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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 (124948) +227 over last week
    * Critical (368) +9 over last week
    * Unconfirmed (61673) +212 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 ====

 * I deleted package 'python3' on Ubuntu and I have lost dashboard, terminal and Unity. Help me to restore my data please [on hold] http://askubuntu.com/questions/810854/i-deleted-package-python3-on-ubuntu-and-i-have-lost-dashboard-terminal-and-un
 * Why does `ls -l` count more files than me? http://askubuntu.com/questions/810563/why-does-ls-l-count-more-files-than-me
 * Apt-get does not recognize node software installed via nvm http://askubuntu.com/questions/809804/apt-get-does-not-recognize-node-software-installed-via-nvm
 * How can I restart my Wi-Fi connection from the command-line? http://askubuntu.com/questions/811733/how-can-i-restart-my-wi-fi-connection-from-the-command-line
 * Ubuntu 16.04 or 14.04? [on hold] http://askubuntu.com/questions/810252/ubuntu-16-04-or-14-04

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

 * Is there a workaround for the RFC 5961 Linux TCP flaw? http://askubuntu.com/questions/811978/
 * Why does `ls -l` count more files than me? http://askubuntu.com/questions/810563/
 * Apt-get does not recognize node software installed via nvm http://askubuntu.com/questions/809804/
 * What does this line "/dev/sda5: clean, 956436/30277632 files, 37421846/121093120 blocs" mean while booting? http://askubuntu.com/questions/809900/
 * How can I restart my Wi-Fi connection from the command-line? http://askubuntu.com/questions/811733/

People Contributing the best questions and answers this week: Paranoid Panda (http://askubuntu.com/users/364819/paranoid-panda), Android Dev (http://askubuntu.com/users/518562/android-dev), Pilot6 (http://askubuntu.com/users/167850/pilot6), insert_name_here (http://askubuntu.com/users/511131/insert-name-here) and Anwar Shah (http://askubuntu.com/users/61218/anwar-shah)
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## Run the ./loco-events/loco-events.py script to get a list  * Ubuntu Global Jam - Roanoke Linux Users Group, Ubuntu Virginia Lo``Co Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/virginiateam/3249-ubuntu-global-jam---roanoke-linux-users-group/
 * AZLOCO Install-fest/Linux Workshop, Arizona Lo``Co Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-arizona/3407-azloco-install-fest/linux-workshop/
 * Sierra Vista Ubuntu Hour, Arizona Lo``Co Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-arizona/3408-sierra-vista-ubuntu-hour/
 * Tempe Ubuntu Hour, Arizona Lo``Co Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-arizona/3409-tempe-ubuntu-hour/
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Zygmunt Krynicki writes his fourth article about snappy interfaces, this time focusing on the execution environment. He covers detailed about the chroot environment being used, how process containment works and cases where a device control group is used. Zygmunt Krynicki writes his fourth article about snappy interfaces, this time focusing on the execution environment. He covers in detail using the chroot environment, how process containment works and cases where a device control group is used.
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Anthony Dillon of Ubuntu Design writes about the web team's hack day. Held in a hotel it started by brainstorming ideas, creating mini-teams and commencing the 'hack'. Projects were IRC bots, Asset manager search improvements, GitHub CMS, and Commit linting. He says that the day went well with some projects 'landed and released'. Anthony Dillon of Ubuntu Design writes about the web team's hack day which was held in a hotel and started by brainstorming ideas, creating mini-teams and commencing the 'hack'. Projects were IRC bots, Asset manager search improvements, Git``Hub CMS, and commit linting. He says that the day went well with some projects 'landed and released'.
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Steph Wilson of Ubuntu Design reminds us of a competition to write an app that converges across devices using AdaptivePageLayout. Details are provided of the winning app; a timer app, along with 2nd through 5th place winners. Steph Wilson of Ubuntu Design reminds us of a competition to write an app that converges across devices using Adaptive``Page``Layout, which makes it easier to converge apps on many devices. She provides details of the winning app; a timer app, along with details of the 2nd through 5th place winners.
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Dustin Kirkland writes about the 6 - Part blog series on running Ubuntu from a windows platform. He elaborates about the motivations behind the Ubuntu-Microsoft partnership and goes on to show how to run Ubuntu from a Win 10 setup. Dustin Kirkland introduces his six part series of posts about running Ubuntu-on-Windows. He elaborates on the motivations behind the Ubuntu-Microsoft partnership and goes on to show us how to run Ubuntu in a Windows 10 environment.
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Zygmunt Krynicki continues his series about snappy with the fifth article, this time talking about creating snappy interfaces. He walks the reader through a sample “Hello” interface with the help of code snippits and screenshots. He goes on to talk about granting permissions through interfaces and shares a more practical “reboot” interface. Zygmunt Krynicki continues his series about snappy with the fifth article, this time talking about creating snappy interfaces. He walks his readers through a sample “Hello” interface with the help of code snippits and screenshots. Zygmunt goes on to talk about granting permissions through interfaces and shares a more practical “reboot” interface.
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Julian Andres Klode briefly tells us some history of APTs build system (autoconf & makefiles), and the decision to go with CMake in 2009. This seemed to work until a few months ago; so after a busy weekend, CMake has been updated. Julian details changes, advantages, testing, and some issues. It still needs some work (eg. documentation), and if you do some building on macOS or *BSD and have issues, please report back. Julian Andres Klode briefly tells us some history of APTs build system (autoconf & makefiles), and the decision to go with CMake in 2009. He says that this seemed to work until a few months ago; so after a busy weekend, CMake has been updated. Julian details the changes, advantages, the testing, and some issues saying that it still needs some work (eg. documentation), and asks from those that build on macOS or *BSD and have issues to report back.
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Aaron Honeycutt writes about the 'Digital Clock' widget in KDE Plasma, and features Aaron needed dealing with a global team. How to add extra time-zones is explained (with screen images) should you wish to use this feature, but note the changes require Plasma 5.7.2. Aaron Honeycutt writes about the 'Digital Clock' widget in KDE Plasma, and the features Aaron needed dealing with a global team. He explains how to add extra time-zones (with screen images) should you wish to use this feature, but it should be noted that the changes require Plasma 5.7.2.
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Simon Quigley, a member of the Lubuntu team, lists the applications that are candidates to be included in Lubuntu once it has been migrated to LXQt. He says that images will be added to the ISO QA Tracker when they become available and that specific test cases need to be created. Of the transition to LXQt, Simon says: "I'm really excited for this transition, and I hope you are too." Simon Quigley, a member of the Lubuntu team, lists the applications that are candidates (he notes that these are not final) to be included in Lubuntu once it has been migrated to LXQt. He says that images will be added to the ISO QA Tracker when they become available and that specific test cases need to be created. Of the transition to LXQt, Simon says: "I'm really excited for this transition, and I hope you are too."
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=== Snapcraft 2.13 and Snapd 2.11 Land with Support for Downgrading Installed Snaps === 

Marius Nestor of Softpedia reports the recent release of Snapcraft 2.13 and snapd 2.11, both of which are now available in the software repositories of Ubuntu 16.04.1. Key features of this release include improved snap management and support for X11 plugins.		 === Snapcraft 2.13 and Snapd 2.11 Land with Support for Downgrading Installed Snaps ===

Marius Nestor of Softpedia reports the recent release of Snapcraft 2.13 and snapd 2.11, both of which are now available in the software repositories of Ubuntu 16.04.1. He says that the key features of this release include improved snap management and support for X11 plugins.
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Michael Larabel of Phoronix compares and contrasts the performances of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and the recent Windows 10 Anniversary release. He runs specific benchmark testers like openArena and Ugine Heaven coupled with GPU tests and also with individual games such as Shadow of mordor, Tomb Raider etc in the brief comparison. It goes to show that the Windows 10 update outperforms in more than most of the Linux system, but as of now, the Linux systems show promise with better numbers than their previous counterparts. Michael Larabel of Phoronix compares and contrasts the performances of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and the recent Windows 10 Anniversary release. He runs specific benchmark tests such as openArena and Ugine Heaven coupled with GPU tests and also with individual games such as Shadow of mordor, Tomb Raider etc in the brief comparison. Michael shows that the Windows 10 update outperforms most of the Linux systems but as of now the Linux systems show promise with better results than their previous counterparts.
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Sylvia Ritter writing for Bored Panda creates coloured versions of the Ubuntu animal code names. It is a feast for the eyes, with vibrant colours and ample imagination. Check out the link below for those awesome pictures! Sylvia Ritter writing for Bored Panda creates coloured versions of the Ubuntu animal code names. She writes "The Ubuntu releases inspired me to create a series of illustrations, each illustration depicting an animal from a release, in chronological order."
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Joey-Elijah Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! writes about GNOME’s improved handling of audio devices incoming in GNOME 3.20 thanks to Unity developer David Henningsson. Joey-Elijah Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! reports on GNOME’s improved handling of audio devices which is part of GNOME 3.20 thanks to Unity developer David Henningsson.
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Joey Elijah-Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! writes that Borge A. Roum has tested and reviewed one hundred DRM-free Linux compatible games and intends to continue doing so. Joey also provides a link to Borge’s blog. Joey Elijah-Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! informs us that Borge A. Roum has tested and reviewed one hundred DRM-free Linux compatible games and intends to continue doing so. Joey also links to Borge’s blog which gives further "details on the endeavour."
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Marius Nestor from Softpedia writes about Ubuntu Touch’s upcoming rebase on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS from Ubuntu 15.04. He writes, “The official answer came a few days ago, from Canonical's Łukasz Zemczak, who revealed that the Ubuntu mobile OS would soon be rebased on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus).” Marius Nestor of Softpedia writes about Ubuntu Touch’s upcoming rebase on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS from Ubuntu 15.04. He writes, “The official answer came a few days ago, from Canonical's Łukasz Zemczak, who revealed that the Ubuntu mobile OS would soon be rebased on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus).”
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It’s Episode Twenty-four of Season Nine of the Ubuntu Podcast! Mark Johnson, Alan Pope, Laura Cowen, and Martin Wimpress are here again. It's Episode Twenty-four of Season Nine of the Ubuntu Podcast! Mark Johnson, Alan Pope, Laura Cowen, and Martin Wimpress are here again.
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## Run security-and-updates/ListSecurity.py YEAR MONTH  * [USN-3048-1] curl vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2016-August/003519.html
 * [USN-3049-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2016-August/003520.html
 * [USN-3050-1] Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2016-August/003521.html
 * [USN-3051-1] Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2016-August/003522.html
 * [USN-3052-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2016-August/003523.html
 * [USN-3053-1] Linux kernel (Vivid HWE) vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2016-August/003524.html
 * [USN-3054-1] Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2016-August/003525.html
 * [USN-3055-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2016-August/003526.html
 * [USN-3056-1] Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2016-August/003527.html
 * [USN-3057-1] Linux kernel (Qualcomm Snapdragon) vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2016-August/003528.html
 * [USN-3059-1] xmlrpc-epi vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2016-August/003529.html
 * [USN-3060-1] GD library vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2016-August/003530.html
 * [USN-3047-2] QEMU regression - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2016-August/003531.html
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## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH precise
## End of Life - April 2017		  * linux 3.2.0-107.148 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025479.html
 * linux-meta 3.2.0.107.123 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025480.html
 * linux-meta 3.2.0.107.123 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025481.html
 * linux 3.2.0-107.148 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025482.html
 * linux-backports-modules-3.2.0 3.2.0-107.99 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025483.html
 * linux-backports-modules-3.2.0 3.2.0-107.99 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025484.html
 * linux-meta-lts-trusty 3.13.0.93.84 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025485.html
 * linux-lts-trusty 3.13.0-93.140~precise1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025486.html
 * linux-meta-lts-trusty 3.13.0.93.84 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025487.html
 * linux-signed-lts-trusty 3.13.0-93.140~precise1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025488.html
 * linux-signed-lts-trusty 3.13.0-93.140~precise1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025489.html
 * linux-armadaxp 3.2.0-1670.96 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025490.html
 * linux-meta-armadaxp 3.2.0.1670.86 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025491.html
 * linux-meta-armadaxp 3.2.0.1670.86 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025492.html
 * linux-armadaxp 3.2.0-1670.96 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025493.html
 * linux-meta-ti-omap4 3.2.0.1485.80 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025494.html
 * linux-meta-ti-omap4 3.2.0.1485.80 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025495.html
 * linux-ti-omap4 3.2.0-1485.112 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025496.html
 * linux-ti-omap4 3.2.0-1485.112 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025497.html
 * linux-lts-trusty_3.13.0-93.140~precise1_amd64.tar.gz - - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025498.html
 * linux-lts-trusty 3.13.0-93.140~precise1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025499.html
 * curl 7.22.0-3ubuntu4.16 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025500.html
 * curl 7.22.0-3ubuntu4.16 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025501.html
 * linux-backports-modules-3.2.0 3.2.0-108.100 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025502.html
 * linux-meta 3.2.0.108.124 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025503.html
 * linux 3.2.0-108.149 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025504.html
 * qemu-kvm 1.0+noroms-0ubuntu14.30 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025505.html
 * qemu-kvm 1.0+noroms-0ubuntu14.30 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025506.html

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## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH trusty
## End of Life - April 2019		  * linux-meta-lts-xenial 4.4.0.34.24 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022633.html
 * linux-lts-xenial 4.4.0-34.53~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022634.html
 * linux-meta-lts-xenial 4.4.0.34.24 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022635.html
 * linux-lts-xenial 4.4.0-34.53~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022636.html
 * linux-signed-lts-xenial 4.4.0-34.53~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022637.html
 * linux-signed-lts-xenial 4.4.0-34.53~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022638.html
 * linux-meta 3.13.0.93.100 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022639.html
 * linux-meta 3.13.0.93.100 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022640.html
 * linux-signed 3.13.0-93.140 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022641.html
 * linux 3.13.0-93.140 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022642.html
 * linux-signed 3.13.0-93.140 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022643.html
 * linux 3.13.0-93.140 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022644.html
 * linux-keystone 3.13.0-64.92 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022645.html
 * linux-meta-keystone 3.13.0.64.62 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022646.html
 * linux-keystone 3.13.0-64.92 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022647.html
 * linux-meta-keystone 3.13.0.64.62 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022648.html
 * linux-meta-lts-vivid 3.19.0.66.48 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022649.html
 * linux-signed-lts-vivid 3.19.0-66.74~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022650.html
 * linux-lts-vivid 3.19.0-66.74~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022651.html
 * linux-meta-lts-vivid 3.19.0.66.48 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022652.html
 * linux-signed-lts-vivid 3.19.0-66.74~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022653.html
 * linux-lts-vivid 3.19.0-66.74~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022654.html
 * linux_3.13.0-93.140_amd64.tar.gz - - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022655.html
 * linux-lts-xenial_4.4.0-34.53~14.04.1_amd64.tar.gz - - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022656.html
 * linux-lts-vivid_3.19.0-66.74~14.04.1_amd64.tar.gz - - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022657.html
 * curl 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.8 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022658.html
 * curl 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.8 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022659.html
 * update-manager 1:0.196.17 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022660.html
 * libgd2 2.1.0-3ubuntu0.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022661.html
 * libgd2 2.1.0-3ubuntu0.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022662.html
 * linux-signed 3.13.0-94.141 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022663.html
 * linux-meta 3.13.0.94.102 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022664.html
 * linux 3.13.0-94.141 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022665.html
 * linux_3.13.0-94.141_amd64.tar.gz - - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022666.html
 * xserver-xorg-video-ati-lts-xenial 1:7.7.0-1~trusty2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022667.html
 * gnome-keyring 3.10.1-1ubuntu4.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022668.html
 * gnome-maps 3.10.3.1-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022669.html
 * update-manager 1:0.196.18 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022670.html
 * update-notifier 0.154.1ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022671.html
 * maas 1.9.4+bzr4592-0ubuntu1~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022672.html
 * gnome-contacts 3.8.3-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022673.html
 * qemu 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.27 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022674.html
 * qemu 2.0.0+dfsg-2ubuntu1.27 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022675.html

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## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH xenial
## End of Life - April 2021		  * linux-meta-snapdragon 4.4.0.1022.14 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014223.html
 * linux-meta-snapdragon 4.4.0.1022.14 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014224.html
 * linux-snapdragon 4.4.0-1022.25 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014225.html
 * linux-snapdragon 4.4.0-1022.25 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014226.html
 * linux-meta 4.4.0.34.36 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014227.html
 * linux-meta 4.4.0.34.36 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014240.html
 * linux-meta 4.4.0.34.36 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014228.html
 * linux-signed 4.4.0-34.53 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014229.html
 * linux 4.4.0-34.53 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014230.html
 * linux-signed 4.4.0-34.53 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014231.html
 * linux 4.4.0-34.53 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014232.html
 * linux-meta-raspi2 4.4.0.1019.19 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014233.html
 * linux-raspi2 4.4.0-1019.25 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014236.html
 * linux-meta-raspi2 4.4.0.1019.19 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014234.html
 * linux-raspi2 4.4.0-1019.25 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014235.html
 * linux_4.4.0-34.53_amd64.tar.gz - - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014237.html
 * curl 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014238.html
 * curl 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014239.html
 * binutils 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014241.html
 * gcc-5 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014242.html
 * binutils 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014243.html
 * gcc-5 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014244.html
 * snapcraft 2.14 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014245.html
 * python-keystonemiddleware 4.4.1-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014246.html
 * ubuntu-release-upgrader 1:16.04.15 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014247.html
 * runc 0.1.1-0ubuntu5~16.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014248.html
 * containerd 0.2.1-0ubuntu4~16.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014249.html
 * docker.io 1.11.2-0ubuntu5~16.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014250.html
 * linux-firmware 1.157.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014251.html
 * language-selector 0.165.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014252.html
 * unity 7.4.0+16.04.20160801.2-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014253.html
 * compiz 1:0.9.12.2+16.04.20160801.3-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014254.html
 * frame 2.5.0daily13.06.05+16.04.20160809-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014255.html
 * xmlrpc-epi 0.54.2-1.1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014256.html
 * libgd2 2.1.1-4ubuntu0.16.04.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014257.html
 * libgd2 2.1.1-4ubuntu0.16.04.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014258.html
 * xmlrpc-epi 0.54.2-1.1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014259.html
 * software-properties 0.96.20.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014260.html
 * lightdm 1.18.2-0ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014261.html
 * gnome-maps 3.18.3-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014262.html
 * debian-installer 20101020ubuntu451.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014263.html
 * snapcraft 2.14 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014264.html
 * oprofile 1.1.0-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014265.html
 * linux-signed 4.4.0-35.54 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014266.html
 * linux-meta 4.4.0.35.37 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014267.html
 * linux 4.4.0-35.54 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014268.html
 * linux_4.4.0-35.54_amd64.tar.gz - - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014269.html
 * ubuntu-release-upgrader 1:16.04.16 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014270.html
 * ampache 3.6-rzb2779+dfsg-0ubuntu9.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014271.html
 * nautilus 1:3.18.4.is.3.14.3-0ubuntu5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014272.html
 * gnome-contacts 3.18.1-1ubuntu3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014273.html
 * eog 3.18.2-1ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014274.html
 * poppler 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014275.html
 * keystone 2:9.0.2-0ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014276.html
 * python-pip 8.1.1-2ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014277.html
 * vino 3.8.1-0ubuntu9.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014278.html
 * vmware-nsx 8.0.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014279.html
 * mesa 11.2.0-1ubuntu2.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014280.html
 * snap-confine 1.0.38-0ubuntu0.16.04.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014281.html
 * grub2 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014282.html
 * grub2-signed 1.66.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014283.html
 * openssl 1.0.2g-1ubuntu4.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014284.html
 * lightdm 1.18.3-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014285.html
 * software-properties 0.96.20.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014286.html
 * snap-confine 1.0.38-0ubuntu0.16.04.8 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014287.html
 * snapd 2.12+0.16.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014288.html
 * qemu 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014289.html
 * qemu 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014290.html
 * base-files 9.4ubuntu4.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014291.html

End of Life - April 2021


Contents

  1. In This Issue
  2. Ubuntu Stats
    1. Bug Stats
    2. Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions this week
      1. Most Active Questions
      2. Top Voted New Questions
  3. LoCo Events
  4. The Planet
    1. Zygmunt Krynicki: Snap execution environment
    2. Canonical Design Team: Web team hack day
    3. Canonical Design Team: Competition winner – Timer App
    4. Dustin Kirkland: Howdy, Windows! A Six-part Series about Ubuntu-on-Windows for Linux.com
    5. Zygmunt Krynicki: Creating your first snappy interface
    6. Julian Andres Klode: Porting APT to CMake
    7. Aaron Honeycutt: Plasma features – The endless search Pt.1
    8. Simon Quigley: A look at Lubuntu’s LXQt Transition
  5. Canonical News
  6. In The Blogosphere
    1. Snapcraft 2.13 and Snapd 2.11 Land with Support for Downgrading Installed Snaps
    2. Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu + Linux 4.7 + Mesa 12.1 Intel OpenGL Tests
    3. I’ve Illustrated All Animal Code Names Of Ubuntu
    4. GNOME Improves Handling of Unknown Audio Devices (Thanks to Unity)
    5. This Guy Tested 100 DRM-Free Humble Games on Linux So You Don’t Have To
    6. Ubuntu Touch Mobile OS to Be Soon Rebased on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Not Yakkety Yak
  7. Featured Audio and Video
    1. Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S09E23½ – Running Order of Laminated Majesty - Ubuntu Podcast
    2. Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S09E24 – Elementary Penguin - Ubuntu Podcast
    3. Full Circle Weekly News #30
  8. Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  9. Upcoming Meetings and Events
  10. Updates and Security for 12.04, 14.04 and 16.04
    1. Security Updates
    2. Ubuntu 12.04 Updates
    3. Ubuntu 14.04 Updates
    4. Ubuntu 16.04 Updates
  11. Subscribe
  12. Archives
  13. Additional Ubuntu News
  14. Conclusion
  15. Credits
  16. Glossary of Terms
  17. Ubuntu - Get Involved
  18. Feedback

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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 478 for the week August 8 - 14, 2016.

In This Issue

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open (124948) +227 over last week
  • Critical (368) +9 over last week
  • Unconfirmed (61673) +212 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: Paranoid Panda (http://askubuntu.com/users/364819/paranoid-panda), Android Dev (http://askubuntu.com/users/518562/android-dev), Pilot6 (http://askubuntu.com/users/167850/pilot6), insert_name_here (http://askubuntu.com/users/511131/insert-name-here) and Anwar Shah (http://askubuntu.com/users/61218/anwar-shah)

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

Zygmunt Krynicki: Snap execution environment

Zygmunt Krynicki writes his fourth article about snappy interfaces, this time focusing on the execution environment. He covers in detail using the chroot environment, how process containment works and cases where a device control group is used.

http://www.zygoon.pl/2016/08/snap-execution-environment.html

Canonical Design Team: Web team hack day

Anthony Dillon of Ubuntu Design writes about the web team's hack day which was held in a hotel and started by brainstorming ideas, creating mini-teams and commencing the 'hack'. Projects were IRC bots, Asset manager search improvements, GitHub CMS, and commit linting. He says that the day went well with some projects 'landed and released'.

http://design.canonical.com/2016/08/web-team-hack-day/

Canonical Design Team: Competition winner – Timer App

Steph Wilson of Ubuntu Design reminds us of a competition to write an app that converges across devices using AdaptivePageLayout, which makes it easier to converge apps on many devices. She provides details of the winning app; a timer app, along with details of the 2nd through 5th place winners.

http://design.canonical.com/2016/08/competition-winner-timer-app/

Dustin Kirkland: Howdy, Windows! A Six-part Series about Ubuntu-on-Windows for Linux.com

Dustin Kirkland introduces his six part series of posts about running Ubuntu-on-Windows. He elaborates on the motivations behind the Ubuntu-Microsoft partnership and goes on to show us how to run Ubuntu in a Windows 10 environment.

http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2016/08/howdy-windows-six-part-series.html

Zygmunt Krynicki: Creating your first snappy interface

Zygmunt Krynicki continues his series about snappy with the fifth article, this time talking about creating snappy interfaces. He walks his readers through a sample “Hello” interface with the help of code snippits and screenshots. Zygmunt goes on to talk about granting permissions through interfaces and shares a more practical “reboot” interface.

http://www.zygoon.pl/2016/08/creating-your-first-snappy-interface.html

Julian Andres Klode: Porting APT to CMake

Julian Andres Klode briefly tells us some history of APTs build system (autoconf & makefiles), and the decision to go with CMake in 2009. He says that this seemed to work until a few months ago; so after a busy weekend, CMake has been updated. Julian details the changes, advantages, the testing, and some issues saying that it still needs some work (eg. documentation), and asks from those that build on macOS or *BSD and have issues to report back.

https://juliank.wordpress.com/2016/08/10/porting-apt-to-cmake/

Aaron Honeycutt: Plasma features – The endless search Pt.1

Aaron Honeycutt writes about the 'Digital Clock' widget in KDE Plasma, and the features Aaron needed dealing with a global team. He explains how to add extra time-zones (with screen images) should you wish to use this feature, but it should be noted that the changes require Plasma 5.7.2.

http://usefoss.com/index.php/2016/08/11/plasma-features-the-endless-search-pt-1/

Simon Quigley: A look at Lubuntu’s LXQt Transition

Simon Quigley, a member of the Lubuntu team, lists the applications that are candidates (he notes that these are not final) to be included in Lubuntu once it has been migrated to LXQt. He says that images will be added to the ISO QA Tracker when they become available and that specific test cases need to be created. Of the transition to LXQt, Simon says: "I'm really excited for this transition, and I hope you are too."

http://tsimonq2.net/blog/2016/08/13/

Canonical News

In The Blogosphere

Snapcraft 2.13 and Snapd 2.11 Land with Support for Downgrading Installed Snaps

Marius Nestor of Softpedia reports the recent release of Snapcraft 2.13 and snapd 2.11, both of which are now available in the software repositories of Ubuntu 16.04.1. He says that the key features of this release include improved snap management and support for X11 plugins.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/snapcraft-2-13-and-snapd-2-11-land-with-support-for-downgrading-installed-snaps-507087.shtml

Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu + Linux 4.7 + Mesa 12.1 Intel OpenGL Tests

Michael Larabel of Phoronix compares and contrasts the performances of Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and the recent Windows 10 Anniversary release. He runs specific benchmark tests such as openArena and Ugine Heaven coupled with GPU tests and also with individual games such as Shadow of mordor, Tomb Raider etc in the brief comparison. Michael shows that the Windows 10 update outperforms most of the Linux systems but as of now the Linux systems show promise with better results than their previous counterparts.

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=intel-skl-win10anv&num=1

I’ve Illustrated All Animal Code Names Of Ubuntu

Sylvia Ritter writing for Bored Panda creates coloured versions of the Ubuntu animal code names. She writes "The Ubuntu releases inspired me to create a series of illustrations, each illustration depicting an animal from a release, in chronological order."

http://www.boredpanda.com/ive-just-painted-all-25-ubuntu-animals/

GNOME Improves Handling of Unknown Audio Devices (Thanks to Unity)

Joey-Elijah Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! reports on GNOME’s improved handling of audio devices which is part of GNOME 3.20 thanks to Unity developer David Henningsson.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/08/gnome-unknown-audio-device-dialog

This Guy Tested 100 DRM-Free Humble Games on Linux So You Don’t Have To

Joey Elijah-Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! informs us that Borge A. Roum has tested and reviewed one hundred DRM-free Linux compatible games and intends to continue doing so. Joey also links to Borge’s blog which gives further "details on the endeavour."

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/08/test-100-drama-free-humble-games-linux

Ubuntu Touch Mobile OS to Be Soon Rebased on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Not Yakkety Yak

Marius Nestor of Softpedia writes about Ubuntu Touch’s upcoming rebase on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS from Ubuntu 15.04. He writes, “The official answer came a few days ago, from Canonical's Łukasz Zemczak, who revealed that the Ubuntu mobile OS would soon be rebased on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus).”

http://linux.softpedia.com/blog/ubuntu-touch-mobile-os-to-be-soon-rebased-on-ubuntu-16-04-lts-not-yakkety-yak-507264.shtml

Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S09E23½ – Running Order of Laminated Majesty - Ubuntu Podcast

It's Episode Twenty-three ½ of Season Nine of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson, Laura Cowen, Martin Wimpress and Joe Ressington are live and speaking to your brain.

We're here again, but this time live from FOSS Talk!

In this week's show:

  • We give out platefuls of biscuits.
  • We discuss the community news: Ubuntu 15.10 Hits End of Life, Ubuntu 16.04.1 is out
  • We discuss what gadget or technology can’t we live without and why?
  • We each pick our best command line lurves E-V-E-R!

http://ubuntupodcast.org/2016/08/08/s09e23-5-running-order-of-laminated-majesty/

Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S09E24 – Elementary Penguin - Ubuntu Podcast

It's Episode Twenty-four of Season Nine of the Ubuntu Podcast! Mark Johnson, Alan Pope, Laura Cowen, and Martin Wimpress are here again.

We’re here – all of us!

In this week’s show:

  • We interview elementary OS developers Daniel Foré, Cody Garver and Corentin Noël about the upcoming Loki release and a little bit about Snaps.
  • We also discuss playing the Ukulele and playing with a new Entroware Athena laptop.
  • We share a Command Line Lurve, himawaripy (via Joey at OMG Ubuntu), which takes photos of the world from a satellite.
  • And we go over all your amazing feedback – thanks for sending it – please keep sending it!
  • We discuss building MATE Desktop from source using reference packages for Debian and Slackware.

http://ubuntupodcast.org/2016/08/11/s09e24-elementary-penguin/

Full Circle Weekly News #30

Just a quick message to let you know that Full Circle Weekly News #30 is out: http://fullcirclemagazine.org/podcast/full-circle-weekly-news-30/ and, Full Circle Magazine #111 came out a couple of weeks ago: http://fullcirclemagazine.org/issue-111/

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 and 16.04

Security Updates

Ubuntu 12.04 Updates

End of Life - April 2017

Ubuntu 14.04 Updates

End of Life - April 2019

Ubuntu 16.04 Updates

End of Life - April 2021

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Archives

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Additional Ubuntu News

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Conclusion

Thank you for reading the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter.

See you next week!

Credits

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

  • Elizabeth K. Joseph
  • Chris Guiver
  • Athul Muralidhar
  • Chris Sirrs
  • Paul White
  • Simon Quigley
  • And many others

Glossary of Terms

Other acronyms can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/glossary

Ubuntu - Get Involved

The Ubuntu community consists of individuals and teams, working on different aspects of the distribution, giving advice and technical support, and helping to promote Ubuntu to a wider audience. No contribution is too small, and anyone can help. It's your chance to get in on all the community fun associated with developing and promoting Ubuntu. http://community.ubuntu.com/contribute/

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