Bookworm will be supported for the next 5 years thanks to the combined work of the Debian Security team and the Debian Long Term Support team. Following the 2022 General Resolution about non-free firmware, we have introduced a new archive area making it possible to separate non-free firmware from the other non-free packages: non-free-firmware. Most non-free firmware packages have been moved from non-free to non-free-firmware. This separation makes it possible to build a variety of official installation images. Debian 12 Bookworm ships with several desktop environments, such as: GNOME 43, KDE Plasma 5.27, LXDE 11, LXQt 1.2.0, MATE 1.26, Xfce 4.18. This release contains over 11,089 new packages for a total count of 64,419 packages, while over 6,296 packages have been removed as obsolete.
Bookworm will be supported for the next 5 years thanks to the combined work of the Debian Security team and the Debian Long Term Support team. Following the 2022 General Resolution about non-free firmware, we have introduced a new archive area making it possible to separate non-free firmware from the other non-free packages: non-free-firmware. Most non-free firmware packages have been moved from non-free to non-free-firmware. This separation makes it possible to build a variety of official installation images. Debian 12 Bookworm ships with several desktop environments, such as: GNOME 43, KDE Plasma 5.27, LXDE 11, LXQt 1.2.0, MATE 1.26, Xfce 4.18. This release contains over 11,089 new packages for a total count of 64,419 packages, while over 6,296 packages have been removed as obsolete.
This update brings several improvements to the software. The load balancer module ([lslb]) now avoids duplicating backends with the same IP and port, while the proxy module receives enhanced Err directives in the configuration file and undergoes code optimization. Additionally, broadcast IPs are disallowed for backends. Bugfixes include resolving issues such as starting the HTTP Farm when the process is running but the PID file is missing, correcting errors in the farm config file when adding persistence, fixing memory leaks on service unification, rectifying PARM type persistence, and addressing a potential segmentation fault in Sessions CTL calls.
This one is a special release, as this will be the last release from ArchLabs Linux. After approximately six and a half years, we have made the difficult decision and are calling it a day. It's been a whole lot of fun. We have an amazing community who have been with us and supported us from the beginning, it's the ArchLabs community that has kept us going.
We're sure you've noticed that Ultramarine takes a long time to shut down, but not any more, We've limited how long services can take to stop, getting you powered down faster. Noto fonts have been fixed. Our Thai and Khmer speaking users should feel more at home now. Ultramarine 38 comes with System76's scheduler. It prioritizes certain processes to make your device snappier. All editions include it, but only the GNOME edition will automatically detect the app currently in use (for now). Ultramarine now features GNOME 44, get ready for improved quick settings and a new file picker. Ultramarine 38 comes with a familiar and powerful KDE experience.
For the first time, this stable release includes GNOME Mobile! If you haven't followed the amazing progress that was made to bring GNOME to phones and tablets, see Towards GNOME Shell on Mobile, GNOME Shell on mobile: An update and GNOME Mobile Show & Tell (video). Lots of improvements to GNOME Software. Translations (lang) is installed by default now, and the default locale is en_US.UTF-8 instead of C.UTF-8. USB tethering is now functional. Minimum password length in installer images has been changed from 8 to 6. PineBook Pro: backlight control and audio works by default.
This release brings newer packages like Mesa and others, but Leap 15.5 is a non-feature release. Some of these newer packages to highlight include KDE Plasma 5.27, which is a Plasma Long Term Support version until the next one rolls out in 2024. Konqi lovers will enjoy a new welcome wizard, dynamic customization of desktop workspaces and more functionality with KRunner that includes a full desktop search, unit and currency exchange rate conversions, dictionary definitions, calculator features, and it shows graphical representations of mathematical functions. The Color Picker had a few improvements and added the possibility of displaying another preview color circle. KDE Gear 22.12.3 will be a new package in the release and complement the use of Plasma 5.27. The update fixes bugs with the Desktop Environment applications and highlights the enhancement of compression/decompression utility ark, improvements to text editor Kate and fixes some crashing of the video editor Kdenlive. Qt 5.15 LTS is available with the KDE Qt 5 patch collection.
Important updates, fixes and improvements: Access encrypted folders on mounted ext4 partitions — June 04, 2023 Toggle touchpad on or off — June 02, 2023 OpenEmbedded version 4.0.10 revision-2 compile — June 01, 2023 YouTube-DL Update button fixed — June 01, 2023 How and why EasyOS is different page updated — May 29, 2023 Kdenlive AppImage vs Flatpak — May 29, 2023 Setting up permissions under /files take-2 — May 28, 2023 Fixed Kdenlive project setup — May 27, 2023 Little Flapi, Appi and pupX fixes — May 26, 2023 Kernel 5.15.114, vmwgfx enabled
This release contains a new tool called Backup Station to manage ZFS boot environment. Now the default time is set to local instead of UTC, which fixes an issue with LightDM time. Software Station search got improved to be less laggy. See below for a complete list of fixes and improvements.
We've been very busy behind the scenes and we're now happy to announce the availability Kodi v20 for all OSMC supported devices. All devices supported by OSMC on Kodi v19 remain supported for Kodi v20. It took time and effort to release this update as a stable release and ensure that the user experiences stays at the high level that you would expect from OSMC.