Call for nomination for the Ubuntu Membership board

By guiverc | Published: 2022-10-26

As you may know, Ubuntu Membership is a recognition of a significant and sustained contribution to Ubuntu and the Ubuntu community. To this end, the Community Council recruits from our current member community for the valuable role of reviewing and evaluating the contributions of potential members to bring them on board or assist with having them achieve this goal.

Our board members terms will soon end, and we are looking to restaff our 12:00 and 20:00/22:00 UTC Membership Boards with seven new members for each board.

We have the following requirements for nominees:

  • be an Ubuntu Member (preferably for some time)
  • be confident that you can evaluate contributions to various parts of our community
  • be committed to attending the membership meetings broad insight into the Ubuntu community at large is a plus

Additionally, those sitting on membership boards should have a proven track record of activity in the community. They have shown themselves over time to work well with others and display the Ubuntu Code of Conduct’s positive aspects. They should be people who can discern character and evaluate contribution quality without emotion while engaging in an interview/discussion that communicates interest, a welcoming atmosphere, and which is marked by humanity, gentleness, and kindness. Even when they must deny applications, they should do so in such a way that applicants walk away with a sense of hopefulness and a desire to return with a more elaborate application rather than feeling discouraged or hurt.

To nominate yourself or somebody else (please confirm they wish to accept the nomination and state you have done so), please send a mail to the Membership Boards mailing list (ubuntu-membership-boards at lists.ubuntu.com). You will want to include some information about the nominee, a Launchpad profile link, and which time slot (12:00 or 20:00/22:00) the nominee will be able to participate with.

We will be accepting nominations through Wednesday, November 9th, at 23:59 UTC. At that time, the Membership Board will forward all nominations to the Community Council, who will make the final decision and announcement.

Please do not hesitate to share this post with anyone you think deserves to be on the Ubuntu Membership Board.

Originally posted to the community hub on Thu Oct 27 20:56 UTC 2022 by Torsten Franz, on behalf of the Ubuntu Community Council

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 758

By guiverc | Published: 2022-10-24

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 758 for the week of October 16 – 22, 2022. The full version of this issue is available here.

In this issue we cover:

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!

Except where otherwise noted, this issue of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 License

Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu) released

By guiverc | Published: 2022-10-20

Ubuntu 22.10, codenamed “Kinetic Kudu”, 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, partnering with the community and our partners, to introduce new features and fix bugs.

Ubuntu Desktop 22.10 users will benefit from the refinements in GNOME 43, including GTK4 theming for improved performance and consistency. Quick Settings now provide faster access to commonly used options such as wifi, bluetooth, dark mode and power settings.

The Pipewire audio platform broadens support for audio devices and provides a step up in bluetooth connectivity, delivering improved performance for video conferencing. Linux 5.19 improves the power performance of Intel devices and now includes multithreaded decompression on Ubuntu to improve multi-core desktop snap performance.

OpenSSH in Ubuntu 22.10 is configured by default to use systemd socket activation, meaning that sshd will not be started until an incoming connection request is received. This reduces the memory footprint of Ubuntu Server on smaller devices, VMs or LXD containers. Ubuntu 22.10 also comes with a new debuginfod service to help developers and admins debug programs shipped with Ubuntu. Debugging tools like gdb will automatically download the required debug symbols over HTTPS.

The Ubuntu graphics stack transition to kms means developers can run Pi-based graphical applications using frameworks like Qt outside of a desktop session and without Pi specific drivers. This complements expanded support for a range of embedded displays for the Raspberry Pi, including the Inky eInk HAT series, Hyperpixel range and the Raspberry Pi Official Touchscreen.

The Ubuntu Kernel has been updated to the 5.19 based Linux kernel and our default toolchain has moved to the gcc 12.2.0 release with glibc 2.36.

The newest Ubuntu Budgie, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, 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/kinetic-kudu-release-notes/

Maintenance updates will be provided for 9 months for all flavours releasing with 22.10.

To get Ubuntu 22.10

In order to download Ubuntu 22.10, visit:

https://ubuntu.com/download

Users of Ubuntu 22.04 LTS will be offered an automatic upgrade to 22.10 if they have selected to be notified of all releases rather than just LTS upgrades. 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, workarounds for known issues, as well as more in-depth notes on the release itself. They are available at:

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/kinetic-kudu-release-notes/

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 Oct 20 19:13:20 UTC 2022 by Łukasz ‘sil2100’ Zemczak, on behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team

Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 757

By guiverc | Published: 2022-10-17

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 757 for the week of October 9 – 15, 2022. The full version of this issue is available here.

In this issue we cover:

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!

Except where otherwise noted, this issue of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 License

Ubuntu Community Council election 2022 underway!

By José Antonio Rey | Published: 2022-10-13

Voting has begun for the Ubuntu Community Council election. We will be voting in all seven seats for a two year term. All Ubuntu Members are eligible to vote and should receive their ballot by email.

The candidates are as follows:

  • José Antonio Rey https://launchpad.net/~jose https://wiki.ubuntu.com/jose
  • Nathan Haines https://launchpad.net/~nhaines https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NathanHaines
  • Thomas Ward https://launchpad.net/~teward https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Thomas%20Ward
  • Chris Guiver https://launchpad.net/~guiverc https://wiki.ubuntu.com/guiverc
  • Monica Ayhens https://launchpad.net/~madhens https://wiki.ubuntu.com/madhens
  • Torsten Franz https://launchpad.net/~torsten.franz https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TorstenFranz
  • Erich Eickmeyer https://launchpad.net/~eeickmeyer https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Eickmeyer
  • Merlijn Sebrechts https://launchpad.net/~merlijn-sebrechts

In the event that you are an Ubuntu Member but have not already received your ballot, first check your spam folders. The email should have the following identifying headers:

From: "Ubuntu Community Council (CIVS poll supervisor)" <civs@cs.cornell.edu>
Sender: civs@cs.cornell.edu
Reply-To: community-council@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: Poll: Ubuntu Community Council election 2020
X-Mailer: CIVS

If you still cannot find your ballot, it is likely because you do not have a public email address on Launchpad. Please send an email to community-council@lists.ubuntu.com with your name and Launchpad username and we’ll get you a ballot immediately.

Please remember to rank all of the candidates in order of preference.

Voting closes October 20 2022 23:59 UTC.