Heya folks! It's Friday, and that means it's time for the weekly Solus roundup!
KDE Frameworks has been updated to version 6.8.0. As usual, it contains many fixes and improvements. The full release announcement can be read here.
Node.js 22 has entered the repository this week, following its promotion to LTS. The full announcement for this release can be found here. Many files were moved from nodejs to nodejs-20 in preparation for making nodejs-22 the default in a future release. This is causing slow upgrades; the upgrade may appear to be stalled, but just give it a while and it'll continue. Note: the Node repository package is only intended for building other packages with! Developers using Node.js should use nvm to install and manage Node.
Bitwarden-desktop was updated to v2024.11.0. The package now provides configuration so that unlocking the browser extension via desktop biometrics should be working if biometrics were working in the desktop app.
The Hyprland stack has been updated to the latest release. This update does have some breaking changes:
no_gaps_when_only is now gone in favor of workspace rules. See here.decoration:shadow_ stuff has moved, see here for the new names.
You can read the full release announcement here.
The old IBus Unikey package has been replaced by the newer IBus Bamboo. If you had IBus Unikey installed, Bamboo will be installed automatically. IBus Bamboo was added to the Solus repository in recent weeks to give a better typing experience for our Vietnamese users.
Waydroid has been added to the repository this week. It is an Android emulator that runs in a Wayland container. Note: you must be running in a Wayland session to use Waydroid! Nvidia users also have to use software rendering.
Solus Cleanup Crew™️
Our Solus Cleanup Crew™️ has been hard at work this week bringing the repository up to current standards:
Most of these tasks are beginner-friendly, and can be a great way to learn Solus packaging. We invite anyone that has the time and inclination to join us!
If you would like to join:
- Join the Solus Packaging Room on Matrix
- Read and practice our packaging documentation
- Submit your first Pull Request. We recommend doing the homepage task
- Follow along the review process until your PR gets merged
- Continue on contributing!
Security updates
There are a few security updates this week. Make sure to install them, for the latest security protections!
General updates
The full list of updated packages can be found here.
That’s all for this week, folks! We'll be here same time, same place next week for another roundup of the news!
Known issues
- NVIDIA laptop users might have the built-in display stay black when resuming from sleep / suspend. This is likely due to the NVIDIA drivers. If you have the proprietary NVIDIA drivers (
nvidia-glx-driver) installed, there is a thread on their forums for feedback on the 560 driver, for those interested.
- VS Code crashes when clicking on the File menu: There's an upstream fix for this that we are working on getting into unstable as soon as possible.
