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

WORK IN PROGRESS

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What we are working
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    • New Developers
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  • Mir release 2.18.0
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  • Introducing GNOME 47
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    • Announcing Authd: OIDC authentication for Ubuntu Desktop and Server
    • Introducing Data Science Stack:
    • Join Canonical in Sydney at Dell Technologies Forum
  • What is the 5G Edge and Multi-Access Edge Computing?
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  • Ubuntu Flavor sync meeting notes: 9 September 2024
  • UbuCon Asia 2024 Team meeting 2024-09-15 12:00 UTC
  • LXD: Weekly news - 363
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  • Ubuntu Home Server Workshop 2024 @Busan
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    • Meetings/Reports/Events
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  • Linux Kernel 6.11 Released, This is What’s New
  • These Are The Best New Features in Ubuntu 24.10
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General Community News

Welcome New Members and Developers

  • Alberto Contreras ( ); cloud-init PPU
  • Frank Heimes ( ); s390-tools* PPU

Congratulations to this contributor!

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open: # (+/-#)
  • Critical: # (+/-#)
  • Unconfirmed: # (+/-#)

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

Translations

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

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

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.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/weekly-news-363/48087/

Starcraft Clinic - XXXX

Rocks Public Journal; 2024-XX-XX

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

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

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

The Planet

Other Community News

Introducing GNOME 47

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

Ubuntu Cloud News

Canonical News

In the Press

In the Blogosphere

Linux Kernel 6.11 Released, This is What’s New

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

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

In Other News

Other Articles of Interest

Featured Audio and Video

Ubuntu Security Podcast: Episode 21x

https://ubuntusecuritypodcast.org/

Ubuntu Portugal Podcast: Episode 27x - whatever the topic

https://podcastubuntuportugal.org/e272/

Ubuntu OnAir: Documentation Office Hours 3rd May 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQMULY0ksz0

This Week in Linux: episode 23x -

https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/this-week-in-linux/

Destination Linux: episode 34x -

https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/destination-linux/

Meeting Reports

??* +1 Maintenance Report - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2024-September/043123.html

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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Conclusion

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