Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 866

Ubuntu Weekly News
1

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 866 for the week of November 10 - 16, 2024.

In this Issue

  • Ubuntu Forums migrating
  • Welcome New Members and Developers
  • Ubuntu Stats
  • Hot in Support
  • LXD: Weekly news #371
  • Other Meeting Reports
  • Upcoming Meetings and Events
  • Ubuntu Oracular Oriole (24.10) Release Party at Caldes de Montbui (Saturday November 30, 2024)
  • FOSDEM 25 CfP & updates
  • UbuCon Sponsorship Guidelines
  • LoCo Events
  • Ubuntu Desktop 25.04 Part 1 - The Plucky Roadmap
  • Anbox Cloud 1.24.0 has been released
  • LXD 5.21.2 LTS interim snap release 5.21.2-084c8c8
  • LXD 5.0.4 LTS has been released
  • Ubuntu Cloud News
  • Canonical News
  • In the Press
  • In the Blogosphere
  • In Other News
  • Other Articles of Interest
  • Featured Audio and Video
  • Updates and Security for Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04, 24.04, and 24.10
  • And much more!

General Community News

Ubuntu Forums migrating

Irihapeti relates to us the Forums move to Discourse: ā€œUbuntu Forums is making a move to Ubuntu Community Hub. The old software needs to be pensioned off, and therefore the support function is migrating to Discourse. These dates are subject to change, depending on unforeseen happenings, but the tentative opening date is 12 December, with the old forums finally going read-only on 9 January. This gives users time to finish their existing help threads on the old forums. More info and discussion is at https://discourse.ubuntu.com/c/ubuntuforums-transition/305ā€.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/re-item-for-uwn/49766

Welcome New Members and Developers

Congratulations, Nathan! Thank you for your continued contributions to Ubuntu, and welcome to the team!

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open: 145389 (+117)
  • Critical: 312 (-3)
  • Unconfirmed: 73632 (+112)

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

Translations

  • German: 86.88% (46070/328)
  • Ukrainian: 86.15% (48632/1412)
  • French: 84.84% (53215/6702)
  • Swedish: 79.85% (70729/995)
  • Spanish: 76.91% (81067/5303)

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

LXD: Weekly news #371

The past week, LXD received several updates to its documentation and improvements to the snap package for better dependency handling. The LXD UI now supports configuring a default storage pool for new projects, making them usable immediately after creation.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/weekly-news-371/49576

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 Oracular Oriole (24.10) Release Party at Caldes de Montbui (Saturday November 30, 2024)

Walter Garcia Fontes tells us of a Release Party for Ubuntu Oracular Oriole (24.10) on November 30, 2024 in Barcelona. Details and a request for registration are provided via link.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-oracular-oriole-24-10-release-party-at-caldes-de-montbui-saturday-november-30-2024/49619

FOSDEM 25 CfP & updates

Mauro Gaspari brings us some FOSDEM news. Weā€™re told we can submit abstracts as FOSDEM 25 CfP is open, that Ubuntu and Debian are both involved in the Distribution DevRoom, and a submission has been made for an Ubuntu project booth.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/fosdem-25-cfp-updates/49667

UbuCon Sponsorship Guidelines

Aaron J. Prisk has documented guidelines on UbuCon Sponsorship.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubucon-sponsorship-guidelines-draft/49696

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

Ubuntu Desktop 25.04 Part 1 - The Plucky Roadmap

Oliver Smith gives us the first monthly update which talks about the Ubuntu 25.04 Desktop release. Oliver reminds us of the Ubuntu Summit, and subsequent planning and more whilst in The Hague. Weā€™re reminded ā€˜roadmapsā€™ can change, but are told of further refinements to the desktop installer. Next up is accessibility improvements, the immutable Core Desktop, upstream Flutter contributions, GNOME 48, Linux 6.14, and more.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-desktop-25-04-part-1-the-plucky-roadmap/49621

Anbox Cloud 1.24.0 has been released

Keirthana T S writes about the release of Anbox Cloud 1.24.0. Weā€™re told itā€™s a minor release, given links to the full release notes, component versions, and requirements. A list of components is provided, as well as a short summary of what is found, and changes (which includes remove of support of Ubuntu 20.04). A list of known issues, bug fixes, upgrade instructions, and as well many links are provided.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/anbox-cloud-1-24-0-has-been-released/49609

LXD 5.21.2 LTS interim snap release 5.21.2-084c8c8

Thomas Parrott tells us the ā€œLXD 5.21/stable channel is being updatedā€ including fixes. Weā€™re given details of the fixes included, and links for more if required.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/lxd-5-21-2-lts-interim-snap-release-5-21-2-084c8c8/49680

LXD 5.0.4 LTS has been released

Thomas Parrott informs us of the release of LXD 5.0.4 LTS, which will be supported until June 2027. Weā€™re told it includes 10 months of bugfixes, and told of the highlights, given snap packaging dependency updates, and the complete changelog. We are given the link to download the tarball, and told how to install on Linux, MacOS and Windows.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/lxd-5-0-4-lts-has-been-released/49681

Ubuntu Cloud News

Canonical News

In the Press

A sit-down with Ubuntu founder Mark ā€˜SABDFLā€™ Shuttleworth

Liam Proven writes about an interview with Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Ubuntu and Canonical, given at the Ubuntu Summit 2024. This is written as a series of questions asked by Liam, with answers provided by Mark Shuttleworth.

https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/11/mark_shuttleworth_ubuntu_interview/

Ubuntu Unity still has one of my favorite PC interfaces of all time

Jack Wallen extols the virtues of Ubuntu Unity, and its Unity desktop. Mention is made of its creation and some brief past, before Jack moves to why itā€™s ā€œso effectiveā€. First the App Overview is covered, then easy theme switching, and more. Screenshots are provided that help explain the points covered.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/ubuntu-unity-still-has-one-of-my-favorite-pc-interfaces-of-all-time/

LXQt packs Wayland punch with 2.1 release

Liam Proven writes this time about the LXQt 2.1 release. Weā€™re given some history, before he moves to the big change which includes LXQt now being Wayland compatible.

https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/15/lxqt_21/

In the Blogosphere

GNOME Mutter Lands Improved GPU Selection Logic For Laptops

Michael Larabel writes that GNOMEā€™s Mutter compositor has improved logic in selecting the primary graphics processor due to a code merge. Weā€™re given details of this merge, a link to the bug report and the fix by AMD Linux engineer Mario Limonciello which led to this improvement,

https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Mutter-Multi-GPU-eDP

Valve Releases Steam Client Update to Further Improve Native Linux Gaming

Marius Nestor tells us about a new Steam Client update from Valve that will ā€œfurther improve Linux gamingā€. Weā€™re given some details, inclusive of some details of fixes, plus a link to the release notes for more.

https://9to5linux.com/valve-releases-steam-client-update-to-further-improve-native-linux-gaming

Ubuntu 25.04 Set to Ship With New PDF Viewer

Joey Sneddon reminds us that Evince has been the Document Viewer in Ubuntu for a long time, but that it may be replaced by Papers in Ubuntu 25.04. Weā€™re given some details, why the switch may occur, and includes mention of why the solution was a GTK4 fork of Evince.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/11/ubuntu-25-04-papers-evince-swap

In Other News

5 Linux Features That Make It More Productive Than Windows or Mac

Dibakar Ghosh writes about five features found on the Linux Desktop that can make it more productive than Windows or Mac. These features include: better virtual desktop implementations, tiling window managers, live boot operation, distributions built for specific workcases, widgets/extensions, and more.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/5-linux-features-that-make-it-more-productive-than-windows-or-mac/ar-AA1tRTbj

Other Articles of Interest

Featured Audio and Video

Ubuntu Security Podcast: Episode 241

ā€œThis week we take a deep dive into the latest Linux malware, GoblinRAT to look at how malware is evolving to stay stealthy and evade detection and how malware authors are learning from modern software development along the way.ā€

https://ubuntusecuritypodcast.org/episode-241/

Ubuntu Portugal Podcast: Episode 324 - Uma Jola Com o JoĆ£o Jotta

ā€œJĆ” com algum atraso, neste episĆ³dio o nosso amigo JoĆ£o Jotta esteve de volta e estivemos Ć  conversa sobre os computadores do JoĆ£o; os (muitos) dispositivos que o JoĆ£o adquiriu para o ajudar nas suas funƧƵes profissionais; a entrada da Digi no mercado de telecomunicaƧƵes e os NAS que dependem da Internet para serem geridos.ā€

https://podcastubuntuportugal.org/e324/

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

Subscribe

Get your copy of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter delivered each week to you via email at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-news

Or follow us via our various social media presences:

Archive

You can always find older Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter issues at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Archive

Further News

As always you can find more Ubuntu news and announcements at:

Conclusion

Thank you for reading the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter.

See you next week!

Credits

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

  • Krytarik Raido
  • Bashing-om
  • Chris Guiver
  • Wild Man
  • Din MuÅ”ić
  • And many others

Glossary of Terms

Other acronyms can be found at: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/glossary-uwn/42405

Get Involved

The Ubuntu community consists of individuals and teams, working on different aspects of the distribution, giving advice and technical support, and helping to promote Ubuntu to a wider audience. No contribution is too small, and anyone can help. Itā€™s your chance to get in on all the community fun associated with developing and promoting Ubuntu. More on this at: https://community.ubuntu.com/contribute/

Or get involved with the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter team! We always need summary writers and editors, if youā€™re interested, learn more at: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/joining-the-ubuntu-weekly-newsletter-team/40929

Feedback

This document is maintained by the Ubuntu Weekly News Team. If you have a story idea or suggestions for the Weekly Newsletter, join the Ubuntu News Team mailing list at https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/Ubuntu-news-team and submit it. Ideas can also be added to the wiki at https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-weekly-newsletter-ideas/40053/. If youā€™d like to contribute to a future issue of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, please feel free to edit the appropriate wiki page. If you have any technical support questions, please check https://community.ubuntu.com/help-information/ for more information on where to get help.

Except where otherwise noted, this issue of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 License.

2 Likes
2

Hello,

I was trying to update the LXD section of the news, but it appears that I can no longer edit the post. Have there been any recent changes that might have affected editing permissions?

Thank you!

3

No, at least none that Iā€™m aware of.

There is a errant ā€œ>ā€ i see; I canā€™t see how it would impact anything, but Iā€™ll remove it and Iā€™ll then suggest you try again. Sorry Iā€™m guessing here

ā€“

Done, I donā€™t currently see any problems, or reasons why you canā€™t @dinmusic; please try again

1 Like
4

Hello,

Thanks for quick reply. The issue is that I no longer have the edit button on posts within the Ubuntu Weekly News - news. For example, I can still see it on my replies and posts within the LXD channel. Iā€™ve also checked older news posts where I previously made edits, but I can no longer edit those either.

1 Like
5

Weā€™ll need to look into this, for now Iā€™ll provide a copy of the current newsletter in text format (Ubuntu Pastebin) in case itā€™s helpful, and you can either reply to me here with changes/additions (I or @bashing-om can add them until we get this fixed), or just PM me/Billy and weā€™ll add from there.

THANK YOU for checking older posts. Yep, it sure sounds like a security change; Iā€™m aware of changes occurring elsewhere on this discourse; but sorry Iā€™m not familiar with any here in Ubuntu Weekly News.

( Itā€™s getting somewhat late my local time (and Iā€™ve got other stuff yet to do), so Iā€™ll probably chase this up tomorrow; thus why Iā€™m suggesting a workaround until its fixed )

@bashing-om youā€™re not aware of any changes that could cause this?? If youā€™re not aware of any; we may need to speak to @ian-weisser for help (this ping is early Ian sorry; so feel free to ignore this for now, but I [tonight] canā€™t see any problems/reason for the problem, and will look again tomorrowā€¦ Once Iā€™ve spoken with Billy/@bashing-om I maybe seeking your helpā€¦)

1 Like
6

All right - now - me thinks ā€“

Opps on my part in that in my haste I did fail to set the WIKI flag.

Sorry for this inconvenience,

7

But that also means I missed it too !! and looking for it was one of the first things I did (though when I responded last night I was distracted by non-Ubuntu things too)

8

guiverc - Well !

Life just has a way to get in the way :smiley: