Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 436

By lyz | Published: 2015-09-29

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #436 for the week September 21 – 27, 2015, and the full version is available here.

In this issue we cover:

The issue of The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

  • Paul White
  • Elizabeth K. Joseph
  • Zachary Igielman
  • Ian Nicholson
  • Daniel Beck
  • And many others

If you have a story idea for the Weekly Newsletter, join the Ubuntu News Team mailing list and submit it. Ideas can also be added to the wiki!

Except where otherwise noted, content in this issue is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License BY SA Creative Commons License

Ubuntu 15.10 (Wily Werewolf) Final Beta released

By José Antonio Rey | Published: 2015-09-25

The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the final beta release of Ubuntu 15.10 Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products.

Codenamed “Wily Werewolf”, 15.10 continues Ubuntu’s proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been hard at work through this cycle, introducing new features and fixing bugs.

This beta release includes images from not only the Ubuntu Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products, but also the Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu GNOME, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu Studio, and Xubuntu flavours.

The beta images are known to be reasonably free of showstopper CD build or installer bugs, while representing a very recent snapshot of 15.10 that should be representative of the features intended to ship with the final release expected on October 22nd, 2015.

There is, however, one bug in this beta serious enough that it’s worth calling it out in the release announcement. This bug affects all flavours, and will be fixed before release:

1) Depending on your location, Ubiquity may trigger a ubi-timezone error during install. If you encounter this, the recommended work-around is to install without an active network connection.

Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server, Ubuntu Core, Cloud Images: Wily Final Beta includes updated versions of most of our core set of packages, including a current 4.2.1 kernel, and much more.

To upgrade to Ubuntu 15.10 Final Beta from Ubuntu 15.04, follow these instructions: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WilyUpgrades

The Ubuntu 15.10 Final Beta images can be downloaded at http://releases.ubuntu.com/15.10/ (Ubuntu and Ubuntu Server)

Additional images can be found at the following links:

The full release notes for Ubuntu 15.10 Final Beta can be found at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WilyWerewolf/ReleaseNotes

Kubuntu

Kubuntu is the KDE based flavour of Ubuntu. It uses the Plasma desktop and includes a wide selection of tools from the KDE project.

The Final Beta images can be downloaded at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/15.10/beta-2/

More information on Kubuntu Final Beta can be found here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WilyWerewolf/Beta2/Kubuntu

Lubuntu

Lubuntu is a flavor of Ubuntu that targets to be lighter, less resource hungry and more energy-efficient by using lightweight applications and LXDE, The Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment, as its default GUI.

The Final Beta images can be downloaded at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/15.10/beta-2/

More information on Lubuntu Final Beta can be found here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WilyWerewolf/Beta2/Lubuntu

Ubuntu GNOME

Ubuntu GNOME is a flavor of Ubuntu featuring the GNOME desktop environment.

The Final Beta images can be downloaded at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-gnome/releases/15.10/beta-2/

More information on Ubuntu GNOME Final Beta can be found here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WilyWerewolf/Beta2/UbuntuGNOME

UbuntuKylin

UbuntuKylin is a flavor of Ubuntu that is more suitable for Chinese users.

The Final Beta images can be downloaded at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntukylin/releases/15.10/beta-2/

More information on UbuntuKylin Final Beta can be found here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WilyWerewolf/Beta2/UbuntuKylin

Ubuntu MATE

Ubuntu MATE is a flavor of Ubuntu featuring the MATE desktop environment.

The Final Beta images can be downloaded at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-mate/releases/15.10/beta-2/

More information on UbuntuMATE Final Beta can be found here https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WilyWerewolf/Beta2/UbuntuMATE

Ubuntu Studio

Ubuntu Studio is a flavor of Ubuntu that provides a full range of multimedia content creation applications for each key workflows: audio, graphics, video, photography and publishing.

The Final Beta images can be downloaded at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/15.10/beta-2/

Xubuntu

Xubuntu is a flavor of Ubuntu that comes with Xfce, which is a stable, light and configurable desktop environment.

The Final Beta images can be downloaded at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/15.10/beta-2/

Regular daily images for Ubuntu, and all flavours, can be found at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com



Ubuntu is a full-featured Linux distribution for clients, servers and clouds, with a fast and easy installation and regular releases. A tightly-integrated selection of excellent applications is included, and an incredible variety of add-on software is just a few clicks away.

Professional technical support is available from Canonical Limited and hundreds of other companies around the world. For more information about support, visit http://www.ubuntu.com/support

If you would like to help shape Ubuntu, take a look at the list of ways you can participate at http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate

Your comments, bug reports, patches and suggestions really help us to improve this and future releases of Ubuntu. Instructions can be found at: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs

You can find out more about Ubuntu and about this beta release on our website, IRC channel and wiki.

To sign up for future Ubuntu announcements, please subscribe to Ubuntu’s very low volume announcement list at http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-announce

Originally posted to the ubuntu-announce mailing list by Adam Conrad on Thu Sep 24 23:28:23 UTC 2015

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 435

By lyz | Published: 2015-09-22

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #435 for the week September 14 – 20, 2015, and the full version is available here.

In this issue we cover:

The issue of The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

  • Paul White
  • Elizabeth K. Joseph
  • Zachary Igielman
  • Chris Guiver
  • Daniel Beck
  • And many others

If you have a story idea for the Weekly Newsletter, join the Ubuntu News Team mailing list and submit it. Ideas can also be added to the wiki!

Except where otherwise noted, content in this issue is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License BY SA Creative Commons License

Community Council Call for Nominations

By lyz | Published: 2015-09-16

All 7 elected Community Council member terms expire in November of this year. We are going to have an election to restaff in a few weeks where all Ubuntu Members will be eligible to vote.

We will announce the details of the election soon. What we want from you now is nominations!

If you know somebody in the Ubuntu community, who

  • has been an Ubuntu member for a while
  • is dedicated to the project
  • is well-respected and known for balanced views and good leadership
  • has a good overview over various aspects of the project
  • is organized and has some organization talent

(or you know that this all applies to you), please send an email to the Community Council (community-council at lists.ubuntu.com) with the subject “[CC Nomination]” by Friday, October 16th. If you are nominating someone else, please confirm that the person is willing to stand for election and make note of this in the nomination email.

FAQ

What is the Community Council?

Taken from the ubuntu.com governance page: The social structures and
community processes of Ubuntu are supervised by the Ubuntu Community
Council.

The Community Council and the Technical Board are the two major governing bodies of the Ubuntu project.

What are the responsibilities of the Community Council?

The Community Council is responsible for any changes to documents like the Code of Conduct, are the highest level of arbitration for community disputes, making sure the other boards within the project are properly staffed and running and doing what it can to make sure the Ubuntu community in general is healthy and communication is effective
between teams and organizations.

What is the time commitment?

The Community Council has two meetings per month which members are expected to make as often as they can. We also have internal check-in meetings via Google Hangout two times per month to check in on our todo list and discuss general community health. Much of our work is done on the mailing list which may have 5-20 threads per month that require input from council members. Frequently work items come from these threads, whether it be review and improvement of community documents, dispute resolution or review and restaffing of the other boards within the project. It’s hard to put a number on time, it really depends on the threads (some require more discussion and input than others, some months are busier) and your own workflow.

Please feel free to email the Community Council (community-council at lists.ubuntu.com) or reach out to any of the current sitting members if you have any questions about the Community Council or this process.

Originally posted to the community-announce mailing list on Wed Sep 16 19:23:50 UTC 2015 by Michael Hall

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 434

By José Antonio Rey | Published: 2015-09-15

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #434 for the week September 7 – 13, 2015, and the full version is available here.

In this issue we cover:

The issue of The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

  • Paul White
  • Elizabeth K. Joseph
  • Cristian Biru
  • Ian Nicholson
  • Daniel Beck
  • And many others

If you have a story idea for the Weekly Newsletter, join the Ubuntu News Team mailing list and submit it. Ideas can also be added to the wiki!

Except where otherwise noted, content in this issue is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License BY SA Creative Commons License