Repository Update: 21st August 2025

With our latest sync today, we have some nice updates and new additions to our repository. Check it out and let us know if you have any issues in this discussion post:

  • Mesa 25.2.1
  • Linux kernel 6.15.11
  • Akonadi had issue fixed that could cause merkuro not to load account settings
  • Firefox updated to v142.0 and had an issue fixed where widevine drm would crash
  • Thunderbird v140.2.0esr
  • Sysprof added to repo and all known packages with integrations rebuilt to support it
  • libvirt was modified to make it easier to use out of the box for people installing virt-manager
  • Several Qt6 upstream fixes were backported to fix various issues on KDE and other DEs
  • Qt6-webengine had the embedded Chromium source updated and had a new script written to make it easier to keep that source updated inbetween Qt6 releases
  • New packages
    • Jujutsu: Git-compatible VCS that is both simple and powerful
    • kdeconnect: Integration between KDE and your smartphone
    • qbittorrent: Torrent client written in Qt
    • qpwgraph: PipeWire Qt GUI
    • meld: Visual diff and merge tool
    • solaar: Device manager for Logitech mice/keyboards
    • openvpn: Open-source VPN. Note, the networkmanager integration is not yet packaged.
    • winetricks: Package manager for wine
    • protontricks: A wrapper for winetricks for Proton enabled games
    • Wireshark: Network protocol analyzer
    • Waydroid: Run Android apps on Linux (note this still needs a bit of testing/work)
  • Other updates: abseil-cpp, bind-utils, botan, cryptsetup, cython, discord, gawk, git, highway, inputplumber, libeconf, libfuse, libppd, librest, librsvg, libspelling, mercurial, meson, nano, nodejs-22, nss, re2, soundtouch, steam, svt-av1, thin-provisioning-tools, wine