Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 557 for the week of December 9 - 15, 2018.
In this Issue
- Ubuntu Stats
- Hot in Support
LoCo Events
- Mir News: 14th of December 2018
- Achievement of the Week
- Canonical News
- In the Press
- In the Blogosphere
- Featured Audio and Video
- Upcoming Meetings and Events
- Updates and Security for 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, and 18.10
- And much more!
Ubuntu Stats
Bug Stats
- Open: 135671 (-9)
- Critical: 392 (0)
- Unconfirmed: 66301 (-16)
As always, the Bug Squad needs more help. If you want to get started, please see: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad
Translations
- Ukrainian: 87.29% (34716/843)
- Spanish: 84.90% (41235/2622)
- German: 84.67% (41851/88)
- Bosnian: 79.96% (54715/154)
- French: 79.45% (56126/6140)
Hot in Support
Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions
How to disable the “website is now full screen” warning in Firefox? - https://askubuntu.com/questions/1099782/how-to-disable-the-website-is-now-full-screen-warning-in-firefox
It is safe to have a swap partition on the SSD? [on hold] - https://askubuntu.com/questions/1100534/it-is-safe-to-have-a-swap-partition-on-the-ssd
Given the result of grep -n, how can I open vim in that specific line? (using only keyboard) - https://askubuntu.com/questions/1100032/given-the-result-of-grep-n-how-can-i-open-vim-in-that-specific-line-using-on
Ubuntu encrypted hard drive - possible to crack? [on hold] - https://askubuntu.com/questions/1102162/ubuntu-encrypted-hard-drive-possible-to-crack
Can't install wireshark on ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS - https://askubuntu.com/questions/1100860/cant-install-wireshark-on-ubuntu-18-04-1-lts
Ask (and answer!) questions at: https://askubuntu.com/
Ubuntu Forums Top 5 Threads
vsftpd.con ubuntu 18.04 - https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2408053
xubuntu "Text Editor" - what is it? - https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2408012
Customize tty colors.... - https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2407997
nvidia again! - https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2407948
Unity on 18.04 - https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2407834&highlight=
Find more support at: https://ubuntuforums.org/
LoCo Events
The following LoCo team events are currently scheduled in the next two weeks:
Sierra Vista Ubuntu Hour, Arizona LoCo Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-arizona/3758-sierra-vista-ubuntu-hour/
Tempe Ubuntu Hour, Arizona LoCo Team: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/ubuntu-arizona/3791-tempe-ubuntu-hour/
Looking beyond the next two weeks? Visit the LoCo Team Portal to browse upcoming events around the world: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/
The Hub
Mir News: 14th of December 2018
Chris Halse Rogers (raof) makes this week's report that things progress well to the point that there is the possibility to release Mir 1.1 before Christmas. Pending are some fixes to the “internal clients”, the startup splash-screen spinner port to Wayland, and some polish to the simple splash.
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/mir-news-14th-of-december-2018/9100
The Planet
Achievement of the Week
Jonathan Riddell writes of his achievements for KDE: a KDE Frameworks web page, a rework of the KDE Applications 18.12 announcement, and proudly making up the screenshot for the new release of Konsole that displays the mojis.
https://jriddell.org/2018/12/13/achievement-of-the-week/
Canonical News
Canonical announces support for Kubernetes 1.13 on Ubuntu - https://blog.ubuntu.com/2018/12/11/canonical-support-kubernetes-1-13-ubuntu
In the Press
The 2018 XPS 13 Developer’s Edition—Have it your way on a “just works” Linux laptop
Scott Gilbertson showcases the Dell XPS Developer Edition model 9370 that ships with Ubuntu Linux pre-installed. This latest build has added muscle, improvements, and Ubuntu 18.04. Scott gives us a rundown on the hardware and the software Dell included. He concludes with the acclaim that "the latest XPS 13 DE is the laptop you've been looking for".
Canonical Launches MicroK8s
Swapnil Bhartiya relates of Canonical's MicroK8s, a snap package of Kubernetes that supports more than 42 flavors of Linux. Swapnil explains what a snap is and the benefits of MicroK8s as a snap.
http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Canonical-Launches-MicroK8s
In the Blogosphere
Valve Rolls Out New Steam Play Proton 3.16 Beta, 29 More Games Supported
Michael Larabel writes that a new beta release of Proton 3.16 is now available that runs many Windows games on linux. Twenty nine games are added and in the enhancements is a rework of the audio support. Links are provided to GitHub for the code and to Twitter for more details.
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Steam-New-Proton-3.16-Beta
Firefox 64.0 Released
Michael Larabel advises on the availability of Firefox 64.0. He tells us of changes, enhancements and improvements; notably that Firefox is now built using Clang across all platforms. Links are provided for more details.
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Mozilla-Firefox-64-Released
Mesa 18.3.1 Released To Disable Botched Vulkan Extension
Michael Larabel advises the reason for the quick Mesa 18.3.1 release. In citing an oops in the VK_EXT_pci_bus_info extension, that will be fixed in the next Vulkan spec update, Michael tells us that the mistake was in the assumption that PCI domains are 16-bit. A link is provided to the Mesa announcement.
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Mesa-18.3.1-Released
Mesa 18.2.7 Released With Several RADV Driver Fixes, Variety Of Other Updates
Michael Larabel writes of the latest fixes in Mesa 18.2.7 for those choosing to abstain from the Mesa 18.3 series. The fixes include RADV Radeon Vulkan driver corrections, EGL Wayland, VC4/V3D Broadcom drivers, Intel ANV Vulkan, NV50/NVC0 Nouveau, and a few other memory leak fixes. A link is provided to the Mesa-dev announcement for details.
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Mesa-18.2.7-Released
Featured Audio and Video
Ubuntu Security Podcast: Episode 15
“Security updates for 29 CVEs including Perl, the kernel, OpenSSL (PortSmash) and more, plus in response to some listener questions, we discuss how to make sure you always have the latest security updates by using unattended-upgrades.”
https://ubuntusecuritypodcast.org/episode-15/
Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S11E40 – North Dallas Forty
“This week we’ve been playing on the Nintendo Switch. We review our tech highlights from 2018 and go over our 2018 predictions, just to see how wrong we really were. We also have some Webby love and go over your feedback.”
http://ubuntupodcast.org/2018/12/13/s11e40-north-dallas-forty/
Ubuntu Podcast: S01E15 – Open Source Garden
“ In this episode Diogo Constantino was at the CMS Garden Unconference at the Unperfekthaus in Essen in conjunction with the speakers and organizers of Secure Open Source Day , and took the opportunity to record a pleasant conversation with the conference participants, making the event and the community known.”
https://podcastubuntuportugal.org/2018/12/13/s01e15-open-source-garden/
Upcoming Meetings and Events
- Developer Membership Board: Mon, December 17, 3pm – 4pm
- Security Team: Mon, December 17, 4:30pm – 5:30pm
- Desktop Team: Tue, December 18, 3:30pm – 4:30pm
- Kernel Team: Tue, December 18, 5pm – 6pm
- Technical Board: Tue, December 18, 8pm – 9pm
- Ubuntu Membership Board: Wed, December 19, 12pm – 1pm
- Ubuntu Foundations: Thu, December 20, 4pm – 5pm
- Community Council: Thu, December 20, 5pm – 6pm
For more details and farther dates please visit: http://fridge.ubuntu.com/calendars/
Updates and Security for 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, and 18.10
Security Updates
[USN-3837-2] poppler regression - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2018-December/004705.html
[USN-3843-1] pixman vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2018-December/004706.html
[USN-3843-2] pixman vulnerability - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2018-December/004707.html
[USN-3844-1] Firefox vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2018-December/004708.html
[USN-3845-1] FreeRDP vulnerabilities - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2018-December/004709.html
Ubuntu 14.04 Updates
linux-lts-xenial 4.4.0-141.167~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2018-December/026843.html
linux-signed-lts-xenial 4.4.0-141.167~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2018-December/026844.html
linux-meta-lts-xenial 4.4.0.141.121 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2018-December/026845.html
linux-lts-xenial_4.4.0-141.167~14.04.1_amd64.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2018-December/026846.html
poppler 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.14 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2018-December/026847.html
poppler 0.24.5-2ubuntu4.14 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2018-December/026848.html
pixman 0.30.2-2ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2018-December/026849.html
pixman 0.30.2-2ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2018-December/026850.html
mountall 2.53ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2018-December/026851.html
gnome-desktop3 3.8.4-0ubuntu3.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2018-December/026852.html
hwdata 0.249-1ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2018-December/026853.html
firefox 64.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2018-December/026854.html
rustc 1.30.0+dfsg1+llvm-2ubuntu1~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2018-December/026855.html
cargo 0.31.0-3ubuntu1~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2018-December/026856.html
nodejs-mozilla 8.14.0-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2018-December/026857.html
cargo 0.31.0-3ubuntu1~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2018-December/026858.html
rustc 1.30.0+dfsg1+llvm-2ubuntu1~14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2018-December/026859.html
firefox 64.0+build3-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2018-December/026860.html
nodejs-mozilla 8.14.0-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2018-December/026861.html
freerdp 1.0.2-2ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2018-December/026862.html
freerdp 1.0.2-2ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2018-December/026863.html
debian-installer 20101020ubuntu318.45 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2018-December/026864.html
ca-certificates 20170717~14.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2018-December/026865.html
landscape-client 14.12-0ubuntu6.14.04.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/trusty-changes/2018-December/026866.html
End of Life: April 2019
Ubuntu 16.04 Updates
livecd-rootfs 2.408.41 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2018-December/023166.html
chromium-browser 71.0.3578.80-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2018-December/023167.html
chromium-browser 71.0.3578.80-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2018-December/023168.html
poco 1.3.6p1-5.1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2018-December/023169.html
poco 1.3.6p1-5.1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2018-December/023170.html
rax-nova-agent 2.1.18-0ubuntu1~16.04.0 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2018-December/023171.html
poppler 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2018-December/023172.html
grub2 2.02~beta2-36ubuntu3.20 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2018-December/023173.html
grub2-signed 1.66.20 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2018-December/023174.html
poppler 0.41.0-0ubuntu1.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2018-December/023175.html
pytango 8.1.8-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2018-December/023176.html
open-iscsi 2.0.873+git0.3b4b4500-14ubuntu3.7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2018-December/023177.html
rustc 1.30.0+dfsg1+llvm-2ubuntu1~16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2018-December/023178.html
firefox 64.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2018-December/023179.html
cargo 0.31.0-3ubuntu1~16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2018-December/023180.html
nodejs-mozilla 8.14.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2018-December/023181.html
cargo 0.31.0-3ubuntu1~16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2018-December/023182.html
rustc 1.30.0+dfsg1+llvm-2ubuntu1~16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2018-December/023183.html
firefox 64.0+build3-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2018-December/023184.html
shim-signed 1.33.1~16.04.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2018-December/023185.html
nodejs-mozilla 8.14.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2018-December/023186.html
livecd-rootfs 2.408.42 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2018-December/023187.html
linux-aws-hwe 4.15.0-1031.33~16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2018-December/023188.html
linux-meta-aws-hwe 4.15.0.1031.32 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2018-December/023189.html
freerdp 1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5ubuntu1.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2018-December/023190.html
freerdp 1.1.0~git20140921.1.440916e+dfsg1-5ubuntu1.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2018-December/023191.html
cups 2.1.3-4ubuntu0.7 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2018-December/023192.html
docker.io 18.06.1-0ubuntu1~16.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2018-December/023193.html
systemd 229-4ubuntu21.11 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2018-December/023194.html
debian-installer 20101020ubuntu451.27 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2018-December/023195.html
ca-certificates 20170717~16.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2018-December/023196.html
unattended-upgrades 1.1ubuntu1.18.04.7~16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2018-December/023197.html
ubuntu-image 1.5+16.04ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2018-December/023198.html
initramfs-tools 0.122ubuntu8.14 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2018-December/023199.html
linux-firmware 1.157.21 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2018-December/023200.html
landscape-client 16.03-0ubuntu2.16.04.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2018-December/023201.html
linux-oracle 4.15.0-1007.9~16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2018-December/023202.html
linux-meta-oracle 4.15.0.1007.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2018-December/023203.html
linux-signed-oracle 4.15.0-1007.9~16.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2018-December/023204.html
linux-oracle_4.15.0-1007.9~16.04.1_amd64.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2018-December/023205.html
linux-signed-oracle 4.15.0-1007.9~16.04.1+signed1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/xenial-changes/2018-December/023206.html
End of Life: April 2021
Ubuntu 18.04 Updates
chromium-browser 71.0.3578.80-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017483.html
chromium-browser 71.0.3578.80-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017484.html
libgnomekbd 3.26.0-3ubuntu0.18.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017485.html
hwdata 0.290-1ubuntu0.18.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017486.html
python-phabricator 0.7.0-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017487.html
rax-nova-agent 2.1.18-0ubuntu1~18.04.0 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017488.html
update-manager 1:18.04.11.8 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017489.html
software-properties 0.96.24.32.6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017490.html
shotwell 0.28.4-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017491.html
libvirt 4.0.0-1ubuntu8.6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017492.html
poppler 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017493.html
gnome-software 3.28.1-0ubuntu4.18.04.8 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017494.html
installation-guide 20160121ubuntu4.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017495.html
poppler 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017496.html
open-iscsi 2.0.874-5ubuntu2.5 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017497.html
e2fsprogs 1.44.1-1ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017498.html
lxd 3.0.3-0ubuntu1~18.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017499.html
xorg-server-hwe-18.04 2:1.20.1-3ubuntu2.1~18.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017500.html
nova 2:17.0.7-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017501.html
firefox 64.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017502.html
rustc 1.30.0+dfsg1+llvm-2ubuntu1~18.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017503.html
cargo 0.31.0-3ubuntu1~18.04.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017504.html
nodejs-mozilla 8.14.0-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017505.html
libphp-phpmailer 5.2.14+dfsg-2.3+deb9u1build0.18.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017506.html
cargo 0.31.0-3ubuntu1~18.04.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017507.html
nodejs-mozilla 8.14.0-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017508.html
firefox 64.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017509.html
rustc 1.30.0+dfsg1+llvm-2ubuntu1~18.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017510.html
libphp-phpmailer 5.2.14+dfsg-2.3+deb9u1build0.18.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017511.html
livecd-rootfs 2.525.12 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017512.html
gnome-shell 3.28.3-0ubuntu0.18.04.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017513.html
freerdp2 2.0.0~git20170725.1.1648deb+dfsg1-7ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017514.html
freerdp2 2.0.0~git20170725.1.1648deb+dfsg1-7ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017515.html
open-iscsi 2.0.874-5ubuntu2.6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017516.html
cups 2.2.7-1ubuntu2.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017517.html
qemu 1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.9 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017518.html
libreoffice 1:6.0.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017519.html
libreoffice-l10n 1:6.0.7-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017520.html
exim4 4.90.1-1ubuntu1.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017521.html
postfix 3.3.0-1ubuntu0.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017522.html
osinfo-db 0.20180929-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017523.html
unattended-upgrades 1.1ubuntu1.18.04.8 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017524.html
ufraw 0.22-3.1~build0.18.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017525.html
ufraw 0.22-3.1~build0.18.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017526.html
lxcfs 3.0.3-0ubuntu1~18.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017527.html
lxc 3.0.3-0ubuntu1~18.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017528.html
initramfs-tools 0.130ubuntu3.6 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017529.html
ruby-zip 1.2.1-1.1~build0.18.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017530.html
ruby-zip 1.2.1-1.1~build0.18.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017531.html
debian-installer 20101020ubuntu543.4 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017532.html
xf86-input-wacom-hwe-18.04 1:0.36.1-0ubuntu1~18.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017533.html
xserver-xorg-input-evdev-hwe-18.04 1:2.10.6-1~18.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017534.html
xserver-xorg-input-joystick-hwe-18.04 1:1.6.3-1build1~18.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017535.html
xserver-xorg-input-libinput-hwe-18.04 0.28.1-1~18.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017536.html
xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-hwe-18.04 1.9.1-1ubuntu1~18.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017537.html
xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu-hwe-18.04 18.1.0-1~18.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017538.html
xserver-xorg-video-ati-hwe-18.04 1:18.1.0-1~18.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017539.html
xserver-xorg-video-fbdev-hwe-18.04 1:0.5.0-1ubuntu1~18.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017540.html
xserver-xorg-video-nouveau-hwe-18.04 1:1.0.15-3~18.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017541.html
xserver-xorg-video-qxl-hwe-18.04 0.1.5-2build2~18.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017542.html
xserver-xorg-video-vesa-hwe-18.04 1:2.4.0-1~18.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017543.html
xserver-xorg-video-vmware-hwe-18.04 1:13.3.0-2build1~18.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017544.html
linux-firmware 1.173.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017545.html
landscape-client 18.01-0ubuntu3.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017546.html
xserver-xorg-video-dummy-hwe-18.04 1:0.3.8-1build3~18.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017547.html
xorg-hwe-18.04 1:7.7+19ubuntu8~18.04.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017548.html
linux-oracle 4.15.0-1007.9 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017549.html
linux-meta-oracle 4.15.0.1007.10 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017550.html
linux-signed-oracle 4.15.0-1007.9 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017551.html
linux-oracle_4.15.0-1007.9_amd64.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017552.html
neutron-fwaas-dashboard 1.3.0-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017553.html
linux-signed-oracle 4.15.0-1007.9+signed1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017554.html
linux-firmware 1.173.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bionic-changes/2018-December/017555.html
End of Life: April 2023
Ubuntu 18.10 Updates
chromium-browser 71.0.3578.80-0ubuntu0.18.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/cosmic-changes/2018-December/011517.html
chromium-browser 71.0.3578.80-0ubuntu0.18.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/cosmic-changes/2018-December/011518.html
shotwell 0.30.1-0ubuntu3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/cosmic-changes/2018-December/011519.html
libgnomekbd 3.26.0-3ubuntu0.18.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/cosmic-changes/2018-December/011520.html
hwdata 0.290-1ubuntu0.18.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/cosmic-changes/2018-December/011521.html
rax-nova-agent 2.1.18-0ubuntu1~18.10.0 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/cosmic-changes/2018-December/011522.html
poppler 0.68.0-0ubuntu1.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/cosmic-changes/2018-December/011523.html
installation-guide 20160121ubuntu7.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/cosmic-changes/2018-December/011524.html
poppler 0.68.0-0ubuntu1.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/cosmic-changes/2018-December/011525.html
libreoffice 1:6.1.3-0ubuntu0.18.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/cosmic-changes/2018-December/011526.html
libreoffice-l10n 1:6.1.3-0ubuntu0.18.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/cosmic-changes/2018-December/011527.html
ceph 13.2.1+dfsg1-0ubuntu2.18.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/cosmic-changes/2018-December/011528.html
rdma-core 19.0-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/cosmic-changes/2018-December/011529.html
e2fsprogs 1.44.4-2ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/cosmic-changes/2018-December/011530.html
libtorrent-rasterbar 1.1.9-1ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/cosmic-changes/2018-December/011531.html
gnome-tweaks 3.30.2-0ubuntu1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/cosmic-changes/2018-December/011532.html
open-iscsi 2.0.874-5ubuntu9.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/cosmic-changes/2018-December/011533.html
network-manager 1.12.4-1ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/cosmic-changes/2018-December/011534.html
firefox 64.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/cosmic-changes/2018-December/011535.html
rustc 1.30.0+dfsg1+llvm-2ubuntu1~18.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/cosmic-changes/2018-December/011536.html
cargo 0.31.0-3ubuntu1~18.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/cosmic-changes/2018-December/011537.html
libphp-phpmailer 5.2.14+dfsg-2.3+deb9u1build0.18.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/cosmic-changes/2018-December/011538.html
cargo 0.31.0-3ubuntu1~18.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/cosmic-changes/2018-December/011539.html
rustc 1.30.0+dfsg1+llvm-2ubuntu1~18.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/cosmic-changes/2018-December/011540.html
firefox 64.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/cosmic-changes/2018-December/011541.html
libphp-phpmailer 5.2.14+dfsg-2.3+deb9u1build0.18.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/cosmic-changes/2018-December/011542.html
gjs 1.54.3-1~ubuntu18.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/cosmic-changes/2018-December/011543.html
linux-oem_4.15.0-1028.33_amd64.tar.gz - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/cosmic-changes/2018-December/011544.html
linux-meta-oem 4.15.0.1030.35 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/cosmic-changes/2018-December/011545.html
linux-oem 4.15.0-1030.35 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/cosmic-changes/2018-December/011546.html
linux-signed-oem 4.15.0-1030.35 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/cosmic-changes/2018-December/011547.html
freerdp2 2.0.0~git20180411.1.7a7b1802+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/cosmic-changes/2018-December/011548.html
freerdp2 2.0.0~git20180411.1.7a7b1802+dfsg1-2ubuntu0.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/cosmic-changes/2018-December/011549.html
gnome-shell 3.30.1-2ubuntu1.18.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/cosmic-changes/2018-December/011550.html
open-iscsi 2.0.874-5ubuntu9.3 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/cosmic-changes/2018-December/011551.html
cups 2.2.8-5ubuntu1.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/cosmic-changes/2018-December/011552.html
qemu 1:2.12+dfsg-3ubuntu8.2 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/cosmic-changes/2018-December/011553.html
unattended-upgrades 1.5ubuntu3.18.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/cosmic-changes/2018-December/011554.html
ufraw 0.22-3.1~build0.18.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/cosmic-changes/2018-December/011555.html
ufraw 0.22-3.1~build0.18.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/cosmic-changes/2018-December/011556.html
lxcfs 3.0.3-0ubuntu1~18.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/cosmic-changes/2018-December/011557.html
lxc 3.0.3-0ubuntu1~18.10.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/cosmic-changes/2018-December/011558.html
debian-installer 20101020ubuntu557.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/cosmic-changes/2018-December/011559.html
linux-firmware 1.175.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/cosmic-changes/2018-December/011560.html
landscape-client 18.01-0ubuntu4.1 - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/cosmic-changes/2018-December/011561.html
End of Life: July 2019
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