Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 506 for the week of April 24 - 30, 2017.

In This Issue

Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) End of Life reached on April 28, 2017

Ubuntu Stats

Lo Co Events

Alan Pope: April Snapcraft Docs Day

Xubuntu: Xubuntu Quality Assurance team is spreading out

Canonical Design Team: Designing in the open

Kubuntu General News: KDE PIM update now available for Zesty Zapus 17.04

Alan Pope: Open Spades Snap - pew pew

Ubuntu Cloud News

Canonical News

In The Blogosphere

Featured Audio and Video

Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings

Upcoming Meetings and Events

Updates and Security for 14.04, 16.04, 16.10, and 17.04

And much more!

General Community News

Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) End of Life reached on April 28, 2017

Adam Conrad on behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team provides a follow-up End of Life notice to alert users that Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is no longer supported. Information and links on the upgrade path is provided, as well as information about Extended Security Support for the release for Ubuntu Advantage customers.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2017-April/000221.html

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

Open (131392) -24 over last week

Critical (426) -2 over last week

Unconfirmed (65689) +14 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 to tell whether my HDD is IDE or SATA http://askubuntu.com/questions/909507/how-to-tell-whether-my-hdd-is-ide-or-sata

Ubuntu 17.04 - doesn't have a swap partition? http://askubuntu.com/questions/910298/ubuntu-17-04-doesnt-have-a-swap-partition

How to install Docker on Ubuntu 17.04 http://askubuntu.com/questions/909691/how-to-install-docker-on-ubuntu-17-04

Running a directory full of .sh files with one command http://askubuntu.com/questions/910454/running-a-directory-full-of-sh-files-with-one-command

Shell prompt customization and cmd behavior http://askubuntu.com/questions/908679/shell-prompt-customization-and-cmd-behavior

Top Voted New Questions

Ubuntu 17.04 - doesn't have a swap partition? http://askubuntu.com/questions/910298/

Running a directory full of .sh files with one command http://askubuntu.com/questions/910454/

Search with diacritics / accents characters with locate command http://askubuntu.com/questions/908881/

Writing a script to go through directories? http://askubuntu.com/questions/909607/

How can I connect the H1 ZOOM USB microphone to use it on Ubuntu? http://askubuntu.com/questions/908688/

Ask (and answer!) questions at http://askubuntu.com

LoCo Events

The following Lo Co team events are currently scheduled in the next two weeks:

Tempe Ubuntu Hour, Arizona Lo Co Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-arizona/3534-tempe-ubuntu-hour/

Debian/Ubuntu Community Conference - Italia 2017, Ubuntu Italy: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-it/3544-debian/ubuntu-community-conference---italia-2017/

12th Annual West End Fair, Arizona Lo Co Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-arizona/3543-12th-annual-west-end-fair/

AZLOCO Install-fest/Linux Workshop, Arizona Lo Co Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-arizona/3535-azloco-install-fest/linux-workshop/

Looking beyond the next two weeks? Visit the Lo Co Team Portal to browse upcoming events around the world:

http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/

The Planet

Alan Pope: April Snapcraft Docs Day

Alan Pope announces the next Snapcraft Docs Day on April 28th with a “Flavours” theme, encouraging the community to provide Snap feedback specific to different Ubuntu distributions. Links to participate are included in the article.

http://popey.com/blog/posts/april-snapcraft-docs-day.html

Xubuntu: Xubuntu Quality Assurance team is spreading out

The Xubuntu team writes about upcoming changes to the team’s management. They write, “Today, we’re pleased to announce that Dave will be carrying on as a team lead. However, starting with the artfully named Artful Aardvark cycle, we will migrate to a Quality Assurance team with two leads who will be sharing duties during development cycles.” They write about what happened last cycle, and what they would like to come out of these changes.

https://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-quality-assurance-team-spreading-out/

Canonical Design Team: Designing in the open

Canonical Design Team explains their process for integrating design changes in GitHub. By adding a separate “Issue” for a design, the project gains increased transparency of a work in progress and enables feedback from anyone subscribed to the project.

https://design.canonical.com/2017/04/designing-in-the-open/

The Kubuntu Team writes about the availability of the latest KDE PIM stack in PPAs. They write, “As explained in our call for testing post, we missed by a whisker getting updated PIM 16.12.3 (kontact, kmail, akregator, kgpg etc..) into Zesty for release day, and we believe it is important that our users have access to this significant update. Therefore packages for PIM 16.12.3 release are now available in the Kubuntu backports PPAs.” [sic] They give instructions for installing the new packages and how to report any issues.

http://www.kubuntu.org/news/kde-pim-update-now-available-for-zesty-zapus-17-04/

Alan Pope: OpenSpades Snap - pew pew

Alan Pope writes about a game he recently snapped, which operating systems he tested it on, and how to install it. He notes, “I also had to disable EAX (positional audio) because it crashes OpenAL on the i386 builds. Players on AMD64 systems can of course just re-enable this, as it's only the default I set, not permanently off. I might modify this default so it's only disabled on i386 builds in future.” He encourages users to let him know of any issues that may arise.

http://popey.com/blog/posts/openspades-snap-pew-pew.html

Ubuntu Cloud News

OpenStack public cloud, from Stockholm to Dubai and everywhere between - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/04/24/openstack-public-cloud-from-stockholm-to-dubai-and-everywhere-between/

Cloud Chatter: April 2017 - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/04/28/cloud-chatter-april-2017/

Canonical News

Canonical joins EdgeX Foundry to help unify IoT edge computing - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/04/24/canonical-joins-edgex-foundry-to-help-unify-iot-edge-computing/

ROS production: obtaining confined access to the Turtlebot [4/5] - https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/04/27/ros-production-obtaining-confined-access-to-the-turtlebot-45/

Launchpad news, November 2015 - April 2017 - http://blog.launchpad.net/general/launchpad-news-november-2015-april-2017

In The Blogosphere

Canonical's Certified Ubuntu Images Land in Oracle's Bare Metal Cloud Service

Marius Nestor from Softpedia writes about the availability of certified images of Ubuntu on Oracle's Bare Metal Cloud Service. He notes an option available to add Canonical's Ubuntu Advantage Support and Systems Management, “so that they continuously access all the newest security updates Canonical releases for Ubuntu Linux, as well as compliance accreditations and other goodies.” [sic]

http://news.softpedia.com/news/canonical-s-certified-ubuntu-images-land-in-oracle-s-bare-metal-cloud-service-515141.shtml

Canonical Release Snapcraft 2.29 Snap Creator Tool for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS & 17.04

Marius Nestor of Softpedia informs us about the release of Snapcraft 2.29, outlining many of the improvements and fixes, in particular, with the documentation. It's available for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, 16.10, and 17.04, with a link if you would like to read the changelog.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/canonical-releases-snapcraft-2-29-snap-creator-tool-for-ubuntu-16-04-lts-17-04-515195.shtml

Canonical Releases Snapd 2.25 Snappy Daemon for Ubuntu Linux, Here is What's New

Marius Nestor of Softpedia reports that Snapd 2.24 has been released for all supported versions of Ubuntu, as well as a variety of other GNU/Linux distributions. Link to changelog is provided, as well as the GitHub link to the source tarball.

http://linux.softpedia.com/blog/canonical-releases-snapd-2-25-snappy-daemon-for-ubuntu-linux-here-is-what-s-new-515269.shtml

Joey Sneddon of OMG! Ubuntu! writes subsequent to a Canonical release announcing current OTA updates are limited to critical fixes and security updates which will cease after June 2017. Further, Canonical announced that apps can only be purchased up until June 2017 after which they'll have to be free if not removed, and will become static post June until the Ubuntu Store will close at the end of the year. The store closure will also cause pushed-updates through the store to end.

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/04/ubuntu-phone-no-further-updates-truly-dead

Ubuntu 17.10 Won't Ship with Upstart and CGManager As Unity 8 Is Being Dropped

Marius Nestor from Softpedia writes a brief article about Dimitri John Ledkov’s announcement to drop Upstart and CGManager support in Ubuntu 17.10, which packages are affected, and links to Dimitri’s announcement.

http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-17-10-won-t-ship-with-upstart-and-cgmanager-as-unity-8-is-being-dropped-515289.shtml

Featured Audio and Video

Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S10E08 - Rotten Hospitable Statement

“It’s Season Ten Episode Eight of the Ubuntu Podcast! Alan Pope, Mark Johnson, Martin Wimpress and Emma Marshall are connected and speaking to your brain.”

http://ubuntupodcast.org/2017/04/27/s10e08-rotten-hospitable-statement/

Full Circle Weekly News #59

Released on April 29th, the Full Circle Magazine team brings you the 59th issue of Full Circle Weekly News.

Show notes:

Ubuntu 17.10 (Artful Aardvark) Hits the Streets on October 19, with GNOME 3.26 - http://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-17-10-artful-aardvark-hits-the-streets-on-october-19-with-gnome-3-26-515060.shtml

Canonical Shuts Down Support For Ubuntu Phone, Updates Ending In June - https://fossbytes.com/canonical-shuts-down-support-for-ubuntu-phone-updates-ending-in-june/

Hackers uncork experimental Linux-targeting malware - https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/25/linux_malware/

Kali Linux 2017.1 Released With New Features - https://fossbytes.com/kali-linux-2017-1-features-download-torrent-iso/

What Is The Year 2038 Problem In Linux? Will Unix Clocks Fail On Jan. 19, 2038? - https://fossbytes.com/year-2038-problem-linux-unix/

Linux on Android smartphones: Project Halium wants your handset to run Ubuntu, Sailfish - http://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-on-android-smartphones-project-halium-wants-your-handset-to-run-ubuntu-sailfish/

http://fullcirclemagazine.org/podcast/full-circle-weekly-news-59/

Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings

Kernel Team - April 25, 2017 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Newsletter/2017-04-25

Security Team - April 24, 2017 - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MeetingLogs/Security/20170424

Server Team - April 25, 2017 - https://ubottu.com/meetingology/logs/ubuntu-meeting/2017/ubuntu-meeting.2017-04-25-16.01.html

Upcoming Meetings and Events

For upcoming meetings and events please visit the calendars at fridge.ubuntu.com: http://fridge.ubuntu.com/calendars/

[USN-3264-1] Linux kernel vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2017-April/003821.html

[USN-3264-2] Linux kernel (Trusty HWE) vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2017-April/003822.html

[USN-3265-1] Linux kernel vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2017-April/003823.html

[USN-3265-2] Linux kernel (Xenial HWE) vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2017-April/003824.html

[USN-3266-1] Linux kernel vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2017-April/003825.html

[USN-3266-2] Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2017-April/003826.html

[USN-3267-1] Samba vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2017-April/003828.html

[USN-3268-1] QEMU vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2017-April/003827.html

[USN-3269-1] MySQL vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2017-April/003829.html

[USN-3270-1] NSS vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2017-April/003830.html

[USN-3271-1] Libxslt vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2017-April/003831.html

[USN-3272-1] Ghostscript vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2017-April/003832.html

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