This week, we tweaked things so Qt/Kwin (the KDE Window Manager and Compositor) now run the rendering loop more frequently which should improve animations on displays running at more than 60fps. We also fixed a vexing docker networking bug, updated to the latest stable kernel 6.17.9, and landed COSMIC DE beta7 for you to test.
Highlights:
- COSMIC DE beta7
- niri 25.08
- thunderbird 145.0
- vscode-bin 1.106.2
- vscodium 1.106.27818
Major updates:
- ffmpeg 8.0.1
- gtk-4 4.20.3
- kernel 6.17.9
- llvm 21.1.6
- qt6 6.10.1
- webkitgtk 2.50.2
Minor updates:
- bind-utils
- boulder
- cmake
- firefox
- gnutls
- inputplumber
Fixes:
- docker bug causing loss of network connectivity when docker-compose is used was fixed with a couple of iptables patches
- git submodules error due to missing envstubs
New packages:
- xwayland-satellite (used by niri)
Git changelog:
As usual, there are many other minor updates not mentioned as the list would get too long. You can see the full changelog here:
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