UWN Issue 932 February 15-21 2026.

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 932 for the week of February 15 - 21, 2026.

In this Issue

  • Resolute Raccoon (to be 26.04 LTS) now in Feature Freeze
  • Ubuntu Stats
  • Hot in Support
  • Rocks Public Journal; 2026-02-20
  • Other Meeting Reports
  • Upcoming Meetings and Events
  • Ubuntu Circles! (LoCo) News
  • Ubuntu @ PyCon Namibia 2026
  • Ubuntu @ SCaLE 23x
  • UbuCon Kenya CFP
  • Open Source Conference 2026 Tokyo/Spring
  • Ubuntu Circles! (LoCo) Events
  • An update on upki
  • Anbox Cloud 1.29.0 is released
  • Event report - Ubuntu @ FOSDEM 2026
  • Server docs: URL change incoming
  • Ubuntu Server Gazette - Issue 12 - Upgrading RabbitMQ across Ubuntu releases
  • Launchpad documentation office hours: Ask us about Launchpad documentation
  • Mir Office Hours [update]
  • A year of documentation-driven development
  • Other Community News
  • Ubuntu Cloud News
  • Canonical News
  • In the Blogosphere
  • Featured Audio and Video
  • Updates and Security for Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04, and 25.10
  • And much more!

General Community News

Resolute Raccoon (to be 26.04 LTS) now in Feature Freeze

Utkarsh Gupta on behalf of the Ubuntu Release team alerts us to Ubuntu Resolute Raccoon being in Feature Freeze. We’re given details of what this means, and reminded the focus now is on bug fixing.

https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2026-February/001389.html

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open: 144684 (+76)
  • Critical: 308 (-5)
  • Unconfirmed: 74324 (+53)

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

Translations

  • Swedish: 100.00% (0/1228)
  • Albanian: 98.87% (3976/0)
  • Ukrainian: 89.21% (37882/1654)
  • German: 87.16% (45085/326)
  • French: 85.78% (49935/7525)

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/

Meeting Reports

Rocks Public Journal; 2026-02-20

Chisel v1.4.0 is out! There’s a new format, v3, and support for slice definition hints. Also, another video from our Container Craftsmanship masterclass series is now available on YouTube, to talk about the Open Container Initiative (OCI). Finally, have a look at the new Chisel Releases Navigator dashboard - a visual way to navigate all the package slices Chisel supports.

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 @ PyCon Namibia 2026

Mauro Gaspari has posted an event notice for Ubuntu at PyCon Namibia 2026 (Feb 20-27, 2026), which includes details of the Ubuntu Namibian community.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-pycon-namibia-2026/77060

Ubuntu @ SCaLE 23x

Mauro Gaspari posts this event notice for Ubuntu at SCaLE 23x (Mar 6-9, 2026) giving us some details, and asking us to get involved with details on how we can.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-scale-23x/77064

UbuCon Kenya CFP

Doreen Peace Nangira Wanyama tells us the Call for Proposals for UbuCon Kenya 2026 is now open. We’re given a link to submit a proposal/abstract, and the Submission deadline of March 2, 2026.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubucon-kenya-cfp/77281

Open Source Conference 2026 Tokyo/Spring

Mitsuya Shibata writes to advise that the Ubuntu Japanese Team will participate in the Open Source Conference’s sponsored event. Details are provided in this Japanese language post.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/open-source-conference-2026-tokyo-spring/77372

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

An update on upki

Jon Seager gives us an update on development work on upki which “will bring browser-grade Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) to Linux”. We’re told the work has been done by Dirkjan Ochtman and Joe Birr-Pixto, and given details of their progress & told we can try an early version, also what is next. This is a detailed post, with many links should we want to learn more. The project is “preparing for an alpha release and remains on track for an opt-in preview for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS”. Thanks are given to Dirkjan and Joe.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/an-update-on-upki/77063/

Anbox Cloud 1.29.0 is released

Bertrand Boisseau tells us Anbox Cloud 1.29.0 has released. We’re given a link to the full release notes, as well as a summary of the changes we’ll find.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/anbox-cloud-1-29-0-is-released/77173

Event report - Ubuntu @ FOSDEM 2026

Mauro Gaspari gives us an event report on Ubuntu at FOSDEM 2026. We’re reminded what FOSDEM is and shown some photos of Ubuntu at the event. Details of some presentations are provided, including Mauro’s speaking at CentOS Connect 2026, before being told FOSDEM 2026 ‘is a wrap’.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/event-report-ubuntu-fosdem-2026/77179

Server docs: URL change incoming

Sally Makin makes us aware of a Ubuntu Server Documentation URL change that is planned. We’re told both URLs (old & new) are currently live, allowing updating of bookmarks/links now. We are given, as well, the change date (March 4) and time (10:00-11:00 UTC). If problems are encountered on or after the change, we’re asked to report it.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/server-docs-url-change-incoming/77249

Ubuntu Server Gazette - Issue 12 - Upgrading RabbitMQ across Ubuntu releases

Guilherme Puida Moreira writes about running RabbitMQ on Ubuntu, and the update requirements of RabbitMQ. This post should help users with their release-upgrade to newer Ubuntu releases where they have RabbitMQ installed, and contains links to PPAs and other documentation too.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/ubuntu-server-gazette-issue-12-upgrading-rabbitmq-across-ubuntu-releases/77271

Launchpad documentation office hours: Ask us about Launchpad documentation

Charles Odada tells us that Launchpad has an ‘office hour’ dedicated to its documentation, and gives us details (20 Feb 2026 13:30-14:30 UTC) and a link so the community can join in future meetings.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/launchpad-documentation-office-hours-ask-us-about-launchpad-documentation/77327

Mir Office Hours [update]

Alan Griffiths gives us details of the next Mir Office Hours (25 Feb 2026 16:15-17:00 UTC), including the Agenda for the event. Another post on the thread made by Alan gives the reason for the event timing change, noting that a community member has trouble making the ‘western-friendly’ time. Alan asks that if others who’d like to attend but can’t because of time to please let him know and they’ll try and accommodate.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/mir-office-hours-2026-02-25-16-15utc/77316/2

The Planet

A year of documentation-driven development

Yanisa Haley Scherber blogs about documentation driven development, giving us her ‘reflections’ on her experience over the last year+. Some of the changes that happened during that year are covered that provided improvements in quality, as well as some discussion on ‘limitations’ encountered.

https://ubuntu.com//blog/a-year-of-documentation-driven-development

Other Community News

Xubuntu 26.04 Community Wallpaper Contest

Sean Davis reminds us that Xubuntu became an official flavor back in June 2006 (Xubuntu 6.06), and as with prior LTS releases is asking for the Xubuntu community to “craft six wallpapers to be included for the lifetime of the LTS and interim releases”. We’re also told of a community vote (link provided) to select prior Xubuntu wallpapers that will be ‘reimagined’ for 26.04. The competition rules on the six new wallpapers are given, dates - including submissions closing on 4 March - and more are given. Links to view prior (22.04 & 20.04) contest winners are included too.

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/xubuntu-26-04-community-wallpaper-contest/77213

Ubuntu Cloud News

Canonical News

In the Blogosphere

Official Ubuntu 26.04 ‘Resolute Raccoon’ mascot revealed

Joey Sneddon tells us the Ubuntu 26.04 Resolute Raccoon official mascot artwork has been revealed. Joey outlines what he sees with it, reminds us “community creations can make use of it too”, and gives us a link to the Google Drive artwork folder.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/ubuntu-26-04-resolute-raccoon-mascot-download

Ubuntu 26.04 splits firmware package to reduce update sizes

Joey Sneddon reports the splitting of a “single linux-firmware package into 17 vendor-specific sub-packages”. We’re told this will reduce the size of routine firmware updates for most users, and Juerg Haefliger notes the split will result in less strain on Ubuntu infrastructure when downloaded. The new package names are listed; we are told most packages will remain installed by default, with this change rolling out in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/02/ubuntu-26-04-firmware-split?v1

KVM In Linux 7.0 Adds Support For Virtualizing AMD ERAPS

Michael Larabel informs us of KVM virtualization changes recently merged into the Linux 7.0 kernel. We’re told how these can help us, what CPUs will benefit from the changes, and more. Included is a link to the pull request.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0-KVM

Ubuntu Touch OTA-1.2 Fixes Boot Issues for Sony Xperia X, Improves VoLTE Support

Marcus Nestor writes about the UBports Foundation’s release of Ubuntu Touch OTA-1.2 and Ubuntu Touch OTA-12 for Ubuntu Touch 24.04 and Ubuntu Touch 20.04 users. We’re given details of the improvements and fixes included, a link to the official release announcement, and more.

https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-touch-ota-1-2-fixes-boot-issues-for-sony-xperia-x-improves-volte-support

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Moving To OpenJDK 25 By Default

Michael Larabel discusses Ubuntu 26.04 LTS using OpenJDK 25 as its default version. We’re given some recent history of LTS releases & OpenJDK versions. Michael notes some failures to build with Java 25, that the package currently sites in proposed; but should migrate to main soon enough. Mention is made of some OpenJDK improvements too.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-26.04-OpenJDK-25

Ubuntu 26.04 is replacing its classic tools, and I actually prefer the new ones

Afam Onyimadu explores the newer GNOME apps found in GNOME 50, which we’ll see in Ubuntu 26.04 when it’s released. Covering changes like Totem’s replacement with Showtime, to the removal of Software & Updates, and Afam discusses what he sees when using it daily. He gives the opinion that “Ubuntu 26.04 feels more intentional than any recent LTS”, plus some of his opinions on these changes.

https://www.makeuseof.com/ubuntu-2604-replacing-classic-tools-i-actually-prefer-the-new-ones/

AppArmor Enhancements Merged For Linux 7.0

Michael Larabel here advises of “small improvements and fixes for Linux 7.0” for the AppArmour security module. Notables listed are: per-permission tagging, and support for execpath. In the merge are also code clean-ups, and bug fixes. Michael provides a link to the pull request for the full list of changes and additional information.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0-AppArmor

Featured Audio and Video

Portugal Podcast: Episode 373 - Panóptico De M***a

“Este episódio foi longo; o Diogo trouxe muitas novidades do Ubuntu, desde uma nova wiki a papéis de parede, novas ferramentas, testes de Budgie, PassGo, morte de peças de software; conversas sobre uma possível Minidebconf, a FOSDEM, dia do Linux em Fevereiro no MILL e muito mais! Ainda trouxemos uma catrefada de hiperligações para vocês passarem uma boa temporada a ler - e discutimos com afinco as polémicas sobre excesso de IA, mecanismos de hipervigilância na Internet, padrões obscuros que nos lixam a todos e propostas de legislação coxas e desdentadas sobre verificação de idade - que não resolvem nada. Um fartote!”

https://podcastubuntuportugal.org/e373/

AI Native Dev: Stop Struggling with CUDA: How Ubuntu 26.04 is Fixing AI Development Forever

“Think Canonical is just now pivoting to AI? Think again. In this deep dive, Jon Seager (VP of Engineering for Ubuntu) explains why Ubuntu has ‘been here all along,’ powering the vast majority of today’s AI workloads across every major cloud provider. From the hardware in your workstation to the instances in your cluster, this talk covers the engineering reality behind the ‘orange Linux’ and its role as the foundational layer for modern machine learning. Whether you’re a hobbyist tinkerer or an enterprise engineer, discover how the next generation of Ubuntu is removing the friction from AI development.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CYm-KCw7yY

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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