# Linux Action News 179 URL: /show/linux-action-news/179/ > Canonical reveals long-term Ubuntu plans that you might have missed, and the "double ungood" warning from Linus this week. - Show: [Linux Action News](/show/linux-action-news/) - Episode: 179 - Date: 2021-03-07 - Hosts: chris, wes - Duration: 00:29:41 - Audio: https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/dec90738-e640-45e5-b375-4573052f4bf4/faac75bc-f7b9-4211-99aa-7d29ec8b2cdf.mp3 - YouTube: https://youtu.be/edxiHZZ98CQ Sponsors: - [Linode](/sponsors/linode.com-lan/index.md): Sign up using the link on this page and receive a $100 60-day credit towards your new account. - [Ting](/sponsors/ting.com-lan/index.md): Save $25 off your first device, or $25 in service credit if you bring one! ### Episode Links * [Canonical: Flutter Is The Default Choice For Future Ubuntu Apps](https://fossbytes.com/canonical-flutter-is-the-default-choice-for-future-ubuntu-apps/ "Canonical: Flutter Is The Default Choice For Future Ubuntu Apps") — Along with the new installer, Ken Vandine, Engineering Manager, Ubuntu Desktop, Canonical revealed that the out-of-the-box experience for devices preloaded with Ubuntu will also be powered by Flutter. * [Ubuntu on Twitter](https://twitter.com/ubuntu/status/1367063203600031746 "Ubuntu on Twitter") — Flutter is the default choice for future Ubuntu apps. @kenvandine, Engineering Manager, is here to tell you about some of Canonical’s contributions to Flutter at #FlutterEngage. * [Getting started with Flutter on Ubuntu](https://ubuntu.com/blog/getting-started-with-flutter-on-ubuntu "Getting started with Flutter on Ubuntu") * [Version 2 of Google’s Flutter toolkit adds support for desktop and web apps](https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/03/version-2-of-googles-flutter-toolkit-adds-support-for-desktop-and-web-apps/ "Version 2 of Google’s Flutter toolkit adds support for desktop and web apps") * [The Linode network model](https://www.linode.com/blog/networking/diversity-flexibility-and-linux-prioritizing-generous-transfer "The Linode network model") — As we worked on expanding our global network, three things were non-negotiable: maintaining vendor diversity, balancing flexibility and control, and incorporating Linux starting at the network level as much as possible. * [Chrome (Chromium) release cycle shortened to 4 weeks, Chrome(ium) gets “Extended Stable” release every 8 weeks](https://blog.chromium.org/2021/03/speeding-up-release-cycle.html "Chrome \(Chromium\) release cycle shortened to 4 weeks, Chrome\(ium\) gets “Extended Stable” release every 8 weeks") — We are excited to announce that Chrome is planning to move to releasing a new milestone every 4 weeks, starting with Chrome 94 in Q3 of 2021. * [Chrome Moving To A 4-Week Release Cycle](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Chrome-4-Week-Releases "Chrome Moving To A 4-Week Release Cycle") * [(2019) Mozilla Shifting Firefox To A Four-Week Release Cycle](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Firefox-Four-Week-Release-Cycle "\(2019\) Mozilla Shifting Firefox To A Four-Week Release Cycle") * [Linux Mint may start pushing high-priority patches to users](https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-mint-may-start-pushing-high-priority-patches-to-users/ "Linux Mint may start pushing high-priority patches to users") — Besides looking for available updates, the Manager will also track cases where updates are overlooked. This will include metrics on when updates were last applied; when were packages last upgraded; and how many days have passed since a particular update was made available. * [Linux Mint Finds Many Of Its Users Are Running Behind On Security Updates](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-Mint-Security-EOL "Linux Mint Finds Many Of Its Users Are Running Behind On Security Updates") * [Linux Mint emits fix for memory-gobbling Cinnamon](https://www.theregister.com/2021/03/02/linux_mint_fix_for_memorygobbling/ "Linux Mint emits fix for memory-gobbling Cinnamon") * [Update your computer! – The Linux Mint Blog](https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4030 "Update your computer! – The Linux Mint Blog") * [A warning about 5.12-rc1](https://lwn.net/Articles/848265/ "A warning about 5.12-rc1") — This merge window, we had a very innocuous code cleanup and simplification that raised no red flags at all, but had a subtle and very nasty bug in it: swap files stopped working right. And they stopped working in a particularly bad way: the offset of the start of the swap file was lost. Swapping still happened, but it happened to the wrong part of the filesystem, with the obvious catastrophic end results. * [That Linux 5.12 Severe Data Corruption Bug Hits Intel CI Systems - Issue Caused By Swap File](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.12-Swapfile-Corrupt "That Linux 5.12 Severe Data Corruption Bug Hits Intel CI Systems - Issue Caused By Swap File") * [Watch Out For Possible Data Loss On Early Linux 5.12 Kernels](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.12-Early-Buggy-Issue "Watch Out For Possible Data Loss On Early Linux 5.12 Kernels") * [Save the Date! | Container Plumbing Days](https://containerplumbing.org/ "Save the Date! | Container Plumbing Days") — The Container Plumbing Days will be a 2-day event to investigate, discuss, hack, learn, and celebrate the “lower-level” open source container technologies, everything from the container runtime on down to the Linux kernel.