UWN Issue 925 December 28, 2025-January 3, 2026.
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 925 for the week of December 28, 2025 - January 3, 2026.
In this Issue
- Ubuntu Stats
- Hot in Support
- Other Meeting Reports
- Upcoming Meetings and Events
- Ubuntu Circles! (LoCo) News
- Ubuntu @ FOSSASIA Summit 2026
- Korean LoCo has elected Junsang Moon as representative for next 2 years term once again (2025.12.29 ~ 2027.12.28)
- Ubuntu Circles! (LoCo) Events
- Other Community News
- What Say You: A flawless experience
- In the Blogosphere
- Other Articles of Interest
- Updates and Security for Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04, 25.04 and 25.10 [None to report this issue]
- And much more!
General Community News
First Resolute Raccoon test rebuild
Graham Inggs reports that the Resolute rebuild started on December 18 has completed for all components, less universe and multiverse on riscv64. A link for build failures is provided, with a request for help to fix. As well, we are told there are two test rebuilds for glibc 2.43 and gcc 16.
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2026-January/001387.html
Ubuntu Stats
Bug Stats
- Open: 144130 (+47)
- Critical: 317 (0)
- Unconfirmed: 73977 (+34)
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: 98.11% (6621/677)
- Ukrainian: 89.17% (38012/1585)
- German: 87.13% (45198/135)
- French: 85.74% (50084/6213)
Hot in Support
Ubuntu Community Discourse Trending Top 5 Threads
- Buttercup Password Manager Custom Field Problem - https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/buttercup-password-manager-custom-field-problem/73253
- Phone or tablet mounted via usb with mtp, but not as a removable device - https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/phone-or-tablet-mounted-via-usb-with-mtp-but-not-as-a-removable-device/74352
- Local Area Webserver Ubuntu 24.04.3 Get from http to https staying inside LAN - https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/local-area-webserver-ubuntu-24-04-3-get-from-http-to-https-staying-inside-lan/74471
- Sort Files By Mime-type then Modified Date - https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/sort-files-by-mime-type-then-modified-date/74476
- How to go to previous kernel after upgrade that led to no trackpad, no touch screen and Wi-Fi - https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/how-to-go-to-previous-kernel-after-upgrade-that-led-to-no-trackpad-no-touch-screen-and-wi-fi/74483
Find more support at: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/c/support-and-help/306
Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions
- How do I recreate a bootable ISO after making changes to its extracted files? - https://askubuntu.com/questions/1562407/how-do-i-recreate-a-bootable-iso-after-making-changes-to-its-extracted-files
- How to get windows automagically maximized when launching apps on Ubuntu 24.04? - https://askubuntu.com/questions/1562362/how-to-get-windows-automagically-maximized-when-launching-apps-on-ubuntu-24-04
- Weird terminal formatting (Ubuntu 24.04) - https://askubuntu.com/questions/1562316/weird-terminal-formatting-ubuntu-24-04
- Ubuntu cyberghost openvpn: Authentication required - https://askubuntu.com/questions/1562428/ubuntu-cyberghost-openvpn-authentication-required
- Bluetooth speaker won’t connect - Lubuntu 24.04 - https://askubuntu.com/questions/1562353/bluetooth-speaker-wont-connect-lubuntu-24-04
Ask (and answer!) questions at: https://askubuntu.com/
Other Meeting Reports
- Utkarsh Gupta (utkarsh2102): FOSS Activites in December 2025 - https://utkarsh2102.org/posts/foss-in-dec-25/
Upcoming Meetings and Events
- Starcraft Clinics (2nd option) - Monday 5 January, 11:00 - 11:50 AM - https://meet.google.com/ixc-nucm-hjn
- Ubuntu HPC weekly community call: Wednesday 7 January, 4:30 AM - 6:00 PM - https://meet.jit.si/Ubuntu-HPC | https://matrix.to/#/#hpc:ubuntu.com
- Lubuntu Weekly Standup: Thursday 8 January, 9:00 - 10:00 PM - https://matrix.to/#/#lubuntu-devel:ubuntu.com
- Community Hour: 9 January, 4:00 - 5:00 PM - https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/community-hour/42771 | https://meet.google.com/zcy-onjk-smi
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 @ FOSSASIA Summit 2026
Youngbin Han has created an event record for Ubuntu at the FOSSASIA Summit 2026. This post gives details on date (March 8 Community day, March 9-10 Conference days), location (Bangkok Thailand) and more. Youngbin advises that the Loco will hosts a Ubuntu Community Booth, and if you’re interested in volunteering to help crew, you can reply on this post.
Korean LoCo has elected Junsang Moon as representative for next 2 years term once again (2025.12.29 ~ 2027.12.28)
Youngbin Han on behalf of the Korean LoCo, announces that Junsang Moon was elected as representative for another two years. Election results are given, some details of Junsang’s service, and links for more details.
Ubuntu Circles! (LoCo) Events
The following LoCo team events are currently scheduled in the next two weeks:
- 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
- Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts: Linux Help Session (Online) - Jitsi; 11 January, 2 PM CST - https://www.heylo.com/event/badfecee-ce73-4616-9f36-b53cab51aa89
- Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts: Linux In-Person Help Session; Wings and Things Tyrone, GA; Thursday, 15 January, 5:00 PM PM CST - https://www.heylo.com/event/2a85c693-ab47-4b5e-891a-e008105a77ec
- Arizona LoCo: Virtual Installfest/Linux Workshop on line; 17 January, 1000-1600 - Big Blue Button, https://bbb.azloco.net (co-hosted with the Phoenix Linux User Group)
Looking beyond the next two weeks? Visit the respective Circles!/LoCo Team calendar to browse upcoming events.
Please also see:
- Ubuntu Arizona LoCo: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/upcoming-events-for-azloco/38466
- Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts: https://ale.org/
- Registered LoCo contacts: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/c/locos/129
Other Community News
Nate Graham Wants to Step Back from ‘This Week in Plasma’
Christine Hall writes about Nate Graham’s stepping back from “This week in Plasma”. We’re told that Nate hopes others will step forward & continue writing, with Nate having done it now for eight years and is now constrained by time. Christine remembers back, and expresses that it wasn’t really a great surprise. Anyone interested in helping with ‘TWiP’ should contact Nate.
https://fossforce.com/2025/12/nate-graham-wants-to-step-back-from-this-week-in-plasma/
DebConf26 dates announced
The Debian Project have announced the dates for DebConf26. Along with dates for the hacking session, then DebConf itself, we’re given some details of what to expect. The post reminds us about the Debian project, what DebConf is, and has links if we need more.
https://bits.debian.org/2025/12/debconf26_dates.html
What exactly is Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu?
Jordan Gloor writes that it’s hard to explore the Linux and free software world without hearing about Canonical, and here gives us details about the Canonical company. Discussion includes Ubuntu of course, but also some other software products of Canonical, and more.
https://www.howtogeek.com/what-is-canonical-the-company-behind-ubuntu/
What Say You
A flawless experience
“I’ve been running Ubuntu 26.04 ‘Resolute Raccoon’ on my ‘Streaming Fortress’ PC
NUC7 - Intel J5005 - 16GB DDR4-2400 RAM - 120GB SSD (2013 Hardware)
for the last two weeks, and it’s been till now a flawless experience.
Well done, Ubuntu team!! 
” - anon_4601
In the Blogosphere
D7VK 1.1 Released With An Experimental Direct3D 6 Frontend
Michael Larabel talks briefly about good Direct3D 8 through Direct3D 12 support, before moving to D7VK 1.1 being released. Michael tells us about the release, which adds experimental Direct 3D 6 support, and gives us a link to the official GitHub post.
https://www.phoronix.com/news/D7VK-1.1-Released
XWayland Gets Patched For Incorrect Pointer Coordinates
Michael Larabel tells us of an “important fix” in the XWayland codebase. We’re given details which prevent incorrect pointer coordinates being sent to X11 clients, including a link to the merge and bug ticket discovered some months ago by KDE developer Xaver Hugl.
https://www.phoronix.com/news/XWayland-Pointer-Enter-Correct
More Improvements To Old AMD GPU Support On Linux Are Planned For 2026
Michael Larabel writes about better performance being worked on for older AMD GPUs. We’re given details, taken from Timur Kristóf’s blog, including a quote, and a link to the original blog should we need more.
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Timur-More-Old-AMDGPU-2026
Mesa 25.3.3 Ships Latest Bug Fixes, Intel Vulkan GTK4 Toolkit Workarounds
Michael Larabel informs us of Mesa 25.3.3 which has been released. We’re given some details which includes bug fixes, a memory leak fix, tool kit improvements, and links should we want more.
Other Articles of Interest
- VisionFive 2 Lite SBC Review – Ubuntu 24.04 on a low-cost RISC-V SBC in 2026 - https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/12/31/visionfive-2-lite-sbc-review-ubuntu-24-04-on-a-low-cost-risc-v-sbc-in-2026/
Updates and Security for Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04, 25.04 and 25.10
Security Updates
None to report this issue
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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