Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 868

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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 868 for the week of November 24 - 30, 2024.

In this Issue

WORK IN PROGRESS

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What we are working
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  • LXD: Weekly News #373
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  • Ubuntu Africa Summit Report: Celebrating 20 Years and Ubuntu 24.10
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    • Desktop Team Integration Squad Updates – Monday 25th November 2024
  • ? * +1 Maintenance Report
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  • Checkbox 4.2.0 stable release
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    • Is a real-time OS right for your business?
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  • Podcast:
    • Ubuntu OnAir: Ubuntu Summit 2024
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General Community News

Welcome New Members and Developers

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/

Meeting Reports

Team leads are responsible to summarize
Otherwise will be demoted to the “Other Meeting Reports” section as bulleted

LXD: Weekly News #373

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/weekly-news-373/50126

Starcraft Clinic - XXXX

https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/starcraft-clinic-2024-aug-16/41427/4?u=soumyadghosh

Rocks Public Journal; 2024-XX-XX

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/rocks-public-journal-2024-08-27/47542/4

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 Africa Summit Report: Celebrating 20 Years and Ubuntu 24.10

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-africa-summit-report-celebrating-20-years-and-ubuntu-24-10/50122/

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

Checkbox 4.2.0 stable release

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/checkbox-4-2-0-stable-release/50124

The Planet

Other Community News

Ubuntu Cloud News

Canonical News

In the Press

In the Blogosphere

In Other News

Other Articles of Interest

Featured Audio and Video

Ubuntu OnAir: Ubuntu Summit 2024 | No, Open Source Didn’t Destroy My Creative Agency

“Seven years ago, Ryan Gorley (Founder at Freehive) took the bold step of only using free and open-source software in his creative agency. Join him for a an overview of what has been a surprising, frustrating, fruitful and enlightening journey.
In his talk, Ryan will present visually engaging proof that free and open-source tools can compete in a professional setting, make the case for using and contributing to free and open source softwarte as a professional imperative, and present a practical roadmap to greater personal and creative freedom.”

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

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/

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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