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## Make each article a subsection, via ===
## These are big articles that don't fit within another section
## Suggested sources: ubuntu-news-team mailing list, fridge.ubuntu.com		 === Ubuntu Online Summit: 15-16 November 2016 ===

Daniel Holbach announces that the next Ubuntu Online Summit will run from November 15th to 16th. The event will celebrate the release of Ubuntu 16.10 and provide an overview of what’s to come in Ubuntu 17.04.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2016-September/002563.html

=== Ubuntu Touch OTA-13 released ===

Lukasz Zemczak reports that Ubuntu Touch OTA-13 has been released. He provides a link to the release notes and thanks all users for participating in this release.

https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-phone/msg22367.html

The following articles also covered the OTA-13 release:

 * Ubuntu OTA-13 Released With Copy/Paste Support For Legacy Apps - http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-OTA-13-Released
 * The 5 Best New Features in Ubuntu Phone OTA-13 - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/09/ubuntu-phone-ota-13-new-features
 * Ubuntu Touch OTA-13 Launches This Week for Ubuntu Phones, Here's What's New - http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-touch-ota-13-launches-this-week-for-ubuntu-phones-here-s-what-s-new-508446.shtml
 * Canonical releases major update for Ubuntu Touch - http://www.itwire.com/mobility/74870-canonical-releases-major-update-for-ubuntu-touch.html
 * Watch The Bq M10 Ubuntu Tablet Running OTA-13 - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/09/ubuntu-tablet-m10-copy-paste-between-apps-video
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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 Developer Membership Board shared the following news with us: “Yesterday we agreed to amend this to the ubuntu-server packageset, and the DMB voted to approve this application. Congratulations, Christian [Ehrhardt], and thank you for your contributions to Ubuntu!”

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2016-September/002560.html
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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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== Other Community News ==

## This section is for Ubuntu News from elsewhere in the community:
## mailing lists, team blogs not on planet, etc
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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		  * Juju client now works properly on all Linuxes - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/juju/2016-September/007885.html
 * Deploying a Spark job using Juju! - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/09/13/deploying-a-spark-job-using-juju/
 * Big Data Gets Super-Fast with Ubuntu on Bigstep Metal Cloud - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/09/14/big-data-gets-super-fast-with-ubuntu-on-bigstep-metal-cloud/
 * Nextcloud Box – a private cloud and IoT solution for home users - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/09/16/nextcloud-box-a-private-cloud-and-iot-solution-for-home-users/
 * Ubuntu OpenStack is available today on all IBM Servers - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/09/19/ubuntu-openstack-is-available-today-on-all-ibm-servers/
 * Leostream Joins Canonical’s Charm partner programme - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/09/21/leostream-joins-canonicals-charm-partner-programme/
 * Rocket.chat, a new snap is landing on your Nextcloud box and beyond! - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/09/22/rocket-chat-a-new-snap-is-landing-on-your-nextcloud-box-and-beyond/
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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		  * Why open source matters to the IoT market - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/09/15/why-open-source-matters-to-the-iot-market/
 * The Future Of Your Smart Home - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/09/15/the-future-of-your-smart-home/
 * Low Graphics Mode in Unity 7 - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/09/19/low-graphics-mode-in-unity-7/
 * Monitoring “big software” stacks with the Elastic Stack - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/09/22/monitoring-big-software-stacks-with-the-elastic-stack/
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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		  * Ubuntu Snappy Core 16 Beta Images Are Now Available for PC and Raspberry Pi 3 - http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-snappy-core-16-beta-images-are-now-available-for-pc-and-raspberry-pi-3-508219.shtml
 * Yuppity Yep — Meet the Official Mascot of Ubuntu 16.10 - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/09/official-mascot-animal-ubuntu-16-10-yak-logo
 * Uber’s Self-driving Pickups In Pittsburgh are Powered by Ubuntu - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/09/ubers-self-driving-pickups-pittsburgh-powered-ubuntu
 * Dell XPS 13 Returns With Kaby Lake, Ubuntu, Rose Gold Finish - http://www.tomshardware.com/news/dell-xps-13-kabylake-rosegold,32706.html
 * Yikes — 92% Of You Say You Use 64-bit Ubuntu - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/09/92-percent-ubuntu-users-say-use-64-bit
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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 - 13th September 2016 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM2GeB1Frnc
 * S09E29 – Edward Snowden presents Disneyland - Ubuntu Podcast - http://ubuntupodcast.org/2016/09/15/s09e29-edward-snowden-presents-disneyland/
 * Full Circle Weekly News #35 is out - http://fullcirclemagazine.org/podcast/full-circle-weekly-news-35/
 * Ubuntu Community Team Q&A - 20th September 2016 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQxj2L8mn_I
 * S09E30 – Pie Till You Die - Ubuntu Podcast - http://ubuntupodcast.org/2016/09/22/s09e30-pie-till-you-die/
 * Full Circle Weekly News #36 is out - http://fullcirclemagazine.org/podcast/full-circle-weekly-news-36/
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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 - September 13 & 20, 2016 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Newsletter/2016-09-13 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Newsletter/2016-09-20
 * Security Team - September 12 & 19, 2016 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20160912 https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20160919
 * Server Team - September 20, 2016 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Server/20160920
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## The following list is in chronological order.

 * Your Name Here		  * Elizabeth K. Joseph
 * Chris Sirrs
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## Common acronyms

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WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 482 for the week September 12 - 18, 2016.

In This Issue

General Community News

Ubuntu Online Summit: 15-16 November 2016

Daniel Holbach announces that the next Ubuntu Online Summit will run from November 15th to 16th. The event will celebrate the release of Ubuntu 16.10 and provide an overview of what’s to come in Ubuntu 17.04.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2016-September/002563.html

Ubuntu Touch OTA-13 released

Lukasz Zemczak reports that Ubuntu Touch OTA-13 has been released. He provides a link to the release notes and thanks all users for participating in this release.

https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-phone/msg22367.html

The following articles also covered the OTA-13 release:

Welcome New Members and Developers

The Ubuntu Developer Membership Board shared the following news with us: “Yesterday we agreed to amend this to the ubuntu-server packageset, and the DMB voted to approve this application. Congratulations, Christian [Ehrhardt], and thank you for your contributions to Ubuntu!”

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2016-September/002560.html

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open (#) +/- # over last week
  • Critical (#) +/- # over last week
  • Unconfirmed (#) +/- # 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

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

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

Ubuntu 14.04 Updates

Ubuntu 16.04 Updates

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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 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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