Cómo hacer que Amarok reproduzca archivos de música en formato .wma en openSUSE

Tenía un par de discos en mi colección de música en formato .wma que el reproductor Amarok no me reproducía en mi sistema openSUSE Tumbleweed. Te cuento cómo lo solucioné.

Un sencillo tutorial para mi yo del futuro o para ti que andas buscando una solución similar.

Lo primero decir que el reproductor VLC sí que reproducía la música en ese formato sin problema. Pero claro, VLC instala sus propios códecs y Amarok depende de GStreamer, de ahí la diferencia. Y con esto de los códecs hay un lío en GNU/Linux tremendo… Que si licencias, que si hay que instalar cosas extras, etc… En fin, lo pude solucionar de manera muy sencilla.

Lo primero asegurarte de que en tu openSUSE tienes añadido el repositorio packman. No es oficial, pero sí oficioso, y es el sitio donde buscar todo aquello que openSUSE por cuestiones de licencias no puede incluir en sus repositorios.

Así que es un imprescindible y también recomendar que la prioridad del repositorio la bajes a 70. Cuanto menor es el número, mayor es la prioridad. Es decir, openSUSE si encuentra dos paquetes iguales, instalará el del repositorio de mayor prioridad (el que tenga el número más bajo). Y para temas de códecs, etc siempre es mejor utilizar los de packman.

Vale, con el repositorio ya configurado (es una de las primeras cosas a realizar cuando instalas openSUSE) ahora toca instalar los paquetes necesarios para que Amarok reproduzca el formato .wma.

Para ello instalamos los siguientes paquetes (desde packman)

sudo zypper install gstreamer-plugins-bad gstreamer-plugins-ugly gstreamer-plugins-libav 

A mí únicamente me faltaba gstreamer-plugins-libav, así que una vez instalado ya pude reproducir con Amarok ese par de discos (un par de volúmenes recopilatorios de Roky Erickson por si tenías curiosidad, de su etapa en solitario y «alucinada» por sus fantasmas personales).

Fedora 44 was announced last week: syslog-ng 4.11 is part of it. While checking the Fedora Copr build service for Fedora 44, I realized that CentOS 7 and Amazon Linux 2023 packages are also there. I have a few questions about those for you!

Fedora 44

The availability of the Fedora 44 release was announced last week. Vesion 4.11 of syslog-ng, the current latest release, is part of it. As usual, I did a quick test: everything works as expected.

RHEL 6

The removal of RHEL 6 packages from Copr was announced many years ago. Then, the countdown was silently canceled. I have just checked: RHEL 6 packages are no longer available, so I deleted all my related repositories. Also, I deleted a couple of temporary test repos along the way.

CentOS 7

When talking to product manager friends around the world, I realized that syslog-ng is not an “enterprise” application. “Enterprise” developers are still actively maintaining packages for RHEL 6, when even RHEL 7 has reached end of life a long time ago. Of course, this is just a satirical definition of “enterprise”, at least in my view…

Support for RHEL 7 / CentOS 7 was dropped in syslog-ng a month before the distro became end-of-life. Copr announced the deletion of CentOS 7 packages, but after a while, the countdown suddenly disappeared. Packages built 10+ years ago are still here, and CentOS 7 is still a valid build target.

Question: is there anyone still using my syslog-ng packages on RHEL 7 / CentOS 7? Otherwise, I would be happy to delete anything related from my Copr repositories. I could delete many repositories, save storage, and I would not have to deselect them as a build target during package builds.

Amazon Linux 2023

Another question mark in my mind is Amazon Linux 2023 support. If we can believe the download statistics provided by Copr, then this is one of the most popular syslog-ng repos on Copr. However, over the years, I only received a single feedback about it, which was on Twitter years ago: “Thanks, I use it.” That is all. While there were regular requests to create these packages, nobody asked for features, updates, whatever. The repo is still stuck at syslog-ng version 4.8.

Question: should I update syslog-ng to a more recent version, as time permits?

What is next?

Share your thoughts with us in this syslog-ng GitHub discussion: https://github.com/syslog-ng/syslog-ng/discussions/5691 or reach out to me on Twitter / Mastodon / LinkedIn.

Originally published at https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/fedora-44-centos-7-and-amazon-linux-syslog-ng-questions

Recopilación y traducción del boletín mensual de noticias relacionadas con el software libre publicado por la Free Software Foundation.

La Free Software Foundation (FSF) es una organización creada en Octubre de 1985 por Richard Stallman y otros entusiastas del software libre con el propósito de difundir esta filosofía, frente a las restricciones y abusos a los usuarios por parte del software privativo.

Por cierto este mes se cumplen 40 años de la creación de la FSF.

La Fundación para el software libre (FSF) se dedica a eliminar las restricciones sobre la copia, redistribución, entendimiento, y modificación de programas de computadoras. Con este objeto, promociona el desarrollo y uso del software libre en todas las áreas de la computación, pero muy particularmente, ayudando a desarrollar el sistema operativo GNU.

Mensualmente publican un boletín (supporter) con noticias relacionadas con el software libre, sus campañas, o eventos. Una forma de difundir los proyectos, para que la gente conozca los hechos, se haga su propia opinión, y tomen partido si creen que la reivindicación es justa!!

• En este enlace podéis leer el original en inglés: https://www.fsf.org/free-software-supporter/2026/may
• Y traducido en español (cuando el equipo de traducción lo tengamos disponible) en este enlace: https://www.fsf.org/free-software-supporter/2026/mayo

Puedes ver todos los números publicados en este enlace: http://www.fsf.org/free-software-supporter/free-software-supporter

¿Te gustaría aportar tu ayuda en la traducción y colaborar con la FSF? Lee el siguiente enlace:

• https://victorhckinthefreeworld.com/2016/12/22/quieres-ayudar-a-traducir-el-boletin-mensual-de-la-free-software-foundation/

Por aquí te traigo un extracto de algunas de las noticias que ha destacado la FSF este mes de mayo de 2026.

Apagón de los Kindle el 20 de mayo de Amazon: qué modelos se ven afectados y cómo seguir leyendo de todos modos

Del 21 de abril por Justyn Newman

A partir del 20 de mayo, Amazon enviará Kindles vendidos en 2012 y anteriormente al cementerio de hardware. Después del 20 de mayo, los lectores solo podrán leer libros descargados en estos dispositivos antes de la fecha de finalización.

Debido a las licencias restrictivas que tienen los libros electrónicos Kindle (nunca «compras» un libro electrónico Kindle, solo compras acceso a él), los usuarios de Kindles más antiguos se ven obligados a encontrar algunas soluciones creativas para usar lo que debería ser suyo.

Si bien las correcciones de Frankenstein, como la descarga de libros electrónicos o el jailbreak, funcionan, los usuarios no deberían recurrir a soluciones a veces complicadas sólo para leer un libro, o utilizar cualquier otro dispositivo que posean para ese asunto. Desafortunadamente, siempre y cuando la gestión de restricciones digitales (DRM por sus siglas en inglés) y el software privativo controlen los dispositivos que utilizamos, esta es la realidad para los usuarios.

Si lees libros electrónicos y quieres resistir el control de Amazon, comprueba nuestra guía libre de DRM para obtener algunas ideas.

• https://www.pcmag.com/news/amazon-may-20-kindle-cutoff-which-models-impacted-how-to-keep-reading
• https://www.defectivebydesign.org/guide/

Francia abandonará Windows por Linux para reducir la dependencia de la tecnología norteamericana

Del 10 de abril por Zack Whittaker

En los próximos años, Francia hará que el software libre cambie en algunos de sus ordenadores gubernamentales de Microsoft Windows a GNU/Linux. El país europeo ha tomado esta decisión basándose en un razonamiento compartido por muchos defensores del software libre: el deseo de ejercer un mayor control sobre sus datos e infraestructura digital.

Nos encantaría ver un compromiso para trasladar todas las operaciones del gobierno francés al software libre, pero este es un gran paso adelante para Francia. Cuando un gobierno adopta software libre, no sólo aumenta la interoperabilidad, apoya a las pequeñas empresas locales y reduce los costos, sino que también garantiza que los residentes y ciudadanos no tengan que interactuar con software no libre.

Aún no se ha publicado un cronograma específico para la transición parcial de Francia hacia el software libre, por lo que le recomendamos que esté atento al progreso de Francia para convertirse en un país basado en software libre.

• https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/10/france-to-ditch-windows-for-linux-to-reduce-reliance-on-us-tech/
• https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/your-government-should-use-free-software

Estas son solo algunas de las noticias recogidas este mes, ¡¡pero hay muchas más muy interesantes!! si quieres leerlas todas (cuando estén traducidas) visita este enlace:

• https://www.fsf.org/free-software-supporter/2026/mayo

Y todos los números del «supporter» o boletín de noticias de 2026 en español, francés, portugués e inglés aquí:

• https://www.fsf.org/free-software-supporter/2026

Hace unas semanas que fue lanzado KDE Gear 26.04, la primera gran actualización de este año de la rama de aplicaciones de la Comunidad. Es hora de seguir el repaso, que empecé con Dolphin y la gestión de información personal, y hoy sigo con las novedades de Kdenlive KDE Gear 26.04, que en esta ocasión viene con muchas.

Novedades de Kdenlive en KDE Gear 26.04, Edición «KDE a los 30»

Hace unas semanas ya realicé la presentación de KDE Gear 26.04, Edición «KDE a los 30», que los desarrolladores presentaban así:

¡KDE ya lleva 30 años de existencia! Muchos de los proyectos de KDE también son maduros y consolidados: Okular tiene 21 años, KOrganizer tiene 23 y Kdenlive tiene 24.
Otros proyectos son jóvenes y prometedores, como NeoChat, Merkuro y AudioTube, ya que nuestra comunidad genera constantemente nuevas ideas y las convierte en productos para que los disfrutes.
Hoy traemos nuevas versiones de muchas de estas aplicaciones, tanto antiguas como nuevas. Sigue leyendo y descubre todas las funciones y mejoras que pronto estarán disponibles en tu escritorio.

Es hora de continuar con el repaso de las novedades con otro de los grandes: Kdenlive.

Para los que no lo conozcan, Kdenlive es el editor de vídeos no lineal con el que puedes crear todo tipo de composiciones. En esta versión 26.04 vas a encontrar vistas previas animadas en Composiciones que muestran lo que hacen antes de aplicarlas, una excelente mejora que seguro que agiliza tu trabajo con la aplicación.

Otra función que seguro que resultará útil es la posibilidad de duplicar el monitor en una pantalla externa. Esto nos permitirá ver el vídeo en la interfaz habitual, pero también en una segunda pantalla con una imagen más grande.

Para finalizar otros ajustes menores incluyen:

• Un menú de contexto para la línea de tiempo que puede importar un clip directamente en el proyecto, añadiéndolo en la posición donde pulses.
• Una opción para ampliar siempre en la posición del ratón en lugar de hacerlo en el punto de reproducción de la línea de tiempo.
• Generación automática de miniaturas de sonido para las secuencias.
• Soltar una transición en la línea de tiempo hará que se ajuste su duración automáticamente a los clips superior/inferior.
• Ahora se puede cambiar la velocidad de múltiples clips a la vez.

Y, recuerda, todo este software es gratuito y sin publicidad en todos los sentidos: no te cuesta ni un euro y no se cobra en en forma de datos personales. No obstante, si quieres ayudar a su desarrollo siempre puedes participar en su campaña de recaudación de fondos.

• 
  Lanzado KDE Gear 26.04, Edición «KDE a los 30»
  Lanzado KDE Gear 26.04, Edición «KDE a los 30»
• 
  Novedades de Dolphin en KDE Gear 26.04, Edición «KDE a los 30»
  Novedades de Dolphin en KDE Gear 26.04, Edición «KDE a los 30»
• 
  Mejoras en la gestión de información personal en KDE Gear 26.04, Edición «KDE a los 30»
  Mejoras en la gestión de información personal en KDE Gear 26.04, Edición «KDE a los 30»
• 
  Novedades de aplicaciones multimedia de KDE Gear 26.04, Edición «KDE a los 30»
  Lanzado KDE Gear 25.12, Edición del Engranaje que Nunca se Detiene
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  Novedades de Kdenlive en KDE Gear 26.04, Edición «KDE a los 30»
  Lanzado KDE Gear 25.12, Edición del Engranaje que Nunca se Detiene

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Three hundred twenty-one developers, students and technology professionals converged on Universidad Libre in Barranquilla, Colombia, for the first-ever openSUSE America Summit.

It was a two-day event held at Universidad Libre’s campuses that wrapped up on May 1 with calls to expand open-source culture and contribution across the region.

A capture the flag competition added a hands-on cybersecurity dimension to the summit, challenging participants to test their offensive and defensive skills in a live environment. The exercise drew significant interest from students and IT professionals alike.

The conference drew presenters from across the globe, which reflects the international reach of the open-source community. Speakers representing Colombia, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, India, the United Kingdom, Germany and the United States addressed topics ranging from cybersecurity and cloud infrastructure to machine learning and community development.

Luis Delascar of Colombia opened Day 2 with a presentation on Kuná Red, an offline-first, open-source mesh networking solution designed to enable communication in rural and underserved regions lacking reliable internet or cellular infrastructure. Diego Córdoba of Argentina delivered a deep dive into Netfilter and firewall architecture in openSUSE using nftables, while compatriot Andrea Navarro, also from Argentina, addressed the use of Jupyter notebooks in educational settings as an alternative to commercial cloud platforms.

Patrick Fitzgerald made the case for Linux migration in an update talk titled about migrating from Windows to Linux citing growing concerns around data sovereignty, tariffs, and unreliable international partnerships as compelling reasons for individuals and organizations to move to Linux.

Ram Mohan Rao Chukka and Shibi Ramachandran, both from India, presented two sessions; one on improving end-to-end testing using Kuttl to reduce broken builds, and another on intelligent drift detection and auto-remediation in ArgoCD for enterprise Kubernetes environments.

Walddys Dorrejo of the Dominican Republic, an openSUSE moderator, presented on unified observability and security using Wazuh. Gabriel Bazzotti of Brazil introduced Git-based packaging for openSUSE and Anuar Harb of Mexico spoke about open-source infrastructure as the foundation for connected digital ecosystems in emerging regions.

Colombian speakers were featured prominently throughout the program. Jorge Lambrano presented a full machine learning workflow. Jorge Aguilar addressed building modern, robust open-source data platforms for demanding analytics workloads. Jesuse Bossa explored the historical and philosophical purpose of engineering and Deiner Bello showcased VisitChocó, an interactive tourism platform built with React, TypeScript and geospatial data promoting the Colombian department of Chocó. Integration of Weblate to enable community-driven translations and expand the platform’s reach to broader audiences across Latin America and beyond is being considered.

Johannes Segitz delivered two sessions. His talk about the current AI landscape and how LLMs are reshaping how people code, patch and package software was a crowd pleaser.

Organized by sponsorship lead Astian Inc., which the company behind the Midori light-weight Web Browser along with a network of local support from LinuxBQ and Red Team Barranquilla, Barranquilla’s community of free and open-source software enthusiasts organized and ran the summt April 29 through May 1.

Having the event at two campuses, Universidad Libre’s Central Campus on April 29 and North Campus on April 30, was a natural fit for the open-source event. Attendees included speakers, IT professionals and students from university had hours of discussions about openSUSE and the broader open-source ecosystem.

The event was made possible with support from SUSE and the Geeko Foundation, both of which help to champion growth of the openSUSE Project and the global open-source community.

The choice of Barranquilla as host city may prove to be more than symbolic. Organizers and attendees have begun discussing the possibility of transforming the openSUSE America Summit into a recurring, traveling event modeled after the openSUSE.Asia Summit, which rotates among countries throughout Asia. Each host nation contributes its own cultural identity and local community to the gathering.

Colombia, with its growing technology sector, strong university ecosystem and passionate open-source community, make a compelling case as a starting point and center of gravity for future events. The LinuxBQ community’s enthusiasm and the active participation of Universidad Libre students signal that the conditions for a sustainable, grassroots open-source movement in the region are already in place. If the model takes hold, future editions of the summit could travel to other nations across the Americas and the Caribbean, amplifying the voices of tech leaders throughout the region and building a collective, traveling community of experts much as the Asia Summit has done across that continent.

A community barbecue on May 1 brought speakers and volunteers together to close out the event. Sessions were livestreamed and are available for viewing on the LinuxBQ YouTube channel.

Three hundred twenty-one developers, students and technology professionals converged on Universidad Libre in Barranquilla, Colombia, for the first-ever openSUSE America Summit.

It was a two-day event held at Universidad Libre’s campuses that wrapped up on May 1 with calls to expand open-source culture and contribution across the region.

A capture the flag competition added a hands-on cybersecurity dimension to the summit, challenging participants to test their offensive and defensive skills in a live environment. The exercise drew significant interest from students and IT professionals alike.

The conference drew presenters from across the globe, which reflects the international reach of the open-source community. Speakers representing Colombia, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, India, the United Kingdom, Germany and the United States addressed topics ranging from cybersecurity and cloud infrastructure to machine learning and community development.

Luis Delascar of Colombia opened Day 2 with a presentation on Kuná Red, an offline-first, open-source mesh networking solution designed to enable communication in rural and underserved regions lacking reliable internet or cellular infrastructure. Diego Córdoba of Argentina delivered a deep dive into Netfilter and firewall architecture in openSUSE using nftables, while compatriot Andrea Navarro, also from Argentina, addressed the use of Jupyter notebooks in educational settings as an alternative to commercial cloud platforms.

Patrick Fitzgerald made the case for Linux migration in an update talk titled about migrating from Windows to Linux citing growing concerns around data sovereignty, tariffs, and unreliable international partnerships as compelling reasons for individuals and organizations to move to Linux.

Ram Mohan Rao Chukka and Shibi Ramachandran, both from India, presented two sessions; one on improving end-to-end testing using Kuttl to reduce broken builds, and another on intelligent drift detection and auto-remediation in ArgoCD for enterprise Kubernetes environments.

Walddys Dorrejo of the Dominican Republic, an openSUSE moderator, presented on unified observability and security using Wazuh. Gabriel Bazzotti of Brazil introduced Git-based packaging for openSUSE and Anuar Harb of Mexico spoke about open-source infrastructure as the foundation for connected digital ecosystems in emerging regions.

Colombian speakers were featured prominently throughout the program. Jorge Lambrano presented a full machine learning workflow. Jorge Aguilar addressed building modern, robust open-source data platforms for demanding analytics workloads. Jesuse Bossa explored the historical and philosophical purpose of engineering and Deiner Bello showcased VisitChocó, an interactive tourism platform built with React, TypeScript and geospatial data promoting the Colombian department of Chocó. Integration of Weblate to enable community-driven translations and expand the platform’s reach to broader audiences across Latin America and beyond is being considered.

Johannes Segitz delivered two sessions. His talk about the current AI landscape and how LLMs are reshaping how people code, patch and package software was a crowd pleaser.

Organized by sponsorship lead Astian Inc., which the company behind the Midori light-weight Web Browser along with a network of local support from LinuxBQ and Red Team Barranquilla, Barranquilla’s community of free and open-source software enthusiasts organized and ran the summit April 29 through May 1.

Having the event at two campuses, Universidad Libre’s Central Campus on April 29 and North Campus on April 30, was a natural fit for the open-source event. Attendees included speakers, IT professionals and students from university had hours of discussions about openSUSE and the broader open-source ecosystem.

The event was made possible with support from SUSE and the Geeko Foundation, both of which help to champion growth of the openSUSE Project and the global open-source community.

The choice of Barranquilla as host city may prove to be more than symbolic. Organizers and attendees have begun discussing the possibility of transforming the openSUSE America Summit into a recurring, traveling event modeled after the openSUSE.Asia Summit, which rotates among countries throughout Asia. Each host nation contributes its own cultural identity and local community to the gathering.

Colombia, with its growing technology sector, strong university ecosystem and passionate open-source community, makes a compelling case as a starting point and center of gravity for future events. The LinuxBQ community’s enthusiasm and the active participation of Universidad Libre students signal that the conditions for a sustainable, grassroots open-source movement in the region are already in place. If the model takes hold, future editions of the summit could travel to other nations across the Americas and the Caribbean, amplifying the voices of tech leaders throughout the region and building a collective, traveling community of experts much as the Asia Summit has done across that continent.

A community barbecue on May 1 brought speakers and volunteers together to close out the event. Sessions were livestreamed and are available for viewing on the LinuxBQ YouTube channel.

Veamos cómo podemos acceder al centro de control Cockpit en openSUSE desde otro equipo

Desde hace un tiempo estoy probando cockpit, el nuevo centro de control de openSUSE para gestionar el sistema. Aquí escribí cómo lo instalé:

• https://victorhckinthefreeworld.com/2026/04/22/probando-cockpit-el-sustituto-de-yast-en-opensuse-tumbleweed/

Uno de sus atractivos es el poder tener una interfaz gráfica para la gestión de servidores o equipos remotos directamente desde el navegador.

Cockpit de momento gestiona muchos aspectos del sistema en openSUSE, pero todavía no está preparado para sustituir por completo a YaST. Sin embargo algo atractivo es el poder acceder de manera remota mediante un navegador web al equipo en cuestión y gestionar mediante una interfaz gráfica ciertos aspectos del sistema remoto.

Veamos cómo poder acceder a cockpit en un equipo o servidor o servidor remoto.

Lo primero es habilitar en el cortafuegos el puerto 9090 por el que accedemos a cockpit. Vamos a habilitar el servicio desde el propio cockpit para ir familiarizándonos con la interfaz.

Habilitar el servicio cokpit en el cortafuegos

En el equipo accedemos a cockpit bien con el lanzador o en el navegador con localhost:9090, y nos registramos con acceso ilimitado.

Ahora en el menú de la izquierda seleccionamos el apartado Redes y ahora pulsamos sobre editar reglas y zonas. En la nueva pantalla pulsamos sobre el botón añadir servicios.

En la nueva pantalla en el cuadro de búsqueda introducimos el texto cockpit y lo seleccionamos y añadimos el servicio. También tenía abierto el puerto 22 de ssh y la clave de confianza. No sé si después es necesario reiniciar el equipo…

Esto también lo podemos hacer desde la terminal, tal como nos dice la documentación, ejecutando el siguiente comando:

sudo firewall-cmd --add-service=cockpit --permanent && sudo firewall-cmd --reload

Acceder en remoto

Ahora ya desde otro equipo en remoto podremos acceder al gestor cockpit introduciendo en el navegador la <dirección_IP>:9090. En mi caso, como está dentro de mi propia red local accedo mediante su IP local 192.168.1.42:9090 desde el navegador.

Al acceder me da una advertencia por el certificado de seguridad. Doy a avanzado y continuo aceptando el riesgo y ya tengo acceso a cockpit desde una máquina remota. Si el servidor estuviera fuera de nuestra red local estaría bien configurar un certificado válido para una conexión https.

Cuidado que teniendo acceso a cockpit en remoto hay acceso a muchas configuraciones. También tendremos acceso a un terminal dentro del propio cockpit, sin necesidad de acceder mediante ssh al equipo.

Cockpit facilita mucho la gestión remota de un sistema desde el navegador, algo especialmente útil para equipos en red local o pequeños servidores.

Eso sí, conviene no olvidar la seguridad: abrir el acceso implica exponer parte del sistema, por lo que es recomendable limitarlo a redes de confianza o reforzarlo con certificados y otras medidas adicionales.

Os presento un tema de iconos multicolor neon para tu PC, un estilo que destaca por ser de todo menos discretos ya que combinan un abanico de colores de tramos gruesos, en mi opinión, ideales como contraste de temas globales oscuros. Una opción más para la personalización de nuestro entorno de trabajo, uno de los valores de Plasma y de la Comunidad KDE.

Iconos multicolor neon para tu PC

Como he dicho muchas veces, me fascina la variedad que tenemos a nuestra disposición tanto de forma, estilo o colores. Tenemos iconos clásicos, minimalistas, lineales, 3D, que simulan otros sistemas operativos, imaginativos, que recuerdan a objetos cotidianos, etc.

Hoy os presento un pack de iconos muy especiales creados por reformat0928 que ha nombrado como BeautyBeam. Como decía en la introducción, se trata de un conjunto de iconos de multicolor de trazos gruesos estilo neon, que quedan de fábula con temas oscuros dado su alto contraste, como se puede ver en la imagen inferior.

En palabras de su creador:

Antes que nada, quiero dejar claro que las ilustraciones originales de los iconos no son mías. Mi trabajo consistió principalmente en recolorear, editar, combinar y adaptar los iconos para que quedaran más coloridos…
Todo el mérito corresponde a los artistas originales y a los creadores de los paquetes de iconos. Este paquete utiliza y hace referencia a iconos de numerosas fuentes, entre las que se incluyen BeautyLine, Candy Icons, Canonical Mono-Glyph, Gruvbox Plus, MingCute Icons, Papirus, Solar Icons, Sours y muchas otras.

Y como siempre digo, si os gusta el pack de iconos podéis pagarlo de muchas formas en la página en continua evolución de KDE Store, que estoy seguro que el desarrollador lo agradecer: puntúale positivamente, hazle un comentario en la página o realiza una donación. Ayudar al desarrollo del Software Libre también se hace simplemente dando las gracias, ayuda mucho más de lo que os podéis imaginar, recordad la campaña I love Free Software Day 2017 de la Free Software Foundation donde se nos recordaba esta forma tan sencilla de colaborar con el gran proyecto del Software Libre y que en el blog dedicamos un artículo.

Más información: KDE Store

La entrada Iconos multicolor neon para tu PC: BeatyBeam se publicó primero en KDE Blog.

There were several software package updates for openSUSE Tumbleweed during April and the later half of the month brought some urgency with Copy Fail, which is now safe for users of the rolling release and Slowroll for those who have done a zypper dup at the end of the month.

The information about affected flavors of openSUSE was covered in a blog by the security team.

April brought a major desktop release of GNOME 50 and there was a fourth Plasma 6.6 point release. PHP, GTK4 with the new native GtkSvg renderer, SQLite, iproute2, and nano were among some of the develop packages updated this month. The Linux kernel advances to 7.0.2, and Mesa progressed through 26.0.4 and 26.0.5 with raytracing fixes ahead of upcoming game releases. Security received heavy attention with WebKitGTK, Python, CUPS, Flatpak, sudo, and OpenEXR all receiving multiple Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures fixes.

As always, be sure to roll back using snapper if any issues arise.

For more details on the change logs for the month, visit the openSUSE Factory mailing list.

New Features and Enhancements

KDE Gear 26.04.0: This major release updates 129 packages from the 25.12.3 series across the core PIM suite (Akonadi, KMail, Kontact, KOrganizer), graphics tools (Gwenview, Okular), development tools (Kate, Kompare, Umbrello), and system utilities (Dolphin, Konsole, Kleopatra). Dolphin prevents re-entrant signal activation across multiple view states, and Ark prevents silent replacement of existing files by directory entries during extraction. Okular avoids processing HTML with QDomDocument and improves certificate selection, and kdegraphics-thumbnailers addresses multiple crashes for malformed files. Infrastructure-wide changes include CMake modernization, a port to QDoc documentation, and migration toward modern C++ patterns such as std::shared_ptr over QSharedPointer. The companion ktextaddons library jumps from 1.8.0 to 2.0.1.

KDE Frameworks 6.25.0: This release emphasizes code quality, memory safety, and developer experience. KIO reverts a problematic permissions-based readability check, restores proper FTP UTF-8 negotiation, fixes WebDAV copy/move headers, and resolves multiple memory leaks across file operations and preview jobs. KCodecs streamlines encoding detection with safer initialization, improved codec lookup performance, and removes obsolete code since Qt 6.8+ is required.Kirigami enhances component reliability by preventing dialog layer leaks and adds a configurable textFormat property to TitleSubtitle, while Breeze Icons expands the icon set with new status icons. KTextEditor improves document handling by using the first line as a fallback title and adding relevant MIME types to save dialogs.

GNOME 50 for developers: This release brings significant improvements to the development stack. Builder gains a new save delegate system for better draft handling, refined dark theme colors matching the Adwaita palette, and more integrated help documentation. Flatpak support now moves deleted files to the trash, the LSP client better handles delete notifications, and the build pipeline supports more flexible post-install commands. Mutter Devkit receives a major feature expansion including HiDPI and fractional scaling simulation, multi-monitor support within a single session, clipboard integration between host and Devkit, and resizable virtual displays with emulated monitor modes — reducing the need for physical multi-monitor test setups. GTK 4.22 introduces GtkSvg, a new native in-process SVG renderer integrated with the GTK Scene Graph that supports SVG animations, passes over 1,250 tests in the resvg test suite, and maintains 60fps+ performance for trusted system icons and application resources (untrusted SVGs should still use the sandboxed Glycin library). Libadwaita 1.9 introduces new sidebar widgets including AdwSidebar and AdwViewSwitcherSidebar (replacing GtkStackSidebar), automatic support for the system-wide reduced motion preference across most widgets, context menus on AdwAboutDialog link rows, and GTK_DEBUG=builder diagnostics for all standard widgets. Autoloaded style resources are deprecated in favor of standard CSS media queries.

GDM 50.0: The most significant change for this in the GNOME 50 release is the complete removal of X11 support for GDM’s own sessions, which now always run on Wayland. Features like XDMCP and the system-wide Xserver are gone, though launching other desktops’ X11 sessions via per-user X servers is still possible. Compiling GDM without Wayland support is no longer possible. With systemd v260+, remote desktop sessions and local background sessions are now granted GPU access, enabling accelerated graphics for remote sessions on distributions that restrict GPU device node permissions. service simplifies starting headless graphical sessions for RDP purposes. The gdm/gdm3` user is no longer needed since GDM now fully relies on dynamically allocated users. Wtmp/utmp/btmp records now contain more useful values, especially for Wayland and headless RDP sessions.

Plasma 6.6.4: KWin fixes blur flickering after wobbly windows, improves startup feedback icon clarity, resolves crashes with accessibility keyboards, and enhances pointer scaling and key repeat handling on Wayland. The Oxygen theme addresses pixelated buttons under fractional scaling, restores missing menu shadows, and adds a missing switch SVG. Usability improvements include better RTL support in Kicker, proper drag initiation only after pointer movement, and refined shortcut conflict prevention in keyboard settings. Plasma Keyboard hardens virtual input handling with UTF-8 length fixes and disables predictive text during capture. Other fixes improve Discover by correcting how it tracks the number of active transactions, Dr Konqi with more reliable crash debugging, and Spectacle with a workaround for an overlay issue introduced in Qt 6.11. Several system tray and menu rendering glitches across multiple applets are also resolved, resulting in a smoother and more resilient desktop experience.

w3m 0.5.6: This is a major update for the terminal web browser. New features include commands to scroll the current line to top/bottom, a change directory (CD) command, a vim-like smartcase search option, recognition of aria-label for buttons, gopher protocol support, and experimental session store and restore. The image display in the kitty terminal is fixed, and slow backward search in long lines is improved.

LibreOffice 26.2.2.2: This is a major version upgrade with completely new features, improvements, and bug fixes across Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Math, and Base. Detailed release notes are available at The Document Foundation wiki. Bundled components are refreshed including PDFium updated from 7012 to 7471 and 2D Graphics Library Skia updated from milestone 136 to 142.

SDL3 3.4.2: This update adds SDL_HINT_OPENGL_FORCE_SRGB_FRAMEBUFFER to control sRGB behavior for OpenGL and OpenGL ES contexts. A long startup time on Windows caused by non-compliant input devices was fixed, along with a divide-by-zero when using Nintendo Switch 2 controllers and improved GameCube adapter handling in PC mode. Support for the Razer Raiju V5 Pro is added.

cryptsetup 2.8.6: This update has several disk encryption fixes. The resumed device UUID is now verified against the UUID stored in metadata, and the LUKS2 reencryption lock name was corrected. FileVault (fvault2) metadata parsing is fixed, including reading from the correct image offset. The OpenSSL crypto backend works again when built with LibreSSL and allows up to 64 concurrent threads.

Mozilla Firefox 149.0.2: This update addresses multiple security vulnerabilities, including integer overflow and memory safety bugs in Graphics: Text and Graphics: WebGPU components. The update also includes enterprise-related features such as AI-feature management, prevention of built-in VPN and IP protection, and correct application of browser homepage and start page policies. Other fixes include resolution of layout issues with graphics (SVG), crash prevention for security keys and WebAuthn features, and improved handling of web page printing and website error pages. Additionally, the build process is updated to be compatible with clang-based building on Leap, with the necessary libraries specified. [Linux]

PHP 8.5.5: This minor version bump from the 8.4 series brings numerous bug fixes across the core, DOM, Opcache, and OpenSSL modules. Notable fixes address JIT compiler arithmetic errors, memory leaks, and use-after-free vulnerabilities. The package now requires libcapstone as a dependency.

nano 9.0: This is a major version bump for the popular terminal text editor. The release improves horizontal scrolling, changes how macro recording is handled, and brings other usability refinements that build on the 8.x series.

iproute2 7.0: A major version bump for the Linux network configuration toolkit. New features include CAN XL support and DPLL mode setting, both of which extend networking and timing capabilities for newer hardware platforms.

iw 6.17: This wireless configuration tool sees a significant jump from 6.9. It adds support for WPA3 SAE association, EHT rate and bitrate handling for Wi-Fi 7, multi-radio RTS configuration, and endianness fixes across the wireless stack.

GIMP 3.2.4: This minor update to the GNU Image Manipulation Program continues the 3.2 series with bug fixes and incremental improvements following the 3.2.2 release.

xterm 407: New private modes for UTF-8 and character width reporting are introduced, and Unicode handling and window resizing functionality are improved.

gnome-remote-desktop 50.1: This minor update to the GNOME 50 release fixes a black-screen issue when using NVIDIA GPUs.

Key Package Updates

Linux kernel 6.19.11 - 7.0.2: The 7.0.2 update fixes an SMB client out-of-bounds read in smb2_ioctl_query_info, DACL validation in cifsacl, and directory separator handling in SMB1 UNIX mounts. F2FS receives multiple fixes including a use-after-free in f2fs_compress_write_end_io() and f2fs_write_end_io(), a memory leak in f2fs_rename(), and improved sanity checks. FUSE fixes several issues including rejection of oversized dirents in page cache, aborting on fatal signals during sync init, and ensuring device file initialization before cloning. A TOCTOU race in net/packet on mmap’d vnet_hdr in tpacket_snd() is corrected, and crypto fixes address async decrypt skipping hash verification in krb5enc and failed PSP command handling in the CCP driver. The 7.0.1 version sees KVM SEV receive several hardening fixes including locking all vCPUs when synchronizing VMSAs for SNP launch finish, disallowing LAUNCH_FINISH if vCPUs are actively being created, and protecting sev_mem_enc_register_region() with proper locking. Multiple use-after-free bugs are resolved across subsystems including bcache (crash in cached_dev.sb_bio), ocfs2 (fault handling with VM_FAULT_RETRY), the em28xx media driver, blk-cgroup writeback, and ALSA 6fire on USB disconnect. The 6.19.11 update brings several BPF fixes including reset of register ID for BPF_END value tracking, constant blinding for PROBE_MEM32 stores, undefined behavior in interpreter sdiv/smod for INT_MIN, and unsound scalar forking in maybe_fork_scalars(). CXL receives multiple corrections including a use-after-free of parent_port in cxl_detach_ep() and a leak in region construction. NVMe-PCI now caps queue creation to used queues, and platform support is expanded with several HP Omen and Victus laptops, OneXPlayer handheld variants, and Dell 14 Plus 2-in-1 keyboard support.

Mesa 26.0.4 & 26.0.5: The 26.0.4 out-of-schedule release combines bugfix updates and important raytracing fixes for an upcoming game. RADV corrects an invalid hitAttributeEXT value when using function-call RT pipelines, fixes a memory leak in radv_rt_nir_to_asm, and emits BOP events after every draw to work around a VRS bug on GFX12. RadeonSI fixes a missing ground texture and ANV (Intel) addresses flashing effects in Horizon Forbidden West. Nouveau fixes a segmentation fault in gm200_validate_sample_locations triggered by Firefox on GTX 1070 Ti, and NVK corrects barrier cache invalidation and viewport handling on Turing with FSR. The 26.0.5 follow-up is another bugfix release that refreshes the GL headers from libglvnd and disables Vulkan and Panfrost on armv6. Full release notes are available at the Mesa documentation site.

SQLite 3.53.0: A new Query Result Formatter library is introduced in this release for the popular embedded database, and ALTER TABLE is enhanced with additional capabilities. The jump from 3.51.3 also brings query planner refinements and incremental improvements that benefit any application linking against the system SQLite.

libxml2 2.15.3: A point release follow-up to the major 2.15 update. Multiple security fixes are included for type confusion, double-free, and use-after-free issues in the XML parser.

libpng16 1.6.57: A small but security-relevant point release that fixes a use-after-free in chunk setters tracked as CVE-2026-34757.

libjpeg-turbo 3.1.4.1: This update to the widely used JPEG codec includes multiple API hardening fixes and improved buffer handling, providing a more robust foundation for image-processing software across the system.

libarchive 3.8.7: A heap buffer overflow in CAB archive handling is fixed, along with a buffer overflow in the ISO9660 reader. As libarchive is used by package managers and archive tools across the distribution, this update is broadly relevant.

mozilla-nss 3.122.1: This release of the Network Security Services library brings 30+ bug fixes, including patches for multiple heap use-after-free, integer overflow, and ASN.1 parsing vulnerabilities that affect TLS handling in Firefox, Thunderbird, and other consumers.

pipewire 1.6.4: This audio and video pipeline server resolves segmentation faults, improves JACK compatibility, and corrects regressions in the RAOP (AirPlay) module.

SSSD 2.13.0: The pam_sss_gss module can now read SIDs from the Kerberos ticket PAC and apply authentication indicators via the new pam_gssapi_indicators_apply option, supporting Active Directory’s Authentication Mechanism Assurance (AMA). Active Directory Foreign Security Principals (FSP) are now properly detected and ignored when reading nested group members. Support for the KDE Plasma Login Manager is added. New options include avoid_by_id_lookups for preferring name-based lookups, and interactive/interactive_prompt for customizing OAuth2 prompting behavior. Cache performance is optimized for large deployments.

mpc 1.4.1: This complex-number arithmetic library steps from 1.3.1 to 1.4.1 and adds new functions including mpc_exp10, mpc_exp2, and mpc_log2. Sign handling for imaginary parts is improved and pkg-config generation is included.

leancrypto 1.7.2: This cryptographic library jumps from 1.6.0 and adds post-quantum primitives ML-DSA, SLH-DSA, and ML-KEM along with an X.509 fix tracked as CVE-2026-34610.

SELinux Policy 20260410: This update contains a wide range of policy refinements. Missing Nextcloud file contexts are added, the openSUSE /var/lib/php8 path and /srv/www/htdocs Apache DocumentRoot are properly labeled. Cloud-init is now allowed to domtrans into ssh-keygen, and accountsd gains proper D-Bus communication with systemd-homed along with corrected file context labeling for /usr/share/accountsservice. OpenSSH receives a policy adjustment allowing sshd-session to send a generic signal to sshd-auth. Polkit support is updated for its agent helper. Additional permissions are granted for staff and sysadm users, including reading PID1 process state, connecting to systemd-logind and lvm over Unix stream sockets, mounting /proc, and gaining sandboxing features. Virtualization policies gain several adjustments for virtqemud and virtnetworkd, and a new local_login_allow_accountutils_fallback_mode boolean is introduced. The snapper sdbootutil plugin is allowed to read kernel modules. The embedded container-selinux is updated to v2.247.0.

texinfo 7.3: The documentation format package adds new title-page commands, flexible node headings, and cross-reference features. texi2any gains major HTML speedups, optional C implementation, improved diagnostics, and defaults updates. HTML, Info, LaTeX, XML, and info tool receive enhancements and cleanups. The updated deprecated @clickstyle and removed old patches.

XZ Utils 5.8.3: This update fixes a buffer overflow in lzma_index_append() and an invalid memory access in xz when using --files and --files0 options. Arabic man page translations are added.

GTK4 4.22.2: The headline change is native SVG rendering via the new GtkSvg renderer, which drops the librsvg dependency entirely for icon and image rendering. The new renderer supports animations, state names, and SVG filters, with filters now operating in linear RGB by default. The GStreamer media backend now supports gapless looping with GStreamer 1.28, and gtk4-rendernode-tool gains a new filter command for node manipulation. Several drag-and-drop fixes are included, notably restoring the DropTarget::leave signal emission when a drop finishes. Vulkan handling is improved with fixes for SWAPCHAIN_MAINTENANCE checks, pending offset resets on Wayland, and invalid reads. Symbolic icon fallback rendering is corrected, dmabuf support now handles fewer fds than planes, and drop shadow rendering no longer darkens transparent textures. For Tumbleweed users, this brings major rendering architecture improvements and broad stability fixes to GTK4 applications.

webkitgtk3 and webkitgtk4 2.52.1: Numerous security vulnerabilities are patched across both releases. Touch scrolling for small movements is smoother, and scrollend events are now correctly emitted after scroll animations. Async scrolling is improved when the main thread is busy by rendering scrollbars from the scrolling thread. The GPU process is disabled by default in this cycle. A build option to disable USE_GSTREAMER is added for configurations without multimedia support.

Security Updates

Python:

• CVE-2026-25645: Addresses an issue in Python allowing a local attacker to pre-create malicious files that could be reused and loaded without validation.

• CVE-2026-4519: Fixes a command-line option injection in Python’s webbrowser.open() where leading dashes in URLs could be interpreted as browser command-line arguments.

• CVE-2025-13462: Addresses an issue where Python’s tarfile module can cause crafted archives to be misinterpreted.

• CVE-2026-4224: Resolves a stack overflow that could lead to a crash.

python-cryptography 46.0.7:

• CVE-2026-39892: Fixes a buffer overflow that can occurr when a non-contiguous buffer was passed to APIs accepting Python buffers.

w3m 0.5.6:

• CVE-2023-38252: Fixes an out-of-bounds read that could allow a crafted HTML file to cause a denial of service.

• CVE-2023-38253: Fixes an out-of-bounds read that could allow a crafted HTML file to cause a denial of service.

webkitgtk3 and webkitgtk4 2.52.1:

• CVE-2025-43213: Fixes an issue where processing maliciously crafted web content could lead to an unexpected crash.

• CVE-2025-43214: Addresses a flaw where processing maliciously crafted web content could cause an unexpected crash.

• CVE-2025-43457: Resolves a vulnerability where processing maliciously crafted web content could lead to an unexpected crash.

• CVE-2025-43511: Fixes an issue where processing maliciously crafted web content could lead to memory corruption.

• CVE-2025-46299: Addresses a flaw in WebKit where processing maliciously crafted web content could lead to unexpected behavior.

• CVE-2026-20608: Resolves a vulnerability where processing maliciously crafted web content could lead to memory corruption.

• CVE-2026-20635: Fixes a WebKit flaw where processing maliciously crafted web content could cause an unexpected crash.

• CVE-2026-20636: Addresses an issue where processing maliciously crafted web content could lead to memory corruption.

• CVE-2026-20644: Resolves a WebKit vulnerability where processing maliciously crafted web content could lead to an unexpected crash.

• CVE-2026-20652: Fixes an issue where processing maliciously crafted web content could cause memory corruption.

• CVE-2026-20676: Addresses a WebKit flaw where processing maliciously crafted web content could lead to unexpected behavior or a crash.

• CVE-2026-20643: Resolves a cross-origin issue in the Navigation API where processing maliciously crafted web content could bypass the Same Origin Policy.

• CVE-2026-20664: Fixes a WebKit memory handling flaw where processing maliciously crafted web content could cause an unexpected process crash.

• CVE-2026-20665: Addresses an issue where processing maliciously crafted web content could prevent Content Security Policy from being enforced.

• CVE-2026-20691: Resolves an authorization flaw where a maliciously crafted webpage could be used to fingerprint the user.

• CVE-2026-28857: Fixes a WebKit memory handling issue where processing maliciously crafted web content could cause an unexpected process crash.

• CVE-2026-28859: Addresses a flaw where a malicious website could process restricted web content outside the sandbox.

• CVE-2026-28861: Resolves a logic issue where a malicious website could access script message handlers intended for other origins.

• CVE-2026-28871: Fixes a logic flaw where visiting a maliciously crafted website could lead to a cross-site scripting attack.

libcap 2.78:

• CVE-2026-4878: Addresses a race condition that could lead to local privilege escalation.

OpenJDK 25 25.0.3:

• CVE-2026-22007: Fixes an information disclosure vulnerability in the Security component of Java SE that could allow a local attacker to read a subset of accessible data.

• CVE-2026-22008: Addresses a flaw in the Libraries component of Java SE that could allow an unauthenticated network attacker to modify some accessible data.

• CVE-2026-22013: Resolves an information disclosure vulnerability in the JGSS component of Java SE that could expose critical data to an unauthenticated network attacker.

• CVE-2026-22016: Fixes an information disclosure flaw in the JAXP component of Java SE that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to access critical data via network protocols.

• CVE-2026-22018: Addresses a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Libraries component of Java SE that could be triggered by an unauthenticated network attacker.

• CVE-2026-22021: Resolves a denial-of-service flaw in the JSSE component of Java SE exploitable via HTTPS by an unauthenticated attacker.

• CVE-2026-23865: Fixes a vulnerability in the bundled FreeType library that could allow memory corruption when processing crafted font data.

• CVE-2026-34268: A patch was added for an information disclosure issue in the Security component of Java SE that could allow a local attacker to read a subset of accessible data.

• CVE-2026-34282: Addresses a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Networking component of Java SE that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause a complete crash or hang.

Flatpak 1.16.6:

• CVE-2026-34078: Fixes a sandbox escape where the portal accepted app-controlled symlinks in sandbox-expose paths, allowing arbitrary host file access and code execution in the host context.

• CVE-2026-34079: Addresses a path traversal flaw that could allow an app to delete arbitrary files on the host.

libinput 1.31.1:

• CVE-2026-35093: Fixes a code injection flaw where a local attacker could place a crafted Lua bytecode file in system or user configuration directories to bypass security restrictions and execute code with the privileges of the affected program.

• CVE-2026-35094: Addresses a dangling pointer that could leak memory contents to system logs.

opensc 0.27.1:

• CVE-2025-49010: Fixes a stack buffer overflow that could cause memory corruption.

• CVE-2025-66215: Fixes a stack buffer overflow that could cause memory corruption. .

• CVE-2025-66038: Addresses an out-of-bounds read that could lead to memory corruption during smart card processing.

• CVE-2025-66037: Addresses an out-of-bounds heap read that could lead to denial of service.

• CVE-2025-13763: Fixes several uses of potentially uninitialized memory in OpenSC detected by fuzzers.

XZ Utils 5.8.3:

• CVE-2026-34743: Fixes a heap buffer overflow in XZ Utils where decoding an empty Index left lzma_index in a state that caused undersized allocation in a subsequent lzma_index_append() call.

389ds 3.1.4+e2562f589:

• CVE-2025-14905: Fixes a heap buffer overflow caused by incorrect buffer size calculation that could potentially lead to denial of service or remote code execution.

openexr 3.4.9:

• CVE-2026-34589: Fixes a heap out-of-bounds write that could lead to memory corruption.

• CVE-2026-34588: Addresses a signed 32-bit overflow leading to out-of-bounds read/write.

• CVE-2026-34380: Resolves a signed integer overflow that could allow bounds-check bypass during PXR24 decompression.

• CVE-2026-34379: Fixes a misaligned write leading to undefined behavior.

• CVE-2026-34378: Addresses a signed integer overflow in generic_unpack() when parsing EXR files with crafted negative dataWindow.min.x values.

• CVE-2026-34543: Resolves a heap information disclosure that could cause uninitialized heap memory to leak into output pixel data.

• CVE-2026-34544: Fixes a signed integer overflow that could lead to an out-of-bounds write and memory corruption.

evolution-data-server 3.60.0:

CVE-2026-2604: The advisory for this vulnerability indicates it involves an insecure local cache file removal.

SSSD 2.13.0:

• CVE-2026-6245: Fixes an out-of-bounds read in the PAM passkey responder.

glib2 2.88.0:

• CVE-2026-23868: Fixes a vulnerability caused by a shallow copy that may lead to memory corruption.

• CVE-2026-32776: Fixes a NULL pointer dereference when processing empty external parameter entity content.

• CVE-2026-32777: Addresses an issue that could result in an infinite loop while parsing DTD content, potentially leading to a denial of service.

• CVE-2026-32778: Resolves a NULL pointer dereference following an earlier out-of-memory condition.

sudo:

• CVE-2026-35535: Fixes a privilege escalation in sudo where a failed setuid, setgid, or setgroups call during the privilege drop was not treated as a fatal error.

CUPS 2.4.17:

• CVE-2026-27447: Fixes a case-sensitivity vulnerability in user/group handling that could allow access bypass.

• CVE-2026-34978: Addresses a directory traversal flaw in the RSS notifier.

• CVE-2026-34979: Resolves insufficient memory allocation for job options that could lead to buffer issues.

• CVE-2026-34980: Fixes incomplete control character filtering in option values.

• CVE-2026-34990: Addresses missing certificate validation over loopback connections.

• CVE-2026-39314: Resolves a job password range check flaw.

• CVE-2026-39316: Fixes a scheduler subscription bug that could be abused to disrupt printing.

mozilla-nss 3.122.1:

• This release rolls up more than 30 fixes across the Network Security Services library, including patches for multiple heap use-after-free, integer overflow, and ASN.1 parsing vulnerabilities affecting TLS handling.

ruby4.0 4.0.3:

• CVE-2026-41316: Fixes a vulnerability in the ERB component affecting Marshal.load operations with untrusted data.

python-lxml 6.1.0:

• CVE-2026-41066: Fixes an external entity injection (XXE) vulnerability in iterparse() that could allow disclosure of local files or server-side request forgery.

libXpm:

• CVE-2026-4367: Addresses an out-of-bounds read when parsing crafted XPM image files that could lead to information disclosure or a crash.

dnsmasq:

• CVE-2026-6507: Fixes an out-of-bounds write in DHCP BOOTREPLY processing that could be triggered by a malicious DHCP server response.

libpng16 1.6.57:

• CVE-2026-34757: Fixes a use-after-free in chunk setters that could lead to memory corruption.

libarchive 3.8.7:

• Fixes a heap buffer overflow in CAB archive handling and a buffer overflow in the ISO9660 reader. Both flaws could be triggered by crafted archive files and are relevant given libarchive’s broad use across packaging and extraction tools.

libxml2 2.15.3:

• This release rolls up multiple security fixes including a type confusion issue, a double-free, and a use-after-free in the XML parser.

ImageMagick 7.1.2.19:

• CVE-2026-33905: Fixes a flaw that could be triggered by crafted images and lead to a crash or memory corruption.

GraphicsMagick:

• CVE-2026-33535: Addresses an out-of-bounds write in X11 display interaction that could lead to a crash or potential code execution.

• CVE-2026-26284: Fixes a heap overflow that could be triggered while processing crafted images.

leancrypto 1.7.2:

• CVE-2026-34610: Fixes an X.509 parsing flaw that could lead to certificate validation bypass.

openldap2 2.6.13:

• Addresses a heap buffer overflow in parse_whsp and a potential NULL pointer dereference, both of which could be triggered by malformed input to the LDAP server.

Users are advised to update to the latest versions to mitigate these vulnerabilities.

Conclusion

April 2026 was a busy month for openSUSE Tumbleweed with two of the largest desktop releases of the year landing back to back: GNOME 50 and KDE Gear 26.04.0. GTK4 4.22 introduced the new native GtkSvg renderer and dropped the librsvg dependency for icon rendering, while LibreOffice 26.2 brought a fresh major office suite. Developers received major version bumps across PHP 8.5, SQLite 3.53, iproute2 7.0, nano 9.0, and the iw wireless tool. Security continued to be a heavy theme with WebKitGTK, CUPS, Python, Flatpak, sudo, and OpenEXR all receiving multiple CVE fixes alongside a steady cadence of cryptographic library hardening from mozilla-nss, libgcrypt, and leancrypto.

Slowroll Arrivals

Please note that these updates also apply to Slowroll and arrive between an average of 5 to 10 days after being released in Tumbleweed snapshot. This monthly approach has been consistent for many months, ensuring stability and timely enhancements for users. Updated packages for Slowroll are regularly published in emails on openSUSE Factory mailing list.

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Cockpit es la aplicación web que viene en openSUSE a reemplazar al veterano YaST. Veamos cómo gestionar los repositorios o instalar/desinstalar software con esta nueva herramienta.

Mediante cockpit, ahora en openSUSE desde un navegador web o una aplicación propia podrás gestionar y controlar todo tu sistema. Cockpit apunta a sustituir parte del uso de YaST, especialmente en administración remota y tareas comunes y desde hace un tiempo lo estoy probando y me gusta. Así lo instalé:

• https://victorhckinthefreeworld.com/2026/04/22/probando-cockpit-el-sustituto-de-yast-en-opensuse-tumbleweed/

Cockpit al igual que YaST es un software modular, es decir, tendrás diferentes módulos que se encarguen de diferentes áreas de tu sistema. Algunos serán comunes e imprescindibles y otros serán opcionales dependiendo de lo que controlen.

Algo imprescindible (bueno, no tanto, pero sí muy importante) son sus módulos para gestionar los repositorios y para instalar o desinstalar paquetes de software. Vamos a echarles un vistazo.

Cockpit forma parte de la nueva dirección de openSUSE para la administración del sistema, junto con Agama como instalador o Myrlyn como gestor específico de paquetes. Aunque YaST sigue disponible, su desarrollo es más limitado y progresivamente se están adoptando herramientas más modernas y especializadas.

A largo plazo, Cockpit está llamado a cubrir gran parte del uso cotidiano que tradicionalmente se hacía con YaST, especialmente en entornos de servidor. Y para gestión remota de equipos. Podremos acceder via mediante el navegador conociendo la IP a la configuración del equipo remoto con una interfaz web.

Una vez instalado cockpit, accedemos bien mediante la aplicación o directamente en el navegador mediante la url localhost:9090. Accedemos con nuestra cuenta root y le damos en la esquina superior derecha acceso ilimitado si no lo hemos hecho antes.

En la parte izquierda tendremos todos los módulos instalados de cockpit. Bajo la sección de Herramientas encontramos paquetes y repositorios.

Gestión de paquetes mediante cockpit

En la parte superior encontramos un campo de búsqueda y a la derecha un par de botones con las opciones Desinstalar / Instalar.

En el cuadro de búsqueda podremos meter un texto y buscar cierto paquete en concreto.

Si está seleccionada la opción Desinstalar, nos mostrará todos los paquetes que tenemos en nuestro sistema y que podremos seleccionar para eliminar del equipo. O si tiene actualizaciones disponibles.

Si seleccionamos instalar, podremos buscar un paquete en concreto e instalarlo mediante cockpit. Si tiene dependencias se mostrarán, junto con el tamaño total de lo que va a instalar y una opción de instalar lo seleccionado o de cancelar la acción.

Según tengo entendido cockpit, no utiliza directamente libzypp, si no que se apoya en PakageKit: Cockpit → PackageKit → libzypp → repositorios (RPM). Yo personalmente preferiría que detrás estuviera directamente libzypp.

Para un control más profundo de paquetes de software (marcar como tabú algún paquete, etc) zypper o Myrlyn siguen siendo las herramientas que hay que utilizar. Pero para una gestión básica con cockpit es suficiente.

Gestión de repositorios mediante cockpit

Mediante cockpit podremos añadir nuevos repositorios, o editar (parte) los que ya tenemos configurados.

En la lista de repositorios, podremos hacer clic sobre los tres puntos verticales de la derecha de cada repositorio para editar sus características o eliminarlo.

Podremos editar todos sus campos, excepto la url. Para eso último de nuevo deberemos hacerlo mediante zypper o Myrlyn.

También podremos añadir nuevos repositorios desde la interfaz web de cockpit.

Desde cockpit tendremos un control con una interfaz más moderna y accesible en remoto desde un navegador web a otros equipos o servidores. Para una gestión básica de ciertos aspectos, será suficiente. Pero cabe señalar que hay ciertos aspectos que todavía no están accesibles y que se deberá hacer mediante otras herramientas.

Y quizás te estés preguntando ¿Cuándo usar Cockpit?

• Cockpit: Para una gestión rápida y remota (aunque también se puede utilizar en una máquina local)
• zypper: Para un control total, que requiere el uso de la terminal, lo que puede «asustar» a usuarios recién llegados.
• Myrlyn: Una alternativa gráfica moderna más familiar a lo ya conocido con YaST y que sigue ofreciento bastante control al usuario.