Wine Staging 9.20 has been released as a testing area for winehq.org, featuring bug fixes and enhancements that have not yet been incorporated into the development branch. Updates consist of a rebase with Wine 9.20, modifications to the patchset, and the removal of gdi32-rotation.
The Wine development release 9.20 features a Bundled Capstone library for disassembly in WineDbg, additional formats in D3DX9, static analysis, and JUnit test reports in Gitlab CI, enhanced support for network sessions in DirectPlay, along with various bug fixes. The update addresses 15 issues, including the failure of Victoria 2 (Steam) to launch with Wine-Mono, crashes occurring when initiating new games, and problems related to Helicon Focus 8.2.0 and WMA Lossless audio.
Darktable 4.7 nightly build 20241019 serves as a testing version for evaluating new features prior to official releases. The update addresses previous bugs and incorporates intricate code; however, this may impact overall stability.
New versions may alter the database schema; therefore, it is advisable to utilize a separate library. The AppImage package is designed to be compatible with distributions that utilize glibc version 2.35 or higher. The Windows package necessitates Windows with UCRT, whereas macOS mandates macOS 13.5 or 14.0. Contribute to the enhancement of Darktable by reporting any issues encountered.
A new version of the audio workstation software Ardour has been released. The updated version resolves performance concerns associated with disk input/output thread scheduling, updates the naming of SMF imports, and corrects content-slipping regions. The release includes updates to non-default color themes, a new MIDI binding map for the M-Audio Axiom 49 MkII, and a Lua script intended for duplicating grid regions. Ardour 8.10 represents the concluding release of the 8.x series, while the git repository is presently at 9.0-pre0.
Samba 4.19.9 has been released and represents the most recent stable version within the Samba 4.19 release series. Recent updates since version 4.19.8 address performance issues related to indexes, enhancements in DH reconnect error handling, and corrections to inaccuracies.
The bugfix release 24.2.5 of Mesa is now available. The upcoming release is scheduled for two weeks now, on October 30th. The change logs encompass the addition of missing headers to the Android platform, the disabling of EXT BDA capture and replay, the correction of typos in the IOCTL call, enhancements to the split sampler check, and the resolution of out-of-bounds write issues when invalidating QP map regions.
The release of "AM" Application Manager 8.4 introduces improvements to the -b or backup option, allowing for customization of snapshot names. Users have the option to select ENTER for a traditional mix of date and time, "1" for the snapshot version, or input a name utilizing the "_" character.
A verification check has been implemented to determine if a directory with the same name already exists. The snapshots have been enhanced for improved user accessibility, and the -o or overwrite option is available for overwriting the snapshot. The -b option enables users to create multiple snapshots and switch between them as required.
GloriousEggroll has announced the release of GE-Proton9-16, featuring multiple updates to the game engine. This encompasses the importation of upstream makefiles, modifications to proton, adjustments to steam_helper, updates to vkd3d-shader, and the upgrade of wine to the latest bleeding edge version.
The proton updates address a problem with game_titles not being retrieved accurately for UMU, enabling users to install or import games beyond the prefix with greater ease. The newly integrated drives into the prefix are expected to resolve this issue, enabling users to access their mount locations or existing game folders for installation or importing purposes. Support for modifications in various Bethesda games has been introduced, along with protonfixes for Metal Gear Solid 2, Kingdom Hearts HD Remix, Gothic Playable Teaser, and Star Citizen.
VirtualBox 7.1.4 is a maintenance release featuring various fixes and enhancements. The latest NLS update encompasses Turkish, Indonesian, and Italian languages, addresses improved screen update issues with recent Linux kernels, resolves problems with restoring saved states, corrects system DLL size checking, introduces initial support for kernel 6.12, enables automatic upgrade of Guest Additions through the Devices menu, and reinstates broken network boot support.
The Bottles 51.15 release contains a redesigned Windows version switching system that uses the classic wine configuration tool to ensure consistent behavior and registry key settings.
Samba 4.21.1 is the latest stable version in the Samba 4.21 series. Changes since 4.21.0 include error handling for DH reconnects, stale sharemode entries, and FreeIPA domain member integration difficulties. Other issues include missing conversions for msDS-UserTGTLifetime, msDS-ComputerTGTLifetime, and msDS-ServiceTGTLifetime when running "samba-tool domain auth policy modify". Other concerns include irpc_destructor crashes after shutdown, DH reconnect errors, and the use of incorrect secrets.
"AM" Application-Manager 8.3.2 has been released, with updates such as new apps and a check and warning for restricted access to user namespaces.
A new major version of Inkscape, a powerful open source vector design tool, is now available for download. This version includes new and improved features that enhance customization and accessibility.
The Filter Gallery dialog serves as a new access point for users, providing previews and search functionalities for filters. Modular grids have been implemented, enabling users to modify grid parameters independently. The Swatches dialog has undergone a redesign, now incorporating a drop-down menu that showcases previews of color palettes. The SVG Font Editor is now accessible for users interested in font customization. A unified font browser preview is currently under testing, enabling users to view visual previews for fonts. On-canvas handles can now be tailored according to size, color, stroke width, outline, and opacity. The Shape Builder tool facilitates efficient modifications on raster images, and the Object Properties dialog has been consolidated into a single interface. Updates for Import & Export are now available, enabling users to incorporate links within PDF documents and access Affinity Designer files.
VSCodium 1.94.2.24286 has been released, which includes an update to VScode version 1.94.2 and a fix to read the user's product.json.
Bottles 51.14 has been released, with new features including a "Native" Force Stop all Processes option, Win11 compatibility, support for personal repositories, updates to the GNOME runtime and Wine base, translations, a Pre-Run script, corrections for bottles with varied names and directories, and HyperBit SRLs as a sponsor.
VSCodium 1.94.2.24284 has been released to update vscode to 1.94.2.
AM-Application-Manager 8.3.1 has been released to resolve issues with AppImageLauncher, a command-line application that may generate errors when attempting to run an AppImage from the command line. A system daemon that may have altered other files during the installation is the problem's root cause. To prevent issues with AM/AppMan and other AppImages helpers, use AppImageLauncher's standalone AppImage, which may also be installed using "AM". The daemons in question are appimagelauncherd and appimaged, which may add new launchers to the menus and cause issues with the "AM"/"AppMan" updating mechanism.
VSCodium 1.94.1.24283 has been released, with changes such as updating vscode to 1.94.1, adding basedpyright to the alternative extension list, and manually specifying the correct commit ID.
Ardour 8.8 has problems with sporadic crashes and disregarded MIDI notes. Ardour 8.9 addressed these difficulties and restored the nightly website, allowing customers to download the app as usual.
PHP 8.3.13 RC1 has been released with several fixes and improvements. These include fixes for calendar, jdtounix overflow, easter_days/easter_date overflow, jddayofweek overflow, jewishtojd overflow, CLI, core, DOM, JSON, GD, LDAP, MBString, OpenSSL, PCRE, PHPDBG, Reflection, SAPI, SimpleXML, SOAP, SPL, Standard, TSRM, and Windows.
VSCodium 1.94.0.24282 has been released, which brings VScode to 1.94.0. Changes include the proper build of PR to produce assets and the removal of an extraneous hook for reh.
PHP-8.4.0RC2 has several bug fixes and improvements. BcMath has seen performance improvements, including bcpow() and ext/bcmath. XML serializer errors have been fixed, and MBString has been updated to Unicode 16.0. Opcache has fixed issues with dasm_x86.h and opcache_jit_blacklist(). PHPDBG has fixed issues with ifuncs, PCRE has been fixed, and PDO_PGSQL has fixed issues with PQclosePrepared. Reflection has added missing ReflectionProperty::hasHook[s]() methods, SimpleXML has fixed issues with spl_fixedarray. SOAP has fixed bugs with stream context HTTP headers in array form, and TSRM prevents the closing of unrelated handles. Windows has been fixed, and Zip has added ZipArchive::ER_TRUNCATED_ZIP in libzip 1.11.
PHP-8.2.25RC1 has been released with several fixes and improvements. These include fixes for calendar, jdtounix overflow, easter_days/easter_date overflow, jddayofweek overflow, jewishtojd overflow, CLI, core, date, DOM, GD, LDAP, MBString, OpenSSL, PCRE, PHPDBG, Reflection, SAPI, SimpleXML, sockets, SOAP, streams, TSRM, and XML.
FEX-2410, a tool for executing x86 and x86-64 binaries on an AArch64 host, has been released. This is a slower release as developers gear up for the X.Org Developer's Conference 2024 and the GStreamer Conference 2024. ARM64EC modifications were made to fix AVX problems related to state saving and restoring while running under Wine, as well as to dynamically determine Windows syscall numbers under WINE. The call checker also helped to resolve difficulties caused by applications hooking function calls too early utilizing the Win32 APIs.
VSCodium 1.94.0.24281 updates VScode to 1.94.0, fixes arm64 and aarch64 bugs, and updates patches and the build process.
Wine Staging serves as a playground for trying out new and exciting features that haven't made their way into the main development branch of Wine. It's all about making things faster and giving developers a chance to collaborate and enhance their patches before they become part of the main branch.
The change log for Wine Staging 9.19 includes a rebase against Wine 9.19 and some updates to the vkd3d-latest patchset.
The change log for Wine Staging 9.19 includes a rebase against Wine 9.19 and some updates to the vkd3d-latest patchset.
The latest development release of Wine features updates to the Unicode 16.0.0 character tables, enhanced window alignment in the Wayland driver, increased support for network sessions in DirectPlay, plug-and-play device change notifications, and a number of bug fixes. The update addresses 11 defects, including Songr 1 installation difficulties, Malus crashes, WordSmith 9.0 error messages, Death to Spies, Quicken WillMaker Plus 2007 requirements, and OpenGL renderer issues.
OBS Studio 31.0.0 Beta 1 is now available, with new features like NVIDIA Blur Filter and Background Blur, preview scrollbars, v210 format support for AJA device capture, Amazon IVS service integration, QSV AV1 Screen Content Coding, and first-party YouTube Chat.
Changes include updating the browser source/docks CEF to version 127 (6533) on all platforms, changing scene items to use relative coordinates, splitting NVIDIA audio effects from noise suppression, changing the Image Slideshow's Playback Mode property from radio buttons to a dropdown, disabling the built-in Automatic Scene Switcher when using Wayland on Linux, improving error messages for macOS Virtual Camera, and changing display and window capture on Windows and Linux. The NVENC implementation has been refactored with several improvements, and new functionality from previous SDKs are now supported. Bug fixes include two Linux crashes with the QSV encoder, a race problem with multitrack video output reconnect, MP4 muxer deadlocks, potential memory failures, buffer overruns during UTF-8 text conversion, and audio clipping indicator issues.
Mesa bugfix release 24.2.4 is now available, with the next release coming in two weeks on October 16th. The Change logs include fixes for quad group helper invocation masking, llvmpipe, nvk, nir_op_pack_uvec4_to_uint, caio oliveira, vulkan/video, radv/video, virgl, zink, radv/video/enc, mad.x24, freedreno/ir3, radeonsi/vcn, frontends/va, AV1 packed header parsing, and more.
Godot 4.4 dev 3 has been released, with more than 330 commits merged in recent weeks. The release includes bug patches that will be backported to Godot 4.3 and released as 4.3.1. It is pre-release software, therefore, make frequent backups or use a version control system like Git. Users can try out the Web, XR, and Android editors, as well as join the Android editor testing group to gain access to pre-release releases.
GloriousEggroll has released GE-Proton9-15, a hotfix release that fixes video playback issues, NVIDIA card stuttering, black textures, and xalia issues, and removes a deprecated workaround.
Darktable 4.9.0 Nightly Build 20240929 has been released, enabling users to test new features prior to their official release. It resolves outdated flaws and implements intricate code; however, stability may be compromised. The database schema may be altered in newer versions; therefore, it is recommended to utilize a distinct library. AppImage is compatible with distributions that utilize glibc version 2.35 or higher. UCRT (Universal C Runtime) is necessary for Windows, while macOS 13.5 or 14.0 is required for macOS.
VirtualBox 7.1.2 is an updated version that includes various fixes and new features. Among these, you can find translation and multiple window layout changes, an option to enable remote display security, and the BETA label removed from the macOS/Arm UI. Windows host speed concerns, 3D acceleration, API loading issues, guest additions, SDK development code, and DHCP are among the other changes.
ROCm 6.2.2 has been released, with just minor changes between versions. The release notes list the compatibility matrix for each ROCm release, which contains a fix for the Instinct MI300X error recovery failure. This modification guarantees that error recovery works as expected, preserving system stability and increasing the reliability of AMD Instinct MI300X accelerators in uncorrectable fault circumstances.
AM-Application-Manager 8.3 has been released and makes a substantial modification by adding support for "torsocks" as an optional dependency. This enables users to utilize most apps securely with Tor, including processing DNS requests and rejecting communication other than TCP. The new functionality enables endless updates and installations, allowing users to achieve super-fast connections and circumvent API access restrictions.
The new feature also supports the parameters -u or update, -i or install, -e or extra, and -ia or install-appimage. Users can install "torsocks" by searching for it in the system package management. Since the previous version, the database has grown by 140 new products to install, comprising 2400 distinct apps and 346 standalone/portable packages.
The PHP 8.1.30 security update fixes issues with CGI, FPM, and SAPI. It gets rid of CVE-2024-4577, fixes problems with cgi.force_redirect configuration, stops children from changing logs, and fixes issues with processing multipart form data.
PostgreSQL 17 has been released. It enhances performance and scalability while responding to changing data access and storage patterns. The update features major overall performance enhancements, such as an overhauled memory management system for vacuum, storage access optimizations, improvements for high concurrency workloads, bulk loading and export speedups, and index query execution improvements.
The DXVK DirectX to Vulcan translation layer has been upgraded to version 2.4.1, which addresses a number of issues and enhancements.
Memory chunk sizes are now dynamically set based on the application's memory allocation, which improves out-of-the-box functionality in game launchers. The Vulkan swap chain issue was resolved, as were the descriptor pools. The default shader code generation for DXBC crazy instructions has been altered to address flickering issues in games with multiple vertex shaders. The D3D8 implementation was modified to handle errors and fix memory leaks. Optimizing vertex buffer uploads improved performance marginally. Some games utilizing software vertex processing were also improved.
The MariaDB Foundation announced MariaDB 11.7.0, a preview of the MariaDB 11.7 series, which includes new features such as methods for generating UUID versions 4 and 7, near-instant binlogging of big transactions, faster crash recovery, cost-based subquery optimization strategy selection, and additional GIS functions.
The release also allows you to change system-versioned tables, return ROW values from stored functions, explicitly name columns in derived tables, and use arbitrary key/value pairs with the CREATE SERVER statement. The update also addresses issues with Daylight Saving Time adjustments and includes MariaDB Vector Search.
PHP 8.4's first release candidate has been released and features enhancements to BcMath, DOM, MBString, Opcache, PHPDBG, PCRE, PDO_PGSQL, SimpleXML, SOAP, SPL, Standard, TSRM, Windows, and ZIP. BcMath's speed has improved, while ext/bcmath has solved scale overflow and included bcdivmod.
Debugging has been corrected, as have DOM properties. MBString has been upgraded to Unicode 16.0. PHPDBG has resolved issues with PCRE, PDO_PGSQL, and PQclosePrepare. Reflection has added the missing ReflectionProperty::hasHook[s]() methods are now fixed, SimpleXML has segmentation errors fixed, SOAP has issues solved, and TSRM prevents unrelated handles from being closed. Windows has been addressed, and Zip has added ZipArchive::ER_TRUNCATED_ZIP to libzip 1.11.
PHP 8.3.12 has been released, with bug fixes for CGI, core, DOM, fileinfo, FPM, MySQLnd, Opcache, SAPI, standard, and streams. The update includes fixes for parameter injection vulnerabilities, configuration problems, CRC32 API build errors, uninitialized lineno, curl_multi_select overflow, segmentation faults, fileinfo, FPM, MySQLnd, Opcache, SAPI, standard, and streams. The improvements address issues such as MSan false-positive, configure errors, CRC32 API build errors, uninitialized lineno, curl_multi_select overflow, DOM, fileinfo, FPM, MySQLnd, Opcache, SAPI, standard, and streams.
PHP 8.2.24 has been released, with bug fixes for CGI, Core, Curl, DOM, Fileinfo, FPM, MySQLnd, Opcache, SAPI, SOAP, Standard, and Streams.
OWASP CRS v4.7.0 is a collection of attack detection rules that are designed to be compatible with ModSecurity or other web application firewalls. The latest version includes new features such as the addition of sendgrid.env to restricted files, modifying the regex to match multiple whitespaces, updating XSS detection, and code refactoring.
GloriousEggroll has released GE-Proton9-14, packed with fixes for a bunch of problems, including a workaround for God of War Ragnarok SteamDeck=1, a libcuda nvidia fix for Star Citizen, a Plain Site fix, a Worms: Blast fix, and an Elden Ring fix.
The pgAdmin Development Team has released pgAdmin 4, version 8.12, which includes 13 bug fixes and new features. Notable improvements include restoring preferences to their default values, creating a new configuration variable for special email domains, and allowing non-continuous selected SQL code chunks in the query tool.
The release also tackles security vulnerabilities, increases the flexibility of SchemaView and DataGridView, and resolves server disconnection issues. The update also adds support for OIDC-based OAuth2 authentication, resolves cursor movement issues, and improves confirmation modals.
Wine Staging serves as a playground for trying out new and exciting features that haven't made their way into the main development branch of Wine. It's all about making things faster and giving developers a chance to collaborate and enhance their patches before they become part of the main branch.
The change log for Wine Staging 9.18 includes a rebase against Wine 9.18 and some updates to the vkd3d-latest patchset and ntdll-WRITECOPY patchset.
The change log for Wine Staging 9.18 includes a rebase against Wine 9.18 and some updates to the vkd3d-latest patchset and ntdll-WRITECOPY patchset.
Darktable nightly build 20240922 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.
Wine 9.18 has been released and includes a new Media Foundation backend based on FFMpeg, initial support for network sessions in DirectPlay, a new Desktop Control Panel applet, and several bug improvements.
AMD released a new version of its compute platform, ROCm, which includes significant new capabilities and improvements. The most significant version change is the increase in the rocAL version number from 1.3 to 2.0, which necessitates the recompilation of applications that were linked to version 1.3. ROCm now supports Facebook General Matrix Multiplication (FBGEMM) and its associated FBGEMM_GPU library. New improvements in ROCm Offline Installer Creator 6.2.1 include logging support, more strict checks for Linux versions and distributions, updated necessary repositories, and fixes to CTest problems.
The second hot fix release of Heroic Games Launcher 2.15 is now available.
