Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 865

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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 865 for the week of November 3 - 9, 2024.

In this Issue

  • Welcome New Members and Developers
  • Ubuntu Stats
  • Hot in Support
  • UbuCon Asia 2024 Team meeting 2024-09-29 12:00 UTC
  • Rocks Public Journal; 2024-11-08
  • Other Meeting Reports
  • Upcoming Meetings and Events
  • Ubuntu Home Server Workshop @Busan was successful
  • LoCo Events
  • Other Community News
  • Ubuntu Cloud News
  • Canonical News
  • In the Blogosphere
  • Featured Audio and Video
  • Updates and Security for Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04, 24.04, and 24.10
  • And much more!

General Community News

Welcome New Members and Developers

Congratulations to these contributors!

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open: 145272 (-6)
  • Critical: 315 (0)
  • Unconfirmed: 73520 (+19)

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

Translations

  • German: 86.71% (46655/149)
  • Ukrainian: 86.03% (49031/1257)
  • French: 83.80% (56855/7316)
  • Swedish: 79.70% (71257/992)
  • Spanish: 76.83% (81337/5263)

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/

Meeting Reports

UbuCon Asia 2024 Team meeting 2024-09-29 12:00 UTC

Youngbin Han provides the UbuCon Asia 2024 Team Meeting report for the September 29 meeting. Participants, chair, and action items from the last meeting are provided, along with a list of tasks required, As well retrospective examination of liked, learned & needing-improvement items for future events are listed.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubucon-asia-2024-team-meeting-2024-09-29-12-00-utc/49389

Rocks Public Journal; 2024-11-08

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/rocks-public-journal-2024-11-08/49499

Other 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

LoCo News

Ubuntu Home Server Workshop @Busan was successful

Yeonguk Choo tells us the Ubuntu Home Server Workshop in Busan was successful. A number of photographs are provided, as well as a description and details of the event, which had a total of 42 participants.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-home-server-workshop-busan-was-successful/49339

LoCo Events

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

Please see:

Other Community News

Nate Graham Moves ‘This Week in Plasma’ Column to KDE’s Website — Takes New Role

Christine Hall notes Nate Graham has moved his “long running column” from his personal blog to KDE’s blog site, and that in the future “he won’t be the only person writing it”. We’re shown the update notices Nate provided, and told what needs to be done if we wish to subscribe, remain subscribed, and why its changed.

https://fossforce.com/2024/11/nate-graham-moves-this-week-in-plasma-column-to-kdes-website-takes-new-role/

Nerdearla: Homegrown Open Source Conferencing Latin American Style

Christine Hall writes about an “open source conference based in Argentina” that is “branching out to include events” in other countries. The events cater to all things Linux, including Ubuntu. We’re given some history, including the start in Buenos Aires as in-person only, to virtual, up to Mexico, Chile, and in the future even wider (Spain for 2025?).

https://fossforce.com/2024/11/nerdearla-homegrown-open-source-conferencing-latin-american-style/

Ubuntu Cloud News

Canonical News

In the Blogosphere

LXQt 2.1 Released With New Wayland Session Component

Michael Larabel informs us that LXQt 2.1 is “now available” which includes a lxqt-wayland-session. We’re told of seven Wayland sessions, and two Wayland back-ends, given a quote from the official release, a link to the release on GitHub and more.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/LXQt-2.1-Released

New Steam Client Update Adds Game Recording, Improves Native Linux Gaming

Marius Nestor tells us of a Steam Client update that fixes bugs, and comes with improvements especially a new built-in game recording feature. We’re given details, some screenshots, link to the release notes and more.

https://9to5linux.com/new-steam-client-update-improves-native-linux-gaming-and-fixes-many-bugs

Ubuntu Touch OTA-6 Rolls Out with Wireless Display Improvements, Bug Fixes

Marius Nestor writes about Ubuntu Touch OTA-6 which includes many fixes, and added support for newer generations of Android HAL allowing it to run on newer Android devices. We’re told the OnePlus Nord N10 5G and OnePlus Nord N100 are now supported, told of other fixes and improvements, and given a link the release page. A list of supported devices is included, with mention that some promised VoLTE support has been delayed to a later OTA due to some regressions being detected in testing.

https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-touch-ota-6-rolls-out-with-wireless-display-improvements-bug-fixes

Featured Audio and Video

20 Jahre Ubuntu - Interview mit Gründer Mark Shuttleworth

“Ubuntu hat die Welt der Linux-Distributionen ganz schön durchgewirbelt und ist heute nicht mehr wegzudenken. Wir haben mit Ubuntu-Gründer Mark Shuttleworth über Erfolge und Irrwege gesprochen, sein Verhältnis zur Community und zu Microsoft und der Zukunft von Open Source allgemein und dem Linux-Desktop im Speziellen.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M94cmFp3TY

Ubuntu Portugal Podcast: Episode 323 - Balanço de Cimeiras

“O nosso enviado especial regressou dos Países Baixos, onde assistiu a todos os pontos altos da Cimeira do Ubuntu e partilhou com o estimado público os detalhes desse grandioso certame, que maravilhou todos quantos a ele acorreram, numa eloquente mostra dos avanços da ciência, tecnologia e saber que impulsionam o progresso da Humanidade na direcção de um porvir radiante! [Lamentamos a linguagem, o nosso estagiário acordou nos anos 1930, neste dia 7 de Novembro]”

https://podcastubuntuportugal.org/e323/

Ubuntu OnAir: ODH-035 - Live from Ubuntu Summit 2024

“Recorded live from the Ubuntu Summit 2024 evening workshop sessions.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5GEAzAZOS0

Updates and Security for Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04, 24.04, and 24.10

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

Ubuntu 24.10 Updates

End of Life: July 2025

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Conclusion

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Credits

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