About this episode

The episode discusses the new Ubuntu LTS release, Canonical's infrastructure issues, vulnerability disclosures, and the arrival of the Steam controller.

There’s a new Ubuntu LTS release and quite a lot is new, Canonical’s infrastructure was taken down and we disagree about whether it could have been avoided, two recent examples of irresponsible vulnerability disclosure, and the Steam controller finally arrives with a hefty price tag.   Plugs Piss up at The Shipwrights Arms (just next to London Bridge station) on Saturday 27th June from 6pm until late SeaGL 2026 Call for Presentations Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with some early episodes   News Canonical releases Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Resolute Raccoon Ubuntu 26.04 LTS: What’s New Since Ubuntu 24.04? An update on rust-coreutils Pro-Iran group turns Ubuntu DDoS into shakedown The most severe Linux threat to surface in years catches the world flat-footed Carrot disclosure: Forgejo and follow-up Steam Controller: The Ars Technica review                     See our contact page for ways to get in touch. RSS : Subscribe to the RSS feeds here

Topics covered

• Ubuntu LTS release
• vulnerability disclosure
• Steam controller
• Linux threats
• Canonical infrastructure

Keywords

• Ubuntu
• Canonical
• Linux
• vulnerability
• Steam controller
• DDoS
• Rust

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Canonical, Forgejo

Products: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Resolute Raccoon, rust-coreutils, Steam Controller

Places: London Bridge

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