news 28 Posted March 14, 2016 Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 458 for the week March 7 - 13, 2016. == Links to UWN == * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue458 == In This Issue == * Ubuntu Stats * LoCo Events * Council: Ubuntu Membership via Forum contributions * Canonical Design Team: Community Interview: Bartosz Kosiorek * Svetlana Belkin: Up[censored] Ubuntu Wiki Teams Page: Seeking For Correct Information * Kevin DuBois: Mir and Vulkan Demo * Timo Aaltonen: No Catalyst/fglrx video driver in Ubuntu 16.04 * LXD 2.0: Blog post series [0-1/12] * Timo Aaltonen: Xserver 1.18.2, Mesa 11.2.0-rc3 in staging ppa * Snappy 16.04 - we'd like your feedback * ubuntu-doc [desktop] Call for help * Community team weeks 9-10 update * Ubuntu Cloud News * In The Press * In The Blogosphere * 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! == Ubuntu Stats == === Bug Stats === * Open (119618) +135 over last week * Critical (332) -12 over last week * Unconfirmed (58643) +147 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 ==== * Which package is the command 'cd' in? http://askubuntu.com/questions/744709/which-package-is-the-command-cd-in * How to stop the pointer jumping around due the touchpad? http://askubuntu.com/questions/743252/how-to-stop-the-pointer-jumping-around-due-the-touchpad * How to rename these files with regex? http://askubuntu.com/questions/745021/how-to-rename-these-files-with-regex * How do I periodically turn off showing hidden files? http://askubuntu.com/questions/743772/how-do-i-periodically-turn-off-showing-hidden-files * What shell is the closest to C/C++ syntax? http://askubuntu.com/questions/744997/what-shell-is-the-closest-to-c-c-syntax ==== Top Voted New Questions ==== * Which package is the command 'cd' in? http://askubuntu.com/questions/744709/ * /var/crash/ - should I send it? http://askubuntu.com/questions/743028/ * How to prepare a disk on an EFI based PC for Ubuntu? http://askubuntu.com/questions/743095/ * How do I periodically turn off showing hidden files? http://askubuntu.com/questions/743772/ * Custom right-click action in Unity Launcher keeps cursor busy for 20 seconds http://askubuntu.com/questions/744173/ People Contributing the best questions and answers this week: Byte Commander (http://askubuntu.com/users/367990/byte-commander), muru (http://askubuntu.com/users/158442/muru), Oli (http://askubuntu.com/users/449/oli), cl-netbox (http://askubuntu.com/users/260935/cl-netbox) and Luis Alvarado (http://askubuntu.com/users/7035/luis-alvarado) Ask (and answer!) questions at http://askubuntu.com == LoCo Events == The following LoCo team events are currently scheduled in the next two weeks: * Ubuntu Amazonas: Curso Animaciones 3D con Blender, Ubuntu Venezuela Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-ve/3322-ubuntu-amazonas:-curso-animaciones-3d-con-blender/ * Ubuntu Amazonas: Curso Manejador de Base de Datos MySQL, Ubuntu Venezuela Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-ve/3320-ubuntu-amazonas:-curso-manejador-de-base-de-datos-mysql/ * Ubuntu Amazonas: Curso Soporte Tecnico Linux y Redes Cableadas, Ubuntu Venezuela Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-ve/3321-ubuntu-amazonas:-curso-soporte-tecnico-linux-y-redes-cableadas/ * Chemnitzer Linuxtage 2016, German Ubuntu LoCo Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-de-locoteam/3327-chemnitzer-linuxtage-2016/ * ubunu brainstorming 1604, Ubuntu Mauritius: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-mu/3326-ubunu-brainstorming-1604/ * Az Loco Installfest/Linux and open source workshop, Arizona LoCo Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-arizona/3318-az-loco-installfest/linux-and-open-source-workshop/ * Sierra Vista Ubuntu Hour, Arizona LoCo Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-arizona/3313-sierra-vista-ubuntu-hour/ * Ubuntu Hour Tempe Az, Arizona LoCo Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-arizona/3315-ubuntu-hour-tempe-az/ 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 == === Council: Ubuntu Membership via Forum contributions === The Council notes that it's been awhile since a forum member became a Ubuntu member through forum contributions alone, and it was feared this was because of unclear membership instructions. To correct this they explain wiki page has been rewritten, plus a tutorial for 'code of conduct' created. So if you're a forum contributor & would like Ubuntu membership, check out the new wiki & Launchpad page. https://ubuntuforumsorg.wordpress.com/2016/03/07/ubuntu-membership-via-forum-contributions/ === Canonical Design Team: Community Interview: Bartosz Kosiorek === Rae Shambrook of Ubuntu design posts a 'get to know a developer' question & answer session with Bartosz Kosiorek. Bartosz is from Poland and currently working on Ubuntu Clock & Calculator, having started contributing in 2008. http://design.canonical.com/2016/03/community-interview-bartosz-kosiorek/ === Svetlana Belkin: Up[censored] Ubuntu Wiki Teams Page: Seeking For Correct Information === Svetlana Belkin blogs about the "Teams" wiki page on the Ubuntu Community being [partially] incorrect. To correct this Svetlana plans to update the page, but first she is seeking out correct information from each team so as to update team details on the wiki page. http://senseopenness.com/up[censored]-ubuntu-wiki-teams-page-seeking-for-correct-information/ === Kevin DuBois: Mir and Vulkan Demo === Kevin DuBois has been working on "replumbing" Mir's buffer control, with technical lead Cemil working on hooking that API into the Vulkan/MIR WSI. A brief summary of Vulkan is provided, including links to Vulkan pages, wikipedia entries & videos. http://kdubois.net/?p=2056 === Timo Aaltonen: No Catalyst/fglrx video driver in Ubuntu 16.04 === Timo Aaltonen tells us that Catalyst/fglrx has been removed from Xenial [16.04] including of course the reason why. Machines currently using it will be moved to open driver stack and every effort is being made to make this painless. Timo's blog ends with an upgrade-path that may need more thought before the scheduled release of 14.04.5 in August 2016. https://tjaalton.wordpress.com/2016/03/11/no-catalystfglrx-video-driver-in-ubuntu-16-04/ === LXD 2.0: Blog post series [0-1/12] === Stephane Graber's talks about the upcoming final release of LXC, LXD & LXCFS 2.0 and tells us about the work over the last eighteen months that went into the LXD project. It's the start of a blog-post series broken into parts. Part 1 tells us what LXD is, how LXD relates to Docker/Rkt, LXD's main components and more, plus provides links should more information be required. https://www.stgraber.org/2016/03/11/lxd-2-0-blog-post-series-012/ & https://www.stgraber.org/2016/03/11/lxd-2-0-introduction-to-lxd-112/ === Timo Aaltonen: Xserver 1.18.2, Mesa 11.2.0-rc3 in staging ppa === Timo Aaltonen informs the community about the latest Xserver to land in a staging PPA, which will "move to the main repository next week." He invites testing and bug reports to be filed while it's in the PPA, concluding "Happy testing!" https://tjaalton.wordpress.com/2016/03/12/xserver-1-18-2-mesa-11-2-0-rc3-in-staging-ppa/ == Other Community News == === Snappy 16.04 - we'd like your feedback === Daniel Holbach and Didier Roche are looking for feedback about Ubuntu Snappy 16.04. "While the team is still busy getting everything ready, we would like to get your feedback and hear what your experience was like and how you feel about 16.04." https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/snappy-app-devel/2016-March/000632.html === ubuntu-doc [desktop] Call for help === Gunnar Hjalmarsson from the Ubuntu Documentation team asks for help with the documentation for Ubuntu Xenial Xerus (16.04 LTS). "It would be great if a few persons, who read this, could spend a few hours the next 7 days with reviewing the desktop docs, and at first hand identify out of date contents." https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-doc/2016-March/019765.html === Community team weeks 9-10 update === David Planella from the Canonical Community Team gives a summary of the team's progress within the community. There are some updates with the wiki, Snappy, core apps, and much more. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-community-team/2016-March/001124.html == Ubuntu Cloud News == * Juju on the Vanilla framework - http://design.canonical.com/2016/03/juju-on-the-vanilla-framework/ * Juju GUI 2.1.0 released - Now with Juju 2.0 support - http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/03/10/juju-gui-2-1-0-released-now-with-juju-2-0-support/ == In The Press == === System 76 in Denver shows how easy it is to use Ubuntu Linux computers === Tamara Chuang of the Denver Post interviews Emma Marshall of System76 about Ubuntu as an alternative to Windows and the systems that System76 provides. The article goes on to give some tips about getting started with Ubuntu and how to use it to review an older computer. http://www.denverpost.com/ci_29603044/not-just-geeks-linux-user-friendly-version-is === Dell's Ubuntu-powered Precision Sputnik now available worldwide === Gavin Clarke of The Register writes about the new worldwide availability of the Precision Sputnik, "one-time skunkworks Ubuntu developer PC." He covers the basic specs and gives a short background of Project Sputnik, which began in 2012. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/03/11/dell_sputnik_precision_world_wide/ == In The Blogosphere == * Canonical Impresses With Ubuntu Core And Low-Power Mobile Devices - http://www.tomshardware.com/news/canonical-ubuntu-core-convergence-mwc,31359.html * Ubuntu Touch OTA-10 Update to Land in April, Supports the New BQ Ubuntu Tablet - http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-touch-ota-10-update-to-land-in-april-supports-the-new-bq-ubuntu-tablet-501510.shtml * Ubuntu Is Deprecating fglrx (Catalyst) In 16.04 LTS - http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-16.04-Dropping-fglrx * Ubuntu 16.04: Something to Get Excited About - http://www.linux.com/news/software/applications/891689-ubuntu-1604-something-to-get-excited-about/ * Canonical Releases Snapcraft 2.4 Snappy Creator Tool for Ubuntu Snappy Core - http://news.softpedia.com/news/canonical-releases-snapcraft-2-4-snappy-creator-tool-for-ubuntu-snappy-core-501600.shtml * GNOME Devs Want Your Feedback on Network Manager's CLI - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/03/gnome-devs-want-thoughts-network-managers-cli == Featured Audio and Video == === Ubuntu Community Team Q&A - 8th March 2016 === David Planella and Michael Hall host this week's Q&A, with special guest Marius Gripsgard, the author of the Ubuntu phone ports to the OnePlus One, Fairphone 2, and founder of the UBPorts. === Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S09E02 - Crash Test Pumpkin - Ubuntu Podcast === It's Episode Two of Season Nine of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson, Laura Cowen and Martin Wimpress are connected and speaking to your brain. In this week's show: * Martin interviews Ting-Ray Chang, User Experience Researcher at Canonical, about usability testing Ubuntu. * We discuss playing Human Resource Machine and testing out the Raspberry Pi 3. * We share a Command Line Lurve * And more http://ubuntupodcast.org/2016/03/10/s09e02-crash-test-pumpkin/ === Full Circle Weekly News #08 === A short podcast ( Share this post Link to post
