Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 368

By lyz | Published: 2014-05-19

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #368 for the week May 12 – 18, 2014, and the full version is available here.

In this issue we cover:

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

  • Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph
  • Paul White
  • Emily Gonyer
  • Penelope Stowe
  • 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 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) End of Life reached on May 16 2014

By José Antonio Rey | Published: 2014-05-17

This is a follow-up to the End of Life warning sent last month to confirm that as of today (May 16, 2014), Ubuntu 12.10 is no longer supported. No more package updates will be accepted to 12.10, and it will be archived to old-releases.ubuntu.com in the coming weeks.

The original End of Life warning follows, with upgrade instructions:

Ubuntu announced its 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) release more than 18 months ago, on October 18, 2012. Since changes to the Ubuntu support cycle mean that Ubuntu 13.04 has reached end of life before Ubuntu 12.10, the support cycle for Ubuntu 12.10 has been extended slightly to overlap with the release of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. This will allow users to move directly from Ubuntu 12.10 to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (via Ubuntu 13.10).

This period of overlap is now coming to a close, and we will be retiring Ubuntu 12.10 on Friday, May 16, 2014. At that time, Ubuntu Security Notices will no longer include information or updated packages for Ubuntu 12.10.

The supported upgrade path from Ubuntu 12.10 is via Ubuntu 13.10, though we highly recommend that once you’ve upgraded to 13.10, you continue to upgrade through to 14.04, as 13.10’s support will end in July.

Instructions and caveats for the upgrade may be found at:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SaucyUpgrades
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/TrustyUpgrades

Ubuntu 13.10 and 14.04 continue to be actively supported with security updates and select high-impact bug fixes. Announcements of security updates for Ubuntu releases are sent to the ubuntu-security-announce mailing list, information about which may be found at:

https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-security-announce

Since its launch in October 2004 Ubuntu has become one of the most highly regarded Linux distributions with millions of users in homes, schools, businesses and governments around the world. Ubuntu is Open Source software, costs nothing to download, and users are free to customize or alter their software in order to meet their needs.

Originally posted to the ubuntu-announce mailing list on Sat May 17 01:37:07 UTC 2014 by Adam Conrad

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 367

By José Antonio Rey | Published: 2014-05-13

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #367 for the week May 5 – 11, 2014, and the full version is available here.

In this issue we cover:

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

  • Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph
  • Paul White
  • Diego Turcios
  • Emily Gonyer
  • Jim Connett
  • Jose Antonio Rey
  • 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 Weekly Newsletter Issue 366

By José Antonio Rey | Published: 2014-05-06

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #366 for the week April 28 – May 4, 2014, and the full version is available here.

In this issue we cover:

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

  • Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph
  • Paul White
  • Emily Gonyer
  • Diego Turcios
  • 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 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) reaches End of Life on May 16 2014

By José Antonio Rey | Published: 2014-05-01

Ubuntu announced its 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) release more than 18 months ago, on October 18, 2012. Since changes to the Ubuntu support cycle mean that Ubuntu 13.04 has reached end of life before Ubuntu 12.10, the support cycle for Ubuntu 12.10 has been extended slightly to overlap with the release of Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. This will allow users to move directly from Ubuntu 12.10 to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (via Ubuntu 13.10).

This period of overlap is now coming to a close, and we will be retiring Ubuntu 12.10 on Friday, May 16, 2014. At that time, Ubuntu Security Notices will no longer include information or updated packages for Ubuntu 12.10.

The supported upgrade path from Ubuntu 12.10 is via Ubuntu 13.10, though we highly recommend that once you’ve upgraded to 13.10, you continue to upgrade through to 14.04, as 13.10’s support will end in July.

Instructions and caveats for the upgrade may be found at:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SaucyUpgrades
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/TrustyUpgrades

Ubuntu 13.10 and 14.04 continue to be actively supported with security updates and select high-impact bug fixes. Announcements of security updates for Ubuntu releases are sent to the ubuntu-security-announce mailing list, information about which may be found at:

https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-security-announce

Since its launch in October 2004 Ubuntu has become one of the most highly regarded Linux distributions with millions of users in homes, schools, businesses and governments around the world. Ubuntu is Open Source software, costs nothing to download, and users are free to customize or alter their software in order to meet their needs.

Originally posted to the ubuntu-announce mailing list on Wed Apr 30 23:55:52 UTC 2014 by Adam Conrad