Issue576
WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 576 for the week of April 21 - 27, 2019.
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Hot in Support
Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions
Ask (and answer!) questions at: https://askubuntu.com/
Ubuntu Forums Top 5 Threads
Find more support at: https://ubuntuforums.org/
LoCo Events
The following LoCo team events are currently scheduled in the next two weeks:
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
Multipass updates for April 2019
Michał Sawicz (saviq) provides the highlights of the activities in Multipass. In the six notices are the release of Multipass 0.6.1 beta enabling you to launch images of Ubuntu releases that are out of standard support, fixes for launching disco instances, and long operations now run concurrently.
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/multipass-updates-for-april-2019/10728
The Planet
Trusty 14.04 LTS end of life, and end of Kubuntu support for Xenial 16.04 LTS
The Kubuntu team advises on Kubuntu 14.04 LTS' ‘End of Life’ and users are recommended to make a clean fresh install of 18.04 or newer. Kubuntu 16.04 LTS is also no longer supported and users are recommended to either upgrade to 18.04 LTS, or fresh install 18.04 LTS or a newer release. The team thanks it's users and the community support.
Gustavo Silva: Disco Dingo Thoughts
Gustavo Silva (gsilvapt) writes to give his review of Disco Dingo 19.04, remarking "One of the reasons Ubuntu is my favourite is how simple and compatible it is." Gustavo notes of 'nomodeset' as an option, the improvements to the UI and the custom GNOME experience, and the inclusion of the Linux 5.0 kernel. His conclusion is "the entire experience feels improved, sharper, more responsive than before.... Great job, everyone."
https://gsilvapt.github.io/2019-04-22/Disco-Dingo-Thoughts
Ubuntu Studio 16.04 LTS reaches End Of Life (EOL)
Here a missive reminds us that Ubuntu Studio 16.04 LTS reached its EOL on April 25, 2019, thus any users still on 16.04 LTS should upgrade to 18.04 and enable the Ubuntu Studio Backports PPA to get support up to April 2021.
http://ubuntustudio.org/2019/04/ubuntu-studio-16-04-lts-reaches-end-of-life-eol/
Other Community News
Results of Debian Project Leader elections 2019
Ana Guerrero López tells us that the Debian Project Leader elections have just finished with Sam Hartman being declared the new Project Leader starting April 21, 2019 with a term of one year. Details of voting with link are provided, and thanks to Joerg Jaspert, Jonathan Carter and Martin Michlmayr for running, and to Chris Lamb for his service in the role over the prior year.
https://bits.debian.org/2019/04/results-dpl-elections-2019.html
Ubuntu Cloud News
What Ubuntu 14.04 End of Standard Maintenance Means for Oracle Cloud Users - https://blogs.oracle.com/cloud-infrastructure/what-ubuntu-1404-end-of-standard-maintenance-means-for-oracle-cloud-users
Canonical News
Canonical at Open Infrastructure Summit -Denver - https://blog.ubuntu.com/2019/04/23/canonical-at-open-infrastructure-summit-denver
Visit Canonical at Dell Technologies World - https://blog.ubuntu.com/2019/04/24/visit-canonical-at-dell-technologies-world
Ubuntu is the #1 for embedded Linux for IoT - https://blog.ubuntu.com/2019/04/26/ubuntu-is-1-for-embedded-iot
An introduction to AppArmor - https://blog.ubuntu.com/2019/04/26/an-introduction-to-apparmor
Formatting our code with Prettier - https://blog.ubuntu.com/2019/04/26/formatting-our-code-with-prettier
In the Blogosphere
KDE Saw More System Settings Work While EGLStreams KWin Support Stole The Show
Michael Larabel writes that KDE now has nvidia EGLStreams support for Wayland in KWin. Michael notes there are many other fixes and improvements, inclusive of an overhaul of the SDDM settings page. A link is provided to Nate Graham's summary.
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=KDE-2019-KWin-EGLStreams-KDE
OpenJDK 11 Now The Default Java For Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Plus Some New OpenJDK Benchmarks
Michael Larabel tells us Canonical have switched Java in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS from OpenJDK 10 to OpenJDK 11. OpenJDK 11 is a long-term support release so it shouldn't be that much of a surprise. Links are provided, plus some graphics showing benchmarks of various OpenJDK releases.
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OpenJDK-11-Ubuntu-18.04
Ubuntu 19.10 Daily Builds Are Now Available to Download
Marius Nestor writes that Canonical have kicked off the Ubuntu 19.10 development cycle for early adopters and testers with daily ISO images for Ubuntu Desktop and Ubuntu Server, including flavors. Screenshots are provided, though we are reminded as it's very early it'll look and act like Ubuntu 19.04. Meanwhile, whilst we know it's release date is October 2019, we still don't know the E animal yet.
https://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-19-10-daily-builds-are-now-available-to-download-525769.shtml
GNOME 3.34 Desktop Environment Development Kicks Off with First Snapshot
Marius Nestor informs us that GNOME 3.34's first development snapshot 3.33.1 has been released for public testing. Details on how to download, or build are provided with links. We are reminded GNOME 3.33 will become 3.34 when it is finally released around 11-September-2019.
In Other News
Now you can use more Samsung phones, tablets as Linux desktop PCs - https://liliputing.com/2019/04/now-you-can-use-more-samsung-phones-tablets-as-linux-desktop-pcs.html
Other Articles of Interest
* Epic Games Store is Now Available on Linux Thanks to Lutris - https://itsfoss.com/epic-games-lutris-linux/
Featured Audio and Video
Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S12E03 – Wizball
"This week we’ve been to Moodlemoot, finished hanging doors and watched some Game of Thrones. We discuss the Ubuntu 19.04 (Disco Dingo) release for all the flavours and round up some news."
https://ubuntupodcast.org/2019/04/25/s12e03-wizball/
Ubuntu Portugal Podcast: S01E54 – Disco com o Dingo
"As nossas aventuras, falámos do Ubuntu 19.04 Disco Dingo e da Ubucon Portugal 2019. Mas claro que também passámos pelas notícias, por alguns snaps e pela agenda."
https://podcastubuntuportugal.org/2019/04/21/ep-54-disco-com-o-dingo/
Meeting Reports
Desktop Team – 22 April 2019 - https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/monday-22nd-april-2019/10594
Upcoming Meetings and Events
For more details and farther dates please visit: http://fridge.ubuntu.com/calendars/
Updates and Security for 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 18.10, and 19.04
Security Updates
Ubuntu 14.04 Updates
End of Life: April 2019
Ubuntu 16.04 Updates
End of Life: April 2021
Ubuntu 18.04 Updates
End of Life: April 2023
Ubuntu 18.10 Updates
End of Life: July 2019
Ubuntu 19.04 Updates
End of Life: January 2020
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