Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 852

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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 852 for the week of August 4 - 10, 2024.

In this Issue

  • Ubuntu 24.04.1 point-release delayed until August 29
  • Ubuntu Stats
  • Hot in Support
  • LoCo Events
  • Noble Numbat (24.04.1 LTS) Point-Release Status Tracking
  • Kernel Version Selection for Ubuntu Releases
  • VOTE - Oracular Oriole Wallpaper Competition
  • Xubuntu Development Update August 2024
  • Canonical News
  • In the Blogosphere
  • Featured Audio and Video
  • Meeting Reports
  • Upcoming Meetings and Events
  • Updates and Security for Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04, and 24.04
  • And much more!

General Community News

Ubuntu 24.04.1 point-release delayed until August 29

Ɓukasz ‘sil2100’ Zemczak (sil2100) apprises us that the Ubuntu Release Team has made the decision to delay the point release of 24.04 for two weeks. There are a few high impact upgrade bugs necessitating the delay until the 29th of August. A link to the point release tracking document is provided for further information.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-24-04-1-point-release-delayed-until-august-29/47110

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open: 144449 (+30)
  • Critical: 308 (0)
  • Unconfirmed: 73020 (+79)

As always, the Bug Squad needs more help. If you want to get started, please see: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad

Translations

  • German: 86.72% (46622/107)
  • Ukrainian: 85.96% (49276/1250)
  • French: 83.79% (56914/7296)
  • Swedish: 78.99% (73741/1131)
  • Spanish: 76.79% (81478/4794)

Hot in Support

Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions

Ask (and answer!) questions at: https://askubuntu.com/

Ubuntu Forums Top 5 Threads

Find more support at: https://ubuntuforums.org/

LoCo Events

The following LoCo team events are currently scheduled in the next two weeks:

Looking beyond the next two weeks? Visit the respective LoCo Team calendar to browse upcoming events.

Please see:

The Hub

Noble Numbat (24.04.1 LTS) Point-Release Status Tracking

Ɓukasz ‘sil2100’ Zemczak on behalf of the Ubuntu Release team starts the Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS point-release status tracking document. This is a living document and will change many times before Ubuntu 24.04.1 is released, but includes a list of the upgrade blocker bugs and more.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/noble-numbat-24-04-1-lts-point-release-status-tracking/46972

Kernel Version Selection for Ubuntu Releases

Brett Grandbois outlines the duties of the Canonical Kernel Team in Linux’s kernel selection. Firstly we’re reminded of the differences between upstream Linux kernels and Ubuntu release philosophies, and the problems that can occur because of timing differences. Then Brett moves to how this impacts the upcoming Ubuntu 24.10 release. The problems with the current policy are mentioned, and we’re then informed of a new policy, along with some definitions of ‘recurring terms’.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/kernel-version-selection-for-ubuntu-releases/47007/

VOTE - Oracular Oriole Wallpaper Competition

Aaron Prisk tells us it’s time to vote for our favorite Oracular Oriole Wallpapers. Starting with thanks to “all the incredible artists, photographers and pixel wizards who shared” their talents, details of the selection process and how to vote are provided.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/vote-oracular-oriole-wallpaper-competition/47006

The Planet

Xubuntu Development Update August 2024

Sean Davis gives us the Xubuntu Development Update for August 2024. We’re given the important dates for the 24.10 release with two this month, reminded the Xubuntu team’s coordination platforms include: IRC, Matrix, Ubuntu discourse, and mailing-lists. A list of packages included in Xubuntu 24.10 is provided, which includes comparison of versions with Xubuntu 24.04 LTS. Thanks is given to Unit193 for getting Xubuntu as ready as it is, as well as a to-do list, and a call out for new volunteers.

https://bluesabre.org/2024/08/08/xubuntu-development-update-august-2024/

Canonical News

In the Blogosphere

GNOME Shell 47 Beta Brings Hardware Encoding When Screen Recording & More

Michael Larabel reminds us that GNOME 47.0 is due in September, with GNOME Shell and Mutter 4.7 beta releases now out. Michael gives a list of the beta changes, and a link to the commit if more info is wanted.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Shell-Mutter-47-Beta

NVIDIA 560.31.02 Linux Driver Delivers Various Fixes

Michael Larabel writes about the release of NVIDIA’s 560.31.02 Linux driver now in stable form for the R560 series. We’re told this includes bug fixes for issues found in the beta, a list of other fixes, and a link to download the new driver. We’re also reminded the “open kernel modules performs at parity to the prior closed-source components”.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-560.31.02-Linux-Driver

Featured Audio and Video

Ubuntu OnAir: ODH-023: How to encourage engineers to write their own documentation

“In this recording, we discuss various strategies for helping software engineers write, and take ownership over, more documentation.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj_jLv3zE6k

Ubuntu Security Podcast: Episode 234

“This week we take a deep dive behind-the-scenes look into how the team handled a recent report from Snyk’s Security Lab of a local privilege escalation vulnerability in wpa_supplicant plus we cover security updates in Prometheus Alertmanager, OpenSSL, Exim, snapd, Gross, curl and more.”

https://ubuntusecuritypodcast.org/episode-234/

Ubuntu Portugal Podcast: Episode 310 - Till Kamppeter

“VocĂȘs sabem aquela sensação de satisfação que temos quando usamos GNU-Linux, ligamos uma impressora e ela funciona Ă  primeira? NĂŁo Ă© magia. Till Kamppeter Ă© um contribuidor de Debian e membro da equipa de desktop do Ubuntu. É um grande e dedicado pioneiro da modernização da impressĂŁo nas distribuiçÔes modernas e acessĂ­veis de Linux, Ă© tambĂ©m promotor dos snaps e veio simpaticamente conversar com o podcast Ubuntu Portugal para nos dar a conhecer melhor o estado da arte e o caminho que foi percorrido para cĂĄ chegarmos.”

https://podcastubuntuportugal.org/e310/

Meeting Reports

Upcoming Meetings and Events

Times shown are UTC unless otherwise specified. For more details and farther dates please visit: https://fridge.ubuntu.com/calendars/ | https://discourse.ubuntu.com/upcoming-events

Updates and Security for Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04, and 24.04

Security Updates

Ubuntu 20.04 Updates

End of Standard Support: April 2025

Ubuntu 22.04 Updates

End of Standard Support: April 2027

Ubuntu 24.04 Updates

End of standard support: April 2029

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Hi team, for the Ubuntu OnAir section I’m going to suggest ep. 21 of the open documentation hours since we went directly from ep.19 to ep.22 in the previous two UWN newsletters (cc: @degville)

Here’s how it could look like:

Documentation Office Hours - Episode 21 - The differences between a how-to and a tutorial

“In this recording, we attempt to answer one of the most commonly asked questions about the Diátaxis documentation framework - what is the difference between a how-to and a tutorial?”
https://youtu.be/9Ct_vb-BK0s

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Episode 21 lists as 19 July 2024, which is outside of our current week, or am I missing something (I suspect not).

I don’t see how we can include things we missed in prior issues like that, though naturally I normally look for ways to include it (listed or references; ie. if something gets written/blogged about it, within the current week
 it maybe ‘useful’ listed underneath (within issue) for reference etc).

Anyway; we’ve attached it [here] underneath our current issue now (in discussion), even if it doesn’t end up being added to the wiki issue officially :slight_smile:

It’ll be a few hours before Billy gets to see this, this is just my current thinking
 and not any decision.

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Right, I see! Of course, it makes sense if you’re only including news from the current week and not (like in this case) highlights to stuff one might have missed. We don’t yet have a recording for last friday’s ODH, unless our official video editor (@degville :film_projector: ) can make it on time?

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Thanks for the reminder @gzanchi. It’s almost ready to go - I just need to add the chapter links. I’ll try to finish this within a couple of hours.

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The latest Open Documentation Hour is now available: ODH-023: How to encourage engineers to write their own documentation

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And this is the abstract: “In this recording, we discuss various strategies for helping software engineers write, and take ownership over, more documentation.”

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gzanchi -
Muchly appreciated your continued zeal and interes in how UWN is produced.

In this insance:
As guiverc relates.
“Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter: A snapshot of what happened this week in Canonical’s Ubuntu eco-system.”
And yeah, have now picked up on ODH-023.

Cheers

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