UWN Issue 924 December 21-27 2025.
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 924 for the week of December 21 - 27, 2025.
In this Issue
- Ubuntu Stats
- Hot in Support
- Upcoming Meetings and Events
- Ubuntu Circles! (LoCo) News
- Joint Year-end party @ Turing’s Apple (Dec 20, 2025)
- Ubuntu Circles! (LoCo) Events
- In the Press
- Featured Audio and Video
- Updates and Security for Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04, 25.04 and 25.10
- And much more!
Ubuntu Stats
Bug Stats
- Open: 144083 (+61)
- Critical: 317 (0)
- Unconfirmed: 73943 (+56)
As always, the Bug Squad needs more help. If you want to get started, please see: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad
Translations
- Albanian: 98.86% (3986/106)
- Swedish: 97.16% (9983/763)
- Ukrainian: 89.17% (38012/1585)
- German: 87.13% (45198/140)
- French: 85.74% (50084/6213)
Hot in Support
Ubuntu Community Discourse Trending Top 5 Threads
- 2nd monitor not at full resolution - https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/2nd-monitor-not-at-full-resolution/73507
- Thunderbolt dock monitors configuration problem - https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/thunderbolt-dock-monitors-configuration-problem/73816
- Unable to “get image” docker - https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/unable-to-get-image-docker/73923
- No boot device found - https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/no-boot-device-found/73992
- How do I use cursor themes on Snaps? - https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/how-do-i-use-cursor-themes-on-snaps/74107
Find more support at: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/c/support-and-help/306
Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions
- Disk is invisible, yet the first part of the boot process is executed - https://askubuntu.com/questions/1562249/disk-is-invisible-yet-the-first-part-of-the-boot-process-is-executed
- My NIKON D7000 cannot connect to any video streaming device , I have installed correctly gphoto2, v4l2loopback-utils, and ffmpeg - It is in PTP mode - https://askubuntu.com/questions/1562212/my-nikon-d7000-cannot-connect-to-any-video-streaming-device-i-have-installed-c
- Mouse is unusable in 25.10 - https://askubuntu.com/questions/1562189/mouse-is-unusable-in-25-10
- bash and ecma formatting - https://askubuntu.com/questions/1562102/bash-and-ecma-formatting
- Modifying or adding new “palettes” to
ptyxis- https://askubuntu.com/questions/1562154/modifying-or-adding-new-palettes-to-ptyxis
Ask (and answer!) questions at: https://askubuntu.com/
Upcoming Meetings and Events
- Ubuntu HPC weekly community call: Wednesday 31 December, 4:30 AM - 6:00 PM - https://meet.jit.si/Ubuntu-HPC | https://matrix.to/#/#hpc:ubuntu.com
- Starcraft Clinics (1st option): Thursday 1 January, 3:00 - 4:00 PM - https://meet.google.com/ixc-nucm-hjn
- Lubuntu Weekly Standup: Thursday 1 January, 9:00 - 10:00 PM - https://matrix.to/#/#lubuntu-devel:ubuntu.com
- Community Hour: 2 January, 4:00 - 5:00 PM - https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/community-hour/42771 | https://meet.google.com/zcy-onjk-smi
- Starcraft Clinics (2nd option) - Monday 5 January, 11:00 - 11:50 AM - https://meet.google.com/ixc-nucm-hjn
- FOSDEM 2026: ULB Solbosch Campus, Brussels, Belgium; January 31 - February 1 - https://fosdem.org/2026/ | https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-fosdem-2026/72541
Times shown are UTC unless otherwise specified. For more details and further dates please visit: https://ubuntu.com/community | https://discourse.ubuntu.com/upcoming-events
Ubuntu Circles! (LoCo) News
Joint Year-end party @ Turing’s Apple (Dec 20, 2025)
Youngbin Han reminds us of the joint year-end party held with many participating FOSS groups: Ubuntu Korea, Debian Korea, Python Korea, vim.kr, OpenStreetMap, FOSS for All, OpenInfra and more. The location was provided by Turing’s Apple, with us being told of the presentations. Gyuseok Jung, Euiseo Cha, Jongmin Kim, and more are thanked, with photos being provided.
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/joint-year-end-party-turings-apple-dec-20-2025/73972
Ubuntu Circles! (LoCo) Events
The following LoCo team events are currently scheduled in the next two weeks:
- Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts: Linux In-Person Help Session; Wings and Things Tyrone, GA; Thursday, 1 January, 5:00 PM PM CST - https://www.heylo.com/event/45d1206c-b7fd-4f9b-afd7-17c5988e8d34
- Arizona LoCo: Virtual Installfest/Linux Workshop on line; 3 January, 1000-1600 - Big Blue Button, https://bbb.azloco.net (co-hosted with the Phoenix Linux User Group)
- Arizona LoCo: AZLOCO Team Meeting on IRC.libera.chat; 4 January, 2100-2130 - IRC channel ubuntu.us.az
- Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts: Linux Help Session (Online) - Jitsi; 4 January, 2 PM CST - https://www.heylo.com/event/6a18dc98-94b8-45c8-bb6a-9fac9511ddf3
- Arizona LoCo: Sierra Vista Ubuntu Hour at Schlotzski’s; 8 January, 1800-1900
- Arizona LoCo: Virtual Phoenix Ubuntu Hour on line; 8 January, 1900-2000 - Big Blue Button, https://bbb.azloco.net
- Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts: Linux In-Person Help Session; 8 January, 5:00 PM CST - https://www.heylo.com/event/d752eeb2-5d16-43fd-a425-ba8737093e20
Looking beyond the next two weeks? Visit the respective Circles!/LoCo Team calendar to browse upcoming events.
Please also see:
- Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts: https://ale.org/
- Ubuntu Arizona LoCo: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/upcoming-events-for-azloco/38466
- Registered LoCo contacts: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/c/locos/129
In the Press
Ubuntu’s new opt-in, open-source telemetry is a win-win for Linux users - here’s why
Jack Wallen discusses how OSes as well as other apps/services collect data, and in this article he covers the changes in how Ubuntu/Canonical is doing this. We’re told Ubuntu Report is being replaced by Ubuntu Insights, with no personal data collected; giving us a sample of the data for a Ubuntu 25.10 Desktop install. Jack gives us the reason for Canonical collecting the data via quote, and adds that the collected data is a “win/win situation” outlining why. We’re told Ubuntu Insights is open source code too.
Featured Audio and Video
Ubuntu Portugal Podcast: Episode 369 - Collabora, com João Azevedo e Pedro Silva
“Não é uma prenda de Natal, mas é quase: o Collabora Office Desktop já está disponível para instalar como flatpak! O Collabora é um software de produtividade de escritório, que também funciona on-line, com partilha de ficheiros em trabalho colaborativo. Para falar do seu desenvolvimento, capacidades, virtudes, dores de cabeça, segurança, privacidade e perspectivas de futuro, falámos com o Pedro Silva (Designer UX) e o João Azevedo (Controlo de Qualidade), que fazem parte da equipa deste projecto. A conversa de quase duas horas também incluiu UPS vendidas ao quilo e até consolas, emuladores e sistemas operativos para jogos retro!”
https://podcastubuntuportugal.org/e369/
Linux User Space: Episode 6:06 - The Epic Epoch
“… And our final topic, Snapscope, a way to scan your Snaps for vulnerabilities, but then end up chatting way more about Snaps in general. …”
Updates and Security for Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04, 25.04 and 25.10
Security Updates
- [USN-7921-2] Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities - [USN-7921-2] Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities
- [USN-7922-3] Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities - [USN-7922-3] Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu 22.04 Updates
None to report this issue
End of Standard Support: April 2027
Ubuntu 24.04 Updates
None to report this issue
End of standard support: April 2029
Ubuntu 25.04 Updates
None to report this issue
End of Life: 17 January 2026
Ubuntu 25.10 Updates
None to report this issue
End of Life: July 2026
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