Announcing the Ubuntu Billboard Photo Contest

By David Planella | Published: 2013-05-13

In cooperation with Dell, we’re thrilled to announce the Ubuntu Billboard Photo Contest in Russia and Ukraine. From today on, and until the end of May, you can participate in this challenge to submit pictures of one or more of the billboards with Dell and Ubuntu adverts spread across 6 major cities in Russia and Ukraine. You can win exciting prizes, including a Dell laptop with Ubuntu preinstalled.

The prizes

The lucky winners will be taking home one of these succulent prizes:

1st Prize 2nd Prize 3rd Prize
Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook Laptop, Developer Edition Bundle of articles from the Ubuntu Store: including an Ubuntu Messenger Bag, an Ubuntu Neoprene Laptop Sleeve, and a Circle of Friends T-Shirt 100GB Ubuntu One storage + Music streaming for a year

The rules

  1. Term: 3 weeks , from the 13th of May to the 2nd of June
  2. Judging Criteria:
    • Quality (40%) – e.g. is the photographic quality good? Is the picture available at high resolutions?
    • Creativity (40%) – e.g. is the content original, creative?
    • Number of views (20%) – i.e. how popular is the content?

Each participant can submit up to 3 pictures according to the topic: “Ubuntu Billboards in Russia and Ukraine” and featuring at least one such billboard. Each picture must provide location metadata to pinpoint it to one of the major cities in each country where billboards are being displayed.

Pictures can be altered digitally with editing tools, but no logos, brand names or trademarks are allowed. Pictures must be submitted under a CC-BY-SA 3.0 license and their content must be suitable for general audiences, respecting the Ubuntu Code of Conduct.

How to participate

Taking part in the contest is easy:

  1. Find a billboard near you. The cities in Russia are Chelyabinsk, Novosibirsk and Izhevsk; the cities in Ukraine are Kiev, Lvov, and Dnepropetrovsk. Russian billboard samples >
  2. Take an awesome picture or more!. If you wish, edit it digitally. Remember to keep the geolocation data in the picture
  3. Upload your pictures to Flickr. You might need to create an account there if you don’t have one already.
  4. Go to the Ubuntu Billboards group in Flickr, and join it
  5. Add your pictures to the Ubuntu Billboards group in Flickr. Remember there is a maximum of 3 pictures per participant.
  6. Promote your work! Show off your cool Ubuntu pictures in the social networks

If you’ve got any question related to the contest, feel free to use the comments on this announcement or start a thread in the group’s discussion.

Looking forward to seeing more of those Ubuntu billboards in the wild!

Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) End of Life reached on May 9, 2013

By akgraner | Published: 2013-05-10

This is a follow-up to the End of Life warning sent last month to
confirm that as of today (May 9, 2013), Ubuntu 11.10 is no longer
supported. No more package updates will be accepted to 11.10, 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 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) release almost 18 months
ago, on October 13, 2011. As with the earlier releases, Ubuntu
committed to ongoing security and critical fixes for a period of 18
months. The support period is now nearing its end and Ubuntu 11.10
will reach end of life on Thursday, May 9th. At that time, Ubuntu
Security Notices will no longer include information or updated
packages for Ubuntu 11.10.

The supported upgrade path from Ubuntu 11.10 is via Ubuntu 12.04.
Instructions and caveats for the upgrade may be found at
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PreciseUpgrades. Ubuntu 12.04
continues to be actively supported with security updates and
select high-impact bug fixes. All announcements of official 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
customise or alter their software in order to meet their needs.

On behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team,

Adam Conrad

Originally posted on the ubuntu-announce mailing list on Thu May 9 20:06:34 UTC 2013.

Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) Desktop End of Life reached on May 9, 2013

By akgraner | Published: 2013-05-10

This is a follow-up to the End of Life warning sent last month to
confirm that as of today (May 9, 2013), Ubuntu 10.04 Desktop is no
longer supported. This announcement is for the desktop product only,
Ubuntu 10.04 Server is still supported for another two years.

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

Ubuntu announced its 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) release almost 3 years ago,
on April 29, 2010. As with the earlier LTS releases, Ubuntu committed
to ongoing security and critical fixes for a period of 3 years on the
desktop. The support period is now nearing its end and Ubuntu 10.04
Desktop will reach end of life on Thursday, May 9th. At that time,
Ubuntu Security Notices will no longer include information or updated
packages for Ubuntu 10.04 Desktop. Ubuntu 10.04 Server continues to
be supported for another 2 years.

The supported upgrade path from Ubuntu 10.04 is via Ubuntu 12.04.
Instructions and caveats for the upgrade may be found at
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PreciseUpgrades. Ubuntu 12.04
continues to be actively supported with security updates and
select high-impact bug fixes. All announcements of official 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
customise or alter their software in order to meet their needs.

On behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team,

Adam Conrad

Originally posted on the ubuntu-announce mailing list on Thu May 9 20:03:39 UTC 2013

Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) End of Life reached on May 9, 2013

By akgraner | Published: 2013-05-10

This is a follow-up to the End of Life warning sent last month to
confirm that as of today (May 9, 2013), Ubuntu 8.04 is no longer
supported. No more package updates will be accepted to 8.04, 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 8.04 (Hardy Heron) release almost 5 years ago,
on April 24, 2008. As with the earlier LTS releases, Ubuntu committed
to ongoing security and critical fixes for a period of 5 years. The
support period is now nearing its end and Ubuntu 8.04 will reach end
of life on Thursday, May 9th. At that time, Ubuntu Security Notices
will no longer include information or updated packages for Ubuntu 8.04.

The supported upgrade path from Ubuntu 8.04 is via Ubuntu 10.04.
Users are encouraged to evaluate and upgrade to our latest 12.04 LTS
release via 10.04. Instructions and caveats for the upgrades may be
found at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LucidUpgrades and
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PreciseUpgrades. Ubuntu 10.04 and
12.04 continue to be actively supported with security updates and
select high-impact bug fixes. All announcements of official 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
customise or alter their software in order to meet their needs.

On behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team,

Adam Conrad

Originally posted on the ubuntu-announce mailing list on Thu May 9 20:05:04 UTC 2013

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 315

By José Antonio Rey | Published: 2013-05-06

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #315 for the week April 29 – May 5, 2013, and the full version is available here.

In this issue we cover:

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

  • Amber Graner
  • Jose Antonio Rey
  • Tiago Carrondo
  • Mathias Hellsten
  • 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