Heya folks! It’s time for another round of update news! Let’s get started.
@GZGavinZhao landed LLVM 16 last Saturday. This is a major step to landing ROCm and enabling hardware-accelerated machine learning to Solus. When that work finishes, we will be among the first distros to support open-source machine learning on AMD hardware, including PyTorch and Tensorflow support OOTB. Furthermore, the maintainers have taken particular care to extend the hardware compatibiltiy and create a seamless developer experience by using a system LLVM instead of a bundlded one. LLVM 16 has been packaged in a way that is co-installable with LLVM 15 for developers and applications that may still require that version.
@ZachBacon is continuing his work on bringing XFCE4 to Solus! He cleared a significant hurdle in working out how to apply our desired styles, or branding, to the XFCE environment. Our XFCE edition will be using the Qogir GTK theme by default with the Papirus icon theme. Starting the session should now be faster, too. Here is a little preview of what he's cooking:
We're all looking forward to the official release of the Solus XFCE4 edition!
Hacktoberfest concluded this week. We received and merged 270 pull requests to our packaging repository during the month of October! Some of these will have been made by team members, but many more were made by contributors who aren't on the Solus team. Thank you to everyone who contributed to the project, and we look forward to more contributions in the future! If you have ever wondered about contributing to the Solus, check out our packaging section of the Help Center. You can find everything you need to get started there.
Other updates this week include:
- akonadi 23.08.1
- alabaster 0.7.13
- appstream-data 24
- baselayout 1.8.1
- bitwarden-cli 2023.8.2
- blender 3.6.4
- btrfs-progs 6.5.3
- citra 1990
- containerd 1.7.8
- corectrl 1.3.7
- dconf-editor 45.0.1
- dmd 2.105.2
- docker 24.0.7
- docker-compose 2.23.0
- dolphin 23.08.1
- dosfstools 4.2
- easyeffects 7.1.1
- element 1.11.47
- enchant 2.6.2
- evolution 3.50.1
- evolution-data-server 3.50.1
- evolution-ews 3.50.1
- exfatprogs 1.2.2
- eza 0.15.2
- ffmpeg 4.4.4
- flatpak 1.14.4
- font-firacode-nerd 3.0.2
- font-iosevka-ttf 27.3.1
- font-sarasa-gothic 0.42.3
- font-ubuntu-ttf 0.83
- fwupd 1.9.7
- garcon 4.18.1
- gexiv2 0.14.2
- git-extras 7.1.0
- github-cli 2.38.0
- glab 1.34.0
- glib2 2.78.1
- gnome-builder 45.0
- gnome-calendar 45.1
- gnome-control-center 45.1
- gnome-maps 45.1
- gnome-remote-desktop 45.1
- gnome-shell 45.1
- gnome-shell-extension-speedinator 0.1
- gnome-shell-extensions 45.1
- gnome-text-editor 45.1
- gnome-user-docs 45.1
- godot 3.5.3
- gpodder 3.11.4
- gstreamer-1.0 1.22.6
- gtest 1.12.1
- gvfs 1.52.1
- helix 23.10
- hsakmt 5.5.1
- hydrogen 1.2.2
- ibus-anthy 1.15.5
- intel-graphics-compiler 1.0.13463.18
- ispc 1.19.0
- kdevelop 23.08.1
- kubectl 1.28.3
- ldc 1.34.0
- lector 0.5.1
- libadwaita 1.4.0
- libdex 0.4.1
- libgtk-4 4.12.3
- libgtk-layer-shell 0.8.1
- libnotify 0.8.3
- libp11-kit 0.25.2
- libreoffice-voikko 5.0
- libshumate 1.1.1
- libvoikko 4.3.2
- libvte 0.74.1
- libxfce4ui 4.18.4
- libxfce4util 4.18.1
- lldb 16.0.6
- llvm 16.0.6
- llvm-15 15.0.7
- llvm-bolt 16.0.6
- lsp-plugins 1.2.13
- marp-cli 3.4.0
- matcha-gtk-theme 2023.10.30
- mesalib 23.2.1
- mkvtoolnix 80.0
- mlt 7.14.0
- moby 24.0.7
- mutter 45.1
- nautilus 45.1
- nextcloud-client 3.10.1
- nheko 0.11.3
- nvidia-developer-driver 535.43.15
- opencl-clang 15.0.0
- openimageio 2.4.16.0
- openshadinglanguage 1.12.13.0
- opera-stable 104.0.4944.36
- packagekit 1.2.6
- pipewire 0.3.84
- ptex 2.4.2
- pyqt-builder 1.15.3
- python-arrow 1.3.0
- python-astroid 2.15.8
- python-asttokens 2.4.1
- python-babel 2.13.1
- python-black 23.10.1
- python-bleach 6.1.0
- python-certifi 2023.07.22
- python-cffi 1.16.0
- python-charset-normalizer 3.3.2
- python-cloudpickle 3.0.0
- python-cookiecutter 2.4.0
- python-debugpy 1.8.0
- python-docstring-to-markdown 0.13
- python-executing 2.0.1
- python-fastjsonschema 2.18.1
- python-importlib-metadata 6.8.0
- python-lsp-server 1.7.4
- python-pylint-venv 3.0.3
- python-pyqt5-sip 12.13.0
- python-pyside2 5.15.11
- python-qtwebengine 5.15.6
- python-sip 6.7.12
- python-spyder-kernels 2.4.4
- python3-ipython 8.17.2
- python3-qt5 5.15.10
- qt-creator 10.0.0
- qt5-3d 5.15.11
- qt5-base 5.15.11
- qt5-charts 5.15.11
- qt5-connectivity 5.15.11
- qt5-datavis3d 5.15.11
- qt5-declarative 5.15.11
- qt5-docs 5.15.11
- qt5-graphicaleffects 5.15.11
- qt5-imageformats 5.15.11
- qt5-location 5.15.11
- qt5-multimedia 5.15.11
- qt5-networkauth 5.15.11
- qt5-quickcontrols 5.15.11
- qt5-quickcontrols2 5.15.11
- qt5-remoteobjects 5.15.11
- qt5-script 5.15.11
- qt5-scxml 5.15.11
- qt5-sensors 5.15.11
- qt5-serialbus 5.15.11
- qt5-serialport 5.15.11
- qt5-speech 5.15.11
- qt5-svg 5.15.11
- qt5-tools 5.15.10
- qt5-tools 5.15.11
- qt5-translations 5.15.11
- qt5-virtualkeyboard 5.15.11
- qt5-wayland 5.15.11
- qt5-webchannel 5.15.11
- qt5-webengine 5.15.15
- qt5-webkit 5.212.0_4
- qt5-websockets 5.15.11
- qt5-webview 5.15.11
- qt5-x11extras 5.15.11
- qt5-xmlpatterns 5.15.11
- qt6-tools 6.5.1
- qtractor 0.9.35
- r 4.3.2
- rocm-cmake 5.5.1
- rocm-compilersupport 5.5.1
- rocm-core 5.5.1
- rocm-device-libs 5.5.1
- rocm-hip 5.5.1
- rocm-info 5.5.1
- rocm-opencl 5.5.1
- rocm-runtime 5.5.1
- rocm-smi 5.5.1
- runc 1.1.10
- rust 1.73.0
- samba 4.17.12
- shared-mime-info 2.3
- shiboken2 5.15.10
- shiboken2 5.15.11
- sigil 2.0.2
- signal-desktop 6.36.0
- skrooge 2.30.0
- spirv-llvm-translator 16.0.0
- spirv-llvm-translator 16.0.0
- spirv-llvm-translator-15 15.0.0
- spyder3 5.4.5
- sqlcipher 4.5.5
- sqlite3 3.44.0
- superlu 6.0.1
- sysprof 45.1
- thunar 4.18.6
- thunar-archive-plugin 0.5.1
- thunar-shares-plugin 0.3.2
- tracker-miners 3.6.2
- types-python-dateutil 2.8.19.14
- typst 0.9.0
- urw-core35-fonts 20200910
- variety 0.8.11
- vc-intrinsics 0.13.0
- vid.stab 1.1.1
- visualboyadvance-m 2.1.7
- vivaldi-snapshot 6.4.3160.38
- vivaldi-stable 6.4.3160.41
- vkbasalt 0.3.2.10
- vlc 3.0.20
- voikko-fi 2.5
- volume_key 0.3.12
- vorbisgain 0.37
- vpnc 0.5.3
- vscode 1.83.1
- w3m 0.5.3.20230121
- wabt 1.0.24
- wacomtablet 3.2.0
- wayland 1.22.0
- wayland-utils 1.1.0
- wayland-utils 1.2.0
- weechat 4.1.1
- which 2.21
- whois 5.5.19
- wiiuse 0.15.4
- wine 8.19
- xfburn 0.7.0
- xfce4-desktop-branding 1.0.0
- xfce4-dev-tools 4.18.1
- xfce4-panel-profiles 1.0.14
- xfce4-power-manager 4.18.0
- xfce4-session 4.18.3
- xfconf 4.18.2
- yapf 0.40.2
- ypkg 31
That’s all for this week, folks! Check back next week for more delicious sync news!