The Document Foundation has announced the release of LibreOffice 25.2.1, the initial minor release of the LibreOffice 25.2 office suite, which is available for Windows, macOS, and Linux. The suite has fixed several bugs, including dereferencing a null return value, fixing crashes in SfxViewFrame::StateReload_Impl(), merging cell borders vanishing when changing the sheet direction to (Right-To-Left), losing an image anchored to a page in a writer master document, a base SQL query parameter with a negative value failing, and UI turning autofilter OFF and ON again while retaining the color filter setting.
The suite also addressed issues with the Insert Bookmarks dialog, formulas with comma-separated decimals being rendered incorrectly, inconsistent display of vertical table alignments in merged cells that span pages, crashes at undo after pasting a table in the footer, and LibreOffice 24.2.x not being able to import Python binaries.
The fourth release candidate for Samba 4.22.0 has been released for testing. The update introduces several new features, including SMB3 Directory Leases, Netlogon Ping over LDAP and LDAPS, as well as experimental Himmelblaud Authentication in Samba. Samba has introduced support for SMB3 Directory Leases, enabling clients to cache directory listings and minimize SMB requests.
Netlogon Ping over LDAP and LDAPS enables Samba to retrieve domain controller information through straightforward queries on the AD rootDSE's netlogon attribute. Samba can now be configured to utilize TCP through the newly introduced "client netlogon ping protocol" parameter, facilitating operation in environments where firewalls entirely restrict port 389 or UDP traffic to domain controllers.
A new service release of the Hestia Control Panel for Debian and Ubuntu-based servers has been released, enabling administrators to effectively manage web domains, mail accounts, DNS zones, and databases through a centralized dashboard.
The new update covers various bug fixes, including the removal of snapshots, bulk restoration, and issues related to SFTP home directories. The panel includes support for Ubuntu 24.04 i18n GUI, incremental backups, and resolves issues related to SFTP and MySQL. Additional updates consist of relocating the v-update-letsencrypt-ssl cron, enhancing the v-add-remote-dns-host functionality, and enabling PHP 8.4 support for both Laravel and Symfony.
Zed 0.175.5 represents an updated version of the advanced code editor, featuring a range of enhancements. The updates include the removal of specific themes, including Andromeda, Atelier, Rosé Pine, Sandcastle, Solarized, and Summercamp, as well as the enhancement of selection capabilities through shift-click in the terminal. Furthermore, the editor has been enhanced to support Gemini 2.0 Flash through Copilot Chat in Zed Assistant, Mistral integration with the Assistant, and the functionality to switch to columnar selection by holding down alt-shift while the mouse is pressed.
Icon themes now possess the capability to offer their own file associations, allowing for the modification of file icons for different project files. The editor enhances LSP documentation file links, ensures consistent rendering of completion documentation markdown, displays lengthy paths in the file finder modal, and refines workspace serialization.
QEMU 9.2.2 is now available for download. The release covers various changes to system emulation, featuring the elimination of specific functionalities and adjustments that are incompatible. The -rotate and -portrait options were exclusively applicable to PXA2xx machines, and both the "proxy" backend for 9pfs and the "virtfs-proxy-helper" program have been eliminated. The "loaded" property from the 'secret' and 'tlscreds' object types has been removed, and the "query-migrationthreads" command has been deprecated.
Recent advancements in CPU architecture have been successfully emulated, covering FEAT_EBF16 and FEAT_CMOW. The current board models have been revised, and KVM-based virtual machines are now capable of supporting MTE. The HVF accelerator now enables the creation of virtual machines with an address space exceeding 36 bits, provided the host is running macOS 15 or later and the host CPU is compatible. Older machine types have been eliminated, and a Rust-based alternative implementation of PL011 is now the default selection when QEMU is compiled with the experimental Rust feature.
Junio C. Hamano has announced the release of Git v2.49-rc0, featuring enhancements to the user interface, workflows, and functionality. The release features enhancements to the completion script for zsh, including the implementation of an alternative path-hash function for delta-base selection, the addition of "git backfill" for bulk-downloading essential files, and updated documentation for "git commit" and "git rebase," which now correctly refers to commit titles.
The release additionally features enhanced -Wsign-compare fixes, a meson-based build that now accommodates the unsafe-sha1 build knob, streamlined code for verifying LSan results, and an increased number of code paths with a repository integrated into the callchain. The release introduces a new API that facilitates batch visits to objects based on a common path or type. Additionally, it provides an early opt-in option for the removal of support for the $GIT_DIR/branches/ and $GIT_DIR/remotes/ directories for remote configuration. The code paths for interacting with zlib have been refined, and an interface for Rust has been introduced. The documentation.txt files have been renamed to .adoc to enhance compatibility with content-aware editors.
Thaddeus Crews has announced the availability of the second release candidate for the Godot 4.4 open-source game engine. The second release candidate, anticipated to be the final one, addresses all pertinent release blockers.
The release features regression fixes and reliable solutions to persistent issues, including optimizations for libtheora, compilation on arm64 Linux with GCC, implementation of atomic flags, correction of the Embedded Game window's startup location and size, adjustment of loading dock layout post-initialization, and resolution of cross-platform configuration for rendering driver settings. The Web editor and Android editor are now available for download. The project is on track for a stable release in approximately one week.
The release candidate for PHP 8.3.18 has been announced by Eric Mann, featuring resolutions for several bugs in the code. The updates incorporate bug fixes for BCMath, Core, DOM, FFI, FPM, GD, LDAP, MBString, Opcache, PDO_SQLite, Phar, PHPDBG, Reflection, Standard, Streams, Windows, and Zlib.
BCMath has resolved a memory leak, Core has addressed a stack overflow detection issue, and GD has rectified a memory leak. FPM has addressed a memory limit issue, LDAP has resolved a memory leak, MBString has corrected a float conversion issue, Opcache has rectified a memory leak, PDO_SQLite has fixed a cycle leak, Phar has amended a PharFileInfo refcount bug, PHPDBG has partially resolved a crash in the phpdbg lexer, and Standard has corrected a cache clearing issue.
Saki Takamachi has announced the release candidate for PHP 8.4.5, which incorporates fixes for several bugs. The components covers BCMath, Core, DOM, GD, FFI, FPM, LDAP, MBString, Opcache, Phar, PHPDBG, Reflection, Standard, Streams, Windows, and Zlib.
BCMath has addressed a memory leak issue, Core has resolved a malfunction in stack overflow detection, DOM has corrected a typo in error messages, FFI has rectified the parsing of pointer declaration lists, FPM has amended a PATH_INFO environment variable, GD has resolved a memory leak, Opcache has corrected the use of multiple classes sharing the same trait, Phar has fixed a reference count bug in PharFileInfo, PHPDBG has partially resolved a crash in the phpdbg lexer, Reflection has addressed a core dump issue, Standard has fixed bug #72666, Streams has rectified a realloc with size 0 issue, Windows has updated phpize for Windows 11 (24H2), and Zlib has resolved a memory leak occurring when encoding checks fail.
Ventoy 1.1.05 has been released, resolving the resolution issue experienced when booting Windows/WinPE ISO in UEFI mode.
Lutris 0.5.19 has been released and addresses integration issues in Proton, enabling the application of Proton-fixes. It currently supports DXVK, VKD3D, D3D Extras, and DDXVK-NVAPI on Proton versions. The Esync and Fsync settings have been enabled and are now being passed to Proton. The integrated D8VK of DXVK is enabled in Proton. The location of the Emulator BIOS file can be configured in the Preferences section.
IceWM 3.7.0 is a new version of the X Window System window manager, designed for speed, simplicity, and user-friendliness. It features a taskbar with a pager, global and per-window keybindings, and a dynamic menu system. Application windows can be managed by keyboard and mouse and can be iconified to the taskbar, tray, desktop, or hidden. The system supports multiple monitors and is configurable, themeable, and well-documented.
The update includes fixes for issues like last event time, TaskBarDoubleHeight, and a crash when selecting Default from the clock menu. Changes include allowing both scrollbars to process the same key event, supporting locales with three-letter language codes, enforcing a limit of 8 mouse pointer buttons, and supporting keybindings to shifted XF86keysyms. The update also includes improvements to icewm-menu-fdo and updated translations in various languages.
Wine Staging 10.2 has been released with several updates: a rebase against Wine 10.2, an update to the vkd3d-latest patchset, the addition of the ws2_32-af_unix patchset, and corrections to macOS.yml.
A new version of the open-source archive manager PeaZip has been released, enhancing TAR format management, addressing archives with errors, showcasing task progress, and enabling report saving. The update features enhanced themes, the introduction of a new Style submenu for customization, and improved context menu integration in Gnome and KDE.
The source files have been compiled using Lazarus 3.6 and are compatible with the Lazarus 2.x series. The application now accommodates VMware and Minecraft container file formats and is capable of opening 242 file extensions as archives. Translations are offered in more than 30 languages, and the hash values for each package can be found in the SHA256.txt file included in each release on GitHub. The update incorporates enhancements to the file manager, featuring automatic browsing of TAR archives, the ability to save lists of files and search results, and improved handling of archives that contain errors or additional data. The Tux-Alt theme has been released, offering an alternative aesthetic for Linux systems.
The Wine development release 10.2 covers a series of development updates featuring numerous bug fixes and enhancements. The update features an upgrade to version 1.15 of the bundled vkd3d, support for configuring thread priorities, the introduction of a new Wow64 mode that can be enabled dynamically, advancements in the Bluetooth driver, and a range of bug fixes.
The update addresses 20 issues, including the failure of the Guild Wars 'test system' to display test results. The MSWT Kart 2004 is experiencing functionality issues, as the game crashes immediately upon launching from the game launcher. 16-bit Myst encounters deadlocks upon entering Book, the vbscript fails to implement the Join() built-in function, an unrecognized Win32 error code arises, and wineboot is unable to initialize a wine prefix, indicating a regression. Final Fantasy XI Online experiences a crash due to an unhandled page fault upon launch. Wine Wordpad opens with a blank screen, and the command line interface does not support right-to-left handle redirection. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice experiences crashes upon launch when an Xbox One controller is connected. Additionally, the implementation of ITextStream::WriteBlankLines() is necessary for the proper functioning of libxml2's configure.js.
The Darktable 5.1 nightly build 20250222 serves as a testing version for evaluating new features prior to official releases. The update addresses previous bugs and incorporates intricate code; however, there may be implications for stability. New versions may alter the database schema; therefore, it is advisable to utilize a separate library. AppImage is compatible with distributions that have glibc version 2.35 or higher.
The release candidate for Godot 4.4 is now available for testing and marks the final stages of development, with all features implemented and the majority of critical regressions resolved. The changelog indicates that 12 contributors have provided 18 fixes for this release, and the complete list of changes since the 4.4-beta4 snapshot is available.
The release of Ventoy 1.1.04 resolves multiple issues, such as the 0x80070001 error, boot problems with SLES/OpenSUSE, pfSense 2.7.x, and the most recent TinyCore Linux.
The release of Ventoy 1.1.03 resolves issues related to Windows 11, SLES/OpenSUSE, pfSense 2.7.x, and TinyCore Linux. This update addresses boot issues for pfSense 2.7.x and the latest version of TinyCore Linux.
A new version of the "AM" application manager for AppImages is available, offering enhanced support and extensibility with third-party databases, resulting in a more comprehensive, cost-effective, and secure solution. It now permits multiple applications per family from supported external databases, with each database assigned its own dedicated flag and list. The flag is distinct for each database, and applications identified from third-party databases that are not installed will receive a notification regarding an extension requirement. The application description recommends the use of the flag or extension.
The integration of third-party databases has been streamlined to encompass only three lines. Current databases are organized into family groups, and new installations will feature their own distinct flag and list. The modules now include functions and references pertaining to external flags and extensions, excluding any mention of the external database.
