news 28 Posted May 5, 2015 Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 415 for the week April 27 - May 3, 2015. == Links to UWN == * Wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue415 == In This Issue == * Ubuntu Online Summit * Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) End of Life reached on April 30, 2015 * Welcome New Members and Developers * Ubuntu Stats * LoCo Events * Kubuntu: Plasma 5.3 * Daniel Holbach: Ubuntu 15.04 is changing the game * Xubuntu: Xubuntu 12.04 End of Life * Ubuntu App Developer Blog: Internationalizing your QML app * Jonathan Riddell: Plasma 5.4 Kicked Off * Daniel Holbach: Shaping Ubuntu Snappy * Michael Hall: Corrections to community donations reports * Ubuntu Studio: Precise and linux-lowlatency-3.2 EOL * Ubuntu Cloud News * Neutron, 0mq and Git deployment - Ubuntu OpenStack 15.04 Charm Release * Getting started with LXD - the container lightervisor * Is Ubuntu moving away from .deb packages? Here is the complete story * Ubuntu 15.10 Plans Being Discussed Next Week * Here's what's new in 7 Ubuntu 15.04 offshoot 'flavors,' from Kubuntu to Ubuntu MATE * Featured Audio and Video * Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings * Upcoming Meetings and Events * Updates and Security for 12.04, 14.04, 14.10 and 15.04 * And much more! == General Community News == === Ubuntu Online Summit === Amrisha reminds us that the next Ubuntu Online Summit [uOS] takes place between 5th and 7th May with "Three days of sessions for developers, designers, advocates, users and all members of our diverse community." She gives us an overview of the tracks, and previews some of the highlights which include a pre-UOS keynote by Mark Shuttleworth and a Q+A session with Canonical's CEO, Jane Silber. Amrisha says: "This is going to be perhaps one of the most important summits in recent times. After a successful launch of the phone, followed by the exciting announcement and delivery of snappy Ubuntu Core, Ubuntu is entering a new era." https://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/05/01/ubuntu-online-summit/ === Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) End of Life reached on April 30, 2015 === Adam Conrad, on behalf on the Ubuntu Release Team, follows up on an earlier End of Life warning to advise that Ubuntu 10.04 is no longer supported, that no more package updates will be accepted, and that it will be archived to old-releases.ubuntu.com in the coming weeks. He informs us of the supported upgrade path, links to the instructions and caveats for upgrades, and encourages users to evaluate the latest 14.04 LTS. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2015-April/002931.html === Welcome New Members and Developers === David Pires of the Ubuntu Council announces that Ubuntu Membership was granted to sammiev. * Forum ID: http://ubuntuorg/member.php?u=628319 * Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/~litle-sam * Wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/sammiev https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-news-team/2015-May/002210.html == Ubuntu Stats == === Bug Stats === * Open (118033) -1238 over last week * Critical (269) +1 over last week * Unconfirmed (58973) -874 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 ==== * Maximum time for which a Linux PC can be UP? [on hold] http://askubuntu.com/questions/615790/maximum-time-for-which-a-linux-pc-can-be-up * How to install Visual Studio Code on Ubuntu? http://askubuntu.com/questions/616075/how-to-install-visual-studio-code-on-ubuntu * What does sudo apt-get install curl command do? Why does it require the password? [on hold] http://askubuntu.com/questions/616227/what-does-sudo-apt-get-install-curl-command-do-why-does-it-require-the-password * How can I delete text that is NOT in quotes or parentheses? http://askubuntu.com/questions/616991/how-can-i-delete-text-that-is-not-in-quotes-or-parentheses * How does Ubuntu know the make and model of my laptop? http://askubuntu.com/questions/616484/how-does-ubuntu-know-the-make-and-model-of-my-laptop ==== Top Voted New Questions ==== * How does Ubuntu know the make and model of my laptop? http://askubuntu.com/questions/616484/ * How to install Visual Studio Code on Ubuntu? http://askubuntu.com/questions/616075/ * Maximum time for which a Linux PC can be UP? http://askubuntu.com/questions/615790/ * How can I merge files on a line by line basis? http://askubuntu.com/questions/616166/ * What does sudo apt-get install curl command do? Why does it require the password? http://askubuntu.com/questions/616227/ People Contributing the best questions and answers this week: A.B. (http://askubuntu.com/users/367165/a-, egmont (http://askubuntu.com/users/398785/egmont), pbhj (http://askubuntu.com/users/29073/pbhj), Ron (http://askubuntu.com/users/402004/ron) and Rinzwind (http://askubuntu.com/users/15811/rinzwind) Ask (and answer!) questions at http://askubuntu.com == LoCo Events == Want to learn whether there is an event upcoming in your area? Visit the LoCo Team Portal to browse upcoming events around the world: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ == The Planet == === Kubuntu Wire: Swapnil Bhartiya Finds a Totally Different Kubuntu === Swapnil Bhartiya writing for Linux.com, tells us that since 14.04, Kubuntu has been getting better and better with each release. He goes on to say that Kubuntu offers a vanilla KDE experience with little to no patches. http://wire.kubuntu.org/?p=311 === Kubuntu: Plasma 5.3 === The Kubuntu Team announces that the new version of Plasma 5, 5.3 is packaged and is ready to go for Kubuntu 15.04. They advise that to get the update the backport PPA needs to be added. The Team also advise where bugs should be reported to. http://www.kubuntu.org/news/plasma-5.3 === Daniel Holbach: Ubuntu 15.04 is changing the game === Daniel Holbach writes about the excitement around the 15.04 release with regard to Ubuntu Core, saying: "It has been brilliant to watch Share this post Link to post
