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Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 873

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 873 for the week of December 29, 2024 – January 4, 2025. The full version of this issue is available here.

In this issue we cover:

  • Remembering and thanking Steve Langasek
  • Ubuntu Stats
  • Hot in Support
  • Other Meeting Reports
  • Upcoming Meetings and Events
  • UbuCon Asia 2026 – Call for bids!
  • LoCo Events
  • Upgrades from 22.04 LTS to 24.04 LTS are NOT WORKING
  • Other Community News
  • In the Blogosphere
  • Other Articles of Interest
  • 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
  • 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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