Author Archives: lyz

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 452

By lyz | Published: 2016-02-02

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #452 for the week January 25 – 31, 2016, and the full version is available here. In this issue we cover: Xenial Xerus 16.04 Alpha 2 now released for select flavors Ubuntu Stats About our Mailing List Ubuntu at SCALE14x LoCo Events Launchpad News: Beta test: […]

Xenial Xerus 16.04 Alpha 2 now released for select flavors

By lyz | Published: 2016-01-29

"Living is no laughing matter: you must live with great seriousness like a squirrel for example – I mean without looking for something beyond and above living, I mean living must be your whole occupation." – Nazim Hikmet The second alpha of the Xenial Xerus (to become 16.04) has now been released! This alpha features […]

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 451

By lyz | Published: 2016-01-26

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #451 for the week January 18 – 24, 2016, and the full version is available here. In this issue we cover: Welcome New Members and Developers Ubuntu Stats Tour of our Wiki Page LoCo Events Serge Hallyn: Cgroups are now handled a bit differently in Xenial […]

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 450

By lyz | Published: 2016-01-19

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #450 for the week January 11 – 17, 2016, and the full version is available here. In this issue we cover: Ubuntu 15.04 (Vivid Vervet) reaches End of Life on February 4, 2016 Ubuntu IRCC Nominations 2016 Announcing the Ubuntu Scopes Showdown 2016! Ubuntu Stats LoCo […]

Ubuntu 15.04 (Vivid Vervet) reaches End of Life on February 4 2016

By lyz | Published: 2016-01-14

Ubuntu announced its 15.04 (Vivid Vervet) release almost 9 months ago, on April 23, 2015. As a non-LTS release, 15.04 has a 9-month month support cycle and, as such, the support period is now nearing its end and Ubuntu 15.04 will reach end of life on Thursday, February 4th. At that time, Ubuntu Security Notices […]