Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 858

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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 858 for the week of September 15 - 21, 2024.

In this Issue

  • Ubuntu 24.10 (Oracular Oriole) Beta released
  • Welcome New Members and Developers
  • Ubuntu Stats
  • Hot in Support
  • Ubuntu Meeting Activity Reports
  • Ubuntu Flavor sync meeting notes: 9 September 2024
  • UbuCon Asia 2024 Team meeting 2024-09-15 12:00 UTC
  • Ubuntu Home Server Workshop 2024 @Busan
  • Ubucon Portugal 2024 needs you!
  • LoCo Events
  • Mir release 2.18.0
  • Call for testing: ubuntu-frame, mir-test-tools on the 22 track (Mir 2.17.2 update)
  • Ubuntu Desktop’s 24.10 Dev Cycle - Part 6: September Update
  • Other Community News
  • Canonical News
  • In the Press
  • 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 24.10 (Oracular Oriole) Beta released

Utkarsh Gupta reports the release of Ubuntu 24.10 (Oracular Oriole) beta for Ubuntu Desktop, Server and Cloud, as well as many flavors. This announcement gives us details (including links) and lists the flavors. Note is made of three flavors which are yet to release their beta, with these expected to release on Monday.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2024-September/000306.html

Interested in the flavors? Release announcements as follows:

Welcome New Members and Developers

Congratulations to these contributors!

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open: 144804 (+62)
  • Critical: 312 (+3)
  • Unconfirmed: 73355 (+11)

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

Translations

  • German: 86.70% (46707/117)
  • Ukrainian: 85.98% (49224/1261)
  • French: 83.77% (56977/7191)
  • Swedish: 79.18% (73123/1098)
  • Spanish: 76.78% (81538/4796)

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/

Ubuntu Meeting Activity Reports

Ubuntu Flavor sync meeting notes: 9 September 2024

Mauro Gaspari provides the Ubuntu Flavor sync meetings notes for the September 9, 2024 meeting. Topics covered includes: Oracular Oriole mascot, Ubuntu Summit 2024, Community Council Election, Ubuntu Desktop Team Update, Matrix spam attack, and some feedback from the flavors. The minutes close with a get involved invitation.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-flavor-sync-meeting-notes-9-september-2024/48078

UbuCon Asia 2024 Team meeting 2024-09-15 12:00 UTC

Youngbin Han posts the UbuCon Asia 2024 Team meeting report for September 15, 2024. We’re given participants, told the chair, a list of follow up points from the last meeting (with all items marked done), before moving to sponsorship, financing, registration, content, and finally ending with action items.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubucon-asia-2024-team-meeting-2024-09-15-12-00-utc/48067

LXD: Weekly news #363

The past week LXD received some notable new features. Key highlights include per-project storage pool limits and support for running armhf virtual machines on arm64 hosts.

LoCo News

Ubuntu Home Server Workshop 2024 @Busan

The University Association SUSC and Ubuntu Korea LoCo will hold a seminar with Dong-A SoftWare Centric University in Busan on 2024-11-02T05:00:00Z (UTC) . This workshop is designed for those interested in building a personal server. Learn how to build home servers using Proxmox and LXD, and gain experience dealing with servers directly through hands-on practice. Program 14:00 ~ 14:30: Check-in and Networking 14:30 ~ 15:50: Proxmox Workshop - Gyeongtaek Kim 16:10 ~ 17:30: LXD Workshop - @zer


https://discourse.ubuntu-kr.org/t/ubuntu-2024-busan/49664

Ubucon Portugal 2024 needs you!

Diogo Constantino writes to advise that “The call for volunteers for Ubucon Portugal 2024 is now open!”. Diogo reminds us that these events are by the community and for the community, and what the goals are. Volunteers are sought to assist in multiple roles for the event taking place at the Department of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics of the University of Aveiro between October 11 and 12 during the Free Software Festival 2024.

https://ubuconpt2024.ubuntu-pt.org/news/2024-09-21-convocatoria_a_voluntarios/

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

Mir release 2.18.0

Alan Griffiths announces the release of Mir 2.18.0. We’re told this includes bugfixes and improvements, with these highlighted. An ABI summary is provided, as well as a list of enhancements, documentation, and a list of bugs fixed; with many links included.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/mir-release-2-18-0/48109

Call for testing: ubuntu-frame, mir-test-tools on the 22 track (Mir 2.17.2 update)

MichaƂ Sawicz reminds us of the Mir 2.17.2 release, and tells us that the mir-test-tools and ubuntu-frame snaps have been updated, and testing would be appreciated. We’re told how to update these snaps, to use them normally and report any problems encountered.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/call-for-testing-ubuntu-frame-mir-test-tools-on-the-22-track-mir-2-17-2-update/48188

Ubuntu Desktop’s 24.10 Dev Cycle - Part 6: September Update

Oliver Smith provides the sixth and final development update of the Ubuntu 24.10 Desktop release. We’re told most ‘things’ can be seen on the current daily images, which includes: a new mascot, GNOME 47, newly seeded Sysprof app, and more. Along with many links and numerous screenshots, mention is also made of KDE Neon Core, the Ubuntu Summit 2024, and more.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-desktop-s-24-10-dev-cycle-part-6-september-update/48168

Other Community News

Introducing GNOME 47

The GNOME Project announces the release of GNOME 47 ‘Denver’. A summary of what is found in the release is provided, a link to GNOME release notes, plus a embedded video, and more. Links to get GNOME, or to download the nightly build, are also provided.

https://foundation.gnome.org/2024/09/18/introducing-gnome-47/

Canonical News

In the Press

20 years later, real-time Linux makes it to the kernel - really

Steven Vaughan-Nichols writes that the Real-Time (PREEMPT_RT) is finally in the mainline kernel ! Steven gives some background on this, covers RTOS and why its important, before going into detail on why this took so long.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/20-years-later-real-time-linux-makes-it-to-the-kernel-really/

In the Blogosphere

Linux Kernel 6.11 Released, This is What’s New

Joey Sneddon writes about the release of Linux kernel 6.11, which we’ll find in Ubuntu 24.10 and Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS. With an introductory quote from Linus Torvalds, we’re told some of the features found in this kernel.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/09/linux-kernel-6-11-released-this-is-whats-new

These Are The Best New Features in Ubuntu 24.10

In this article Joey Sneddon outlines what he feels are the best features of Ubuntu 24.10. Plenty of screenshots are included as Joey walks us through what he appreciated. Joey notes this is the “20th anniversary release” which contains a number of “celebratory touches”. This long post ends with Joey remarking it’s “shaping up to be a solid release”.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/09/ubuntu-24-10-new-features

Proposal Seeks To Replace MySQL With MariaDB By Default For Ubuntu 25.04

Michael Larabel writes about a proposal by Otto KekĂ€lĂ€inen to replace Oracle MySQL server with MariaDB starting in Ubuntu 25.04. We’re told this will bring Ubuntu in line with other distributions, and given a link to the mailing list so as to follow the thread.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-25.04-Maybe-MariaDB

Valve’s Proton 9.0-3 Brings Support For More Games On Linux, Many Fixes

Michael Larabel tells us Valve have released Proton 9.0-3 for Steam Play. We’re told this ‘gets more Windows games running on Linux’ and given a list of apps that it’ll help and some other details. A link to the GitHub page for more information is included.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Proton-9.0-3-Released

Wine 9.18 Delivers New Desktop Control Panel Applet

Michael Larabel writes that Wine 9.18 is out, giving us some details of what has been improved in this release. A link to the WineHQ website is included.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-9.18-Released

Featured Audio and Video

Ubuntu Security Podcast: Episode 237

“John and MaximĂ© have been talking about Ubuntu’s AppArmor user namespace restrictions at the the Linux Security Summit in Europe this past week, plus we cover some more details from the official announcement of permission prompting in Ubuntu 24.10, a new release of Intel TDX for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and more.”

https://ubuntusecuritypodcast.org/episode-237/

Ubuntu Portugal Podcast: Episode 316 - Meu Velho, Meu Amigo.

“O Ubuntu faz 20 anos! Esta semana dedicĂĄmo-nos a um passatempo: reabilitar computadores velhinhos, com 18 e 25 anos respectivamente. Para esse efeito, experimentĂĄmos Debian 12 e ficĂĄmos surpreendidos com o resultado. Ainda houve tempo para bonitas mĂșsicas Ubuntu, antecipar a prĂłxima versĂŁo de Ubuntu Touch baseada em Noble, dar parabĂ©ns Ă  Canonical e rever a agenda de eventos das prĂłximas semanas, no Porto, Aveiro, Haia e BelĂ©m. JĂĄ nĂŁo falta muito para a Festa do Software Livre
!”

https://podcastubuntuportugal.org/e316/

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

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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