Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 872

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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 872 for the week of December 22 - 28, 2024.

In this Issue

WORK IN PROGRESS

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What we are working
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  • New Ubuntu Membership Board 2024
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  • UbuCon Asia 2024
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    • Meetings/Reports/Events
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    • What to know when procuring Linux laptops
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  • AMDVLK 2024.Q4.3 Brings Vulkan 1.4 Support, More Game Tuning
  • AMD Ryzen PCs May See More Power Savings
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  • Podcast:
    • Ubuntu Portugal: E330 - Especial Comilanzenas

General Community News

New Ubuntu Membership Board 2024

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/new-ubuntu-membership-board-2024/51814

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 Community Discourse Trending Top 5 Threads

Find more support at: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/c/support-and-help/306

Meeting Reports

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

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

? * +1 maintenance: - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2024-December/043210.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

LoCo News

UbuCon Asia 2024

https://aryank.in/posts/2024-12-25-ubucon-asia-2024/

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

The Planet

Other Community News

Ubuntu Cloud News

Canonical News

In the Press

In the Blogosphere

AMDVLK 2024.Q4.3 Brings Vulkan 1.4 Support, More Game Tuning

<https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMDVLK-2024.Q4.3-Released?

AMD Ryzen PCs May See More Power Savings Out-Of-The-Box With Linux 6.14

https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-P-State-Ryzen-Linux-6.14

In Other News

Other Articles of Interest

Featured Audio and Video

Ubuntu Security Podcast: Episode 21x

https://ubuntusecuritypodcast.org/

Ubuntu Portugal Podcast: Episode 330 - Especial Comilanzenas

"Recebemos uma colecção de convidados especiais (Joana Simões, André Bação, Gato Galão Gagarine) neste episódio aberto ao povo e falámos de tudo, sem rede e sem tabus: o Império não fez nada de errado; convidámos o Governo Civil de Lisboa a receber peúgas malcheirosas; pusemos em causa a validade de sondagens democráticas no mundo do software geoespacial, arengámos sobre opções de domótica e routers livres, Lunokhod, planetário, walkie-talkies e estabilizadores de corrente e exibimos as nossas compras de Comilanzenas (*Natal), para fazer inveja lá em casa. Em suma: um fartar vilanagem!?

https://podcastubuntuportugal.org/e330/

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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