[svlug-announce] SVLUG July 6th meeting: Elizabeth K. Joseph on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus"
Rick Moen <rick-IyCrq+X4Fdq2oZ/[email protected]>
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WHEN: Wednesday, July 6th, 2016 7pm-9pm MAIN PRESENTATION TOPIC: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" PRESENTED BY: Elizabeth K. Joseph TOPIC SUMMARY: Ubuntu 16.04 (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/ReleaseNotes), nicknamed "Xenial Xerus", is the latest Long-Term Support (LTS) release from the Ubuntu community and Canonical, Ltd. (http://www.canonical.com/). Our speaker's talk will be a tour of new features, including disabling of Amazon Search ads by default, replacement of Ubuntu Software Center by the GNOME Software app, replacement of init system with systemd (new since the last LTS release), ability to move the Unity launcher to the bottom of the screen, inclusion of ZFS, and the introduction of Ubuntu Snappy (http://www.thelinuxrain.com/articles/what-is-ubuntu-snappy). n update on the progress of Ubuntu on smartphones and tablets will follow, with a demonstration of the first convergence device on the market, BQ's Aquaris M10 Ubuntu Edition (https://www.bq.com/uk/aquaris-m10-ubuntu-edition) tablet computer / PC. ABOUT THE PRESENTER: MORE ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Elizabeth K. Joseph (http://princessleia.com/) is a Senior Automation and Tools Engineer at HPE (https://www.hpe.com/), working on the OpenStack (https://www.openstack.org/) Infrastructure team. She is a former member of the Ubuntu Community Council (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CommunityCouncil) and co-author of the 8th and upcoming 9th editions of The Official Ubuntu Book (http://www.informit.com/store/official-ubuntu-book-9780133905397). She serves on the Board of Directors of Partimus.org, a San Francisco-based non-profit providing Linux-based computers to area education and low-income housing centers in need. LOCATION: Symantec VCAFE Facility 350 Ellis Street (near E. Middlefield Road) Mountain View, CA 94043 Directions on how to get there are listed at: http://www.svlug.org/directions/symantec.php We've tried our very best for these directions to be accurate. If you have any improvements to make, please let SVLUG's volunteers know! webmaster at svlug.org POST-MEETING GATHERING: If you just can't get enough, a smaller group usually goes to a local restaurant/diner after the meeting: Frankie, Johnnie & Luigi, Too, 939 West El Camino Real between Shoreline and Castro, Mountain View. We look forward to seeing you there! _______________________________________________ svlug-announce mailing list [email protected] http://lists.svlug.org/lists/listinfo/svlug-announce