Ubuntu-news-team Digest, Vol 95, Issue 10

Fri Mar 18 23:59:09 UTC 2016

Hi Rick,

Thanks for letting us know, we collected the following from the Ubuntu
Planet and will be including them in the newsletter:

=== Kubuntu: A Big Blue Button & Kubuntu Party 2 ===

http://www.kubuntu.org/news/a-big-blue-button/ &
http://www.kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-part-2/

On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 2:19 PM, Rick Timmis <rick.timmis at abazander.com> wrote:
> Hello lovely news team :-D
>
> Kubuntu are going to run another party, such was the fun of the last one.
>
> http://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-part-2/
>
> Friends it was such fun, we are going to DARE to do it again !
>
> If you’re behind the curve on Kubuntu party then this previous post will
> fill in the gaps.
>
> Friday 15th April 20:00 UTC, we will !be dressing up in party frocks and
> pressing the “Big Blue Button” to teleport into (K)Ubuntu party land. I have
> deliberately broken out the K, to directly express our intent that the
> Kubuntu community team welcome and indeed, openly invite the Ubuntu
> community to come along and join us.
>
> The event will be an on-line party; Held on our video conferencing server,
> which the folks at http://bigbluebutton.org provided for us.
>
> What you will need
>
> PC / Laptop and Internet connection – required
> Speakers / headphones – required
> Microphone – optional
> Webcam – optional
> preferred snacks – optional
> preferred beverage – optional
>
> The conference suite provides IRC style chat, Voice and Video conferencing,
> and you can choose to join as many or as few of those mediums as you wish.
> There will be presentations, and screen shared live demo’s, with the main
> theme being Packaging.
>
> Look forward to seeing you there
>
> Rick Timmis
>
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>    1. Ubuntu Kernel Team - Weekly Newsletter, 2016-03-15
>       (Joseph Salisbury)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2016 19:19:20 -0400
> From: Joseph Salisbury <joseph.salisbury at canonical.com>
> To: ubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com, Ubuntu Kernel Team Core ML
> 	<core-canonical-kernel-team at lists.canonical.com>, Submit and discuss
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> Subject: Ubuntu Kernel Team - Weekly Newsletter, 2016-03-15
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> Hello,
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> The Ubuntu Kernel Team has published this weeks newsletter.
>
> The Newsletter is published weekly.  It contains highlights from the
> week, announcements regarding the development and stable kernels, as
> well as any other news the Kernel Team may have.
>
> This weeks newsletter is pasted in this email below.
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> The Ubuntu Kernel Team
>
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>
> Tues Mar 15, 2016
> Introduction
>
> This newsletter is to provide a status update from the Ubuntu Kernel
> Team. There will also be highlights provided for any interesting
> subjects the team may be working on.
>
> If you would like to reach the kernel team. You can find us at the
> #ubuntu-kernel channel on FreeNode. Alternatively you can mail the
> Ubuntu Kernel Team mailing list at: kernel-team at lists.ubuntu.com
>
>
> *Highlights*
>
> * The fwts devel team released another version of fwts today.  It now
> included s390x support:
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/fwts-announce/2016-March/000031.html
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> * Kamal released upstream v3.13.11-ckt36.
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> *Devel Kernel Announcements*
>
> Our Xenial kernel has been re-based to v4.4.5 and is available for
> testing in the -proposed pocket of the archive, ie linux-4.4.0-14.30.
> It should promote to -updates shortly.  Please test and let us know your
> results. Also, as an early reminder, Xenial Kernel Freeze is~3 weeks
> away on Thurs, April 7. We encourage anyone needing kernel patches
> pulled into Xenial to please submit them as soon as possible in order to
> make Kernel Freeze.  Thanks!
>
>
> *Stable Kernel Announcements*
>
>
> Current cycle: 11-Mar through 02-Apr
> ====================================================================
>          11-Mar   Last day for kernel commits for this cycle
> 13-Mar - 19-Mar   Kernel prep week.
> 20-Mar - 26-Mar   Bug verification & Regression testing.
> 27-Mar - 02-Apr   Regression testing & Release to -updates.
>
>
> *Kernel Versions*
> ====================================================================
>    precise  3.2.0-101.141
>     trusty  3.13.0-83.127
>      vivid  3.19.0-56.62
>       wily  4.2.0-34.39
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> lts-trusty  3.13.0-83.127~precise1
> lts-utopic  3.16.0-67.87~14.04.1
> lts-vivid   3.19.0-56.62~14.04.1
> lts-wily    4.2.0-34.39~14.04.1
>
> cycle: 01-Apr through 23-Apr
> ====================================================================
>          01-Apr   Last day for kernel commits for this cycle
> 03-Apr - 09-Apr   Kernel prep week.
> 10-Apr - 16-Apr   Bug verification & Regression testing.
> 17-Apr - 23-Apr   Regression testing & Release to -updates.
>
> Note: April 21 is release day
>
>
>
> *Status: CVE's*
>
> The current CVE status can be reviewed at the following link:
>
> http://kernel.ubuntu.com/reports/kernel-cves.html
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