news 28 Posted February 28, 2017 Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 500 for the week February 20 - 26, 2017. == Links to UWN == * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue500 == In This Issue == * Welcome to Issue 500 * Words of Thanks * Congratulations Issue 500 Quiz Winners! * Zesty Zapus Beta 1 Released * Ubuntu Stats * UbuCon Summit Comes to Pasadena this Week! * LoCo Events * Simon Raffeiner: Basic management of an Ubuntu Core installation * Harald Sitter: Plasma in a Snap? * Dustin Kirkland: The Questions that You're Afraid to Ask about Containers * Elizabeth K. Joseph: Moving on from the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter * Martin Pitt: systemd 233 about to be released, please help testing * Canonical News * In The Press * In The Blogosphere * Full Circle Magazine #118 * S10E00 - Cool Skillful Title - Ubuntu Podcast * Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings * Upcoming Meetings and Events * Updates and Security for 12.04, 14.04, 16.04 and 16.10 * And much more! == Welcome to Issue 500 == Welcome to issue number 500 of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. We have an action-packed issue for you this week, with the first beta of Zesty Zapus having come out for selected flavors and news about the latest use of Ubuntu core, containers and more. To celebrate this issue, we've also taken time to turn to our community for feedback and opened up to the first contest that had readers hunt down the answers to various questions about the history of the newsletter. I hope you enjoy this issue and take a moment to appreciate the work that went into this issue from our team of contributors: * Paul White * Chris Guiver * Vishnu Narayanan * David Morfin * Jim Connett As well as all the news outlets, blogs, podcasters and more whose commitment to reporting on Ubuntu gives us something to write about each week. Regards, Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Editor, Elizabeth K. Joseph === Words of Thanks === This newsletter is a major source of news for many people in our community. The following is a collection of words from key members of the project and various readers of the newsletter: "Massive congratulations to the UWN team! It's a sign of the enduring passion and commitment in the team and the Ubuntu Community in general that this newsletter has hit its 500th issue. It's a time to celebrate the folks who make UWN happen at every level, whether it's producing the newsletter or doing the work that gets reported in the newsletter. The very first UWN issue celebrated the release of Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, which was the first Long Term Support release of Ubuntu and which laid the groundwork for future LTS releases. How appropriate that UWN has become one of the longest running open source community newsletters as well. Two fine traditions were born that week." - Jane Silber "Ubuntu manages to be both rewarding and exciting thanks to the combined energy and ideas of a very wide and diverse community. Some of us are perfectionists who care about making things work perfectly. Others care about specific experiences or projects. Others about bringing the benefits of free software to the widest possible audience. And still other groups have amazing ideas about the next wave of technology. The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is a great example of contributions that raise the tide for every part of Ubuntu, and represent a unique combination of skill and caring. All of these come together to make Ubuntu, with it's wide array of flavors and enormous selection of packages. I want to thank the teams and the leaders who make that possible." - Mark Shuttleworth "Ubuntu Weekly News has been a staple of the Ubuntu community for longer than I can remember. In fact, very few people in Ubuntu or Canonical have had a longer period of contribution that the newsletter has. The fact that it comes out every week, almost without fail, for 500 issues is a testament to the care, commitment, and passion for its editors and contributors. It stands a shining example of how our vibrant community makes Ubuntu bigger, better and more accessible than any one company or organization could. Many thanks to everybody who has contributed to it over the years, and especially to those who steadfast leadership have kept it going for so long." - Michael Hall "When the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter was started back in 2006, I do not think anyone would have predicted it would still be going strong 500 issues and over a decade later. It has proven itself as an invaluable concise summary of all of the activities going on in the fast moving community. Everyone who has ever contributed to the newsletter has my eternal gratitude, and I am proud to have played a part in helping the newsletter reach this great milestone. Congratulations on reaching issue 500! Now, on towards issue 600." - Nathan Handler "I've been a more-off-than-on editor of the UWN for over three years now. It has been a pleasure being a part of something much larger than any single individual. I'm especially thankful to the leadership and editorial team who've not only welcomed my participation, but have never insisted on my participation. While Ubuntu continues to expand its domain and effectiveness, UWN continues to serve an ever-increasing market as THE news aggregator and central hub for all things Ubuntu. Here's to issue #500 and my best wishes for the next 500 issues!" - Jim Connett "UWN has always been of a great value to our team here at Softpedia, helping us understand the target audience for our Ubuntu news, which we publish every week. It includes essential information about the new security releases and updated released for all supported Ubuntu versions and gives us an insight about what's going on the Ubuntu world with all the latest news and blogs from the best publications. I'd like to personally thank the UWN team for their hard work over the last 11 years because I know how hard it is to put together such as huge newsletter every single week. Happy anniversary and here's to many more Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter issues!" - Marius Nestor, Editor-in-Chief, Softpedia Linux. "Thanks for using Ubuntu and here's to another 500 issues!" - Jorge Castro "Thank you very much for keeping me up to date on Ubuntu and its community all these years." - Mihai "Read it EVERY week. Thanks for your diligence and consistency. It's the BEST way for me to keep informed about what is happening in the community. Thanks again, everyone." - JediJF "I have been using Ubuntu for nearly 10 years now and get a wide range of updates and news about Ubuntu from the Ubuntu Weekly News to keep me in the loop so from me a great big Issue 500. Thanks!" - Andy Bleaden === Congratulations Issue 500 Quiz Winners! === Leading up to the 500th issue contributors Paul White and David Morfin worked to get a quiz to Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter contributors. Paul took the time to come up with ten great questions spanning the entire history of the newsletter. David set up the quiz itself in a Google Form so people could quickly and easily respond to it. And so, we announce the winners of this competition, each of whom will receive a set of Ubuntu News stickers, and some general Ubuntu stickers! These winners all answered a majority of questions correctly. * Liam Gutierrez * cariboo * Andy Bleaden Congratulations! And thanks to all who participated. Details about the quiz we ran can be found here: http://fridge.ubuntu.com/2017/02/03/gearing-up-for-issue-500-with-quotes-and-a-quiz/ == General Community News == === Zesty Zapus Beta 1 Released === Simon Quigley, on behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team, announces the first beta release of Zesty Zapus which will become 17.04. He informs us that the Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu GNOME, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu Studio and Xubuntu flavors have participated in the release and shares links to the download sites where the images can be found. Simon also thanks all the developers and testers who helped in putting together the release. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2017-February/001203.html The release was reported by a number of sites. The following is a selection of articles collected by our editors: * Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" Spins Do Their Beta Release - http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-17.04-Beta-Spins * Ubuntu 17.04 Beta 1 Now Available to Download - http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/02/ubuntu-17-04-beta-1-download * Ubuntu 17.04 Zesty Zapus Beta 1 Flavors Available For Download - http://www.webupd8.org/2017/02/ubuntu-1704-zesty-zapus-beta-1-flavors.html * Ubuntu 17.04 Beta Released with Linux Kernel 4.10, Only for Opt-In Flavors - http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-17-04-beta-released-with-linux-kernel-4-10-only-for-opt-in-flavors-513254.shtml == Ubuntu Stats == === Bug Stats === * Open (129306) +291 over last week * Critical (421) +4 over last week * Unconfirmed (64362) +161 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 ==== * How can I tell whether a package was installed by dpkg or apt? http://askubuntu.com/questions/887149/how-can-i-tell-whether-a-package-was-installed-by-dpkg-or-apt * What is this yellow thing with a pipe? [on hold] http://askubuntu.com/questions/887134/what-is-this-yellow-thing-with-a-pipe * How do I disable the touchpad while typing? http://askubuntu.com/questions/886092/how-do-i-disable-the-touchpad-while-typing * Is it safe to have no `/home` partition? http://askubuntu.com/questions/885732/is-it-safe-to-have-no-home-partition * Searching line by line text between first two matches http://askubuntu.com/questions/885330/searching-line-by-line-text-between-first-two-matches ==== Top Voted New Questions ==== * What is this yellow thing with a pipe? http://askubuntu.com/questions/887134/ * How do I disable the touchpad while typing? http://askubuntu.com/questions/886092/ * How can I tell whether a package was installed by dpkg or apt? http://askubuntu.com/questions/887149/ * Run multiple gui programs from terminal without disowning them http://askubuntu.com/questions/885605/ * How can I automatically hibernate cloud servers? http://askubuntu.com/questions/885703/ Ask (and answer!) questions at http://askubuntu.com == LoCo News == === UbuCon Summit Comes to Pasadena this Week! === Nathan Haines reminds the community about the upcoming UbuCon Summit, writing: "Once again, UbuCon Summit will be hosted by the Southern California Linux Expo in Pasadena, California on March 2nd and 3rd. UbuCon Summit is two days that celebrate Ubuntu and the community, and this year has some excitement in store." He goes on to talk about the keynote from Carl Richell, the CEO and founder of System 76, that they have planned and highlights several talks on the schedule. http://www.nhaines.com/blog/2017/02/26/ubucon-summit-comes-pasadena-week/ == LoCo Events == The following LoCo team events are currently scheduled in the next two weeks: * SCALE 15X and UbuCon Summit, Ubuntu California: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-california/3499-scale-15x-and-ubucon-summit/ * Tempe Ubuntu Hour, Arizona LoCo Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-arizona/3491-tempe-ubuntu-hour/ * AZLOCO Install-fest/Linux Workshop, Arizona LoCo Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-arizona/3492-azloco-install-fest/linux-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 == === Simon Raffeiner: Basic management of an Ubuntu Core installation === Simon Raffeiner follows up his last post of setting up an Ubuntu Core, with basic management of the installation in this post. Simon starts off with missing the familiar apt-get and deb packages and moves on to discuss how to use 'snappy'. Up[censored] the image, finding and installing packages using snap are also covered. http://www.lieberbiber.de/2017/02/22/basic-management-of-an-ubuntu-core-installation/ === Harald Sitter: Plasma in a Snap? === Harald Sitter discusses the process for creating a self-contained Snap bundle for KDE's Plasma desktop workspace. Challenges discussed include relocatability of binaries via a set of code patches, as well as tweaking the confinement system to expose Plasma's services, allowing access to necessary resources. https://apachelog.wordpress.com/2017/02/21/plasma-in-a-snap/ === Dustin Kirkland: The Questions that You're Afraid to Ask about Containers === Dustin Kirkland writes that after his talk at ContainerWorld (Santa Clara, CA) people are still asking which of 'Paas on top of IaaS', or 'Iaas on top of PaaS' is best. He shares that with Ubuntu, any combination works and concludes by providing a link to a PDF of his talk's slides. http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2017/02/the-questions-that-youre-afraid-to-ask.html === Elizabeth K. Joseph: Moving on from the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter === Elizabeth K. Joseph looks back on her time with the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter noting how much it has changed over the years. She informs us that she has been involved with over 280 issues and announces that with issue 500 she is actively looking to scale down her participation due to having other commitments that she wishes to fulfill. Elizabeth tells us that she will largely be focusing her efforts on Xubuntu and shares a link to where further information about contributing to the newsletter can be found. http://princessleia.com/journal/2017/02/moving-on-from-the-ubuntu-weekly-newsletter/ === Martin Pitt: systemd 233 about to be released, please help testing === Martin Pitt calls for testing of the soon to be released systemd 233, which is targeted for the releases after Debian stretch and Ubuntu zesty. This version mounts a new unified cgroup v2 hierarchy in addition to the existing v1 mount. He says that the packages have passed automatic testing but need more thorough testing. https://piware.de/post/2017-02-25-test-systemd-pre-233/ == Canonical News == * An Ubuntu snap-based solution for enterprises to control their data - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/02/22/an-ubuntu-snap-based-solution-for-enterprises-to-control-their-data/ * Why does software-defined everything matter? - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/02/22/why-does-software-defined-everything-matter/ * Webinar: Get Cloud-ready Servers in Minutes with MAAS - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/02/22/webinar-get-cloud-ready-servers-in-minutes/ * MWC17: The future of industrial IoT - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/02/23/mwc17-the-future-of-industrial-iot/ * Technologic Systems Inc. brings Ubuntu Core to the i.MX6 based TS-4900 - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/02/23/technologic-systems-inc-brings-ubuntu-core-to-the-i-mx6-based-ts-4900/ == In The Press == === Ubuntu Touch finds a home on a conflict-free, fair-trade, user-maintainable handset === Alex Campbell of PCWorld reports that handset maker Fairphone and UBports will be showing Ubuntu Touch at the Mobile World Congress which starts on 27th February in Barcelona. He quotes from a press release that says UBports will be showcasing its work at the Canonical booth and share its mission of "Ubuntu On Every device" with the visitors. http://www.pcworld.com/article/3168361/linux/ubuntu-touch-finds-a-home-on-a-conflict-free-fair-trade-user-maintainable-handset.html == In The Blogosphere == === Ubuntu 17.10 to Ship with Nautilus 3.24 File Manager, without Type-Ahead Search === Marius Nestor of Softpedia writes that Ubuntu 17.10 will ship with the Nautilus 3.24 file manager. Sourcing from Jeremy Bicha, Marius tells us that Nautilus 3.24 is part of GNOME 3.24 and should land as soon as Ubuntu 17.10 is open for development. Whilst Nautilus dropped type-ahead years ago, Ubuntu has used a patched version with it enabled but it will dropped unless someone picks it up. http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-17-10-to-ship-with-nautilus-3-24-file-manager-without-type-ahead-search-513211.shtml === Ubuntu 17.04 Will Ship with GNOME 3.24 === Joey Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! informs us that Ubuntu 17.10 will ship with the majority of GNOME 3.24, the latest stable release. Joey goes on to list improvements found in 3.24 including the new Night Light feature. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/02/ubuntu-17-04-include-gnome-3-24 === Ubuntu Core Linux comes to i.MX6-powered IoT-friendly TS-4900 Computer On Module === Brian Fagioli of BetaNews writes that Ubuntu Core coming to TS-4900 CoM based on i.MX6 powered by ARM is a major win, as Canonical's snap packages will work beautifully. Brian concludes that the Ubuntu Core official support makes the TS-4900 even more developer friendly in the IoT space. https://betanews.com/2017/02/23/ubuntu-core-linuxmx6-ts-4900-iot-com/ === Meet the Ubuntu Powered Augmented Reality Helmet === Joey Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! tells us that a Ubuntu powered augmented reality helmet will be on show at Mobile World Congress 2017. Aimed more at augmented reality, Joey gives us a brief explanation of the difference between augmented, virtual and mixed reality-aimed headsets. He notes that it is designed more for work than play and includes a thermal camera more suitable for industrial work. Joey says that the helmet is made by DAQRI with and also provides a basic specification. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/02/ubuntu-augmented-reality-helmet-hololens === Ubuntu-Powered Robots and Augmented Reality Helmets to Be Showcased at MWC 2017 === Marius Nestor of Softpedia informs us that MWC 2017 (Mobile World Congress) takes place February 27-March 2. Canonical will be there displaying Ubuntu mobile OS (Ubuntu Touch) on the Fairphone 2 augmented reality helmets. The Ubuntu-powered DAQRI augmented reality helmet will be on display along with REEM & REEM-C which are interactive five-foot-two androids powered by Ubuntu Core (photos provided). http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-powered-robots-and-augmented-reality-helmets-to-be-showcased-at-mwc-2017-513212.shtml === Turns Out Lubuntu 17.04 Won't Ship with LXQt ISO Images as Initially Planned === Marius Nestor writing for Softpedia tells us that most Ubuntu flavors received their first beta release of 17.04 and notes that Lubuntu still runs LXDE. He says that anyone wanting to run LXQt can do so by installing from the repositories. Lubuntu's Simon Quigley says that lubuntu-qt-desktop should be avoided for now, but LXQt works. Marius shows us some sample screens of LXQt 0.11.1, and shares a number of links from where further information can be found. http://news.softpedia.com/news/turns-out-lubuntu-17-04-won-t-ship-with-lxqt-iso-images-as-initially-planned-513269.shtml === Entroware Launches Ubuntu-Powered Aether Laptop with Intel Kaby Lake CPUs === Marius Nestor of Softpedia tells us about the new Entoware Aether laptop shipping with a choice of i3, i5 or i7 Kaby Lake series CPU. He says that more options are available including SSD choices, RAM or display resolutions, plus the choice of Ubuntu Mate or Ubuntu (both 16.04 or 16.10). Photos and product link are also included in the article. http://news.softpedia.com/news/entroware-launches-ubuntu-powered-aether-laptop-with-intel-kaby-lake-cpus-513291.shtml == In Other News == === Full Circle Magazine #118 === Full Circle - the independent magazine for the Ubuntu Linux community are proud to announce the release of issue one hundred and eighteen. This month: * Command & Conquer * How-To: Python (Arduino), Keep Your Linux Trim, and Program For Ubuntu Touch * Graphics: Inkscape & Kdenlive * ChromeCult: CryptUP * Linux Labs: Digital Video & Rclone * Book Review: Wicked Cool Shell Scripts * Ubuntu Games: Mad Max plus: News, Q&A, and soooo much more. Get it while it's hot! http://fullcirclemagazine.org/issue-118/ == Featured Audio and Video == === S10E00 - Cool Skillful Title - Ubuntu Podcast === It's Season Ten Episode Zero of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson and Martin Wimpress are connected and speaking to your brain. In your face, we're back for season 10! In this pre-season teaser: * We discuss what we've been up to since the end of last year. * We explain some changes to the show format for Season 10. That's all for the season teaser. Episode 1 will be out on March 9th! If there's a topic you'd like us to discuss, or you have any feedback Share this post Link to post
