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Contents

  1. In this Issue
  2. General Community News
    1. Jammy Jellyfish (22.04) Final Freeze
  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. The Call For Participation Is Now Open For Ubuntu 22.04 Release Party
  6. LoCo Events
  7. The Hub
    1. Ask us anything about Ubuntu Kernels!
    2. Canonischool: Knowledge-sharing presentations from the Web & Design team
    3. [Presentation] Open source and its social impact
    4. Multipass: Call for testing release 1.9
    5. Anbox Cloud 1.13.2 has been released
    6. Call for testing: ubuntu-frame-osk 36-squeekboard-v1.17.0
    7. Let’s Plan Some Jammy Jellyfish Jams!
  8. The Planet
    1. Ubuntu MATE 22.04 Release Notes
  9. Other Community News
    1. 优麒麟荣获 CSDN IT 技术影响力之星“年度开源项目”奖项!
    2. 凝聚开源力量--优麒麟出席 FOSSASIA Summit 2022 开源盛会!
  10. Ubuntu Cloud News
  11. Canonical News
  12. In the Blogosphere
    1. KDE Frameworks 5.93 Brings Multi-Cursor Support for Text Editor Apps, over 280 Changes
    2. Intel Alder Lake Users On Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Will Want To Switch To A Newer Kernel
    3. Mesa 22.1-rc1 Brings Radeon Vulkan Enhancements, Imagination Driver & Microsoft Dozen
  13. Other Articles of Interest
  14. Featured Audio and Video
    1. Ubuntu On Air: Open source and its social impact
    2. Ubuntu Portugal Podcast: 190 - Societal
  15. Meeting Reports
  16. Upcoming Meetings and Events
  17. Updates and Security for 18.04, 20.04, and 21.10
    1. Security Updates
    2. Ubuntu 18.04 Updates
    3. Ubuntu 20.04 Updates
    4. 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 731 for the week of April 10 - 16, 2022.

In this Issue

  • Jammy Jellyfish (22.04) Final Freeze
  • Ubuntu Stats
  • Hot in Support
  • The Call For Participation Is Now Open For Ubuntu 22.04 Release Party
  • LoCo Events

  • Ask us anything about Ubuntu Kernels!
  • Canonischool: Knowledge-sharing presentations from the Web & Design team

  • [Presentation] Open source and its social impact
  • Multipass: Call for testing release 1.9
  • Anbox Cloud 1.13.2 has been released
  • Call for testing: ubuntu-frame-osk 36-squeekboard-v1.17.0
  • Let’s Plan Some Jammy Jellyfish Jams!
  • Ubuntu MATE 22.04 Release Notes
  • Other Community News
  • Ubuntu Cloud News
  • Canonical News
  • In the Blogosphere
  • Other Articles of Interest
  • Featured Audio and Video
  • Meeting Reports
  • Upcoming Meetings and Events
  • Updates and Security for 18.04, 20.04, and 21.10
  • And much more!

General Community News

Jammy Jellyfish (22.04) Final Freeze

Lukasz Zemczak announces the final freeze for Impish Indri. He advises on the criteria for any uploads into the que. It is expected to have the RC images available, possibly Monday, for testing such that there is "another uneventful release next week".

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2022-April/001312.html

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open: 138339 (-57)
  • Critical: 330 (+1)
  • Unconfirmed: 69127 (+20)

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

Translations

  • Ukrainian: 88.13% (38397/1104)
  • German: 87.16% (41543/25)
  • French: 81.59% (59550/6934)
  • Spanish: 80.94% (61673/5534)
  • Swedish: 77.57% (72584/928)

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

The Call For Participation Is Now Open For Ubuntu 22.04 Release Party

The Ubuntu MM LoCo community announces they will host a release party for 22.04. The event is scheduled for the 1st of May as a live virtual format. The call is open for participation in two planned sessions; session specifications and goals are provided. A link to the sign-up form is provided for those interested.

https://ubuntu-mm.net/loco-news/the-call-for-participation-is-now-open-for-ubuntu-22-04-release-party/

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

Ask us anything about Ubuntu Kernels!

Dimitri John Ledkov reminds us the Ubuntu Kernel team is available via IRC on Libera, but this post provides another point of contact for "small questions, comments or requests about Ubuntu Kernels".

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ask-us-anything-about-ubuntu-kernels/27664

Canonischool: Knowledge-sharing presentations from the Web & Design team

Robin Winslow tells us Canonical's Web & Design team have "been holding informal knowledge-sharing sessions" within the team, but a decision has been made to share these with the wider community. We are told these videos will not "be polished", released without editing.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/canonischool-knowledge-sharing-presentations-from-the-web-design-team/27667

[Presentation] Open source and its social impact

Robin Winslow opens a discussion thread for "Open source and its social impact" presentation, with a link to the unpolished and unedited video. Ask any questions here.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/presentation-open-source-and-its-social-impact/27672

Multipass: Call for testing release 1.9

Christopher Townsend reports that the next release of Multipass (v. 1.9) is at release candidate stage and thus testing is requested. A link is provided for download and for more details including what's new, with a request to file problem reports via a provided Github issue link.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/call-for-testing-release-1-9/27688

Anbox Cloud 1.13.2 has been released

Simon Fels reports the Anbox Cloud team has released Anbox Cloud 1.13.2, with a list of new features and improvements, a link to component versions, and details of "Addons - hook timeout". FInally a list of bugs fixed, and links to upgrade instructions are provided.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/anbox-cloud-1-13-2-has-been-released/27701

Call for testing: ubuntu-frame-osk 36-squeekboard-v1.17.0

Michał Sawicz makes a call for testing of ubuntu-frame-osk which contains "an updated Squeekboard" version. We are told it should not impact existing usage, and provided a command to enable the new candidate. We are told to use it normally but report any problems on this link, with a final note it's expected to be promoted to "stable in a week".

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/call-for-testing-ubuntu-frame-osk-36-squeekboard-v1-17-0/27724

Let’s Plan Some Jammy Jellyfish Jams!

Monica Ayhens-Madon asks are we or our LoCos planning a Release Party for Jammy Jellyfish ? Monica gives a link back to Rhys Davies post about how they can be thrown. She tells us the Community Team release party will be held at Linux Application Summit with full details to come. Monica asks us to post our details, questions and party ideas on this thread, and to check back for more details.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/lets-plan-some-jammy-jellyfish-jams/27727

The Planet

Ubuntu MATE 22.04 Release Notes

Martin Wimpress presents the Ubuntu MATE 22.04 Release Notes for the upcoming release that is scheduled for 21 April 2022. Martin starts by extending thanks to all involved in contributing to this release, which is the "culmination of 2 years of continual improvement". With some screen pictures, we are told what has changed, and given links to download the Ubuntu Mate 22.04 Beta, or how to upgrade to the beta release currently available. A link is provided for those who have feedback.

https://ubuntu-mate.org/blog/ubuntu-mate-jammy-jellyfish-release-notes/

Other Community News

优麒麟荣获 CSDN IT 技术影响力之星“年度开源项目”奖项!

"2022 年 3 月 30 日,CSDN 2021 年度 IT 技术影响力之星颁奖典礼在北京成功举行。在颁奖现场,CSDN 为在 2021 年以开放、共享、协同理念对开源发展有着卓越贡献的开源项目与团队,颁发了 2021 “年度开源项目”奖项。而优麒麟作为致力于推动开源发展的全球开源项目之一,凭借着在开源领域的贡献,荣获“年度开源项目”奖项!"

https://www.ubuntukylin.com/news/1759-cn.html

凝聚开源力量--优麒麟出席 FOSSASIA Summit 2022 开源盛会!

"近日,优麒麟社区受邀参加 2022 FOSSASIA 开源盛会,与大家分享了优麒麟社区 UKUI 桌面环境开发的相关成果,并与来自世界各地的开发人员、技术社区和公司进行讨论与分享,了解开源技术的最新发展趋势。"

https://www.ubuntukylin.com/news/1765-cn.html

Ubuntu Cloud News

Canonical News

In the Blogosphere

KDE Frameworks 5.93 Brings Multi-Cursor Support for Text Editor Apps, over 280 Changes

Marius Nestor writes that the KDE Project has released KDE Frameworks 5.93, reminding us what this is, and why it's useful for those using KDE apps. We are told of many of the improvements, some of which will be seen in non-KDE apps. We are told KDE Frameworks 5.93 will soon make its way into stable software repositories so we can enjoy the "improvements and bug fixes".

https://9to5linux.com/kde-frameworks-5-93-brings-multi-cursor-support-for-text-editor-apps-over-280-changes

Intel Alder Lake Users On Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Will Want To Switch To A Newer Kernel

Michael Larabel reminds us that Ubuntu 22.04 LTS will be using the Linux 5.15 LTS kernel, but notes that whilst it has many backported hardware improvements from later 5.16 & 5.17 kernels, there are still many more not included. Michael highlights what he calls a "pain point" for "Alder Lake" processors having slower execution times than a system with a newer kernel. We are told it was Intel providing the patches rather late which led to its inclusion in 5.16. Michael provides his benchmarks - which include Ubuntu 21.10, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, with its 5.15 kernel, tested against the 5.16 & 5.17 kernels for comparison; which highlight the greater performance in the later kernels.

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu-2204-alderlake&num=1

Mesa 22.1-rc1 Brings Radeon Vulkan Enhancements, Imagination Driver & Microsoft Dozen

Michael Larabel highlights many of the improvements, enhancements, merges, and changes in the soon to be released Mesa 22.1. Of special note are improvements for old NVIDIA graphics on open-source, enhancements for the Radeon "RADV" Vulkan driver, works on Intel, and much more.

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Mesa-22.1-rc1-Released

Ubuntu On Air: Open source and its social impact

"This is a presentation a couple of us gave to the rest of the Web & Design team here at Canonical, and a following discussion which we thought was quite interesting. It's rough and unedited, but we wanted to put it out just in case others find it interesting. Want to discuss this video?Join us on the community discourse: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/presentation-open-source-and-its-social-impact/27672/4"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLGkKgu3z0M

Ubuntu Portugal Podcast: 190 - Societal

"O Miguel está deprimido! Acabou de descobrir que daqui a uns anos – 5, talvez 10 – vai ter de gastar dinheiro num telefone novo. O Carrondo está todo contente com o seu alarme novo, livre. O Constantino andou a conversar no Twitter, para variar… esta semana foi sobre extensões do Firefox. Mas o prato principal desta refeição foi a relação da Comissão Europeia com o Software Livre!"

https://podcastubuntuportugal.org/e190/

Meeting Reports

Upcoming Meetings and Events

  • Developer Membership Board: Mon, April 18, 7pm – 8pm
  • Technical Board: Tue, April 19, 7pm – 8pm
  • Ubuntu Membership Board: Wed, April 20, 12pm – 1pm
  • Community Council: Wed, April 20, 11pm – Thu, April 21, 12am
  • Ubuntu 22.04 Release: Thursday, Apr 21, 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, 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 21.10 Updates

End of life: July 2022

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