On March 27, 2025, openSUSE announced experimental parallel downloads for its Zypper package manager, aimed at enhancing speed and performance. Users can configure max concurrent connections to enjoy significantly faster updates, addressing connectivity issues. The update is a promising development that improves the user experience in openSUSE Tumbleweed and Leap distributions.

Tumbleweed es una distribución de GNU/Linux «Rolling Release» o de actualización contínua. Aquí puedes estar al tanto de las últimas novedades.

openSUSE Tumbleweed es la versión «rolling release» o de actualización continua de la distribución de GNU/Linux openSUSE.

Hagamos un repaso a las novedades que han llegado hasta los repositorios esta semana.

Y recuerda que puedes estar al tanto de las nuevas publicaciones de snapshots en esta web:

• https://victorhck.gitlab.io/tumbleweed_snapshots/

El anuncio original lo puedes leer en el blog de Dominique Leuenberger, publicado bajo licencia CC-by-sa, en este este enlace:

• https://dominique.leuenberger.net/blog/2025/05/tumbleweed-review-of-the-week-2025-18/

Durante esta semana, a pesar del día festivo se han publicado 6 nuevas snapshots (0424…0428, 0501)

Las actualizaciones más destacadas de estas semanas:

• Java 21 openJDK 21.0.7.0
• Postfix 3.10.2
• openSSH 10.0p2: se ha eliminado el soporte al algoritmo DSA por su baja seguridad
• Python 3.13.3
• Linux kernel 6.14.4
• fuse 3.17.2
• Mesa 25.0.5
• GCC 15.1.1
• openSSL 3.5.0

Pero tumbleweed no para de rodar y ya se están preparando muchas actualizaciones, entre ellas:

• Meson 1.8.0
• Boost 1.88.0
• GStreamer 1.26.1
• Mozilla Firefox 138.0
• Mozilla NSS 3.110
• util-linux 2.41
• GCC 15 como compilador de todos los paquetes de Tumbleweed
• CMake 4.0

Si quieres estar a la última con software actualizado y probado utiliza openSUSE Tumbleweed la opción rolling release de la distribución de GNU/Linux openSUSE.

Mantente actualizado y ya sabes: Have a lot of fun!!

Enlaces de interés

• ¿Por qué deberías utilizar openSUSE Tumbleweed?
• zypper dup en Tumbleweed hace todo el trabajo al actualizar
• ¿Cual es el mejor comando para actualizar Tumbleweed?
• ¿Qué es el test openQA?
• http://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/iso/
• https://es.opensuse.org/Portal:Tumbleweed

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Dear Tumbleweed users and hackers,

This week felt rather quiet – but that’s what we get for having a Thursday holiday (May Day, Labour Day). People tend to take Friday off, too, which in turn makes the entire work week very short (but gives the enthusiast more time to hack on things to balance it out). Despite all this, we have published 6 snapshots during this week (0424…0428, 0501)

There are surely some interesting changes for everybody in there:

• Java 21 openJDK 21.0.7.0
• Postfix 3.10.2
• openSSH 10.0p2: support for the weak DSA signature algorithm removed
• Python 3.13.3
• Linux kernel 6.14.4
• fuse 3.17.2
• Mesa 25.0.5
• GCC 15.1.1
• openSSL 3.5.0

In the staging projects, we are busy testing these submissions by maintainers:

• Meson 1.8.0
• Boost 1.88.0
• GStreamer 1.26.1
• Mozilla Firefox 138.0
• Mozilla NSS 3.110
• util-linux 2.41: findmnt causes segfaults
• GCC 15 as distro compiler, see https://build.opensuse.org/staging_workflows/openSUSE:Factory/staging_projects/openSUSE:Factory:Staging:Gcc7
• CMake 4.0 (not yet submitted, but please help fix issues, See https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/factory@lists.opensuse.org/thread/FHM4V3PGI3GX65LG6ZIAGJ6QQD5O57WN/

Me complace anunciar que KDE estará presente en el VI Congreso de Software Libre: Lliurex’25.Un evento organizado por la Conselleria d’Educació de la Generalitat Valenciana, junto el equipo de Lliurex y la Universitat d’Alacant y que trata de compartir tus ideas y experiencias sobre la innovación de las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación en la educación.

KDE estará presente en el VI Congreso de Software Libre: Lliurex’25

Está claro que promocionar el Software Libre es uno de los puntos débiles de nuestro ecosistema. Miles de profesores y estudiantes de la Comunidad Valenciana utilizan a diario el sistema operativo Lliurex, el cual doy fe de que funciona bastante bien a todos los niveles, pero no son conscientes de su valor ni de que lo pueden utilizar en su casa sin problemas. Así que toda promoción debería no ser solo bienvenida sino que potenciada y difundida, y ese es el objetivo de esta entrada.

Hace un tiempo comenté que la Conselleria d’Educació de la Generalitat Valenciana, junto el equipo de Lliurex y la Universitat d’Alacant organiza el «VI Congreso de Software Libre: Lliurex’25 » el 5 y 6 de mayo en Alicante en el Campus de San Vicente.

De esta forma, comentaba, nos esperan dos días de congreso con un primer día con las típicas presentaciones iniciales y con el plato fuerte de Dr. Richard Stallman Fundador de la Free Software Foundation el lunes 5 de mayo.

El martes 6 será el momento del grueso de las ponencias repartidas en 5 salas y que tienen las temáticas diferentes y que van desde robóticas, videojuegos, aplicaciones, Inteligencia Artificial o podcast.

Y, es justo ese día, en la sala verde a las 11:30 tendrá lugar una charla titulada «10 cosas que no sabías que podías hacer (o sí) con Lliurex» en la que un servidor, Baltasar Ortega, contará las bondades de este entorno de trabajo para sacarle el máximo provecho a tu equipo.

Los objetivos de VI Congreso de Software Libre: Lliurex’25

Además de ser un excelente escaparate para promocionar Lliurex (la distribución Linux de la Generalitat Valenciana), este congreso:

Es el lugar perfecto para compartir tus ideas y experiencias sobre la innovación de las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación en la educación. ¡Te invitamos a asistir a este emocionante encuentro!

Los objetivos más específicos de este encuentro son los siguientes:

• Reunir a miembros y simpatizantes de la comunidad LliureX para compartir experiencias y conocimientos.
• Presentar ponencias y talleres sobre temas relacionados con las tecnologías de la información y comunicación libres.
• Fomentar la colaboración y el intercambio de ideas entre los miembros de la comunidad LliureX y otros proyectos y organizaciones relacionadas.
• Crear un espacio de networking para que la comunidad LliureX pueda conectarse y establecer relaciones con otros profesionales y entusiastas de las TIC.

Más información: Congreso LLiurex

La entrada KDE estará presente en el VI Congreso de Software Libre: Lliurex’25 se publicó primero en KDE Blog.

The rolling release Tumbleweed continues enhancements in April and brings more usefulness to gamers, developers and others with the delivery of several snapshots.

Among the key highlights this month, Tumbleweed users benefit from a major security boost with OpenSSH 10.0p2, featuring faster, quantum-resistant key exchange and improved session performance. Developers will notice smoother workflows with GDB 16.3’s smarter multithreaded debugging and better tracing tools, while gamers and multimedia users will see enhanced GPU performance and stability thanks to Mesa 25.0.4 and critical fixes in FFmpeg 7.1.1. Audio reliability has improved across more devices with SBC 2.1 and new kernel-firmware-sound 20250408 updates. Meanwhile, major updates to KDE Gear 25.04.0, GTK4 4.18.3, and system packages like iproute2 6.14 and rsyslog 8.2502 bring refinements that enhance daily desktop, server, and development environments. Numerous security vulnerabilities have also been patched across Mozilla Firefox 137.0, PHP 8.4.5, OpenVPN 2.6.14, and Python 3.13.3..

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

Happy updating and tumble on!

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

New Features and Enhancements

OpenSSH 10.0p2: This major version brings major security, stability, and performance updates important for all openSUSE Tumbleweed users. It removes support for the outdated DSA algorithm, making SSH connections more secure by default, and introduces faster, quantum-resistant key exchange with mlkem768x25519-sha256. For desktop and server users, SSH sessions are now faster and more efficient thanks to cipher improvements favoring AES-GCM. Developers will benefit from new flexible configuration options, like session-type matching and environment variable expansion. The update also strengthens security by fixing issues with forwarding settings and restructuring the SSH daemon to reduce its attack surface after login. Day-to-day remote access, file transfers, and automation workflows will be more secure, slightly faster, and better prepared for future cryptographic standards.

GDB 16.3: The new major version update improves debugging precision, performance, and integration for developers on openSUSE Tumbleweed. Smarter thread-specific breakpoints reduce overhead when debugging large, multi-threaded applications. Support for watchpoints with tagged pointers, like Intel’s LAM (Linear Address Masking), means better handling of modern CPU features. New tracing options using Intel Processor Trace make it easier to analyze programs at the instruction level. ARM users benefit from improved support for Memory Tagging Extension (MTE) debugging. This release also expands Python scripting APIs and improves Debug Adapter Protocol (DAP) integration, helping GDB fit more seamlessly into modern development tools and workflows. Overall, a solid update for anyone working with complex applications or the latest hardware.

SBC 2.1 Another major update brings important under-the-hood improvements for audio handling. SBC (Subband Codec) is widely used for Bluetooth audio, and this update fixes critical issues when running on non-x86 hardware (like ARM-based devices) and ensures better stability when SSE CPU optimizations are disabled. While casual users won’t notice immediate differences, this makes Bluetooth audio more reliable across more systems, especially useful for newer laptops, desktops, and ARM boards. Developers also benefit from cleaner builds and better cross-platform support.

kernel-firmware-sound 20250408: This update adds new Sound Open Firmware (SOF) support for two MediaTek chips: the MT8195 and MT8188. This means improved audio hardware compatibility and support on newer MediaTek-based devices using these chipsets.

xz 5.8.1: The command line tool and utilities package brings performance improvements and a key security fix. The multithreaded .xz decoder now correctly handles invalid input that led to crashes. A performance bug was also fixed to ensure all threads are used during decompression in certain scenarios. For systems using SSE2, such as x86 with musl libc, decompression can be noticeably faster, up to 15 percent in some cases. This update also improves encoder speed on 64-bit PowerPC and RISC-V processors, and adds low-level Application Programming Interface access for BCJ filters on RISC-V, ARM64, and x86_64 . On Linux, xz now uses fsync() to safely sync output files before deleting the input file, with a new --no-sync option if you want to skip that behavior.

rsyslog 8.2502: This maintenance release improves stability, better error handling, and support for newer platforms. The update fixes a multithreading issue in the forwarding module (omfwd), improves TLS support by handling OpenSSL and gnutls handshakes more gracefully, and adds a socketBacklog setting to tune TCP listener behavior. Improvements to Kafka logging and SNMP support are included as well. The package now also supports building under the latest C23 standard, which brings the project up to date with modern compiler toolchains.

tigervnc 1.15.0: This package adds several usability improvements for both viewers and servers. You can now use the back and forward mouse buttons in the native viewer and makes remote desktop navigation smoother. Clipboard redirection has been added to x0vncserver, letting you copy and paste between your local system and the remote desktop. The native viewer now remembers your username and password on reconnect, saving time during repeated sessions. Both the native and Java viewers can display a standard arrow cursor when the server cursor is hidden, making it easier to see where your pointer is. Finally, vncpasswd can now check password strength using pwquality, enhancing security.

ffmpeg 7.1.1: Audio decoding is now more robust, with protections against overflows in WAV file parsing and better handling of invalid DVD video packets. Timecode calculation has been improved to avoid FPS-related overflows. The MJPEG decoder now disallows unsupported progressive Bayer images, and audio packets in fragmented MP4 (mov) files are no longer incorrectly marked as keyframes. OpenVINO support has been disabled to simplify dependencies for openSUSE Factory.

harfbuzz 11.0.1 and 11.1.0: This first minor version of version 11 restores compatibility by reverting a recent change to trak tracking behavior, now applied during shaping instead of directly. It improves shaping performance, refines glyph rendering (like rounding extents and emboldening at the font layer), and adds experimental access to raw CFF/CFF2 CharStrings. The CLI tools now return meaningful error codes and come with optional manpages. The 11.1.0 version improves font subsetting by including bidirectional (bidi) mirroring variants by default, which helps ensure better rendering of right-to-left scripts. A new flag allows disabling this if needed. The release also includes general bug fixes, build improvements, and enhancements to the test suite.

cups 2.4.12: This release now honors system-wide cryptographic policies with GnuTLS and adds an option (NoSystem) to opt out. Users will see clearer alerts when secure IPP printing (IPPS) encounters certificate issues, and the scheduler now logs detailed debug history if a backend fails. Bug fixes address potential job loss during install failures, improved PPD option parsing, and better IPP keyword validation.

Key Package Updates

kernel-source 6.14.4 and 6.14.3: The 6.14.4 version was a small maintenance update for the Linux Kernel that fixes several memory leaks, improves Wi-Fi and Bluetooth stability, and resolves issues with SCSI, RAID and sound drivers. Networking reliability is enhanced, especially for IPv6 and Open vSwitch users. This release also brings a few targeted fixes for Intel IGC networking, block device handling, and hardware-specific improvements for devices like Rockchip CAN and AMD graphics. The 6.14.3 update provided Bluetooth reliability improvements for some Qualcomm devices, while fixes in graphics drivers like Intel and VirtIO solve flickering and memory leaks. Networking sees more robust handling in drivers like ethtool and TLS, which benefits server admins and gaming setups relying on low-latency connections. Developers and advanced users benefit from better tracing tools and memory management fixes, reducing the chance of subtle bugs during debugging.

systemd 257.5: This maintenance updates documentation and test behavior. It fixes the location references for pstore.conf and coredump.conf templates, which is important for admins managing system crashes or dumps. It also adjusts network tests by using a copy instead of a symlink for default network configuration.

libxmlb 0.3.22: This release improves file integrity checks and XML export reliability. This release adds safeguards to detect file truncation and malformed string tables, preventing potential crashes or data corruption when working with .xmlb binary XML files. For developers, exporting XML with the COLLAPSE_EMPTY feature is now supported and more robust, especially when dealing with empty elements or silos. These improvements help ensure tools using libxmlb (like GNOME Software) handle XML metadata more reliably.

GTK4 4.18.3: This update improves text editing by fixing margins, double-click selections, and dead key handling. The update resolves a regression where input methods showed incorrect positions when line numbers were enabled. It also improves menu behavior on mobile by preventing text overflow and ensures window resizing always works. Accessibility stability is improved by fixing errors related to accessibility relations. The column view and listbox widgets now handle measurements and selections more reliably. The GTK Inspector now remembers some user interface states between sessions. Several internal fixes reduce warnings and improve memory management when running on Wayland. The release also includes documentation updates and refreshed translations.

Mesa 25.0.4: This bugfix update improves performance and stability across several GPUs and games. AMD users with GFX8/Polaris cards will see better performance in titles like Elden Ring, and GPU hangs in The Last of Us Part I on RDNA3 (gfx1201) have been resolved. Vulkan 1.4 support continues, bringing smoother rendering and compatibility improvements for modern games. Fixes also address visual glitches in Satisfactory, rendering errors on Intel Battlemage (BMG), and memory leaks in Vulkan swapchain handling.

KDE Gear 25.04.0: This release brings refined accessibility, right-to-left language support, safer file operations, digital signing with Okular, and better performance in creative tools like KWave and Kdenlive. It also includes enhancements for social media apps like Mastodon client Tokodon, with support for scheduled posts and content filters, and introduces useful new features in travel, productivity, and system tools.

curl 8.13.0: This version now supports TLS 1.3 early data with OpenSSL/quictls, adds ECH support with DoH in rustls, and introduces --upload-flags for IMAP uploads. You can also load URLs from a file and access new write-out variables like tls_earlydata. Numerous bug fixes improve HTTP/2 handling, OpenSSL compatibility, and SSH file transfers.

fwupd 2.0.8: This super-thin layer library n the DBus interface adds support for updating the UEFI Signature Database and KEK via two new plugins and now reports the updated UEFI db as part of the device’s HSI attributes. The update improves compatibility with UEFI systems and fixes bugs related to EFI paths, Redfish detection on non-Supermicro systems, and JSON mode behavior. It also ensures safer firmware updates on UEFI-capable architectures and enhances support for certain device protocols.

iproute2 6.14: This version adds new functionality for advanced networking setups, including support for IPv6 flow labels in ip route and ip rule, monitoring for multicast addresses via ip monitor maddress, and improved readability in ss by showing Multipath Transmission Control Protocol subflow sequence counters in decimal format.

** selinux-policy 20250410**: This update provides a fix to allow logging into Podman containers from a terminal (TTY), which resolved issues some users faced with interactive sessions. It also introduces a test for RPM builds in the CI pipeline. A workaround has been included to address persistent issues with semodule removal, pending a more permanent fix (PED-12491).

python313 3.13.3: This update bundled libraries like libexpat for improved security, fixes multiple bugs affecting subprocess handling, sockets, and gzip files, and corrects crashes and resource leaks in rare cases. Important security improvements include safer email header handling and better tempfile behavior.

Bug Fixes and Security Updates

Several key security vulnerabilities were addressed this month. Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures this month are:

Security Updates

Mozilla Firefox 137.0:

• CVE-2025-3028: Use-after-free triggered by XSLTProcessor.
• CVE-2025-3029: URL bar spoofing via non-BMP Unicode characters.
• CVE-2025-3030: Memory safety bugs (various components).
• CVE-2025-3031: JIT optimization bug with different stack slot sizes.
• CVE-2025-3032: Leaking file descriptors from the fork server.
• CVE-2025-3033: Opening local .url files could lead to another file being opened.
• CVE-2025-3034: More memory safety bugs.
• CVE-2025-3035: Tab title disclosure via AI chatbot.

php 8.4.5:

• CVE-2024-11235: Use-after-free in php_request_shutdown.
• CVE-2025-1217: Stream wrapper does not handle folded headers properly.
• CVE-2025-1219: libxml2 content-type misbehavior during redirects.
• CVE-2025-1734: HTTP wrapper allows headers without colons.
• CVE-2025-1736: HTTP wrapper may omit basic auth headers.
• CVE-2025-1861: Redirect location truncated to 1024 bytes.

openvpn 2.6.14:

• CVE-2024-28882: Authenticated client could force server to keep session alive.
• CVE-2024-5594: DoS via control channel with malformed data.
• CVE-2025-2704: --tls-crypt-v2 misuse leading to assertion failures.

ffmpeg 7.1.1:

• CVE-2025-1816: Missing constraints for audio element parameter count.
• CVE-2025-22919: Fixed reachable assertion in FFmpeg that could cause DoS via crafted AAC files.
• CVE-2025-0518: Fixed unchecked return value and out-of-bounds read in FFmpeg’s af_pan.c, preventing data leaks.

poppler 25.04.0:

• CVE-2025-32364: Fixed a floating-point exception in Poppler’s PSStack::roll function triggered by malformed input.
• CVE-2025-32365: Fixed out-of-bounds read in Poppler’s JBIG2Bitmap::combine function due to misplaced isOk check.

c-ares 1.34.5:

• CVE-2025-31498: Fixed a use-after-free in c-ares read_answers() caused by premature connection closure handling.

giflib:

• CVE-2025-2173: Buffer overflow in DumpScreen2RGB function.

mozjs128 128.8.1:

• CVE-2025-2857: Sandbox escape via IPC handle mismanagement on Windows.
• CVE-2024-43097: Out-of-bounds write in SkRegion due to integer overflow.
• CVE-2025-1930: Use-after-free in AudioIPC allowing sandbox escape on Windows.
• CVE-2025-1931: Use-after-free in WebTransport connection handling.
• CVE-2025-1932: Out-of-bounds access in xslt/txNodeSorter due to inconsistent comparator.
• CVE-2025-1933: WASM i32 return values may pick up bits from leftover memory on 64-bit CPUs.
• CVE-2025-1934: Fixed a RegExp bailout flaw in Firefox that allowed unexpected JavaScript execution and GC triggering.
• CVE-2025-1935: Fixed an issue where websites could trick users into setting them as default URL protocol handlers.
• CVE-2025-1936: jar: URL handling flaw could allow code hiding in web extensions.

xz 5.8.1:

• CVE-2025-31115: Heap use-after-free and null pointer dereference in multithreaded .xz decoder.

python-h11 0.16.0:

• CVE-2025-43859: Fixed lenient line terminator parsing in h11, preventing potential HTTP request smuggling.

augeas:

• CVE-2025-2588: Null pointer dereference in Augeas re_case_expand, potentially leading to crashes.

java-21-openjdk 21.0.7.0

• CVE-2025-21587: Fixed a JSSE flaw in Java SE allowing remote data access/modification via crafted protocol input.
• CVE-2025-30691: Fixed a Java SE compiler flaw that allowed limited remote access to application data.
• CVE-2025-30698: Fixed a flaw in Java SE 2D allowing remote attackers to access or modify limited data or cause partial DoS.

libraw 0.21.4:

• CVE-2025-43964: Fixed missing minimum checks for w0 and w1 in LibRaw’s tag 0x412 processing.

• CVE-2025-43962: Fixed out-of-bounds read in LibRaw’s phase_one_correct due to improper handling of tag 0x412 values.

• CVE-2025-43961: Fixed out-of-bounds read in LibRaw’s Fujifilm tag parser in metadata/tiff.cpp.

• CVE-2025-43963: Fixed out-of-bounds access in LibRaw’s phase_one_correct due to unchecked image split values.

python311:

• CVE-2025-0938: Fixed improper parsing in Python’s urllib.parse that accepted invalid square-bracketed domains.

libsoup2:

• CVE-2025-2784: Fixed potential HTTP/2 request queue issue leading to unexpected behavior or resource exhaustion.
• CVE-2025-32050: Addressed a flaw where incorrect HTTP/2 stream reset handling could cause crashes.
• CVE-2025-32052: Fixed improper HTTP trailer processing that could cause request handling errors.
• CVE-2025-32053: Resolved an issue with trailer field names incorrectly accepting invalid characters.

libxml2:

• CVE-2025-32415: Fixed a heap buffer overflow in xmlSchemaIDCFillNodeTables during XML Schema validation.
• CVE-2025-32414: Limited Python bindings’ XML reading to prevent buffer overreads when parsing data.

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

Conclusion

April 2025 continued to show why Tumbleweed is a benchmark for modern Linux distributions. This month brought major security advancements with OpenSSH 10, deeper hardware compatibility through new kernel firmware and Mesa updates. It also brings smarter developer tools with GDB 16.3 and KDE Gear 25.04. April’s snapshots delivered faster, quantum-resistant SSH sessions, improved Bluetooth audio reliability, and boosted game performance, making Tumbleweed even more capable across desktops, servers, and ARM-based systems.

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 ](https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/factory@lists.opensuse.org/).

Contributing to openSUSE Tumbleweed

Stay updated with the latest snapshots by subscribing to the openSUSE Factory mailing list. For those Tumbleweed users who want to contribute or want to engage with detailed technological discussions, subscribe to the openSUSE Factory mailing list . The openSUSE team encourages users to continue participating through bug reports, feature suggestions and discussions.

Your contributions and feedback make openSUSE Tumbleweed better with every update. Whether reporting bugs, suggesting features, or participating in community discussions, your involvement is highly valued.

Os presento las novedades de Merkuro en KDE Gear 25.04, el segundo artículo de la serie de la última actualización del ecosistema de aplicaciones de KDE, otro paso adelante en la mejora continua del proyecto. Nunca está de más recordar que Merkuro es una aplicación de gestión de información personal que, de momento, permite gestionar tareas, eventos y contactos.

Novedades de Merkuro en KDE ⚙️ Gear 25.04

Dentro del lanzamiento de KDE Gear 25.04 muchas aplicaciones han recibido mucho cariño, y una de ellas es la modernización de una aplicación básica para muchos usuarios como es la gestión de la información personal como el calendario o los contactos.

Se trata de Merkuro una aplicación de calendario y de contactos que le permite gestionar tareas, eventos y contactos pudiendo utilizar desde calendarios locales hasta una gran variedad de calendarios en línea: Nextcloud, calendario de Google® y caldav de Outlook®, entre otros. Merkuro se creó con la idea de poder usarlo en el escritorio, en dispositivos móviles y en cualquier formato entre ellos.

Esta nueva versión de KDE ⚙️ Gear 25.04 nos ofrece las siguientes novedades:

Ahora se puede configurar la configuración regional de los días festivos en el Calendario de Merkuro, lo que permite seleccionar más de una región. También puede mostrar los días festivos en las vistas semanal y mensual.

Otras novedades que incluye esta versión son la posibilidad de filtrar tareas para mostrar solo las que vencen hoy y que la lista de contactos permite ahora selecciones múltiples, así como aplicar acciones a todos los contactos seleccionados.

Más información: KDE Gear 25.04

La entrada Novedades de Merkuro en KDE ⚙️ Gear 25.04 se publicó primero en KDE Blog.

La versión Beta de la próxima openSUSE Leap 16 ya está disponible para descargar, testear y probar lo nuevo que traerá esta próxima versión

Los comunidad de openSUSE se complacen en anunciar que la beta de Leap 16 ya está disponible para su prueba. Esta nueva versión de openSUSE Leap trae muchos cambios en paquetes tan importantes como YaST y su instalación, gestión de software y de paquetes.

Todo eso y mucho más, echemos un vistazo…

Al igual que su predecesor Leap 15.6, la versión Leap 16.0 continúa la tradición de una distribución clásica y estable de Linux con lanzamientos periódicos; que se ha creado a partir de SUSE Linux Enterprise 16 y su nueva base, SUSE Linux Framework One (anteriormente ALP).

Ya se pueden descargar las imágenes del instalador de Agama en línea y fuera de línea desde get.opensuse.org. Leap sigue siendo la distribución de Linux tradicional y con todas las funciones del proyecto, con lanzamientos estables y periódicos en los que prima la estabilidad frente a tener las versiones más modernas de los paquetes instalados.

Mientras tanto, las personas que buscan un sistema moderno e inmutable con lanzamientos puntuales, pueden echar un vistazo a Leap Micro. Que está diseñado para cargas de trabajo virtualizadas y en contenedores.

Novedades de Leap 16

Leap 16.0 trae una base renovada y un sistema más limpio.

• Se espera que sea solo de Wayland (algunos restos de Xorg permanecen por ahora)
• Se ha eliminado la compatibilidad con el inicio de SysV.
• El nuevo instalador de Agama es ahora el predeterminado
• La pila tradicional de YaST se retira en favor de:
• Cockpit para la gestión del sistema
• Myrlyn como sustituto directo de la interfaz gráfica de usuario del software YaST (Nota: YaST sigue estando disponible en Tumbleweed pero ya no se desarrollará.)
• YaST se ha eliminado de Leap 16 y Myrlyn asume este papel de instalación de software como YaST.
• Si alguien está interesado en el mantenimiento de YaST para un mayor desarrollo y correcciones de errores, el código fuente está disponible en github.
• Leap 16.0 ya no se ejecutará en equipos que no sean compatibles con x86_64-v2.

Software en Leap 16

• Kernel: 6.12 (desde SLES 16.0)
• GNOME: 48.0 (y será 48.1 para la versión final)
• KDE Plasma: 6.3.4 (y será 6.4.0 en la versión final)
• AppArmor: 4.1
• GIMP: 3.0
• RPM: 4.20
• Cockpit 334.1
• GNU Health 5.5 cuando en junio esté disponible

Cambios en los repositorios

Leap 16.0 ahora utiliza la gestión de repositorios basada en RIS a través del paquete openSUSE-repos y es un sistema ya familiar para los usuarios de Leap Micro 6.0.

Los repositorios de distribución de Leap 16.0 ahora se dividen por arquitectura, lo que hace que se reduzcan los metadatos y se actualice de manera más rápida. Aparte de eso, Leap 16.0 Beta contiene soporte experimental para descargas de paquetes paralelos en Zypper, lo que acelera las instalaciones y actualizaciones. Y se espera que la función se vuelva estable y, por lo tanto, esté habilitada de forma predeterminada antes del lanzamiento.

Todos estos cambios deberían, revertir en ofrecer una experiencia mucho mejor con la gestión de software en Leap en general. Puedes encontrar la lista completa de repositorios de Leap 16.0 aquí.

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Ya sea desde una instalación nueva en una máquina de pruebas, en una máquina virtual, o actualizando desde una versión anterior, lo mejor es probar todas estas mejoras en tu equipo y reportar mediante bugzilla los problemas que puedas encontrar, para entre todos dar forma a esta nueva openSUSE Leap 16 que como ves viene con muchos cambios!

Hace mucho tiempo publiqué el mapa generado en Google de los usuarios de KDE. Ese mapa era colaborativo y voluntario pero generado sobre Software Privativo. En varias ocasiones pedí que alguien lo cambiara a OpenStreetMap y mis súplicas fueron escuchadas. Ya casi había olvidado este proyecto pero este agosto lo recuperé, publicitándolo en el grupo de Telegram KDE – Cañas y Bravas y parece que el proyecto ha tomado impulso, así que he decidido seguir publicitándolo durante unos meses. Así que os doy la bienvenida a la actualización de abril_25 del mapa de usuarios KDE que, como vais a ver, no ha sufrido cambios apreciables respecto el mes anterior, por no decir ninguno. Todavía seguimos sin tener a nadie en Cáceres, Lleida, Cuenca, Salamanca o Huesca, por poner algunas capitales de provincia. ¿No podemos solucionar este vacío? ¿Conoces a alguien de alguna de esas capitales? Si es así dile que se apunte.

Actualización de abril_25 del mapa de usuarios KDE

Si vais a ver el mapa de la Comunidad KDE de España marzo 2018, podréis ver una imagen estática de los usuarios que se habían puesto voluntariamente , y digo estática, porque alguien borró (queriendo o sin querer) los «pines» del mapa.

Ese incidente fue comentado en el grupo de Telegram KDE – Cañas y Bravas, y un usuario dijo que trabajaría en ello aprovechando que se debía empezar de nuevo el mapa.

Este compañero de grupo era @wakutiteo y creó, utilizando los servicios de uMap sobre OpenStreetMap el nuevo mapa de la usuarios KDE en España en el que podemos empezar a registrarnos.

En un principio había poca poca gente apuntada (mirad la entrada de junio de 2018) pero poco a poco se ha ido llenando, a pesar de la poca promoción que ha tenido. A ver si a partir de ahora voy dándole más cancha y el mapa crece .

2025

Abril 2025

Este mes seguimos tristes: no hemos tenido ninguna incorporación, al menos de forma aparente. Seguimos sin usuarios en capitales de provincia, además de las mencionadas, como Lleida, Salamanca, Huelva, Zamora, Lugo, Soria, Teruel, Segovia, Tarragona, Girona, Alicante, Santiago de Compostela, Pontevedra o Ávila, si no he mirado mal (que es posible).

Adjunto las capturas y comentar que el mapa de las Islas Canarias lo he capturado un poco más ampliado para poder ver mejor los detalles.

Pincha en este enlace para ver el mapa interactivo.

Evidentemente, es voluntario y apuntaros es bajo vuestra propia responsabilidad. Os dejo también el mapa incrustado que se irá actualizando poco a poco.

Mostra-ho a pantalla completa

Marzo 2025

2024

Para facilitar el seguimiento he decidido crear la sección del año separándolo del mes conrrespondiente.

Agosto 2024

Septiembre 2024

Octubre 2024

Diciembre 2024

Y también os dejo un vídeo de cómo editar el mapa para poder apuntaros.

¿Qué es Umap?

Básicamente, con uMap puedes crear mapas con capas de OpenStreetMap en un minuto e incrustarlo en tu página web, de código libre. Con uMap puedes realizar las siguientes acciones:

• Elegir las capas de tu mapa
• Añadir PDIs: marcadores, líneas, polígonos…
• Elegir los colores y los iconos de los PDIs
• Gestionar opciones del mapa: mostrar un minimapa, localizar al usuario al cargar…
• Importar por lotes datos geoestructurados (geojson, gpx, kml, osm…)
• Elegir la licencia de tus datos
• Embeber y compartir tu mapa

 

 

La entrada Actualización de abril_25 del mapa de usuarios KDE se publicó primero en KDE Blog.

Leap Micro 6.2 Adopts the Leap Release Cycle

Members of the openSUSE Release Team are excited to announce that the Leap 16 Beta is now available for testing!

Like its predecessor Leap 15.6, the Leap 16.0 version continues the tradition of a stable, classic Linux distribution; it’s built from SUSE Linux Enterprise 16 and its new base, SUSE Linux Framework One (formerly ALP).

You can download both online and offline Agama installer images from get.opensuse.org. Leap remains the project’s traditional, full-featured Linux distribution.

Meanwhile, people looking for a modern, immutable system with point releases, take a look at our Leap Micro instead; It’s designed for containerized and virtualized workloads.

Roadmap Highlights

The Leap Micro 6.2 schedule and lifecycle align with Leap 16.0’s roadmap. This makes Leap Micro effectively a specialized image of Leap 16.X going forward.

• Leap Micro 6.2 Beta release within a few days
• Both Leap 16.0 and Leap Micro 6.2 releases are planned for October 2025

What’s New in the Beta?

Leap 16.0 with its fresh fork brings a renewed foundation and cleaner system.

• Expected to be Wayland-only (some Xorg remnants remain for now)
• SysV init support has been dropped
• The new Agama installer is now the default
• The traditional YaST stack is retired in favor of:
  • Cockpit for system management
  • Myrlyn as a drop-in replacement for the YaST Software GUI (Note: YaST is still available in Tumbleweed but will no longer be developed. YaST has been removed from Leap 16 and Myrlyn takes on this role of software installation like YaST. If someone is interested in the maintanece of YaST for further development and bugfixes, the sources are available on github.)
• Leap 16.0 will no longer run on machines that do not support x86_64-v2.

Versions of Interest

• Kernel: 6.12 (from SLES 16.0)
• GNOME: 48.0 (targeting 48.1 for GA)
• KDE Plasma: 6.3.4 (aiming for 6.4.0 in the final release)
• AppArmor: 4.1
• GIMP: 3.0
• RPM: 4.20 coming soon
• Cockpit 334.1 (aiming for latest version available at time of RC)
• GNU Health 5.0 once it’s available in June

Revamped Repositories

Leap 16.0 now uses RIS-based repository management through the openSUSE-repos package and is a system already familiar to users of Leap Micro 6.0.

Leap 16.0 distribution repositories are now split per architecture, which makes metadata smaller and refreshes faster. Aside from that Leap 16.0 Beta contains experimental support for parallel package downloads in Zypper, speeding up installs and updates`. We expect the feature to become stable and therefore enabled by default before the release.

All of these changes should hopefuly result into a much better experience with software management on Leap overall.

You can find the full list of Leap 16.0 repositories here.

Migration Options

We recommend fresh installs to fully test the new Agama installer. If you would like to upgrade from Leap 15.6 manually with zypper dup, you’ll need to update distribution repositories. We are newly using split repodata per architecture and we no longer have a separate update repositories. Users are adviced to disable all 3rd party repositories, as these are usually the root cause of most upgrade issues.

More details at https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:System_upgrade

sudo zypper dup --releasever 16.0

Alternatively, test our experimental migration tool which utilizes openSUSE-repos and will do the repository change for you:

sudo zypper in opensuse-migration-tool

sudo opensuse-migration-tool

You can find it on GitHub: opensuse-migration-tool

Screenshot:

SELinux, AppArmor and Gaming

Leap 16.0 follows SUSE Linux Enterprise in using SELinux by default. Unlike SLE, openSUSE also provides AppArmor, thanks to active community contributions.

You can switch from SELinux to AppArmor if preferred. Steam users may want to follow this workaround until gaming-targeted SELinux policies land in 16.0 Beta.

New Release Notes System

Our documentation team has introduced a modular release notes system using SUSE/release-notes. This allows for better sharing of SLE changes and should lead to more complete and useful documention.

Submitting Bug Reports

Your feedback is critical at this stage. People participating in alpha and beta testing help to identify and resolve issues before the general release of distributions. Whether bugs are in software packages, printing, networking or other areas, reporting these problems now ensures a smoother experience for everyone. Please report any issues on bugzilla.opensuse.org.

Thank you for testing and being part of the openSUSE community. Let’s shape Leap 16.0 together!

Já disponível na Multicortex, o Qwen3 é uma das suítes mais completas de modelos de linguagem de código aberto já lançadas. Desenvolvido pela equipe Qwen da Alibaba, ele traz desde modelos gigantes com desempenho de ponta até versões compactas que rodam localmente em hardwares mais modestos.

Neste artigo, faço um panorama geral da linha Qwen3, explico como os modelos foram treinados, analiso os principais benchmarks e mostro como começar a usá-los. Também vamos disponibilizar tutoriais sobre como rodar o Qwen3 localmente e ajustar os modelos — e este post será atualizado com os links assim que eles estiverem prontos.

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O que é o Qwen3?

O Qwen3 é a nova família de modelos de linguagem da Alibaba, com código aberto sob licença Apache 2.0. Um dos recursos mais inovadores é o “orçamento de raciocínio”: usuários podem ajustar diretamente o nível de raciocínio dos modelos, controlando a precisão e profundidade das respostas.

Aumentar o orçamento melhora o desempenho, especialmente em tarefas complexas como matemática, programação e ciências.

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Principais modelos da linha Qwen3

Modelo	Tipo	Comprimento do contexto	Melhor para
Qwen3-235B-A22B	MdE	128K	Tarefas de pesquisa, fluxos de trabalho de agentes, cadeias de raciocínio longas
Qwen3-30B-A3B	MdE	128K	Raciocínio equilibrado com menor custo de inferência
Qwen3-32B	Dense	128K	Implantações de uso geral de alto nível
Qwen3-14B	Dense	128K	Aplicativos de médio porte que precisam de raciocínio sólido
Qwen3-8B	Dense	128K	Tarefas de raciocínio leves
Qwen3-4B	Dense	32K	Aplicativos menores, inferência mais rápida
Qwen3-1.7B	Dense	32K	Casos de uso móveis e incorporados
Qwen3-0.6B	Dense	32K	Configurações muito leves ou restritas

MoE = Mixture of Experts: só parte dos parâmetros é usada a cada geração, economizando recursos.

Como os modelos foram treinados

Pré-treinamento em 3 fases, com 36 trilhões de tokens:

1. Habilidades básicas com 30T tokens.
2. Ênfase em matemática, STEM e código (5T tokens).
3. Expansão para janelas de 32K com dados de contexto longo.

Pós-treinamento em 4 etapas:

• Aprendizado passo a passo (Cold Start)
• Aprimoramento via Reforço (RL)
• Equilíbrio entre raciocínio lento e respostas rápidas
• Ajuste geral com dados de instruções e tarefas de agentes

Modelos menores são destilados dos maiores, mantendo qualidade com menos recursos.

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Resultados de Benchmark

Qwen3-235B-A22B lidera ou disputa o topo em quase todos os testes:

• ArenaHard (raciocínio): 95,6 (atrás apenas do Gemini 2.5 Pro)
• AIME’24: 85,7 em matemática avançada
• CodeForces Elo: 2056 — melhor que Gemini e DeepSeek
• LiveBench: 77.1, excelente para tarefas do mundo real

Qwen3-30B-A3B também impressiona:

• ArenaHard: 91,0 — supera QwQ-32B e GPT-4o
• CodeForces Elo: 1974 — desempenho competitivo com modelos maiores

Qwen3-4B se destaca para seu tamanho:

• AIME’24: 73,8 — melhor que muitos modelos maiores
• MultiIF: 66,3 — ótimo desempenho multilíngue para um 4B

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Qual modelo usar?

• Tarefas exigentes? Vá de Qwen3-235B-A22B
• Bom desempenho com custo menor? Use Qwen3-30B-A3B
• Uso geral com latência previsível? Os modelos densos (32B, 14B…) são ideais
• Aplicações leves ou embarcadas? Opte por Qwen3-1.7B ou 0.6B

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Conclusão

A linha Qwen3 oferece opções de alto desempenho para uma variedade de cenários — de agentes inteligentes a aplicações embarcadas. Com código aberto, janela de 128K tokens e arquitetura moderna, eles elevam o padrão dos modelos disponíveis publicamente.