news 28 Posted March 1, 2016 Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 456 for the week February 22 - 28, 2016. == Links to UWN == * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue456 == In This Issue == * Xenial Xerus Beta 1 * Mobile World Congress 2016, Day 1, 2, 3, and 4 Recaps * Ubuntu Stats * Lo`Co Events * Canonical Design Team: MWC stand: open for business * Marcos Costales: MWC - Days 1 - 4 * Jonathan Riddell: KDE neon Comes Alive! * Canonical Design Team: Designing for convergence * Riccardo Padovani: A talk about the future of Ubuntu with Mark Shuttleworth * Community team weeks 7-8 update * Ubuntu Cloud News * Ubuntu Phone News * Canonical News * In The Press * MWC 2016: Ubuntu shows off a hybrid handset * MWC 2016: Meizu Pro 5 Ubuntu Edition hands-on review * In The Blogosphere * Full Circle #106 * 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 and 15.10 * And much more! == General Community News == === Xenial Xerus Beta 1 === Flocculant, on behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team, announces the first beta of the Xenial Xerus, which is the upcoming 16.04 LTS release. He informs us of the flavors and versions that have participated in the release: Lubuntu, Ubuntu Cloud, Ubuntu GNOME, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu Studio, and Xubuntu. He goes on to explain where to download the images and suggests that those interested in following the development of the release subscribe to the ubuntu-devel-announce Share this post Link to post