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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 16.10 Free Culture Showcase - Call for wallpapers
 * Welcome New Members and Developers
 * Ubuntu Stats
 * Lo``Co Events
 * Pasi Lallinaho: A Word``Press theme for Ubuntu community teams
 * Will Cooke: Unity 7 Low Graphics Mode
 * Xubuntu: SRU for 16.04: Intel cursor bug fix released
 * Sebastian Kügler: Plasma at Qt``Con
 * Daniel Holbach: Snapcraft workshop at Akademy
 * Michael Hall: Sharing is caring, with Snaps!
 * Julian Andres Klode: apt 1.3 RC4 – Tweaking apt update
 * Sebastian Kügler: Announcing the KDE Software Store
 * Ubuntu Cloud News
 * Canonical News
 * In The Blogosphere
 * Featured Audio and Video
 * Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
 * Upcoming Meetings and Events
 * Updates and Security for 12.04, 14.04 and 16.04
 * And much more!
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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 16.10 Free Culture Showcase - Call for wallpapers ===

Nathan Haines invites artists to participate in the Free Culture Showcase by submitting their work to the Ubuntu Free Culture showcase. This is an excellent opportunity for artists to show of their skill by having their work ship as wallpapers with the release of Ubuntu 16.10.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-community-team/2016-August/001362.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)		 ==== August 29 Developer Membership Board meeting results ====

On August 29th the the Ubuntu Developer Membership Board voted to approve two "new" developers:

 * Daniel Watkins (Odd_Bloke) (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Odd_Bloke | http://launchpad.net/~daniel-thewatkins)

Daniel has been working for a while on the set of cloud images; and his request for upload rights to the ubuntu-cloud packageset (packages used to generate/build/configure cloud images) has been approved. Furthermore, the DMB has agreed to add zerofree and libdumbnet to the packages in the ubuntu-cloud packageset, as also requested by Daniel.

 * Nish Aravamudan (nacc) (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NishanthAravamudan/CoreDeveloperApplication | http://launchpad.net/~nacc)

Nish has done a tremendous amount of work on the transition from PHP 5 to PHP 7, as well as on improving the merge workflow for the Ubuntu Server team. His application to join the Ubuntu Core Developers team was unanimously approved.

The DMB congratulates both our applicants as well as thank them for their contributions to Ubuntu.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2016-August/002549.html

==== Ubuntu Membership 20 UTC Boards Results ====

The Ubuntu Membership board is pleased to announce the following new Ubuntu Member:

 * S. M. Pavel Sayekat (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/pavelsayekat | https://launchpad.net/~pavelsayekat)

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2016-September/002551.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 (125239) -44 over last week
    * Critical (381) +19 over last week
    * Unconfirmed (61800) -159 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 forgot my username, how do I get it back? http://askubuntu.com/questions/818031/i-forgot-my-username-how-do-i-get-it-back
 * Are there any disadvantages of using rm $(ls) to delete files? http://askubuntu.com/questions/820281/are-there-any-disadvantages-of-using-rm-ls-to-delete-files
 * Why does the output format of time vary depending on how I call it http://askubuntu.com/questions/819310/why-does-the-output-format-of-time-vary-depending-on-how-i-call-it
 * What are possible use of exec command? http://askubuntu.com/questions/819910/what-are-possible-use-of-exec-command
 * Permanently disable color in default terminal http://askubuntu.com/questions/818093/permanently-disable-color-in-default-terminal

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

 * How can I prevent nohup from creating the file ~/nohup.out? http://askubuntu.com/questions/818994/
 * Why does the output format of time vary depending on how I call it http://askubuntu.com/questions/819310/
 * What are possible use of exec command? http://askubuntu.com/questions/819910/
 * How to send a process to background and foreground? http://askubuntu.com/questions/819924/
 * Are there any disadvantages of using rm $(ls) to delete files? http://askubuntu.com/questions/820281/

People Contributing the best questions and answers this week: Anwar (http://askubuntu.com/users/61218/anwar), Zanna (http://askubuntu.com/users/527764/zanna), Rinzwind (http://askubuntu.com/users/15811/rinzwind), heemayl (http://askubuntu.com/users/216503/heemayl) and S.Mohsen sh (http://askubuntu.com/users/576046/s-mohsen-sh)
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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  * Real Ale Train 2016, Ubuntu UK: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-uk/3350-real-ale-train-2016/
 * Día Mundial de la Libertad del Software, Ubuntu Venezuela Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-ve/3411-día-mundial-de-la-libertad-del-software/
 * AZLOCO Install-fest/Linux Workshop, Arizona Lo``Co Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-arizona/3415-azloco-install-fest/linux-workshop/
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## This section is for Ubuntu News from "The Planet" at http://planet.ubuntu.com/

== Other Community News ==

## This section is for Ubuntu News from elsewhere in the community:
## mailing lists, team blogs not on planet, etc		 === Pasi Lallinaho: A WordPress theme for Ubuntu community teams ===

Pasi Lallinaho talks about the latest iteration of the Ubuntu community teams theme that he’s worked to develop for Word``Press. In this post he shares a screenshot of what it looks like, some options for customization and instructions for how to set it up on your site.

http://open.knome.fi/2016/08/29/wordpress-theme-ubuntu-community-teams/

=== Will Cooke: Unity 7 Low Graphics Mode ===

Will Cooke details recent improvements that have been made to Unity 7’s low graphics mode. These improvements will improve the user experience of those running Ubuntu within a virtual machine or using remote desktop solutions. Will provides us with the command lines necessary for enabling these improvements.

http://www.whizzy.org/2016/09/unity-7-low-graphics-mode/

=== Xubuntu: SRU for 16.04: Intel cursor bug fix released ===

The Xubuntu team reports that a bug which caused the cursor to disappear after unlock has been fixed in the stable release update (SRU). Thanks is given to the developers and community members who helped test the fix.

http://xubuntu.org/news/sru-16-04-intel-cursor-bug-fix-released/

=== Sebastian Kügler: Plasma at QtCon ===

Sebastian Kügler tell us about Qt``Con 2016 which includes KDE's Akademy, Qt Contributor summit, FSFE summit, Video``Lan dev days & KDAB's training day.

https://vizzzion.org/blog/2016/09/plasma-at-qtcon/

=== Daniel Holbach: Snapcraft workshop at Akademy ===

Daniel Holback provides a sneak preview about his September 7th workshop about creating snaps with Snapcraft. Geared at people who want to learn how to publish software, the workshop will be interactive and needs Ubuntu 16.04 (or later) either on your machine, a VM or from provided USB stick.

https://daniel.holba.ch/blog/2016/09/snapcraft-workshop-at-akademy/

=== Michael Hall: Sharing is caring, with Snaps! ===

Michael Hall blogs about Snaps as a great way to get up-to-date apps without adding loosing security & stability. Nothing though is without costs; and Michael lists isolation and confinement as costs. Snappy devs have restored some flexibility with the use of a new 'content' interface, and Michael test-drives this by outlining his experiences by using the Geany editor, and using plugins from github. He aims to provide enough detail that you'll be able to create 'content interfaces' for your apps.

http://mhall119.com/2016/09/sharing-is-caring-with-snaps/

=== Julian Andres Klode: apt 1.3 RC4 – Tweaking apt update ===

Julian Andres Klode writes how 'apt update' would often show no progress; then it'd suddenly finish. Julian explains why this so (ie. how apt worked), and how adding priority queues and allowing partial-fill has allowed the progress bar to be more accurate, and actually faster. Julian also tells us how a change caused a break in apt, and some CMake fixes.

https://juliank.wordpress.com/2016/09/02/tweaking-apt-update/

=== Sebastian Kügler: Announcing the KDE Software Store ===

Sebastian Kügler shares news from the KDE community about the store that’s been in development. He writes: “We have great plans for the store, one of them being that we want to offer download (and easy installation) of binary packages through bundled formats such as Flatpak, Snappy and/or App``Image.”

https://vizzzion.org/blog/2016/09/announcing-the-kde-software-store/
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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

== Ubuntu Phone News ==

## 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		  * A Tale of Two Architecture Models: A Peek into Canonical Cloud Architecture Design Rationale - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/09/01/a-tale-of-two-architecture-models-a-peek-into-canonical-cloud-architecture-design-rationale/
 * Pentaho users explore the future of Dev``Ops and Big Data with Juju - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/09/04/pentaho-users-explore-the-future-of-devops-and-big-data-with-juju/
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## This section largely comes from blog.canonical.com and Canonical
## press releases

== In The Press ==

## 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 certifies big software solutions at Facebook’s new lab - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/08/30/canonical-certifies-big-software-solutions-at-menlo-park/
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## In this section we want to highlight the blogs that are exceptionally well-written and in-depth.
## Blogs tend to make it easy for low-quality content, so be extra careful on what goes here.
## We should encourage bloggers to spread the word, so this section might be a good way to do so.

== In Other News ==

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

== Other Articles of Interest ==

## Bullet-point list of articles that are more generic linux in nature		  * IT Life: Anand Krishnan, Canonical Cloud - http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/cloud/it-life-anand-krishnan-canonical-cloud-196854
 * 5 Things We (Secretly All) Miss About Ubuntu - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/09/5-things-secretly-miss-ubuntu
 * Web4``Africa announces West Africa's First Mirror Project - http://www.cp-africa.com/2016/09/01/web4africa-announces-west-africas-first-mirror-project/
 * Ubuntu Working On Improved Low Graphics Mode For Unity 7 - http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Unity-7-Low-Graphics-Mode
 * Ubuntu Touch OTA-13 to Be Released on September 14, Add Numerous Improvements - Exclusive - http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-touch-ota-13-to-be-released-on-september-14-add-numerous-improvements-507873.shtml
 * Silber, Sandler to keynote at Nextcloud conference - http://www.itwire.com/open-source/74608-silber,-sandler-to-keynote-at-nextcloud-conference.html
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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 - 30th August 2016 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vaax1jogs_A
 * S09``E27 – Bit O’ Posh - Ubuntu Podcast - http://ubuntupodcast.org/2016/09/01/s09e27-bit-o-posh/
 * Weekend Project: Jetson TX Cat Spotter - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9amYBMY0gw
 * Full Circle Weekly News #33 - http://fullcirclemagazine.org/podcast/full-circle-weekly-news-33/
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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 - August 30, 2016 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Newsletter/2016-08-30
 * Security Team - August 29, 2016 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20160829
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## Run security-and-updates/ListSecurity.py YEAR MONTH  * [USN-3070-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2016-August/003541.html
 * [USN-3071-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2016-August/003542.html
 * [USN-3071-2] Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2016-August/003543.html
 * [USN-3072-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2016-August/003545.html
 * [USN-3072-2] Linux kernel (OMAP4) vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2016-August/003544.html
 * [USN-3070-2] Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi 2) vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2016-August/003546.html
 * [USN-3070-3] Linux kernel (Qualcomm Snapdragon) vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2016-August/003547.html
 * [USN-3070-4] Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2016-August/003548.html
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## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH precise
## End of Life - April 2017		  * linux-meta-lts-trusty 3.13.0.95.86 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025544.html
 * linux-meta-lts-trusty 3.13.0.95.86 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025547.html
 * linux-signed-lts-trusty 3.13.0-95.142~precise1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025550.html
 * linux-signed-lts-trusty 3.13.0-95.142~precise1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025553.html
 * linux-meta 3.2.0.109.125 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025541.html
 * linux-lts-trusty 3.13.0-95.142~precise1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025552.html
 * linux-meta 3.2.0.109.125 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025548.html
 * linux 3.2.0-109.150 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025549.html
 * linux-backports-modules-3.2.0 3.2.0-109.101 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025546.html
 * linux-backports-modules-3.2.0 3.2.0-109.101 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025545.html
 * linux-meta-armadaxp 3.2.0.1672.88 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025543.html
 * linux-armadaxp 3.2.0-1672.98 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025542.html
 * linux-meta-armadaxp 3.2.0.1672.88 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025551.html
 * linux-meta-ti-omap4 3.2.0.1487.82 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025540.html
 * linux-ti-omap4 3.2.0-1487.114 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025559.html
 * linux-meta-ti-omap4 3.2.0.1487.82 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025556.html
 * linux-ti-omap4 3.2.0-1487.114 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025557.html
 * linux-lts-trusty 3.13.0-95.142~precise1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025554.html
 * linux 3.2.0-109.150 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025555.html
 * linux-armadaxp 3.2.0-1672.98 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025558.html
 * linux-lts-trusty_3.13.0-95.142~precise1_amd64.tar.gz - - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025560.html
 * linux 3.2.0-110.151 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025561.html
 * linux-backports-modules-3.2.0 3.2.0-110.102 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025562.html
 * linux-meta 3.2.0.110.126 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025563.html
 * linux-lts-trusty 3.13.0-96.143~precise1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025564.html
 * linux-signed-lts-trusty 3.13.0-96.143~precise1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025565.html
 * linux-meta-lts-trusty 3.13.0.96.87 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025566.html
 * linux-lts-trusty_3.13.0-96.143~precise1_amd64.tar.gz - - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025567.html
 * linux-armadaxp 3.2.0-1673.99 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025568.html
 * linux-meta-armadaxp 3.2.0.1673.89 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025569.html
 * linux-ti-omap4 3.2.0-1488.115 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025570.html
 * linux-meta-ti-omap4 3.2.0.1488.83 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/precise-changes/2016-August/025571.html

End of Life - April 2017
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## Run security-and-updates/ListUpdates.py YEAR MONTH trusty
## End of Life - April 2019		  * linux-meta-lts-vivid 3.19.0.68.50 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022741.html
 * linux-meta-lts-vivid 3.19.0.68.50 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022742.html
 * linux-signed-lts-vivid 3.19.0-68.76~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022743.html
 * linux-lts-vivid 3.19.0-68.76~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022751.html
 * linux-signed-lts-vivid 3.19.0-68.76~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022744.html
 * linux-lts-vivid 3.19.0-68.76~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022746.html
 * linux-keystone 3.13.0-66.94 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022750.html
 * linux-keystone 3.13.0-66.94 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022745.html
 * linux-meta 3.13.0.95.103 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022753.html
 * linux-meta 3.13.0.95.103 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022752.html
 * linux-signed 3.13.0-95.142 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022754.html
 * linux-signed 3.13.0-95.142 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022755.html
 * linux-meta-keystone 3.13.0.66.64 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022749.html
 * linux-meta-keystone 3.13.0.66.64 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022747.html
 * linux 3.13.0-95.142 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022748.html
 * linux_3.13.0-95.142_amd64.tar.gz - - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022756.html
 * linux-lts-vivid_3.19.0-68.76~14.04.1_amd64.tar.gz - - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022757.html
 * linux 3.13.0-95.142 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022758.html
 * xscreensaver 5.15-3+deb7u1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022759.html
 * xscreensaver 5.15-3+deb7u1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022760.html
 * linux-signed-lts-xenial 4.4.0-36.55~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022761.html
 * linux-lts-xenial 4.4.0-36.55~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022762.html
 * linux-signed-lts-xenial 4.4.0-36.55~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022763.html
 * linux-meta-lts-xenial 4.4.0.36.26 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022767.html
 * linux-lts-xenial 4.4.0-36.55~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022764.html
 * linux-meta-lts-xenial 4.4.0.36.26 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022765.html
 * linux-lts-xenial_4.4.0-36.55~14.04.1_amd64.tar.gz - - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022766.html
 * update-manager 1:0.196.21 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022768.html
 * xorg-server-lts-xenial 2:1.18.3-1ubuntu2.2~trusty3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022769.html
 * linux-signed-lts-xenial 4.4.0-37.56~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022770.html
 * linux-lts-xenial 4.4.0-37.56~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022771.html
 * linux-meta-lts-xenial 4.4.0.37.27 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022772.html
 * linux-lts-xenial_4.4.0-37.56~14.04.1_amd64.tar.gz - - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022773.html
 * linux-lts-vivid 3.19.0-69.77~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022774.html
 * linux-signed-lts-vivid 3.19.0-69.77~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022775.html
 * linux-meta-lts-vivid 3.19.0.69.51 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022776.html
 * linux-lts-vivid_3.19.0-69.77~14.04.1_amd64.tar.gz - - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022777.html
 * linux-signed 3.13.0-96.143 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022780.html
 * linux 3.13.0-96.143 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022778.html
 * linux-meta 3.13.0.96.104 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022779.html
 * linux_3.13.0-96.143_amd64.tar.gz - - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022781.html
 * oslo.messaging 1.3.0-0ubuntu1.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022782.html
 * neutron 1:2014.1.5-0ubuntu5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022783.html
 * curl 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.9 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022784.html
 * smokeping 2.6.8-2+deb7u1ubuntu0.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022785.html
 * foomatic-filters 4.0.17-1+deb7u1ubuntu0.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022786.html
 * foomatic-filters 4.0.17-1+deb7u1ubuntu0.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022787.html
 * smokeping 2.6.8-2+deb7u1ubuntu0.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-August/022788.html
 * ipsec-tools 1:0.8.0-14+deb7u1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-September/022789.html
 * ipsec-tools 1:0.8.0-14+deb7u1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2016-September/022790.html

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## End of Life - April 2021		  * linux-meta 4.4.0.36.38 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014407.html
 * linux-meta 4.4.0.36.38 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014404.html
 * linux-meta 4.4.0.36.38 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014412.html
 * linux-signed 4.4.0-36.55 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014408.html
 * linux-signed 4.4.0-36.55 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014405.html
 * linux 4.4.0-36.55 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014406.html
 * linux 4.4.0-36.55 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014409.html
 * linux_4.4.0-36.55_amd64.tar.gz - - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014410.html
 * snapd 2.13 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014411.html
 * lxcfs 2.0.3-0ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014413.html
 * lxc 2.0.4-0ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014414.html
 * lxd 2.0.4-0ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014415.html
 * sudo 1.8.16-0ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014416.html
 * apparmor 2.10.95-0ubuntu2.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014417.html
 * linux-meta-raspi2 4.4.0.1021.21 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014418.html
 * linux-raspi2 4.4.0-1021.27 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014419.html
 * linux-meta-raspi2 4.4.0.1021.21 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014420.html
 * linux-raspi2 4.4.0-1021.27 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014421.html
 * linux-meta-snapdragon 4.4.0.1024.16 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014422.html
 * linux-meta-snapdragon 4.4.0.1024.16 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014423.html
 * linux-snapdragon 4.4.0-1024.27 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014424.html
 * linux-snapdragon 4.4.0-1024.27 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014425.html
 * snapd 2.14.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014426.html
 * linux-signed 4.4.0-37.56 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014427.html
 * linux 4.4.0-37.56 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014428.html
 * linux-meta 4.4.0.37.39 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014429.html
 * linux-snapdragon 4.4.0-1025.28 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014430.html
 * linux-meta-snapdragon 4.4.0.1025.17 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014431.html
 * linux-meta-raspi2 4.4.0.1022.22 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014432.html
 * linux-raspi2 4.4.0-1022.28 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014433.html
 * linux_4.4.0-37.56_amd64.tar.gz - - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014434.html
 * livecd-rootfs 2.408.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014435.html
 * clamav 0.99+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014436.html
 * gnome-system-monitor 3.18.2-1ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014437.html
 * gnome-panel 1:3.18.3-0ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014438.html
 * cups-filters 1.8.3-2ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014439.html
 * gnome-font-viewer 3.16.2-1ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014440.html
 * golang-petname 2.3-0ubuntu1~16.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014441.html
 * python-petname 2.0-0ubuntu1~16.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014442.html
 * ubuntu-themes 14.04+16.04.20160804-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014443.html
 * gnome-session 3.18.1.2-1ubuntu1.16.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014444.html
 * xdiagnose 3.8.4.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014445.html
 * accountsservice 0.6.40-2ubuntu11.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014446.html
 * gnome-settings-daemon 3.18.2-0ubuntu3.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014447.html
 * appstream-glib 0.5.13-1ubuntu3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014448.html
 * ubuntu-gnome-default-settings 16.04.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-August/014449.html
 * gnome-sudoku 1:3.18.4-0ubuntu2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-September/014450.html
 * snapd 2.14.2~16.04 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-September/014451.html
 * ltt-control 2.7.1-2~fakesync1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2016-September/014452.html

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## Common acronyms


Contents

  1. In This Issue
  2. General Community News
    1. Ubuntu 16.10 Free Culture Showcase - Call for wallpapers
    2. Welcome New Members and Developers
      1. August 29 Developer Membership Board meeting results
      2. Ubuntu Membership 20 UTC Boards Results
  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. Pasi Lallinaho: A WordPress theme for Ubuntu community teams
    2. Will Cooke: Unity 7 Low Graphics Mode
    3. Xubuntu: SRU for 16.04: Intel cursor bug fix released
    4. Sebastian Kügler: Plasma at QtCon
    5. Daniel Holbach: Snapcraft workshop at Akademy
    6. Michael Hall: Sharing is caring, with Snaps!
    7. Julian Andres Klode: apt 1.3 RC4 – Tweaking apt update
    8. Sebastian Kügler: Announcing the KDE Software Store
  6. Ubuntu Cloud News
  7. Canonical News
  8. In The Blogosphere
  9. Featured Audio and Video
  10. Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  11. Upcoming Meetings and Events
  12. 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
  13. Subscribe
  14. Archives
  15. Additional Ubuntu News
  16. Conclusion
  17. Credits
  18. Glossary of Terms
  19. Ubuntu - Get Involved
  20. Feedback

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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 480 for the week August 29 - September 4, 2016.

In This Issue

  • Ubuntu 16.10 Free Culture Showcase - Call for wallpapers
  • Welcome New Members and Developers
  • Ubuntu Stats

  • LoCo Events

  • Pasi Lallinaho: A WordPress theme for Ubuntu community teams

  • Will Cooke: Unity 7 Low Graphics Mode
  • Xubuntu: SRU for 16.04: Intel cursor bug fix released

  • Sebastian Kügler: Plasma at QtCon

  • Daniel Holbach: Snapcraft workshop at Akademy
  • Michael Hall: Sharing is caring, with Snaps!
  • Julian Andres Klode: apt 1.3 RC4 – Tweaking apt update
  • Sebastian Kügler: Announcing the KDE Software Store
  • Ubuntu Cloud News
  • Canonical News
  • In The Blogosphere
  • Featured Audio and Video
  • Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  • Upcoming Meetings and Events
  • Updates and Security for 12.04, 14.04 and 16.04
  • And much more!

General Community News

Ubuntu 16.10 Free Culture Showcase - Call for wallpapers

Nathan Haines invites artists to participate in the Free Culture Showcase by submitting their work to the Ubuntu Free Culture showcase. This is an excellent opportunity for artists to show of their skill by having their work ship as wallpapers with the release of Ubuntu 16.10.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-community-team/2016-August/001362.html

Welcome New Members and Developers

August 29 Developer Membership Board meeting results

On August 29th the the Ubuntu Developer Membership Board voted to approve two "new" developers:

Daniel has been working for a while on the set of cloud images; and his request for upload rights to the ubuntu-cloud packageset (packages used to generate/build/configure cloud images) has been approved. Furthermore, the DMB has agreed to add zerofree and libdumbnet to the packages in the ubuntu-cloud packageset, as also requested by Daniel.

Nish has done a tremendous amount of work on the transition from PHP 5 to PHP 7, as well as on improving the merge workflow for the Ubuntu Server team. His application to join the Ubuntu Core Developers team was unanimously approved.

The DMB congratulates both our applicants as well as thank them for their contributions to Ubuntu.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2016-August/002549.html

Ubuntu Membership 20 UTC Boards Results

The Ubuntu Membership board is pleased to announce the following new Ubuntu Member:

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2016-September/002551.html

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open (125239) -44 over last week
  • Critical (381) +19 over last week
  • Unconfirmed (61800) -159 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: Anwar (http://askubuntu.com/users/61218/anwar), Zanna (http://askubuntu.com/users/527764/zanna), Rinzwind (http://askubuntu.com/users/15811/rinzwind), heemayl (http://askubuntu.com/users/216503/heemayl) and S.Mohsen sh (http://askubuntu.com/users/576046/s-mohsen-sh)

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

Pasi Lallinaho: A WordPress theme for Ubuntu community teams

Pasi Lallinaho talks about the latest iteration of the Ubuntu community teams theme that he’s worked to develop for WordPress. In this post he shares a screenshot of what it looks like, some options for customization and instructions for how to set it up on your site.

http://open.knome.fi/2016/08/29/wordpress-theme-ubuntu-community-teams/

Will Cooke: Unity 7 Low Graphics Mode

Will Cooke details recent improvements that have been made to Unity 7’s low graphics mode. These improvements will improve the user experience of those running Ubuntu within a virtual machine or using remote desktop solutions. Will provides us with the command lines necessary for enabling these improvements.

http://www.whizzy.org/2016/09/unity-7-low-graphics-mode/

Xubuntu: SRU for 16.04: Intel cursor bug fix released

The Xubuntu team reports that a bug which caused the cursor to disappear after unlock has been fixed in the stable release update (SRU). Thanks is given to the developers and community members who helped test the fix.

http://xubuntu.org/news/sru-16-04-intel-cursor-bug-fix-released/

Sebastian Kügler: Plasma at QtCon

Sebastian Kügler tell us about QtCon 2016 which includes KDE's Akademy, Qt Contributor summit, FSFE summit, VideoLan dev days & KDAB's training day.

https://vizzzion.org/blog/2016/09/plasma-at-qtcon/

Daniel Holbach: Snapcraft workshop at Akademy

Daniel Holback provides a sneak preview about his September 7th workshop about creating snaps with Snapcraft. Geared at people who want to learn how to publish software, the workshop will be interactive and needs Ubuntu 16.04 (or later) either on your machine, a VM or from provided USB stick.

https://daniel.holba.ch/blog/2016/09/snapcraft-workshop-at-akademy/

Michael Hall: Sharing is caring, with Snaps!

Michael Hall blogs about Snaps as a great way to get up-to-date apps without adding loosing security & stability. Nothing though is without costs; and Michael lists isolation and confinement as costs. Snappy devs have restored some flexibility with the use of a new 'content' interface, and Michael test-drives this by outlining his experiences by using the Geany editor, and using plugins from github. He aims to provide enough detail that you'll be able to create 'content interfaces' for your apps.

http://mhall119.com/2016/09/sharing-is-caring-with-snaps/

Julian Andres Klode: apt 1.3 RC4 – Tweaking apt update

Julian Andres Klode writes how 'apt update' would often show no progress; then it'd suddenly finish. Julian explains why this so (ie. how apt worked), and how adding priority queues and allowing partial-fill has allowed the progress bar to be more accurate, and actually faster. Julian also tells us how a change caused a break in apt, and some CMake fixes.

https://juliank.wordpress.com/2016/09/02/tweaking-apt-update/

Sebastian Kügler: Announcing the KDE Software Store

Sebastian Kügler shares news from the KDE community about the store that’s been in development. He writes: “We have great plans for the store, one of them being that we want to offer download (and easy installation) of binary packages through bundled formats such as Flatpak, Snappy and/or AppImage.”

https://vizzzion.org/blog/2016/09/announcing-the-kde-software-store/

Ubuntu Cloud News

Canonical News

In The Blogosphere

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

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Credits

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

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

Glossary of Terms

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

Ubuntu - Get Involved

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