The first release candidate for Ruby on Rails 8.1.0 has been released, featuring new features and updates to several components, including Active Support, ActiveRecord, and Action View. The changes include improved event reporting, enhanced JSON formatting, and updated password reset token functionality, as well as fixes for issues related to time travel test helpers and query caching in multi-threaded tests. Additional updates have been made to Action Text, allowing for the capture of block content for form helper methods, and Active Storage, with new structured events and improved analyzer support. Railties has also undergone changes, including the removal of old commands and a revised scaffold generator that no longer creates system tests by default.
Python 3.13.9 is a maintenance update that fixes a significant regression issue introduced in Python 3.13.8, specifically affecting the inspect.getsourcelines function. This update only addresses the mentioned regression and does not include any new features or functions from previous releases. However, users are encouraged to upgrade to Python 3.14.x, which offers various new features and improvements, including a new interactive interpreter based on PyPy's and experimental concurrent execution capabilities. Additionally, Python 3.13 has several other notable changes, including improved typing features, platform support updates, and performance enhancements through a basic Just-In-Time compiler.
GloriousEggroll has released GE-Proton10-19 and GE-Proton10-20 to address several issues that arose after the last update. These new releases include significant hot fixes for problems such as a bug in the build patch script and an issue with applying patches, which have been resolved. The updates also undo previous commits that accidentally broke Warhammer Darktide's launcher and restore functionality for certain games, including Girls Frontline 2: Exilium and Forza Horizon 5. Unfortunately, WebView2 patches were removed due to causing problems, particularly for the Haoplay version of Girls Frontline 2: Exilium, which remains broken despite upstream Wine developers' rejections.
GloriousEggroll has released GE-Proton 10-18, an updated version of his custom build of Valve Software's Proton Compatibility tool for Steam Play. This update incorporates bug fixes and enhancements, utilizing the latest versions of crucial components like dxvk, vkd3d-proton/vkd3d, wine, and dxvk-nvapi. GE-Proton10-18 incorporates new patches and updates from the current Proton (em-10/wine-wayland), which address game compatibility issues and enhance functionality with EA/Ubisoft/Battle.net launchers. The update resolves several specific game compatibility problems, including those related to Blue Protocol Star Resonance, Battle Engine Aquila, and Company of Heroes 2 and 3.
Darktable, an open-source photography workflow app, has released a new nightly build, version 5.3, allowing users to experiment with new features before their official release. This latest build includes various improvements and bug fixes that are being tested for eventual inclusion in an official release. To minimize potential issues, it is recommended to create a separate library for testing the nightly build, especially since changes to the database schema may not be compatible across different versions of Darktable. The 5.3 nightly build can run on multiple operating systems, including Linux, Windows, and macOS, with specific requirements varying depending on the platform and architecture.
Node.js has released its new version, 24.10.0, which offers improved features over older versions. The update enables efficient I/O operations without thread management issues and allows handling a large number of connections simultaneously. This release includes various improvements such as enhanced inspection performance, updated dependencies, and bug fixes for thread safety, unhandled rejections, and diagnostics channels.
AMD has released ROCm 7.0.2, an update that adds several features and improves performance on various hardware configurations, operating systems, and software libraries. The release includes support for newer hardware such as the RDNA4 architecture-based AMD Radeon RX 9060 and operating systems like Debian GNU/Linux 13, Oracle Linux 10, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. Key updates also include improved multimedia engine reset features, support for RAG to enhance AI processes, and Gaussian splatting support for quicker 3D rendering on AMD Instinct GPUs. The ROCm platform offers a range of tools and libraries to improve high-performance computing and deep learning applications, with ongoing updates and improvements expected in future releases.
A new version of Ungoogled Chromium has been released, offering enhanced security, privacy, and customization options for users seeking a traditional browser experience without Google dependencies. The lightweight browser is built on the latest Chromium 141.0.7390.76 release and features tweaks to promote user control and awareness of online activities. Key features include disabling or removing Google-related functionality, blocking internal requests, and introducing new command-line switches and customization options. By providing these features, Ungoogled Chromium aims to offer users a more private and secure browsing experience with minimized dependence on Google services.
VSCodium 1.105.06808 has been released, based on Microsoft's original VS Code repository with community-created scripts to provide freely licensed binaries. This version brings users up-to-date with the latest features and improvements available in Visual Studio Code 1.105.0. Several pull requests have led to important changes in various parts of the codebase, including patch updates, big fixes for snap environments, and new features such as creating buildinfo.json files. The added feature of moving and uploading source maps also enhances debugging capabilities, making the development process more efficient for users.
Valve has released the release candidate for Proton 10.0-3 for testing, which aims to improve PC game performance on Linux and the Steam Deck. The new build is available as a beta branch in the Steam client, allowing users to test its features. Proton 10.0-3 includes numerous fixes and improvements, enabling previously unplayable games like Mary Skelter: Nightmares and Grim Fandango Remastered to run smoothly. The release also stabilizes previously implemented fixes through Proton Experimental or Hotfix, making it a significant step forward in Valve's goal of seamless gaming on different platforms.
OpenSSH version 10.2 has been released and is now available for download from its official mirrors. The new release includes important fixes, such as correcting terminal connection handling when ControlPersist is active and resolving issues with CA signing operations in ssh-keygen(1). Additionally, due to known flaws in the SHA1 hash function, SHA1 SSHFP records will be deprecated starting from the next release, with a default change in ssh-keygen -r to only create SHA256 SSHFP records.
Python releases four new security updates: 3.12.12, 3.11.14, 3.10.19, and 3.9.24, addressing vulnerabilities in XML parsing and improving handling of archive and ZIP files. The HTML parsing capabilities have been significantly enhanced to align with the HTML5 standard, resolving various issues related to tag name recognition, attribute handling, CDATA section parsing, and comment termination. Better support for non-ASCII whitespaces, disregard for unnecessary characters, and more accurate parsing of attributes, tags, and comments are among these improvements. Additionally, the updates now automatically close comments and declarations when encountering end-of-file errors in html.parser.HTMLParser.
LibreOffice has released its latest update, version 25.8.2, which provides more than sixty bug fixes and regression fixes for stability and reliability. This update improves interoperability with proprietary Microsoft Office/365 document formats, making it easier to collaborate on different platforms.
Zen Browser has released a new version, 1.17.4b, which provides a balanced experience in terms of speed, user privacy, and productivity. The update includes several key changes, such as an "unload space" context menu item that makes it easy to unload tabs and the ability to customize browsing experience through the about:config page. This release also fixes various problems present in earlier versions, including issues with ffmpeg, compact mode, media controllers, and the browser freezing or hanging.
The latest version of FEX, known as FEX-2510, features several improvements that make it easier to run x86 apps on ARM64 Linux devices, including better compatibility and performance settings. The release includes an advanced binary recompiler that optimizes code using a custom Intermediate Representation (IR) and a complete translation layer for system calls to address differences between emulated and host operating systems. Significant changes have been made to the JIT compiler, including bug fixes and improvements to its performance, such as reducing unnecessary flushing of registers and caching intermediate results. Additionally, FEX now supports "Extended Volatile Metadata" (EVMD), which allows users to manually mark code blocks that can safely turn off TSO emulation, greatly speeding up performance.
The latest release candidate of Godot, version 4.5.1 RC2, is now available for testing and evaluation. This release includes numerous new features, fixes many bugs, and improves performance across various areas of the engine. Key improvements include faster rendering in compatibility mode, improved text displays with zero-width spaces, and updates to modules such as Animation, Physics, and GUI.
Python 3.14.0 has been released, offering improved performance and new features to make the programming language more powerful. Key changes include official support for free-threaded Python, enhanced exception handling, and a new zero-overhead external debugger interface for CPython. Additionally, updates have been made to various modules such as UUID, argparse, and json, with improved error messages and increased efficiency. A maintenance update, Python 3.13.8, has also been released, addressing around 200 bugs and updating documentation since the last release.
A new version of Ungoogled Chromium, based on the latest Chromium release (141.0.7390.65), has been released, providing an alternative to traditional browsers with enhanced security and privacy options. The browser eliminates reliance on Google services while maintaining a standard interface experience for users and offers various customization options through command-line switches and chrome://flags entries. Key features of Ungoogled Chromium include disabling Google-related functionality, blocking internal requests, stripping unnecessary binaries, and providing user control over online activities through features such as automatic pop-up conversion and URL filtering. By offering these features, Ungoogled Chromium aims to provide users with a more private and secure browsing experience while minimizing dependence on Google services.
Wireshark has released two significant updates, versions 4.6.0 and 4.4.10. Version 4.6.0 offers numerous improvements and enhancements, including new features such as improved dissection of process information on macOS and a "Plots" dialog with scatter plots. Additionally, Wireshark now supports live capture compression, absolute time in JSON outputs using ISO 8601 format, and better decryption of MACsec packets. Version 4.4.10, on the other hand, focuses primarily on bug fixes and minor updates to existing protocols.
WinBoat 0.8.7 has been released, offering an enhanced experience for users running Windows applications in a Docker container on their Linux desktops. The tool provides an elegant interface, automated installs, and seamless integration with the Linux filesystem, enabling users to access their favorite commercial Windows software directly on their Linux environment. New features include customizable installation locations, improved multi-monitor support, and added safety warnings when sharing the home folder during installation.
