diff --git a/posts/newsletter/9/info.yaml b/posts/newsletter/9/info.yaml index 60296b4..bb476e3 100644 --- a/posts/newsletter/9/info.yaml +++ b/posts/newsletter/9/info.yaml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ --- -title: This Week in Lubuntu Development POUND9 -slug: this-week-in-lubuntu-development-9 +title: Lubuntu Development Newsletter POUND9 +slug: lubuntu-development-newsletter-9 type: ["newsletter"] diff --git a/posts/newsletter/9/post.md b/posts/newsletter/9/post.md index a79b1c3..62eb64a 100644 --- a/posts/newsletter/9/post.md +++ b/posts/newsletter/9/post.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Here is the ninth issue of This Week in Lubuntu Development. You can read the last issue [here](https://lubuntu.me/this-week-in-lubuntu-development-8/). +This is the ninth issue of The Lubuntu Development Newsletter. You can read the last issue [here](https://lubuntu.me/this-week-in-lubuntu-development-8/). NOTICE @@ -6,31 +6,48 @@ NOTICE ## General +We've been polishing the desktop more, but work has been blocked by the still ongoing Qt transition. + +The 16.04 to 18.04 upgrade has now been enabled! Please do let us know if there's any issues. [Here's](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhdQIzyscGw) a video we made when 17.04 went End of Life; the instructions are still current. + +Our main developer, Simon Quigley, [became an Ubuntu Core Developer](https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2018-August/040436.html) this past Monday! He now has access to the entire Ubuntu archive. + ### Desktop Experience + - We have split the Qt style plugins into separate binary packages. This will eventually result in us not shipping the broken Blackberry style, for example, by default. + - For WiFi connection editing using nm-tray, we now use QTerminal. Long term, this will be a native Qt dialog, but it's getting close for this cycle. + - The LXQt Panel spacer plugin now has an autoexpansion option, like in LXDE. + ### Calamares -### Miscellaneous + - We wrote a Calamares module called `automirror` which will automatically select an Ubuntu mirror based on your geographic location. We are working on upstreaming this for other distributions to use. + - A minimum password strength is now enforced. This is to help promote secure passwords and prevent easy brute force attacks. We're going to be strengthening this as time goes on. + - Calamares [adds](https://phab.lubuntu.me/rCALASETTINGSa2e6868a2a61c4e15770cc965c0b4b001c332e81) the user to less groups by default. This fixes various issues and makes Lubuntu more consistent with other flavors. ## Infrastructure and Project Changes -### Miscellaneous +### Lubuntu is switching to Wayland -As always, feedback is appreciated. +Lubuntu will be switching to Wayland by default for 20.10. -# Bugs +We are going to do this by porting Openbox to use the Mir [display server](https://mir-server.io/), Drew DeVault's [QtLayerShell](https://github.com/SirCmpwn/qtlayershell), and other associated bits. -## Incoming / Fix needed +**Q:** Why are you switching to Wayland? +**A:** The X implementation is old and won't be updated to address the way desktop Linux is used today. Window managers are an afterthought, and many things aren't implemented correctly. Wayland is a modern take on the Linux display system. - - [xdg user-dirs not being read/stored correctly for desktop icon in left panel](https://pad.lv/1768961) - - Filed upstream: [Error when using a non-start disk for location of personal files.](https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt/issues/1389) - - ["Format" partition edit option appears to keep reverting to "Keep"](https://pad.lv/1773610) - - [Custom partition mount point not kept with "OK"; kept with ](https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/calamares/+bug/1773608) - - [sddm will not start lxqt desktop correctly](https://pad.lv/1781392) +**Q:** What about people with NVIDIA graphics cards? +**A:** More details to solve, but the plan is to get this working with those graphics cards by that time. -## Solved +**Q:** I thought Mir was abandoned when the Ubuntu Touch platform was dropped? +**A:** Mir survived, and still has a team of Canonical employees working on it. -## Want to help? +More details to come; feel free to leave comments below. + +### Miscellaneous + +As always, feedback is appreciated. + +# Want to help? One of the easiest ways to get involved with Lubuntu and help us make this release the best one yet is to test Lubuntu and report bugs. @@ -42,6 +59,8 @@ More information about testing on Lubuntu can be found [here](https://phab.lubun We have [a Weblate instance](https://translate.lubuntu.me/projects/) available for translations. Right now there are not many strings to translate, but as time goes on, we will add more. +This week, Henrik Christiansen helped us translate Calamares into Danish. Thank you! + Do you speak a language that isn't available to translate there? Let us know in the comments or [elsewhere](https://lubuntu.me/links/) and we will add that language. Here are the translators who have contributed so far: @@ -67,15 +86,12 @@ Here are some major, Lubuntu-specific features you can expect before the release - The beginnings of a welcome center (more details to come). - Calamares polish, including an additional module for more packages to be installed. - - A plan for replacing Openbox, the current window manager used in Lubuntu. Our artwork team is still working on Lenny, and we'll let you know when we have Lenny Cuttlefish. :) # In the Press -This section is for highlighting exceptional Lubuntu coverage since the last issue. - -Did you find any other exceptional stories about Lubuntu? [Let us know](https://lubuntu.me/links/) and we'll be happy to include them here. +Did you find any exceptional stories about Lubuntu? [Let us know](https://lubuntu.me/links/) and we'll be happy to include them here. # Contact us