Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 888

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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 888 for the week of April 13 - 19, 2025.

In this Issue

  • Ubuntu 25.04 (Plucky Puffin) released
  • Questing Quokka Release Notes
  • Extended Security Maintenance for Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa) begins May 29, 2025
  • Welcome New Members and Developers
  • Ubuntu Stats
  • Hot in Support
  • LXD: Weekly news #391
  • Other Meeting Reports
  • Upcoming Meetings and Events
  • UbuCon Korea 2025 발표 제안서 모집 안내
  • CFP is now closed for UbuCon Asia 2025
  • LoCo Events
  • Lubuntu Council Elections 2025
  • 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

Ubuntu 25.04 (Plucky Puffin) released

Utkarsh Gupta on behalf of the Ubuntu Release team announces the release of Ubuntu 25.04 (Plucky Puffin). This post gives us many details, with links for even more. We’re told how we can download the new release, including flavors and more. A run down of the software included in the release is included in this detailed post.

We’re reminded what Steve Langasek gave to the Ubuntu Community over many years, and how we’re still benefiting from that today. Thanks is given to Steve, who passed away earlier this year, with this released dedicated in his honor.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-25-04-plucky-puffin-released/59303

This release is widely covered, the following is a collection of articles selected by our editors:

Additional Release Notes:

Interested in the flavors? Release announcements as follows:

Media attention to the release:

Questing Quokka Release Notes

Utkarsh Gupta gives us the release name for Ubuntu 25.10, by starting the release notes for the next release, scheduled for October 2025. This document will be populated during the next six months.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/questing-quokka-release-notes/59220

Extended Security Maintenance for Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa) begins May 29, 2025

Florent ‘Skia’ Jacquet, of the Ubuntu Release team, reminds us Ubuntu 20.04 LTS was released 5 years ago, and is fast approaching its End of Standard Support. We’re told Extended Security Maintenance (ESM) starts on May 29, 2025. This warning post gives links for release-upgrade advice, so existing users can plan their upgrades in these remaining weeks of standard support.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2025-April/000310.html

Welcome New Members and Developers

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

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open: 142902 (+92)
  • Critical: 317 (+1)
  • Unconfirmed: 72828 (+62)

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

Translations

  • German: 86.93% (45900/226)
  • Ukrainian: 86.36% (47888/1462)
  • French: 85.03% (52564/6605)
  • Swedish: 80.72% (67703/1269)
  • Spanish: 77.44% (79204/5456)

Hot in Support

Ubuntu Community Discourse Trending Top 5 Threads

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

Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions

Ask (and answer!) questions at: https://askubuntu.com/

Meeting Reports

LXD: Weekly news #391

This past week, LXD received some important bug fixes that improve the overall reliability of Ceph volume attachments.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/weekly-news-391/59087

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

UbuCon Korea 2025 발표 제안서 모집 안내

“오는 8월 9일 Microsoft Korea 에서 개최될 예정인 UbuCon Korea 2025의 발표 제안서 모집(Call for proposal)이 열렸습니다!” …

Han Young-bin puts out a Call for Proposals for UbuCon Korea 2025. We’re told the event occurs on August 9, 2025 at Microsoft Korea, and also marks the 20th anniversary of the community. Further details are provided (in Korean) on what is required for proposals, and where to go if we need help too. Links to past event sessions are provided.

https://discourse.ubuntu-kr.org/t/ubucon-korea-2025/49970

CFP is now closed for UbuCon Asia 2025

This brief post by Youngbin Han announces the closure of the CFP process for UbuCon Asia 2025, with thanks given to those who submitted proposals. Some stats on submissions are provided, both in figures and charts, as well as what will occur next. Links are provided to stay in touch, and ‘see you in Kathmandu’.

https://blog.ubucon.asia/post/uca25-cfp-closed/

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

Lubuntu Council Elections 2025

Simon Quigley, on behalf of the Lubuntu Council, announces the Lubuntu Council 2025 elections. We’re reminded firstly of the role of the Lubuntu Council, the requirements of applicants, how to apply, and given the timeline of the stages in this election.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/lubuntu-council-elections-2025/59346

Canonical News

In the Blogosphere

Ubuntu 25.10 is Officially Named ‘Questing Quokka’

Joey Sneddon tells us that Ubuntu 25.10 will be Questing Quokka. Joey also reminds us of the April 1st ‘tweet’ that turned out to be more of a quiz, though it did include the Quokka animal. Joey gives us a definition of Questing and tells us of the “ridiculously cute” Quokka (photo included).

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/04/ubuntu-25-10-named-questing-quokka

GNOME 47.6 Fixes Black Screen Issue on Multi-Monitor Setups with NVIDIA Driver

Marius Nestor informs us of the maintenance release of GNOME 47.6 which addresses some issues via bug fixes. First issue discussed is black screen issues experienced by NVIDIA users which are fixed by Mutter changes. Epiphany, Nautilus, and other updated apps receiving fixes are also mentioned. Should we need more, a link to the release announcement is provided.

https://9to5linux.com/gnome-47-6-fixes-black-screen-issue-on-multi-monitor-setups-with-nvidia-driver

GNOME 48.1 Desktop Is Out to Improve HDR Support and Fix Various Issues

Marius Nestor writes this time about the GNOME 48.1 update with its various fixes. We’re walked through many of the fixes; Marius tells us what issues are fixed with various app updates in this release. He ends with a link to the official release announcement.

https://9to5linux.com/gnome-48-1-desktop-is-out-to-improve-hdr-support-and-fix-various-issues

Featured Audio and Video

Ask Noah Show: 437 - Canonical Certifications

This Ask Noah broadcast includes interviews with Adriana Frick and Mauricio Buschinelli where they talk about Canonical (Ubuntu) Certifications. Noah interviews Adriana (and Mauricio) asking about her background, and more, before getting to the Canonical Ubuntu Essentials (Canonical Credentials | Ubuntu). The goals of the Credentials test is covered, and how the certification is useful in getting jobs. We’re told what is available now, with more to come in the future too. Noah also interviews [Goulin Khoge] about Canonical’s work with cell phone companies, using Charms and JuJu to build 5G.

https://podcast.asknoahshow.com/437

It’s FOSS: Ubuntu 25.04 “Plucky Puffin” is Here! What’s New?

“Ubuntu 25.04 ‘Plucky Puffin’ – Top Features & Release Highlights! Ubuntu 25.04 ‘Plucky Puffin’ is here, bringing a host of exciting updates and enhancements to the Linux community. In this video, we review Ubuntu 25.04 and see what new features and bugs (if any) it brings. I have installed Ubuntu 25.04 on my TUXEDO Infinitybook. Some parts of the video was also recorded on a VM. Key Features in Ubuntu 25.04: Enhanced Installer Experience: Improved dual-boot support with better handling of BitLocker-encrypted disks, making installations smoother for users with existing operating systems.​GNOME 48: Experience refined UI elements, including on-screen display notifications for headphone connections, improved keyboard backlight controls.​ Wellbeing Feature: A new addition aimed at promoting digital wellness by allowing users to set screen time limits, movement reminders, and more. ​Notification Grouping: Cleaner and more organized notifications by grouping messages from the same application together.​ APT 3.0: More visual changes but this time in the terminal. The new APT 3.0 brings better user experience with color codes and helpful warnings for core package removal. Latest Kernel: Ships with Linux Kernel 6.14, ensuring better hardware compatibility and performance improvements.​”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaJj8fLxC44

Ubuntu Portugal Podcast: Episode 344 - Sistemas Operatíveis

“Passámos uma semana interessante e infernal, a ler programas eleitorais sobre software livre enquanto gatos se roçam em microfones; falámos de novidades de domótica e assistentes de música; meta-motores de busca privados, livres e fresquinhos, actualização do GIMP para 3.0, antecipação salivante do Ubuntu 25.04 que sai nesta quinta-feira; quem ganha num combate entre Fedora e Ubuntu; e ainda parvoíces sobre carochos da Adobe e metadonas metafóricas.”

https://podcastubuntuportugal.org/e344/

The Linux Experiment - Ubuntu 25.04: a bigger release than I thought!

  • Ubuntu specific features
  • GNOME 48 features
  • Flavours

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

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

Security Updates

Ubuntu 20.04 Updates

End of Standard Support: 29 May 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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