Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 874

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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 874 for the week of January 5 - 11, 2025.

In this Issue

  • First Plucky Puffin test rebuild
  • Phased updater and weekends
  • Welcome New Members and Developers
  • Ubuntu Stats
  • Hot in Support
  • Rocks Public Journal; 2024-01-10
  • Other Meeting Reports
  • Upcoming Meetings and Events
  • LoCo Events
  • Ubuntu Studio: 24.04 LTS Backports Megathread
  • Ubuntu Studio: Support and Help Updates
  • Canonical News
  • In the Press
  • 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

First Plucky Puffin test rebuild

Matthias Klose updates us on the first test rebuild of Ubuntu plucky puffin that started on December 21, 2024. We’re told it finished for the main component and he gives a link so we can examine results, and a link to look at build failures. We’re asked to help fixing the build failures, and told there are "two test rebuilds for upcoming toolchange changes. We are given a link to the LLVM build.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2025-January/001364.html

Phased updater and weekends

Julian Andres Klode makes a proposal to “extend the policy to not release SRUs from Fri-Sun to the phased updates and not phase them to a 100% at those times”. Reasons for this are given, with this change outlined, some effects are discussed and adjustments that maybe beneficial.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-release/2025-January/006283.html

Welcome New Members and Developers

Congratulations to this contributor!

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open: 144107 (+18)
  • Critical: 308 (0)
  • Unconfirmed: 73742 (-6)

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

Translations

  • German: 86.90% (45987/268)
  • Ukrainian: 86.22% (48360/1404)
  • French: 84.87% (53101/6300)
  • Swedish: 80.31% (69118/809)
  • Spanish: 77.24% (79897/4549)

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

Rocks Public Journal; 2024-01-10

The Ubuntu 22.04 CIS-STIG FIPS-preview container is now in IronBank, for both amd64 and arm64. The Ubuntu Pro archives have been added to all LTS chisel-releases, so you can now cut Pro packages directly from the upstream slice definitions. Finally, keep an eye out for the Chisel docs!

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/rocks-public-journal-2024-01-10/53023

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 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 Studio: 24.04 LTS Backports Megathread

Erich Eickmeyer advises of an augment that enables “requests for backports of packages”. Requirements for requesting are provided. and links to supplemental information.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/24-04-lts-backports-megathread/53097

The Planet

Ubuntu Studio: Support and Help Updates

This post is a notification that community support is to “move our primary support channel from Ask Ubuntu to Ubuntu Discourse”. Reasoning for the move is provided. We are also told access links will be updated and a new icon will appear in Ubuntu Studio Information menu. A new area for Ubuntu Studio discussions now exists on Ubuntu Discourse, though not for support and help, but for open discussions - “a great place to connect with other members of the community and interact with developers”. Also mention is made of the 22.04 to 24.04 upgrade process with a fix still coming.

https://ubuntustudio.org/2025/01/support-and-help-updates/

Canonical News

In the Press

Steve Langasek, One of Ubuntu Linux’s Leading Lights, Has Died

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes that the “Linux world will be a poorer place without Steve Langasek”. We’re reminded he was fighting illness for several years, and that he is a “pillar of the open-source community”; including a leading contributor to Debian and Ubuntu. We’re walked through some of Steve’s history and contributions, and given some thoughts and quotes from colleagues.

https://thenewstack.io/steve-langasek-one-of-ubuntu-linuxs-leading-lights-has-died/

Nvidia Project Digits: A Linux-powered desktop for AI developers

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols reports about the Nvidia Project Digits, and tells us why it’s ‘revolutionary’. We’re told it’ll run DGX OS, which is a customized Ubuntu 22.04 LTS system, and we are given some details; including it’s scheduled to launch in May 2025.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/nvidia-project-digits-a-linux-powered-desktop-for-ai-developers/

In the Blogosphere

Xubuntu 25.04 Preparing Xfce 4.20 Desktop Upgrade

Michael Larabel informs us Xubuntu 24.04 LTS will have the Xfce 4.20 desktop. We’re reminded of the Xfce 4.20 release, with a link to the Xubuntu 25.04 development update by Sean Davis (Xubuntu), shown a screenshot, and more.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Xubuntu-25.04-Xfce-4.20

GNOME Mutter Merges Support For Wayland Timing & Queuing Protocols

Michael Larabel tells us that GNOME’s Mutter now has support merged for Wayland timing and queuing protocols. We’re told why this is a good thing, given some details, including 249 commits have been made in the past year that are now merged. We are given a link should we need more.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Mutter-Wayland-Timing

12 Years After Haswell, Intel Open-Source Graphics Developers Still Make Occasional Fix

Michael Larabel blogs about Intel’s Haswell CPUs, and updates us on a fix coming in the Linux 6.14 kernel for those using those CPUs. With details of this fix, a link to the pull request is provided if we need more.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Haswell-Engine-Fix-For-Linux-25

Featured Audio and Video

Ubuntu Portugal Podcast: Episode 331 - AntĂłnio AragĂŁo e os AstrĂłlogos GastrĂłnomos

“Para começar o ano, recebemos a visita de AntĂłnio AragĂŁo, organizador de Encontros de Comunidades de Tecnologias Livres (ECTL) e insigne treinador de papagaios. TambĂ©m pudemos deslumbrar-nos com a sagacidade e alcance das previsĂ”es para 2024 do bruxo da casa: FernĂŁo Vaz, Alfageme de SantarĂ©m, comedor de jantares de bife da vazia com trufas, que serĂŁo pagos pelo Diogo e o AndrĂ© Paula.”

https://podcastubuntuportugal.org/e331/

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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