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The developers of the Ubuntu Unity respin have now created an image that will run on the latest Raspberry Pi models. Containing a mix of 20.04 & 20.10 packages, and runs best on the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B, though will run on lesser models alas, with some slowness. We are reminded it's a pre-release image currently, so some issues may occur (one is noted which will be fixed shortly). The developers of the Ubuntu Unity respin have now created an image that will run on the latest Raspberry Pi models. This image contains a mix of 20.04 & 20.10 packages, and runs best on the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B. However it will run on lesser models, alas with some slowness. We are reminded it's a pre-release image currently, so some issues may occur (one is noted which will be fixed shortly).


Contents

  1. In this Issue
  2. General Community News
    1. Groovy Gorilla (20.10) Final Freeze
    2. Welcome New Members and Developers
  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 Events
  6. Canonical News
  7. In the Blogosphere
    1. KDE Plasma 5.20 Released With Better Wayland Support, Many New Features
    2. Rescuezilla 2.0, the Swiss Army Knife of System Recovery, Released with Major Changes
    3. Canonical Releases New Ubuntu Kernel Security Updates to Patch 10 Vulnerabilities
    4. See What’s New in Ubuntu 20.10 ‘Groovy Gorilla’ [Video]
    5. AMD Delivers Many Fixes For Polaris GPUs On Linux - Finally Enables ZeroRPM Fan Mode
    6. You Can Now Run Ubuntu Unity on Your Raspberry Pi
  8. Featured Audio and Video
    1. Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S13E30 – Whistling indoors
    2. Ubuntu Portugal Podcast: S01E112 - Conversa com Pedro Silva da Collabora
  9. Meeting Reports
  10. Upcoming Meetings and Events
  11. Updates and Security for 16.04, 18.04, and 20.04
    1. Security Updates
    2. Ubuntu 16.04 Updates
    3. Ubuntu 18.04 Updates
    4. Ubuntu 20.04 Updates
  12. Subscribe
  13. Archive
  14. Further News
  15. Conclusion
  16. Credits
  17. Glossary of Terms
  18. Get Involved
  19. Feedback

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WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 653 for the week of October 11 - 17, 2020.

In this Issue

  • Groovy Gorilla (20.10) Final Freeze
  • Welcome New Members and Developers
  • Ubuntu Stats
  • Hot in Support

  • LoCo Events

  • Canonical News
  • In the Blogosphere
  • Featured Audio and Video
  • Meeting Reports
  • Upcoming Meetings and Events
  • Updates and Security for 16.04, 18.04, and 20.04
  • And much more!

General Community News

Groovy Gorilla (20.10) Final Freeze

Steve Langasek reminds us that final freeze is in effect for the release of Ubuntu 20.10 next week; and he gives criteria for any exceptions. With the release of RC images testing is encouraged for all the flavours.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2020-October/001284.html

Welcome New Members and Developers

Congratulations to this contributor!

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open: 134676 (+145)
  • Critical: 346 (0)
  • Unconfirmed: 66509 (+82)

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

Translations

  • Ukrainian: 88.49% (36755/79)
  • German: 87.06% (41321/6)
  • Spanish: 82.07% (57264/3550)
  • French: 81.59% (58799/6959)
  • Swedish: 75.07% (79610/935)

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/

Canonical News

In the Blogosphere

KDE Plasma 5.20 Released With Better Wayland Support, Many New Features

Michael Larabel touts the Plasma 5.20 release as "a seriously great update.... has a crazy amount of polishing and refinements as well as some larger features." His highlights include: KWin window manager / compositor, Wayland, notifications, smart monitoring, on screen display, tack manager, and system tray. A video of the desktop and a link to KDE.org are provided for additional information.

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=KDE-Plasma-5.20-Released

Rescuezilla 2.0, the Swiss Army Knife of System Recovery, Released with Major Changes

Marius Nestor writes about the release of Rescuezilla 2.0, a free fork of Redo Rescue based on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. All created backups from Rescuezilla 2.0, Clonezilla Live, as well as backups created by prior versions of Rescuezilla should restore correctly. More details are provided, as well as links to the wiki page, the GitHib, and to download Rescuezilla 2.0.

https://9to5linux.com/rescuezilla-2-0-the-swiss-army-knife-of-system-recovery-released-with-major-changes

Canonical Releases New Ubuntu Kernel Security Updates to Patch 10 Vulnerabilities

Marius Nestor alerts us to patched kernels being available for all supported Ubuntu releases fixing numerous security flaws. We are provided details on the various kernels and the releases each CVE impacts; and we are given links should we need more detail, along with a reminder to upgrade our systems asap.

https://9to5linux.com/canonical-releases-new-ubuntu-kernel-security-updates-to-patch-10-vulnerabilities

See What’s New in Ubuntu 20.10 ‘Groovy Gorilla’ [Video]

Joey Sneddon writes that it's been six months since the release of Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, which means Ubuntu 20.10 is about to release. A short 3 minute video outlines some of the new things to be found in Ubuntu 20.10 with it's updated GNOME desktop.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/10/ubuntu-20-10-video-review

AMD Delivers Many Fixes For Polaris GPUs On Linux - Finally Enables ZeroRPM Fan Mode

Michael Larabel reports AMD's fixes that also affect older graphics processors. Within a set of 40 patches are improvements that include the GCN 1.0/1.1 state on the AMDGPU DRM driver and new back-end LLVM targets. Fixed in the patches are some internal code audits, screen flickering instances, enabling a memory clock switch, and a reduction in idle power. Of note is the ZeroRPM fan feature support now available for the Polaris GPUs. The code is expected for the Linux 5.11 kernel in early 2021 but is available for testing - the mailing list link is provided.

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=AMD-Fixes-Up-Polaris-2020

You Can Now Run Ubuntu Unity on Your Raspberry Pi

The developers of the Ubuntu Unity respin have now created an image that will run on the latest Raspberry Pi models. This image contains a mix of 20.04 & 20.10 packages, and runs best on the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B. However it will run on lesser models, alas with some slowness. We are reminded it's a pre-release image currently, so some issues may occur (one is noted which will be fixed shortly).

https://9to5linux.com/you-can-now-run-ubuntu-unity-on-your-raspberry-pi

Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S13E30 – Whistling indoors

"This week we’ve been upgrading our GPUs. We discuss our experiences using IoT devices, bring you some command line love and go over all your wonderful feedback."

https://ubuntupodcast.org/2020/10/15/s13e30-whistling-indoors/

Ubuntu Portugal Podcast: S01E112 - Conversa com Pedro Silva da Collabora

"Já votaram no Podcast Ubuntu Portugal em podes.pt? Não? Então não leias mais e vai até https://podes.pt/votar/ escreve Podcast Ubuntu Portugal e clica em VOTAR. Não falhes a aritmética e repete as vezes que conseguires."

https://podcastubuntuportugal.org/e112/

Meeting Reports

Upcoming Meetings and Events

  • Developer Membership Board: Mon, October 19, 3pm – 4pm
  • Kernel Team: Tue, October 20, 5pm – 6pm
  • Desktop Team: Tue, October 20, 1:30pm – 2:30pm (per IRC channel advisory)
  • Technical Board: Tue, October 20, 7pm – 8pm
  • Ubuntu Membership Board: Wed, October 21, 12pm – 1pm
  • Ubuntu Foundations: Thu, October 22, 3pm – 4pm

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

Updates and Security for 16.04, 18.04, and 20.04

Security Updates

Ubuntu 16.04 Updates

End of Standard Support: April 2021

Ubuntu 18.04 Updates

End of Standard Support: April 2023

Ubuntu 20.04 Updates

End of Standard Support: April 2025

Subscribe

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Archive

You can always find older Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter issues at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Archive

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

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

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

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/

Or get involved with the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter team! We always need summary writers and editors, if you're interested, learn more at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Join

Feedback

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