In this Issue

  • First Resolute Raccoon test rebuild [update]
  • Ubuntu Stats
  • Hot in Support
  • Other Meeting Reports
  • Upcoming Meetings and Events
  • Ubuntu Circles! (LoCo) News
  • Ubuntu Nepal collaborated with NEC for a Successful Cyber Security Symposium and TechSprint Hackathon
  • Ubuntu Circles! (LoCo) Events
  • Developing with AI on Ubuntu
  • How to avoid package End of Life through backporting
  • Canonical News
  • In the Press
  • In the Blogosphere
  • Other Articles of Interest
  • Featured Audio and Video
  • Updates and Security for Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04, and 25.10
  • And much more!

General Community News

First Resolute Raccoon test rebuild [update]

Graham Inggs updates us on the first Ubuntu resolute test rebuild, reporting ppc64el and s390x architecture builds have now completed. We’re told of the state of the riscv64 rebuilds, which are still happening, and asked to help in fixing build failures if we can.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2026-January/043492.html

Welcome New Members and Developers

Congratulations, Jonas! Thank you for your continued contributions to Ubuntu, and welcome to the team!

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open: 144304 (+51)
  • Critical: 307 (-6)
  • Unconfirmed: 74067 (+32)

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

Translations

  • Swedish: 99.65% (1243/744)
  • Albanian: 98.86% (3986/106)
  • Ukrainian: 89.17% (38012/1607)
  • German: 87.13% (45196/219)
  • French: 85.74% (50084/6334)

Hot in Support

Ubuntu Community Discourse Trending Top 5 Threads

Find more support at: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/c/support-and-help/306

Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions

Ask (and answer!) questions at: https://askubuntu.com/

Other Meeting Reports

Upcoming Meetings and Events

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

Ubuntu Nepal collaborated with NEC for a Successful Cyber Security Symposium and TechSprint Hackathon

Aaditya Singh (younggunner14) shares a “successful Cyber Security Symposium and TechSprint Hackathon 2026”. The event was held in partnership with Nepal Engineering College ( NEC ); fostering collaboration, support and mentoring. Some team photos are provided (25 teams) with special mention to saileshsingh36 for the mentoring to the teams.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-nepal-collaborated-with-nec-for-a-successful-cyber-security-symposium-and-techsprint-hackathon/75524

Ubuntu Circles! (LoCo) Events

The following LoCo team events are currently scheduled in the next two weeks:

Looking beyond the next two weeks? Visit the respective Circles!/LoCo Team calendar to browse upcoming events.

Please also see:

The Hub

Developing with AI on Ubuntu

Jon Seager writes about AI-assisted tooling, that is becoming “more common in the workflows of Engineers”. This post serves us as a means that “introduce the elements of Ubuntu that make it a first-class platform” should we wish to experiment, or deploy modern AI-assistive tools. The article discusses security & sandboxes, and more.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/developing-with-ai-on-ubuntu/75299

The Planet

How to avoid package End of Life through backporting

Lidia Luna Puerta uses the CVE-2025-48384 on git as an example of how an End of Life system can be exploited, before moving to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS reaching End of Standard Support and what this can mean. With an exploration of the difference between End of Life, End of Standard Support, and backporting packages, Lidia discusses risks users take on if using EoSS or EOL systems, the EU Cyper Resilience Act requirements, and end-user choices.

https://ubuntu.com//blog/how-to-avoid-package-end-of-life-through-backporting

Canonical News

In the Press

Ubuntu’s Snap Store is Under Siege from Scammers, and The Gates are Open

Sourav Rudra writes about a recent blog by Alan Pope, which alerts readers to malicious actors taking control of poorly maintained snap packages. We’re told how Alan reported they’re achieving this, that the method is not new, just new to the snap store; Sourav relays some examples of attacks that Alan gave. We’re told how the snap store has been attacked before, and how attacks are becoming more advanced over time, and touches on some of what is being done, asking if that’s enough.

https://itsfoss.com/news/snap-store-under-siege/

In the Blogosphere

Linux 6.19 ATA Fixes Address Power Management Regression For The Past Year

Michael Larabel reports on a ‘noteworthy’ fix in the ATA code in the Linux kernel, that stops devices with “dummy ports” from preventing the CPU reaching a low-power state. We’re given a link to the merge (6.19), a quote by Niklas Cassel on the fix, a link to the bug report, and more.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-ATA-Power-Management

AMD ROCm 7.2 Now Released With More Radeon Graphics Cards Supported, ROCm Optiq Introduced

Michael Larabel in telling us of the AMD ROCm 7.2 release gives us details, links, and outlines some of the benefits we’ll find in this release. We’re given the download link, told also that ROCm Optiq is in beta, and more.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-ROCm-7.2-Released

Other Articles of Interest

Featured Audio and Video

Portugal Podcast: Episode 371 - Pluvioso Duvidoso

“A conversa continua com os verdadeiros nómadas digitais; David Negreira, Tiago Carrondo, Miguel e Diogo Constantino - alguns a dobrarem as ceroulas para irem à FOSDEM. Queres ter o teu próprio e-mail? Ah! Querias! É mais complicado do que parece? Nim. A merdificação da internet e dos serviços digitais tem saída? Errr… E a Inferência Estatístisca Turbinada, vulgo Intelijumência Artificial? É ensinada ou treinada? Deve ser tratada como Deus na terra…ou como um estagiário meio-burro? Entretanto, o site da comunidade Ubuntu Portugal pula e avança, empurrado pela mãozinha do Hugo. Ainda a procissão vai no adro!…”

https://podcastubuntuportugal.org/e371/

Updates and Security for Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04, and 25.10

Security Updates

Ubuntu 22.04 Updates

End of Standard Support: April 2027

Ubuntu 24.04 Updates

End of standard support: April 2029

Ubuntu 25.10 Updates

End of Life: July 2026

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