Sync Updates for Week 17, 2024

This summary is generated using ChatGPT and edited by me

This week's highlights from Solus:

1. GNOME 46.1: The latest GNOME Desktop version brings new features like global search in Files, improved GNOME Online Accounts with Microsoft OneDrive support, and remote login with RDP. Check out the release post for more details.

2. Default Program Definitions: Solus is addressing issues with files opening in the wrong programs by providing a file defining default programs for MIME types. GNOME users will benefit from this improvement, ensuring that files open in the appropriate applications.

3. Samba 4.19.6: The update includes performance improvements, migration of smbget to use a common command line parser, removal of in-tree cryptography in favor of GnuTLS, and more.

4. nftables Update: Solus now uses nftables by default instead of legacy xtables. Users of Docker, lxd, libvirtd, and firewalld shouldn't need to take action, but manual users should note the change. Rebooting after updating is recommended for users of containers or VMs.

5. Docker 26.0: Docker has been updated to version 26.0, with docker-buildx updated to 0.14.0. docker-machine has been removed from the repository as it is no longer maintained upstream.

6. Prism Launcher Update: Prism launcher has been updated to version 8.3, now using Java 21 instead of Java 17, ensuring compatibility with the latest Minecraft versions.

7. Intel QuickSync Support: Handbrake and FFMPEG now work with Intel QuickSync on Tiger Lake and later GPUs. Users need to manually install vpl-gpu-rt.

8. iputils Ping: Solus now uses the iputils version of ping, which is more advanced and actively developed. Subpixel rendering is also enabled by default, and fontconfig snippets can now be added to override default configuration files.

9. Shim-signed Update: shim-signed was updated to the latest Fedora upstream version, fixing issues with running the Mok Management application upon a Secure Boot violation.

10. Security Updates: Important security updates include patches for glibc and libarchive. Make sure to apply these updates to stay protected against vulnerabilities.