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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter. <strong>This is issue #459 for the week March 14 - 27, 2016</strong>, and the full version is available <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue459">here</a>.

In this issue we cover:
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<li><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue459#Ubuntu_16.04_LTS_.28Xenial_Xerus.29_Final_Beta_released">Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) Final Beta released</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue459#Ubuntu_Stats">Ubuntu Stats</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue459#Speaking_at_San_Diego_Linux_users_group">Speaking at San Diego Linux users group</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue459#LoCo_Events">LoCo Events</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue459#Nicholas_Skaggs:_Reflections">Nicholas Skaggs: Reflections</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue459#Julian_Andres_Klode:_Dropping_SHA-1_support_in_APT">Julian Andres Klode: Dropping SHA-1 support in APT</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue459#Michael_Hall:_Help_make_Gnome_Software_beautiful">Michael Hall: Help make Gnome Software beautiful</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue459#Stephane_Graber:_LXD_2.0:_Installing_and_configuring_LXD_.26_Your_first_LXD_container_.5B2-4.2F12.5D">Stephane Graber: LXD 2.0: Installing and configuring LXD & Your first LXD container [2-4/12]</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue459#Kubuntu:_A_Big_Blue_Button_.26_Kubuntu_Party_2">Kubuntu: A Big Blue Button & Kubuntu Party 2</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue459#Xubuntu_16.04_Wallpaper_Competition">Xubuntu 16.04 Wallpaper Competition</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue459#Ubuntu_App_Developer_Blog:_Ride_With_Us:_The_Road_To_UI_Toolkit_2.0">Ubuntu App Developer Blog: Ride With Us: The Road To UI Toolkit 2.0</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue459#Status_update_from_the_Community_Team_.28Wk_11-12.29">Status update from the Community Team (Wk 11-12)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue459#Ubuntu_Cloud_News">Ubuntu Cloud News</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue459#SDK_Planning_for_16.10">SDK Planning for 16.10</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue459#Canonical_News">Canonical News</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue459#In_The_Blogosphere">In The Blogosphere</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue459#Full_Circle_Magazine_.23107">Full Circle Magazine #107</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue459#Featured_Audio_and_Video">Featured Audio and Video</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue459#Weekly_Ubuntu_Development_Team_Meetings">Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue459#Upcoming_Meetings_and_Events">Upcoming Meetings and Events</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue459#Updates_and_Security_for_12.04.2C_14.04_and_15.10">Updates and Security for 12.04, 14.04 and 15.10</a></li>
<li>And much more!</li>
</ul>

<strong>The issue of The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:</strong>
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<li>Elizabeth K. Joseph</li>
<li>Simon Quigley</li>
<li>Daniel Beck</li>
<li>Leonard Viator</li>
<li>And many others</li>
</ul>

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