Category Archives: Planet

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 […]

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 449

By lyz | Published: 2016-01-11

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #449 for the week January 4 – 10, 2016, and the full version is available here. In this issue we cover: Xenial Xerus Alpha 1 released! Call for nominations for the Technical Board Welcome New Members and Developers Ubuntu Stats Bad Voltage Live in Los Angeles: […]

Call for nominations for the Technical Board

By lyz | Published: 2016-01-06

The current 2-year term of the Technical Board is over, and it’s time for electing a new one. For the next two weeks (until January 19) we are collecting nominations, then our SABDFL will shortlist the candidates and confirm their candidacy with them, and finally the shortlist will be put to a vote by ~ubuntu-dev. […]

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 448

By lyz | Published: 2016-01-05

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #448 for the weeks of December 21, 2015 – January 3, 2016, and the full version is available here. In this issue we cover: Mourning the loss of Debian founder Ian Murdock UbuCon Summit Ubuntu Stats VII Central America Free Software Summit LoCo Events Ian Weisser: […]

Xenial Xerus Alpha 1 released!

By lyz | Published: 2016-01-04

"You can’t be friends with a squirrel! A squirrel is just a rat with a cuter outfit." – Sarah Jessica Parker Our own squirrel, Xenial Xerus (to become 16.04 LTS), should be much better than your average rat. You can see for yourself, as Alpha 1 has now been released! This alpha features images for […]