Unlocking of encrypted installations is now done with unl0kr by default, the successor to osk-sdl. The default USB networking gadget was changed from RNDIS to NCM. The default image viewer in Phosh and GNOME is now Loupe, instead of previously Eye of GNOME (EoG). The release upgrade process has been made more robust. There are additional safety checks for a too small boot partition and for having hardcoded versions or packages installed via mrtest. Additionally a bug was fixed that caused Alpine mirrors without /alpine/ in the URL to not get properly replaced during the upgrade.
Qubes OS 4.2.0 has been released with a range of enhancements, new features, and bug fixes. The update includes upgrades to Dom0, Xen, and default Debian templates, as well as a shift to Xfce in default Fedora and Debian templates. Other notable improvements involve SELinux support, rewritten GUI applications, Unified grub.cfg location, PipeWire support, fwupd integration for firmware updates, and optional automatic clipboard clearing. Users are advised to address known issues, particularly the switch to nftables in DomU firewalls. The release recommends immediate updates for bug fixes and provides instructions for installation and upgrading. Additionally, a new Release Signing Key is introduced for Qubes OS 4.2, with ongoing support for Qubes 4.1 until June 2024. The release acknowledges the contributions of partners, donors, contributors, and testers to the Qubes OS Project.
bluestar-linux-6.6.6-2023.12.13-x86_64 has been released and is available for download.
Netgate has released pfSense Plus software version 23.09.1 and pfSense CE software version 2.7.2, focusing on addressing potential ZFS file system corruption issues and enhancing overall security. The updates include fixes for three ZFS file system issues, two of which could result in data corruption. Additionally, the releases tackle a security advisory regarding a potential TCP denial-of-service attack, update OpenVPN to version 2.6.8, and address a potential buffer overflow issue in strongSwan (CVE-2023-41913). Bugs in the fallback implementation of AES-GCM are fixed, along with other miscellaneous issues outlined in the Release Notes. Users are encouraged to refer to the detailed Release Notes for more information. Netgate provides a comprehensive Upgrade Guide for both pfSense Plus and pfSense CE software versions, emphasizing the importance of backing up configurations before performing upgrades. The company expresses gratitude to customers and the community for their support, emphasizing that sustaining Netgate hardware, TAC, or cloud instances contributes directly to maintaining high-quality pfSense software.
One of the most noticeable changes in GNOME 45 is the new activities button. Located in the corner of the top bar, this button was previously labelled “Activities”. In GNOME 45, this static label has been replaced with a dynamic workspace indicator. The new button design is a response to user testing results over recent years, and we are confident that its purpose will be more obvious to new GNOME users. As part of this change, the old app menu (which showed the name of the currently focused app), was also retired. This retirement was another response to user testing results, and was required to make space for the new design. Search performance has been a major area of work for GNOME 45. These performance improvements have been made to a range of apps, including Software, Characters, Clocks, Files, and Calculator. Together, these changes result in faster search and reduced resource usage, which can be seen in both individual apps and in system search.
This is a small update to 13.0-U6 to update OpenZFS to version 2.1.14 and fix a data integrity issue discovered in that project (NAS-125356). While this bug has been present in OpenZFS for many years, this issue has not been found to impact any TrueNAS systems to date. This TrueNAS Community announcement has further details.
In the last three months we have released 47 security updates, most of them from the Debian base distribution. However, we have also fixed security-relevant errors in the Univention packages, e.g. password leaks via the process list. We have also further stabilized the Univention Management Console (UMC) when connecting to the individual UMC modules. We have improved the way the Univention Directory Manager (UDM) handles inconsistent user capitalization. Some data is now updated atomically by the portal, which avoids certain error patterns, and the self service now translates the forms correctly in all cases.
We are pleased to announce the release of Alpine Linux 3.19.0, the first in the v3.19 stable series. Highlights: Linux kernel 6.6; GCC 13.2; Perl 5.38; LLVM 17; Xen 4.18; PostgreSQL 16; Node.js (lts) 20.10; Ceph 18.2; GNOME 45; Go 1.21; KDE Applications 23.08 / KDE Frameworks 5.112; OpenJDK 21; PHP 8.3; Rust 1.72; Significant changes: Support for Raspberry Pi 5 was added.
In the release note dated December 5, 2023, several enhancements and fixes were implemented for the Raspberry Pi operating system. Notable updates include modifications to support Raspberry Pi 5 in serial port switching, unique identification for touch screens, and compatibility with RP1 displays. The release also features improved theme handling with on-the-fly changes, restored shortcuts, and harmonized GTK+2 and GTK+3 themes for consistent styling. Bug fixes address issues such as warning notifications, volume keyboard shortcuts, and window manager crashes. The update brings support for Mathematica and Scratch 3 on Raspberry Pi 5 in 64-bit mode, along with updates to Thonny, Chromium, and Firefox. Additional inclusions encompass gpiod binary tools and python3-venv in lite images, updated translations, and firmware/kernel updates.
In the 5.6.5 release, various fixes have been implemented, including the removal of the Rox Customise Menu entry and resolving issues such as abort loading NVIDIA SFS in initrd and a usr-merge fix for the kirkstone container. Notably, this update introduces the inclusion of a new p7zip and a rewritten download_file feature. The Global IP TV Panel 2023MK7 was added on December 5, 2023, and p7zip was compiled in OE on the same date. Additionally, the download_file function underwent a rewrite on December 5, 2023.