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The Xubuntu team is happy to announce the immediate release of Xubuntu 25.04.

Xubuntu 25.04, codenamed Plucky Puffin, is a regular release and will be supported for 9 months, until January 2026.

Xubuntu 25.04, featuring the latest updates from Xfce 4.20 and GNOME 48.

Xubuntu 25.04 features the latest Xfce 4.20, GNOME 48, and MATE 1.26 updates. Xfce 4.20 features many bug fixes and minor improvements, modernizing the Xubuntu desktop while maintaining a familiar look and feel. GNOME 48 apps are tightly integrated and have full support for dark mode. Users of QEMU and KVM will be delighted to find new stability with the desktop session-the long-running X server crash has been resolved in Xubuntu 25.04 and backported to all supported Xubuntu releases.

The final release images for Xubuntu Desktop and Xubuntu Minimal are available as torrents and direct downloads from xubuntu.org/download/.

As the main server might be busy the first few days after the release, we recommend using the torrents if possible.

We want to thank everybody who contributed to this release of Xubuntu!

Highlights and Known Issues

Highlights

• Xfce 4.20, released in December 2024, is included and contains many new features. Early Wayland support has been added, but is not available in Xubuntu.
• GNOME 48 apps, including Font Viewer (gnome-font-viewer) and Mines (gnome-mines), include a refreshed appearance and usability improvements.

Known Issues

• The shutdown prompt may not be displayed at the end of the installation. Instead, you might just see a Xubuntu logo, a black screen with an underscore in the upper left-hand corner, or a black screen. Press Enter, and the system will reboot into the installed environment. (LP: #1944519)
• You may experience choppy audio or poor system performance while playing audio, but only in some virtual machines (observed in VMware and VirtualBox).
• OEM installation options are not currently supported or available.

Please refer to the Xubuntu Release Notes for more obscure known issues, information on affecting bugs, bug fixes, and a list of new package versions.

The main Ubuntu Release Notes cover many other packages we carry and more generic issues.

Support

For support with the release, navigate to Help & Support for a complete list of methods to get help.

17 Apr 2025 8:59pm GMT

Very busy releasetastic week! The versions being the same is a complete coincidence

https://kde.org/announcements/gear/25.04.0

Which can be downloaded here: https://snapcraft.io/publisher/kde !

Kubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin released

In addition to all the regular testing I am testing our snaps in a non KDE environment, so far it is not looking good in Xubuntu. We have kernel/glibc crashes on startup for some and for file open for others. I am working on a hopeful fix.

Next week I will have ( I hope ) my final surgery. If you can spare any change to help bring me over the finish line, I will be forever grateful

• GoFundMe
• Patreon
• Github
• Donorbox

17 Apr 2025 7:00pm GMT

The Lubuntu Team is proud to announce Lubuntu 25.04, codenamed Plucky Puffin. Lubuntu 25.04 is the 28th release of Lubuntu, the 14th release of Lubuntu with LXQt as the default desktop environment. With 25.04 being an interim release, it will be supported until January of 2026. If you're a 24.10 user, please upgrade to 25.04 […]

17 Apr 2025 6:27pm GMT

Do you currently run Ubuntu 24.10 on your computer but want to upgrade to the new Ubuntu 25.04 release to benefit from its (many) changes? As long as you're full up-to-date and have a working internet connection, you can upgrade to Ubuntu 25.04 directly - no need to do download an ISO, flash it to a USB stick and do a clean install. And upgrading soon is a good idea. Ubuntu 24.10 supports ends in July, and those using it after that date will need to upgrade to Ubuntu 25.04 to continue receiving security updates. Those left cold by the churn of upgrading every […]

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17 Apr 2025 6:06pm GMT

The Ubuntu Studio team is pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu Studio 25.04 code-named "Plucky Puffin". This marks Ubuntu Studio's 36th release. This release is a Regular release and as such, it is supported for 9 months, until January 2026.

Since it's just out, you may experience some issues, so you might want to wait a bit before upgrading. Please see the release notes for a more complete list of changes and known issues. Listed here are some of the major highlights.

This release is dedicated to the memory of Steve Langasek. Without Steve, Ubuntu Studio would not be where it is today. He provided invaluable guidance, insight, and instruction to our leader, Erich Eickmeyer, who not only learned how to package applications but learned how to do it properly. We owe him an eternal debt of gratitude.

You can download Ubuntu Studio 25.04 from our download page.

Special Notes

The Ubuntu Studio 25.04 disk image (ISO) exceeds 4 GB and cannot be downloaded to some file systems such as FAT32 and may not be readable when burned to a standard DVD. For this reason, we recommend downloading to a compatible file system. When creating a boot medium, we recommend creating a bootable USB stick with the ISO image or burning to a Dual-Layer DVD.

Minimum installation media requirements: Dual-Layer DVD or 8GB USB drive.

Images can be obtained from this link: https://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/25.04/release/

Full updated information, including Upgrade Instructions, are available in the Release Notes.

Upgrades from 24.10 should be enabled within a month after release, so we appreciate your patience. Upgrades from 25.04 LTS will be enabled after 24.10 reaches End-Of-Life in July 2025.

New This Release

GIMP 3.0!

The long-awaited GIMP 3.0 is included by default. GIMP is now capable of non-destructive editing with filters, better Photoshop PSD export, and so very much more! Check out the GIMP 3.0 release announcement for more information.

Pencil2D

Ubuntu Studio now includes Pencil2D! This is a 2D animation and drawing application that is sure to be helpful to animators. You can use basic clipart to make animations!

The basic features of Pencil2D are:

• layers support (separated layer for bitmap, vector and soud part)
• bitmap drawing
• vector drawing
• sound support

LibreOffice No Longer in Minimal Install

The LibreOffice suite is now part of the full desktop install. This will save space for those wishing for a minimalistic setup for their needs.

Invada Studio Plugins

Beginning this release we are including the Invada Studio Plugins first created by Invada Records Australia. This includes distortion, delay, dynamics, filter, phaser, reverb, and utility audio plugins.

PipeWire 1.2.7

This release contains PipeWire 1.2.7. One major feature this has over 1.2.4 is that v4l2loopback support is available via the pipewire-v4l2 package which is not installed by default.

PipeWire's JACK compatibility is configured to use out-of-the-box and is zero-latency internally. System latency is configurable via Ubuntu Studio Audio Configuration.

However, if you would rather use straight JACK 2 instead, that's also possible. Ubuntu Studio Audio Configuration can disable and enable PipeWire's JACK compatibility on-the-fly. From there, you can simply use JACK via QJackCtl.

Ardour 8.12

While this does not represent the latest release of Ardour, Ardour 8.12 is a great release. If you would like the latest release, we highly recommend purchasing one-time or subscribing to Ardour directly from the developers to help support this wonderful application.

To help support Ardour's funding, you may obtain later versions directly from ardour.org. To do so, please one-time purchase or subscribe to Ardour from their website. If you wish to get later versions of Ardour from us, you will have to wait until the next regular release of Ubuntu Studio, due in October 2025.

Deprecation of Mailing Lists

Our mailing lists are getting inundated with spam and there is no proper way to fix the filtering. It uses an outdated version of MailMan, so this release announcement will be the last release announcement we send out via email. To get support, we encourage using Ubuntu Discourse for support, and for community clicking the notification bell in the Ubuntu Studio category there.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Does Ubuntu Studio contain snaps?
A: Yes. Mozilla's distribution agreement with Canonical changed, and Ubuntu was forced to no longer distribute Firefox in a native .deb package. We have found that, after numerous improvements, Firefox now performs just as well as the native .deb package did.

Thunderbird also became a snap so that the maintainers can get security patches delivered faster.

Additionally, Freeshow is an Electron-based application. Electron-based applications cannot be packaged in the Ubuntu repositories in that they cannot be packaged in a traditional Debian source package. While such apps do have a build system to create a .deb binary package, it circumvents the source package build system in Launchpad, which is required when packaging for Ubuntu. However, Electron apps also have a facility for creating snaps, which can be uploaded and included. Therefore, for Freeshow to be included in Ubuntu Studio, it had to be packaged as a snap.

We have additional snaps that are Ubuntu-specific, such as the Firmware Updater and the Security Center. Contrary to popular myth, Ubuntu does not have any plans to switch all packages to snaps, nor do we.

Q: Will you make an ISO with {my favorite desktop environment}?
A: To do so would require creating an entirely new flavor of Ubuntu, which would require going through the Official Ubuntu Flavor application process. Since we're completely volunteer-run, we don't have the time or resources to do this. Instead, we recommend you download the official flavor for the desktop environment of your choice and use Ubuntu Studio Installer to get Ubuntu Studio - which does *not* convert that flavor to Ubuntu Studio but adds its benefits.

Q: What if I don't want all these packages installed on my machine?
A: Simply use the Ubuntu Studio Installer to remove the features of Ubuntu Studio you don't want or need!

Get Involved!

A wonderful way to contribute is to get involved with the project directly! We're always looking for new volunteers to help with packaging, documentation, tutorials, user support, and MORE! Check out all the ways you can contribute!

Our project leader, Erich Eickmeyer, is now working on Ubuntu Studio at least part-time, and is hoping that the users of Ubuntu Studio can give enough to generate a monthly part-time income. We're not there, but if every Ubuntu Studio user donated monthly, we'd be there! Your donations are appreciated! If other distributions can do it, surely we can! See the sidebar for ways to give!

Special Thanks

Huge special thanks for this release go to:

• Eylul Dogruel: Artwork, Graphics Design
• Ross Gammon: Upstream Debian Developer, Testing, Email Support
• Sebastien Ramacher: Upstream Debian Developer
• Dennis Braun: Upstream Debian Developer
• Rik Mills: Kubuntu Council Member, help with Plasma desktop
• Scarlett Moore: Kubuntu Project Lead, help with Plasma desktop
• Len Ovens: Testing, insight
• Mauro Gaspari: Tutorials, Promotion, and Documentation, Testing, keeping Erich sane
• Simon Quigley: Qt6 Megastuff
• Erich Eickmeyer: Project Leader, Packaging, Development, Direction, Treasurer
• Steve Langasek: You are missed.

17 Apr 2025 5:08pm GMT

The Kubuntu Team is happy to announce that Kubuntu 25.04 has been released.

Codenamed "Plucky Puffin", Kubuntu 25.04 continues our tradition of giving you Friendly Computing by integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution.

The release features the latest KDE Plasma 6.3 desktop, KDE Gear 24.12.3, kernel 6.14, and many other updated applications and libraries.

Applications for core day-to-day usage are included and updated, such as Firefox, and LibreOffice.

In addition to the applications on our install media, 25.04 benefits from the huge number of applications in the Ubuntu archive, plus those installable via snap or other methods.

Please refer to our release notes for further details.

Download Kubuntu 25.04 or learn how to upgrade from 24.10.

Note: For upgrades from 24.10, there may a delay of a few hours to days between the official release announcements and the Ubuntu Release Team enabling upgrades.

17 Apr 2025 4:18pm GMT

The latest interim release of Ubuntu introduces "devpacks" for popular frameworks like Spring, along with performance enhancements across a broad range of hardware.

17 April 2025

Today Canonical announced the release of Ubuntu 25.04, codenamed "Plucky Puffin," available to download and install from ubuntu.com/download.

Ubuntu 25.04 delivers the latest GNOME 48 with support for triple buffering and an improved install and boot experience. The introduction of a "devpack" for Spring expands toolchain availability in Ubuntu. Advancements in silicon enablement with Canonical's partners deliver performance improvements for AI workloads on Intel GPUs, and support for confidential computing on AMD SEV-SNP.

Plucky Puffin combines the very latest in open source desktop technology with a focus on making high quality developer tooling readily available on Ubuntu. Ubuntu 25.04 delivers performance improvements across Intel GPUs, and a new purpose-built ISO for ARM64 hardware enthusiasts. Our increasing support for confidential computing with AMD SEV-SNP makes Ubuntu the target platform to deploy AI workloads securely and at scale on both public clouds and private data centers.

Jon Seager, VP of Ubuntu Engineering at Canonical

GNOME 48 brings user experience improvements

Ubuntu 25.04 delivers GNOME 48, in line with Canonical's commitment to ship the freshest Gnome releases possible. Among other enhancements in GNOME, this version brings new features like a "Preserve Battery Health" mode that helps extend the lifespan of laptop batteries by optimizing charge cycles. A new "Wellbeing Panel" provides screen-time tracking, and helps users manage their usage habits. With GNOME 48, Ubuntu gains HDR support out of the box, and the Canonical-developed triple buffering patches, which deliver higher performance and a smoother UX on desktops with lower rendering power. These patches are now part of the GNOME upstream project for the first time, benefitting all users of the GNOME desktop environment.

Plucky Puffin ships with "Papers" as its default new PDF reader. Papers offers a more modern design, improved performance and a more user-friendly experience.

Following the retirement of Mozilla's geolocation service, Ubuntu 25.04 uses a new geolocation provider: BeaconDB. This new geolocation service enables automatic timezone detection, weather forecasting and night light features in the desktop.

Linux 6.14 kernel delivers improved scheduling

This release delivers the latest Linux kernel, following Canonical's new policy. Kernel developers can now make use of a new scheduling system, sched_ext, which provides a mechanism to implement scheduling policies as eBPF programs. This enables developers to defer scheduling decisions to standard user-space programs and implement fully functional hot-swappable Linux schedulers, using any language, tool, library, or resource accessible in user-space.

A new NTSYNC driver that emulates WinNT sync primitives is also available, delivering better performance potential for Windows games running on Wine and Proton (Steam Play).

The bpftools and linux-perf tools have been decoupled from the kernel version, making dependency management easier for developers working with containers. These tools are now shipped in their own packages.

Other features can be found in the Linux 6.14 upstream changelog.

Enhanced installer and boot experience

The installer delivers an improved user experience for those installing Ubuntu alongside other operating systems, with advanced partitioning and encryption options, as well as better interaction with existing BitLocker-enabled Windows installations.

To further improve the boot experience in future releases, Ubuntu Desktop and Ubuntu Server will include Dracut as an alternative to initramfs-tools. Plucky Puffin offers Dracut as an experimental feature, enabling users to test it ahead of its inclusion in Ubuntu 25.10.

Cutting-edge toolchains and devpacks

Ubuntu 25.04 comes with the latest toolchains for Python, Golang, Rust, .NET, LLVM, OpenJDK and GCC.

Additional early access upstream versions such as OpenJDK 24ea, OpenJDK 25ea, and GCC 15 are also available. The .NET plugin in Snapcraft delivers improvements for .Net content snaps, and provides increased parity with MSBuild options.

With this release, Canonical is expanding toolchain availability on Ubuntu to a broader set of developer tools like formatters and linters, delivering the latest versions in snap bundles known as "devpacks."

The first of these is a new "devpack-for-spring" snap that brings the latest Spring Framework and Spring Boot projects to Ubuntu, enabling application developers to more easily build and test their applications using the latest Spring project versions - Spring Framework 6.1 and 6.2, and Spring Boot 3.3 and 3.4.

Improved manageability and networking controls

Canonical continues to deliver identity and access management features for system administrators which will be available in all Ubuntu LTS releases, including many enhancements to Authd, Ubuntu's new authentication service for cloud identity providers. This service now supports Google IAM in addition to Entra ID. ADSys, the Active Directory Group Policy client for Ubuntu, supports the latest Polkit and comes with improvements and bug fixes to certificates enrolment.

The availability of NTS-enabled time servers allows Ubuntu 25.04 to use securely provided network time by default.

NetworkManager now includes support for wpa-psk-sha256 secured WiFi networks and allows routing-policy configuration on the backend.

Plucky Puffin is also the first release that uses Netplan and systemd-networkd's wait-online feature to check for DNS resolution, providing a more reliable way to wait for a system to be considered online.

Hardware enablement highlights

Canonical continues to enable Ubuntu across a broad range of hardware. The introduction of a new ARM64 Desktop ISO makes it easier for early adopters to install Ubuntu Desktop on ARM64 virtual machines and laptops.

Qualcomm Technologies is proud to collaborate with Canonical and is fully committed to enabling a seamless Ubuntu experience on devices powered by Snapdragon®. Ubuntu's new ARM64 ISO paves the way for future Snapdragon enablement, enabling us to drive AI innovation and adoption together.

Leendert van Doorn, SVP, Engineering at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Ubuntu 25.04 introduces full-featured support for Intel® Core™ Ultra 200V series with built-in Intel® Arc™ GPUs and Intel® Arc™ B580 and B570 "Battlemage" discrete GPUs. The new additions include improved GPU and CPU ray tracing rendering performance in applications with Intel Embree support, such as Blender (v4.2+). Ray tracing hardware acceleration on the GPU improves frame rendering by 20-30%, due to a 2-4x speed-up for the ray tracing component. These GPUs now also have support enabled for hardware accelerated video encoding of AVC, JPEG, HEVC, and AV1, thus improving performance when using these formats when compared to software encoding. Developers will have access to the Intel Compute Runtime with newly introduced CCS optimizations and debugging support for Intel X^e GPUs, enabling easier development and improved AI workload speeds.

Canonical and Intel have a long-term collaboration to ensure that Intel hardware and software work seamlessly with Ubuntu, and have delivered again by enabling our best-in-class Xe2 built-in and discrete GPUs.

Hillarie Prestopine, VP and GM of GPU and System Software Engineering at Intel Corporation

Confidential computing support extended to on-premises use cases

Confidential computing represents a significant paradigm shift in security architecture, protecting virtual machine workloads from unauthorized access. This technology shields sensitive code and data at runtime from privileged system software and other VMs, by operating within a hardware-protected Trusted Execution Environment, keeping data encrypted while in system memory.

Canonical has long recognized confidential computing as an area of strategic importance. Ubuntu was the first Linux distribution to support confidential VMs as a guest OS across major public cloud providers, with built-in support for AMD SEV-SNP and Intel TDX technologies.

Today, Canonical is pleased to announce that Ubuntu now supports AMD SEV-SNP on virtualization hosts, made possible by QEMU 9.2. This will enable enterprises to deploy confidential VMs in on-premise data centers using Ubuntu as both the host and guest operating system.

Canonical's continued investment in confidential computing reflects the importance of protecting workloads in increasingly complex environments. With Ubuntu 25.04 now having AMD SEV-SNP host support, customers can take full advantage of AMD hardware-based security features to help isolate virtual machines, safeguard memory integrity, and reduce attack surfaces. We're proud to collaborate with Canonical to extend secure, scalable solutions across enterprise infrastructure.

Frank Gorishek, Corporate Vice President, Software Development, AMD

Next steps

About Canonical

Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, provides open source security, support and services. Our portfolio covers critical systems, from the smallest devices to the largest clouds, from the kernel to containers, from databases to AI. With customers that include top tech brands, emerging startups, governments and home users, Canonical delivers trusted open source for everyone.

Learn more at canonical.com

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17 Apr 2025 3:23pm GMT

The latest interim release of Ubuntu introduces "devpacks" for popular frameworks like Spring, along with performance enhancements across a broad range of hardware. 17 April 2025 Today Canonical announced the release of Ubuntu 25.04, codenamed "Plucky Puffin," available to download and install from ubuntu.com/download. Ubuntu 25.04 delivers the latest GNOME 48 with support for triple […]

17 Apr 2025 3:23pm GMT

Ubuntu released its 20.04 (Focal Fossa) release 5 years ago, on March 23, 2020. As with the earlier LTS releases, Ubuntu committed to ongoing security and critical fixes for a period of 5 years. The standard support period is now nearing its end and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS will transition to Extended Security Maintenance (ESM) on May 29, 2025.

Users are encouraged to evaluate and upgrade to our latest 24.04 LTS release via 22.04 LTS. The supported upgrade path from Ubuntu 20.04 LTS is via Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. Instructions and caveats for the upgrades may be found at:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/JammyUpgrades for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NobleUpgrades for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and 24.04 LTS continue to be actively supported with security updates and bug fixes. All announcements of official security updates for Ubuntu releases are sent to the ubuntu-security-announce mailing list, information about which may be found here:

https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-security-announce

Canonical provides Extended Security Maintenance for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS to customers through Ubuntu Pro. Further information can be found here:

https://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-20-04-lts-end-of-life-standard-support-is-coming-to-an-end-heres-how-to-prepare

https://www.ubuntu.com/esm

Since its launch in October 2004, Ubuntu has become one of the most highly regarded Linux distributions with millions of users in homes, schools, businesses and governments around the world. Ubuntu is Open Source software, costs nothing to download, and users are free to customise or alter their software in order to meet their needs.

Originally posted to the ubuntu-announce mailing list on Thu Apr 17 10:32:41 UTC 2025 by Florent 'Skia' Jacquet, on behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team.

17 Apr 2025 3:21pm GMT

Pull the party poppers and unpack the cake as today is Ubuntu release day - and Ubuntu 25.04 'Plucky Puffin' is now available to download. Ubuntu 25.04 is arguably the most polished & performant release to date! The latest short-term release of the world's best-known desktop Linux operating system, Ubuntu 25.04 receives ongoing support until January 2026 - not long, but Ubuntu 25.10 is out in October, with direct upgrades available from this version. Over the past six months Ubuntu engineers, developers and community contributors have baked plenty of improvements into this release - arguably the most polished & performant […]

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17 Apr 2025 1:48pm GMT

Passámos uma semana interessante e infernal, a ler programas eleitorais sobre software livre enquanto gatos se roçam em microfones; falámos de novidades de domótica e assistentes de música; meta-motores de busca privados, livres e fresquinhos, actualização do GIMP para 3.0, antecipação salivante do Ubuntu 25.04 que sai nesta quinta-feira; quem ganha num combate entre Fedora e Ubuntu; e ainda parvoíces sobre carochos da Adobe e metadonas metafóricas.

Já sabem: oiçam, subscrevam e partilhem!

• https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/plucky-puffin-release-schedule/36461
• https://direitosdigitais.pt/noticias/159-d3-disponibiliza-motor-de-pesquisa-respeitador-da-privacidade
• https://searx.direitosdigitais.pt/
• https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-25.04-JPEG-XL-Default
• https://www.phoronix.com/review/fedora-42-ubuntu-2504-zen5
• https://youtu.be/o4Vctz1_KYE?list=PLKsVm4cWHDQBtg2CwzJVoCvx4Mc2yTy7C
• https://www.music-assistant.io/
• https://youtu.be/yfbuoeRrYeg?t=73
• https://slimbook.com/shop/product/dock-gen5-8in14k60rj45100w-1569?category=17#attr=
• https://www.amazon.es/dp/B0CZDDTDDT
• https://www.amazon.es/dp/B0C2H9HVH3
• https://www.gimp.org/
• https://sushitech-startup.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/en/
• LoCo PT: https://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/ubuntu-pt/
• Nitrokey: https://shop.nitrokey.com/shop?aff_ref=3
• Mastodon: https://masto.pt/@pup
• Youtube: https://youtube.com/PodcastUbuntuPortugal

Apoios

Podem apoiar o podcast usando os links de afiliados do Humble Bundle, porque ao usarem esses links para fazer uma compra, uma parte do valor que pagam reverte a favor do Podcast Ubuntu Portugal. E podem obter tudo isso com 15 dólares ou diferentes partes dependendo de pagarem 1, ou 8. Achamos que isto vale bem mais do que 15 dólares, pelo que se puderem paguem mais um pouco mais visto que têm a opção de pagar o quanto quiserem. Se estiverem interessados em outros bundles não listados nas notas usem o link https://www.humblebundle.com/?partner=PUP e vão estar também a apoiar-nos.

Atribuição e licenças

Este episódio foi produzido por Diogo Constantino, Miguel e Tiago Carrondo e editado pelo Senhor Podcast. O website é produzido por Tiago Carrondo e o código aberto está licenciado nos termos da Licença MIT. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). A música do genérico é: "Won't see it comin' (Feat Aequality & N'sorte d'autruche)", por Alpha Hydrae e está licenciada nos termos da CC0 1.0 Universal License. Este episódio e a imagem utilizada estão licenciados nos termos da licença: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), cujo texto integral pode ser lido aqui. Estamos abertos a licenciar para permitir outros tipos de utilização, contactem-nos para validação e autorização.

17 Apr 2025 12:00am GMT

Recently, I was involved in an event where a video was shown, and the event was filmed. It would be nice to put the video of the event up somewhere so other people who weren't there could watch it. Obvious answer: upload it to YouTube. However, the video that was shown at the event is Copyrighted Media Content and therefore is disallowed by YouTube and the copyright holder; it's not demonetised (which wouldn't be a problem), it's flat-out blocked. So YouTube is out.

I'd like the video I'm posting to stick around for a long time; this is a sort of archival, reference thing where not many people will ever want to watch it but those that do might want to do so in ten years. So I'm loath to find some other random video hosting site, which will probably go bust, or pivot to selling online AI shoes or something. And the best way to ensure that something keeps going long-term is to put it on your own website, and use decent HTML, because that means that even in ten or twenty years it'll still work where the latest flavour-of-the-month thing will go the way of other old technologies and fade away and stop working over time. HTML won't do that.

But... it's an hour long and in full HD. 2.6GB of video. And one of the benefits of YouTube is that they'll make the video adaptive: it'll fit the screen, and the bandwidth, of whatever device someone's watching it on. If someone wants to look at this from their phone and its slightly-shaky two bars of 4G connection, they probably don't want to watch the loading spinner for an hour while it buffers a full HD video; they can ideally get a cut down, lower-quality but quicker to serve, version. But... how is this possible?

There are two aspects to doing this. One is that you serve up different resolutions of video, based on the viewer's screen size. This is exactly the same problem as is solved for images by the <picture> element to provide responsive images (where if you're on a 400px-wide screen you get a 400px version of the background image, not the 2000px full-res version), and indeed the magic words to search for here are responsive video. And the person you will find who is explaning all this is Scott Jehl, who has written a good description of how to do responsive video which explains it all in detail. You make versions of the video at different resolutions, and serve whichever one best matches the screen you're on, just like responsive images. Nice work; just what the doctor ordered.

But there's also a second aspect to this: responsive video adapts to screen size, but it doesn't adapt to bandwidth. What we want, in addition to the responsive stuff, is that on poor connections the viewer gets a lower-bandwidth version as well as a lower-resolution version, and that the viewer's browser can dynamically switch from moment to moment between different versions of the video to match their current network speed. This task is the job of HTTP Live Streaming, or HLS. To do this, you essentially encode the video in a bunch of different qualities and screen sizes, so you've got a bunch of separate videos (which you've probably already done above for the responsive part) and then (and this is the key) you chop up each video into a load of small segments. That way, instead of the browser downloading the whole one hour of video at a particular resolution, it only downloads the next segment at its current choice of resolution, and then if you suddenly get more (or less) bandwidth, it can switch to getting segment 2 from a different version of the video which better matches where you currently are.

Doing this sounds hard. Fortunately, all hard things to do with video are handled by ffmpeg. There's a nice writeup by Mux on how to convert an mp4 video to HLS with ffmpeg, and it works great. I put myself together a little Python script to construct the ffmpeg command line to do it, but you can do it yourself; the script just does some of the boilerplate for you. Very useful.

So now I can serve up a video which adapts to the viewer's viewing conditions, and that's just what I wanted. I have to pay for the bandwidth now (which is the other benefit of having YouTube do it, and one I now don't get) but that's worth it for this, I think. Cheers to Scott and Mux for explaining all this stuff.

16 Apr 2025 8:26am GMT

Focal Fossa will reach the End of Standard Support in May 2025, also known as End Of Life (EOL). Ubuntu 20.04 LTS has become a critical component for millions of IoT and embedded devices worldwide, including kiosks, digital signage solutions, industrial appliances, and robotic systems. The release has been foundational for companies innovating in various industries, from healthcare to manufacturing. Like every Ubuntu LTS reaching the end of its standard support, Focal Fossa will transition to Extended Security Maintenance (ESM). This blog post will guide developers and businesses through their options and explain how to activate ESM for ongoing support.

Before we dive in, let's revisit why Ubuntu releases have an EOL.

Why do Ubuntu releases reach EOL?

Every Ubuntu LTS version offers 5 years of standard support, during which Canonical provides bug fixes and security updates for over 2,300 core packages. Continually improving and maintaining the security of Ubuntu over the standard support period requires substantial engineering resources - especially to meet the needs of our customers, and the many critical infrastructures that rely on us..

However, our community and users always look forward to experiencing newer Ubuntu versions equipped with the latest packages. Thus, as we launch newer distributions, we inevitably have to reallocate resources. As a result, older LTS versions enter the ESM phase.

ESM offers continuous vulnerability management for critical and high-severity Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs). Although we stop improving features of the LTS distribution, we maintain its security. Many organizations depend on ESM when immediate migration isn't feasible to keep their infrastructures stable and secure.

ESM is a paid subscription service, as ongoing security updates still require dedicated engineering resources. However, subscribing to ESM is significantly more cost-effective than performing these maintenance tasks in-house. There are also free subscriptions for personal use.

Migrate to a supported LTS distribution

Migration planning shouldn't be left until the last minute. Devices on Ubuntu 20.04 will soon cease receiving standard updates, leaving them eventually vulnerable. Ensuring your device's security and operational excellence typically means migrating to a newer, supported version of Ubuntu.

Your best option is migration to a supported LTS, like Ubuntu 24.04. Ubuntu 24.04 continues the familiar environment of 20.04, with updated security enhancements, improved performance, and the latest hardware enablement. It provides continuity for workloads, minimizing disruption and maximizing the lifespan of your device deployments.

Device manufacturers might want to consider migrating to Ubuntu Core, specifically optimized for IoT and embedded environments. Ubuntu Core features - such as built-in OTA updates, full disk encryption and secure boot, strict confinement, and robust device recovery - make managing fleets much simpler. Additionally, Ubuntu Core extends standard support up to 10 years, significantly delaying the need for future migration.

You can find a straightforward explanation of how Ubuntu Core works and some key use cases here.

If your resources are limited, consider packaging your applications using snaps, which neatly bundle applications with all their dependencies. Snaps provide a streamlined way to manage software without introducing unnecessary abstraction layers, which reduces attack surfaces and maintenance workload. Your snapped applications will effortlessly run across Ubuntu Desktop, Server, or Core.

Can't migrate? Get 20.04 ESM

Sometimes migrating is complex or impractical, due to dependency challenges or logistical issues like deployed devices in the market. If your organization needs more time to migrate, activating ESM provides an extra 5 years of support.

ESM is part of the Ubuntu Pro subscription, delivering critical security updates for more than 2,300 packages included in Ubuntu Main. Here you find packages such as Python, OpenSSL, OpenVPN, network-manager, sed, curl, systemd, udev, bash, OpenSSH, login, libc… For the complete list of what's included in Ubuntu Main, you can visit the Ubuntu Packages Search tool.

But there is more. With Ubuntu Pro, you can access security coverage to an additional 23,000 packages beyond the operating system. For example, Boost, Qt, OpenCV, PCL, python-(argcomplete, opencv, pybind11, png…), cython, eigen, GTK, FFMPEG… These are some of the many packages covered in Universe that are now getting security maintenance from Canonical. If you want to see how many packages could benefit from this additional security in your devices, simply follow the next steps.

Ubuntu Universe also includes well-used applications such as the Robot Operating System (ROS), where Canonical provides services such as ROS ESM for the upcoming EOL of ROS 1 Noetic.

Option 1: Purchase ESM through the Ubuntu Pro store

For small numbers of devices, purchasing ESM directly through the Ubuntu Pro Store is straightforward. Simply go to the Ubuntu Pro Store and complete your purchase.

Go to the Store

Option 2: Purchase ESM through Canonical's Ubuntu Pro for Devices

If you have a large fleet of devices, need to add support for estates that grow over time, or prefer one-time pricing over a subscription, we have an alternative option for you; Ubuntu Pro for Devices. It will not only grant you access to the Ubuntu Pro subscription (and so to ESM), but Ubuntu Pro for Devices will also apply a beneficial discount-based model depending on your compute module.

Get in touch with a sales representative to get Ubuntu Pro through our Devices plan.

What is included in the Ubuntu Pro subscription

ESM is part of the Ubuntu Pro subscription. Besides getting ESM, customers can also enjoy other services like:

• Ubuntu systems management with Landscape
• Kernel Livepatch service to avoid reboots
• Security certification (e.g. FIPS and CIS)
• 24/7, open source software support for the full stack

For more information about Ubuntu Pro visit our webpage, the service description or get in touch with one of our sales representatives.

Activating ESM

Security updates during ESM are accessed via a dedicated repository. This requires a subscription token, which you can get through your Ubuntu Pro account after subscribing.

To enable ESM, you just need to follow the instructions in your welcome email:

1. Install the Ubuntu Pro client
2. Attach your token to an Ubuntu machine
3. Activate ESM
4. Run apt upgrade will now allow you to install available updates

For more detailed instructions, please visit the official documentation of Ubuntu Pro.

Enabling ESM on fleets of devices

Depending on your management infrastructure, there are various ways of enabling ESM in your fleet of machines. An Ubuntu Pro subscription gives you access to Landscape, which facilitates this process.

Landscape is a management and administration tool for Ubuntu. It allows you to monitor your systems through a management agent installed on each machine. The agent communicates with the Landscape server to update an automatically selected set of essential health metrics. Landscape allows you to remotely update and upgrade machines, and manage users and permissions.

Using remote script execution, Landscape can interact with the Ubuntu Pro client. It can also distribute tokens in air gapped environments.

Learn more about Landscape in our documentation.

Summary

With Ubuntu 20.04 reaching EOL in May 2025, businesses must proactively manage their devices. Working on an unsupported release introduces security risks no organization can afford. Although migrating to a newer LTS remains our primary recommendation, we acknowledge the challenges involved. When migration isn't immediately feasible, activating ESM provides the necessary extension to securely bridge your organization to its next update cycle.

Get in touch for tailored advice on the best migration or support options for your organization.

16 Apr 2025 3:16am GMT

Focal Fossa will reach the End of Standard Support in May 2025, also known as End Of Life (EOL). Ubuntu 20.04 LTS has become a critical component for millions of IoT and embedded devices worldwide, including kiosks, digital signage solutions, industrial appliances, and robotic systems. The release has been foundational for companies innovating in various […]

16 Apr 2025 3:16am GMT

Ubuntu 25.04 is out this week and many will be turning to virtual machine to test, trial or tie the release into their development workflows - perfect timing for a new version of VirtualBox, then! Oracle today (April 15) issued the fourth maintenance update in the current VirtualBox 7.1 series. No new features were added but a flurry of bug fixes, stability boosts and integration buffs are present, which users across all supported OSes will benefit from. For Linux users frustrated at flakey wireless network adapter detection in earlier releases, the 7.1.8 update fixes the issue. Similarly, anyone ticked off […]

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15 Apr 2025 6:31pm GMT

Ubuntu Budgie 25.04 (Plucky Puffin) is a Standard Release with 9 months of support by your distro maintainers and Canonical, from April 2025 to Jan 2026. These release notes showcase the key takeaways for 24.10 upgraders to 25.04. Please note - there is no direct upgrade path from 24.04.2 to 25.04; you must uplift to 24.10 first or perform a fresh install. In these release notes the areas…

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15 Apr 2025 5:31pm GMT

Ubuntu MATE 25.04 is ready to soar! 🪽 Celebrating our 10th anniversary as an official Ubuntu flavour with the reliable MATE Desktop experience you love, built on the latest Ubuntu foundations. Read on to learn more 👓️

A Decade of MATE

This release marks the 10th anniversary of Ubuntu MATE becoming an official Ubuntu flavour. From our humble beginnings, we've developed a loyal following of users who value a traditional desktop experience with modern capabilities. Thanks to our amazing community, contributors, and users who have been with us throughout this journey. Here's to many more years of Ubuntu MATE! 🥂

What changed in Ubuntu MATE 25.04?

Here are the highlights of what's new in the Plucky Puffin release:

• Celebrating 10 years as an official Ubuntu flavour! 🎂
• Optional full disk encryption in the installer 🔐
  • Enhanced advanced partitioning options
  • Better interaction with existing BitLocker-enabled Windows installations
  • Improved experience when installing alongside other operating systems

Major Applications

Accompanying MATE Desktop 🧉 and Linux 6.15 🐧 are Firefox 137 🔥🦊, Evolution 3.56 📧, LibreOffice 25.2.2 📚

See the Ubuntu 25.04 Release Notes for details of all the changes and improvements that Ubuntu MATE benefits from.

Upgrading to Ubuntu MATE 25.04

The upgrade process to Ubuntu MATE 25.04 is the same as Ubuntu.

• Ubuntu 25.04 Upgrade Process

There are no offline upgrade options for Ubuntu MATE. Please ensure you have network connectivity to one of the official mirrors or to a locally accessible mirror and follow the instructions above.

15 Apr 2025 10:32am GMT

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 887 for the week of April 6 - 12, 2025. The full version of this issue is available here.

In this issue we cover:

• Plucky Puffin (25.04) Final Freeze
• Plucky Puffin (25.04) Release Status Tracking
• New SRU team Matrix room
• Welcome New Members and Developers
• Ubuntu Stats
• Hot in Support
• LXD: Weekly news #390
• Other Meeting Reports
• Upcoming Meetings and Events
• Ubuntu Africa at Innovate Conference 2025: DeFi-ing the Odds
• LoCo Events
• Revitalising Ubuntu Project Documentation
• Ceph: Contribute to our documentation
• Ubuntu at DebConf25
• Ubuntu at GUADEC 2025
• Ubuntu Cloud News
• Canonical News
• In the Press
• In the Blogosphere
• Featured Audio and Video
• Updates and Security for Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04, 24.04, and 24.10
• And much more!

The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:

• Krytarik Raido
• Bashing-om
• Chris Guiver
• Wild Man
• Din Mušić - LXD
• Simon Quigley
• 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!

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15 Apr 2025 2:59am GMT

Drum roll your desks to help build some suspense because the Ubuntu 25.10 codename has been confirmed as …'Questing Quokka'. -Oh wait; I put in the headline so you already knew! As expected, the new Ubuntu codename keeps to convention, following on in alphabetical order-the previous release begins (it's not out yet) with a 'P'-and using a cute adjective and animal combo. Now, Canonical had teased the supposed new codename of Ubuntu 25.10 a few weeks back when it tweeted (or whatever the equivalent term is called on X) "Quizzical Quokka". Except, it did that on April 1, aka April […]

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14 Apr 2025 1:16pm GMT

Part 1 of how we ran a design sprint to refresh our website. Sharing what worked, what didn't, and lessons from designing for open source in mind.

14 Apr 2025 10:08am GMT

A major new release of Rnote, an open-source app for taking handwritten notes, sketching out ideas and annotating documents and pictures, is out. Rnote 0.12 brings several new features, new customisation and configuration options, user experience buffs, bug fixes, and other lower-level tune-ups. For those unfamiliar with it, Rnote is a digital note-taking app built using GTK4 and Rust. It's primarily intended to be used with stylus input (so includes pen pressure, stroke styles, button actions, etc) but supports typed text entry, shapes, importing images, etc too. Rnote offers a range of document layouts, from fixed pages to infinite canvases, […]

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13 Apr 2025 7:50pm GMT

Indulging your casual creativity (read: making memes, defacing selfies, etc) using open-source tools is made easier with the long-awaited release of Pinta 3.0. Pinta, as long-time Linux users will be aware, is a cross-platform raster graphics tool with a feature set and user-interface partly inspired by popular Windows image editing tool Paint.NET. I previewed the Pinta 3.0 beta back in January and came away impressed. Pinta port to GTK4/libadwaita lends the UI a much-needed modern look - and is more than superficial: usability, performance and stability is bolstered by the toolkit bump. Pinta 3.0 switches to a button-based header bar […]

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12 Apr 2025 2:16pm GMT

Watch a conversation reflecting on the 20th anniversary of Git, the version control system created by Linus Torvalds. He discusses his initial motivations for developing Git as a response to the limitations of existing systems like CVS and BitKeeper, and his desire to establish a better tool for the open-source community. Torvalds explains the processes […]

11 Apr 2025 1:41pm GMT

Explore how Anbox Cloud meets the challenges of development in connected cars and automotive apps

10 Apr 2025 9:23am GMT

A Joana Simões, a.k.a. Princesa Leia, voltou com muitas novidades sobre o universo OSGeo, conferências com S.U.S.H.I, controladores de jogos fofinhos que podem ser usados para tudo e anéis espertos; o Diogo continuou a espancar verbalmente a Mozilla com uma tábua com pregos, enquanto relatava as últimas novidades de Firefox e conselhos sobre relógios espertos e o Miguel trouxe um bode.

Já sabem: oiçam, subscrevam e partilhem!

• 8-10 Maio: SushiTech Tokyo - Sustainable High City Tech https://sushitech-startup.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/en/
• PineTime, o relógio esperto da Pine64: https://pine64.org/devices/pinetime/
• Controlador fofinho 8bitdo: https://www.8bitdo.com/
• Qjoypad: https://qjoypad.sourceforge.net/
• Antimicrox: https://github.com/AntiMicroX/antimicrox
• Game Pad Navigation: https://github.com/nirvn/GamepadNavigation
• A Tia Rute escreveu sobre o Encontro de Tecnologia Popular em Setúbal: https://pt.mondediplo.com/2025/04/o-cuidado-como-pratica-de-resistencia-ou-de-existencia-na-tecnologia.html
• A Europa tem de libertar-se do software proprietário norte-americano e optar por Software Livre internacional, respeitador dos Direitos Digitais (em Alemão): https://republik.ch/2025/03/31/die-us-regierung-hat-die-moeglichkeit-auf-viele-politikermails-in-europa-zuzugreifen
• Firefox 136: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/firefox-136-released-with-vertical-tabs-new-sidebar-more
• Firefox 137: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/04/firefox-137-new-features
• Não usem Brave: https://thelibre.news/no-really-dont-use-brave/
• Keepass e Snaps: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/keepassxc-snap-update-adds-native-messaging-support-i-e-browser-integration
• Correcção de bug Nvidia: https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Ubuntu-2025-SnR
• LoCo PT: https://loco.ubuntu.com/teams/ubuntu-pt/
• Nitrokey: https://shop.nitrokey.com/shop?aff_ref=3
• Mastodon: https://masto.pt/@pup
• Youtube: https://youtube.com/PodcastUbuntuPortugal

Apoios

Podem apoiar o podcast usando os links de afiliados do Humble Bundle, porque ao usarem esses links para fazer uma compra, uma parte do valor que pagam reverte a favor do Podcast Ubuntu Portugal. E podem obter tudo isso com 15 dólares ou diferentes partes dependendo de pagarem 1, ou 8. Achamos que isto vale bem mais do que 15 dólares, pelo que se puderem paguem mais um pouco mais visto que têm a opção de pagar o quanto quiserem. Se estiverem interessados em outros bundles não listados nas notas usem o link https://www.humblebundle.com/?partner=PUP e vão estar também a apoiar-nos.

Atribuição e licenças

Este episódio foi produzido por Diogo Constantino, Miguel e Tiago Carrondo e editado pelo Senhor Podcast. O website é produzido por Tiago Carrondo e o código aberto está licenciado nos termos da Licença MIT. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). A música do genérico é: "Won't see it comin' (Feat Aequality & N'sorte d'autruche)", por Alpha Hydrae e está licenciada nos termos da CC0 1.0 Universal License. Este episódio e a imagem utilizada estão licenciados nos termos da licença: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), cujo texto integral pode ser lido aqui. Estamos abertos a licenciar para permitir outros tipos de utilização, contactem-nos para validação e autorização.

10 Apr 2025 12:00am GMT

Software for Open Networking in the Cloud (SONiC) is an open-source network operating system that has revolutionized data center networking. Originating as a Microsoft-led initiative in the Open Compute Project (OCP) in 2016, SONiC has rapidly gained traction among hyperscalers and switch hardware vendors, including Broadcom, Cisco, and NVIDIA. By building its services using containerized […]

09 Apr 2025 4:10pm GMT

Finding the exact files you want in the Nemo file manager will soon be easier and faster. Linux Mint is bringing 'enhanced' search functionality to the next major version of its GTK-based Nemo file manager (which is likely to see release the same time as Cinnamon 6.5 and ship out-of-the-box in Linux Mint 22.2 in the summer). The new filters allow you search, sift and surface files using regular expressions (often abbreviated to simply 'regex') queried against filenames. While regex searching is already included in Nemo it doesn't work on file names, only file contents. The next version of Nemo adds […]

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09 Apr 2025 3:30pm GMT

I'm pleased to announce the uCareSystem 25.04.09, the latest version of the all-in-one system maintenance tool for Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Debian and its derivatives, used by thousands ! This release brings some major changes internal changes, fixes and improvements under the hood. A new version of uCareSystem is out, and this time the focus is […]

09 Apr 2025 11:37am GMT

Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, is excited to announce the availability of Ubuntu developer images for the new OrangePi RV2 RISC-V single board computer (SBC). We're delighted to add this latest piece of hardware to our certified ecosystem, as we're committed to providing developers and innovators with access to the latest open-source hardware and software. […]

08 Apr 2025 9:57am GMT

Canonical proudly announces the release of Charmed Kubeflow 1.10

08 Apr 2025 8:17am GMT

Hate having to read an article to understand what it's saying and would rather read what an AI says it (potentially) says instead? Mozilla Firefox has your back. Saltiness aside, the latest nightly builds of Firefox 139 include an experimental web link preview feature which shows (among other things) an AI-generated summary of what that page is purportedly about before you visit it, saving you time, a click, or the need to 'hear' a real human voice. Firefox generates its AI summaries locally, on device - great for privacy but not for speed No data about you or the link […]

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07 Apr 2025 10:09pm GMT

Open-source video player Celluloid premiered a new release this weekend with user-interface improvements, support for Lua models and more. Celluloid is a popular GTK front-end to MPV, the (incredibly) configurable cross-platform, command-line based media player, and makes many of MPV's more advanced features a touch easier for users to find, try and benefit from. In Celluloid 0.28 its developers have focused on improving the UI. Player controls see refinement in both regular mode, full-screen mode and if 'floating' controls are enabled for windowed mode - fewer buttons are shown by default: As you can see above (and below), the player […]

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06 Apr 2025 11:29am GMT

A new version of Tauon music player is out, gifting fans of the powerful and unique-looking audio app a raft of new features to play with - including some Linux exclusive eye candy! Tauon 8.0 has been fully ported to SDL3, an efficient cross-platform and open-source multimedia library that provides a robust API for interacting with hardware (like audio devices). Tauon mention that the port provides better stability and scope for adding interesting new capabilities. Features-wise, Tauon 8.0 adds an options menu to the stop button so let users define stop behaviour (including an 'always' setting, e.g., 'always stop after […]

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04 Apr 2025 4:21pm GMT

Digital artists, designers and vector illustrators among you may be be interested to know that an updated version of open source graphics app Inkscape is (sort of) out. Inkscape 1.4.1 builds on the giant set of features last year's release of Inkscape 1.4 brought with it with a number of worthwhile enhancements and bug fixes, plus two new features. When opening Inkscape a new splash screen is shown during loading (it can be disabled) to let users (especially those on older/slower devices) know something is happening since they clicked or tapped on Inkscape icon to open it: The welcome dialog which […]

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03 Apr 2025 4:39pm GMT

Ubuntu users can enjoy a fresh new desktop wallpaper each and every day with this new app, which sources backgrounds from Bing, Wikimedia, and NASA.

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03 Apr 2025 12:31am GMT

A new version of DeaDBeeF music player is out with some cool features, FFMPEG 7 support, and a flurry of bug fixes sure to appease long-time fans of this tool. Admittedly, the popularity of traditional desktop music player apps like this one has dipped considerably since the arrival of music streaming services like Spotify. They give on-demand (and often free) access to expansive music catalogues. Still, many people (myself included) continue to maintain music libraries filled with MP3s etc. I'd wager most such users have (by now) settled on a preferred music client; for many, that choice is DeaDBeeF. I […]

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02 Apr 2025 5:33pm GMT

Choosing the right Container Network Interface (CNI) for Kubernetes is critical to achieving optimal performance, security, and scalability. With the launch of Canonical Kubernetes LTS (long-term support) last month, Canonical decided to integrate Cilium as the default CNI in order to reflect our commitment to delivering a modern, security-maintained, high-performance Kubernetes experience. A quick look […]

02 Apr 2025 2:08pm GMT

Explore what MongoDB is, how it functions, and how organizations utilize it for specific applications to achieve business benefits.

02 Apr 2025 6:43am GMT

Tab grouping is the latest big-ticket feature addition to get added to Mozilla Firefox, which sees a new stable release roll out from today. Last month's Firefox 136 update delivered long-requested support for vertical tabs, a redesigned sidebar experience giving easy access to existing and new features (including online AI chatbots), and flipped the switch on AMD video hardware decoding for Linux users. Firefox 137 is an equally big update, adding tab grouping, an enhanced address bar experience with new features, and a clutch of smaller changes, including HEVC support for Linux For a closer look at the changes, read on. Firefox […]

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01 Apr 2025 4:30pm GMT

Will Ubuntu 25.10 be codenamed the Quizzical Quokka? It's an adjective + animal moniker Canonical's marketing team tersely tweeted today-sans context-but as today is April 1 (aka April's Fools Day, aka the day when companies, teams, and unpaid marketing interns spam the web with try-hard lolslop)… I'm questioning it. Ubuntu 25.10 could well be a Quizzical Quokka, but it also may not be - and if it isn't, should it? The 'Quizzical' element is a playful if slightly odd adjective to roll with. It means confused, baffled, perplexed - terms that don't describe a dependable operating system like Ubuntu particularly […]

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01 Apr 2025 3:32pm GMT

March was another stellar month for Linux software updates, with big improvements to essential privacy tools like KeePassXC, creative apps such as Shotcut and DigiKam, and many more - updates that didn't warrant dedicated articles on this blog. Why? ..Well, sometimes it's an update making small changes hat it's hard to say much1 about. Other times I'm just deathly late to hearing about it (which is why new tips via the contact form are super appreciated - you help me catch the things I miss). For those of us on fixed-release Linux distributions like Ubuntu, even small app updates can […]

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31 Mar 2025 10:46pm GMT

To start securely and efficiently, Linux systems follow a carefully orchestrated sequence of steps to initialize firmware and manage services. Applying security patches to the software responsible for some of these early steps of Linux startup often requires a full system reboot. Frequent reboots driven by unplanned critical patching is disruptive and man-power intensive, especially […]

31 Mar 2025 1:47pm GMT

It's hard to believe that the first KubeCon took place nearly 10 years ago. Back then, Kubernetes was still in its early days, and the world was only just beginning to understand the power of container orchestration. Fast-forward to today, and Kubernetes is a fundamental part of cloud-native development, taught in universities as a key […]

28 Mar 2025 4:12pm GMT

Welcome to the first quarterly roundup on the State of Silicon and Devices by Canonical. Q1 has seen lots of announcements in the areas of Edge AI and cybersecurity. Companies across the semiconductor and software ecosystem are pushing toward more powerful, energy-efficient AI models at the edge, while simultaneously strengthening their security posture to meet […]

28 Mar 2025 2:32pm GMT