Dear Tumbleweed users and hackers,

Week 2026/08 delivered six snapshots to Tumbleweed (0213, 0214, 0216, 0217, 0218, and 0219). The pipeline remained clear of systemic blockers and integration hurdles, allowing the rebuild cycles to move directly into the repositories. While the usual noise persists in the bug tracker, core gating results remained green throughout the week, making for a steady and productive roll.

The most relevant changes this week were:

• Mesa 26.0.0
• AppArmor 4.1.6
• Postgresql 18.2
• libzypp 17.38.2: UAPI configuration file specification. Stop modifying /etc/zypp/zypp.conf, but add configuration extensions in your own /etc/zypp/zypp.conf.d/*.conf files.
• PHP 8.4.18
• Systemd 258.4
• KDE Plasma 6.6.0
• KDE Frameworks 6.23.0
• Linux kernel 6.19.2 (plus matching headers, strace)
• Python 3.13.12
• Mozilla Firefox 147.0.4
• Poppler 26.01.0

With those snapshots out, focus returns to the staging projects. Several stacks are already moving through validation in the Open Build Service. Below is the breakdown of what changed this week, followed by a look at what is currently in staging:

• DNF 5.4.0.0
• Linux kernel 6.19.3
• firewalld 2.3.2
• glibc 2.43: still quite some work to do

This is a roundup of articles from the openSUSE community listed on planet.opensuse.org.

The community blog feed aggregator lists the featured highlights below from Feb. 13 to 19.

Blogs this week highlight several blog posts ranging from Linux Kernel CVEs to a collaborative Markdown editor. Blogs also highlights openSUSE elections and Leap 16.0 cloud images. Other blogs focus on building a self-hosted fintech solution and video AI going viral.

Here is a summary and links for each post:

Community Refines Git Packaging Workflow – openSUSE News

The openSUSE News site reports that contributors and developers gathered to refine the Git-based packaging workflow for Leap 16 and how updating package changes are proposed and managed across the project. The discussion emphasized adopting Git as the exclusive version control system, using pull requests for changes, and standardizing workflows to improve transparency and collaboration. Tumbleweed’s migration to a git workflow still requires additional work.

Reverting a Software Package to a Previous Version in openSUSE Tumbleweed

Victorhck explains how without the use of the Brtfs file system, he found a solution to safely roll back individual packages. The post describes finding an older RPM from the Tumbleweed snapshot history, installing it with zypper --oldpackage, and locking it to prevent immediate re-updates until a fix arrives. Practical tips include handling dependency conflicts and later removing the lock once an updated package fixes the issue.

Community Advances Governance Proposal After Virtual Meeting

The openSUSE News site reports that community members convened to refine a draft governance structure featuring four key bodies. The proposal—hosted as a living document on GitLab helps to formalize the draft proposal into a formal governance framework that can be voted on by those with openSUSE membership.

New Toy in the House for AI, Gaming, Linux, Windows and FreeBSD

Peter Czánik’s blog introduces a compact HP Z2 Mini workstation powered by AMD’s Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 395 chip and 128 GB RAM, acquired for local AI experimentation, Kubernetes cluster testing, home server duties, photo editing with Capture One Pro, and occasional gaming, which is all done within a footprint barely larger than a book. The plan is to install multiple operating systems including his primary desktop choice openSUSE, Fedora (to leverage AMD-specific AI acceleration features), and FreeBSD 15 for both server and desktop evaluation.

UDP Reliability Improved in syslog-ng Debian Packaging – Peter Czanik

Peter Czánik blogs about the improvements to UDP log collection reliability in the syslog-ng Debian packaging ahead of the upcoming 4.11.0 release. The enhancement leverages Linux’s eBPF capabilities to reduce packet loss during high-volume UDP traffic, which can be a common pain point for syslog-ng deployments relying on the widely used transport protocol.

Post-mortem: Service Degradation in OBS

The Open Build Service blog post reports on service degradations that affected the build infrastructure between Feb. 15 and 18. The post-mortem outlines the technical factors behind the instability, the remediation steps taken to restore full service reliability, and the preventive measures implemented to avoid a recurrence.

Introducing pass-exporter – Export your passwords from pass to Bitwarden CSV format

foursixnine introduces pass-exporter, which is a simple tool for extracting passwords stored with the pass password manager into a CSV format compatible with Bitwarden. The post explains how to export your GPG-encrypted keys and then run the tool to generate a pass_exported_passwords.csv that Bitwarden can import.

Protect Your Framework Laptop 13 — Why Bumpers Matter

CubicleNate explains why adding bumpers to a Framework Laptop 13 can help protect it from drops and daily wear. The post discusses how lightweight protective bumpers absorb shock without adding bulk and help to preserve the laptop’s modular design and repair-friendly design philosophy.

Building Self-Hosted Trading Infrastructure on openSUSE

The openSUSE News team explores how modern Linux systems like openSUSE are well-suited for running autonomous, self-hosting fintech trading infrastructure without depending on proprietary services. The article highlights using openSUSE to run reliable policy-driven trading agents with transparent, manageable configurations and logging through familiar tools like systemd. The setup leverages Node.js services controlled entirely through environment variables for indicators like RSI thresholds, trade fractions and more.

LliureJam 2026 Comes to Valencia Hosted by GNU/Linux Valencia and Hackerspace VLC

The KDE Blog announces the upcoming hackathon and community gathering in Valencia, Spain. The event will bring together developers, enthusiasts, and KDE contributors for hands-on coding sessions, workshops, and discussions focused on libre software development and community building in the Valencian region.

openSUSE Leap 16.0 Now Available on Google Cloud Platform

Ish reports that openSUSE Leap 16.0 is now offered as a public image on Google Cloud Platform with both x86_64 and Arm64 architectures available for Compute Engine instances launched directly from the GCP Console. However, the Google Cloud Ops Agent for monitoring and logging remains unsupported due to a repository mismatch—the installation script incorrectly identifies Leap 16.0 as SLES 16 and attempts to access a non-existent sles16 package repository, leaving users unable to leverage automated observability tooling.

Seedance 2.0: ByteDance’s Video AI Goes Viral and Triggers Hollywood Concerns

Assunto Nerd reports on ByteDance’s Seedance 2.0, a multimodal AI video generator that creates hyper-realistic 15-second cinematic clips from simple text prompts and has gone viral in China with millions of views for AI-generated scenes featuring celebrities and fictional characters. It also highlights how Hollywood studios and unions are sounding alarms over potential copyright violations and unauthorized use of actors’ likenesses.

Plasma 6.6 Released: KDE’s Latest Desktop Environment Update

The KDE Blog announces release of Plasma 6.6 and features major usability enhancements including OCR text extraction in Spectacle screenshots, a redesigned on-screen Plasma Keyboard for touch devices, and a new Plasma Setup assistant for streamlined user account and network configuration outside the installer. The update introduces practical workflow improvements like per-application volume control via task manager hover, emoji skin tone selection, QR code Wi-Fi scanning and more.

KDE Frameworks 6.23: Stability Updates and Dialog Improvements

The KDE Blog reports on the release of KDE Frameworks 6.23.0. The update continues KDE’s monthly release cadence for its foundational libraries, providing developers with refined APIs and end users with smoother file operations and more reliable core functionality. As part of the Frameworks 6 series built on Qt 6, this release paves the way for upcoming Plasma 6.6 features while maintaining backward compatibility for the entire KDE software ecosystem.

Call for Board Moves Forward: openSUSE Election Process Resumes

The openSUSE news site and Ish update followers about the nominations and candidacy for the regular openSUSE Board Elections. Voting is scheduled to begin March 1 to fill two open seats. Eligible openSUSE members can self-nominate through February 28 by emailing project@lists.opensuse.org and election-officials@lists.opensuse.org.

Linux CVE assignment process

Greg Kroah-Hartman’s Kernel Log explains how the Linux kernel CVE team automatically reviews and handles assigning CVE identifiers as its own CVE Numbering Authority. The blog emphasizes that most CVEs aren’t applicable to any single system and strongly recommends simply updating to the latest stable kernel rather than cherry-picking individual CVE fixes.

Free Study Cards with WordQuiz

KDE Blog introduces WordQuiz (KWordQuiz), a libre flashcard application from the KDE Education suite that helps users master vocabulary and terminology through an intuitive two-column editor and five distinct practice modes including flashcards, multiple choice, and fill-in-the-blank quizzes. The tool supports multiple vocabulary file formats. As part of KDE’s education-focused software collection, WordQuiz offers a privacy-respecting, offline-capable alternative to proprietary spaced-repetition tools for students and lifelong learners on Linux desktops.

Linux Saloon 187 | Open Mic Night

CubicleNate recaps the Linux Saloon 187, a two-hour open mic session. The post highlights lively conversations on topics such as home servers, using AI tools, rolling vs static distro relevance, and more. It also lists interesting project links and Strawpoll questions that encourage debate.

Final Preparations for Plasma 6.6 – This Week in Plasma

KDE Blog reports on the final polishing work for the upcoming KDE Plasma 6.6, with release expected within days of publication and packed with significant new features, UI refinements, and stability improvements. Highlights include unified HDR window appearance, a 50x performance boost when moving files to trash, seamless Samba sharing that auto-starts the required service, and numerous bug fixes for tiling behavior, monitor handling, and Wayland protocol workarounds.

Deskflow – Seamless Multi-Computer Control

CubicleNate introduces Deskflow, a tool for controlling multiple computers with a single keyboard and mouse. The post highlights Deskflow’s evolution and its improved support for modern Linux display servers, including seamless operation under Wayland. Nate highlights use cases like multi-device productivity and streamlining workflows for users working on several machines at once.

openSUSE Tumbleweed Weekly Review – Week 7 of 2026

Victorhck and dimstar report on the steady stream of updates for openSUSE Tumbleweed during the seventh week of 2026. The review covers five snapshots with notable package updates like systemd 258.3, Mesa 26.0.0 RC3, KDE Gear 25.12.2, and Firefox 147.0.3. It also previews upcoming improvements with future versions of libzypp, KDE Plasma 6.6, glibc 2.43, and the Linux kernel 6.19.0.

Mist: A Collaborative Real-Time Markdown Editor

Victorhck introduces Mist as a Markdown editor enabling real-time collaborative editing with multiple users simultaneously working on the same document. The tool includes useful collaboration features like inline comments, suggestion modes for proposed changes, and live Markdown rendering to preview formatting as you write.

The syslog-ng Insider 2026-02: stats-exporter; blank filter; Kafka source

Peter Czanik summarizes the February 2026 issue of the syslog-ng Insider newsletter. The post explains how the stats-exporter() now covers all functionality of syslog-ng-ctl, making Prometheus metrics collection more complete. It also introduces the new blank() filter for simpler configurations and provides a hands-on tutorial for testing the Kafka source by building the package from source.

What’s New in LibreOffice 26.2

The KDE Blog highlights the new LibreOffice 26.2 release, which brings improved Markdown import/export support and overall performance enhancements. The update also improves compatibility with Microsoft Office formats and adds refinements to usability across Writer, Calc, and other components.

View more blogs or learn to publish your own on planet.opensuse.org.

Contributors and developers within openSUSE Project recently met to coordinate the Git-based packaging workflow for Leap 16 and discussed how the process applies to the Leap distribution going forward, but not to the rolling-release Tumbleweed, which still needs some work to transition.

The workflow, built on Gitea as the UI platform, represents a shift toward a more transparent, package-centric development. Architectural decisions documented by the project include adopting Git as the sole version control system, using pull requests for change management and standardizing workflows across repositories.

Package sources for all official distributions are hosted at src.opensuse.org/pool. Community packages use branches named leap-x.y, such as leap-16.0. Packages originating from SUSE Linux Enterprise, also known as SUSE Linux Framework One (SLFO), use slfo-main or versioned slfo-x.y branches. When both branch types exist for a package, contributors should work from the leap-x.y branch.

The project relies on several automations to manage the workflow. The workflow-pr bot handles pull request lifecycles, including reviews and merging. The workflow-direct bot synchronizes submodules when changes are pushed to trusted development projects. The obs-staging-bot creates isolated testing environments in the Open Build Service for end-to-end validation. Sources for the automations are available in AutoGits repository. They do not require special permissions to operate and generally operate as regular users in Gitea.

Contributors are encouraged to use standard tooling; the osc client for OBS interactions, git-lfs for handling large files, and obs-git-init for initializing new package repositories are useful. Metadata such as maintainer lists, workflow configurations and project settings are stored directly in Git project repositories, with the obs-scm-bridge service generating Open Build Service metadata on demand. The git-obs tool exists (part of osc package) as an interface to Gitea, including the ability to use any of Gitea’s APIs directly from the terminal.

For community-owned packages, the workflow involves forking the repository, making changes in the appropriate leap-x.y branch and submitting a pull request. Pull requests automatically link to build results for verification. Contributors testing changes before submission can use the osc fork command, which creates a personal branch while preserving OBS project structure.

Packages maintained by SUSE follow separate procedures due to certification requirements. However, public requests for changes to these packages should be submitted through the Leap feature tracker at code.opensuse.org. Submissions are reviewed weekly during Leap features meetings.

During the meeting, participants discussed challenges with the transition. One of the attendees noted the workflow may feel unfamiliar to long-time openSUSE contributors and raised a point about repository initialization and the complexity of replicating OBS frontend functionality through bots. Another attendeee requested clearer mapping between the legacy processes and the new Git-based approach.

A key contributor to the OBS infrastructure emphasized that the goal is to make workflows transparent and reproducible. He invited contributors to report issues directly, and noted that binary-identical builds should be achievable when source transformations are not involved.

Attendees at the meeting acknowledged the need for improved tooling to support coordinated updates across multiple packages.

The project is seeking community support to complete the migration of development projects to the Git-based workflow. Documentation for the git workflow is available at src.opensuse.org and feedback can be submitted via GitHub issues at github.com/openSUSE/openSUSE-git.

Known issues include limitations on pull requests between branches in the package pool for non-collaborators. Work is ongoing to improve staging workflows for Factory to eventually transition to a git workflow.

Find more information, visit the recently update Git Packaging Workflow wiki page.

The openSUSE Project moved forward with a proposed governance structure following a virtual meeting yesterday that drew community members together for a discussion on advancing a leadership framework.

The session was productive with participants reviewing a draft proposal for governing bodies for the project; a Technical Steering Committee, a Community and Marketing Committee, representation of an Infrastructure Team and a Board.

The proposal is hosted on GitLab. It is designed as a living document that welcomes revision through community input.

The discussions during the meeting proposed that the Technical Steering Committee should begin with five members with a chair elected by the committee. The group would establish clear processes for reviewing and approving technical changes, drawing inspiration from Fedora’s FESCo model. Decisions for the TSC would use a voting system of +1 to approve, 0 for neutral, or -1 to block. A proposal passes without objection. A -1 vote would require a dedicated meeting, where a majority of attendees would decide the outcome. Objections must include a clear, documented rationale.

Discussions related to the Community and Marketing Committee would focus on outreach, advocacy, and community growth. It could also serve as an initial escalation point for disputes. If consensus cannot be reached at that level, matters would advance to the Board.

The Board’s role would center on representation, including coordination with SUSE, governance oversight, conflict mediation, and strategic guidance. Over time, its operational duties may narrow to function like a supervisory body, handling trademarks, budget approval, and final appeals when necessary.

Participants emphasized that cultivating a strong culture of maintainer responsibility remains essential and could be one of the more challenging aspects of bootstrapping a new structure.

Community members are encouraged to submit pull requests to refine the governance draft.

The document is available here. Organizers note that discussions should occur through proposed changes to the text.

No timeline for final adoption was announced. Project contributors will continue discussions through the GitLab repository and future community meetings.

There is a new toy in the house. It is a miniature workstation from HP, built around AMD’s Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 395 chip. If you are interested in the specifications and other details, check the HP product page at https://www.hp.com/us-en/workstations/z2-mini-a.html. In the long run, this box will serve many purposes:

• learning AI, but running as much as possible locally instead of utilizing cloud services
• learning Kubernetes by building everything from scratch on multiple virtual machines
• home server: running complex test environments on a single box (128 GB of RAM should be enough in most cases :-) )
• photo editing using Capture One Pro
• occasional gaming :-)

For now, I have finished unboxing and taken the first steps with Windows. It worked, though I made a mistake during setup and had to reinstall. I do not mind, since I do not like using pre-installed operating systems anyway. At least I know the machine works.

Right now I am hesitant to migrate any production applications or data to the new box. I have already clicked “use the whole disk” instead of creating a partition a few times, so I want to finalize the partitioning before using the box for anything beyond hardware testing. Better safe than sorry :-)

I plan to install a couple of Linux distributions. I mainly use openSUSE on the desktop, but I found instructions for Fedora to accelerate AI on this AMD chip. So, I’ll most likely install both. And, of course, I also plan to install FreeBSD 15 on the machine and see how it works both as a server and as a desktop.

I plan to post updates about my experiences in the coming weeks.

UDP log collection is a legacy feature that does not provide any security or reliability, but is still in wide use. You can improve its reliability using eBPF on Linux in recent syslog-ng versions. Support for eBPF was added to Debian packages while preparing for the 4.11.0 syslog-ng release.

You can learn more about eBPF support in syslog-ng from the documentation or reading my blog at https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/syslog-ng-4-2-extra-udp-performance

Right now, packaging changes only affect the syslog-ng nightly Debian / Ubuntu packages and the syslog-ng nightly container image. You can learn more about how to use them in the syslog-ng README on GitHub at https://github.com/syslog-ng/syslog-ng/ Once the syslog-ng 4.11.0 release is available, using the stable syslog-ng packages will include improved UDP support as well.

Are you interested in improving TCP performance for a single or few high traffic connections? You are looking for the parallelize() option: https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/accelerating-single-tcp-connections-in-syslog-ng-parallelize The good news is that the required changes are now available in ivykis upstream, so this feature is not limited to our builds anymore.

Originally published at https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/udp-reliability-improved-in-syslog-ng-debian-packaging

This is a rudimentary attempt (that surprisingly works) to export passwords from pass to Bitwarden csv format

As a requisite you need to have the private key that protects the passwords, exported as an ASCII armored key (Or whatever the nomenclature is), the important bit is that you export it:

gpg --export-secret-keys --armor $YOURFINGERPRINT > private-key.asc

To run simply run, you need to clone the sources from the git repo and inside the directory run:

go run . --private-key private-key.asc --identity alice@example.com

Alternatively you can build it and then run it (Sky is the limit)

You can check usage too by passing --help, It runs fairly fast, and in the end up with a pass_exported_passwords.csv (again see program help for defaults).

A feature that I’d like to add is a support for user plugins, to i.e check if an otp token is duplicated, or if a password is being reused, but that’s for the future

As usual PRs are welcome, specially for adding tests.

PS: “Maybe” I fix the program to be able to be installed via go install $foo (or somebody submits a PR :D)

https://github.com/foursixnine/pass-exporter