A new version of the popular open source video editor Kdenlive is available. Kdenlive 24.05.2 is the second maintenance release in the 24.05 series, and it fixes bugs such as incorrect document save, audio track addition, rendering with aspect ratio change, compilation issues, timeline duration issues, Windows build without DBUS, and spacer tool crashes.
A new version of VSCodium has been released. VSCodium is VS Code without MS branding and telemetry. The new version is based on the most recent version of VSCode, which is 1.91.0
GloriousEggroll has announced the release of GE-Proton9-10, with changes including updating wine, wine-mono, dxvk, proton script, vkd3d-proton, and EAC fixes, enabling d8vk by default in dxvk files.
Quickemu 4.9.6 has been released, bringing more comprehensive testing to CI, updating manuals and rules to meet Community Standards, and fixing flakes in the Nix flake.
The built-in QEMU smb server now works, and the issue with killing running virtual machines with --kill has been resolved. Windows Server no longer requires a network connection after installation, Fedora Silverblue downloads are repaired, and automatic "push any key" for Windows installs is improved. Windows 8.1, Windows 10 LTSC, and Windows Server 2012 R2 are no longer supported, as is the ncurses dependency. The updates include a monkey patch for quickemu, samba for file sharing, and a default to the e1000 network device. The modifications include a rewrite to retrieve rounded integer RAM_HOST values, updating Nix flake consistency with the quickgui flake, and adding resolve_quickemu().
The built-in QEMU smb server now works, and the issue with killing running virtual machines with --kill has been resolved. Windows Server no longer requires a network connection after installation, Fedora Silverblue downloads are repaired, and automatic "push any key" for Windows installs is improved. Windows 8.1, Windows 10 LTSC, and Windows Server 2012 R2 are no longer supported, as is the ncurses dependency. The updates include a monkey patch for quickemu, samba for file sharing, and a default to the e1000 network device. The modifications include a rewrite to retrieve rounded integer RAM_HOST values, updating Nix flake consistency with the quickgui flake, and adding resolve_quickemu().
A new version of the FEX-EMU, which allows the execution of x86 and x86-64 binaries on an AArch64 host, has been released. The new version has support for AVX128, allowing games to run on Arm systems.
Eric Engestrom has announced the third bugfix update for Mesa 24.1.
The change log contains fixes for a variety of bugs, including miscompilations with INT32_MIN rules, cache marker refresh, and a null pointer in llvm_mod_to_spirv. Other enhancements include deleting extra nesting sections in ci/shader-db, removing extra nesting parts from debian-build-testing, and correcting per-quad spillage. Other modifications include deleting a block promoting non-CPU-mapped bos to coherent, removing assertion in xe_gem_create(), and ignoring invalid driver configurations.
The change log contains fixes for a variety of bugs, including miscompilations with INT32_MIN rules, cache marker refresh, and a null pointer in llvm_mod_to_spirv. Other enhancements include deleting extra nesting sections in ci/shader-db, removing extra nesting parts from debian-build-testing, and correcting per-quad spillage. Other modifications include deleting a block promoting non-CPU-mapped bos to coherent, removing assertion in xe_gem_create(), and ignoring invalid driver configurations.
The Apache Software Foundation has released Apache HTTP Server version 2.4.61. Apache 2.4.61 addresses a security problem involving source code exposure in handlers defined with AddType. This bug can cause PHP scripts to be served rather than interpreted, forcing users to upgrade.
A new version of PgBouncer, a lightweight PostgreSQL connection pooler, has been launched. PgBouncer 1.23.0 adds support for rolling restarts, user name maps for certificate and peer authentication methods, replication connections via PgBouncer, improvements to SHOW USERS output listing connections, and pool_size and server_lifetime configuration per database.
The minimum version requirement for c-ares has been raised to 1.9.0, and it now supports all address types in hba configuration. Additionally, dynamically created users can now be listed in the SHOW USERS output, and systemd restarts automatically. The update also resolves issues with large and partial startup packets.
The minimum version requirement for c-ares has been raised to 1.9.0, and it now supports all address types in hba configuration. Additionally, dynamically created users can now be listed in the SHOW USERS output, and systemd restarts automatically. The update also resolves issues with large and partial startup packets.
A new version of AM, an application manager for AppImage packages, has been released. AM 6.16 includes various changes, such as removing the "jq" dependence from installation scripts, modules, and the main CLI, using new installation scripts for AppImage packages, and installing launchers by default under /usr/local/share/applications. Furthermore, the "template.am" module now includes functions for managing applications from sourceforge.net.
Jakub Zelenka has announced the release of PHP 8.3.9. PHP 8.3.9 includes bug fixes for incompatible pointer type warnings, memory leaks in xml and dom, and memory leaks in PHP-FPM, GD, Intl, MySQLnd, Opcache, PDO ODBC, PHPDBG, Soap, Sodium, Standard, and Streams.
Sergey Panteleev announced the release of PHP 8.2.21. PHP 8.2.21 has solved numerous problems, including warnings about incompatible pointer types, crashes when stack walking in the destructor of surrendered items during Generator->throw(), and an incompatible function pointer type for fclose.
The core fixes bugs GH-14315, GH-12814, GH-14387, GH-14456, GH-14549, BCMatch, BCMatch, Curl, DOM, FPM, GD, Intl, MySQLnd, Opcache, ODBC, PHPDBG, Soap, Sodium, SPL, Standard, and Streams.
Saki Takamachi announced the first alpha version of PHP 8.4.0 for testing. PHP 8.4.0 Alpha 1 includes various enhancements to BCMath, Core, Curl, Date, DOM, FPM, FTP, GD, Gettext, Hash, IMAP, Intl, and IMAP. BCMath has been enhanced with the addition of bcfloor, bcceil, and bcround, while Core now includes zend_call_stack_get support for NetBSD, DragonFlyBSD, Solaris, and Haiku.
The CURLOPT_BINARYTRANSFER constant has been deprecated, and the required libcurl version has been updated to 7.61.0. Zend's call stack size has been fixed for macOS/arm64, and FreeBSD now supports Zend Max Execution Timers. Closure names have been updated to include the parent function's name, and the randomness of uploaded file names and tempnam() files has been improved.
The CURLOPT_BINARYTRANSFER constant has been deprecated, and the required libcurl version has been updated to 7.61.0. Zend's call stack size has been fixed for macOS/arm64, and FreeBSD now supports Zend Max Execution Timers. Closure names have been updated to include the parent function's name, and the randomness of uploaded file names and tempnam() files has been improved.
The pgAdmin Development Team has released pgAdmin 4, version 8.9, which includes 20 bug fixes and new features. Notable changes include: setting a theme based on OS theme preference, removing MUI makeStyles for React 18, addressing permissions issues on Debian and RHEL-8 platforms, resizable data editors not resizing beyond app window bounds, ensuring SSL certificates and identity files for server connections, fixing dark theme background issues, and addressing syntax highlighting issues. Builds for Windows and macOS are now available, as well as Python Wheel, Docker Container, RPM, DEB Package, and source code tarball.
The stable version of Apache HTTP Server 2.4.60 is now available following four release candidates. Apache HTTP Server 2.4.60 has been upgraded to address a number of security vulnerabilities. These include a potential SSRF in mod_rewrite, a crash resulting in denial of service in mod_proxy caused by a malicious request, a vulnerability in the core of Apache HTTP Server 2.4.59 and earlier, a vulnerability in mod_rewrite when the first segment of substitution matches the filesystem path, a weakness with encoded question marks in backreferences, and a proxy encoding issue. Users should upgrade to version 2.4.60 to address these vulnerabilities.
Darktable nightly build 20240701 allows you to test new features before they are officially released. It eliminates existing bugs and adds complex code, but stability may suffer. New versions may change the database structure, so use with a different library. AppImage is compatible with glibc 2.35 or later releases. The *.AppImage.zsync file includes technical data.
Another GE-Proton update has been released to address a small issue with winetricks.
GE-Proton9-8 has been released. The change log includes updates to wine, dxvk, vkd3ed-proton, and dxvk-nvapi, as well as modifications to the steam client and vrclient. Game quirk fixes, winetricks verbs, and pending patches for DXGI_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM and d2d_wic_render_target_init have also been added.
Wine Staging 9.12 has been released. The update log includes changes such as rebasing on Wine 9.12, using unixodbc instead of odbc32, updating vkd3d-latest, deleting Compiler_Warnings, updating cmd-launch-association, and disabling Compiler_Warnings.
Alexandre Julliard announced the release of Wine Development Release 9.12. This version adds support for user32 data structures in shared memory, updates the Mono engine to 9.2.0, rewrites the CMD.EXE engine, and addresses async I/O status in WoW64 mode.
OBS Studio 30.2 Release Candidate 1 has fixed a number of issues, including crashes with Hybrid MP4 and closing off OBS while a Multitrack Video stream is active. It also fixed issues with improper streaming audio tracks, invalid files, ambiguous NVENC AV1 4:4:4 errors, and video capture devices spamming the logs. It also introduced an error dialog for Multitrack Video, disabled Multitrack Video options on non-Windows platforms, and adjusted the UI based on user feedback.
Pipewire 1.2 is a new release that maintains API and ABI compatibility with prior versions.It contains substantial changes from the 1.0 release, such as asynchronous processing, the concept of node.sync-group, and improved configuration parsing failures. It also includes support for necessary information when negotiating buffer parameters, multiple data loops in the server and client, and CPU affinity and prioritization.
The UCM conflicting device patches, snapcast-discover module, and reworked peer linking and counters, as well as many GStreamer element updates and more fixes and improvements, can be changed at runtime using metadata, and log levels in the pulse server can be dynamically changed with a /core message.
PostgreSQL 17 Beta 2 is now available for download, including previews of all the features that will be accessible when the database is released to the general public.
The community encourages users to test the new features on their systems to eliminate bugs. Upgrading to PostgreSQL 17 Beta 2 requires a strategy similar to upgrading between major versions. Changes since Beta 1 include correctly enforcing the ON EMPTY clause, resolving an issue with pg_logical_slot_get_changes, and fixing a new data structure for vacuum-related data.
The community encourages users to test the new features on their systems to eliminate bugs. Upgrading to PostgreSQL 17 Beta 2 requires a strategy similar to upgrading between major versions. Changes since Beta 1 include correctly enforcing the ON EMPTY clause, resolving an issue with pg_logical_slot_get_changes, and fixing a new data structure for vacuum-related data.
The fourth release candidate for Apache Webserver 2.4.60 is now available for testing
AM 6.15.1 has been released. The new version offers various enhancements, including improved choices for showing installed programs, displaying script and executable binaries, and simplifying syntax in the "files.am" module. Other modifications include upgrading the AppImage typology, resolving bugs, and making the "/opt/am/remove" script POSIX compliant.
Another release candidate for Apache Webserver 2.4.60 is available for testing. Several changes have been made to version 2.4.60. These include fixing DNS requests and connections that were closed before the configured addressTTL was set, logging the real thread ID in Linux error logs, supporting zone/scope in IPv6 link-local addresses in Listen and VirtualHost directives, rejecting client-initiated renegotiation with a TLS alert, updating mime.types, fixing a regression that stopped default DH parameters for a key from being set, and updating rustls-ffi to v0.13.0.
AM 6.15 provides enhancements and bugfixes, such as enabling sandboxing for AppImages, allowing users to select whether ~/.local/bin is in their $PATH, and enhancing the LibreOffice installation process. It also supports upgrading "LibreOffice" via the "zsync" and "versions comparison" techniques. Other updates include adding "--disable-sandbox" to "AM"/"AppMan," resolving difficulties with "-i" or "install," and refining new templates for archives and AppImages.
Quickemu 4.9.5 is now released, with support for macOS and Asahi Linux. However, guest VMs on Apple Silicon will remain Intel-only. The package also contains the ability to start a VM without networking, end a current VM, and support for QEMU virtual USB audio devices. It also includes support for NixOS, Linux Mint, ArcoLinux, MX Linux, Deepin, Slint, ParrotSec, Bazzite, HoloISO, NetBSD, and FreeBSD.
The release candidate for Apache HTTP server 2.4.60 is now ready for testing. This update includes several changes, including fixing DNS requests and connections closed before configured addressTTL, logging real thread ID in error logs on Linux, supporting zone/scope in IPv6 link-local addresses in Listen and VirtualHost directives, rejecting client-initiated renegotiation with a TLS alert, updating mime.types, fixing a regression that caused default DH parameters for a key to no longer be set, and updating rustls-ffi to v0.13.0.
"AM" 6.14 provides more flexibility in sandbox permission selections. The command line now looks more like a "Flatseal" for AppImages, with additional XDG directories to choose from and better Bubblewrap compatibility for non-systemd systems. The project's goal is to expose the potential of AppImages, including their hidden aspects.
VKD3D-Proton 2.13 has been released. The update includes several improvements to the Shader Model 6.8 min-spec, including Vulkan texturing catch-up features, interop for OpenVR/OpenXR on Proton, and support for NULL index buffers. It also implements VK_MESA_image_alignment_control, which reduces memory bloat on AMD cards.
A new version of the AM application manager for AppImage is available. AM is an application manager that functions as an installer, updater, and AppImage manager and takes inspiration from AUR. It currently contains over 1900 AppImage packages and official standalone applications for GNU/Linux, which are derived from tar and zip archives.
Godot 4.3 beta 2 has been released. Godot 4.3 has introduced several new features, including audio playback support for Web exports, Android splash screen logic updates, Wayland implementation of IME support, and rendering support for enhanced barriers in D3D12. Other notable changes include fixing incorrect cull boundary for scaled and repeated Parallax2D children, fixing unstable AnimationTrackEditor snapping value, and reverting "Fix method name for custom callable" issues.
The second bugfix release for Mesa 24.1 is now available. The change log includes several updates and bug fixes for various components of the project.
A new version of the AM application manager for AppImage is now available. This release includes several improvements to AppImage sandboxing. Aisap, Bubblewrap's frontend, is used to create and administer sandboxes. AppImages now have a more consistent appearance with the system, include configuration files for system themes and user defaults, and have more control over the sandbox.
A new version of VSCodium has been released. VSCodium is VS Code without MS branding and telemetry. The new version is based on the most recent version of VSCode, which is 1.90.2.
Samba version 4.20.2 has been released. Since 4.20.1, the Samba project has received various improvements, including breaking case insensitivity with vfs_widelinks on DFS shares, creating Samba build difficulties, and causing out-of-bounds access with non-transitive comparison functions. The project has also updated./configure with new vendor name and patching revision argument options. Other issues include dynamic DNS updates with internal DNS, s4:nbt_server not handling unusual requests, and problems with winbindd, net ads join, and vfs_recycle.
The fourth beta of OBS Studio 30.2 is now available. The Beta 4 update addresses several issues in the software, including a warning message not being visible when changing Advanced settings, a submenu arrow indicator being too close to menu item text, Lua scripts not loading on Linux, issues with playing certain video files on Windows with NVIDIA GPUs, bandwidth test mode not working with Twitch Enhanced Broadcasting, Stream Audio Track setting not working correctly with Multitrack Video, and changing the default container in non-macOS OBS Beta builds from Fragmented MP4 to Hybrid MP4.
Jakub Zelenka has announced the release of the release candidate for PHP 8.3.9.
Sergey Panteleev has announced the release of the release candidate for PHP 8.2.21.
CloudNativePG versions 1.23.0, 1.22.3, and 1.21.5 are currently available. The latest patch releases address issues such as needless reloads, CPU use on gated instances, instance manager delay, autovacuum malfunction, and pgaudit.log_rows not working properly.
Darktable 4.8.0 is now available on Github. The latest update includes numerous key changes, such as a color equalizer module that controls hue/lightness/saturation based on color, two new image composition modules, and a toggle switch for darkroom mode.
Performance enhancements include quicker clustering code in map view for large collections, as well as the incorporation of collect module sorting into the module header. The "unrestricted" mode in Darktable's preferences resources has been deleted for safety reasons. Drawn masks can now accept and resize photos. Color label descriptions can be accessed by right-clicking on the icons. AI choices in the color calibration module were eliminated due to low quality. Importing in-place images into gvfs mounts on GNU/Linux is now possible.
Performance enhancements include quicker clustering code in map view for large collections, as well as the incorporation of collect module sorting into the module header. The "unrestricted" mode in Darktable's preferences resources has been deleted for safety reasons. Drawn masks can now accept and resize photos. Color label descriptions can be accessed by right-clicking on the icons. AI choices in the color calibration module were eliminated due to low quality. Importing in-place images into gvfs mounts on GNU/Linux is now possible.
A new version of the IceWM window manager has been released. The change log includes features like composing characters in the address bar, double-clicking for window maximizing, and restoring resized windows. It also addresses duplicate requests from GNOME, avoids invalid work areas, dispatches events to destroyed windows, and updates translations to Kazakh and Georgian.
Wine Staging v9.11, built on top of Wine's most recent development build, is now available.
Wine Staging is where you may try out new features that have not made it into the main development branch of winehq.org just yet. Developers will be able to review and refine their patches before merging them into the main branch, and users will have quicker access to these enhancements. Updates to odbccp32-SQLWritePrivateProfileStringW, oledb32-mode-property, vkd3d-latest, odbc-remove-unixodbc, and shell32-IconCache are included in the change log.
Wine Staging is where you may try out new features that have not made it into the main development branch of winehq.org just yet. Developers will be able to review and refine their patches before merging them into the main branch, and users will have quicker access to these enhancements. Updates to odbccp32-SQLWritePrivateProfileStringW, oledb32-mode-property, vkd3d-latest, odbc-remove-unixodbc, and shell32-IconCache are included in the change log.
Darktable nightly build 20240616 is available for testing. The nightly build enables users to test new features without having to wait for official releases. It eliminates existing bugs and adds complex code, but stability may suffer. New versions may alter database schemas, thus using a different library. AppImage is compatible with glibc 2.35 or later releases. The *.AppImage.zsync file includes technical data.
A new version of the AM application manager for AppImage is available. AM is an application manager that is inspired by AUR and serves as an AppImage manager, installer, and updater. It currently contains over 1800 AppImage packages and official standalone applications for GNU/Linux, which are derived from tar and zip archives.
The Wine development release 9.11 includes enhancements to C++ exception handling on ARM platforms, greater DPI Awareness support, and a number of bug fixes.
A new version of VSCodium has been released. VSCodium is VS Code without MS branding and telemetry. The new version is based on the most recent version of VSCode, which is 1.90.0.
The third beta of OBS Studio 30.2 is now available. The updated beta addresses a Windows crash while running OBS normally, as well as a memory leak issue.
A new version of the FEX-EMU, which allows the execution of x86 and x86-64 binaries on an AArch64 host, has been released. The latest FEX-2406 FEX release provides a number of optimizations and fixes. The new register allocator has been installed, which improves efficiency while eliminating poor design mistakes. The AFP extension and RPRES are now supported, allowing for increased scalar SSE performance.
32-bit OpenGL thunking has been implemented, which reduces CPU time spent in the video driver. Default TSO emulation options have been updated, allowing users to turn them off for free speed. Several problems have been resolved, including edge case behavior with the NOFOLLOW flag and behavior during optimization passes. ARM64EC improvements have been implemented, including integration with upstream WINE for ARM64EC support. The NVIDIA Orin CPU errata has been corrected, indicating a 9% discrepancy in clock speeds between the NVIDIA Orin and Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 platforms. The release is expected to increase performance and allow programs to function at nearly native speeds.
Proton 9.0-2 fixes multiple issues in a variety of titles, including Alpha League, Battlezone Gold Edition in VR mode, Black Desert Online, Freestyle Football R, Helldivers 2, Hero's Land, Iragon, SimCity 3000 Unlimited, and Warlords Battlecry III. It also added support for controllers via Xalia to the Clustertruck, Fallout 3, and Mutster launchers.
