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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 627 for the week of April 12 – 18, 2020. The full version of this issue is available here.
In this issue we cover:
- Focal Fossa (20.04 LTS) Final Freeze
- Ubuntu Stats
- Hot in Support
- LoCo Events
- Mir 1.8.0 Release
- Focal Fossa (20.04 LTS) Final Release Status Tracking
- dl-ubuntu-test-iso : An easy way to download latest daily images
- Ubuntu and the new IBM LinuxONE III LT2
- Canonical News
- In the Blogosphere
- Featured Audio and Video
- Meeting Reports
- Upcoming Meetings and Events
- Updates and Security for 16.04, 18.04 and 19.10
- And much more!
The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:
- Krytarik Raido
- Bashing-om
- Chris Guiver
- Wild Man
- And many others
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