Sync Updates for Week 7, 2024

Summary was generated by ChatGPT 3.5 and edited by me.

1. Microsoft's .NET Runtime Inclusion:

• Introduction of Microsoft's .NET runtime (dotnet) enabling cross-platform application development and easier execution of C#/.NET applications on Solus.

2. Kernel Updates and Hardware Support:

• Various hardware support enhancements in kernel configs, including gyroscope, inclinator modules, cryptographic modules, and updates to the kernel patch set for Microsoft Surface devices.
• BORE Scheduler updated to 4.1.13 with optimizations and CONFIG_EFI_DXE_MEM_ATTRIBUTES option disabled to address boot issues on Surface devices.

3. Systemd and Mesa Updates:

• Upgrade to Systemd v254 with enabled features like idn2 support in systemd-resolve, SBAT support, and use of openssl for all cryptography.
• Mesa updated to v24.0.1, bringing the latest OpenGL and Vulkan driver support and improved ray-tracing performance for AMD users.

4. Security Updates:

• Opera and Vivaldi (stable) browsers updated to address CVEs.
• Updates to ncurses, qt5-base, libxml2, and edk2-ovmf to resolve security vulnerabilities.
• UEFI shell disabled in Secure Boot builds of edk2-ovmf due to potential security issues.

5. Media and Gaming Updates:

• FFMPEG updated with new filters and shaderc support.
• Updates to various gaming-related packages including dolphin-emu, freeciv, gamescope, Heroic Games Launcher, openra, and sdl2.

6. CLI Tool and System Updates:

• Updates to CLI tools like btop, ed, fastfetch, fb2converter, git, ledger, lshw, lzip, parallel, plocate, svtplay-dl, and tilde.
• System updates including bind-utils, bleachbit, ca-certs, dnsmasq, epson-inkjet-printer-escpr, efivar, gdal, hplip, inxi, iso-codes, libgtk-3, libgtk-4, mesalib, mbedtls, nfs-utils, nginx, openvpn, PulseAudio, podman stack, power-profiles-daemon, Qt6, readline, shadow, snappy, tzdata, unbound, webrtc, and Wine.

7. Python and Language Updates:

• Ongoing upgrade of Python 3 to 3.11, with updates to numerous Python packages.
• Updates to other language packages including Mold and Shards.

8. Desktop and Application Updates:

• GNOME and XFCE packages updated to the latest versions.
• KDE Frameworks 5 stack updated to version 5.115.
• Updates to various desktop applications including Brave, Calibre, cherrytree, dbeaver, d-feet, Discord, EFL, freecad, gnumeric, iwd, keepass, libwacom, lightdm-settings, Qt Creator, slick-greeter, Telegram, Thunar, vscode, Waycheck, whiskermenu, wpa_supplicant, wxmaxima, and zeal.