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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 === Welcome New Members and Developers === ## 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) |
=== Ubuntu Touch OTA-15 released === Łukasz Zemczak announces the release of OTA-15, advising that all users should receive the update within 24 hours of his announcement. He says that the release is only a “security bugfix update”, and shares a link to the release notes. Łukasz concludes his announcement by informing us: “The next future OTAs will most likely be very similar, concentrating only on critical security issues - until ubuntu-personal enters the touch world with its snaps.” https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-phone/msg23481.html Several sites have also covered this release, with articles including: * Ubuntu OTA-15 Is Now Rolling Out to Ubuntu Phones, Tablets - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/02/ubuntu-ota-15-now-rolling-ubuntu-phones-tablets * Ubuntu Touch OTA-15 Has Been Officially Released for Ubuntu Phones and Tablets - http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-touch-ota-15-has-been-officially-released-for-ubuntu-phones-and-tablets-512689.shtml * Ubuntu OTA-15 Now Available With Minimal Changes - https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-OTA-15-Security |
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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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| ## 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 == Ubuntu Cloud News == ## 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 |
=== Simos Xenitellis: How to create a snap for how2 (stackoverflow from the terminal) in Ubuntu 16.04 === Simos Xenitellis writes, using Stack Overflow and how2 as an example, how it is possible to use the how2 command-line utility within a snap. Command necessary to install snapcraft, clues on modifying the snapcraft.yaml, creating your first snap, adding plugs (for network), and pushing to ubuntu store. https://blog.simos.info/how-to-create-a-snap-for-how2-stackoverflow-from-the-terminal-in-ubuntu-16-04/ === Jonathan Riddell: Plasma Sprint: KDE neon Docker Images Now Support Wayland === Jonathan Riddell tells us that KDE neon Docker Images are the easiest way to test out KDE software from a different branch than your host system. He says that the KDE neon images now also support Wayland. http://jriddell.org/2017/02/08/plasma-sprint-kde-neon-docker-images-now-support-wayland/ === Leo Arias: Ubuntu Testing Day wrap up - Ubuntu Core and QEMU (20170203) === Leo Arias writes that Ubuntu Testing Days resumed on the first Friday of February and that the session covered snaps and QEMU, and featured Michael Vogt, Zygmunt Krynicki, Federico Giménez, Robert Wolff and Oliver Grawert. He links to a guide to running inside a virtual machine, and embeds a You``Tube video of the session in his article. http://elopio.net/blog/ubuntu-testing-day-wrap-up-20170203/ === Timo Aaltonen: Mesa 13.0.4 for 16.04 & 16.10 === Timo Aaltonen shares the latest updates to version of Mesa in Ubuntu, providing a link to the Mesa PPA to use version 13.0.4. He goes on to note that Ubuntu 17.04 will ship with Mesa 17. https://tjaalton.wordpress.com/2017/02/10/mesa-13-0-4-for-16-04-16-10/ |
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| ## 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 |
=== 2 Años con Ubuntu Phone: Pasado, presente, futuro === Marcos Costales writes that it has now been two years since he became a user of an Ubuntu phone. He says that early reviews of the phone and tablet were unfavourable as they were being compared to existing and the best Android devices. Marcos looks forward to Unity 8 on both PC and mobile devices, and based on snap packages. He concludes his post with: “And here comes the convergence: Same Ubuntu, same applications, different devices.” Article is in Spanish. http://thinkonbytes.blogspot.com/2017/02/2-anos-con-ubuntu-phone-pasado-presente.html === Community Initiative UBports launches Ubuntu Fairphone 2 === The UBports Foundation reminds the community of their mission, and writes: “During the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona end of February UBports will show a very special combination: Ubuntu on the Fairphone 2. With this successfully working device two worlds come together: sustainability and open source.” https://ut4fp.org/blog/vlog-1/post/press-release-9 |
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| ## This section largely comes from blog.canonical.com and Canonical ## press releases |
* 8 KDE snaps written in January - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/02/09/8-kde-snaps-written-in-january/ * openHAB arrives as snap! - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/02/09/openhab-arrives-as-a-snap/ * Webinar: Getting started with the Canonical Distribution of Kubernetes - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/02/10/webinar-getting-started-with-the-canonical-distribution-of-kubernetes/ |
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| ## Things Ubuntu-specific are great, but general Linux goings-on are good to, to an extent. ## We don't need to replicate Digg & Slashdot, but certain things are of special interest. ## Just pulling one example from my memory, the story about Indiana schools piloting ## a classroom Linux deployment, a portion of which was Ubuntu, are good. Ubuntu ## release reviews are also common items in this section. ## For this and the next sections, see: ## https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/LinkSuggestions |
=== Ubuntu Linux daddy Mark Shuttleworth: Carrots for Unity 8? === Gavin Clarke of The Register touches on recent changes seen in Ubuntu, before getting to Unity 8. An extensive interview with Mark Shuttleworth covering much of Ubuntu's history, and up through the present that covers various initiatives over the years, is crux of this article. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/02/06/shuttleworth_unity_8_carrots/ |
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| == In Other News == ## Any news or links that don't fit neatly into other sections. == Other Articles of Interest == ## Bullet-point list of articles that are more generic linux in nature |
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| ## Ubuntu UK Podcast ## Full Circle Magazine Podcast ## At Home With Jono Bacon - Weekly Community QA on UStreamTV ## Lococast.net |
=== Ubuntu Testing Day - Ubuntu Core and DragonBoard 410c === Leo Arias introduces another Ubuntu Testing Day session in which the topic for discussion is the Dragon``Board 410c which supports Ubuntu Core. The main speaker for the session is Linaro’s Robert Wolff who also answers questions that are raised on IRC. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPGAFs8jzPo === Full Circle Weekly News #52 === Released on February 11th, the Full Circle Magazine team brings you their 52nd installment of their weekly news. Show notes: * Ubuntu Touch OTA-15 Has Been Officially Released for Ubuntu Phones and Tablets - http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-touch-ota-15-has-been-officially-released-for-ubuntu-phones-and-tablets-512689.shtml * UBports Community Successfully Ports Canonical’s Ubuntu OS to the Fairphone 2 - http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubports-community-successfully-ports-canonical-s-ubuntu-os-to-the-fairphone-2-512737.shtml * Tails 3.0 will drop 32-bit processor support - https://betanews.com/2017/02/03/tails-3-32-bit-processor/ * Mirai: Windows Trojan helps hackers infect Linux-based devices with IoT malware - http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3004242/mirai-windows-trojan-helps-hackers-infect-linux-based-devices-with-iot-malware * BT defends Google and Android in EU antitrust case - https://www.engadget.com/2017/02/06/bt-google-android-antitrust-eu-letter/ * How criminals use Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning - https://betanews.com/2017/02/08/how-criminals-use-artificial-intelligence-and-machine-learning/ http://fullcirclemagazine.org/podcast/full-circle-weekly-news-52/ |
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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 - February 7, 2017 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Newsletter/2017-02-07 * Security Team - February 6, 2017 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20170206 |
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* Elizabeth K. Joseph * Paul White * Chris Guiver |
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WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 498 for the week February 6 - 12, 2017.
In This Issue
General Community News
Ubuntu Touch OTA-15 released
Łukasz Zemczak announces the release of OTA-15, advising that all users should receive the update within 24 hours of his announcement. He says that the release is only a “security bugfix update”, and shares a link to the release notes. Łukasz concludes his announcement by informing us: “The next future OTAs will most likely be very similar, concentrating only on critical security issues - until ubuntu-personal enters the touch world with its snaps.”
https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-phone/msg23481.html
Several sites have also covered this release, with articles including:
Ubuntu OTA-15 Is Now Rolling Out to Ubuntu Phones, Tablets - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/02/ubuntu-ota-15-now-rolling-ubuntu-phones-tablets
Ubuntu Touch OTA-15 Has Been Officially Released for Ubuntu Phones and Tablets - http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-touch-ota-15-has-been-officially-released-for-ubuntu-phones-and-tablets-512689.shtml
Ubuntu OTA-15 Now Available With Minimal Changes - https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-OTA-15-Security
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
Simos Xenitellis: How to create a snap for how2 (stackoverflow from the terminal) in Ubuntu 16.04
Simos Xenitellis writes, using Stack Overflow and how2 as an example, how it is possible to use the how2 command-line utility within a snap. Command necessary to install snapcraft, clues on modifying the snapcraft.yaml, creating your first snap, adding plugs (for network), and pushing to ubuntu store.
Jonathan Riddell: Plasma Sprint: KDE neon Docker Images Now Support Wayland
Jonathan Riddell tells us that KDE neon Docker Images are the easiest way to test out KDE software from a different branch than your host system. He says that the KDE neon images now also support Wayland.
http://jriddell.org/2017/02/08/plasma-sprint-kde-neon-docker-images-now-support-wayland/
Leo Arias: Ubuntu Testing Day wrap up - Ubuntu Core and QEMU (20170203)
Leo Arias writes that Ubuntu Testing Days resumed on the first Friday of February and that the session covered snaps and QEMU, and featured Michael Vogt, Zygmunt Krynicki, Federico Giménez, Robert Wolff and Oliver Grawert. He links to a guide to running inside a virtual machine, and embeds a YouTube video of the session in his article.
http://elopio.net/blog/ubuntu-testing-day-wrap-up-20170203/
Timo Aaltonen: Mesa 13.0.4 for 16.04 & 16.10
Timo Aaltonen shares the latest updates to version of Mesa in Ubuntu, providing a link to the Mesa PPA to use version 13.0.4. He goes on to note that Ubuntu 17.04 will ship with Mesa 17.
https://tjaalton.wordpress.com/2017/02/10/mesa-13-0-4-for-16-04-16-10/
Ubuntu Phone News
2 Años con Ubuntu Phone: Pasado, presente, futuro
Marcos Costales writes that it has now been two years since he became a user of an Ubuntu phone. He says that early reviews of the phone and tablet were unfavourable as they were being compared to existing and the best Android devices. Marcos looks forward to Unity 8 on both PC and mobile devices, and based on snap packages. He concludes his post with: “And here comes the convergence: Same Ubuntu, same applications, different devices.” Article is in Spanish.
http://thinkonbytes.blogspot.com/2017/02/2-anos-con-ubuntu-phone-pasado-presente.html
Community Initiative UBports launches Ubuntu Fairphone 2
The UBports Foundation reminds the community of their mission, and writes: “During the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona end of February UBports will show a very special combination: Ubuntu on the Fairphone 2. With this successfully working device two worlds come together: sustainability and open source.”
https://ut4fp.org/blog/vlog-1/post/press-release-9
Canonical News
8 KDE snaps written in January - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/02/09/8-kde-snaps-written-in-january/
openHAB arrives as snap! - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/02/09/openhab-arrives-as-a-snap/
Webinar: Getting started with the Canonical Distribution of Kubernetes - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/02/10/webinar-getting-started-with-the-canonical-distribution-of-kubernetes/
In The Press
Ubuntu Linux daddy Mark Shuttleworth: Carrots for Unity 8?
Gavin Clarke of The Register touches on recent changes seen in Ubuntu, before getting to Unity 8. An extensive interview with Mark Shuttleworth covering much of Ubuntu's history, and up through the present that covers various initiatives over the years, is crux of this article.
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/02/06/shuttleworth_unity_8_carrots/
In The Blogosphere
Featured Audio and Video
Ubuntu Testing Day - Ubuntu Core and DragonBoard 410c
Leo Arias introduces another Ubuntu Testing Day session in which the topic for discussion is the DragonBoard 410c which supports Ubuntu Core. The main speaker for the session is Linaro’s Robert Wolff who also answers questions that are raised on IRC.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPGAFs8jzPo
Full Circle Weekly News #52
Released on February 11th, the Full Circle Magazine team brings you their 52nd installment of their weekly news.
Show notes:
Ubuntu Touch OTA-15 Has Been Officially Released for Ubuntu Phones and Tablets - http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-touch-ota-15-has-been-officially-released-for-ubuntu-phones-and-tablets-512689.shtml
UBports Community Successfully Ports Canonical’s Ubuntu OS to the Fairphone 2 - http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubports-community-successfully-ports-canonical-s-ubuntu-os-to-the-fairphone-2-512737.shtml
Tails 3.0 will drop 32-bit processor support - https://betanews.com/2017/02/03/tails-3-32-bit-processor/
Mirai: Windows Trojan helps hackers infect Linux-based devices with IoT malware - http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3004242/mirai-windows-trojan-helps-hackers-infect-linux-based-devices-with-iot-malware
BT defends Google and Android in EU antitrust case - https://www.engadget.com/2017/02/06/bt-google-android-antitrust-eu-letter/
How criminals use Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning - https://betanews.com/2017/02/08/how-criminals-use-artificial-intelligence-and-machine-learning/
http://fullcirclemagazine.org/podcast/full-circle-weekly-news-52/
Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
Kernel Team - February 7, 2017 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Newsletter/2017-02-07
Security Team - February 6, 2017 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20170206
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, 16.04 and 16.10
Security Updates
Ubuntu 12.04 Updates
Ubuntu 14.04 Updates
Ubuntu 16.04 Updates
Ubuntu 16.10 Updates
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