Issue588
WORK IN PROGRESS
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 588 for the week of July 14 - 20, 2019.
In this Issue
General Community News
Ubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish) End of Life reached on July 18 2019
Adam Conrad, on behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team, reminds us that Ubuntu 18.10 was released 9 months ago and has reached its End of Life and thus is now unsupported. A link is provided for upgrade instructions to Ubuntu 19.04.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2019-July/000247.html
Ubuntu Stats
Bug Stats
- Open: # (+/-#)
- Critical: # (+/-#)
- Unconfirmed: # (+/-#)
As always, the Bug Squad needs more help. If you want to get started, please see: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad
Translations
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
Our Diamond Sponsor – Ubuntu!
Ubucon Europe's diamond sponsor is Ubuntu; this post provides a brief history of Ubuntu and Canonical, and notes the Ubuntu governance is somewhat independent. Thanks are given to governance for the support of the event, given in Sintra, Portugal during October 2019.
https://sintra2019.ubucon.org/our-diamond-sponsor-ubuntu/
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 Planet
security things in Linux v5.2
Kees Cook outlines many of the interesting security-related bits found in the 5.2 linux kernel. With many links provided, these include page allocator freelist randomization, Clang stack variable initialization, powerpc kernel userspace access prevention, x86 microarchitectural data sampling mitigations, and more in this rather technical post.
https://outflux.net/blog/archives/2019/07/17/security-things-in-linux-v5-2/
Canonical News
Octave turns to snaps to reduce dependency on Linux distribution maintainers - https://ubuntu.com/blog/2019/07/15/octave-turns-to-snaps-to-reduce-dependency-on-linux-distribution-maintainers/
Issue #2019.07.22 – Kubeflow and Conferences, 2019 - https://ubuntu.com/blog/2019/07/17/issue-2019-07-22-kubeflow-and-conferences-2019/
Handy snapcraft features: Remote build - https://ubuntu.com/blog/2019/07/18/handy-snapcraft-features-remote-build/
CMake leverages the Snapcraft Summit with Travis CI to build snaps - https://ubuntu.com/blog/2019/07/18/cmake-leverages-the-snapcraft-summit-with-travis-ci-to-build-snaps/
Robot lifecycle management with Ubuntu - https://ubuntu.com/blog/2019/07/19/robot-lifecycle-management-with-ubuntu/
In the Blogosphere
Ubuntu's Zsys Client/Daemon For ZFS On Linux Continues Maturing For Eoan
Michael Larabel writes about Canonical's work on better ZFS integration into Ubuntu, including the aim of having it as an install option, with the ability to have automated grub snapshot management. Michael provides a list of the latest Zsys work plus a few links.
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-19.10-Zsys-July-Progress
Other Articles of Interest
ODROID-H2 Review – Part 2: Ubuntu 19.04 - https://www.cnx-software.com/2019/07/14/odroid-h2-review-ubuntu-19-04/
Featured Audio and Video
Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S12E15 – Diablo
"This week we’ve been buying a new phone and playing with QEMU. We discuss the release of Debian 10, Ubuntu users saying “Thank you”, Nvidia drivers, WSL and Ubuntu MATE for the GPD MicroPC. We also round up some events and tech news."
https://ubuntupodcast.org/2019/07/19/s12e15-diablo/
Ubuntu Portugal Podcast: S01E59 - Caça aos gambozinos
"Neste episódio tivemos a de novo participação do João Jotta e do André Paula do Linuxtechpt onde discutimos práticas de segurança e privacidade e snaps."
https://podcastubuntuportugal.org/2019/07/18/ep-59-caca-aos-gambozinos/
Meeting Reports
Desktop Team - https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/desktop-team-update-monday-22nd-july-2019/11846
Server Team - https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-server-team-update-15-july-2019/11855
Upcoming Meetings and Events
For more details and farther dates please visit: http://fridge.ubuntu.com/calendars/
Updates and Security for 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 18.10, and 19.04
Security Updates
Ubuntu 14.04 Updates
End of Life: April 2019
Ubuntu 16.04 Updates
End of Life: April 2021
Ubuntu 18.04 Updates
End of Life: April 2023
Ubuntu 18.10 Updates
End of Life: July 2019
Ubuntu 19.04 Updates
End of Life: January 2020
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