Hi Unity Users! This week’s digest includes some important announcements that you won’t want to miss.
ANNOUNCEMENTS 📢
🚨 FOURTH REMINDER: Ubuntu 24.04 Update on October 22, 2024
We are less than a week from the upcoming OS update on October 22, 2024. This will be a significant and critical operating system update to Unity. All Unity servers will move from the current operating system, Ubuntu 20.04, to the current LTS version, Ubuntu 24.04. This update is necessary for Unity’s continued maintenance and security.
This means that on 10/22, we will take Unity offline to perform the update. In addition, we’re making significant updates to our research software module stack.
You can access 24.04 nodes with --reservation=os-testing. Find more information on how to prepare your workloads on the Ubuntu update news page. For real-time discussion about changes regarding the OS release, join the #os-upgrade-24-04 channel in our Unity User Community Slack.
💡Extended Office Hours
Due to the upcoming OS upgrade, we are offering the following extended office hours:
| Date | Time |
|---|---|
| Tuesday 10/15 | 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM |
| Wednesday 10/16 | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM |
| Wednesday 10/23 | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM |
| Thursday 10/24 | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM |
| Friday 10/25 | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM |
| Monday 10/28 | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM |
| Tuesday 10/29 | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM |
| Wednesday 10/30 | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM |
| Thursday 10/31 | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM |
| Friday 11/1 | 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM |
📥 Unity Software Request Form
We are working on a significant overhaul for our Ubuntu 24.04 module collection. If you notice your software is missing, please use this request form: https://umassamherst.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8BUNWRPu7g9EOzA
🗓️ Attend Fall Workshops from the University of Rhode Island AI Lab
The University of Rhode Island’s Artificial Intelligence (URI AI) Lab invites the Unity community to attend their data and computational science-focused workshops. Learn more on the news page.