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⚠️ THERE WILL BE NO SYNC NEXT WEEK ⚠️

  1. Early Sync for KDE Plasma 6 Testing:

    • This week’s sync is happening early to allow ample time for testing KDE Plasma 6 in the Unstable repository. After two weeks of testing, Plasma 6.0.3 will be rolled out to stable repositories.

  2. Desktop Environment Updates:

    • MATE Desktop updated to 1.28 series.
    • XFCE Desktop updated to 4.18 series
    • Backported patches to Budgie Desktop to fix regressions.

  3. New Software Inclusions:

    • Labwc: wlroots-based Wayland compositor for window stacking.
    • Wofi: Launcher/menu program for wlroots-based Wayland compositors.
    • MelonDS: Nintendo DS emulator.
    • Shortwave: Internet radio player with access to over 30,000 stations.

  4. Security Updates:

    • Visual Studio Code (vscode) update resolves CVE-2024-26165.

  5. Multimedia Updates:

    • Updates to various multimedia tools including ardour, audacity, darktable, handbrake, musescore, and portmidi.

  6. Gaming Updates:

    • Updates to gaming-related packages such as black-hole-solver, mame, linux-steam-integration, and steam.

  7. CLI Tool Updates:

    • Updates to CLI tools like nmap, rclone, wget, yt-dlp, and more.

  8. System Updates:

    • Updates to system components including linux kernels, firmware, iptables, openssh, wine, and more.

  9. Programming and Language Updates:

    • Updates to programming tools and languages such as clj-kondo, nuitka, perl, pygal, and verilator.

  10. Other Desktop Updates:

    • Updates to various desktop applications including Brave, Discord, GNOME Software, Opera, Vivaldi, Wireshark, and more.