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Hands-On with Ubuntu's Brand New Welcome Screen in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Monday 23rd of April 2018 03:32:53 PM Filed under
With only three days left before Canonical's highly anticipated Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) operating system hits the streets, today we're taking a first look at one of its newest features.
As the headline implies, the next Ubuntu release will ship with a brand new Welcome screen, for the first time in the history of the Linux-based operating system. After installing Ubuntu 18.04 LTS on your personal computer, you'll be greeted by a welcome screen to help you set up a few things.
Welcome screens have been used before in the Ubuntu world, by the Ubuntu MATE and Ubuntu Budgie official flavors for example, and are also being used by numerous other GNU/Linux distributions out there to provide a one-stop solution for setting up your freshly installed operating system.
Ubuntu itself never used a welcome screen, but with the forthcoming Ubuntu 18.04 LTS release things change in this regard. The new welcome screen in Bionic Beaver will help new and returning users better understand how the brand-new GNOME user interface works, as well as to set up things like Canonical Livepatch.
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First set of Bionic (sort-of) RC images for 18.04.
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Sunday 22nd of April 2018 08:00:18 AM Filed under
Adam Conrad of the Ubuntu Release Team is pleased to announce the first
set of Bionic RC images for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
Over the next couple of hours, builds for Bionic Final should be added
to the tracker[1] for all flavours. The builds have some intentional
omissions, but please do test them anyway.
Known issues that will be addressed Sunday/Monday:
– Volume label still set to Beta
– base-files still not the final version
– kernel will have (at least) one more revision
Despite the above, please, please, please test your images. Do not
wait for a “final” build to test, as that guarantees your final build
will be broken. We need you testing now, iterating uploads to get
your bugs fixed, filing bugs and escalating where you need help.
Again: DO NOT DELAY, TEST NOW, FIX BUGS, FILE BUGS, ESCALATE FOR HELP.
Happy testing everyone, and here’s hoping we push out another smooth
and stress-free release on Thursday.
… Adam Conrad
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Ubuntu “Testing Weeks”
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Sunday 22nd of April 2018 01:40:59 AM Filed under
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Ubuntu To Discontinue Opt-In Development Milestones In Favor Of Test Weeks
The proposal for replacing early Ubuntu derivatives' early alpha/beta releases with "testing weeks" in its place is moving forward with no objections having been raised but flavors like Kubuntu and Xubuntu being in favor of the change.
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Ubuntu Linux Replaces Alpha/Beta Release Model With “Testing Weeks”
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Re-evaluating Ubuntu's Milestones
Happy Release Week!
I do not believe there have been any -1s to this proposal from any
flavor, nor from the Release Team, so I think it's time to move forward
with it.In summary, what will now happen from here on out is that opt-in
milestones will be discontinued in favor of testing "weeks" (Tuesday
through Thursday). I can organize the testing weeks for the 18.10 cycle
(so we can get a process going), but from the 19.04 cycle and on,
representatives (probably Release Managers) from any active flavor can
(and should!) organize these testing weeks.Additionally, I will look into the automated testing Steve brought up
shortly after the 18.04 release, with the goal being to adopt that
sooner rather than later. I'll write a follow-up email to ubuntu-release
once I have something to show for that.Thanks everyone!
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Ubuntu Budgie 18.04 Beta 2, Replacement for gksu
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Friday 20th of April 2018 08:43:53 AM Filed under
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The Unique Ubuntu Budgie 18.04 Beta 2
It is the most unique among the Official Flavors in the 18.04. It's the only to bring Chromium browser, and it gives you the unique Budgie Desktop experiences. It is really a good place for everyone who wants new, distinct desktop experience with modern version of software and broad space to explore. And ultimately it is still available for 32 bit, which has been abandoned by Ubuntu original. We will wait until the planned release on April 26.
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Welcome To The (Ubuntu) Bionic Age: Behind communitheme: interviewing Frederik
My name is Frederik, I live in Germany and I am working as a java software developer in my daily job.
I am using Ubuntu since 5 years and quickly started to report bugs and issues when they jumped into my face. Apart from that, I like good music, and beautiful software. I also make my own music in my free time.
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gksu Removed From Ubuntu, Here's The Recommended Replacement
gksu is used to allow elevating your permissions when running graphical applications, for example in case you want to run a graphical text editor as root to edit a system file, or to be able to remove or add a file to a system folder.
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ExTiX, the Ultimate Linux Operating System, Is Now Based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Thursday 19th of April 2018 09:20:34 PM Filed under


ExTiX is dubbed the "Ultimate Linux System," and it's been updated earlier today by developer Arne Exton to version 18.4, based on Canonical's upcoming Ubuntu 18.04 LTS operating system. However, ExTiX is using the lightweight and modern LXQt 0.12.0 as default desktop environment instead of GNOME, and it's powered by the latest Linux 4.16.2 kernel.
"After removing GNOME I have installed LXQt 0.12.0," said Arne Exton in today's announcement. "Programs won’t crash or anything like that. And I haven’t discovered any bugs to report. While running ExTiX LXQt 18.4 live or from the hard drive you can use Refracta tools (pre-installed) to create your own live installable Ubuntu system. A ten-year child can do it."
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Meet Bo, an Ubuntu-Powered Social Robot with AI Capabilities
Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Thursday 19th of April 2018 03:24:17 PM Filed under
Meet Bo, a social robot with AI (Artificial Intelligence) capabilities, powered by Canonical's Ubuntu Linux operating system and optimized to welcome customers, as well as to help them navigate to find products and areas in your organization.
Bo was already used by several well-known brands like Etisalat and BT in a bunch of scenarios, including hospitality and retail scenarios, and it's being tested in large shopping centers in the United Kingdom, such as Lakeside.
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Debian, Elive, and Ubuntu
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Thursday 19th of April 2018 02:32:15 PM Filed under

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Re-elected as Debian Project Leader
I have been extremely proud to have served as the Debian Project Leader since my election in early 2017. During this time I've learned a great deal about the inner workings of the Project as well as about myself. I have grown as a person thanks to all manner of new interactions and fresh experiences.
I believe is a privilege simply to be a Debian Developer, let alone to be selected as their representative. It was therefore an even greater honour to learn that I have been re-elected by the community for another year. I profoundly and wholeheartedly thank everyone for placing their trust in me for another term.
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Elive 3.0 is ALMOST here!
Elive's latest beta, 2.9.90, was released a couple of weeks ago.
According to the description, this is the last beta before the official release of version 3.0.I have been waiting for Elive for quite a long time.
My first contact with it was through a live CD of version 2.0 Topaz in 2010, when I had recently migrated to Linux. I was truly impressed by the beauty and polish of the distro. I never installed it, though. I was put off by the fact that it was the only distro that could not be installed unless one paid for an installing module. Back then, I assumed that free software had to be "gratis". -
NGINX Updates: Ubuntu Bionic, and Mainline and Stable PPAs
Ubuntu Bionic 18.04 now has 1.14.0 in the repositories, and very likely will have 1.14.0 for the lifecycle of 18.04 from April of 2018 through April of 2023, as soon as it is released.
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gksu removed from Ubuntu
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Ubuntu: IoT OS of choice is Linux, Shirts, Welcome To The (Ubuntu) Bionic Age
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Wednesday 18th of April 2018 05:36:23 PM Filed under
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Eclipse 2018 survey: The IoT landscape, what it empirically looks like
Every year the Eclipse Foundation along with other sponsors conduct an online survey of the IoT market looking at what technologies are being used and how. The 2018 edition of that survey has just been made available and I thought it would be a great idea to look at some of the overarching trends.
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The IoT OS of choice is Linux
According to the 2018 respondents, the overwhelming choice for their IoT operating system (OS) is Linux with a commanding 71%, the top 3 choices being Raspbian, Ubuntu, or Debian. Interestingly all of these systems are closely related with Raspbian and Ubuntu both being somewhat based on Debian. What may be more interesting is that all 3 of these distributions can run Snaps, the next-generation packaging format designed from the ground up with security, robustness, and upgradeability in mind – all key aspects for anyone looking to create or use IoT devices.
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Official Ubuntu 18.04 T-Shirt Goes on Sale
The official Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 'Bionic Beaver' t-shirt has been added to Caonical's online shop. The dark grey shirt carries the bionic beaver mascot in orange.
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Linux Shirt Penguin Remix
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Welcome To The (Ubuntu) Bionic Age: Behind communitheme: interviewing Mads
My name is Mads Rosendahl (MadsRH) and I’m from Denmark. My dayjob has two sides, half the time I work as a teacher at a school of music and the other half I work in PR (no, not pull requests
) where I do things like brochures, ads, website graphics, etc.
I’m no saint - I use OSX, Windows and Linux.
I got involved with Ubuntu back when everything was brown - around 7.10. When I read about Ubuntu, Linux and how Mark Shuttleworth fits into the story, a fire was lit inside me and I wanted to give something back to this brilliant project. In the beginning I set out to make peoples desktops brown and pretty by posting wallpaper suggestions to the artwork mailing list.
Because I can’t write any code, I mostly piggyback on awesome people in the community, like when I worked on the very first slideshow in Ubiquity installer with Dylan McCall.
I attended UDS in Dallas back in 2009 (an amazing experience!) and have had to take a long break from contributing. This theme work is my first contribution since then.
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Canonical Needs Your Help to Test GNOME Memory Leak Patches in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Submitted by Rianne Schestowitz on Wednesday 18th of April 2018 04:44:32 PM Filed under

The latest GNOME 3.28 desktop environment release contained a major memory leak in the GNOME Shell user interface component, but it was quickly addressed so that it won't affect users considering the fact that most Linux OSes distribute the latest GNOME desktop packages once the first point release is available, in this case GNOME 3.28.1.
As Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) is shipping with the latest GNOME 3.28 desktop environment by default, it was apparent that it will include all the upstream patches released by the GNOME Project to address any memory leaks. Canonical already successfully tested the new patches, but it needs to get wider testing and feedback as soon as possible before the final release on April 26.
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Ubuntu 18.04 Beta - The good, the bad and mostly ugly
Submitted by Roy Schestowitz on Wednesday 18th of April 2018 08:02:34 AM Filed under
In about two weeks, Canonical will release its next LTS, 18.04 Bionic Beaver. What makes it special is that it's going to be running a Gnome 3 desktop instead of Unity, a sort of full-circle reversal of direction and strategy, and that means ... uncertainty. With Trusty Tahr being the only production Linux system in my setup, I am quite intrigued and concerned, because I need to choose my next LTS carefully.
So far, the prospect isn't encouraging, given the more-than-lukewarm performance by Aardvark. There's a lot of hope in the Plasma spin, given the stellar performance of the Plasma desktop recently, but that's still a big unknown, especially since Kubuntu 17.10 was a regression compared to the most magnificent and awesome Zesty Zapus. Therefore, I decided to check this beta, to see what gives ahead of the official release. Normally, I don't like testing unfinished products, but this be an extraordinary occasion. Let's do it.
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