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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 640 for the week of July 12 - 18, 2020.

In this Issue

General Community News

Ubuntu 19.10 (Eoan Ermine) End of Life reached on July 17 2020

Iain Lane reports that Ubuntu 19.10 is now end of life, and no upgraded packages will be accepted for it any longer. We are reminded it was released 9 months ago, and provided is a link to help us upgrade our systems to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS if needed.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2020-July/000258.html

Flavors advisories:

• Ubuntu Studio 19.10 Support Ends Tomorrow! - http://ubuntustudio.org/2020/07/ubuntu-studio-19-10-support-ends-tomorrow/

• Kubuntu 19.10 Eoan Ermine reaches end of life - https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-19-10-eoan-ermine-reaches-end-of-life/

Further media commentary:

• Ubuntu 19.10 “Eoan Ermine” Reached End of Life, Upgrade to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Now - https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-19-10-eoan-ermine-reached-end-of-life-upgrade-to-ubuntu-20-04-lts-now

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

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Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions

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Ubuntu Forums Top 5 Threads

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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 Hub

Popcon to be removed from the standard seed

Michael Hudson Doyle announces the removal of the "popularity-contest" package from the Ubuntu standard seed. We are also told the package and backend have been broken since Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/popcon-to-be-removed-from-the-standard-seed/17238

Amplifying information:

• Ubuntu Will No Longer Track Which Packages Users Install - https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/07/ubuntu-popularity-contest-removed

Other Community News

Konsole in 2020

Tomaz Canabrava tells us a few things that make Konsole a favored terminal *nix systems. Tomaz provides numerous videos on many features: including full drag & drop support, image thumbnails, along with others we might find useful. In essence, we are shown why we might want to consider Konsole.

https://tcanabrava.github.io/2020/07/16/konsole-in-2020/

Canonical News

• Robotics Recap: Learning, Programming & Snapping ROS 2 - https://ubuntu.com//blog/robotics-recap-learning-programming-and-snapping-ros-2

• Kubernetes from cloud to edge: A US virtual event - https://ubuntu.com//blog/kubernetes-from-cloud-to-edge-a-us-virtual-event

• ROS Security Benchmark open for public comment - https://ubuntu.com//blog/ros-security-benchmark-open-for-public-comment

• Best practices for an effective remote team in the world of cloud delivery - https://ubuntu.com//blog/best-practices-for-an-effective-remote-team-in-the-world-of-cloud-delivery

• Kubeflow dojo by IBM - https://admin.insights.ubuntu.com/2020/07/17/kubeflow-latest-events/

In the Blogosphere

Libinput 1.16 Will Warn You If Your System Is Too Slow

Michael Larabel alerts us to the release of a RC of Libinput 116. Michael lists some new features including the monitoring of timestamps in a way that provides warning when processing is too slow. Links to the libinput 1.15.901 announcement are provided.

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Libinput-1.16-RC

In Other News

• Canonical partners with global systems integrators - https://searchitchannel.techtarget.com/news/252486328/Canonical-partners-with-global-systems-integrators

Other Articles of Interest

• A Small Yet Mighty Star Lite Mk III Linux Laptop Available For Pre-order - https://fossbytes.com/star-lite-mk-iii-linux-laptop-available-for-pre-order/

Featured Audio and Video

Ubuntu Security Podcast: Episode 82

"With Ubuntu 19.10 going EOL, we have a special interview by Joe with Chris Coulson and Steve Beattie from the Ubuntu Security Team to talk TPMs and Ubuntu Core 20, plus Alex looks at some of the 71 CVEs addressed by the team and more."

https://ubuntusecuritypodcast.org/episode-82/

Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S13E17 – Knitting outside

"This week we’ve been filling in forms and doing kitchen renovations. We discuss popularity contest being removed from Ubuntu, 19.10 going EOL, KDEs cross-platform storefront and Linux adopting inclusive language. We also round up our picks from the wider tech news and share an event; remember those!"

https://ubuntupodcast.org/2020/07/16/s13e17-knitting-outside/

Ubuntu Portugal Podcast: S01E99 - Cadeira Diploma

"O Diogo finalmente recebeu uma encomenda e o Carrondo actualizou o seu KeepassXC, mas isto é a parte menos importante da conversa. Fiquem aí para um episódio do vosso podcast preferido!"

https://podcastubuntuportugal.org/e99/

Meeting Reports

• Ubuntu +1 Maintenance Reports - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2020-July/date.html

• Desktop Team Updates - Monday 13th July 2020 - https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/desktop-team-updates-monday-13th-july-2020/17213

Upcoming Meetings and Events

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

Updates and Security for 16.04, 18.04, 19.10, and 20.04

Security Updates

Ubuntu 16.04 Updates

End of Standard Support: April 2021

Ubuntu 18.04 Updates

End of Standard Support: April 2023

Ubuntu 19.10 Updates

End of Life: July 2020

Ubuntu 20.04 Updates

End of Standard Support: April 2025

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