Issue509

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Contents

  1. In This Issue
  2. General Community News
    1. Welcome New Members and Developers
  3. Ubuntu Stats
    1. Bug Stats
    2. Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions this week
  4. LoCo Events
  5. The Planet
    1. James Page: Ubuntu OpenStack Dev Summary - 22nd May 2017
    2. Adam Stokes: conjure-up dev summary for week 20
    3. Aaron Honeycutt: Current Layout: Kubuntu 17.10 - 5/22/17
    4. Marco Trevisan (Treviño): Ubuntu goes GNOME, theming stays, Let's test (and tune) it!
    5. Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre: An overview of UEFI Secure Boot on Ubuntu
    6. Andres Rodriguez: MAAS 2.2.0 Released !
    7. Michael Hall: Leaving Canonical for Endless new possibilities
    8. Marcos Costales: uNav powered by Mapzen! Raising from the darkness thanks to UBPorts!
    9. Oliver Grawert: Building u-boot Gadget Snap packages from source
    10. Marco Trevisan (Treviño): GNOME Hackfest for Fractional Scaling
    11. Simon Quigley: LXQt, Debian, LinuxFest Northwest, and much more!
    12. Nathan Haines: We're looking for Ubuntu 17.10 wallpapers right now!
  6. Canonical News
  7. In The Press
    1. Why Ubuntu is good for robots
  8. In The Blogosphere
  9. Featured Audio and Video
    1. Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo S10E12 - Needly Expensive Spiders
    2. Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S10E13 - Grieving Temporary Ear
  10. Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
  11. Upcoming Meetings and Events
  12. Updates and Security for 14.04, 16.04, 16.10, and 17.04
    1. Security Updates
    2. Ubuntu 14.04 Updates
    3. Ubuntu 16.04 Updates
    4. Ubuntu 16.10 Updates
    5. Ubuntu 17.04 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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WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 509 for the weeks May 22 - June 4, 2017.

In This Issue

General Community News

Welcome New Members and Developers

Elizabeth K. Joseph, on behalf of the Ubuntu Membership Board, is delighted to announce our newest Ubuntu Member:

Lukasz Zemczak also announced that Colin King has been granted with PPU rights for the zfsutils-linux and spl-linux packages.

Congratulations to both of them!

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

James Page: Ubuntu OpenStack Dev Summary - 22nd May 2017

James Page introduces the first OpenStack development summary. A detailed post with links to stable releases, information on development release, OpenStack snaps, Nova LXD, how to contact devs, plus influence subsequent summary reports.

https://javacruft.wordpress.com/2017/05/22/ubuntu-openstack-dev-summary-19th-may-2017/

Adam Stokes: conjure-up dev summary for week 20

Adam Stokes reports on the work achieved this week in conjure-up, especially polishing up region selections which is now supported in both Juju as a Service and self hosted controllers. Many example screens are shown using JAAS to deploy Canonical's Distribution of Kubernetes in an example region of AWS. Adam finishes with commands to load the edge release should you wish to aid in testing.

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ADAMJSUbuntuFeed/~3/BGK4UUKRB_k/

Aaron Honeycutt: Current Layout: Kubuntu 17.10 - 5/22/17

Aaron Honeycutt reports on his current Kubuntu Artful Aardvark setup thanks to the work of Kubuntu developers and testers. A screenshot of Aaron's desktop is provided and what he did to achieve it.

http://usefoss.com/index.php/2017/05/23/current-layout-kubuntu-17-10-52217/

Marco Trevisan (Treviño): Ubuntu goes GNOME, theming stays, Let's test (and tune) it!

Marco Trevisan (Treviño) writes that after six years involvement with Unity, he is of course heartbroken with recent events, yet is excited about the future. Marco reminds readers to complete the survey rating the GNOME extensions that Ubuntu should include by default, before writing about theming for Ubuntu 17.10. Marco reminds us that bugs are hard to fix if they aren't reported, providing links if you'd like to help test 17.10, or use GNOME Shell on 17.04. Details are provided for reporting bugs with themes, before inviting readers who are so inclined, to help with the theming of Ubuntu. Finally Marco thanks Jeremy Bicha for help with the post.

http://blog.3v1n0.net/informatica/linux/ubuntu-goes-gnome-theming-stays-test-and-tune-it/

Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre: An overview of UEFI Secure Boot on Ubuntu

Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre informs us that Ubuntu supports UEFI booting and Secure Boot, then tells us how Secure Boot works. This is a detailed post providing an overview, details on the Shim layer (including why the signature), reboot policy, grub2 and kernel security & shim validation.

http://blog.cyphermox.net/2017/05/an-overview-of-uefi-secure-boot-on.html

Andres Rodriguez: MAAS 2.2.0 Released !

Andres Rodriguez is happy to announce MAAS 2.2.0, listing its exciting new features. A link to release notes is provided, with a note that MAAS 2.2 will replace 2.1 which will soon be no longer supported. MAAS 2.2 will also be backported to Ubuntu Xenial.

http://www.roaksoax.com/2017/05/maas-2-2-0-released

Michael Hall: Leaving Canonical for Endless new possibilities

After working for Canonical for over six years, Michael Hall tells us that he is leaving the company. Michael reminisces on those years, listing many people whom he owes thanks. Michael tells us he won't be completely leaving the community, his reasoning and where is going.

http://mhall119.com/2017/05/endless-possibilities/

Marcos Costales: uNav powered by Mapzen! Raising from the darkness thanks to UBPorts!

Marcos Costales tell us that Mapzen has moved to a paid API which is a big issue for uNav (a map viewer and GPS navigator on Ubuntu Phone). This resulted in a change more limited OSRM, but thanks to the UBPorts community, the costs of using Mapzen has been paid, so Mapzen navigation has returned. Marcos thanks UBPorts, and reminds users to switch to the Ubuntu Phone OpenStore, and to UBPorts too.

http://thinkonbytes.blogspot.com/2017/05/unav-powered-by-mapzen-raising-from.html

Oliver Grawert: Building u-boot Gadget Snap packages from source

Oliver Grawert writes about the process of getting the Ubuntu Core system snapped and gives details on how you can do it yourself (with the source for the snapcraft.yaml files included).

https://ograblog.wordpress.com/2017/05/30/building-u-boot-gadget-snap-packages-from-source/

Marco Trevisan (Treviño): GNOME Hackfest for Fractional Scaling

Marco Treviño writes that HiDPI display support has been in Unity since 14.04, including the ability to scale at fractional values where GTK3 and GNOME Shell support integer scaling. Marco briefly mentions some approaches taken with Unity before switching to GNOME and the work underway now to ensure good results. Marco tells us of a GNOME Hackfest hosted by Canonical in its Taipei office to continue the work.

http://blog.3v1n0.net/informatica/linux/gnome-hackfest-for-fractional-scaling/

Simon Quigley: LXQt, Debian, LinuxFest Northwest, and much more!

Simon Quigley informs us of free software activities over the last couple of months. This includes release management of Lubuntu 17.04, where Simon thanks contributors for their hard work. Simon also shows Lenny Zapus (Lubuntu 17.04’s release mascot), with thanks to Rafael Laguna. Next, Simon talks about a team meeting, decisions made and letting readers know how they can give feedback. LXQt is covered as well, with details (and a disclaimer) for adventurous users who would like to help test it. He wraps up the blog post by writing about his involvement in Debian recently, and about his trip to LinuxFest Northwest. He would like to thank Ubuntu for sponsoring his travel expenses.

https://www.tsimonq2.net/blog/2017/05/31/

Nathan Haines: We're looking for Ubuntu 17.10 wallpapers right now!

Nathan Haines reminds us that wallpapers in each release of Ubuntu are a way to celebrate the larger Free Culture movement through expression. Ubuntu 17.10 will be no different, and needs ten (10) photos and two (2) illustrations ready to be shared with the greater community before July 3, 2017. Links on how to submit are provided, as well as a link for more information on the Free Culture Showcase.

http://nhaines.livejournal.com/72189.html

Canonical News

In The Press

Why Ubuntu is good for robots

Richard Wilson from Electronics Weekly writes about the ever increasing use of robots in our everyday lives and the role of Ubuntu as a software platform in running them. Focusing on the Hospitality industry he talks about Spiro, a highly functionalized robot and the choice of using Ubuntu as its operating system, touching on the various aspects which makes Ubuntu a viable and flexible option for the future.

https://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/distribution-world/ubuntu-good-robots-2017-05/

In The Blogosphere

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/05/vectr-graphics-app-lands-ubuntu-software-store

Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo S10E12 - Needly Expensive Spiders

It’s Season Ten Episode Twelve of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson and Martin Wimpress are connected and speaking to your brain.

In this week’s show:

  • We discuss what we’ve been upto recently:
    • Martin has been to Linux Fest North West 2017.

  • We interview Brian Douglass about uAppExplorer and OpenStore.

  • We share a Command Line Lurve:
    • noping – uses ICMPv4 or ICMPv6 ECHO_REQUEST packets to measure a hosts reachability and the network latency.
  • And we go over all your amazing feedback – thanks for sending it – please keep sending it!

http://ubuntupodcast.org/2017/05/26/s10e12-needy-expensive-spiders/

Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S10E13 - Grieving Temporary Ear

It’s Season Ten Episode Thirteen of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson and Martin Wimpress are connected and speaking to your brain.

In this week’s show:

  • We discuss what we’ve been up to recently:
    • Martin has been experimenting with the Razer Core and a nvidia GTX 1080Ti connected to the Skull Canyon NUC, Dell XPS 13 (9350), Dell XPS 15 (9550) and Tuxedo Infinitybook Pro 13 via Thunderbolt™ 3.
    • And is currently Number #2 on the Gaming on Linux Superposition Benchmark.
  • Windows 10 S erratum
    • Since recording episodes 9, 10 and 12 is it has been confirmed by Microsoft that it will not be possible to install terminal applications on Windows 10 S. That means, you guessed it, WSL “apps” such as Ubuntu, openSUSE or Fedora won’t be available for Windows 10 S.
  • We discuss the news:
    • Father Of Android Launches “Essential Phone”
    • Andreas Gal, former Mozilla CTO and head of Firefox OS, says Chrome Won in reply to Eric Petit’s Browse Against the Machine blog post.
    • CVE-2017-1000367 in Sudo’s get_process_ttyname() for Linux
  • We discuss the community news:
    • build.snapcraft.io gets your code ready to distribute in minutes
    • Updating Logitech Hardware on Linux
    • Ubuntu goes GNOME, theming stays. Let’s test (and tune) it!
  • We mention an event:
    • 15th Egham Raspberry Jam: Sunday 23rd of July 2017 – Staines-upon-Thames, England.
    • Running a number of workshops including graphics and physical computing using Scratch.

http://ubuntupodcast.org/2017/06/01/s10e13-grieving-temporary-ear/

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 14.04, 16.04, 16.10, and 17.04

Security Updates

Ubuntu 14.04 Updates

Ubuntu 16.04 Updates

Ubuntu 16.10 Updates

Ubuntu 17.04 Updates

Subscribe

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Archives

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Additional Ubuntu News

As always you can find more news and announcements at:

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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:

  • Your Name Here
  • 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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Feedback

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