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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 15.10 (Wily Werewolf) reaches End of Life on July 28 2016 ===

Adam Conrad announces that Ubuntu 15.10 (Wily Werewolf) reaches its end of life on July 28, 2016. In this announcement you can also find a link to instructions to upgrade 15.10 to the latest version of Ubuntu.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2016-July/003492.html
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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)
The Ubuntu Membership board welcomed a new Ubuntu member from AskUbuntu:

 * David Mohammed (Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/fossfreedom | LP: https://launchpad.net/~fossfreedom | Ask``Ubuntu: http://askubuntu.com/users/14356/fossfreedom)

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2016-July/002516.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 (123880) +92 over last week
    * Critical (360) -6 over last week
    * Unconfirmed (61053) +19 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 ====

 * Why doesn't the command “ls | file” work? http://askubuntu.com/questions/795599/why-doesnt-the-command-ls-file-work
 * How can I download lubuntu with nothing more than dial-up? http://askubuntu.com/questions/794492/how-can-i-download-lubuntu-with-nothing-more-than-dial-up
 * Why does redirecting sed output to same input file make my machine unresponsive? http://askubuntu.com/questions/795713/why-does-redirecting-sed-output-to-same-input-file-make-my-machine-unresponsive
 * Forgot passphrase (encrypted hard drive), how can I use my computer again? http://askubuntu.com/questions/796737/forgot-passphrase-encrypted-hard-drive-how-can-i-use-my-computer-again
 * Is there a project to motivate schools to use Ubuntu? http://askubuntu.com/questions/795121/is-there-a-project-to-motivate-schools-to-use-ubuntu

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

 * Is there a project to motivate schools to use Ubuntu? http://askubuntu.com/questions/795121/
 * Why doesn't the command "ls | file" work? http://askubuntu.com/questions/795599/
 * How to set the first picture of every folders as their folder icons? http://askubuntu.com/questions/796256/
 * Forgot passphrase (encrypted hard drive), how can I use my computer again? http://askubuntu.com/questions/796737/
 * Why is my sorted file bigger? http://askubuntu.com/questions/796947/

People Contributing the best questions and answers this week: Jacob Vlijm (http://askubuntu.com/users/72216/jacob-vlijm), terdon (http://askubuntu.com/users/85695/terdon), andrew.46 (http://askubuntu.com/users/57576/andrew-46), John Kugelman (http://askubuntu.com/users/141470/john-kugelman) and Rinzwind (http://askubuntu.com/users/15811/rinzwind)
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## Run the ./loco-events/loco-events.py script to get a list  * Festival de creación e intercambio de llaves, Ubuntu Venezuela Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-ve/3391-festival-de-creación-e-intercambio-de-llaves/
 * AZLOCO Install-fest/Linux Workshop, Arizona Lo``Co Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-arizona/3397-azloco-install-fest/linux-workshop/
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## This section largely comes from blog.canonical.com and Canonical
## press releases
 * e-shelter and Canonical launch Joint Managed Open``Stack Private Cloud - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/07/05/e-shelter-and-canonical-launch-joint-managed-openstack-private-cloud/
 * Canonical and Pivotal Collaborate to Deliver Cloud Native Platform - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/07/06/canonical-and-pivotal-collaborate-to-deliver-cloud-native-platform/
 * Mycroft: The open source answer to natural language platforms - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/07/07/mycroft-the-open-source-answer-to-natural-language-platforms/
 * Digital Signage meets IoT Series continues! - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/07/07/digital-signage-meets-iot-series-continues/
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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
=== Canonical-Pivotal partnership makes Ubuntu preferred Linux distro for Cloud Foundry ===

Ron Miller of Tech``Crunch announces the official partnership between Canonical and Pivotal, creators of the open source cloud development platform Cloud Foundry. He explains that with this announcement, not only does Ubuntu become the default Linux distro for the platform, but it also gives users additional support from Canonical nd Ubuntu. He goes on to note that the two companies will be working on a security certification framework, naturally based around Ubuntu.

https://techcrunch.com/2016/07/06/canonical-pivotal-partnership-makes-ubuntu-preferred-linux-distro-for-cloud-foundry/

=== Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition review ===

Matt Farrington-Smith from The Inquirer reviews the newly released Dell XPS 13 laptop running on Ubuntu 14.04 SP1.This detailed review starts off with the top notch hardware specs and the design of the laptop and continues into the software specs in the following page. He talks about the ease of installation and points out difficulties in moving from a Windows based OS to a linux distro.

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/review/2464058/dell-xps-13-developer-edition-review
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== 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
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## Ubuntu UK Podcast
## Full Circle Magazine Podcast
## At Home With Jono Bacon - Weekly Community QA on UStreamTV
## Lococast.net
=== Ubuntu Community Team Q&A - 5th July 2016 ===

The Ubuntu community team convenes again for their weekly Q&A session in which they discuss community news and field questions from the audience.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNvR_QpP18U

=== Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S09E19 – Perfectly Preserved Brain - Ubuntu Podcast ===

In this week’s edition of the Ubuntu Podcast, the hosts discuss AMD’s recently released Linux drivers, Mozilla’s first round of funding for its Mission Partners program, and the 0day exploit for Lenovo’s Thinkpad System Management Mode. The hosts also cover several community related news items including the release of Snapcraft 2.12 and uNav offline maps.

http://ubuntupodcast.org/2016/07/07/s09e19-perfectly-preserved-brain/

=== Full Circle Weekly News #25 ===

Just a quick message to let you know that Full Circle Weekly News #25 is out: http://fullcirclemagazine.org/podcast/full-circle-weekly-news-25 and, Full Circle Magazine #110 came out a couple of weeks ago: http://fullcirclemagazine.org/issue-110

The show is also available via:
RSS: http://fullcirclemagazine.org/feed/podcast
Stitcher Radio: http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=85347&refid=stpr
TuneIn Radio: http://tunein.com/radio/Full-Circle-Weekly-News-p855064/
and Player``FM: https://player.fm/series/the-full-circle-weekly-news
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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 - July 5, 2016 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Newsletter/2016-07-05
 * Server Team - July 5, 2016 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/20160705
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## Run security-and-updates/ListSecurity.py YEAR MONTH  * [USN-3024-1] Tomcat vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2016-July/003487.html
 * [USN-3025-1] GIMP vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2016-July/003488.html
 * [USN-3026-1] libimobiledevice vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2016-July/003489.html
 * [USN-3026-2] libusbmuxd vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2016-July/003490.html
 * [USN-3027-1] Tomcat vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2016-July/003491.html
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## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH precise
## End of Life - April 2017
 * tzdata 2016e-0ubuntu0.12.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-July/025399.html
 * passenger 2.2.11debian-2+deb6u1ubuntu12.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-July/025400.html
 * tomcat6 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-July/025401.html
 * gimp 2.6.12-1ubuntu1.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-July/025402.html
 * passenger 2.2.11debian-2+deb6u1ubuntu12.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-July/025403.html
 * gimp 2.6.12-1ubuntu1.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-July/025404.html
 * tomcat6 6.0.35-1ubuntu3.7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-July/025405.html
 * tzdata 2016f-0ubuntu0.12.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-July/025406.html
 * tzdata 2016f-0ubuntu0.12.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-July/025407.html
 * tzdata 2016f-0ubuntu0.12.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-July/025408.html
 * shim-signed 1.17~12.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-July/025409.html
 * grub2 1.99-21ubuntu3.20 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-July/025410.html

End of Life - April 2017
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## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH trusty
## End of Life - April 2019
 * libqb 0.16.0.real-1ubuntu5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022387.html
 * nova 1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022388.html
 * nova 1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu1.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022389.html
 * grub2-signed 1.34.13 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022390.html
 * xserver-xorg-video-vmware-lts-xenial 1:13.1.0-2ubuntu3~trusty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022391.html
 * xserver-xorg-video-vesa-lts-xenial 1:2.3.4-1build2~trusty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022392.html
 * xserver-xorg-video-trident-lts-xenial 1:1.3.7-1build2~trusty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022393.html
 * xserver-xorg-video-tdfx-lts-xenial 1:1.4.6-1build2~trusty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022394.html
 * xserver-xorg-video-sisusb-lts-xenial 1:0.9.6-2build5~trusty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022395.html
 * xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion-lts-xenial 1:1.7.8-1ubuntu6~trusty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022396.html
 * xserver-xorg-video-savage-lts-xenial 1:2.3.8-1ubuntu3~trusty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022397.html
 * xserver-xorg-video-r128-lts-xenial 6.10.0-1build2~trusty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022398.html
 * xserver-xorg-video-qxl-lts-xenial 0.1.4-3ubuntu3~trusty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022399.html
 * xserver-xorg-video-openchrome-lts-xenial 1:0.3.3+git20160310-1~trusty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022400.html
 * xserver-xorg-video-nouveau-lts-xenial 1:1.0.12-1build2~trusty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022401.html
 * xserver-xorg-video-neomagic-lts-xenial 1:1.2.9-1build2~trusty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022402.html
 * xserver-xorg-video-mga-lts-xenial 1:1.6.4-1build2~trusty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022403.html
 * xserver-xorg-video-mach64-lts-xenial 6.9.5-1build2~trusty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022404.html
 * xserver-xorg-video-intel-lts-xenial 2:2.99.917+git20160325-1ubuntu1~trusty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022405.html
 * xserver-xorg-video-geode-lts-xenial 2.11.18-1build2~trusty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022406.html
 * xserver-xorg-video-freedreno-lts-xenial 1.4.0-1build1~trusty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022407.html
 * xserver-xorg-video-fbdev-lts-xenial 1:0.4.4-1build5~trusty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022410.html
 * xserver-xorg-video-dummy-lts-xenial 1:0.3.7-1build5~trusty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022408.html
 * xserver-xorg-video-cirrus-lts-xenial 1:1.5.3-1ubuntu3~trusty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022409.html
 * xserver-xorg-video-ati-lts-xenial 1:7.7.0-1~trusty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022411.html
 * xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu-lts-xenial 1.1.0-1~trusty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022412.html
 * xserver-xorg-input-void-lts-xenial 1:1.4.1-1build2~trusty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022413.html
 * xserver-xorg-input-vmmouse-lts-xenial 1:13.1.0-1ubuntu2~trusty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022414.html
 * xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-lts-xenial 1.8.2-1ubuntu3~trusty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022415.html
 * xserver-xorg-input-joystick-lts-xenial 1:1.6.2-1build4~trusty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022416.html
 * xserver-xorg-input-evdev-lts-xenial 1:2.10.1-1ubuntu2~trusty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022417.html
 * xf86-input-wacom-lts-xenial 1:0.32.0-0ubuntu3~trusty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022418.html
 * xf86-input-mtrack-lts-xenial 0.3.1-1build1~trusty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022419.html
 * tzdata 2016e-0ubuntu0.14.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022420.html
 * tomcat7 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022421.html
 * gimp 2.8.10-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022422.html
 * libimobiledevice 1.1.5+git20140313.bafe6a9e-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022423.html
 * gimp 2.8.10-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022424.html
 * tomcat7 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022425.html
 * tzdata 2016f-0ubuntu0.14.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022426.html
 * libimobiledevice 1.1.5+git20140313.bafe6a9e-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022427.html
 * openldap 2.4.31-1+nmu2ubuntu8.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022428.html
 * unity 7.2.6+14.04.20160408-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022429.html
 * unity 7.2.6+14.04.20160408-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022430.html
 * tzdata 2016f-0ubuntu0.14.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022431.html
 * tzdata 2016f-0ubuntu0.14.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022432.html
 * qemu 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.25 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022433.html
 * vmware-view-client 4.1.0-0ubuntu0.14.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022434.html
 * xorg-lts-xenial 1:7.7+13ubuntu3~trusty1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022435.html
 * shim-signed 1.17~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-July/022436.html

End of Life - April 2019
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## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH wily
## End of Life - July 2016
 * xen 4.5.1-0ubuntu1.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-July/013420.html
 * xen 4.5.1-0ubuntu1.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-July/013421.html
 * tzdata 2016e-0ubuntu0.15.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-July/013422.html
 * tomcat7 7.0.64-1ubuntu0.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-July/013423.html
 * gimp 2.8.14-1ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-July/013424.html
 * libimobiledevice 1.1.6+dfsg-3.1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-July/013425.html
 * libusbmuxd 1.0.9-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-July/013426.html
 * gimp 2.8.14-1ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-July/013427.html
 * tomcat7 7.0.64-1ubuntu0.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-July/013428.html
 * tzdata 2016f-0ubuntu0.15.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-July/013429.html
 * libimobiledevice 1.1.6+dfsg-3.1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-July/013430.html
 * libusbmuxd 1.0.9-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-July/013431.html
 * tzdata 2016f-0ubuntu0.15.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-July/013432.html
 * tzdata 2016f-0ubuntu0.15.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-July/013433.html
 * shim-signed 1.17~15.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/wily-changes/2016-July/013434.html

End of Life - July 2016
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## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH xenial
## End of Life - April 2021
 * mozc 2.17.2116.102+gitfd0f5b34+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013865.html
 * abiword 3.0.1-6ubuntu0.16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013866.html
 * gnome-documents 3.18.3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013867.html
 * command-not-found 0.3ubuntu16.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013868.html
 * gnome-taquin 3.20.2-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013869.html
 * gnome-software 3.20.1+git20160617.1.0440874.ubuntu-xenial-0ubuntu1~16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013870.html
 * dh-make 2.201605~xenial1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013871.html
 * zfs-linux 0.6.5.6-0ubuntu10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013872.html
 * ubuntu-themes 14.04+16.04.20160621-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013873.html
 * linux-firmware 1.157.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013874.html
 * bash 4.3-14ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013875.html
 * software-properties 0.96.20.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013876.html
 * golang-gopkg-macaroon.v1 0.0~git20150121.0.ab3940c-0ubuntu1~16.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013877.html
 * gcc-5 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013878.html
 * mu-cade 0.11.dfsg1-11~16.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013879.html
 * librtas 2.0.0-1ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013880.html
 * photutils 0.2.1-5ubuntu1~16.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013881.html
 * gimp 2.8.16-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013882.html
 * ubuntu-defaults-builder 0.55~16.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013883.html
 * wcsaxes 0.6-5ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013884.html
 * tzdata 2016e-0ubuntu0.16.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013885.html
 * gimp 2.8.16-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013886.html
 * tomcat7 7.0.68-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013887.html
 * libimobiledevice 1.2.0+dfsg-3~ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013888.html
 * libusbmuxd 1.0.10-2ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013889.html
 * tomcat7 7.0.68-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013890.html
 * tzdata 2016f-0ubuntu0.16.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013891.html
 * libimobiledevice 1.2.0+dfsg-3~ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013892.html
 * libusbmuxd 1.0.10-2ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013893.html
 * spl-linux 0.6.5.6-0ubuntu4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013894.html
 * percona-server-5.6 5.6.22-rel71.0-0ubuntu4.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013895.html
 * libtsm 3-1build0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013896.html
 * fpgatools 0.0+201212-1build0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013897.html
 * percona-xtradb-cluster-5.6 5.6.21-25.8-0ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013898.html
 * gambas3 3.8.4-2ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013899.html
 * fonts-cantarell 0.0.24-1~ubuntu16.04.0 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013900.html
 * percona-xtrabackup 2.2.3-2.1build1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013901.html
 * ubuntu-mate-settings 16.04.5.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013902.html
 * powerpc-utils 1.3.1-2ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013903.html
 * tzdata 2016f-0ubuntu0.16.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013904.html
 * tzdata 2016f-0ubuntu0.16.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013905.html
 * live-build 3.0~a57-1ubuntu25.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013906.html
 * containerd 0.2.1-0ubuntu4~16.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013907.html
 * lsb 9.20160110ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013908.html
 * tomcat8 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013909.html
 * tomcat8 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013910.html
 * lsb 9.20160110ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013911.html
 * nuitka 0.5.21.2+ds-1~16.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013912.html
 * python3.5 3.5.2-2~16.01 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013913.html
 * docker.io 1.11.2-0ubuntu5~16.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013914.html
 * shim-signed 1.17~16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013915.html
 * plasma-framework 5.18.0-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013916.html
 * starpu-contrib 1.1.5-0ubuntu4.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013917.html
 * gcc-5-cross 24ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013918.html
 * gcc-5-cross-ports 10ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013919.html
 * snapd 2.0.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-July/013920.html

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WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 473 for the week July 4 - 10, 2016.

In This Issue

General Community News

Ubuntu 15.10 (Wily Werewolf) reaches End of Life on July 28 2016

Adam Conrad announces that Ubuntu 15.10 (Wily Werewolf) reaches its end of life on July 28, 2016. In this announcement you can also find a link to instructions to upgrade 15.10 to the latest version of Ubuntu.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2016-July/003492.html

Welcome New Members and Developers

The Ubuntu Membership board welcomed a new Ubuntu member from AskUbuntu:

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2016-July/002516.html

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open (123880) +92 over last week
  • Critical (360) -6 over last week
  • Unconfirmed (61053) +19 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: Jacob Vlijm (http://askubuntu.com/users/72216/jacob-vlijm), terdon (http://askubuntu.com/users/85695/terdon), andrew.46 (http://askubuntu.com/users/57576/andrew-46), John Kugelman (http://askubuntu.com/users/141470/john-kugelman) and Rinzwind (http://askubuntu.com/users/15811/rinzwind)

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

LoCo News

LoCo Events

The following LoCo team events are currently scheduled in the next two weeks:

Looking beyond the next two weeks? Visit the LoCo Team Portal to browse upcoming events around the world:

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

The Planet

Other Community News

Ubuntu Cloud News

Ubuntu Phone News

Canonical News

In The Press

Canonical-Pivotal partnership makes Ubuntu preferred Linux distro for Cloud Foundry

Ron Miller of TechCrunch announces the official partnership between Canonical and Pivotal, creators of the open source cloud development platform Cloud Foundry. He explains that with this announcement, not only does Ubuntu become the default Linux distro for the platform, but it also gives users additional support from Canonical nd Ubuntu. He goes on to note that the two companies will be working on a security certification framework, naturally based around Ubuntu.

https://techcrunch.com/2016/07/06/canonical-pivotal-partnership-makes-ubuntu-preferred-linux-distro-for-cloud-foundry/

Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition review

Matt Farrington-Smith from The Inquirer reviews the newly released Dell XPS 13 laptop running on Ubuntu 14.04 SP1.This detailed review starts off with the top notch hardware specs and the design of the laptop and continues into the software specs in the following page. He talks about the ease of installation and points out difficulties in moving from a Windows based OS to a linux distro.

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/review/2464058/dell-xps-13-developer-edition-review

In The Blogosphere

Ubuntu Community Team Q&A - 5th July 2016

The Ubuntu community team convenes again for their weekly Q&A session in which they discuss community news and field questions from the audience.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNvR_QpP18U

Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S09E19 – Perfectly Preserved Brain - Ubuntu Podcast

In this week’s edition of the Ubuntu Podcast, the hosts discuss AMD’s recently released Linux drivers, Mozilla’s first round of funding for its Mission Partners program, and the 0day exploit for Lenovo’s Thinkpad System Management Mode. The hosts also cover several community related news items including the release of Snapcraft 2.12 and uNav offline maps.

http://ubuntupodcast.org/2016/07/07/s09e19-perfectly-preserved-brain/

Full Circle Weekly News #25

Just a quick message to let you know that Full Circle Weekly News #25 is out: http://fullcirclemagazine.org/podcast/full-circle-weekly-news-25 and, Full Circle Magazine #110 came out a couple of weeks ago: http://fullcirclemagazine.org/issue-110

The show is also available via: RSS: http://fullcirclemagazine.org/feed/podcast Stitcher Radio: http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=85347&refid=stpr TuneIn Radio: http://tunein.com/radio/Full-Circle-Weekly-News-p855064/ and PlayerFM: https://player.fm/series/the-full-circle-weekly-news

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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