Issue753


Contents

  1. In this Issue
  2. General Community News
    1. New service announcement: https://debuginfod.ubuntu.com
    2. Kinetic Kudu (22.10) UI Freeze
    3. Call for Ubuntu Community Council nominations
  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. Calls for talks and workshop extended until Sept 28
  6. LoCo Events
  7. The Hub
    1. Ubuntu Summit — Calling All Proposals
    2. Anbox Cloud 1.15.1 has been released
    3. Kinetic Kudu 22.10 Wallpaper Competition Voting
  8. Ubuntu Cloud News
  9. Canonical News
  10. In the Press
    1. Ubuntu Linux and Azure DNS Problem Gives Azure Fits
    2. This Flutter-based Unofficial Software Center Might Replace Ubuntu's Official App
  11. In the Blogosphere
    1. Papirus Icon Set’s September Update Adds 38 New Icons
    2. Ubuntu 22.10 Adds Debuginfod Integration
    3. KDE Frameworks 5.98 Makes File Transfers Faster in KDE Apps, Brings More New Features
    4. KDE Plasma 5.26 Beta Released With New "Plasma Bigscreen" Interface For TVs
    5. Ubuntu 22.10 Aiming To Support The $16+ Sipeed LicheeRV RISC-V Board
    6. This Extension Enables More Useful Top Bar Buttons in Ubuntu 22.04
  12. Other Articles of Interest
  13. Featured Audio and Video
    1. How Ubuntu and Debian GNOME work better together
    2. Ubuntu Security Podcast: Episode 177
    3. Ubuntu Portugal Podcast: 213 - Lucas Lasota
    4. Late Night Linux: Episode 194
  14. Meeting Reports
  15. Upcoming Meetings and Events
  16. Updates and Security for 18.04, 20.04, and 22.04
    1. Security Updates
    2. Ubuntu 18.04 Updates
    3. Ubuntu 20.04 Updates
    4. Ubuntu 22.04 Updates
  17. Subscribe
  18. Archive
  19. Further News
  20. Conclusion
  21. Credits
  22. Glossary of Terms
  23. Get Involved
  24. Feedback

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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 753 for the week of September 11 - 17, 2022.

In this Issue

  • New service announcement: https://debuginfod.ubuntu.com

  • Kinetic Kudu (22.10) UI Freeze
  • Call for Ubuntu Community Council nominations
  • Ubuntu Stats
  • Hot in Support

  • Calls for talks and workshop extended until Sept 28 [UbuCon Asia 2022 - Nov 26-27 Seoul, South Korea]

  • LoCo Events

  • Ubuntu Summit — Calling All Proposals
  • Anbox Cloud 1.15.1 has been released
  • Kinetic Kudu 22.10 Wallpaper Competition Voting
  • Ubuntu Cloud News
  • Canonical News
  • In the Press
  • 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 22.04
  • And much more!

General Community News

New service announcement: https://debuginfod.ubuntu.com

Sergio Durigan Junior announces a "new service for the Ubuntu community". Providing us with details of debuginfod, we are told the service is currently in beta; Sergio warns the deployment may change. If you're using a release that doesn't have automatic configuration of the service, details to get it going are provided, with links for more details where required.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2022-September/001320.html

Kinetic Kudu (22.10) UI Freeze

Lukasz Zemczak on behalf of the Ubuntu Release team announces "Effective NOW, we are officially under the User Interface Freeze for Kinetic"; additional details are provided for what this means.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2022-September/001321.html

Call for Ubuntu Community Council nominations

José Antonio Rey calls for nominees for the upcoming Ubuntu Community Council election. All seven seats need to be filled, with terms lasting two years. Details of what is involved, requirements of applicants and links for more are provided, including how submissions are shortlisted and voting performed. A link to the discourse is provided for any questions, and thanks in advance is offered to all who participate in making Ubuntu better.

https://fridge.ubuntu.com/2022/09/16/call-for-ubuntu-community-council-nominations-2/

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open: 140185 (+84)
  • Critical: 315 (+1)
  • Unconfirmed: 70221 (+38)

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

Translations

  • Ukrainian: 87.11% (40979/1081)
  • German: 86.31% (43537/396)
  • French: 80.41% (62305/6908)
  • Spanish: 79.92% (63849/4657)
  • Swedish: 76.97% (73248/970)

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

Calls for talks and workshop extended until Sept 28

Youngbin Han makes another call for talk and workshop proposals [UbuCon Asia 2022 - Nov 26-27 Seoul, South Korea], noting the date for submissions has been extended by two weeks. The reason for this is provided, in that with the 42 proposals provided, there weren't enough "Workshops, Korean sessions and sessions with Intermediate/Advanced level difficulty" with a short mention on what proposals so far are for. Details on making a proposal, travel sponsorship & more are given.

https://2022.ubucon.asia/news/2022-09-15-cfp-extended/

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

Ubuntu Summit — Calling All Proposals

Heather Ellsworth provides a link to a new blog post which acts as a "call to action to submit an Ubuntu Summit abstract".

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-summit-calling-all-proposals/30603

Anbox Cloud 1.15.1 has been released

Simon Fels on behalf of the Anbox Cloud team announces the release of Anbox Cloud 1.15.1. Simon provides us with a link to the component versions, a list of new features & improvements, a list of bug fixes, plus link to upgrade instructions.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/anbox-cloud-1-15-1-has-been-released/30585

Kinetic Kudu 22.10 Wallpaper Competition Voting

Britt Yazel reminds us the Ubuntu 22.10 release is "just around the corner", and provides us a view of the submissions in the Kinetic Kudu 22.10 Wallpaper Competition. We're asked to vote for our favorite(s), with no limit to how many we vote for. The dates of voting closure and when the winners are to be announced are given.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/kinetic-kudu-22-10-wallpaper-competition-voting/30645

Ubuntu Cloud News

Canonical News

In the Press

Ubuntu Linux and Azure DNS Problem Gives Azure Fits

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols starts by telling us Linux has been "the most popular virtual machine (VM) operating system on Microsoft Azure" for three years now. Continuing on, Steven then moves to the recent Ubuntu 18.04 issues on Azure. He gives the date of the start of the problem, and when it ended. We are told of the reason for the problem, and what the effects were. We are also told why it only impacted Azure, given clues on fixing it, and reminded to always check our production systems and DNS.

https://thenewstack.io/ubuntu-linux-and-azure-dns-problem-gives-azure-fits/

This Flutter-based Unofficial Software Center Might Replace Ubuntu's Official App

Sagar Sharma writes that Ubuntu is considered "one of the best" distributions for beginners, but that GNOME Software Center needs to improve. Sagar tells us why, and that Canonical and others have teamed up to produce a lightweight, flutter-based alternative to Ubuntu Software Center. With some screenshots, we are told what Sagar sees in it, and then asked if this is going to replace the Ubuntu Software. Links are provided.

https://news.itsfoss.com/unofficial-flutter-ubuntu-software/

In the Blogosphere

Papirus Icon Set’s September Update Adds 38 New Icons

Joey Sneddon reports a new Papirus icon theme is available, giving us details of what's been improved or added to it. Along with some pictures of the icons, we're given the commands required to add it to our Ubuntu system.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/09/papirus-icon-theme-update-september-2022

Ubuntu 22.10 Adds Debuginfod Integration

Michael Larabel writes about debuginfod, which will be integrated in Ubuntu 22.10 due for release next month. In telling us about this service and its history, including its use in many other distributions, we are shown an example screen and provided links for more details.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-22.10-Debuginfod

KDE Frameworks 5.98 Makes File Transfers Faster in KDE Apps, Brings More New Features

Marius Nestor tells us the KDE Project has released KDE Frameworks 5.98, giving us some details of what's included in this release. We are also told of some of the fixes included in the "more than 200 minor changes", given a recommendation to update when we can, and a link to changelog for more details.

https://9to5linux.com/kde-frameworks-5-98-makes-file-transfers-faster-in-kde-apps-brings-more-new-feature

KDE Plasma 5.26 Beta Released With New "Plasma Bigscreen" Interface For TVs

Michael Larabel reports the KDE community has released the beta of the Plasma 5.26 desktop. In providing details of the new features included, such as a UI optimized for TV or large screens, we are given a link to the KDE.org site for even more details.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Plasma-5.26-Beta

Ubuntu 22.10 Aiming To Support The $16+ Sipeed LicheeRV RISC-V Board

Michael Larabel reminds us of some of the other RISC-V boards Ubuntu supports, we are now told Ubuntu 22.10 will support the Sipeed LicheeRV board; a cheap board that "starts at $16.90 USD". We are given some details of the board, and reminded that whilst it's slower than a Raspberry Pi, it still has many IoT uses. We are told of a feature free exception, and plans for a DKMS-based WiFi driver.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-22.10-Sipeed-LicheeRV

This Extension Enables More Useful Top Bar Buttons in Ubuntu 22.04

Ji m introduces “Aylur’s Widgets”; a new extension for the top panel for GNOME 42/43. Ji m discloses the five useful additions, with screenshot highlights, and the install instructions.

https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2022/09/top-bar-buttons-ubuntu2204/

How Ubuntu and Debian GNOME work better together

A video from DebConf Kosovo (20-July-2022) recently posted to Youtube with the presentation by Jeremy Bicha (Debian, Ubuntu & Canonical). "This presentation discusses the recent history and current status of Debian and Ubuntu collaboration in the packaging team. It concludes with a discussion of what works well, where more work is needed, and ideas for the future."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJPdjrRD3Ok

Ubuntu Security Podcast: Episode 177

"Alex talks with special guests Nishit Majithia and Matthew Ruffell about a recent systemd regression on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS plus we cover security updates for Dnsmasq, the Linux kernel, poppler, .NET 6, rust-regex and more."

https://ubuntusecuritypodcast.org/episode-177/

Ubuntu Portugal Podcast: 213 - Lucas Lasota

"Em período de férias, estivemos à conversa com o Lucas Lasota, brasileiro a morar na Alemanha, advogado de profissão, trabalha no sector jurídico na FSFE (Free Software Foundation Europe). Falou-se sobre questões legais no geral mas também sobre a tematica router freedom. Novamente uma conversa interessantissima sobre Ubuntu e outras cenas… "

https://podcastubuntuportugal.org/e213/

Late Night Linux: Episode 194

"Huge wins for RISC-V and Ubuntu Unity, the changing ways that software is distributed, and a sad lament for young people’s privacy. Plus why KDE Plasma isn’t default in many major distros, along with the usual goodness in the Korner."

https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-194/

Meeting Reports

Upcoming Meetings and Events

  • Developer Membership Board: Mon, September 19, 4pm – 5pm
  • Main Inclusion Requests (MIR) Status: Tue, September 20, 2:30pm – 3:00pm
  • Ubuntu Membership Board: Wed, September 21, 12pm – 1pm
  • Ubuntu Foundations: Thu, September 22, 3pm – 4pm

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 22.04

Security Updates

Ubuntu 18.04 Updates

End of Standard Support: April 2023

Ubuntu 20.04 Updates

End of Standard Support: April 2025

Ubuntu 22.04 Updates

End of Standard Support: April 2027

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