It has been a very busy 3 weeks here in Kubuntu!
Kubuntu 22.04.4 LTS has been released and can be downloaded from here: https://kubuntu.org/getkubuntu/
Work done for the upcoming 24.04 LTS release:
- Frameworks 5.115 is in proposed waiting for the Qt transition to complete.
- Debian merges for Plasma 5.27.10 are done, and I have confirmed there will be another bugfix release on March 6th.
- Applications 23.08.5 is being worked on right now.
- Added support for riscv64 hardware.
- Bug triaging and several fixes!
- I am working on Kubuntu branded Plasma-Welcome, Orca support and much more!
- Aaron and the Kfocus team has been doing some amazing work getting Calamares perfected for release! Thank you!
- Rick has been working hard on revamping kubuntu.org, stay tuned! Thank you!
- I have added several more apparmor profiles for packages affected by https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kgeotag/+bug/2046844
- I have aligned our meta package to adhere to https://community.kde.org/Distributions/Packaging_Recommendations and will continue to apply the rest of the fixes suggested there. Thanks for the tip Nate!
We have a branding contest! Please do enter, there are some exciting prizes https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-graphic-design-contest/
Debian:
I have uploaded to NEW the following packages:
- kde-inotify-survey
- plank-player
- aura-browser
I am currently working on:
- alligator
- xwaylandvideobridge
KDE Snaps:
KDE applications 23.08.5 have been uploaded to Candidate channel, testing help welcome. https://snapcraft.io/search?q=KDE I have also working on bug fixes, time allowing.
My continued employment depends on you, please consider a donation! https://kubuntu.org/donate/
Thank you for stopping by!
~Scarlett