Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 837

By guiverc | Published: 2024-04-29

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 837 for the week of April 21 – 27, 2024. The full version of this issue is available here.

In this issue we cover:

  • Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) released
  • Ubuntu Stats
  • Hot in Support
  • Party like a Noble Numbat
  • UbuCon North America 2024 Call for Papers
  • LoCo Events
  • NVIDIA GPUDirect over Infiniband Migration Paths
  • Let’s talk open design
  • Subiquity 24.04.1 has been released to the stable channel
  • May – October 2024 planning cycle – your opinions count
  • 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 Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04, 23.10, and 24.04
  • And much more!

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

  • Krytarik Raido
  • Bashing-om
  • Chris Guiver
  • Wild Man
  • And many others

If you have a story idea for the Weekly Newsletter, join the Ubuntu News Team mailing list and submit it. Ideas can also be added to the wiki!

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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) released.

By guiverc | Published: 2024-04-25

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, codenamed “Noble Numbat”, is here. This release continues Ubuntu’s proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been hard at work through this cycle, together with the community and our partners, to introduce new features and fix bugs.

Our 10th Long Term Supported release sets a new standard in performance engineering, enterprise security and developer experience.

Ubuntu Desktop brings the Subiquity installer to an LTS for the first time. In addition to a refreshed user experience and a minimal install by default, the installer now includes experimental support for ZFS and TPM-based full disk encryption and the ability to import auto-install configurations. Post install, users will be greeted with the latest GNOME 46 alongside a new App Center and firmware-updater. Netplan is now the default for networking configuration and supports bidirectionality with NetworkManager.

Ubuntu now enables frame pointers by default on 64-bit architectures to enable CPU and off-CPU profiling for workload optimisation, alongside a suite of critical performance tools pre-installed. The Linux 6.8 kernel now enables low-latency features by default. For IoT vendors leveraging 32-bit arm hardware, our armhf build has been updated to resolve the upcoming 2038 issue by implementing 64-bit time_t in all necessary packages.

As always, Ubuntu ships with the latest toolchain versions. .NET 8 is now fully supported on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS) for the full lifecycle of the release and OpenJDK 21 and 17 are both TCK certified to adhere to Java interoperability standards. Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ships Rust 1.75 and a simpler Rust toolchain snap framework to enable future rust versions to be delivered to developers on this release in years to come.

The newest Edubuntu, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Cinnamon, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Studio, Ubuntu Unity, and Xubuntu are also being released today. More details can be found for these at their individual release notes under the Official Flavours section:

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-24-04-lts-noble-numbat-release-notes/39890

Maintenance updates will be provided for 5 years for Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu Server, Ubuntu Cloud and Ubuntu Core. All the remaining flavours will be supported for 3 years. Additional security support is available with ESM (Extended Security Maintenance).

To get Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

In order to download Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, visit:

https://ubuntu.com/download

Users of Ubuntu 23.10 will soon be offered an automatic upgrade to 24.04. Users of 22.04 LTS will be offered the automatic upgrade when 24.04.1 LTS is released, which is scheduled for the 15th of August. For further information about upgrading, see:

https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop/upgrade

As always, upgrades to the latest version of Ubuntu are entirely free of charge.

We recommend that all users read the release notes, which document caveats and workarounds for known issues, and provide more in-depth information on the release itself. They are available at:

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-24-04-lts-noble-numbat-release-notes/39890

Find out what’s new in this release with a graphical overview:

https://ubuntu.com/desktop
https://ubuntu.com/desktop/features

If you have a question, or if you think you may have found a bug but aren’t sure, you can try asking in any of the following places:

#ubuntu on irc.libera.chat
https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users
https://ubuntuforums.org
https://askubuntu.com
https://discourse.ubuntu.com

Help Shape Ubuntu

If you would like to help shape Ubuntu, take a look at the list of ways
you can participate at:

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/contribute

About Ubuntu

Ubuntu is a full-featured Linux distribution for desktops, laptops, IoT, cloud, and servers, with a fast and easy installation and regular releases. A tightly-integrated selection of excellent applications is included, and an incredible variety of add-on software is just a few clicks away.

Professional services including support are available from Canonical and hundreds of other companies around the world. For more information about support, visit:

https://ubuntu.com/support

More Information

You can learn more about Ubuntu and about this release on our website listed below:

https://ubuntu.com

To sign up for future Ubuntu announcements, please subscribe to Ubuntu’s very low volume announcement list at:

https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-announce

Originally posted to the ubuntu-announce mailing list on Thu Apr 25 15:20:52 UTC 2024 by Utkarsh Gupta on behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 836

By guiverc | Published: 2024-04-22

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 836 for the week of April 14 – 20, 2024. The full version of this issue is available here.

In this issue we cover:

  • Noble Numbat (24.04) Final Freeze
  • Ubuntu Stats
  • Hot in Support
  • Ubucon Latin America 2024 – Llamado a conferencias y talleres!
  • FOSSASIA Summit 2024 Recap!
  • Guide to submitting presentation proposals for UbuCon Korea 2024
  • Agenda of Activities for the Latin American Free Software Installation Festival (FLISOL) in Mérida
  • LoCo Events
  • Lubuntu Council 2024 Election Results
  • Upcoming AppArmor Security update for CVE-2016-1585
  • New feature: Ubuntu Snapshot Service
  • Release v0.2.0 of “miracle-wm”, a Wayland compositor built on Mir
  • Ubuntu Budgie 24.04 Release Notes
  • 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 Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04, and 23.10
  • And much more!

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

  • Krytarik Raido
  • Bashing-om
  • Chris Guiver
  • Wild Man
  • And many others

If you have a story idea for the Weekly Newsletter, join the Ubuntu News Team mailing list and submit it. Ideas can also be added to the wiki!

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Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 835

By guiverc | Published: 2024-04-15

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 835 for the week of April 7 – 13, 2024. The full version of this issue is available here.

In this issue we cover:

  • Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) Beta released
  • Ubuntu Stats
  • Hot in Support
  • UbuCon Asia 2024 – CFP Deadline Extended by April 30
  • LoCo Events
  • Matrix documentation discussion
  • Noble Numbat (24.04) Beta Release Status Tracking
  • Mir Office Hours
  • Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Beta Testing
  • Moderation and Defense of our Matrix Community
  • Call for testing: Ubuntu Frame (Mir 2.16.4 bugfix update), mesa-core22 (minor version update)
  • Celebrating Creativity: Announcing the Winners of the Kubuntu Contests!
  • Other Community News
  • Ubuntu Cloud News
  • Canonical News
  • In the Press
  • In the Blogosphere
  • In Other News
  • Other Articles of Interest
  • Featured Audio and Video
  • Meeting Reports
  • Upcoming Meetings and Events
  • Updates and Security for Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04, and 23.10
  • And much more!

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

  • Krytarik Raido
  • Bashing-om
  • Chris Guiver
  • Wild Man
  • And many others

If you have a story idea for the Weekly Newsletter, join the Ubuntu News Team mailing list and submit it. Ideas can also be added to the wiki!

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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) Beta released

By guiverc | Published: 2024-04-12

The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the Beta release of the Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Desktop, Server, and Cloud products.

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, codenamed “Noble Numbat”, continues Ubuntu’s proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been very hard at work through this cycle, introducing new features and fixing bugs.

This Beta release includes images from not only the Ubuntu Desktop, Server, and Cloud products, but also the Edubuntu, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Cinnamon, UbuntuKylin, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Studio, Ubuntu Unity and Xubuntu flavors.

The Beta images are known to be reasonably free of showstopper image build or installer bugs, while representing a very recent snapshot of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS that should be representative of the features intended to ship with the final release expected on April 25, 2024.

Ubuntu, Ubuntu Server, Cloud Images:

Noble Beta includes updated versions of most of our core set of packages, including a current 6.8 kernel, and much more.

To upgrade to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Beta from Ubuntu 23.10 or Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, follow these instructions:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NobleUpgrades

The Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Beta images can be downloaded at:

https://releases.ubuntu.com/24.04/ (Ubuntu Desktop and Ubuntu Server on amd64)

Additional images can be found at the following links:

https://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/daily/server/noble/current/ (Cloud Images)

https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/24.04/beta/ (Non-x86)

As fixes will be included in new images between now and release, any daily cloud image from today or later (i.e. a serial of 20240411 or higher) should be considered a Beta image. Bugs found should be filed against the appropriate packages or, failing that, the cloud-images project in Launchpad.

The full release notes for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Beta can be found at:

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/noble-numbat-release-notes/

Edubuntu:

Edubuntu is a flavor of Ubuntu designed as a free education-oriented operating system for children of all ages.

The Beta images can be downloaded at:

https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/24.04/beta/

Kubuntu:

Kubuntu is the KDE based flavor of Ubuntu. It uses the Plasma desktop and includes a wide selection of tools from the KDE project.

The Beta images can be downloaded at:

https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/24.04/beta/

Lubuntu:

Lubuntu is a flavor of Ubuntu which uses the Lightweight Qt Desktop Environment (LXQt). The project’s goal is to provide a lightweight yet functional Linux distribution based on a rock-solid Ubuntu base.

The Beta images can be downloaded at:

https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/24.04/beta/

Ubuntu Budgie:

Ubuntu Budgie is a community-developed desktop, integrating Budgie Desktop Environment with Ubuntu at its core.

The Beta images can be downloaded at:

https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-budgie/releases/24.04/beta/

Ubuntu Cinnamon:

Ubuntu Cinnamon is a flavor of Ubuntu featuring the Cinnamon desktop environment.

The Beta images can be downloaded at:

https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntucinnamon/releases/24.04/beta/

UbuntuKylin:

UbuntuKylin is a flavor of Ubuntu that is more suitable for Chinese users.

The Beta images can be downloaded at:

https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntukylin/releases/24.04/beta/

Ubuntu MATE:

Ubuntu MATE is a flavor of Ubuntu featuring the MATE desktop environment.

The Beta images can be downloaded at:

https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-mate/releases/24.04/beta/

Ubuntu Studio:

Ubuntu Studio is a flavor of Ubuntu that provides a full range of multimedia content creation applications for each key workflow: audio, graphics, video, photography and publishing.

The Beta images can be downloaded at:

https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/24.04/beta/

Ubuntu Unity:

Ubuntu Unity is a flavor of Ubuntu featuring the Unity7 desktop environment.

The Beta images can be downloaded at:

https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-unity/releases/24.04/beta/

Xubuntu:

Xubuntu is a flavor of Ubuntu that comes with Xfce, which is a stable, light and configurable desktop environment.

The Beta images can be downloaded at:

https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/24.04/beta/

Regular daily images for Ubuntu, and all flavors, can be found at:

https://cdimage.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu is a full-featured Linux distribution for clients, servers and clouds, with a fast and easy installation and regular releases. A tightly-integrated selection of excellent applications is included, and an incredible variety of add-on software is just a few clicks away.

Professional technical support is available from Canonical Limited and hundreds of other companies around the world. For more information about support, visit

https://ubuntu.com/support

If you would like to help shape Ubuntu, take a look at the list of ways you can participate at:

https://ubuntu.com/community/participate

Your comments, bug reports, patches and suggestions really help us to improve this and future releases of Ubuntu. Instructions can be found at:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs

You can find out more about Ubuntu and about this Beta release on our website, discourse and wiki.

To sign up for future Ubuntu announcements, please subscribe to Ubuntu’s very low volume announcement list at:

https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-announce

Originally posted to the ubuntu-announce mailing list on Fri Apr 12 01:02:08 UTC 2024 by Steve Langasek on behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team