news 28 Posted November 16, 2015 Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 442 for the week November 9 - 15, 2015. == Links to UWN == * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue442 == In This Issue == * Community Council election [2015] * Your donations at work * Ubuntu Stats * LoCo Events * Ubuntu Studio: Want to help making Ubuntu Studio a great OS for creative humans? * Launchpad News: Beta test: webhooks * Colin King: Firmware Test Suite in active development * Scarlett Clark: Kubuntu: KDE Applications 15.08.3 Bugfix release is ready for testing! * UDS/UOS Summaries * Ubuntu Cloud News * In The Blogosphere * Featured Audio and Video * Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings * Upcoming Meetings and Events * Updates and Security for 12.04, 14.04, 15.04 and 15.10 * And much more! == General Community News == === Community Council election [2015] === Daniel Holbach announces the start of the election for the new Ubuntu Community Council in which all Ubuntu Members are eligible to vote. The poll will remain open for two weeks, and he includes instructions to contact him if you are missing a ballot. The post also contains a list of the candidates. http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2015/11/11/community-council-election-2015/ Mark Shuttleworth has written a post about the Ubuntu Community Council election and encourages eligible community members to vote. You can read his post here: http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/1488 === Your donations at work === Michael Hall publishes the list of donations made in the second quarter to the Ubuntu community. The list also shows how the donations have been used by members of that community to promote and improve Ubuntu. Michael Hall thanks everyone who has donated to the funds. http://mhall119.com/2015/11/your-donations-at-work/ == Ubuntu Stats == === Bug Stats === * Open (120253) +192 over last week * Critical (278) +2 over last week * Unconfirmed (59870) +133 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 ==== * Why are there so many 32-bit dependencies for Skype? http://askubuntu.com/questions/697301/why-are-there-so-many-32-bit-dependencies-for-skype * What's the deal with the "." and ".." in the directories? http://askubuntu.com/questions/696502/whats-the-deal-with-the-and-in-the-directories * Is there any software that blocks [censored] on all browsers that I can install? http://askubuntu.com/questions/695840/is-there-any-software-that-blocks-[censored]-on-all-browsers-that-i-can-install * A timer that automatically locks the screen to take a break away from the computer? http://askubuntu.com/questions/696620/a-timer-that-automatically-locks-the-screen-to-take-a-break-away-from-the-comput * What does grep do? http://askubuntu.com/questions/695766/what-does-grep-do ==== Top Voted New Questions ==== * A timer that automatically locks the screen to take a break away from the computer? http://askubuntu.com/questions/696620/ * Why are there so many 32-bit dependencies for Skype? http://askubuntu.com/questions/697301/ * Is there any software that blocks [censored] on all browsers that I can install? http://askubuntu.com/questions/695840/ * Security risk in everyday use of an admin account (not root)? http://askubuntu.com/questions/696180/ * What's the deal with the "." and ".." in the directories? http://askubuntu.com/questions/696502/ People Contributing the best questions and answers this week: A.B. (http://askubuntu.com/users/367165/a-, cl-netbox (http://askubuntu.com/users/260935/cl-netbox), comrademike (http://askubuntu.com/users/181103/comrademike), nisargshah95 (http://askubuntu.com/users/197228/nisargshah95) and Raphael (http://askubuntu.com/users/119531/raphael) Ask (and answer!) questions at http://askubuntu.com == LoCo Events == The following LoCo team events are currently scheduled in the next two weeks: * UbuCon at FOSSETCON, Florida LoCo Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-us-florida/3208-ubucon-at-fossetcon/ * Sierra Vista Ubuntu Hour date changed due to holiday, Arizona LoCo Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-arizona/3224-sierra-vista-ubuntu-hour-date-changed-due-to-holiday/ * Tempe Ubuntu Hour date change due to holiday, Arizona LoCo Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-arizona/3222-tempe-ubuntu-hour-date-change-due-to-holiday/ * Ubuntu Hour Berkeley, Ubuntu California: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-california/2992-ubuntu-hour-berkeley/ * Az Loco Installfest/Linux and open source workshop, Arizona LoCo Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-arizona/3226-az-loco-installfest/linux-and-open-source-workshop/ * Festa Wily Werewolf - Ubuntu 15.10, Catalan LoCo Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu.cat/3250-festa-wily-werewolf---ubuntu-1510/ * Ubuntu Party Paris 15.10, LoCoTeam ubuntu-fr: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-fr/3244-ubuntu-party-paris-1510/ 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 == === Ubuntu Studio: Want to help making Ubuntu Studio a great OS for creative humans? === The Ubuntu Studio team writes that they need your help! They are asking for help from the community to make Ubuntu Studio a "great OS for creative humans." The post explains that they are all volunteers and outlines some of the ways that new contributors can help make a difference from testing to documentation to packaging and more. https://ubuntustudio.org/2015/11/want-to-help-making-ubuntu-studio-a-great-os-for-creative-humans/ === Launchpad News: Beta test: webhooks === Colin Watson informs us that Launchpad's beta testers team can now test out webhooks for Bazaar branches and Git repositories. He shares that these can be used to set up integration with external sites for various purposes, such as running CI jobs or publishing documentation. http://blog.launchpad.net/general/beta-test-webhooks === Colin King: Firmware Test Suite in active development === Colin King shows us graphs about the amount of Firmware Test Suite patch authors, commits, and lines of C for the last five years. He says: "Kudos to the Canonical Hardware Enablement firmware folk for wrangling the patches and preparing each FWTS release." http://smackerelofopinion.blogspot.com/2015/11/firmware-test-suite-in-active.html === Scarlett Clark: Kubuntu: KDE Applications 15.08.3 Bugfix release is ready for testing! === Scarlett Clark reports that the KDE Applications 15.08.3 bugfix release is ready for testing. The Kubuntu team is asking for help in testing this release for Ubuntu 15.10 (Wily). As always, they advise you not to test on a production machine. http://scarlettgatelyclark.com/2015/kubuntu-kde-applications-15-08-3-bugfix-release-is-ready-for-testing/ == Other Community News == === UDS/UOS Summaries === Nicholas Skaggs informs us that easy to read summaries of the UDS/UOS sessions have been posted to the wiki for safekeeping. He links to the wiki which also includes summaries for a number of previous summits. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-community-team/2015-November/000892.html == Ubuntu Cloud News == * Akanda joins the Charm Partner Programme - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/11/12/akanda-joins-the-charm-partner-programme/ * Juju Charmer Summit: A Kickoff - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/11/13/juju-charmer-summit-a-kickoff/ == In The Blogosphere == === Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with Unity 8 to Run GTK+ Apps Natively === Silviu Stahie of Softpedia shares results from a recent UOS session held by the Ubuntu Desktop Team. He reports that in the future, Unity 8 will be able to run GTK+ apps natively, quoting Ubuntu desktop lead Will Cooke about their work "working on the Mir-GTK backend at the moment so that we can run GTK apps natively on Mir. He's made lots of progress, there are a few blockers and a few bugs, but he continues to get those fixed, and that's looking really good. You'll be able to run GTK apps on Mir on the phone and on the Unity 8 desktop. You can do that already, but it's getting better all the time." http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-16-04-lts-with-unity-8-to-run-gtk-plus-apps-natively-495893.shtml === Will LXD Containers on Ubuntu Revolutionize Open Source Virtualization? === Christopher Tozzi, The VAR Guy, writes that LXC 2.0 has been released by Canonical. He says that according to Mark Shuttleworth, it has revolutionized the container market by providing a lot of various advantages that other containers don't. Christopher explores this assertion in relation to Docker and writes: "So far, the container craze has centered mostly on Docker. But Canonical's effort to develop a different approach to containers could serve it well as enterprise adoption of container-based virtualization accelerates." http://thevarguy.com/open-source-application-software-companies/will-lxd-containers-ubuntu-revolutionize-open-source-virt === BQ Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Edition Launches in Russia on November 17 === Silviu Stahie of Softpedia writes that according to Ubuntu insiders, the BQ Aquaris E5 HD Ubuntu Edition Phone will launch in Russia on November 17, 2015. He says that the price is unknown but it will be different from some other European versions. http://linux.softpedia.com/blog/bq-aquaris-e5-hd-official-launches-in-russia-on-november-17-495982.shtml === Kubuntu Announces New Release Managers === Michael Larabel of Phoronix shares the news that after Jonathan Riddell's resignation from Kubuntu, Philip Muskovac and Scarlett Clark have announced that they will be taking over the Release Manager position. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Kubuntu-New-RMs === Ubuntu Touch OTA-8 Gets Prepared, Lands [This] Week with Convergence Features === Marius Nestor of Softpedia writes that Lukasz Zemczak has written on Share this post Link to post
