Category Archives: Planet

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 507

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #507 for the weeks May 1-15, 2017, and the full version is available here. In this issue we cover: Mark Shuttleworth, Canonical – OpenStack Summit 2017 Ubuntu Stats LoCo Events Kubuntu: 17.10 Wallpaper Contest! Call for artists Valorie Zimmerman: Google Summer of Code students are announced […]

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 506

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #506 for the week of April 24 – 30, 2017, and the full version is available here. In this issue we cover: Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) End of Life reached on April 28, 2017 Ubuntu Stats LoCo Events Alan Pope: April Snapcraft Docs Day Xubuntu: Xubuntu […]

Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) End of Life reached on April 28, 2017

This is a follow-up to the End of Life warning sent last month to confirm that as of today (April 28, 2017), Ubuntu 12.04 is no longer generally supported. No more package updates will be accepted to the 12.04 primary archive, and it will be copied for archival to old-releases.ubuntu.com in the coming weeks. However, […]

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 505

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #505 for the weeks April 10 – 23, 2017, and the full version is available here. In this issue we cover: Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus) released A new vantage point Ubuntu Membership Board call for nominations Welcome New Members and Developers Ubuntu Stats LoCo Events Alan […]

Ubuntu Membership Board call for nominations

As you may know, Ubuntu Membership is a recognition of significant and sustained contribution to Ubuntu and the Ubuntu community. To this end, the Community Council recruits from our current member community for the valuable role of reviewing and evaluating the contributions of potential members to bring them on board or assist with having them […]