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Contents

  1. In this Issue
  2. General Community News
    1. First Jammy Jellyfish test rebuild
  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. The Hub
    1. Running Ubuntu Desktop on a 2GB Raspberry Pi [Call for feedback!]
    2. Ubuntu Desktop GNOME plans for the incoming LTS
  7. The Planet
    1. How low can you go? Running Ubuntu Desktop on a 2GB Raspberry Pi 4
  8. Other Community News
    1. Plasma 5.24 Beta
    2. Ubuntu Kylin was selected into the 2021 China Technology Brand Influential Enterprise List, deeply cultivating the developer ecology
  9. Ubuntu Cloud News
  10. Canonical News
  11. In the Press
    1. New SysJoker backdoor targets Windows, macOS, and Linux
  12. In the Blogosphere
    1. Ubuntu 21.04 Support Ends Next Week
    2. Here are the New Features Coming to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
    3. NetworkManager 1.34 Arrives with Better WireGuard Support, Many Improvements
    4. Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Planning To Stick With Linux 5.15 By Default
  13. In Other News
    1. It might be time to consider running Ubuntu on your smartphone
  14. Featured Audio and Video
    1. Ubuntu On Air: They write a minimalist Linux kernel. What happens next is incredible.
    2. Ubuntu On Air: Warbling with Andrew Vojak! | Community Office Hours
    3. Ubuntu Security Podcast: Episode 146
    4. Ubuntu Portugal Podcast: 177 - tail
    5. TuxDigital: 180
  15. Meeting Reports
  16. Upcoming Meetings and Events
  17. Updates and Security for 18.04, 20.04, 21.04, and 21.10
    1. Security Updates
    2. Ubuntu 18.04 Updates
    3. Ubuntu 20.04 Updates
    4. Ubuntu 21.04 Updates
    5. Ubuntu 21.10 Updates
  18. Subscribe
  19. Archive
  20. Further News
  21. Conclusion
  22. Credits
  23. Glossary of Terms
  24. Get Involved
  25. Feedback

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WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 718 for the week of January 9 - 15, 2022.

In this Issue

  • First Jammy Jellyfish test rebuild
  • Ubuntu Stats
  • Hot in Support
  • LoCo Events

  • Running Ubuntu Desktop on a 2GB Raspberry Pi [Call for feedback!]
  • Ubuntu Desktop GNOME plans for the incoming LTS
  • How low can you go? Running Ubuntu Desktop on a 2GB Raspberry Pi 4
  • Other Community News
  • Ubuntu Cloud News
  • Canonical News
  • In the Press
  • In the Blogosphere
  • In Other News
  • Featured Audio and Video
  • Meeting Reports
  • Upcoming Meetings and Events
  • Updates and Security for 18.04, 20.04, 21.04, and 21.10
  • And much more!

General Community News

First Jammy Jellyfish test rebuild

Graham Inggs reports that the first test rebuild of Jammy Jellyfish, which started on 17 December 2021 for all components on all architectures, is complete for 'main'; but, was still running for 'universe' and 'multiverse' on arm64, armhf and riscv64. Graham thanks those who kept the builds going during the end-of-year break, and provides links of build failures requesting help with them if you're able.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2022-January/041791.html

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open: 138275 (-100)
  • Critical: 330 (+6)
  • Unconfirmed: 69048 (+46)

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

Translations

  • Ukrainian: 88.03% (38719/1227)
  • German: 87.01% (42030/66)
  • French: 81.49% (59881/7103)
  • Spanish: 80.85% (61958/4158)
  • Swedish: 77.44% (72997/936)

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

Running Ubuntu Desktop on a 2GB Raspberry Pi [Call for feedback!]

Oliver Smith highlights that Ubuntu is "targeting some optimisations" on 2GB Raspberry Pi, and asks if we could try running Ubuntu Desktop on such a Pi to see how it performs.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/running-ubuntu-desktop-on-a-2gb-raspberry-pi-call-for-feedback/26132

Ubuntu Desktop GNOME plans for the incoming LTS

Sebastien Bacher outlines the plans for GNOME as work progresses towards the next LTS release. We are told where it stands with regards to gnome-shell, applications, GTK3/GTK4, and even some theming work that GNOME is performing upstream. These relate to what we should expect to see in the next LTS release.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-desktop-gnome-plans-for-the-incoming-lts/26156

Further attention in the media:

The Planet

How low can you go? Running Ubuntu Desktop on a 2GB Raspberry Pi 4

Oliver Smith annotates optimisation and additional improvements that allow a full Ubuntu Desktop experience on the Raspberry 4 with only 2GB of ram. Full details of these are in the linked Dave Jones (Ubuntu Raspberry Pi team lead) personal blog. Oliver advises that these optimizations will be included in the Ubuntu 22.04 release in April. We are encouraged to give feedback on our experience via the provided link for the Raspberry Pi category of the Ubuntu Discourse.

https://ubuntu.com//blog/how-low-can-you-go-running-ubuntu-desktop-on-a-2gb-raspberry-pi-4

Further attention in the media:

Other Community News

Plasma 5.24 Beta

The KDE Project has announced the release of 5.24 Beta, in order that "testers, developers and bug-hunters" can help KDE developers to "iron out bugs". Testers are encouraged to install & test it. Details are given of what will be discovered in this release. Many screenshots are provided, along with links for more details, to download, or provide feedback.

https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/5/5.23.90/

Ubuntu Kylin was selected into the 2021 China Technology Brand Influential Enterprise List, deeply cultivating the developer ecology

“2022 年 1 月 13 日,中国技术先锋年度评选 | 2021 中国技术品牌影响力企业榜单正式发布。作为中国领先的新一代开发者社区,SegmentFault 思否依托数百万开发者用户数据分析,各科技企业在国内技术领域的行为及影响力指标,最终评选出 30 家上榜企业。优麒麟作为麒麟软件有限公司主导开发的全球开源项目,入选 30 强之列。”

https://www.ubuntukylin.com/news/1735-cn.html

Ubuntu Cloud News

Canonical News

In the Press

New SysJoker backdoor targets Windows, macOS, and Linux

Bill Toulas alerts us to a "multi-platform backdoor" named 'SysJoker' which includes the capacity to evade detection on the three main operating systems. We are told it was detected by researchers at Intezer from unusual network activity during December 2021. We are given details of how it's written, how it works, including how we can detect it's having infected a machine.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-sysjoker-backdoor-targets-windows-macos-and-linux/

Additionally:

In the Blogosphere

Ubuntu 21.04 Support Ends Next Week

Joey Sneddon reminds us that Ubuntu 21.04 was released back in April 2021 with 9 months of supported life; It reaches its end of life on 20 January 2022. If we're yet to upgrade to Ubuntu 21.10, we're advised to do so very soon and given a link to a video showing a quick glimpse of features found in Ubuntu 21.10.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/01/ubuntu-21-04-support-ends-january-2022

Additional coverage in the media:

Here are the New Features Coming to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Abhishek Prakash starts an article that will be regularly updated, and gives us a clue as to new features we should see in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on release. Along with dates for various milestones GNOME 42, Grub 2.06 (including users encountering problems due to differences), a new firmware updater app, and more are brought into view. We are given a link to download it should we wish to try it.

https://itsfoss.com/ubuntu-22-04-release-features/

NetworkManager 1.34 Arrives with Better WireGuard Support, Many Improvements

Marius Nestor reports that Network Manager 1.35 has been released with improved WireGuard VPN profile support, some changes with WireGuard importation of wg-quick configuration files, plus support for configuring DNS over TLS with systemd-resolved, and more. Many links are provided.

https://9to5linux.com/networkmanager-1-34-arrives-with-better-wireguard-support-many-improvements

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Planning To Stick With Linux 5.15 By Default

Michael Larabel writes that Ubuntu 22.04 LTS will be using the Linux 5.15 kernel, being the long-term-support kernel, with links to the discussion on the Ubuntu discourse quoting Sebastien Bacher of Canonical that OEM & HWE variants will get 5.17 at some point. Michael then discusses some of the benefits of later 5.16 & 5.17 kernels, and notes that some "fixes / PCI additions" may get back-ported or "carried by Ubuntu's kernel build". Michael discusses the Ubuntu Mainline Kernel PPA which may be required if you've the newest hardware.

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-22.04-LTS-Linux-5.15

In Other News

It might be time to consider running Ubuntu on your smartphone

Joel Khalili reminds us OTA-21 is out for Ubuntu Touch devices, and notes it includes a very useful fix for those using Google accounts, including the ability to sync Google calendar and contact details without issue. The sleek new greeter & other enhancements are mentioned, as well as reminding us what Ubuntu Touch is, and a brief summary of its history.

https://www.techradar.com/news/it-might-be-time-to-consider-running-ubuntu-on-your-smartphone

Further attention in the media:

Ubuntu On Air: They write a minimalist Linux kernel. What happens next is incredible.

"Have you ever woken up in the middle of the night, with the urge to write a Linux kernel, only to realize you don’t how to do it? Well, I’ve got you covered."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM8sX1-unsw

Ubuntu On Air: Warbling with Andrew Vojak! | Community Office Hours

"Elementary OS community developer Andrew Vojak sits down with the Community Team to talk about his newest app, Warble, as well as his background in open source contributing and computer science. Join us as we get to know Andrew and learn about his experiences!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROlPeeF80_Q

Ubuntu Security Podcast: Episode 146

"Ubuntu 21.04 goes EOL soon, plus we cover security updates for Django, the Linux kernel, Apache httpd2 + Log4j2, Ghostscript and more."

https://ubuntusecuritypodcast.org/episode-146/

Ubuntu Portugal Podcast: 177 - tail

"Estamos naquela altura do ano… O momento em que vestimos a nossa farda de Zandinga e falamos sobre as nossas convicções e previsões para o ano de 2022. Conheçam também as previsões de quem nos ouve…"

https://podcastubuntuportugal.org/e177/

TuxDigital: 180

"On this episode of This Week in Linux, Linux Kernel 5.16, Linux Mint 20.3, elementary OS 6.1, Canonical is rebuilding Snapcraft and Ubuntu might be getting serious about gaming, KDE Roadmap for 2022, PinePhone Keyboard Addon, Ubuntu Touch OTA-21, Heroic Games Launder 2.0.0, SuperTux 0.6.3, Garuda Linux 220101, and Gecko Linux. All that and much more on Your Weekly Source for Linux GNews!"

https://tuxdigital.com/2022/01/this-week-in-linux-180/

Meeting Reports

Upcoming Meetings and Events

  • Technical Board:Tue, January 18, 8pm – 9pm

  • Ubuntu Membership Board:Wed, January 19, 12pm – 1pm

  • Ubuntu 21.04 EoL: Thursday, Jan 20, 2022

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

Updates and Security for 18.04, 20.04, 21.04, and 21.10

Security Updates

Ubuntu 18.04 Updates

End of Standard Support: April 2023

Ubuntu 20.04 Updates

End of Standard Support: April 2025

Ubuntu 21.04 Updates

End of life: January 20, 2022

Ubuntu 21.10 Updates

End of life: July 2022

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Conclusion

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Credits

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