Category Archives: Planet

Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy Salamander) End of Life reached on July 17 2014

By José Antonio Rey | Published: 2014-07-17

This is a follow-up to the End of Life warning sent last month to confirm that as of today (July 17, 2014), Ubuntu 13.10 is no longer supported. No more package updates will be accepted to 13.10, and it will be archived to old-releases.ubuntu.com in the coming weeks. The original End of Life warning follows, […]

[Proposed] Ubuntu Online Summit dates: 4-6 Nov 2014

By lyz | Published: 2014-07-08

Edit: Due to conflict with another event, these dates are still under discussion, more news and discussion soon about confirmed dates! Edit 2: See this thread on ubuntu-devel-discuss for discussion about summit dates in discussions at the last Online Summit and afterwards it became clear that we need to bring the summit dates closer to […]

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 374

By lyz | Published: 2014-07-08

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #374 for the weeks of June 23 – July 6, 2014, and the full version is available here. In this issue we cover: Ubuntu 14.10 (Utopic Unicorn) alpha-1 released! Ubuntu Stats People Wanted for OLF/UbuCon Talks Making it easier for LoCos to share news/stories FOSSETCON in […]

New Ubuntu Membership Board Members

By lyz | Published: 2014-07-07

Back in April and June the Community Council put out a call to restaff the Ubuntu Membership Board for several open spots on the board. Today I’m happy to announce that the Community Council has appointed (or renewed membership of) the following individuals: For the 1200 UTC time slot: Alan Pope Rick Spencer Marco Ceppi […]

Community Donations Funding Report, Q1 2014

By lyz | Published: 2014-07-02

When users visit the Ubuntu download page from our main website, ubuntu.com, they are given the option to make a donation to show their appreciation and help further the work that goes into making and distributing Ubuntu. Donations ear-marked for “Community projects” made available to members of our community, and events that our members attend. […]