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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 513 for the week of July 3 - 10, 2017.

In This Issue

General Community News

Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) reaches End of Life on July 20 2017

Adam Conrad on behalf on the Ubuntu Release Team tells us that Ubuntu 16.10 which was officially released October 13, 2016 is a non-LTS release and as such its support period will cease on July 20. This is a reminder to anyone who still uses Yakkety Yak 16.10 to upgrade to 17.04, with links provided for 17.04 release notes & notes on upgrading. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2017-July/000222.html

The editors have also collected articles about the topic from around the Internet:

• Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) Operating System Reaches End of Life on July 20, 2017 - http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-16-10-yakkety-yak-operating-system-reaches-end-of-life-on-july-20-2017-516822.shtml

• Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak Support End on July 20, Time to Say Goodbye - https://fossbytes.com/ubuntu-16-10-yakkety-yak-end-of-support-july-20/

• Ubuntu 16.10: Yaketty Yak Support Ends on July 20: Canonical - https://www.mobipicker.com/ubuntu-16-10-yaketty-yak-support-ends-july-20-canonical/

Welcome New Members and Developers

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 News

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

Nobuto Murata: Knowing what services need restart with "needrestart"

With the release of Canonical’s Livepatch service for Ubuntu 16.04 and 14.04, it has become easier to apply security and kernal updates without entirely rebooting the system. However, there are some caveats to this service. Nobuto Murata from the Medium, expands on this by quoting the useful “lsof” function talks about the helper script “needrestart” which among others provides a prompt during service restarts. https://medium.com/@nobuto_m/knowing-what-services-need-restart-with-needrestart-37419f44ed46

Didier Roche: Ubuntu Make as a classic snap: intro

Didier Roche, an Ubuntu contributor from france talks about Ubuntu make, the one line command that can install developer tools for ubuntu from the terminal and its ease of usage by making it into a Snap. https://didrocks.fr/2017/07/05/ubuntu-make-as-a-classic-snap-intro/

Robert Ancell: Snappy Sprint - London June 2017

Robert Ancell from Canonical talks about the Snappy sprint held recently in London, UK. The main participants for the event were contributors from different communities of Linux based OSs. He out lines the major objectives of the meet, with emphasis on the usage of snapf-glib on other operating systems. http://bobthegnome.blogspot.com/2017/07/snappy-sprint-london-june-2017.html

Other Community News

Ubuntu Cloud News

Canonical News

• Design Team: June's reading list - https://design.canonical.com/2017/07/junes-reading-list-2/

• AZLOGICA use Ubuntu Core for customized IoT agricultural solutions - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/07/03/azlogica-use-ubuntu-core-for-customised-iot-agricultural-solutions/

• Designing build.snapcraft.io - https://design.canonical.com/2017/07/snapcraft/

• Switching from Unity to Gnome-Shell: first challenges - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/07/03/switching-from-unity-to-gnome-shell-first-challenges/

• Quick and easy network configuration with Netplan - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/07/05/quick-and-easy-network-configuration-with-netplan/

• Simplifying local development: The ./run executable - https://design.canonical.com/2017/07/simplifying-local-development-the-run-executable/

• OpenStack in a Snap - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/07/06/openstack-in-a-snap/

• Canonical's support for Kubernetes 1.7 on Ubuntu released - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/07/07/kubernetes-1-7-on-ubuntu/

• If you're still using ifconfig, you're living in the past - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/07/07/if-youre-still-using-ifconfig-youre-living-in-the-past/

In The Press

• Dell Precision 5520 Mobile Workstation review: The Ubuntu Linux Laptop for power developers - http://www.zdnet.com/article/dell-precision-5520-mobile-workstation-review-t

In The Blogosphere

* Ubuntu Developer Shares His Thoughts on the Unity to GNOME Shell Transition - http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-developers-shares-his-thoughts-on-the-unity-to-gnome-shell-transition-516798.shtml

• Snap Apps Now appear as 'Editor's Picks' in Ubuntu Software - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/07/snap-apps-now-appear-editors-picks-ubuntu-software

• Ubuntu laptops from VANT Get Kaby Lake Refresh - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/07/vant-moove-ubuntu-laptop-kaby-lake

• Canonical Invites Ubuntu Users to Test the LibreOffice 5.3.4 Snap on Their OS - http://news.softpedia.com/news/canonical-invites-ubuntu-users-to-test-the-libreoffice-5-3-4-snap-on-their-os-516817.shtml

• Ubuntu Budgie 17.10 Wallpaper Contest is Open for Entries - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/07/ubuntu-budgie-17-10-wallpaper-contest-open-entries

• Canonical Releases New Snapd Snappy Daemon Update with New Interfaces, Bug Fixes - http://news.softpedia.com/news/canonical-releases-new-snapd-snappy-daemon-update-with-new-interfaces-bug-fixes-516843.shtml

• Canonical Says Unity 7 Will Still Work in Ubuntu 17.10, But Expect Issues - http://news.softpedia.com/news/canonical-says-unity-7-will-still-work-in-ubuntu-17-10-but-expect-issues-516878.shtml

• Say Goodbye to LightDM, GNOME's GDM Login Manager Now Default in Ubuntu 17.10 - http://news.softpedia.com/news/say-goodbye-to-lightdm-gnome-s-gdm-login-manager-now-default-in-ubuntu-17-10-516881.shtml

In Other News

* Full Circle Weekly News #66 - http://fullcirclemagazine.org/podcast/full-circle-weekly-news-66/

Other Articles of Interest

Featured Audio and Video

• Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S10E18 - Piquant Abnormal Yard - http://ubuntupodcast.org/2017/07/06/s10e18-perpetual-sparkling-police/

Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings

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Upcoming Meetings and Events

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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

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