Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 895

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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 895 for the week of June 1 - 7, 2025.

In this Issue

  • Call for nominations: DMB appointment process
  • Ubuntu Stats
  • Hot in Support
  • LXD: Weekly news #397
  • Other Meeting Reports
  • Upcoming Meetings and Events
  • LoCo Events
  • Ubuntu Server Gazette - Issue 4: Stable Release Updates - The Misunderstood process
  • Lubuntu Council Elections 2025
  • Kernel HWE update for the upcoming Noble 24.04.3 point release
  • Phasing out Bazaar code hosting
  • Canonical News
  • In the Press
  • In the Blogosphere
  • Featured Audio and Video
  • Updates and Security for Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04, 24.10, and 25.04
  • And much more!

General Community News

Call for nominations: DMB appointment process

Robie Basak writes on the Ubuntu Development mailing list that there are only “four nominations out of the six required for a meaningful vote” and thus the election schedule has been postponed. Robie talks about recent elections, and works towards a “concrete proposal” , and asks for feedback.

Editorial note: feedback has been given if you wish to explore further.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2025-June/043369.html

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open: 143260 (-155)
  • Critical: 312 (0)
  • Unconfirmed: 73185 (-96)

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% (45890/160)
  • Ukrainian: 86.50% (47399/1415)
  • French: 85.03% (52564/6649)
  • Swedish: 80.72% (67700/790)
  • Spanish: 77.44% (79203/4773)

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 #397

The highlight of the past week is LXD 6.4 release.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/weekly-news-397/62058/

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 Server Gazette - Issue 4: Stable Release Updates - The Misunderstood process

Christian Ehrhardt writes about the Stable Release Update (SRU) process, and as a result of various ‘arguments’ (that mean nothing) have him needing to explain how the process works and why discussions aren’t a problem. Christian shares “some of the philosophies behind the SRU process” that he hopes will become more widely known.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-server-gazette-issue-4-stable-release-updates-the-misunderstood-process/62054/

Lubuntu Council Elections 2025

Merlijn Sebrechts from the Ubuntu Community Council has restarted the Lubuntu Council Elections 2025 for the Lubuntu team. 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 (we’re in Nomination stage currently). We’re also told where to ask questions if needed.

Editorial note: This is a restart of the Election Cycle mentioned in UWN issue 888.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/lubuntu-council-elections-2025/62174

Kernel HWE update for the upcoming Noble 24.04.3 point release

Kleber Souza reminds us of the hardware enablement (HWE) kernels which gets updated during the first years of a LTS releases life. We’re reminded that Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS is scheduled for August 7, 2025 and will have the 6.14 kernel backported from 25.04-generic. We’re told this kernel backport is scheduled for the 2025.06.16 SRU cycle, but is available now via ‘linux-generic-hwe-24.04-edge’ if we’d like to test it. Feedback on issues can be made through the kernel mailing list, on Ubuntu Discourse, or via launchpad bug reports.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/kernel-hwe-update-for-the-upcoming-noble-24-04-3-point-release/62259

The Planet

Phasing out Bazaar code hosting

JĂŒrgen Gmach reminds us what Bazaar is, which is currently hosted on Launchpad for Ubuntu, but will soon be ‘sunset’. We’re reminded Breeze is a fork of Bazaar; which helped keep Bazaar alive; but most users are using Git. This post outlines the sunsetting of Bazaar, gives details of the two phases, gives a link with details of how to migrate a bazaar repository on Launchpad to Git, and finally a “Call for action”. If you’re in a team still using Bazaar, you should take note of the “Call for action”, with details on where you can get help in migration and more provided too.

https://blog.launchpad.net/general/phasing-out-bazaar-code-hosting

Canonical News

In the Press

Ubuntu 25.10 “Questing Quokka” Unveils New Features

Juan Vasquez tells us ubuntu 25.10 will introduce “significant updates to its default application lineup”. With mention of the adoption of Loupe and Ptyxis, which is said to be a “more than surface-level change”, we’re told of the changes including a focus on security and performance.

https://www.webpronews.com/ubuntu-25-10-questing-quokka-unveils-new-features/

In the Blogosphere

Ubuntu 25.10 Switches to Rust-based Sudo

Joey Sneddon writes about what he describes as a “major fundamental change” lurking below the surface. In this article Joey is focusing on the Rust-based ‘sudo-rs’ replacement of the much older C code. We’re told why this change is being done, what it means for users: which includes work that needs to be done, and a warning that the sudo-rs isn’t a “1:1 replacement”. Joey tells us of Ubuntu’s pledge to keep the original ‘sudo’ in the archives “beyond 26.04 LTS”, that this should improve security, and that we can try it now too if we’re using Ubuntu 25.04. Joey concludes “Technical acuity is all well and good, but any language that encourages more people to learn, build and contribute to open-source is welcome by me.”

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/05/ubuntu-25-10-rust-sudo-rs-change

Ubuntu Touch OTA-9 Released with VoLTE and Waydroid Improvements

Marius Nestor tells us about the UBports Foundation’s releasing of Ubuntu Touch OTA-9, which is still based on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. We’re told of the support for VoLTE that now works “out-of-box with more carriers”, and other new features and fixes from upstream Ubuntu. As is normal, a list of devices that can use this release are provided, and a link to the official announcement is provided.

https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-touch-ota-9-released-with-volte-and-waydroid-improvements

Ubuntu Developers Discuss The Difficult Issue Of Splitting Up Firmware Packages

Michael Larabel writes about Ubuntu developer Juerg Haefliger starting a discussion on “possibly splitting up the ‘linux-firmware’ package”, largely due to the size as a result of the “diverse range of hardware supported by the Linux kernel”. This is a complex issue described as a “can of worms”, with Michael providing a link to the Ubuntu development thread so we get more and can follow the discussion.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Possible-FW-Pkg-Split

Featured Audio and Video

Ubuntu Portugal Podcast: Episode 350 - A Senhora dos Anéis

“De regresso triunfal do Oppidum Sena, onde apanharam uma onda de calor e uma barrigada de cabrito, queijo e vinho, os nossos herĂłis trazem novidades da Wikicon Portugal 2025 e contam-nos as suas aventuras tecnolĂłgicas, que incluem despir um Cervantes e apanhar felinos chamados Felicity em sĂ­tios estranhos da Internet. Para recebĂȘ-los esteve presente a Princesa Leia, a.k.a., Joana SimĂ”es, a.k.a. A Senhora dos AnĂ©is, regressada de uma gloriosa missĂŁo em TĂłquio e de partida para o MĂ©xico - a conversa farĂĄ tremer a terra debaixo dos vossos pĂ©s e os satĂ©lites acima das vossas cabeças!”

https://podcastubuntuportugal.org/e350/

Updates and Security for Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04, 24.10, and 25.04

Security Updates

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 10, 2025

Ubuntu 25.04 Updates

End of Life: January 2026

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