This week was focused on polishing the installer experience and the desktop in general. Here are the changes made, with links to the full details.
[Lubuntu 18.04.1 has been released!](https://lubuntu.me/bionic-1-released/)
[Lubuntu 16.04.5 has been released!](https://lubuntu.me/xenial-5-released/)
[We're taking a new direction.](https://lubuntu.me/taking-a-new-direction/)
#### Desktop Experience
The past couple of weeks have been focused on more desktop polish and some heavy infrastructure and project changes.
Unfortunately, a lot of the fixes we've been working on are blocked by the in-progress Qt 5.11.1 transition. It has been uploaded to the cosmic-proposed pocket, where it awaits automated testing before it becomes generally installable. More technical details about that process are available [here](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ProposedMigration).
This transition is also being done in Debian Sid as well.
Huge thanks to [UBports](https://ubports.com/) for contributing financially to allow Lubuntu contributors to spend time on this! You can help sponsor their work (and therefore, some of our work) [here](https://ubports.com/donate).
### Desktop Experience
- [LXPanel-Qt: Don't auto-unmute the volume when it's changed.](https://phab.lubuntu.me/rLXQTPANELPACKAGING9635deb67b79e0483f89baa61b855428b688913b)
- [LXPanel-Qt: Don't auto-unmute the volume when it's changed.](https://phab.lubuntu.me/rLXQTPANELPACKAGING9635deb67b79e0483f89baa61b855428b688913b)
- If something is playing way too loud on your computer, now you can mute the volume, change it, and unmute, without the volume unmuting while you're changing it.
- If something is playing way too loud on your computer, now you can mute the volume, change it, and unmute, without the volume unmuting while you're changing it.
- Default settings:
- [Remove /usr/share/applications; these files are native in LXQt.](https://phab.lubuntu.me/rDEFAULTSETTINGS758e4746525465c15c1cc7cfec2ba7c38b182d90)
- [Don't launch a file manager on Ctrl + Alt + D, because that already shows the desktop in LXQt.](https://phab.lubuntu.me/rDEFAULTSETTINGS804d49dfc6350f0c16fd19ec2b44f5b9964191db)
- [Remove the volume button shortcuts as these are built into LXQt.](https://phab.lubuntu.me/rDEFAULTSETTINGS5209b412656d71f5ecb6296c6a9dc941e9460665)
- [Double the splitter position for the PCManFM-Qt Places panel.](https://phab.lubuntu.me/rDEFAULTSETTINGSc58864779695ded62d70e34e13c756133a45588b)
- [gksu -> pkexec in PCManFM-Qt.](https://phab.lubuntu.me/rDEFAULTSETTINGSaaa50f079236906a8f8ac97d96b37c281fcd9d4e)
- [QTerminal: Remember the maximization state of the window.](https://phab.lubuntu.me/rQTERMINALPACKAGING6a643cd600a187bf472232b0d41ecfa7c932d1f9)
- [Launchpad bug report.](https://pad.lv/1754496)
- [Upstream bug report (submitted by us).](https://github.com/lxqt/qterminal/issues/450)
- [Upstream pull request (submitted by us).](https://github.com/lxqt/qterminal/pull/451)
- We [replaced](https://phab.lubuntu.me/rCALASETTINGS88e201e0c82eda4438f78ad949b25a43409556a2) some awfully complex one-liners with more robust lines, thanks to KDE Neon.
- This also fixed Calamares so it can be installed on BIOS, non-secure boot UEFI, and secure boot UEFI computers, something that was not previously possible.
- [By default](https://phab.lubuntu.me/rCALASETTINGSec8d1863c8ae49a73cff15547aa773e02d953dfa), GRUB is now installed to `/boot/efi/EFI/ubuntu` instead of `/boot/efi/EFI/lubuntu`.
- [Make](https://phab.lubuntu.me/rCALASETTINGS912a94ead53188a2f222e3d72a2f8d5e553b7373) `/bin/bash` the default shell.
### Lubuntu Seed
- [Remove ship; it's no longer used.](https://phab.lubuntu.me/rSEEDd8529092ee6708b0c2693eb338d508c45cf8cba8)
- [Make vim a recommends, not a hard dependency.](https://phab.lubuntu.me/rSEED1b4ee934da65a22550f43e54725c7d68af75e713)
- [Recommend zsync by default.](https://phab.lubuntu.me/rSEED2df3b53a1fccffb4bdafa86297189954cb455ccd)
### Miscellaneous
- [SDDM 0.18.0](https://github.com/sddm/sddm/releases/tag/v0.18.0) has been uploaded to Debian Sid and Ubuntu Cosmic.
- Packaging changes were made to make it easier for other Ubuntu flavors and derivatives. Instead of hardcoding the Breeze theme in, we now have a theming system in Ubuntu very similar to Debian's, where a package can install their SDDM theme into the ubuntu-theme directory in a postinst script.
- This fixes CVE-2018-14345; we're looking into cherry-picking this patch into previous stable Ubuntu releases.
- Thanks to [Nate Graham](https://pointieststick.wordpress.com/) for [the pointer](https://phabricator.kde.org/T9244), we backported fix for [a bug](https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-66036) which visually affected KDE-based programs under HiDPI screens.
## Infrastructure and Project Changes
## Infrastructure and Project Changes
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The official Lubuntu blog is now [being kept](https://phab.lubuntu.me/source/blog/) under Git in our Phabricator instance. All blog posts from here on out will be written in Markdown and then published using the scripts there.
The official Lubuntu blog is now [being kept](https://phab.lubuntu.me/source/blog/) under Git in our Phabricator instance. All blog posts from here on out will be written in Markdown and then published using the scripts there.
### Phabricator
We're (slowly) working on converting all of the posts over to Markdown and keeping them there.
Translations for each post are kept under the `l10n` directory of each post (with the file being named like `LANG_CODE.md`) and the localization code is put in a YAML list in the info.yaml (see the 16.04.5 announcement for an example). This is because Weblate does not support translations for Markdown at the moment.
### Lugito
- In select repositories, Lugito will [automatically](https://phab.lubuntu.me/rLUGITOf91111a1807701daf1c3cdb4ee7bd2db7b57fc6a) comment on bug reports that are in commit messages with a message that the fix is in progress.
### Miscellaneous
### Miscellaneous
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## Incoming / Fix needed
## Incoming / Fix needed
- [Lubuntu 18.10 lxqt-panel - 2 Notifications on log-in: 2 shortcuts "cannot be registered"](https://pad.lv/1781511)
- [xdg user-dirs not being read/stored correctly for desktop icon in left panel](https://pad.lv/1768961)
- [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)
- 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)
- ["Format" partition edit option appears to keep reverting to "Keep"](https://pad.lv/1773610)
- [Custom partition mount point not kept with "OK"; kept with <Enter>](https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/calamares/+bug/1773608)
- [Custom partition mount point not kept with "OK"; kept with <Enter>](https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/calamares/+bug/1773608)
- [sddm will not start lxqt desktop correctly](https://pad.lv/1781392)
- [sddm will not start lxqt desktop correctly](https://pad.lv/1781392)
- [Calamares fails in UEFI mode after external command in Lubuntu Cosmic](https://pad.lv/1781015)
## Solved / Marked as invalid/duplicate
## Solved / Marked as invalid/duplicate
- [Two usual install options may have been absent](https://pad.lv/1773613)
- We're taking a new direction with the installer that doesn't necessarily involve these options directly.
- [lubuntu fails to install on real hardware uefi](https://pad.lv/1781539)
- Marked as a duplicate of: [Calamares fails in UEFI mode after external command in Lubuntu Cosmic](https://pad.lv/1781015)
## Solved
## Solved
- [Lubuntu Cosmic can't determine my location](https://pad.lv/1781310)
- [Lubuntu Cosmic Has a "Install Lubuntu 18.10" on the desktop](https://pad.lv/1781309)
- [Lubuntu 18.10 lxqt-panel - 2 Notifications on log-in: 2 shortcuts "cannot be registered"](https://pad.lv/1781511)
- [Calamares fails after external command (cannot remove non-existing file) in Lubuntu Cosmic](https://pad.lv/1780977)
- [Calamares fails in UEFI mode after external command in Lubuntu Cosmic](https://pad.lv/1781015)
- [Calamares fails after external command checking for UEFI mode in Lubuntu Cosmic](https://pad.lv/1780875)
## Want to help?
## Want to help?
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- Marcin Mikołajczak (Polish)
- Marcin Mikołajczak (Polish)
- Tony Cuesta Escobar (Catalan)
- Tony Cuesta Escobar (Catalan)
This week we have added Norwegian Bokmål! Thanks to Einar Mostad for translating.
Thank you for your valuable contributions!
Thank you for your valuable contributions!
## Spanish group
We have [a Lubuntu Spanish Telegram group](https://t.me/lubuntues) that has as many members as [our (English) Development group](https://t.me/lubuntudevel) at the time of writing!
This is a general-purpose Spanish-only Lubuntu group for enthusiasts and contributors alike. Feel free to join!
Thanks to [Wolfenprey](https://twitter.com/Wolfen48K), the newly-appointed head of the Lubuntu Spanish Team, for driving this!
# Roadmap
# Roadmap
You can find the Cosmic Cuttlefish release cycle [here](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CosmicCuttlefish/ReleaseSchedule).
You can find the Cosmic Cuttlefish release cycle [here](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CosmicCuttlefish/ReleaseSchedule).
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This section is for highlighting exceptional Lubuntu coverage since the last issue.
This section is for highlighting exceptional Lubuntu coverage since the last issue.
## English
- [Lubuntu 18.10 May Support 32-Bit PCs If There's Demand, Here's How You Can Help](https://news.softpedia.com/news/lubuntu-18-10-may-support-32-bit-pcs-if-there-s-demand-here-s-how-you-can-help-521998.shtml)
- [Lubuntu 18.10 May Support 32-Bit PCs If There's Demand, Here's How You Can Help](https://news.softpedia.com/news/lubuntu-18-10-may-support-32-bit-pcs-if-there-s-demand-here-s-how-you-can-help-521998.shtml)
- [Future Lubuntu Releases Won't Focus on Old PCs, Will Offer a Modular Linux OS](https://news.softpedia.com/news/future-lubuntu-releases-won-t-focus-on-old-pcs-will-offer-a-modular-linux-os-522141.shtml)
- [Ubuntu Linux-based Lubuntu no longer focusing on old hardware after move to LXQt](https://betanews.com/2018/07/30/ubuntu-linux-lubuntu-old-lxqt/)
- [Destination Linux EP81 - Canonical Fanboys (coverage starts at 26:24)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xlY0GQ-XvY)
## Spanish
- [Lubuntu cambia de rumbo: los “equipos obsoletos” ya no son el objetivo](https://www.muylinux.com/2018/07/30/lubuntu-cambia-rumbo/)
- [Lubuntu ya no será una distro para PCs antiguos](https://www.computekni.com/2018/08/lubuntu-ya-no-sera-una-distro-para-pcs.html)
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 other exceptional stories about Lubuntu? [Let us know](https://lubuntu.me/links/) and we'll be happy to include them here.
# Contact us
# Contact us
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Feel free to get in touch with us [here](https://lubuntu.me/links/) for support, and for press/marketing purposes or if you have a private inquiry, you can get in touch with Release Manager Simon Quigley [here](mailto:tsimonq2@lubuntu.me).
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