Kubuntu @Kubuntu@mastodon.technology

Introductions! Kubuntu disappeared from Mastodon when Mastodon.rocks died. Good to be back. We provide the Plasma environment and KDE sorftware on an Ubuntu base. Friendly software!

Some bits of news about Linux on the desktop, from the #Kubuntu perspective: https://kubuntu.org/news/linux-on-the-desktop/

Aaaand here it is, #Kubuntu 20.10 Groovy Gorilla is out! Plasma 5.19.5 and KDE Applications 20.08 out of the box (so to speak).

https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-20-10-groovy-gorilla-released/

The 20.10 release is perilously close! You can help us test (or just peruse the status and find out about some fun other flavours of Ubuntu; did you know there's a Raspberry Pi desktop image now?) over at http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/418/builds on the Ubuntu QA site.

Nice to see the pre-installed Linux laptop world expanding; admittedly, we're not exactly impartial ;)

https://kfocus.org/

Oh hey that's us! https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Kubuntu-Focus-M2-Laptop

The #Kubuntu Council and Community would like to thank #Linode for once again renewing their sponsorship of Kubuntu by providing us with another year’s usage of a VPS instance 🙂

https://kubuntu.org/news/linode-renews-kubuntu-vps-sponsorship/

For those cautiously sticking to #Kubuntu 18.04, our previous Long-Term Support release: 18.04.5 is out now! More a matter of semantics if you've got an existing install, as there's nothing you need to do then other than apply updates as usual, but for fresh installs (although of course we recommend 20.04 for maximum freshness!) you'll now see 18.04.5 images are available to download. https://kubuntu.org/getkubuntu/

#Kubuntu 20.04.1 has been released! If you were waiting on the first point release before upgrading to our current Long-Term Support version, now's the time :) Users on 18.04 should see upgrade notifications soon™.

https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-20-04-1-has-been-released-today-featuring-the-beautiful-kde-plasma-5-18-lts/

Time marches on; Kubuntu 19.10 has reached the end of its life. Best to upgrade to 20.04 (a Long-Term Support release!) now if you haven't already. If you can't update quite yet, don't worry, it will still be possible even once the packages are archived. See https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-19-10-eoan-ermine-reaches-end-of-life/ for more details.

Are you running the development release of Kubuntu Groovy Gorilla 20.10, or wanting to try the daily live ISO?

Plasma 5.19 has now landed in 20.10 and is available for testing!

https://kubuntu.org/news/plasma-5-19-testing-in-groovy-gorrila/

Anyone have strong opinions, or good suggestions, on CI systems? Do let us know! https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kubuntu-devel/2020-May/011840.html

*Taps mic* Is this thing on? Ah, good. Past time to mention, #Kubuntu 20.04 is available! Featuring #Plasma 5.18, #KDE Applications 19.12.3, and other hardy components for our LTS release.

https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-20-04-lts-has-been-released/

Looking for something to do while social distancing? #Kubuntu and our fellow #Ubuntu flavors (or flavours if you prefer ;)) are gearing up for the big 20.04 LTS release, with the freeze for the Beta on April 2nd, and release aimed at April 23rd. Join us in testing to make sure this release is as rock-solid as possible!

https://kubuntu.org/news/testing-for-the-beta-help-needed/

"Kubuntu 19.10 ships out of the box with a first class and fully featured tablet configuration panel, including the possibility to setup all buttons (eg. modifier on stylus button as 'Ctrl'), add profiles and switch between them, mapping to custom area and support of multi monitors switch and calibration for pen-display!"

https://www.davidrevoy.com/article761/kubuntu-linux-19-10-for-a-digital-painting-workstation-reasons-and-install-guide

#KDE #Plasma 5.18.3 available as we speak in the Kubuntu Backports PPA: https://launchpad.net/~kubuntu-ppa/+archive/ubuntu/backports

For further info see the KDE announcement for 5.18.3: https://kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.18.3