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Marius Nestor reports that Ubuntu 19.10 Eoan Ermine enters feature freeze, as of August 22nd,  which means that no new features will be accepted into applications. Additionally, Marius reports that the Alpha development cycle is dropped, and the Beta version will be released on September 26th. Marius Nestor reports that Ubuntu 19.10 Eoan Ermine enters feature freeze, as of August 22nd, which means that no new features will be accepted into applications. Additionally, Marius reports that the Alpha development cycle is dropped, and the Beta version will be released on September 26th.
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=== Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S12E21 –  Rebelstar Raiders === === Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S12E21 – Rebelstar Raiders ===


Contents

  1. In this Issue
  2. Ubuntu Stats
    1. Bug Stats
    2. Translations
  3. Hot in Support
    1. Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions
    2. Ubuntu Forums Top 5 Threads
  4. LoCo Events
  5. The Planet
    1. polkit-qt-1 0.113.0 Released
  6. Canonical News
  7. In the Press
    1. What To Expect From The Ubuntu 19.10 'Eoan Ermine' Beta On September 26
  8. In the Blogosphere
    1. Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS Makes It Easier to Patch the Linux Kernel without Rebooting
    2. Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" Enters Feature Freeze, Beta Available September 26th
  9. Other Articles of Interest
  10. Featured Audio and Video
    1. Ubuntu Security Podcast: Episode 44
    2. Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S12E21 – Rebelstar Raiders
  11. Meeting Reports
  12. Upcoming Meetings and Events
  13. Updates and Security for 16.04, 18.04, and 19.04
    1. Security Updates
    2. Ubuntu 16.04 Updates
    3. Ubuntu 18.04 Updates
    4. Ubuntu 19.04 Updates
  14. Subscribe
  15. Archive
  16. Further News
  17. Conclusion
  18. Credits
  19. Glossary of Terms
  20. Get Involved
  21. Feedback

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WORK IN PROGRESS

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 594 for the week of August 25 - 31, 2019.

In this Issue

  • Ubuntu Stats
  • Hot in Support

  • LoCo Events

  • polkit-qt-1 0.113.0 Released
  • 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 16.04, 18.04, and 19.04
  • And much more!

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open: 135370 (+14)
  • Critical: 376 (-2)
  • Unconfirmed: 66576 (+27)

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

Translations

  • Ukrainian: 87.57% (33967/2666)
  • German: 85.93% (38432/0)
  • Spanish: 85.36% (39986/2695)
  • French: 80.77% (52528/5736)
  • Bosnian: 79.91% (54876/155)

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 LoCo Team Portal to browse upcoming events around the world: http://loco.ubuntu.com/events/

The Planet

polkit-qt-1 0.113.0 Released

After 5 years, Jonathan Riddell reports that the KDE team has released polkit-qt-1, which is the Qt5 GUI version of system-wide permission management. This version has two notable changes, the addition of passing details to polkit, and the removal of Qt4 support.

https://jriddell.org/2019/08/27/polkit-qt-1-0-113-0-released/

Canonical News

In the Press

What To Expect From The Ubuntu 19.10 'Eoan Ermine' Beta On September 26

Jason Evangelho gives us a "a brief rundown of what to expect, and a few features that might make it worth the upgrade ". In addition to the interface and software tweaks, there are added features, improvements, and enhancements. With an expected release date of October 17, Jason provides a link to the daily builds for all the supported releases, the release schedule, and the WIKI for more information.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2019/08/31/what-to-expect-from-the-ubuntu-19-10-eoan-ermine-beta-on-september-26/#f2129063a4fa

In the Blogosphere

Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS Makes It Easier to Patch the Linux Kernel without Rebooting

Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS new Livepatch update now makes it easier to patch the Linux kernel without requiring a system reboot. It adds the tray support to easily manage updates, and allows users to read more about specific CVEs. It also notifies users of patches and if they have been applied.

https://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-18-04-3-lts-makes-it-easier-to-patch-the-linux-kernel-without-rebooting-527132.shtml

Ubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" Enters Feature Freeze, Beta Available September 26th

Marius Nestor reports that Ubuntu 19.10 Eoan Ermine enters feature freeze, as of August 22nd, which means that no new features will be accepted into applications. Additionally, Marius reports that the Alpha development cycle is dropped, and the Beta version will be released on September 26th.

https://news.softpedia.com/news/ubuntu-19-10-eoan-ermine-enters-feature-freeze-beta-available-september-26th-527210.shtml

Ubuntu Security Podcast: Episode 44

"This week Joe and Alex discuss a recently disclosed backdoor in Webmin, plus we cover security updates from the past week, including for Nova, KDE, LibreOffice, Docker, CUPS and more."

https://ubuntusecuritypodcast.org/episode-44/

Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S12E21 – Rebelstar Raiders

"This week we’ve been using Unity and learning about code of conduct incident response. We bring you a bumper crop of news and events from the Ubuntu community plus we round up some of our favourite stories from the tech world."

https://ubuntupodcast.org/2019/08/29/s12e21-rebelstar-raiders/

Meeting Reports

Upcoming Meetings and Events

  • Kernel Team: Tue, September 3, 5pm – 6pm
  • Desktop Team: Tue, September 3, 6:30pm – 7:30pm
  • Security Team: Wed, September 4, 9:30pm – 10:30pm
  • Ubuntu Translations: Thu, September 5, 3pm – 4pm
  • Ubuntu Foundations: Thu, September 5, 3pm – 4pm
  • Community Council: Thu, September 5, 5pm – 7pm
  • Ubuntu Membership Board: Thu, September 5, 8pm – 9pm
  • Ubuntu Membership Board: Thu, September 5, 10pm – 11pm

For more details and farther dates please visit: http://fridge.ubuntu.com/calendars/

Updates and Security for 16.04, 18.04, and 19.04

Security Updates

Ubuntu 16.04 Updates

End of Life: April 2021

Ubuntu 18.04 Updates

End of Life: April 2023

Ubuntu 19.04 Updates

End of Life: January 2020

Subscribe

Get your copy of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter delivered each week to you via email at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-news

Or follow us via our various social media presences:

Archive

You can always find older Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter issues at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Archive

Further News

As always you can find more Ubuntu news and announcements at:

Conclusion

Thank you for reading the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter.

See you next week!

Credits

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

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

Glossary of Terms

Other acronyms can be found at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/glossary

Get Involved

The Ubuntu community consists of individuals and teams, working on different aspects of the distribution, giving advice and technical support, and helping to promote Ubuntu to a wider audience. No contribution is too small, and anyone can help. It's your chance to get in on all the community fun associated with developing and promoting Ubuntu. More on this at: https://community.ubuntu.com/contribute/

Or get involved with the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter team! We always need summary writers and editors, if you're interested, learn more at: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Join

Feedback

This document is maintained by the Ubuntu Weekly News Team. If you have a story idea or suggestions for the Weekly Newsletter, join the Ubuntu News Team mailing list at https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/Ubuntu-news-team and submit it. Ideas can also be added to the wiki at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Ideas. If you'd like to contribute to a future issue of the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, please feel free to edit the appropriate wiki page. If you have any technical support questions, please check https://community.ubuntu.com/help-information/ for more information on where to get help.

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