Category Archives: Planet

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

By lyz | Published: 2016-02-05

This is a follow-up to the End of Life warning sent last month to confirm that as of today (February 4, 2016), Ubuntu 15.04 is no longer supported. No more package updates will be accepted to 15.04, and it will be archived to old-releases.ubuntu.com in the coming weeks. The original End of Life warning follows, […]

Ubuntu Online Summit: 3-5 May 2016

By lyz | Published: 2016-02-03

[T]he next Ubuntu Online Summit is going to be from 3rd – 5th May 2016, which is going to two weeks after 16.04 release. Summit and related pages will be updated in due time. Originally posted to the community-announce mailing list on Wed Feb 3 10:07:47 UTC 2016 by Daniel Holbach

Vacant Developer Membership Board seats: Call for nominations

By lyz | Published: 2016-02-02

I regret to inform you that Iain Lane has expressed his wish to resign from the Developer Membership Board, after more than five years of service. The board and the Ubuntu developer community would like to thank Laney for all the hard work he has put into the Developer Membership Board. We are especially grateful […]

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 […]