Issue677
WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 677 for the week of March 28 - April 3, 2021.
In this Issue
General Community News
Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) Final Beta released
Łukasz Zemczak on behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team announces the final beta release of Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo). With details of what is covered in the release, we are reminded it is still not the final release, which is due 22 April. The various flavors are covered, with many links provided including where we should report any found bugs.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2021-April/000267.html
Interested in the flavors? Release announcements as follows:
Kubuntu 21.04 Testing Week - https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-21-04-testing-week/
Kubuntu Hirsute Hippo (21.04) Beta released - https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-hirsute-hippo-21-04-beta-released/
Lubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) BETA testing - https://lubuntu.me/lubuntu-21-04-hirsute-hippo-beta-testing/
Ubuntu Studio 21.04 Beta (Hirsute Hippo) Released - https://ubuntustudio.org/2021/04/ubuntu-studio-21-04-beta-hirsute-hippo-released/
Media attention:
Ubuntu 21.04 Beta Released For This Linux 5.11 Powered Update With Wayland By Default - https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-21.04-Beta-Released
Reminder -- Hirsute kernel freeze is Apr 8
Seth Forshee reminds us the Kernel Freeze for Ubuntu 21.04 needs to be submitted to the mailing list before 8 April, or be subject to the SRU policy and likely be deferred to a post-release update.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2021-March/118638.html
Ubuntu Stats
Bug Stats
- Open: 136891 (+153)
- Critical: 350 (+3)
- Unconfirmed: 68227 (+124)
As always, the Bug Squad needs more help. If you want to get started, please see: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad
Translations
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Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions
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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
Call for Beta Testing Ubuntu 21.04 and Ubuntu Flavours
Mike Royal reminds us the Ubuntu 21.04 Beta is available for testing. In the page of links we can read the release notes, read how to test, download various architectures: main Ubuntu, the official flavors and and as well various remixes.
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/call-for-beta-testing-ubuntu-21-04-and-ubuntu-flavours/21636
Announcing the Ubuntu Desktop Team Indaba (AMA) - April 23, 2021
Ken Van Dine introduces us to the Ubuntu Desktop Team Indaba (conference between people), also telling us the first indaba will be on 23 April. We are told the weekly IRC meeting will end, with the review of release bugs moving to discourse. We are given the reasons for this change.
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/announcing-the-ubuntu-desktop-team-indaba-ama-april-23-2021/21591
Ubuntu Cloud News
Kubernetes across clouds: Ubuntu at NVIDIA GTC 2021 - https://ubuntu.com//blog/ubuntu-talks-kubernetes-at-gtc
Ceph Pacific 16.2.0 is now available - https://ubuntu.com//blog/ceph-pacific-16-2-0-is-now-available
Canonical News
Ubuntu in the wild – 30th of March 2021 - https://ubuntu.com//blog/ubuntu-in-the-wild-05
Windows containers on Kubernetes with MicroK8s - https://ubuntu.com//blog/microk8s-windows-workers
What lies after LTS? Two years of Ubuntu 14.04 in ESM - https://ubuntu.com//blog/what-lies-after-lts-two-years-of-ubuntu-14-04-in-esm
Ubuntu in the wild – 30th of March 2021 - https://ubuntu.com//blog/ubuntu-in-the-wild-05
Ubuntu for machine learning with NVIDIA RAPIDS in 10 min - https://ubuntu.com//blog/ubuntu-for-machine-learning-with-nvidia-rapids-in-10-min
Announcing Ubuntu on Windows Community Preview – WSL 2 - https://ubuntu.com//blog/announcing-ubuntu-on-windows-community-preview-wsl-2
How to choose the best enterprise Kubernetes solution - https://ubuntu.com//blog/how-to-choose-the-best-enterprise-kubernetes
In the Blogosphere
Xfce’s Apps Update for March 2021 Covers New Releases of Thunar, Xfdashboard, and Gigolo
Marius Nestor writes of the March 2021 updates for Xfce's apps. Marius highlights as the 'star' Thunar, which received three updates, giving details on why the updates are significant. Mention is also made of Xfdashboard, and Gigolo and their updates. Also noted are several panel plugins that have been updated. We are also told the Xfce project has been accepted into GSoC 2021, with links provided for more details.
Featured Audio and Video
Ubuntu Security Podcast: Episode 110
"This week we look at 2 years of 14.04 ESM, a kernel Livepatch issue, DNS-over-HTTPS for Google Chrome plus security updates for ldb, OpenSSL, Squid, curl and more."
https://ubuntusecuritypodcast.org/episode-110/
Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S14E04 – Shrug Material Bits
"This week we’ve been switching to Brave and KDE. We discuss what Alan’s birthday present could be and go over all your wonderful ‘feedback’."
https://ubuntupodcast.org/2021/04/01/s14e04-shrug-material-bits/
Ubuntu Portugal Podcast: 136 - Galinha
"Dando o merecido destaque às novidades do catálogo da Nitrokey, os assuntos deste epuisódio passaram ainda pelos testes de streaming do Constantino e os bash scripts preguiçosos do Carrondo."
https://podcastubuntuportugal.org/e136/
Meeting Reports
Minutes for the 2021-03-17 Community Council meeting - https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/minutes-for-the-2021-03-17-community-council-meeting/21592
Desktop Team Updates - Monday 5th April 2021 - https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/desktop-team-updates-monday-5th-april-2021/21626
Upcoming Meetings and Events
- Developer Membership Board: Mon, April 5, 3pm – 4pm
- Desktop Team: Tue, April 6, 2:30pm – 3:30pm
- Technical Board: Tue, April 6, 7pm – 8pm
- Community Council: Wed, April 7, 11pm – Thu, April 8, 12am
- Ubuntu Foundations: Thu, April 8, 3pm – 4pm
Times shown are UTC. For more details and farther dates please visit: https://fridge.ubuntu.com/calendars/
Updates and Security for 16.04, 18.04, 20.04, and 20.10
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
Ubuntu 20.10 Updates
End of life: July 2021
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