news 28 Posted December 15, 2015 Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 446 for the week December 7 - 13, 2015. == Links to UWN == * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue446 == In This Issue == * Google Code-In 2015: Student registration now open! * Ubuntu Stats * LoCo Events * Lubuntu Blog: FileZilla Box theme * Canonical Design Team: Helsinki SDK sprint * Jono Bacon: Why You Should Go To UbuCon in Los Angeles in January * Online searches in the dash to be off by default. * Community team weeks 49+50 update * Juju Charmer Summit: Charm Evolution * New uNav 0.35: Sharing Ubuntu everywhere * Canonical News * In The Blogosphere * Other Articles of Interest * 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 == === Google Code-In 2015: Student registration now open! === Jose Antonio Rey announces Ubuntu's participation in Google Code-In 2015, which is an annual open source competition hosted by Google. He writes that students 13-17 years of age can register, and compete against others to complete various tasks created by mentors. The contest will run until January 25, 2016. http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2015/12/07/google-code-in-2015-student-registration-now-open/ == Ubuntu Stats == === Bug Stats === * Open (121053) +50 over last week * Critical (297) +21 over last week * Unconfirmed (60396) +160 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 ==== * Where should I keep my personal files while keeping the pathname short? http://askubuntu.com/questions/707688/where-should-i-keep-my-personal-files-while-keeping-the-pathname-short * How to escape "." with sed or grep? http://askubuntu.com/questions/708417/how-to-escape-with-sed-or-grep * How to tell which processes are uploading and downloading data (and how much)? [closed] http://askubuntu.com/questions/706928/how-to-tell-which-processes-are-uploading-and-downloading-data-and-how-much * Piping Terminal command to Gedit for further editing [on hold] http://askubuntu.com/questions/708121/piping-terminal-command-to-gedit-for-further-editing * Merge files using a common column http://askubuntu.com/questions/707843/merge-files-using-a-common-column ==== Top Voted New Questions ==== * Where should I keep my personal files while keeping the pathname short? http://askubuntu.com/questions/707688/ * How to tell which processes are uploading and downloading data (and how much)? http://askubuntu.com/questions/706928/ * What are those 'x xx' in 'ls -l' command http://askubuntu.com/questions/708170/ * Daily Ubuntu base update http://askubuntu.com/questions/707179/ * How to debug an unmet dependencies problem? http://askubuntu.com/questions/707333/ People Contributing the best questions and answers this week: cl-netbox (http://askubuntu.com/users/260935/cl-netbox), Alex (http://askubuntu.com/users/400278/alex), oldfred (http://askubuntu.com/users/126395/oldfred), kos (http://askubuntu.com/users/380067/kos) and user283885 (http://askubuntu.com/users/283885/user283885) Ask (and answer!) questions at http://askubuntu.com == LoCo Events == The following LoCo team events are currently scheduled in the next two weeks: * Almuerzo Ubuntero - El Tigre, Anz - Diciembre 2015, Ubuntu Venezuela Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-ve/3278-almuerzo--ubuntero---el-tigre,-anz----diciembre-2015/ * Ubuntu & Beer, Ubuntu Spain: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-es/3277-ubuntu-&-beer/ * Encontro Ubuntu-pt ( -at -) Sintra, Ubuntu Portugal: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-pt/3279-encontro-ubuntu-pt- ( -at -) -sintra/ * Sierra Vista Ubuntu Hour date changed due to holiday, Arizona LoCo Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-arizona/3272-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/3269-tempe-ubuntu-hour-date-change-due-to-holiday/ * Introduction to Ubuntu, Ubuntu Myanmar LoCo Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-mm/3275-introduction-to-ubuntu/ * Az Loco Installfest/Linux and open source workshop, Arizona LoCo Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-arizona/3266-az-loco-installfest/linux-and-open-source-workshop/ 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 == === Lubuntu Blog: FileZilla Box theme === Rafael Laguna writes that Box is the default theme (icons, controls, backgrounds..) for Lubuntu, but some applications don't follow XDG specs for their buttons and graphics. Rafael feels FileZilla is a must-have app so he writes how to use his Lubuntu matching theme. http://lubuntu.me/filezilla-box-theme/ === Canonical Design Team: Helsinki SDK sprint === Femma looks back at the Helsinki SDK Sprint which aimed to have designers and engineers work together on tools and components. She lists what was achieved during the course of the week, and writes: "We left with a sense of accomplishment and camaraderie." http://design.canonical.com/2015/12/helsinki-sdk-sprint/ === Jono Bacon: Why You Should Go To UbuCon in Los Angeles in January === Jono Bacon tells us why 21st-22nd January are important dates: it's when the UbuCon Summit happens, in Pasadena California. He shares that it's an event aimed at users, developers, artists, educators, business people and more with a goal to share ideas, have fun with Ubuntu and build relationships. Jono lists many speakers, highlighting that networking and the social side is the most valuable, and also that entrance is free. http://www.jonobacon.org/2015/12/11/why-you-should-go-to-ubucon-in-los-angeles-in-january/ == Other Community News == === Online searches in the dash to be off by default. === Will Cooke reminds us that Unity 7 scopes, which were introduced with 12.10, added results from online searches to the dash home screen. He says that in Unity 8 the scopes concept has evolved; this 'evolution' cannot be added to Unity 7 so the decision has been made to gracefully retire some aspects of the online search features in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. http://www.whizzy.org/2015/12/online-searches-in-the-dash-to-be-off-by-default/ === Community team weeks 49+50 update === David Planella highlights some of the achievements of Ubuntu Community Team members (both Canonical and others) over weeks 49 and 50. The details include highlights of weeks 47 and 48 which were previously unreleased. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-community-team/2015-December/000943.html Plus an addendum from Nicholas Skaggs about QA and Core Apps: Nicholas Skaggs provides some additional details on Quality & Core Apps which were missing from the Community team weeks "49+50" update. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-community-team/2015-December/000945.html == Ubuntu Cloud News == === Juju Charmer Summit: Charm Evolution === James Donner embeds a short video in his post which illustrates the Charm release process, the OpenStack support timeline, the anatomy of a Juju Charm bundle, and how charms can evolves with OpenStack and Ubuntu. James also links to a YouTube channel which contains further videos about Juju. http://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/12/09/juju-charmer-summit-charm-evolution/ == Ubuntu Phone News == === New uNav 0.35: Sharing Ubuntu everywhere === Marcos Costales shows us how to share our location with others using an Ubuntu phone which is using version 0.35 of uNav. He shares several screenshots of the app and links to the store from where the app can be downloaded. http://thinkonbytes.blogspot.com/2015/12/new-unav-035-sharing-ubuntu-everywhere.html == Canonical News == === UAVIA unveils first 100% remotely controlled drones; powered by Ubuntu === Thibaut Rouffineau writes about UAVIA's first 100% remotely controlled drones, which are powered by Ubuntu. Thibaut says, "Drones are currently complex to handle as the operator has to physically move to the site of interest to perform an inspection." This makes this easier by allowing for remote control of the drones. http://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/12/08/uavia-unveils-first-100-remotely-controlled-drones-powered-by-ubuntu/ === Using bcache for performance gains on the Launchpad Database Servers === Tom Haddon shares some changes to Launchpad using bcache that have increased the performance of their datastores. He goes into an overview of their configuration and how it was deployed. http://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/12/10/using-bcache-for-performance-gains-on-the-launchpad-database-servers/ == In The Blogosphere == === Ubuntu Touch OTA-8.5 to Land Early Next Week, OTA-9 Gets a Huge Unity 8 Update === Marius Nestor, writing for Softpedia, shares the news that the Ubuntu Touch developers will shortly release an OTA-8.5 hotfix update, and that OTA-9 should arrive on January 20, 2016. He describes OTA-9 as being a big Unity 8 update with lots of convergence features, and adds that some missing language packs have been added. http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-touch-ota-8-5-to-land-early-next-week-ota-9-gets-a-huge-unity-8-update-497501.shtml === Ubuntu Touch LibreOffice DocViewer Released, UbuCon Summit Preparations Continue === Marius Nestor of Softpedia reviews the latest Community Team summary by David Planella in which he highlights Google Code In, the new Ubuntu Touch app features/bug fixes, and Snappy. http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-touch-libreoffice-docviewer-released-ubucon-summit-preparations-continue-497505.shtml == Other Articles of Interest == * On a mission to make Linux as accessible as possible - https://opensource.com/life/15/12/my-linux-story-kendell-clark == Featured Audio and Video == === Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S08E40 - Kartoffelsalat - Ubuntu Podcast === It's Episode Forty of Season Eight of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson, Nick B and Martin Wimpress are connected and speaking to your brain. In this week's show we are joined by guest presenter Nick B from #systemau podcast. * We chat about gardening, automating Ubuntu Touch testing, accidentally dding over an external USB backup disk and being inspired by a talk Stuart Langridge gave a OggCamp 2015 and creating a general purpose tool for encoding and publishing podcast content and assets. * We have some interviews from OggCamp with Enroware and ragworm. * We have some links to video, podcasts and blogs that summarise what went on at OggCamp 2015. * What I learned at OggCamp 2015 - A summary from a first time OggCamper * The Tech Shed Podcast Episode 04, The Oggcamp Hangover Special *We go over your feedback. Share this post Link to post
