Monthly Archives: March 2017

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 503

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #503 for the weeks March 13 – 26, 2017, and the full version is available here. In this issue we cover: Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus) Final Beta Released Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) reaches End of Life on April 28 2017 Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Extended Security Maintenance) […]

Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus) Final Beta released

The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the final beta release of the Ubuntu 17.04 Desktop, Server, and Cloud products. Codenamed “Zesty Zapus”, 17.04 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 […]

Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) reaches End of Life on April 28 2017

Ubuntu announced its 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) release almost 5 years ago, on April 26, 2012. 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 12.04 will reach end of life on Friday, April 28th. […]

Upcoming Vacant Developer Membership Board seats: Call for nominations

The membership of Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre in the Developer Membership board will be expiring shortly and Adam Conrad’s membership will expire a few months after that. Subsequently, this email is a call for nominations to fill both of their positions although one elected developer will not begin their term immediately. The DMB is responsible for reviewing […]

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 502

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. This is issue #502 for the week March 6 – March 12, 2017, and the full version is available here. In this issue we cover: Ubuntu Stats Ubuntu at SCaLE15x LoCo Events Paul White: Time for a change, some thanks and a return to Xubuntu Leo Arias: Crowdtesting with […]