Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 856

By guiverc | Published: 2024-09-09

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 856 for the week of September 1 – 7, 2024. The full version of this issue is available here.

In this issue we cover:

  • Upgrades to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Suspended / Re-enabled
  • Ubuntu Stats
  • Hot in Support
  • Ubuntu Meeting Activity Reports
  • LXD: Weekly news – 361
  • Starcraft Clinic – 2024-Aug-30
  • UbuCon Asia
  • LoCo Events
  • Jammy Jellyfish (22.04.5 LTS) Point-Release Status Tracking
  • Ubuntu Representation at EthAccra 2024
  • A desktop touched by Midas: Oracular Oriole
  • Looking for more internship project ideas for Outreachy (December-March cohort)
  • Ubuntu Summit 2024: A logo takes flight
  • Canonical News
  • In the Press
  • In the Blogosphere
  • In Other News
  • Featured Audio and Video
  • Meeting Reports
  • Upcoming Meetings and Events
  • Updates and Security for Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04, and 24.04
  • And much more!

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

  • Krytarik Raido
  • Bashing-om
  • Chris Guiver
  • Wild Man
  • soumyadghosh
  • sukso96100
  • And many others

If you have a story idea for the Weekly Newsletter, join the Ubuntu News Team mailing list and submit it. Ideas can also be added to the wiki!

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Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 855

By guiverc | Published: 2024-09-02

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 855 for the week of August 25 – 31, 2024. The full version of this issue is available here.

In this issue we cover:

  • Ubuntu 22.04.5 final point-release delayed until September 12
  • Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS released
  • Ubuntu Stats
  • Hot in Support
  • Ubuntu Meeting Activity Reports
  • Rocks Public Journal; 2024-08-27
  • Convocatória para apresentação de propostas (Call for proposals)
  • UbuCon Asia 2025 – Call for Bids!
  • LoCo Council approved and formalized LoCo Handover process
  • LoCo Events
  • Introducing Kernel 6.11 for the 24.10 Oracular Oriole Release
  • Other Community News
  • Ubuntu Cloud News
  • Canonical News
  • In the Blogosphere
  • Other Articles of Interest
  • Featured Audio and Video
  • Meeting Reports
  • Upcoming Meetings and Events
  • Updates and Security for Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04, and 24.04
  • And much more!

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

  • Krytarik Raido
  • Bashing-om
  • Chris Guiver
  • Wild Man
  • And many others

If you have a story idea for the Weekly Newsletter, join the Ubuntu News Team mailing list and submit it. Ideas can also be added to the wiki!

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Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS released

By guiverc | Published: 2024-08-30

The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS (Long-Term Support) for its Desktop, Server, and Cloud products, as well as other flavours of Ubuntu with long-term support.

As usual, this point release includes many updates and updated installation media has been provided so that fewer updates will need to be downloaded after installation. These include security updates and corrections for other high-severity bugs, with a focus on maintaining stability and compatibility with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.

Kubuntu 24.04.1 LTS, Ubuntu Budgie 24.04.1 LTS, Ubuntu MATE 24.04.1 LTS, Lubuntu 24.04.1 LTS, Ubuntu Kylin 24.04.1 LTS, Ubuntu Studio 24.04.1 LTS, Xubuntu 24.04.1 LTS, Edubuntu 24.04.1 LTS, Ubuntu Cinnamon 24.04.1 LTS and Ubuntu Unity 24.04.1 LTS are also now available. More details can be found in their individual release notes (see ‘Official flavours’):

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-24-04-lts-noble-numbat-release-notes/39890

Maintenance updates will be provided for 5 years from the initial 24.04 LTS release for Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu Server, Ubuntu Cloud, and Ubuntu Core. All the remaining flavours will be supported for 3 years. Additional security support is available with ESM (Expanded Security Maintenance).

To get Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS

In order to download Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS, visit:

https://ubuntu.com/download

Users of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS will be offered an automatic upgrade to 24.04.1 LTS via Update Manager.

We recommend that all users read the 24.04.1 LTS release notes, which document caveats and workarounds for known issues, as well as more in-depth notes on the release itself. They are available at:

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-24-04-lts-noble-numbat-release-notes/39890

If you have a question, or if you think you may have found a bug but aren’t sure, you can try asking in any of the following places:

Help Shape Ubuntu

If you would like to help shape Ubuntu, take a look at the list of ways you can participate at:

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/contribute

About Ubuntu

Ubuntu is a full-featured Linux distribution for desktops, laptops, clouds and servers, with a fast and easy installation and regular releases. A tightly-integrated selection of excellent applications is included, and an incredible variety of add-on software is just a few clicks away.

Professional services including support are available from Canonical and hundreds of other companies around the world. For more information about support, visit:

https://ubuntu.com/support

More Information

You can learn more about Ubuntu and about this release on our website listed below:

https://ubuntu.com/

To sign up for future Ubuntu announcements, please subscribe to Ubuntu’s very low volume announcement list at:

https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-announce

Originally posted to the ubuntu-announce mailing list on Thu Aug 29 19:19:17 UTC 2024 by Łukasz ‘sil2100’ Zemczak on behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 854

By guiverc | Published: 2024-08-26

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 854 for the week of August 18 – 24, 2024. The full version of this issue is available here.

In this issue we cover:

  • “Something has gone seriously wrong,” dual-boot systems warn after Microsoft update
  • SRU announcement
  • Call for nominations: Ubuntu Community Council
  • Welcome New Members and Developers
  • Ubuntu Stats
  • Hot in Support
  • Weekly Meeting Reports
  • Starcraft Clinic 2024-Aug-16
  • Midwest Superfest and Software Freedom Day 2024
  • UbuCon Asia 2024
  • UbuCon Korea 2024 has wrapped up with 151 attendees this year!
  • LoCo Events
  • Ubuntu WSL channel on Matrix
  • The CMA wants your comments on web apps
  • Other Community News
  • Canonical News
  • In the Blogosphere
  • Featured Audio and Video
  • Meeting Reports
  • Upcoming Meetings and Events
  • Updates and Security for Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04, and 24.04
  • And much more!

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

  • Krytarik Raido
  • Bashing-om
  • Chris Guiver
  • Wild Man
  • soumyadghosh
  • And many others

If you have a story idea for the Weekly Newsletter, join the Ubuntu News Team mailing list and submit it. Ideas can also be added to the wiki!

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Call for nominations: Ubuntu Community Council

By guiverc | Published: 2024-08-26

We’re looking for motivated people that want to join the Ubuntu Community Council!

The Community Council is the highest governance body of the Ubuntu project. They handle Code of Conduct violations, mediate conflict, and support the community.

For more concrete examples of what the Ubuntu Community Council works on, take a look at “A year in the Ubuntu community council”.

Who can apply

Any Ubuntu Member can apply.

Who we are looking for

The Ubuntu project turned 20 this year, but is still in constant flux. The advent of new communication platforms, new projects under our umbrella, and the ever-growing popularity of the project requires our community to evolve. We need to make sure Ubuntu is set to tackle the challenges of the next 20 years. It needs a strong and active community council to guide the project forwards.

  • You show humanity, gentleness and kindness in your communication.
  • You create a welcoming atmosphere.
  • You want to invest time in the next two years to handle CoC violations, mediate conflict and help improve the Ubuntu community.
  • You are willing to regularly meet with the other council members

Why you should apply

  • You will be able to play a significant role in building the future of the Ubuntu community.
  • You will be able to work directly with the Canonical Community team to improve how our community works and to make it a more welcoming place.
  • You will get wide recognition of your contributions with a high-profile, elected, position.

How to apply

You can apply by sending your self-nomination to community-council@lists.ubuntu.com. In that email, please include the following.

  • Your name
  • Your Launchpad ID
  • Whether you’re a Canonical employee
  • A link to a page describing who you are, and explaining why you want to join this council. This can be a Discourse post, a page on your personal website, or your page in the Ubuntu Wiki.

Nominations are now open and will close on Sunday September 22th, 23:59 UTC. After that, the Community Council will review the submissions and will set up an election.

Please do not hesitate to share this post with anyone you will be a great fit for the Community Council!

Election Timeline

  • Sunday September 22th, 23:59 UTC: Call for nomination closes
  • Sunday September 29th: voting starts
  • Sunday October 13st, 23:59 UTC: voting ends

Originally posted to the Ubuntu Community Discourse on Sun Aug 25 2024 by Merlijn Sebrechts, on behalf of the Ubuntu Community Council.