It’s Episode Twenty-nine of Season Eight of the Ubuntu Podcast! With Mark Johnson, Laura Cowen, Martin Wimpress, and Alan Pope!

In this week’s show:

We look at what’s been going on in the news:

* Dell’s head of China told The Wall Street Journal that NeoKylin Linux is shipped on 42 percent of the PCs it sells into China.

* Let’s Encrypt are working towards general availability over the next couple of months and passed a major milestone by issuing its first certificate.

* Volkswagen shares have plunged more than 18% after US regulators found that some of its cars could manipulate official emissions tests

* IBM are releasing open source blockchain thingummy (and Imogen Heap’s music idea #longread

* Italy’s Ministry of Defense drop Microsoft Office in Favor of LibreOffice and adopt the Open Document Format (ODF).

* It was decided at this year’s DebConf to stop producing new CD ISOs/images for future Debian updates onward.

We also take a look at what’s been going on in the community:

* Big Bug Bonanza Ubuntu 16.04 LTS – call for participation

* Community Council call for nominations.

* Replacing the Startup Disk Creator – call for Python coders

* Ubuntu Developers discuss the future of Snappy Personal, Unity 8, Mir, Convergence

* UbuContest – send us your opinions on the entries

There are even events:

* DevRelCon – London, UK – 30th September

* Oggcamp returns! – Liverpool, UK – 31st October

That’s all for this week, please send your comments and suggestions to: [email protected]

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