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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 655 for the week of October 25 – 31, 2020. The full version of this issue is available here.
In this issue we cover:
- Hirsute Hippo is now open for development
- Call for nominations for the Local Communities Council
- Core Channel Operator Appointments, October 2020
- Ubuntu Stats
- Hot in Support
- LoCo Events
- Submitting for commit rights to cloud-init
- The Ubuntu pre debug team
- Canonical News
- In the Blogosphere
- Featured Audio and Video
- Meeting Reports
- Upcoming Meetings and Events
- Updates and Security for 16.04, 18.04, 20.04, and 20.10
- And much more!
The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter is brought to you by:
- Krytarik Raido
- Bashing-om
- Chris Guiver
- Wild Man
- And many others
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