Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 859

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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 859 for the week of September 22 - 28, 2024.

In this Issue

  • Ubuntu Stats
  • Hot in Support
  • Ubuntu Meeting Activity Reports
  • Rocks Public Journal
  • LXD: Weekly news #364
  • LoCo Events
  • Oracular Oriole (24.10) Release Status Tracking
  • CUPS Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Fix Available
  • Other Community News
  • Canonical News
  • In the Blogosphere
  • Other Articles of Interest
  • 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!

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open: 144797 (-7)
  • Critical: 313 (+1#)
  • Unconfirmed: 73314 (-41)

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

Translations

  • German: 86.69% (46705/158)
  • Ukrainian: 86.01% (49113/1378)
  • French: 83.81% (56849/7327)
  • Swedish: 79.27% (72761/1099)
  • Spanish: 76.81% (81415/5263)

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

Rocks Public Journal

The FIPS-compliant and CIS/STIG-hardened Ubuntu Focal container image is getting into IronBank. Find the project here, and you’ll soon also find this image in IronBank’s Harbor container registry. curl has also been sliced for the 22.04 Chisel release (thanks to yashashwi (Yashashwi) · GitHub).

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/rocks-public-journal-2024-09-24/48272

LXD: Weekly news #364

The highlights of the past week in LXD include improved LXD cluster recovery with automatic database backups and added support for non-interactive mode in lxd-migrate. The LXD UI has also seen notable improvements, including the ability to create instances from uploaded files in various formats, instance and profile configuration support for all device types, and overall improvements to the user experience when editing existing configurations.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/weekly-news-364/48243

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

Oracular Oriole (24.10) Release Status Tracking

Ɓukasz ‘sil2100’ Zemczak has started the Ubuntu Oracular Oriole (24.10) Release Status tracking page. This is a living document that will change frequently between now and release of Ubuntu 24.10.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/oracular-oriole-24-10-release-status-tracking/48269

The Planet

CUPS Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Fix Available

Luci Stanescu alerts us to four CVEs impacting CUPS. We’re given those CVEs, and told Canonical’s security team have provided updates that remediate the vulnerabilities. This post gives details on the problem, and how we can apply fixes & restart CUPS. As well, many links are given for further details.

https://ubuntu.com//blog/cups-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-fix-available

Other Community News

Kubuntu Focus Ir14 Gen 2 review: Using Linux instead of messing with it

Kevin Purdy gives us the results of a test of the Kubuntu Focus Ir14 Gen 2 laptop which was running the “stock Kubuntu 24.04 LTS” with “Focus’ Integrations built in”. Along with specs of the laptop, we’re provided some screenshots and Kevin’s experience, before moving to some benchmarks.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/09/kubuntu-focus-ir14-gen-2-review-using-linux-instead-of-messing-with-it/

The Dot is closed. Long live KDE Planet!

This post reminds us that KDE is growing, and this growth had made it too large for the Dot. We’re thus told the Dot will be archived for historical reasons; with other venues created. We are also told how we can keep ourselves up to date with the latest KDE news.

https://dot.kde.org/2024/09/25/dot-closed-long-live-kde-planet

Canonical News

In the Blogosphere

LXQt 2.1 Promises Experimental Wayland Session, Styling Improvements

Marius Nestor writes about a ‘showcase’ of LXQt 2.1 that is expected to release in mid-November 2024. It includes an experimental Wayland session, with support for a number of listed Wayland compositors. We’re told the ‘experimental’ tag is there as not all LXQt features are supported currently in Wayland.

https://9to5linux.com/lxqt-2-1-promises-experimental-wayland-session-styling-improvements

Ubuntu 24.10 ARM ISO Supports the ThinkPad X13s

Joey Sneddon reminds us of some issues with installing Ubuntu on ThinkPad X13s in the past, problems which are resolved with Ubuntu 24.10. Joey highlights this is with the generic Ubuntu ARM64 ISO (not .img used by Raspberry Pi), being the fruits of work by Canonical’s Juerg Haefliger. Joey gives us some of his thoughts on using ARM laptops, along with some links for more.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/09/ubuntu-24-10-arm64-iso-now-supports-thinkpad-x13s

Other Articles of Interest

Featured Audio and Video

Ubuntu OnAir: Documentation Office Hours - Episode 30; An engineering director’s approach to documentation

Graham Morrison introduces the Open Documentation Hour (30), mentioning the upcoming Ubuntu Summit 2024 and the Open Documentation Academy which is in the planning stage for the next six months, and more. Graham hands over to Christian Ehrhardt who gives us an “engineering director’s perspective on documentation”. The presentation includes chapter links, and a index in the description.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ShZxMJ26_A

Ubuntu Portugal Podcast: Episode 317 - Paletes de Pestanas Ă  Bruta.

“VoltĂĄmos cheio de notĂ­cias e novidades da Comunidade e nĂŁo sĂł: haverĂĄ notificaçÔes e novas permissĂ”es para os pacotes Snap; saiu a beta de 24.10 para testar; hĂĄ um novo centro de segurança, a ANSOL chama voluntĂĄrios para a Festa do Software Livre; acontece a Semana do Software Livre no Brasil e claro - tivemos tempo para o disparate: o Diogo estĂĄ perto de entrar para o Livro Guiness de Recordes com o seu nĂșmero de abas no Firefox e o Miguel marrou com scripts de Python, fazendo jus ao ditado «quando se pensa como um martelo, todos os problemas parecem um prego»!”

https://podcastubuntuportugal.org/e317/

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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