news 28 Posted October 18, 2016 Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 484 for the weeks October 3 - 16, 2016. == Links to UWN == * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue484 == In This Issue == * Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) released * Winners of the Ubuntu 16.10 Free Culture Showcase * Ubuntu Stats * LoCo News * LoCo Events * Kees Cook: security things in Linux v4.8 * Jonathan Riddell: Plasma 5.8 LTS now in KDE neon, Time to Look Again at Comprehensive Features; Gwenview Plugins Install * Valorie Zimmerman: 2016-2017 Season of KDE begins * Canonical Design Team: A week in Vancouver with the Landscape team * Canonical Design Team: Ubuntu Core * Will Cooke: What to do with Unity 8 now * Svetlana Belkin: Goals for Z Cycle And Reflection on Goals from Y Cycle * 10 desktop snaps written in September * Ubuntu Cloud News * Canonical News * In The Blogosphere * Featured Audio and Video * Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings * Updates and Security for 12.04, 14.04, 16.04 and 16.10 * And much more! == General Community News == === Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) released === On behalf of the release team, Adam Conrad announces the release of Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak). He shares that key features of this release include a new 4.8-based kernel and a shift to the GCC 6 compiler. Other features include incremental updates to LibreOffice, Firefox, and many developer tools. Links for downloading the release as well as the flavor releases are provided. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2016-October/000213.html The Ubuntu Insights news site also made an announcement of their own: "Canonical releases Ubuntu 16.10" http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/10/13/canonical-releases-ubuntu-16-10/ And wrote about the Unity 8 developer preview: "Unity 8 preview session in Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak" http://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/10/13/unity-8-preview-session-in-ubuntu-16-10-yakkety-yak/ This release was widely covered, the following is a collection of articles selected by our editors: * Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety Yak Launches Officially with Linux Kernel 4.8, Download Now - http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-16-10-yakkety-yak-launches-officially-with-linux-kernel-4-8-download-now-509263.shtml * Ubuntu 16.10 Released, Ready to Download - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/10/download-ubuntu-16-10-new-features * Ubuntu 16.10 Officially Released - http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-16.10-Released * Ubuntu 16.10: The Linux for the cloud and containers arrives - http://www.zdnet.com/article/ubuntu-16-10-the-linux-for-the-cloud-and-containers-arrives/ * Ubuntu 16.10 ups cloud ante with Kubernetes, OpenStack - http://www.infoworld.com/article/3130822/linux/ubuntu-1610-ups-cloud-ante-with-kubernetes-openstack.html * Canonical Yaks about Ubuntu 16.10 - http://www.serverwatch.com/server-news/canonical-yaks-about-ubuntu-16.10.html * Ubuntu 16.10 launches with a preview of canonical's converged desktop - http://liliputing.com/2016/10/ubuntu-16-10-launches-preview-canonicals-converged-desktop.html === Winners of the Ubuntu 16.10 Free Culture Showcase === With Ubuntu 16.10's release upon us, Nathan Haines tells us about the winning community wallpapers selected from entries in the Ubuntu Free Culture Showcase. He lists the winning images and congratulates the winners who contributed them. http://nhaines.livejournal.com/70537.html == Ubuntu Stats == === Bug Stats === * Open (126503) +466 over the last two weeks * Critical (391) -10 over the last two weeks * Unconfirmed (62471) +251 over the last two weeks 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 are sudo's insults stored? http://askubuntu.com/questions/837558/where-are-sudos-insults-stored * How to make files protected? http://askubuntu.com/questions/835964/how-to-make-files-protected * Problems with "+" in grep http://askubuntu.com/questions/835201/problems-with-in-grep * Command-line snake game? http://askubuntu.com/questions/835990/command-line-snake-game * top (table of processes) package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS [on hold] http://askubuntu.com/questions/836319/top-table-of-processes-package-on-ubuntu-16-04-lts ==== Top Voted New Questions ==== * Where are sudo's insults stored? http://askubuntu.com/questions/837558/ * How to make files protected? http://askubuntu.com/questions/835964/ * Command-line snake game? http://askubuntu.com/questions/835990/ * Why does an Ubuntu Server have graphical.target as the default systemd target? http://askubuntu.com/questions/836525/ * top (table of processes) package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS http://askubuntu.com/questions/836319/ People Contributing the best questions and answers this week: Zanna (http://askubuntu.com/users/527764/zanna), Byte Commander (http://askubuntu.com/users/367990/byte-commander), heemayl (http://askubuntu.com/users/216503/heemayl), WinEunuuchs2Unix (http://askubuntu.com/users/307523/wineunuuchs2unix) and Florian Diesch (http://askubuntu.com/users/2369/florian-diesch) Ask (and answer!) questions at http://askubuntu.com == LoCo News == === LoCo Council 2016 Update === Sujeevan Vijayakumaran updates us on some of the latest news the LoCo Council this year, which include his appointment to the council, availability of Ubuntu 16.04 USB sticks to LoCo teams and an update to the team meeting date and time. http://lococouncil.ubuntu.com/2016/10/03/loco-council-2016-update/ === FOSSCON === Nathan Handler writes about FOSSCON in Philadelphia back in August. He walks readers through his day at the conference and highlights talks by community members Jose Antonio Rey and Elizabeth K. Joseph, along with his own talk. http://nhandler.com/blog/2016/10/07/fosscon.html === Ohio Linux Fest 2016 === The Ohio LinuxFest was attended by several Ubuntu community members. Both Nathan Handler and Svetlana reported this week on talks they attended or gave, the activity at the Ubuntu booth and their general impressions of the conference. * Nathan's report here: http://nhandler.com/blog/2016/10/09/olf.html * Svetlana's report here: http://senseopenness.com/ohio-linux-fest-2016/ === Xenial release party in Tortosa === Rafael Carreras reflects back to the Xenial release party that happened in Tortosa in May. He shares photos from the event, writing that the " Raspberry Pi, Robotics and Open Source Hardware on Ubuntu were both present at the party." He also shares that there were presentations from local vendors offering Ubuntu, http://blogs.fsfe.org/rcarreras/?p=177 === Barcelona SFD 2016 summary === Raphael Carreras provides us with a brief summary of the Software Freedom Day Event in Barcelona, which included talks on free software in libraries, a workshop on 3D printing design and KDE Plasma development. http://blogs.fsfe.org/rcarreras/?p=181 == LoCo Events == The following LoCo team events are currently scheduled in the next two weeks: * Sierra Vista Ubuntu Hour, Arizona LoCo Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-arizona/3429-sierra-vista-ubuntu-hour/ * Tempe Ubuntu Hour, Arizona LoCo Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-arizona/3430-tempe-ubuntu-hour/ 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 == === Kees Cook: security things in Linux v4.8 === Kees Cook writes about the security features found in the Linux 4.8 kernel. These include SLUB freelist ASLR, x86_64 KASLR text base physical/virtual decoupling, x86_64 KASLR memory base offset, x86_64 KASLR with hibernation, gcc plugin infrastructure, hardened usercopy, and seccomp reordered after ptrace. https://outflux.net/blog/archives/2016/10/04/security-things-in-linux-v4-8/ === Jonathan Riddell: Plasma 5.8 LTS now in KDE neon, Time to Look Again at Comprehensive Features; Gwenview Plugins Install === Jonathan Riddell, noting KDE 5.8 LTS has been released, provides a link so you can watch the Plasma 5.8 video with music added by Chris from Linux Action Show. Plasma 5.8 LTS is now available in the User Edition archive if you have KDE neon installed; or you can grab the latest ISO. http://jriddell.org/2016/10/04/plasma-5-8-lts-now-in-kde-neon-time-to-look-again-at-comprehensive-features-gwenview-plugins-install/ === Valorie Zimmerman: 2016-2017 Season of KDE begins === Valorie Zimmerman writes about the 2016-2017 Season of KDE. The Season of KDE is where the more experienced help mentor the less experienced, Share this post Link to post
