2 - Ubuntu Quality

Simon Quigley, having done a couple of forms of QA for the Ubuntu project, tells us how we'd go about it. Using annotated screen dumps with explanation, Simon walks us through some of how we'd go about testing a Lubuntu 16.10 daily build, saving bandwidth by using zsync, creating or selecting a test case, and logging bugs via Launchpad. Links are provided for further explanation, but and he asserts that if you're thinking you'd like contribute to Ubuntu via testing, this could be a starting point.

http://tsimonq2.net/blog/2016/04/27/

Canonical Design Team: Wallpaper design for Xenial Xerus 16.04

Grazina Borosko writes about how the default wallpaper for Xenial Xerus 16.04 was designed using the Suru visual language. Grazina starts by showing default wallpapers of 14.10 through 15.10, shares the Origami animal made in the image of Xerus and notes that the final resulting default wallpaper of Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus is inspired by the Origami folds.

http://design.canonical.com/2016/04/wallpaper-design-for-xenial-xerus-16-04/

Sam Hewitt: Extending the Ubuntu Icon Spec.

Sam Hewitt talks about his extension to the Ubuntu Icon specification, saying, “When I started designing app icons for folks, I (too) felt the official specification was lacking detailed instructions and explanations for the Suru design –not to mention it's woefully out of date– which isn't much help. My only recourse was to follow updates to the official icons themselves and to dissect the icons to determine the elements and visual principles that make up the Suru style and updates to it.” He links to his extension to the guide.

http://samuelhewitt.com/blog/2016-04-29-extending-ubuntu-icon-design-spec

Michael Terry: In-App Purchases Available in the Ubuntu Store

Michael Terry points out the new ability to have in-app purchases in Ubuntu Touch apps. He points out, “Besides allowing someone to write the next Candy Crush, this also means that app authors can stop providing separate ‘donation’ versions of their app. Which means less busywork for authors, reviews are all on the same app, and less confusion for users.“

https://mterry.name/log/2016/05/01/in-app-purchases-available-in-the-ubuntu-store/

Other Community News

Yakkety Yak is now open for development

Matthias Klose reports that Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) is now open for development. Matthias encourages developers to not procrastinate on the targeted development goals and to begin working on merges as soon as possible.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2016-April/039331.html

Ubuntu Cloud News

Ubuntu Phone News

A DIY guide to the Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Edition tablet

Amrisha Prashar illustrates the versatility of the Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Edition tablet by providing a detailed diagram of the ways in which the device may be configured. The versatility of the tablet combines a desktop Ubuntu experience with the mobility of a tablet.

http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/04/25/a-diy-guide-to-the-aquaris-m10-ubuntu-edition-tablet/

Wolfram Research releases Data Drop Logging app for Ubuntu Phone

David Pitkin announces that in collaboration with Wolfram Research, Canonical has released the “first app collaboration with cloud connect functionality for Ubuntu developers and users,” Wolfram Data Drop™ Logging. He writes: “The application turns an Ubuntu phone into a powerful cloud-connected sensor collection device. It has the ability to send location, acceleration and rotation data directly to a Wolfram Cloud Databin where you can then interact and use your own data just like any other Wolfram data source.” The post concludes by including the community in their celebration of this new app, asking users to tweet the most original findings from their collected sensor data using the #UbuntuWolfram hash tag.

http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/04/26/wolfram-research-releases-data-drop-logging-app-for-ubuntu-phone/

The most powerful Ubuntu phone is available to buy

Amrisha Prashar announces that the Ubuntu edition of the Meizu Pro 5 is now available for ordering. She shares that this device is the most powerful Ubuntu phone on the market, boasting a 5.7 inch 1080p screen and 32GB of memory.

http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/04/26/the-most-powerful-ubuntu-phone-is-available-to-buy/

In The Press

In The Blogosphere

In Other News

Full Circle #108

Full Circle - the independent magazine for the Ubuntu Linux community are proud to announce the release of issue one hundred and eight.

This month:

  • Command & Conquer

  • How-To : Python, LibreOffice, Migrating From VAX, and LaTeX

  • Graphics : Inkscape
  • Chrome Cult: Options

  • Linux Labs: Debian (Noroot) in Android & Testing and Troubleshooting Hard Drives

  • Ubuntu Devices
  • Review: Linux Lite

  • Ubuntu Games: GoPanda

plus: News, Arduino, Q&A, and soooo much more.

Get it while it's hot! http://fullcirclemagazine.org/issue-108

Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings

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, 15.10 and 16.04

Security Updates

Ubuntu 12.04 Updates

End of Life - April 2017

Ubuntu 14.04 Updates

End of Life - April 2019

Ubuntu 15.10 Updates

End of Life - July 2016

Ubuntu 16.04 Updates

End of Life - April 2021

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Credits

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  • Elizabeth K. Joseph
  • Simon Quigley
  • Chris Guiver
  • Chris Sirrs
  • And many others

Glossary of Terms

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