Dear Tumbleweed users and hackers,

It’s Week 43, and Tumbleweed has rolled out five brand-new snapshots! That’s right—five bundles (1017, 1018, 1021, 1022, and 1023) of updates, improvements, and fixes were delivered straight to your desktops, keeping everything sharp and secure. Whether you’re here for the latest packages or simply looking to stay in the loop, there’s plenty to get excited about. Let’s jump into the highlights from this week’s releases!

Week 43 Highlights:

• Qt 6.8.0
• Systemd 256.7
• Virtualbox 7.1.4
• Mozilla Firefox 131.0.3
• meson 1.6.0
• GNOME 47.1

These snapshots showcase the fantastic work of openSUSE contributors, developers, and testers, who’ve been working around the clock to keep our systems fresh and finely tuned.

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And it wouldn’t be a complete ‘review of the week’ without looking forward to what’s on the horizon. Here’s a sneak peek at some of the goodness we can expect next week and beyond!

What’s Coming Up in Tumbleweed:

• Linux kernel 6.11.5
• KDE Plasma 6.2.2
• New artwork (wallpaper and Distro logo)
• SWIG 4.3.0: breaks a few packages
• LLVM 19: Needs Mesa 24.2.x
• Mesa 24.2.x: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/issues/11840
• Change the default LSM (opted in at installation) to SELinux. AppArmor is still an option, just not the default. This change only impacts new installations. Before going live, we tested this at openQA, and it identified some bugs; see https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1230118.

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Thanks for tuning into this week’s review! There’s always something exciting coming down the pipeline in openSUSE, so be sure to stay up-to-date with these snapshots and keep sharing your thoughts and feedback with the community!

Happy updating, and see you next week!

Recently I was asked the same question both at my workplace and at EuroBSDCon, the conference where I was presenting: where do you talk next? I had no definite answer. Of course, I am looking forward to the FOSDEM CfP, but I am also looking for new conferences to present syslog-ng and sudo. Do you have any recommendations?

You can read the rest of my blog at https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/where-should-i-present-syslog-ng-and-sudo

KVM is a Linux kernel module enabling hypervisor functionality since 2007, allowing multiple virtual environments. The article discusses using Virt-Manager for managing remote VMs via SSH, emphasizing security measures. While the tool is highly recommended for its convenience, the author acknowledges some complexities and advocates for learning more about its features.

Introduction In my last posts I explained on how to run AI models on a openSUSE system using LocalAI. Now I’d like to introduce you to training AI with a small guide on creating a Low Ranking Adaption, also known as LoRA, and using it with LocalAI on your system. This way, you can leverage […]

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The openSUSE Project will live-stream Episode 10 of it Contribution Workshop series on Oct. 24 at 18:00 UTC on openSUSE’s YouTube and X platforms for a GNOME Extensions workshop.

The session will cover how to enhance and customize the GNOME desktop environment using powerful extensions that add functionality, streamline workflows and personalize the desktop experience.

GNOME Extensions are an excellent way for users to expand the capabilities of their GNOME environment and make desktop use more efficient and tailored to individual needs.

Episode 10: GNOME Extensions

• Date: Oct. 24
• Time: 18:00 UTC
• Where: openSUSE official YouTube & X channels
• Useful Links: GNOME Shell on GitLab, GNOME Extensions Website and GNOME Shell Integration Add-on for Firefox

These workshops offer a platform for learning and for contributors to ask questions and engage directly with developers, maintainers and experienced members of the openSUSE community.

Whether you’re new to open-source contributions or a seasoned developer, the openSUSE Contribution Workshops offer valuable learning opportunities to improve your skills, engage with the community, and contribute effectively to the openSUSE Project.

The espisdoes for the Contribution Workshop go over a variety of topics including package maintenance, infrastructure or understanding the overall project landscape. These following episodes are tailored to provide an overview and practical advice for open-source software development, use and contribution.

The following episodes were already released:

• Episode 1: openSUSE Contribution Workshop: Basic use of OBS osc using a version bump as an example
• Episode 2: openSUSE Contribution Workshop: From 0 to an rpm package packaging GNU Hello
• Episode 3: openSUSE Contribution Workshop: openSUSE Leap 15.6 Beta Bug Day
• Episode 4: openSUSE Contribution Workshop: Packaging Rust in Open Build Service
• Episode 5: Contributing to openSUSE Leap - Project Structure, Feature Tracking, Package Updates for SLES Packages
• Episode 6: Host Your Own openSUSE Mirror
• Episode 7: openSUSE Contribution Workshop: Custom Leap Micro image spin in a few minutes
• Episode 8: Testing and Breaking Builds - Offloading Repetitive Tasks to Computers
• Episode 9: Python packaging workshop for openSUSE

Note: The live stream was unavailable for openSUSE’s X platform.

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Today we want to tell you about three significant improvements we have just introduced that make it easier to collaborate on the request page. Those improvements are part of the beta program. We started the redesign of the request workflow in August 2022. Then, in September 2022, we focused on the support of multi-action submit requests. We continued in October 2022 with improvements regarding the Build Results tab and superseded conversations, and we presented build...

I am not what you would call a fan of Apple products. I believe that they are very user hostile, specifically in the area of right-to-repair arena. Consumer electronics should be built with repair and maintenance in mind so that we minimize the amount of e-waste we produce. Repairability should absolutely be encouraged for consumers […]

Dear Tumbleweed users and hackers,

What a week it’s been for our favorite green chameleon! With 7 snapshots (1010…1016) rolling out, we’ve had plenty of updates, improvements, and new features making their way into our systems. If you blinked, you might have missed a few—so let’s dive into the highlights from the past week and catch up on everything that’s been buzzing in the openSUSE world!

This Week’s Highlights:

• GCC 14.2.1
• Mozilla Firefox 132.0.2
• KDE Gear 24.08.2
• KDE Frameworks 6.7.0
• KDE Plasma 6.2.1
• Samba 4.21.0
• Linux kernel 6.11.3

But, hold on! The excitement doesn’t stop there—there’s more on the horizon! Let’s take a peek at what’s coming our way in the next snapshots.

What to Expect Next:

• Linux kernel 6.11.4
• Virtualbox 7.1.4
• Vagrant will be removed: does not work with Virtualbox 7.1 and has no fix in sight.
• Mozilla Firefox 132.0.3
• SWIG 4.3.0 (beta1 has been submitted for testing)
• LLVM 19: Needs Mesa 24.2.x
• Mesa 24.2.x: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/issues/11840
• Tumbleweed Wallpaper refresh. per https://github.com/openSUSE/branding/pull/160
• Change the default LSM (opted in at installation) to SELinux. AppArmor is still an option, just not the default. This change only impacts new installations. Before going live, we threw this at openQA and it identified some bugs, see https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1230118.

The author expresses a strong preference for the 24-hour clock and the DD MMM YYYY date format, finding it more readable than US formats. Frustrated by changes in KDE Plasma's settings, they detail a workaround to restore their preferred format and emphasize the importance of customization for personal satisfaction and productivity.

I love t-shirts, especially those that you’d call logowear. But it’s not the kind of big name fashion logos that I’m referring to. Rather, it’s logowear from my favorite IT companies. I have well over a hundred of these t-shirts, and except when I’m preparing for a special event, I pull a random t-shirt from my collection. Yesterday I happened to wear a power.org t-shirt, while today I’m wearing an OpenPOWER t-shirt, two POWER t-shirts in two days :-) Both of these brought back some nice memories.

The first t-shirt is really old, I got it probably around 2008, while working for Genesi. One of my tasks was moderating the forums on the power.org website. It was a website focusing on IBM POWER server products, but it also included some generic POWER information. Besides sharing information, it also provided a meeting point for like-minded engineers, where they could discuss anything related to POWER. You can read my history with POWER-based computers in one of my opensource.com articles at https://opensource.com/article/20/10/power-architecture.

The t-shirt I had on today is a lot more recent, but still cannot be called new. It is a t-shirt by the OpenPOWER Foundation from the golden era of open source on POWER: the POWER9 years. Those years have seen the most active open source development on POWER ever since the Pegasos / PowerMac years. Many applications were ported to POWER, both for the server and the desktop. Hopefully there will be another wave of open source activity on POWER soon, fingers crossed :-)

Do you have any interesting POWER t-shirts? Share with me on your preferred social network! My accounts are listed in the top right corner of this page.