Issue482
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:
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
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
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/
Canonical News
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/
In The Blogosphere
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
Featured Audio and Video
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/
Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
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
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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