Solus Updates for Week 24, 2025

EbonJaeger

Heya folks! It's sync day, and that means it's time for the weekly Solus roundup!

@joebonrichie has spent a lot of time updating our Python to version 3.12! This necessitates rebuilding every single Python package in the repository. For this update, we ended up with 970 total rebuilds, with some packages having further changes made after, usually to fix or re-enable tests during building. If you're interested in the Python language changes, check out their release article.

In case Python wasn't enough, we also have updated Qt and KDE Gear stacks! Qt has been updated to 6.9.1, bringing new features and squashed bugs. Check out the Qt release notes here. Likewise, KDE Gear has been updated to 25.04.2. This is mostly a bugfix release, including these highlights:

Fix bin clip effects disappear after disabling a timeline clip in Kdenlive
When saving the game, use the proper extension "pgn" in case no extension was provided in Knights
Fix inconsistent availability of undoing after end of game in KReversi

Vulkan has been updated to 1.4.313, bringing a bunch of enhancements. Check out the release announcement here. In the same vein, Mesa was updated to 25.1.3. This is a bugfix release; check out their release notes if you're interested.

We have a few additions to the repository this cycle. First up, we have OpenVPN3. It is a modernized version of OpenVPN that, amongst other things, includes support for session management and web-based (SAML) authentication. Its kernel-based Data Channel Offload enhances performance, while D-Bus integration allows flexible front-end development—all contributing to a streamlined, secure VPN experience.

Next up, we have hardinfo2, a tool to view information about your device's hardware. In addition to hardware information, it can do hardware benchmarking.

Lastly, the marksman LSP has been added to the Solus repository. This is a Markdown Language Server for code editors like Kate, Helix, and Zed, enabling you to write Markdown text with code assist and intelligence.

Hexchat, once the default IRC client on Solus, has been deprecated from the repository. The source repositories were archived last year, with development culminating in one final release. As such, and given the general move to Matrix, it is time to put Hexchat to rest.

The old protonvpn packages have been deprecated as well. The upstream code repositories have been deleted, and have been replaced by the newer ProtonVPN GTK app. Anyone that still has the old packages installed with have the new ones automatically added to their system.

Security updates

We have several security updates this time around. Be sure to install updates so you have the latest vulnerability fixes.

element was updated to 1.11.103-199 (@silkeh). Includes security fixes for CVE-2025-48937.
iputils was updated to 20250605-16 (@silkeh). Includes security fixes for CVE-2025-48964, CVE-2025-47268.
openh264 was updated to 2.6.0-3 (@davidjharder). Includes security fixes for CVE-2025-27091.
vivaldi-stable was updated to 7.4.3684.50-299 (@HarveyDevel, @HarveyDevel). Includes security fixes for CVE-2025-5419.
wireshark was updated to 4.4.7-95 (@silkeh). Includes security fixes for CVE-2025-5601.

General updates

The full list of updated packages can be found here.

For the list of currently known issues, see the dedicated thread for it. If you begin experiencing a bug, please look for an issue on our issue tracker, and open a new one if one does not exist.

That’s all for this week, folks! We'll be here same time, same place next week for another roundup of the news!

hakimjonas

EbonJaeger Thank you so much for all the hard work!

banger

It's a big one., running script now. 🙂

SethStorm666

Woah, that's a lot of packages. Going to download now.

EDIT: Everything went smooth.

brent

142 packages I think. Rebooted. Then opened a bunch of apps. All good so far. Thank you crew for yr hard work.

craigtoyoracer

270 pkgs with a total time from opening Terminal to finish 8min. 35 sec. 🙂

Well done Team Solus well done.

BuzzPCSOS

Looks like another smooth update. Many thanks for all the hard work that gets done in order to achieve this.

banger

One plasma machine has trouble still with remote desktop, have to restart the service several times to get it to work. My other plasma machine works fine with remote desktop.

eg. Desktop 1 -> Desktop 2 fine
Desktop 2 -> Desktop 1 flaky and requires the service to be toggled several times before it will work.

Otherwise everything seems fine.

Original-Syn

Looking good across 4 systems, 1 Budgie and 3 Plasma.

Side question...
Is there a roadmap for 6.15.x kernel support? Just curious, as I know it is new, but noticed a few issues on the new Framework AI laptops that are fixed in the 6.15 Kernel series.
Thanks

alfisya

Original-Syn Is there a roadmap for 6.15.x kernel support? Just curious, as I know it is new, but noticed a few issues on the new Framework AI laptops that are fixed in the 6.15 Kernel series.

No ETA, it will come when we feel it is ready for ALL. Not just fixing specific devices issue but may break others. For general rule we will always wait (at least) until .1 release of anything that is important (Kernel, Desktop environment, etc).

egetun

for now, everything seems to be in order.

Original-Syn

alfisya No doubt and I totally get that. Just checking to see if there was a roadmap/plan, not a release date. I understand the testing process better than most for release schedules and that you will have a process that makes sure it will be as stable as possible at release. I have spent much of my career running test plans and projects.

I know Solus maintains quality and stability, so I am not expecting a rush on it, and that is perfectly fine and honestly appreciated. So I apologize if it came off as an "is it ready yet?" type of post. That was not my attention.

VTMarik

Smooth as silk

alfisya

Original-Syn The plan is always the same for kernel update. When our kernel maintainer ( @ReillyBrogan ) feels a kernel is ready, it will enter unstable repo, tested at least a week. If the testing came out good, it will come to shannon in Friday/Saturday Sync. If it came out bad, we extend the testing period and delay the Sync. Or even revert the update before Sync.

For 6.15, I think we might still wait a little. You can look at (recent) updates, we get new kernel version at least on .3 release. Three days ago 6.15.2 released, lets see if 6.15.3 is safe enough. As I said, it all depends of what our kernel maintainer think because they are the one that monitor kernel related news closely.

Original-Syn

alfisya Thanks for the info.

I am still fairly new to the Solus process, so just trying to figure it all out. Plus, I like testing. So I always have a system on the unstable repo. I have played with the 6.15 branch on the side and yeah, I can appreciate waiting for a few point releases. Waiting is much better than compiling my own, now days. Done that enough in the past.

AlphaElwedritsch

great as always on gnome

ernesto

All good so far on XFCE. Thank you crew for your work.

penny-farthing

I just updated Solus (268 packages to process (719.21 MB)) and haven't had anything to report since.

I enjoy the availability of hardinfo2, a useful application to get many informations about hardware and basic software on your computer.

Thank you for the patient and quality work provided by the Solus development team.
Cheers! 😃

DinimixisDEMZ

[System Emojis Dissapeared] | GNOME and packagekit upgrade

I update today and el fonts-noto-emojis are disappeared of my system, interesing.

I retried with "sudo eopkg it font-noto-emoji": All OK.

Only My Error? 🤔

penny-farthing

DinimixisDEMZ

Thanks for your feedback.

I noticed some icon display anomalies in the gnome-characters application:

So I applied your solution just a bit modified (you should have written font and not fonts) by typing:
sudo eopkg it font-noto-emoji

and here's the result:

Great! 👌

Staudey

DinimixisDEMZ

penny-farthing

That's interesting. It's a dependency of all the branding packages (that is, the default configuration packages for each DE). So unless you've uninstalled your DE's branding package for some reason, it should've been automatically installed.

Name                : font-noto-emoji, version: 2.047, release: 1
Summary             : Noto Emoji is an open source font that has you covered for all your
                      emoji needs
Description         : Noto Emoji is an open source font that has you covered for all your
                      emoji needs, including support for the latest Unicode emoji
                      specification. It has multiple weights and features thousands of
                      emoji.
Licenses            : OFL-1.1
Component           : desktop.font
Dependencies        : 
Distribution        : Solus, Dist. Release: 1
Architecture        : x86_64, Installed Size: 10.64 MB, Package Size: 9.58 MB
Reverse Dependencies: gnome-desktop-branding mate-desktop-branding budgie-desktop-branding
                      xfce4-desktop-branding plasma-desktop-branding

johano

With the update to Python 3.12.10, Ulauncher fails to start on both the desktop and laptop here.

(Also, I needed to remove and reinstall items installed by pipx, which was not really a bother—just mentioning it in passing in case someone else runs into a problem with pipx).

Here's the output for ulauncher when run from a terminal.
Any pointers on how to fix this?

john@ant◌ ulauncher --hide-window
2025-06-14 13:04:42,868 | ERROR | ulauncher: except_hook() | Uncaught exception
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ulauncher", line 28, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ulauncher/main.py", line 136, in main
    window = UlauncherWindow.get_instance()
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ulauncher/utils/decorator/singleton.py", line 19, in wrapper
    instance = fn(*args, **kwargs)
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ulauncher/ui/windows/UlauncherWindow.py", line 56, in get_instance
    return cls()
           ^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ulauncher/ui/windows/UlauncherWindow.py", line 64, in __new__
    builder = Builder.new_from_file('UlauncherWindow')
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ulauncher/ui/windows/Builder.py", line 48, in new_from_file
    ui_filename = get_data_file('ui', '%s.ui' % (builder_file_name,))
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ulauncher/config.py", line 43, in get_data_file
    return os.path.join(get_data_path(), *path_segments)
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/ulauncher/config.py", line 60, in get_data_path
    raise ProjectPathNotFoundError(abs_data_path)
ulauncher.config.ProjectPathNotFoundError: /ulauncher-5.15.7.data/data/share/ulauncher

alfisya

johano @algent any idea?

alfisya

presianbg Yes, johano had that same problem (you can see it if you scroll up a bit). algent already have an idea to solve it which is we might have to update it to a beta version. It is up to the maintainer on how to solve it. Sorry about that.

You may want to explore other alternatives in the meantime, like rofi. Just a suggestion : )