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UWN Issue 936 March 15-21 2026.

Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 936 for the week of March 15 - 21, 2026.
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What we are working
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Snapd - Local Privilege Escalation (CVE-2026-3888)
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New Developer: Ural Tunaboyu
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  • +1 Maintenance Report X2
  • UbuCon Asia 2026 Team meeting 2026-03-11 13:30 UTC
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    InstallFest 2026 in Prague
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    What do you need from Mir in 26.10 or beyond?
    Retiring the ISO Tracker! Introducing tests.ubuntu.com for 26.04 LTS
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    Elizabeth K. Joseph: SCaLE 23x
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    Ubuntu 26.04’s new folder icons are here
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  • Meet Canonical at NVIDIA GTC 2026:
  • Canonical announces it will distribute NVIDIA DOCA-OFED in Ubuntu
  • Building a dry-run mode for the OpenTelemetry Collector
  • Canonical collaborates with Microsoft to strengthen enterprise-grade Linux protection

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The Evolution of Ubuntu Single Sign On
GNOME 50 “Tokyo” Desktop Environment Officially Released, This Is What’s New
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Brings GNOME 50, Visual Refresh, and Performance Boosts
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  • Arduino Ventuno Q Brings Ubuntu-Powered Edge AI
  • First Distribution appointed as first Canonical distributor in Africa
  • Qualcomm, Qt Group Partner to Develop AI Devices
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General Community News

Snapd - Local Privilege Escalation (CVE-2026-3888)

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/snapd-local-privilege-escalation-cve-2026-3888/78627

Welcome New Members and Developers

Congratulations to this contributor!

Ubuntu Stats

Bug Stats

  • Open: # (+/-#)
  • Critical: # (+/-#)
  • Unconfirmed: # (+/-#)

As always, the Bug Squad needs more help. If you want to get started, please see: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad

Translations

Hot in Support

Ubuntu Community Discourse Trending Top 5 Threads

Find more support at: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/c/support-and-help/306

Ask Ubuntu Top 5 Questions

Ask (and answer!) questions at: https://askubuntu.com/

Meeting Reports

Team leads are responsible to summarize
Otherwise will be demoted to the “Other Meeting Reports” section as bulleted

Rocks Public Journal; 2024-XX-XX

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/rocks-public-journal-2024-08-27/47542/4

Starcraft Clinic - XXXX

https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/starcraft-clinic-2024-aug-16/41427/4?u=soumyadghosh

Other Meeting Reports

Upcoming Meetings and Events

Times shown are UTC unless otherwise specified. For more details and further dates please visit: https://ubuntu.com/community | https://discourse.ubuntu.com/upcoming-events

Ubuntu Circles! (LoCo) News

InstallFest 2026 in Prague

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/installfest-2026-in-prague/78654

Ubuntu Circles! (LoCo) Events

The following LoCo team events are currently scheduled in the next two weeks:

Looking beyond the next two weeks? Visit the respective Circles!/LoCo Team calendar to browse upcoming events.

Please also see:

The Hub

What do you need from Mir in 26.10 or beyond?

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/what-do-you-need-from-mir-in-26-10-or-beyond/78577

Retiring the ISO Tracker! Introducing tests.ubuntu.com for 26.04 LTS

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/retiring-the-iso-tracker-introducing-tests-ubuntu-com-for-26-04-lts/78683/

The Planet

Other Community News

Elizabeth K. Joseph: SCaLE 23x

https://princessleia.com/journal/2026/03/scale-23x/

What Say You

Here we elicit your adventures, your trials and how you triumphed; your desktop, why it is your preference; have you made a bug report, tell the experience; coding or other development works worth the comment; tips - tricks and other neat things you have discovered … many other subjects too…

Ubuntu Cloud News

Canonical News

In the Press

In the Blogosphere

Ubuntu 26.04’s new folder icons are here – and you’re going to have opinions…

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/ubuntu-2604-new-folder-icons

GNOME 50 “Tokyo” Desktop Environment Officially Released, This Is What’s New

https://9to5linux.com/gnome-50-tokyo-desktop-environment-officially-released-this-is-whats-new

Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Brings GNOME 50, Visual Refresh, and Performance Boosts

https://www.ubuntupit.com/ubuntu-26-04-lts-brings-gnome-50-visual-refresh-and-performance-boosts/

In Other News

The Evolution of Ubuntu Single Sign On

https://securityboulevard.com/2026/03/cryptographic-agility-in-mcp-resource-server-orchestration/

Other Articles of Interest

Featured Audio and Video

Portugal Podcast: Episode 27x - whatever the topic

https://podcastubuntuportugal.org/e272/

Updates and Security for Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04, and 25.10

Security Updates

Ubuntu 22.04 Updates

End of Standard Support: April 2027

Ubuntu 24.04 Updates

End of standard support: April 2029

Ubuntu 25.10 Updates

End of Life: July 2026

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Conclusion

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