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## Make each article a subsection, via ===
## These are big articles that don't fit within another section
## Suggested sources: ubuntu-news-team mailing list, fridge.ubuntu.com
## General News is only from official Ubuntu/Ubuntu Member sources

== Welcome New Members and Developers ==

## Browse ubuntu-news-team list for announcements of new Ubuntu members.
## developers or PPU
## Forums and IRC also grant membership, where to look for those?
## Format: Results for the $foo Board Meeting DATE
## * Name (launchpad profile | wiki page)
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## AUTOMATIC (preferred method, more stats!)
## Run: ./askubuntu/askubuntu.py
## MANUAL
## 1.) Open: https://askubuntu.com/?tab=week
## 2.) Pick the first 5 questions listed.
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=== Ubuntu at Open Infrastructure Summit Shanghai ===

https://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-at-open-infrastructure-summit-shanghai

=== Canonical at ROSCon Macau 2019 ===

https://roscon.ros.org/2019/


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## Run the ./loco-events/loco-events.py script to get a list.

Looking beyond the next two weeks? Visit the Lo``Co Team Portal to browse upcoming events around the world: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/
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Looking beyond the next two weeks? Visit the Lo``Co Team Portal to browse upcoming events around the world: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/

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## This section is for Ubuntu News from "Community Hub" at https://community.ubuntu.com/
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Daniel van Vugt in detailed blog, tells us what Gnome Shell really is, and the other parts that make Gnome shell work including mutter. Daniel gives some background of cold spots, hot spots and real time, and stuttering issues, before moving to real time bugs found and fixed in Gnome 3.34. Next Daniel covers bugs found but not yet fixed (some should be fixed by 3.36 for Ubuntu 20.04). and mistakes made that ideally won't be repeated, how Gnome faster on newer hardware, making it faster for older machines and a rough timetable on when Ubuntu users should see these results. Daniel van Vugt's detailed blog tells us what Gnome Shell really is, and of the other parts that make Gnome shell work, including mutter. Daniel gives some background of cold spots, hot spots and real time, and stuttering issues; before moving to real time bugs found and fixed in Gnome 3.34. Next Daniel covers bugs found but not yet fixed (some should be fixed by 3.36 for Ubuntu 20.04). He notes mistakes made that ideally won't be repeated, why Gnome is faster on newer hardware, making it faster for older machines, and a rough timetable for when Ubuntu users should see these results.
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## This section is for Ubuntu News from "The Planet" at http://planet.ubuntu.com/
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Corey on behalf of the Ubuntu OpenStack team at Canonical is pleased to announce the OpenStack Train on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS via the Ubuntu Cloud Archive. Details of where and how to make use of it are provided, along with links for more information. Corey, on behalf of the Ubuntu OpenStack team at Canonical, is pleased to announce the OpenStack Train on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS via the Ubuntu Cloud Archive. Details of where and how to make use of it are provided, along with links for more information.
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=== Ubuntu 19.10 Released ===

Joshua Powers writes about last week's release of Ubuntu 19.10 Eoan Ermine. He Lists some highlights found in 19.10, with a link to the release notes for more details. Joshua then provides some detail on what Ubuntu Server offers, plus his experience with the Ubuntu 19.10 desktop.

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## This section is for Ubuntu News from elsewhere in the community:
## mailing lists, team blogs not on planet, etc.

== Ubuntu Cloud News ==

## This section largely draws from the news from https://insights.ubuntu.com/ and the
## Ubuntu Planet, news from our community, not 3rd party press/blogs.
=== Plasma 5.17 for Kubuntu 19.10 available in Backports PPA ===

Plasma 5.17.1 is now available for Kubuntu 19.10 through the use of the backports PPA. Instructions for using it are provided, with a warning that whilst more fixes are expected, users who want stability should stick with the KDE 5.16 that shipped with 19.10. Links are provided.

https://kubuntu.org/news/plasma-5-17-for-kubuntu-19-10-available-in-backports-ppa/
 * Plasma 5.17 review - The show must go on (and be good) - https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/plasma-5-17-review.html
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## This section largely comes from blog.canonical.com and Canonical.
## Press releases.
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## Things Ubuntu-specific are great, but general Linux goings-on are good to, to an extent.
## We don't need to replicate Digg & Slashdot, but certain things are of special interest.
## Just pulling one example from my memory, the story about Indiana schools piloting
## a classroom Linux deployment, a portion of which was Ubuntu, are good. Ubuntu
## release reviews are also common items in this section.
## For this and the next sections, see:
## https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/LinkSuggestions
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Jason Evangelho writes about his experiences with Ubuntu-MATE 19.10 and its enhancements over prior releases. Highlighting and discussing easy hybrid graphics switching, plus the desktop style chooser that greets new installs. Jason Evangelho writes about his experiences with Ubuntu-MATE 19.10 and its enhancements over prior releases. Hason Highlights and discusses easy hybrid graphics switching, plus he introduces the desktop style chooser that greets new installs.
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## In this section we want to highlight the blogs that are exceptionally well-written and in-depth.
## Blogs tend to make it easy for low-quality content, so be extra careful on what goes here.
## We should encourage bloggers to spread the word, so this section might be a good way to do so.
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In the fourth quarter source drop are many work items, changes/improvements, and updates. Michael notes the support for host mapped foreign memory, cache improvements, shader performance improvements, as well as an image corruption fix on screens with multiple GPUs. A link is provided to Git``Hub for the details on resolutions for conformance test suite failures and bug fixes.


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Marius Nestor informs us of a security patch available for Ubuntu 19.10 systems. Providing details of CVE-2019-18198 which is fixed with the patch, we are urged to upgrade asap, with links for more details provided. Marius Nestor informs us of a security patch available for Ubuntu 19.10 systems. Marius provides details of CVE-2019-18198, which is fixed with the patch. We are urged to upgrade asap, with links for more details provided.
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Marius Nestor reminds us that Ubuntu 20.04 LTS is named Focal Fossa and is expected for release 23 April 2020. We are also told that daily images for 20.04 are now available for testing. Link to download the daily is provided. Marius Nestor reminds us that Ubuntu 20.04 LTS is named Focal Fossa and is expected for release 23 April 2020. We are also told that daily images for 20.04 are now available for testing. A link to download the daily is provided.
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Marius Nestor tells us that Canonical have released Linux kernel security updates for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Fixing a number of CVE vulnerabilities, the updates are also available for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS users using the HWE stack, with users advised to upgrade their systems. Marius Nestor tells us that Canonical has released Linux kernel security updates for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Fixing a number of CVE vulnerabilities, the updates are also available for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS users using the HWE stack. Users are advised to upgrade their systems.
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Michael Larabel writes that the UBports community have released the eleventh over-the-air update to Ubuntu Touch. Described as a small release with on-screen keyboard improvements, Morph browser, improved push notifications and other updates/fixes. OTA-12 under development should include Mir 1.x support, Canonical's last version of Unity 8. Links are provided for more information, including details on the state of the Librem 5 port. Michael Larabel writes that the UBports community have released the eleventh over-the-air update to Ubuntu Touch. The release is described as small but incorporates on-screen keyboard improvements, the Morph browser, improved push notifications and other updates/fixes. OTA-12, under development, should include Mir 1.x support, and Canonical's last version of Unity 8. Links are provided for more information, including details on the state of the Librem 5 port.
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Contents

  1. In this Issue
  2. General Community News
  3. Ubuntu Stats
    1. Bug Stats
    2. Translations
  4. Hot in Support
    1. Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions
    2. Ubuntu Forums Top 5 Threads
  5. LoCo News
    1. Ubuntu at Open Infrastructure Summit Shanghai
    2. Canonical at ROSCon Macau 2019
  6. LoCo Events
  7. The Hub
    1. Boosting the Real Time Performance of Gnome Shell 3.34 in Ubuntu 19.10
  8. The Planet
    1. OpenStack Train for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
    2. Ubuntu 19.10 Released
    3. Ubuntu 19.10 Released
  9. Other Community News
    1. Plasma 5.17 for Kubuntu 19.10 available in Backports PPA
  10. Canonical News
  11. In the Press
    1. Ubuntu MATE 19.10 Packs Two Awesome New Features For Linux Users
  12. In the Blogosphere
    1. Ubuntu 19.10 Doesn't Ship With AMD Navi / Radeon RX 5700 Support Working, But Easy To Enable
    2. AMDVLK 2019.Q4.1 Vulkan Driver Brings Performance Tuning, Reworked Pipeline Cache
    3. Ubuntu 19.10 (Eoan Ermine) Gets First Linux Kernel Security Patch, Update Now
    4. Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) Daily Build ISOs Are Now Available to Download
    5. Canonical Outs New Linux Kernel Security Update for Ubuntu 18.04 and 16.04 LTS
    6. Will Cooke Steps Down As Canonical's Ubuntu Desktop Director
    7. UBports' Ubuntu Touch OTA-11 Released
    8. Intel Icelake "Gen11" Graphics Are A Huge Upgrade Over Gen9 With Good Linux Support
    9. How Ubuntu Helped Make GNOME Shell Faster (And Why The Work Continues)
  13. In Other News
  14. Other Articles of Interest
  15. Featured Audio and Video
    1. Ubuntu Security Podcast: Episode 50
    2. Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S12E29 – DOOM
    3. Ubuntu Portugal Podcast: S01E6X -
  16. Meeting Reports
  17. Upcoming Meetings and Events
  18. Updates and Security for 16.04, 18.04, 19.04 and 19.10
    1. Security Updates
    2. Ubuntu 16.04 Updates
    3. Ubuntu 18.04 Updates
    4. Ubuntu 19.04 Updates
    5. Ubuntu 19.10 Updates
  19. Subscribe
  20. Archive
  21. Further News
  22. Conclusion
  23. Credits
  24. Glossary of Terms
  25. Get Involved
  26. Feedback

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WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 602 for the week of October 20 - 26, 2019.

In this Issue

General Community News

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open: # (+/-#)
  • Critical: # (+/-#)
  • Unconfirmed: # (+/-#)

As always, the Bug Squad needs more help. If you want to get started, please see: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad

Translations

  • German: 86.24% (40727/74)
  • Spanish: 83.27% (49487/2920)
  • Ukrainian: 81.90% (53547/2605)
  • French: 80.53% (57615/5941)
  • Swedish: 73.92% (77161/435)

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 News


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Ubuntu at Open Infrastructure Summit Shanghai

https://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-at-open-infrastructure-summit-shanghai

Canonical at ROSCon Macau 2019

https://roscon.ros.org/2019/


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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

Boosting the Real Time Performance of Gnome Shell 3.34 in Ubuntu 19.10

Daniel van Vugt's detailed blog tells us what Gnome Shell really is, and of the other parts that make Gnome shell work, including mutter. Daniel gives some background of cold spots, hot spots and real time, and stuttering issues; before moving to real time bugs found and fixed in Gnome 3.34. Next Daniel covers bugs found but not yet fixed (some should be fixed by 3.36 for Ubuntu 20.04). He notes mistakes made that ideally won't be repeated, why Gnome is faster on newer hardware, making it faster for older machines, and a rough timetable for when Ubuntu users should see these results.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/boosting-the-real-time-performance-of-gnome-shell-3-34-in-ubuntu-19-10/13095

The Planet

OpenStack Train for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Corey, on behalf of the Ubuntu OpenStack team at Canonical, is pleased to announce the OpenStack Train on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS via the Ubuntu Cloud Archive. Details of where and how to make use of it are provided, along with links for more information.

https://wrestlingpenguins.wordpress.com/2019/10/23/openstack-train-for-ubuntu-18-04-lts/


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Ubuntu 19.10 Released

Joshua Powers writes about last week's release of Ubuntu 19.10 Eoan Ermine. Listing some highlights found in 19.10, a link to release notes for more details, Joshua then provides some detail on what Ubuntu Server offers, plus his experience with the Ubuntu 19.10 desktop.


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Ubuntu 19.10 Released

Joshua Powers writes about last week's release of Ubuntu 19.10 Eoan Ermine. He Lists some highlights found in 19.10, with a link to the release notes for more details. Joshua then provides some detail on what Ubuntu Server offers, plus his experience with the Ubuntu 19.10 desktop.


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https://powersj.io/post/ubuntu-eoan/

Other Community News

Plasma 5.17 for Kubuntu 19.10 available in Backports PPA

Plasma 5.17.1 is now available for Kubuntu 19.10 through the use of the backports PPA. Instructions for using it are provided, with a warning that whilst more fixes are expected, users who want stability should stick with the KDE 5.16 that shipped with 19.10. Links are provided.

https://kubuntu.org/news/plasma-5-17-for-kubuntu-19-10-available-in-backports-ppa/

Canonical News

In the Press

Ubuntu MATE 19.10 Packs Two Awesome New Features For Linux Users

Jason Evangelho writes about his experiences with Ubuntu-MATE 19.10 and its enhancements over prior releases. Hason Highlights and discusses easy hybrid graphics switching, plus he introduces the desktop style chooser that greets new installs.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2019/10/23/ubuntu-mate-1910-has-two-awesome-new-features-for-linux-users/

In the Blogosphere

Ubuntu 19.10 Doesn't Ship With AMD Navi / Radeon RX 5700 Support Working, But Easy To Enable

Michael Larabel reminds us that last week's Ubuntu 19.10 release didn't ship with AMD Navi/Radeon RX5700 Support working out of the box due to the latest firmware binaries being too late. Michael comes to the rescue with the commands necessary to fix this. Links are provided.

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-19.10-Radeon-RX-5700

AMDVLK 2019.Q4.1 Vulkan Driver Brings Performance Tuning, Reworked Pipeline Cache


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In the fourth quarter source drop are many work items, changes/improvements, and updates. Michael notes the support for host mapped foreign memory, cache improvements, shader performance improvements, as well as an image corruption fix on screens with multiple GPUs. A link is provided to GitHub for the details on resolutions for conformance test suite failures and bug fixes.


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https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=AMDVLK-2019.Q4.1-Released

Ubuntu 19.10 (Eoan Ermine) Gets First Linux Kernel Security Patch, Update Now

Marius Nestor informs us of a security patch available for Ubuntu 19.10 systems. Marius provides details of CVE-2019-18198, which is fixed with the patch. We are urged to upgrade asap, with links for more details provided.

https://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-19-10-eoan-ermine-gets-first-linux-kernel-security-patch-update-now-527934.shtml

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) Daily Build ISOs Are Now Available to Download

Marius Nestor reminds us that Ubuntu 20.04 LTS is named Focal Fossa and is expected for release 23 April 2020. We are also told that daily images for 20.04 are now available for testing. A link to download the daily is provided.

https://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-20-04-lts-focal-fossa-daily-build-isos-are-now-available-to-download-527935.shtml

=== Canonical Has a New Ubuntu Desktop Director ===

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/?p=155104

Canonical Outs New Linux Kernel Security Update for Ubuntu 18.04 and 16.04 LTS

Marius Nestor tells us that Canonical has released Linux kernel security updates for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Fixing a number of CVE vulnerabilities, the updates are also available for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS users using the HWE stack. Users are advised to upgrade their systems.

https://news.softpedia.com/news/canonical-outs-new-linux-kernel-security-update-for-ubuntu-18-04-and-16-04-lts-527939.shtml

Will Cooke Steps Down As Canonical's Ubuntu Desktop Director

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Will-Cooke-Leaving-Canonical

UBports' Ubuntu Touch OTA-11 Released

Michael Larabel writes that the UBports community have released the eleventh over-the-air update to Ubuntu Touch. The release is described as small but incorporates on-screen keyboard improvements, the Morph browser, improved push notifications and other updates/fixes. OTA-12, under development, should include Mir 1.x support, and Canonical's last version of Unity 8. Links are provided for more information, including details on the state of the Librem 5 port.

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-Touch-OTA-11

Intel Icelake "Gen11" Graphics Are A Huge Upgrade Over Gen9 With Good Linux Support

Michael Larabel

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=intel-gen9-gen11-clear&num=1

How Ubuntu Helped Make GNOME Shell Faster (And Why The Work Continues)

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2019/10/ubuntu-improves-gnome-shell-performance

In Other News

Ubuntu Security Podcast: Episode 50

"Alex and Joe discuss the big news of this week - the release of Ubuntu 19.10 Eoan Ermine - plus we look at updates for the Linux kernel, libxslt, UW IMAP and more."

https://ubuntusecuritypodcast.org/episode-50/

Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S12E29 – DOOM

"This week we’ve been to UbuCon Europe and preparing for a new baby. We round up the community news including updates from Regolith, Xubuntu, ZFS on Ubuntu, GNOME fighting patent trolls and we discuss some of our news picks from the tech world."

http://ubuntupodcast.org/2019/10/24/s12e29-doom/

Ubuntu Portugal Podcast: S01E6X -

https://podcastubuntuportugal.org/

Meeting Reports

Upcoming Meetings and Events

For more details and farther dates please visit: http://fridge.ubuntu.com/calendars/

Updates and Security for 16.04, 18.04, 19.04 and 19.10

Security Updates

Ubuntu 16.04 Updates

End of Life: April 2021

Ubuntu 18.04 Updates

End of Life: April 2023

Ubuntu 19.04 Updates

End of Life: January 2020

Ubuntu 19.10 Updates

End of Life: July 2020

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Archive

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Further News

As always you can find more Ubuntu news and announcements at:

Conclusion

Thank you for reading the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter.

See you next week!

Credits

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  • Chris Guiver
  • Wild Man
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Glossary of Terms

Other acronyms can be found at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/glossary

Get Involved

The Ubuntu community consists of individuals and teams, working on different aspects of the distribution, giving advice and technical support, and helping to promote Ubuntu to a wider audience. No contribution is too small, and anyone can help. It's your chance to get in on all the community fun associated with developing and promoting Ubuntu. More on this at: https://community.ubuntu.com/contribute/

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