news 28 Posted October 13, 2015 Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 438 for the week October 5 - 11, 2015. == Links to UWN == * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue438 == In This Issue == * Nominations for the Community Council election are still open * Ubuntu Stats * LoCo Events * Elizabeth K. Joseph: Ending my 6 year tenure on the Ubuntu Community Council * Ian Weisser: Point New Participants to Find-a-Task! * Kubuntu Wire: KDE Frameworks 5.15 have landed in Kubuntu Wily * OpenHelp Conference write-up * Ubuntu Cloud News * Ubuntu Phone News * Canonical News * Ubuntu Is Planning To Make The ZFS File-System A "Standard" Offering * Poll: Will You Upgrade to Ubuntu 15.10? * False Rumors About Microsoft Buying Canonical Are Ridiculous * Ubuntu Touch OTA-7 Will Arrive on October 19 for All Ubuntu Phones * Developer mariogrip gets cell and data working on OnePlus One * Featured Audio and Video * Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings * Upcoming Meetings and Events * Updates and Security for 12.04, 14.04 and 15.04 * And much more! == General Community News == === Nominations for the Community Council election are still open === Daniel Holbach reminds us that nominations for the Community Council will be open until 16th October. He explains why he liked serving on the council, offers us some links from where further information can be found, and ends his post by saying: "I look forward to seeing how many nominations we have by Friday." https://daniel.holba.ch/blog/2015/10/nominations-for-cc-election-are-still-open/ == Ubuntu Stats == === Bug Stats === * Open (118793) +67 over last week * Critical (273) -11 over last week * Unconfirmed (59228) +38 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 === ==== Most Active Questions ==== * How important is the sudo password? http://askubuntu.com/questions/683393/how-important-is-the-sudo-password * What does ":" (colon) operator in a bash variable expansion: VAR=${TEMP:3}? http://askubuntu.com/questions/682120/what-does-colon-operator-in-a-bash-variable-expansion-var-temp3 * How to stop automatic time update via terminal? http://askubuntu.com/questions/683067/how-to-stop-automatic-time-update-via-terminal * How to restore ssh_config file in /etc/ssh [closed] http://askubuntu.com/questions/682070/how-to-restore-ssh-config-file-in-etc-ssh * Is there any difference between sudo password and the one I used to login? [closed] http://askubuntu.com/questions/681730/is-there-any-difference-between-sudo-password-and-the-one-i-used-to-login ==== Top Voted New Questions ==== * How important is the sudo password? http://askubuntu.com/questions/683393/ * How to create an bootable .iso file from Ubuntu Live USB? http://askubuntu.com/questions/681712/ * Is there any way to allow user to execute commands for 2 days only http://askubuntu.com/questions/683262/ * How to restore ssh_config file in /etc/ssh http://askubuntu.com/questions/682070/ * What does ":" (colon) operator in a bash variable expansion: VAR=${TEMP:3}? http://askubuntu.com/questions/682120/ People Contributing the best questions and answers this week: A.B. (http://askubuntu.com/users/367165/a-, Fabby (http://askubuntu.com/users/344926/fabby), earthmeLon (http://askubuntu.com/users/13247/earthmelon), Pilot6 (http://askubuntu.com/users/167850/pilot6) and cl-netbox (http://askubuntu.com/users/260935/cl-netbox) Ask (and answer!) questions at http://askubuntu.com == LoCo Events == The following LoCo team events are currently scheduled in the next two weeks: * Ubuntu Hour Hollywood, Florida LoCo Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-us-florida/3209-ubuntu-hour-hollywood/ * Az Loco Installfest/Linux and open source workshop, Arizona LoCo Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-arizona/3217-az-loco-installfest/linux-and-open-source-workshop/ * SFD Tunisia, Ubuntu Tunisian LoCo Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-tn/3200-sfd-tunisia/ * Ubuntu 15.10 Corvallis release party, Ubuntu Oregon LoCo: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-us-or/3231-ubuntu-1510-corvallis-release-party/ * Encontro Ubuntu-pt ( -at -) Sintra // Festa de lancamento WilyWerewolf, Ubuntu Portugal: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-pt/3212-encontro-ubuntu-pt- ( -at -) -sintra-//-festa-de-lancamento-wilywerewolf/ * Sierra Vista Ubuntu Hour, Arizona LoCo Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-arizona/3223-sierra-vista-ubuntu-hour/ * Ubuntu 15.10 Lancamento , Ubuntu Brasil - MA: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-br-ma/3214-ubuntu-1510-lancamento-/ * San Francisco Wily Release Party, Ubuntu California: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-california/3203-san-francisco-wily-release-party/ * Tempe Ubuntu Hour, Arizona LoCo Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-arizona/3220-tempe-ubuntu-hour/ * ubucon Deutschland, German Ubuntu LoCo Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-de-locoteam/3116-ubucon-deutschland/ * Linux Day 2015, Ubuntu Italy: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-it/3213-linux-day-2015/ * Fiesta de lanzamiento de Wily Werewolf, Ubuntu LoCo Team Costa Rica: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-cr/3232-fiesta-de-lanzamiento-de-wily-werewolf/ * Ubuntu 15.10 Release Party, Florida LoCo Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-us-florida/3199-ubuntu-1510-release-party/ * Wily Werewolf Release Party & Short Cource, Ubuntu Myanmar LoCo Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-mm/3227-wily-werewolf-release-party-&-short-cource/ 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 == === Elizabeth K. Joseph: Ending my 6 year tenure on the Ubuntu Community Council === Elizabeth K. Joseph looks back at her time within the Ubuntu Community and the related projects that she has been involved with. She reminds us of her successes and recounts some of the difficulties that she has experienced during her time spent serving on the Community Council. Although Elizabeth is announcing her retirement from the Council she assures as that not only she will continue to contribute to Xubuntu, the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter and Ubuntu California, but that "Some day I hope to come back." In her summary Elizabeth writes; "I also love you all. Please come talk to me at any time (IRC: pleia2, email: lyz ( -at -) ubuntu.com)" http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=10881 === Ian Weisser: Point New Participants to Find-a-Task! === Ian Weisser reminds us that Find-a-Task, introduced in January 2015, is the Ubuntu community's job board for volunteers at which they can browse the many ways to contribute to Ubuntu. Ian asks his readers to take a look at Find-a-task as there are listings suitable for many different skills and interests, including plenty of non-technical tasks. http://cheesehead-techblog.blogspot.com/2015/10/point-new-participants-to-find-task.html === Kubuntu Wire: KDE Frameworks 5.15 have landed in Kubuntu Wily === Marco Parillo announces the arrival of KDE Frameworks 5.15 in to Kubuntu Wily (to become 15.10). http://wire.kubuntu.org/?p=412 == Other Community News == === OpenHelp Conference write-up === Ted Cox provides a write-up on the five-day gathering for documentation writers and community managers focused on improving documentation. Ted gives details of the organizations represented, and brief summaries of the talks; which include lessons learnt, tools used, and frequent real-world problems that often pop-up in documentation: too much or not enough information, or information in the wrong place. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-doc/2015-October/019560.html == Ubuntu Cloud News == * APIDaze joins the Charm Partner Programme - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/10/05/apidaze-joins-the-charm-partner-programme/ * Managed Cloud Network Security from Zentera, Alliance and Canonical - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/10/06/managed-cloud-network-security-from-zentera-alliance-and-canonical/ * BootStack managed cloud factsheet - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/10/07/bootstack-managed-cloud-factsheet-2/ * Suite and Charming: The Journey of a Juju Charm - http://blog.josephliau.com/suite-and-charming-the-journey-of-a-juju-charm/ == Ubuntu Phone News == === Ubuntu Hackathon: Bangalore Mobile Developer Summit === Amrisha Prashar gives us details of the upcoming Ubuntu Hackathon (15-16 October 2015 in Bangalore) which will award prizes for the most innovative, best group, best rookie and a special IoT/snappy-core prize. Prizes include a snapdeal voucher + Ubuntu Dell laptop + Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu smartphone, Bluetooth vivaldi speakers, and Ubuntu Raspberry Pi 2s. http://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/10/05/ubuntu-hackathon-bangalore-mobile-developer-summit/ === Falldown 0.3.1: choose your theme! === Riccardo Padovani announces a new version of the Falldown game, thanks the 630 users that have downloaded the game so far, and announces that the app won the UbuContest. With the aid of some screenshots, Riccardo runs through the changes in the new version of the app, and ends by saying: "We're sure you will enjoy this update ;-)" http://rpadovani.com/falldown-theme == Canonical News == === [Video] An introduction to LXD, the container lighter-visor === Tom Callway provides a link and brief introduction to Stephane Graber's talk at a recent Container Camp held on September 11, 2015 in London. Stephane is a long time Open Source user and contributor mostly with Edubuntu, Ubuntu & LTSP, and project lead for LXD and LXC at Canonical. http://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/10/05/video-an-introduction-to-lxd-the-container-lighter-visor/ === Scope Wonderland: Video brief winners === Amrisha Prashar writes about a competition held asking filmmakers to interpret the richness of Scopes. Three entries which won rewards are described, along with links to the videos. http://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/10/05/scope-wonderland-video-brief-winners/ === Get a Big Data Cloud Fast and Easy === Bill Bauman writes that people working with big data don't have time to install/configure/test all the software/services that exist to process, analyze, monitor or manipulate your data. Bill includes a link in his post from which a factsheet can be downloaded. The factsheet, which is entitled 'BootStack your Big Data cloud', describes how a managed environment can save you time. http://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/10/06/get-a-big-data-cloud-fast-and-easy/ === Ubuntu with IBM Power Systems LC models for big data === John Dolen tells us IBM has extended its range of Ubuntu supported systems with the new Power Systems LC models. He briefly describes how these systems were developed in collaboration with other OpenPOWER companies. http://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/10/08/ubuntu-with-ibm-power-systems-lc-models-for-big-data/ == In The Blogosphere == === Ubuntu Is Planning To Make The ZFS File-System A "Standard" Offering === Michael Larabel of Phoronix reports that Canonical is making plans to offer ZFS on Ubuntu "in some standard way" after Mark Shuttleworth Share this post Link to post
