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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 514 for the week of July 17 - 24, 2017.

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General Community News

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

Adam Conrad of the Ubuntu Release Team confirmed that Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) is no longer supported after July 20, 2017. Adam provides a brief history of Ubuntu 16.10 from release and the consequences of 16.10 no longer receiving security notices or fixes. Links are provided including upgrade path to 17.04. http://ubuntu-news.org/2017/07/20/ubuntu-16-10-yakkety-yak-end-of-life-reached-on-july-20-2017/

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

• Support for Ubuntu 16.10 Ends Tomorrow - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/07/ubuntu-16-10-end-of-life

• Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) Is No Longer Supported, Upgrade to Ubuntu 17.04 Now - http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-16-10-yakkety-yak-is-no-longer-supported-upgrade-to-ubuntu-17-04-now-517083.shtml

• Ubuntu 17.10 reaches end of life - https://www.neowin.net/news/ubuntu-1610-reaches-end-of-life

• Ubuntu 16.10 reaches end of life - https://www.notebookcheck.net/Ubuntu-16-10-reaches-end-of-life.236290.0.html

Dustin Kirkland: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Desktop Default Application Survey

Dustin Kirkland of Canonical reminds us of the great response to his 17.10 survey and achievements thus far as proof feedback matters. Dustin then invites readers to contribute detail about applications preferred for default inclusion in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Man links are provided. http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2017/07/ubuntu-1804-lts-desktop-default.html

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

• Ubuntu Wants to Know Which Apps You Think Should Be default in 18.04 LTS - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/07/ubuntu-wants-know-apps-think-default-survey

• Ubuntu Is Trying To Figure Out The Default Apps For 18.04 LTS - http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-18.04-Default-Apps

• Canonical Wants You to Vote for the Default Apps of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - http://news.softpedia.com/news/canonical-wants-you-to-vote-for-the-default-apps-of-ubuntu-18-04-lts-517103.shtml

• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Desktop Default Application Survey - https://news.slashdot.org/story/17/07/21/1258245/ask-slashdot-ubuntu-1804-lts-desktop-default-application-survey

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

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Most Active Questions

Top Voted New Questions

LoCo Events

The Planet

Ubuntu Artful Desktop July Shakedown

Alan Pope tells us that we are mid-way through the Ubuntu Artful development cycle, and as such it's a great time to grab and test the coming GNOME release. Alan provides some testing suggestions, hints on how to speak to devs, and asks you mark bug-reports with 'julyshakedown'. http://popey.com/blog/posts/ubuntu-artful-desktop-july-shakedown.html

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

• The Artful Aardvark Needs You! - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/07/help-test-ubuntu-17-10-on-real-hardware

• Ubuntu 17.10 (Artful Aardvark) Needs Some Testing, Here's How You Can Help - http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-17-10-artful-aardvark-needs-some-testing-here-s-how-you-can-help-517021.shtml

Brian Murray: Clarification and changes to release upgrades

Brian Murray writes about some changes made to do-release-upgrade, (this includes update-manager) and how it behaves. Information on the -d or switching to dev-release is also clarified. http://www.murraytwins.com/blog/?p=147

Canonical News

• How modelling helps you avoid getting a stuck OpenStack - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/07/18/stuckstack-how-modelling-helps-you-avoid-getting-a-stuck-openstack/

• Things to consider when building a robot with open source - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/07/18/things-to-consider-when-building-a-robot-with-open-source/

• Achieving ROI trumps security as the IoT industry's biggest challenge - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/07/19/achieving-roi-trumps-security-as-the-iot-industrys-biggest-challenge/

• Speed up your software development lifecycle with Kubernetes - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/07/20/webinar-speed-up-your-software-development-lifecycle-with-kubernetes/

• Testing the future of Juju with snaps - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/07/20/testing-the-future-of-juju-with-snaps/

• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Desktop Default Application Survey - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/07/21/dustin-kirkland-ubuntu-18-04-lts-desktop-default-application-survey/

In the Press

* The ultimate Linux workstation: The Dell 5720 AIO - http://www.zdnet.com/article/the-ultimate-linux-workstation-the-dell-5720-aio/

In The Blogosphere

• Ubuntu 17.10 Wants to Make It Easier to Connect to Free Wifi - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/07/ubuntu-17-10-work-captive-portal-wifi

• Canonical Outs New Kernel Security Updates for All Supported Ubuntu Releases - http://news.softpedia.com/news/canonical-outs-new-kernel-security-updates-for-all-supported-ubuntu-releases-517100.shtml

• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Users Can Now Install the Linux 4.10 Kernel from Ubuntu 17.04 - http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-16-04-lts-users-can-now-install-the-linux-4-10-kernel-from-ubuntu-17-04-517102.shtml

In Other News

• Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S10E20 - Wry Mindless Ice - http://ubuntupodcast.org/2017/07/20/s10e20-wry-mindless-ice/

• Full Circle Weekly News #67 - http://fullcirclemagazine.org/podcast/full-circle-weekly-news-67/

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Updates and Security for 14.04, 16.04, 16.10, and 17.04

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