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Ubuntu 23.04 “Lunar Lobster” Release Date Schedule

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The Ubuntu team has published an official release date of Ubuntu 23.01 Lunar Lobster. According to the team, Ubuntu 23.04 will be available for public testing on March 30th, 2023.

We are expecting to see Linux 6.2 kernel on Ubuntu 23.01 along with Mesa 23.0, GNOME 44 desktop, and PHP 8.2. Let’s have a look at Ubuntu 23.04 release date schedule.

Ubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster Release Schedule

Week Date (Thursday) 23.04 events
October 2022
1 October 27 Toolchain Uploaded
November 2022
2 November 03
3 November 10
4 November 17
5 November 24
December 2022
6 December 01
7 December 08
8 December 15
9 December 22
10 December 29 Ubuntu Testing Week (optional)
January 2023
11 January 05
12 January 12
13 January 19
14 January 26
February 2023
15 February 02
16 February 09
17 February 16
18 February 23 Feature Freeze 6, Debian Import Freeze
March 2023
19 March 02 Ubuntu Testing Week (optional)
20 March 09
21 March 16 User Interface Freeze
22 March 23 Documentation String Freeze, Kernel Feature Freeze 1
23 March 27 (Monday) Beta Freeze, Hardware Enablement Freeze
⠀ March 30 Beta (mandatory)
April 2023
24 April 06 Kernel Freeze 5, Non-Language Pack Translation Deadline
25 April 13 Final Freeze 1, Release Candidate, Language Pack Translation Deadline
26 April 20 Final Release 13

Liferea Feed Reader got first RC release for next 1.14 Stable series

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Liferea finally announced the first release candidate for the next stable release line 1.14. Here’s the new features and Ubuntu PPA packages.

Linux Feed Reader, Liferea in short, is a GTK3 new reader for Linux. It’s in the 1.13 pre-release series for more than 2 years, until released 1.14 RC1 few days ago.

The new release fixed an annoying bug that certain desktop environments or themes may make the pane invisible and hard to restore.

Now Liferea will never allow the panes to be smaller than 5% in height or width regarding to there orientation. If a pane is smaller than 5% height/width it will be set to 30% width or 50% height on startup.

Other changes in Liferea 1.14 rc1 include:

  • Supports gtk-application-prefer-dark-theme based dark mode switching.
  • Add search rule to find items from a given author.
  • Exported OPML feed lists are now UTF-8 encoded for better readability.
  • Render <media:description> field for Youtube feeds
  • Updated default feed sources from HTTP to HTTPS.
  • Add new “podcast” search folder rule.
  • Also add enclosures when saving items to file.

Liferea with GNOME style header bar

How to Install Lifera 1.4 RC1 in Ubuntu:

For Ubuntu based user prefer the classic .deb package, here’s the unofficial PPA contains the new packages for Ubuntu 20.04 and Ubuntu 22.04.

1. First, press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run command below to add the PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/apps

2. Next, either update the feed reader from an existing release via “Software Updater” or run command below to install it:

sudo apt install liferea

NOTE: Linux Mint user need to first run sudo apt update to refresh package cache manually.

NOTE: Liferea still shows v1.13.9 in about dialog for unknown reason. Unknown if it’s building issue or a software bug, and I’ve report it to the project page.

Uninstall:

For any issue, you may uninstall the PPA repository by running the command below in terminal:

sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/apps

And remove the Liferea news reader either via your system package manager or by running command below in terminal:

sudo apt remove --autoremove liferea liferea-data

The First Point Release, Ubuntu 22.04.1 is Available to Download

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The first point release of Ubuntu 22.04 is finally out! Users of Ubuntu 20.04 will receive notification to upgrade to the new LTS.

For users who are still running Ubuntu 20.04, the new LTS features Linux Kernel 5.15, GNOME 42 desktop with built-in 3-finger gestures, new screenshot UI, horizontal workspace view, and RDP remote desktop sharing, and more.

Changes in the new point release:

As usual, this point release includes many updates, high-impact bug-fixes with a focus on maintaining stability and compatibility.

The installation screen has been updated with new logo and appearance. The Ubuntu Studio 22.04 does not install issue when secure boot enabled, has been fixed by manually blacklist DKMS modules.

Besides upgrading from Ubuntu 20.04, it even supports for upgrading from Ubuntu 20.10 and Ubuntu 21.04 directly. Simply open terminal and try via do-release-upgrade -d command. See this bug for more.

For NVIDIA users, Ubuntu 22.04.1 now defaults to Wayland session for hybrid systems with Nvidia graphics drivers. For non-hybrid systems with Nvidia drivers, the classic Xorg will be default. Though, user can manually switch between Wayland and Xorg via gear button in login screen.

Other changes include:

  • new RISC-V platform support
  • Add support for VisionFive, Nezha and LicheeRV boards
  • Fix RDP Sharing on switch
  • Fix connecting to windows server over RDP
  • Add Intel DG2 support.
  • Add Xilinx ZCU111 board support
  • Add symlinks to enable StarFive boards AP6212 Wi-Fi module.
  • Add mic mute key support for HP Elite x360 series

And personally, screen flickering issue seems to be fixed in my cheap HP laptop. See full changes since Ubuntu 22.04 to 22.04.1.

Download Ubuntu 22.04.1

For those who are already running Ubuntu 22.04, just install regular updates via “Software Updater” will bring you to the new release. To verify, go to “About” page in settings.

To download the disc images, go to:

Download Ubuntu 22.04.1

For Ubuntu 20.04 users, just wait for the upgrade prompt. Or try running update-manager -c command in terminal after installing all available package updates.