Category: open-source

GIMP 3.1.2 towards GIMP 3.2

June 23rd, 2025
GIMP 3.1.2 Overview
Development milestone on the path to GIMP 3.2

Context
- GIMP 3.1.2 is the first development release toward GIMP 3.2.
- Follows the major GIMP 3.0 release (March), which introduced GTK3 support after a decade of development.
Key Features in GIMP 3.1.2
- UI Enhancements:
  - Theme color support for Brush, Font, and Palette tools.
  - Integration with Windows/Linux system theme colors.
- Editing Improvements:
  - New “overwrite” paint mode.
  - New text outline option.
  - Enhancements for non-destructive editing.
  - CMYK workflow improvements.
- File Format Support:
  - Initial support for exporting to PSB (Photoshop Large Format).
  - Added export support for JPEG 2000 (import support already existed).
https://www.gimp.org/news/2025/06/23/gimp-3-1-2-released/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/GIMP-3.1.2-Released
GCC 15.1

May 2nd, 2025

https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-15/changes.html
I used completely open-source software for a month, and these are the 5 lessons I learned

April 26th, 2025
An article from XDA:
1. Open-source software creates strong communities
2. Open-source software promotes longevity
3. Open-source software is more compatible
4. Open-source software is sometimes more secure
5. Free does not mean low-quality
https://www.xda-developers.com/used-open-source-software-lessons-learned/
January 16th, 2025

Managing and Tracking Storage Performance – OpenZFS Storage Bottlenecks
Critical rsync security release 3.4.0

January 16th, 2025

Update your systems!

“We’d like to raise awareness about the rsync security release version 3.4.0-1 as described in our advisory ASA-202501-1.

An attacker only requires anonymous read access to a vulnerable rsync server, such as a public mirror, to execute arbitrary code on the machine the server is running on. Additionally, attackers can take control of an affected server and read/write arbitrary files of any connected client. Sensitive data can be extracted, such as OpenPGP and SSH keys, and malicious code can be executed by overwriting files such as ~/.bashrc or ~/.popt.

We highly advise anyone who runs an rsync daemon or client prior to version 3.4.0-1 to upgrade and reboot their systems immediately. As Arch Linux mirrors are mostly synchronized using rsync, we highly advise any mirror administrator to act immediately, even though the hosted package files themselves are cryptographically signed.

All infrastructure servers and mirrors maintained by Arch Linux have already been updated.”

https://archlinux.org/news/critical-rsync-security-release-340/
LLVM 19.1.7

January 14th, 2025
Possibly the last version before 20.0 release.

Changes since 19.1.6
- Bill Hoffman: Fix print module manifest file for macos (#122370) (cd708029e0b2)
- Michał Górny: [cmake] Extend zstd.dll finding logic from MSVC to Clang (#121437) (37aaa06c4445)
- Vassil Vassilev: [cmake] Include GNUInstallDirs before using variables defined by it. (#83807) (56e8e0447d6a)
- David Green: [DAG] Allow AssertZExt to scalarize. (#122463) (3bf9b25b1627)
- DianQK: [SLP] Check if instructions exist after vectorization (#120434) (8fa5dffc865a)
- Artsiom Drapun: Fix std::initializer_list recognition if it’s exported out of a module (f1b37b6665b5)
- Aiden Grossman: [Github] Fix LLVM Project Tests Workflow on Linux (#122221) (510be2370fc9)
- Craig Topper: [RISCV] Don’t create BuildPairF64 or SplitF64 nodes without D or Zdinx. (#116159) (61c9f970b887)
- Arthur Eubanks: [test][compiler-rt] Mark dlsym_alloc.c as unsupported on macos (#108439) (07b4f631ee43)
- tmiasko: [lsan] Fix free(NULL) interception during initialization (#106912) (2e10af6e5925)
- Vitaly Buka: [NFC][sanitizer] Commit test for #106912 (#108289) (8ef2858421db)
- Ikhlas Ajbar: [Hexagon] Only handle simple types memory accesses (#120654) (be46324c97a2)
- Nikita Popov: Build SanitizerCommon if ctx_profile enabled (#105495) (5998cd3b38dc)
- Owen Pan: [clang-format] Fix idempotent format of hash in macro body (#118513) (1414560a9c16)
- Philipp van Kempen: [RISCV] Fix typo in CV_SH_rr_inc pattern (#120246) (9969e7f87831)
- Brian Cain: [clang] hexagon: fix link order for libc/builtins (#117057) (97a1cb9a3fc4)
- Tobias Hieta: Bump version to 19.1.7 (6553889987ae)
- Craig Topper: [RISCV] Add hasPostISelHook to sf.vfnrclip pseudo instructions. (#114274) (d749beb59e72)
- Craig Topper: [RISCV] Add missing hasPostISelHook = 1 to vector pseudos that might read FRM. (#114186) (a0dfd3d04e28)
https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/releases/tag/llvmorg-19.1.7
Kdenlive 24.12.1 released

January 14th, 2025
The first maintenance release of the 24.12 series is out packed with important fixes and enhancements. This update focuses on polishing the newly introduced built-in effects, resolving issues with bin effects and the effect stack, and addressing some recently introduced crashes. Other highlights include fixing an issue where hiding a track in a sequence could alter the length of the parent sequence, ensuring tags and markers are maintained when reloading proxy clips, fixing Whisper model downloads and installation of Python virtual environment (venv) issues on some Linux distributions.

Full changelog:
- Ensure sequence clips in timeline are not resized to smaller when hiding a track. Commit. Fixes bug #498178.
- Fix crash moving build-in effect with feature disabled. Commit.
- Fix crash saving effect stack. Commit. Fixes bug #498124.
- Fix layout order with > 9 layouts. Commit.
- Fix use after free from last commit. Commit.
- Fix reload or proxy clip losing tags, markers, force aspect ratio. Commit. Fixes bug #498014.
- Fix bin clips effects sometimes incorrectly applied to timeline instance. Commit.
- Fix typo. Commit. Fixes bug #497932.
- Fix title widget braking text shadow and typewriter settings. Commit. Fixes bug #476885.
- Math operators not supported in xml params. Commit. Fixes bug #497796.
- Fix track resizing. Commit.
- Fix bin effects cannot be removed from timeline instance. Commit.
- Fix crash trying to move bin effect before builtin effect. Commit.
- Fix venv packages install on some distros. Commit.
- Fix Whisper models download. Commit.
- Fix delta display when resizing clip, add duration info when resizing from start. Commit.
- Fix line return when pasting text with timecodes inside project notes. Commit.
- Fix transparent rendering ffv1 profile. Commit.
- Bring back presets to build in effects. Commit.
Fish 4.0: The Fish Of Theseus

January 5th, 2025

Complete rewrite in Rust!

https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/pull/9512
LibreOffice 25.2 RC1

January 5th, 2025

“LibreOffice 25.2 will be released as final at the beginning of February, 2025 ( Check the Release Plan ) being LibreOffice 25.2 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) the third pre-release since the development of version 25.2 started in mid Juny, 2024. Since the previous release, LibreOffice 25.2 Beta1, 175 commits have been submitted to the code repository and 76 issues got fixed. Check the release notes to find the new features included in this version of LibreOffice.”

LibreOffice 25.2 RC1 is available for testing
A little about sudo history

December 3rd, 2024

“Did you know? “1. Respect the privacy of others, and 2. Think before you type.” first appred in June 1993[1] sudo source code. This is called sudo lecture. Later in 2004, added “With great power comes great responsibility” – a quote from Stan Lee / Uncle Ben quote[2].
[1] https://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/c101e9572d7f
[2] https://www.sudo.ws/repos/sudo/rev/ebd5a76ccd7e”

Source:nixCraft
New kernel patch adds the “force_cpu_bug=” command-line boot parameter

November 20th, 2024

“For being able to force additional CPU security mitigations even if the processor indicates it’s not vulnerable to a given bug like Spectre, Meltdown, Retbleed, and others.”

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20241119-force-cpu-bug-v1-1-2aa31c6c1ccf@google.com/T/#u
digiKam 8.5.0 is released

November 16th, 2024
The best open-source Professional Photo Management tool.
1. More than 160 bugs have been fixed (https://bugs.kde.org/buglist.cgi?f1=cf_versionfixedin&limit=0&list_id=2536450&o1=equals&order=bug_id&product=digikam&v1=8.5.0)
2. Improved localization
3. Updated LibRAW and ExifTool
4. Apple Silicon package
5. YuNet is now the default model for face detection
6. and many more !!
https://www.digikam.org/news/2024-11-16-8.5.0_release_announcement/
Tip of the day – LibreOffice word autocomplete

November 14th, 2024

Tools→AutoCorrect→AutoCorrect Options…→Word Completion tab → Accept with: Tab

https://ask.libreoffice.org/t/how-to-select-suggested-word/39638/2
GDB 15.1 with enhanced Python support

July 16th, 2024

Building GDB and GDBserver now requires a C++17 compiler (that means GCC 9 or later).

https://sourceware.org/pipermail/gdb-announce/2024/000140.html
Neofetch repo archived

May 5th, 2024

To be honest, last commit was 3 years ago …

https://github.com/dylanaraps/neofetch

Category: open-source

Changes since 19.1.6