Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 851 for the week of July 28 - August 3, 2024.
The Discourse post of this issue is available here.

In this Issue

  • State of the Ubuntu mailing lists
  • Technical Board: Feedback requested - draft policy on third party software sources included by Ubuntu
  • Ubuntu Stats
  • Hot in Support
  • LoCo Events
  • Exploring O3 Optimization for Ubuntu
  • Other Community News
  • Ubuntu Cloud News
  • Canonical News
  • In the Blogosphere
  • Featured Audio and Video
  • Meeting Reports
  • Upcoming Meetings and Events
  • Updates and Security for Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04, and 24.04
  • And much more!


General Community News

State of the Ubuntu mailing lists

Aaron Prisk reminds us that communication is important, and the reason for concentrating efforts on the Ubuntu Matrix server. Focus is now moving to asynchronous platforms which include Ubuntu mailing lists. We're given some detail of uses of mailing lists, and some stats on declining usage. A mailing list 'clean' will be performed, and questions are asked of readers to what is still useful, or if there are better alternatives.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/state...ng-lists/46836

Technical Board: Feedback requested - draft policy on third party software sources included by Ubuntu

Robie Basak starts with some expectations of Ubuntu LTS users, and reminds us that includes snap packages now too. The comprehensive discussion moves to third party or proprietary snap packages, and the Ubuntu Technical Board wanting a policy on this matter. This is a current draft of that policy, with feedback appreciated.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/techn...y-ubuntu/46849

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open: 144419 (+65)
  • Critical: 308 (+2)
  • Unconfirmed: 72941 (+84#)


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

Translations

  • German: 86.69% (46731/142)
  • Ukrainian: 85.94% (49354/1250)
  • French: 83.78% (56953/7190)
  • Swedish: 78.52% (75407/1120)
  • Spanish: 76.76% (81602/4787)


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 respective LoCo Team calendar to browse upcoming events.

Please see:



The Hub

Exploring O3 Optimization for Ubuntu

Matthieu Clemenceau reminds us of Ubuntu's commitment to performance, and the work on enabling frame pointers in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Currently being evaluated is the impact of O3 optimization. This post tells us what O3 optimization is, why experimentation is done, with links for us to download the optimized images so we can test them for ourselves. Feedback on our testing is welcome.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/explo...-ubuntu/46892/


Other Community News

Ubuntu Studio 24.10: Updates for July 2024

This post updates us on progress towards Ubuntu Studio 24.10. First up is the switch to the Ubuntu generic kernel, with KDE Plasma 6; new theming and more are covered. We're also told of some misfortunes experienced in a key developers home; contributions are welcome.

https://ubuntustudio.org/2024/07/updates-for-july-2024/

Ubuntu Cloud News



Canonical News



In the Blogosphere

Canonical Saw $251M In Revenue Last Year, Grew To More Than 1K Employees

Michael Larabel writes about a recent Canonical filing at the UK Companies House. We're given details of their revenue, profit and more, including comparison with prior years. Links for more, and some comments are provided.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Canoni...evenue-Numbers


Linus Torvalds Announces First Linux Kernel 6.11 Release Candidate

Marius Nestor writes about the release of the Linux Kernel 6.11 which is expected in September 2024. This detail was provided with the first release candidate, with some additional details provided to remind us of what's inside.

https://9to5linux.com/linus-torvalds...ease-candidate

Ubuntu Touch OTA-5 Is Now Available for Ubuntu Phone Users

Marius Nestor tells us the UBports Foundation have released the Ubuntu Touch OTA-5 update. We're reminded this is the fifth update based on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, reminded to update our systems, and given links to the release announcement. A list of supported devices is also included, and mention of a known issue.

https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-touch-o...tu-phone-users

Linux 6.11 Addressing "Long-Time Regression" Of Buggy AMD HDMI Audio

Michael Larabel informs us that users who've been experiencing AMD HDMI audio problems may finally have their fix. Along with details of the bug, plus a link and details of the fix, we're given quotes from the original bug reported and Takashi Iawai of SUSE on the fix.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-HD...Fix-Linux-6.11

Featured Audio and Video

Ubuntu Security Podcast: Episode 233

"This week we take a look at the recent Crowdstrike outage and what we can learn from it compared to the testing and release process for security updates in Ubuntu, plus we cover details of vulnerabilities in poppler, phpCAS, EDK II, Python, OpenJDK and one package with over 300 CVE fixes in a single update."

https://ubuntusecuritypodcast.org/episode-233/

Ubuntu Portugal Podcast: Episode 309.10 - Verdadeiro 309, Levante-se

"Ir de férias pode ser muito stressante, mas o Software Livre permite relaxar e navegar bonitas paisagens à vontadinha, sem receio de transferir dados para mãos alheias - o Diogo conta-nos tudo. O Miguel já comprou litros e litros de água oxigenada na farmácia, mas ainda precisa de tomar banho em tetraacetiletilenodiamina. Entre nós, a Crowdstrike foi o bombo da festa, mas ficámos a perceber um bocadinho melhor como acontecem catástrofes informáticas globais e como não lidar com elas. Nenhum de nós recebeu um vale de 10 euros da UberEats para fazer este episódio."

https://podcastubuntuportugal.org/e309/

Ubuntu OnAir: Documentation Office Hours - Episode 22 - Documentation and AI

"In this recording, we present some of our thoughts about Artificial Intelligence in documentation, and then host a question and answer session."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9rChUYSHk8

Meeting Reports



Upcoming Meetings and Events



Times shown are UTC unless otherwise specified. For more details and farther dates please visit: https://fridge.ubuntu.com/calendars/ | https://discourse.ubuntu.com/upcoming-events

Updates and Security for Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04, and 24.04

Security Updates



Ubuntu 20.04 Updates



End of Standard Support: April 2025

Ubuntu 22.04 Updates



End of Standard Support: April 2027

Ubuntu 24.04 Updates



End of standard support: April 2029

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