Issue773


Contents

  1. In this Issue
  2. General Community News
    1. 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 News
    1. UbuCon Asia 2022 - Post event report
  6. LoCo Events
  7. The Hub
    1. LoCo council and loco teams resurrection
    2. About `apt upgrade` and phased updates
  8. The Planet
    1. Ubuntu 2022v1 secure boot key rotation and friends
  9. Other Community News
    1. Edubuntu Revival
    2. Add a direct link to the irc support channel list
  10. Canonical News
  11. In the Press
    1. LibreOffice 7.5 update: A great time to jump on this FOSS productivity suite
    2. WINE Windows translation layer has matured like a fine... you get the picture
  12. In the Blogosphere
    1. KDE Outs Plasma Mobile 23.01 to Improve Gesture Navigation, Lockscreen, and Apps
    2. Latest Steam Client Update Enables New Big Picture Mode by Default, Adds Linux Fixes
    3. Xfce 4.20 Desktop Environment Will Finally Bring Wayland Support
    4. Xfce’s Apps Update for January 2023: New Releases of Thunar, Xfce Panel, and Whisker Menu
    5. OBS Studio 29.0.1 Is Out to Fix Linux Crash on Wayland, X11 Capture Issue
  13. Other Articles of Interest
  14. Featured Audio and Video
    1. Ubuntu Portugal Podcast: 232 - Null modem
    2. KDE Plasma 5.27 has new Tiling Features and MORE!
  15. Meeting Reports
  16. Upcoming Meetings and Events
  17. Updates and Security for 18.04, 20.04, 22.04, and 22.10
    1. Security Updates
    2. Ubuntu 18.04 Updates
    3. Ubuntu 20.04 Updates
    4. Ubuntu 22.04 Updates
    5. Ubuntu 22.10 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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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 773 for the week of January 29 - February 4, 2023.

In this Issue

  • Welcome New Members and Developers
  • Ubuntu Stats
  • Hot in Support

  • UbuCon Asia 2022 - Post event report

  • LoCo Events

  • LoCo council and loco teams resurrection

  • About 'apt upgrade' and phased updates
  • Ubuntu 2022v1 secure boot key rotation and friends
  • Other Community 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, 22.04, and 22.10
  • And much more!

General Community News

Welcome New Members and Developers

Congratulations to this contributor!

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open: 140969 (+5)
  • Critical: 312 (-1)
  • Unconfirmed: 70653 (+22)

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

Translations

  • Ukrainian: 87.26% (40542/1182)
  • German: 86.39% (43308/91)
  • French: 80.62% (61657/6930)
  • Spanish: 80.07% (63402/4524)
  • Swedish: 77.01% (73133/606)

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

UbuCon Asia 2022 - Post event report

Youngbin Han provides a UbuCon Asia 2022 post event report. This report includes some photos, details of the team members involved, discussion on meetings, venue, and far more, with links for additional details too. This is a long & detailed report, with a summary given that it was a 'quite successful' event in many aspects, but some 'failures' occurred. Links are provided for other reports, before a quick glance forward to the current status of UbuCon Asia 2023.

https://2022.ubucon.asia/news/2023-02-04-post-event-report/

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: https://loco.ubuntu.com/events/

The Hub

LoCo council and loco teams resurrection

Bhavanishankar Ravindra writes about the Local Community portal and LoCo Council which haven't been active for some time. He hopes to 'rejig' both, and asks for anyone with ideas, or would like to contribute with him on this purpose to leave a reply with their ideas & thoughts.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/loco-council-and-loco-teams-resurrection/33545

About `apt upgrade` and phased updates

Sally Makin documents phased updates that are now used by Ubuntu systems. We are shown an example message we may see due to phased updates, and told why this change is actually a good thing, requiring no change from us. We are told security updates are never phased, with a brief discussion on how we could bypass the phasing quickly, or disable them. We are reminded this isn't a new feature, but is more widely used now, along with a brief discussion of how it works, with links if we want more details too.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/about-apt-upgrade-and-phased-updates/33649

The Planet

Ubuntu 2022v1 secure boot key rotation and friends

Julian Andres Klode writes about the Ubuntu 2022v1 secure boot rotation, including a brief history of how we got here. A brief introduction to the components of secure booting is given, plus a reminder of the problems encountered: like with BootHole in 2020 for some users. The creation of 2022v1-v3 signing keys, shim 15.7, what is in the works, what is proposed, and more is revealed in this long and detailed post.

https://blog.jak-linux.org/2023/02/01/ubuntu-key-rotation/

Other Community News

Edubuntu Revival

In the updated status emphasizing what is new, Erich Eickmeyer reminds us that he and his wife are the technical and flavor leads of the Edubuntu project. This notification is for what's been done in "standing up new seeds". Effort is now to work with the release team to build the new images in Lunar.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-release/2023-February/005532.html

It has been reported of the difficulty within the yelp app to directly access support. Here is an example of community team efforts in action providing a swift remedy. The link now forwards to the newly edited community docs (https://ubuntu.com/support/community-support).

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/yelp/+bug/1988847

Canonical News

In the Press

LibreOffice 7.5 update: A great time to jump on this FOSS productivity suite

Liam Proven writes about the release of LibreOffice 7.5 by the Document Foundation. We are told it includes "a host of improvements". We are told of some of these improvements, shown some screenshots, and given reasons to use it for all OSes, including a comment that it's "more robust that Microsoft Office 365" generally.

https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/03/libreoffice_75/

WINE Windows translation layer has matured like a fine... you get the picture

Liam Proven tells us about WINE 8.0, giving an opinion that it's matured 'nicely', and thus upgrades now are "getting boring" (a good thing). We are shown a screen picture, and a link to the release notes, along with some details of the change. Next covered is DXVK 2.1 which "translates Direct3D" calls to Vulkan calls, where we are told why it's important for some companies and users.

https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/03/wine_80_dxvk_21/

In the Blogosphere

KDE Outs Plasma Mobile 23.01 to Improve Gesture Navigation, Lockscreen, and Apps

Marius Nestor reports on the KDE Project's release of Plasma Mobile 23.01. This post tells us of some of the improvements included within the release, along with giving us a link to the release announcement page.

https://9to5linux.com/kde-outs-plasma-mobile-23-01-to-improve-gesture-navigation-lockscreen-and-apps

Latest Steam Client Update Enables New Big Picture Mode by Default, Adds Linux Fixes

Marius Nestor blogs about the release of a new Steam Client for "Linux, Windows and Mac platforms" from Valve. We are told the Big Picture mode is now default, along with some other changes, with links for more details such as the full release notes.

https://9to5linux.com/latest-steam-client-update-enables-new-big-picture-mode-by-default-adds-linux-fixes

Xfce 4.20 Desktop Environment Will Finally Bring Wayland Support

Marius Nestor provides the "Great news" that Xfce 4.20, currently in development, has already released 'libxfce4windowing' which will "provide support" for the Wayland protocol. We're also told a new 'xfdesktop' & 'xfce4-panel' with Wayland support has also been released.

https://9to5linux.com/xfce-4-20-desktop-environment-will-finally-bring-wayland-support

Xfce’s Apps Update for January 2023: New Releases of Thunar, Xfce Panel, and Whisker Menu

Marius Nestor provides his monthly "Xfce's Apps Update" (January 2023) which includes the news that Wayland support is coming to Xfce 4.20. Many apps have been improved, including Thunar file manager, Xfce Screenshooter, Xfce Panel, xfce4-notifyd daemon and more. A link to the Xfce mailing list post is included.

https://9to5linux.com/xfces-apps-update-for-january-2023-new-releases-of-thunar-xfce-panel-and-whisker-menu

OBS Studio 29.0.1 Is Out to Fix Linux Crash on Wayland, X11 Capture Issue

Marius Nestor alerts us to the release of OBS Studio 29.0.1. We are told of some Linux-specific fixes that are included, plus some fixes that apply to all platforms. A link to the release notes found on GitHub is included, along with a link to the Ubuntu official PPA, as well as availability from Flathub.

https://9to5linux.com/obs-studio-29-0-1-is-out-to-fix-linux-crash-on-wayland-x11-capture-issue

Ubuntu Portugal Podcast: 232 - Null modem

"O título foi o Diogo Constantino que pediu assim… Entretanto já temos Miguel, ele foi encontrado vivo e de boa saúde, ainda que em parte incerta. Mas a notícia que importa salientar é que, após todos estes episódios e de toda a pressão que sempre sofreu, finalmente está a considerar oferecer alguma inteligência à sua residência. E mais não dizemos aqui…"

https://podcastubuntuportugal.org/e232/

KDE Plasma 5.27 has new Tiling Features and MORE!

TechHut gives us the run down on Plasma 5.27 Beta; its set up and layouts, additions, changes, enhanced features are graphically shown.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D28yWWBkVkk

Meeting Reports

Upcoming Meetings and Events

  • Developer Membership Board: Mon, February 6, 4pm – 5pm
  • Main Inclusion Requests (MIR) Status: Tue, February 7, 3:30pm – 4:00pm
  • Ubuntu Foundations: Thu, February 9, 3pm – 4pm

  • MiniDebConf Lisbon fevereiro / February 2023: Domingo, 12 de fevereiro de 2023 - https://pt2023.mini.debconf.org/

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, 22.04, and 22.10

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

Ubuntu 22.10 Updates

End of Life: July 2023

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