| OS | Xubuntu via a roll-my-own core install |
| Affiliate | Ubuntu |
So about 2-3 weeks to go until the #UbuCon Asia #CFP deadline this year. Scratching head on choosing topics and need some inspiration? Check out "Crafting #snaps quickstart guide 101" by Till Kamppeter & Soumyadeep Ghosh. A #workshop that provided step by step guide to snap packaging for begineers!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUNsGWiIRLw
Have you made decision on #proposal topic? Then, It is now time to start drafting your proposal at https://2026.ubucon.asia/cfp
GNOME 50 debuts with X11 axed, Wayland front and center
https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/19/gnome_50/
Most Ubuntu desktop users will be looking at this until at least 2028
<- by me on @theregister
New blog from the #Ubuntu team. As part of our release process modernisation, we've retired the aging "ISO Tracker" and have instead moved to some new test and ISO management infrastructure.
Read more about it on our Discourse! https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/retiring-the-iso-tracker-introducing-tests-ubuntu-com-for-26-04-lts/78683
Last October, @utkarsh announced that the Ubuntu Release Team would release Ubuntu 26.04 LTS without the ISO Tracker. Indeed, over the last 15 years, the ISO Tracker has become difficult to maintain, grown unreliable and nearly impossible to migrate to modern environments. At the time of this bold announcement, we were planning to assess key ISO Tracker features and decide what would be the best approach to offer them to the community and flavor leads during the 26.04 cycle while we’re working ...
RE: https://ubuntu.social/@ubuntu/116256490751319219
I plan to organize #Ubuntu Summit Extended in #Riga, #Latvia. Ping me if you want to join.
⚠️ 450 FSFE supporters affected: Payment provider Nexi cancelled us ⚠️
Our long-term payment provider, Nexi, has terminated our contract without prior notice.
As a result, our supporters’ recurring credit card and direct debit donations have been halted by them.
This affects more than 450 FSFE supporters, whom we have already informed by email.
Read more here: https://fsfe.org/news/2026/news-20260316-01.en.html
3 more days to submit your proposals to the Xubuntu wallpaper contests for inclusion in the 26.04 LTS release!
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/xubuntu-26-04-community-wallpaper-contest/77213/
My envelopes and coins are ready, I just need some winners :🏆
We're hiring full-time, hybrid-working roles in London (UK), across R&D Engineering, Marketing & Product. Details in the link. Message me if you have questions.
Building a dry-run mode for the OpenTelemetry Collector
https://ubuntu.com//blog/building-a-dry-run-mode-for-the-opentelemetry-collector
Teams continuously deploy programmable telemetry pipelines to production, without having access to a dry-run mode. At the same time, most organizations lack staging environments that resemble production – especially with regards to observability and other platform-level services. Despite knowing the potential risks involved due to the lac […]
Blog: Building a dry-run mode for the OpenTelemetry Collector
@simskij did a great job of writing up this neat little tool he wrote for analyzing Otel Collector configs - Signal Studio.
Go check it out! https://ubuntu.com/blog/building-a-dry-run-mode-for-the-opentelemetry-collector
Teams continuously deploy programmable telemetry pipelines to production, without having access to a dry-run mode. At the same time, most organizations lack staging environments that resemble production – especially with regards to observability and other platform-level services. Despite knowing the potential risks involved due to the lac […]
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