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This is now the default recommendation upstream for linux platforms > https://doc.qt.io/qt-6.6/qtmultimedia-index.html#ffmpeg-as-the-default-backend > In this release the FFmpeg framework is set as the default backend on > Windows, macOS, Android, and Linux except Yocto distribution. > The version shipped with Qt binary packages is FFmpeg 6.0 > and is tested by the maintainers. libXrandr is required to compile support QT_WINDOW_CAPTURE_BACKEND=x11
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Release 24.05 (“Uakari”, 2024.05/??)
Support is planned until the end of December 2024, handing over to 24.11.
Highlights
In addition to numerous new and upgraded packages, this release has the following highlights:
screen's module has been cleaned, and will now require you to setprograms.screen.enablein order to populatescreenrcand add the program to the environment.
New Services
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Guix, a functional package manager inspired by Nix. Available as services.guix.
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maubot, a plugin-based Matrix bot framework. Available as services.maubot.
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Anki Sync Server, the official sync server built into recent versions of Anki. Available as services.anki-sync-server. The pre-existing services.ankisyncd has been marked deprecated and will be dropped after 24.05 due to lack of maintenance of the anki-sync-server softwares.
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Clevis, a pluggable framework for automated decryption, used to unlock encrypted devices in initrd. Available as boot.initrd.clevis.enable.
Backward Incompatibilities
mkosiwas updated to v19. Parts of the user interface have changed. Consult the release notes for a list of changes.
Other Notable Changes
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addDriverRunpathhas been added to facilitate the deprecation of the oldaddOpenGLRunpathsetuphook. This change is motivated by the evolution of the setuphook to include all hardware acceleration. -
Cinnamon has been updated to 6.0. Please beware that the Wayland session is still experimental in this release.
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Programs written in Nim are built with libraries selected by lockfiles. The
nimPackagesandnim2Packagessets have been removed. See https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/unstable#nim for more information. -
The Yama LSM is now enabled by default in the kernel, which prevents ptracing non-child processes. This means you will not be able to attach gdb to an existing process, but will need to start that process from gdb (so it is a child). Or you can set
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Gitea 1.21 upgrade has several breaking changes, including:
- Custom themes and other assets that were previously stored in
custom/public/*now belong incustom/public/assets/* - New instances of Gitea using MySQL now ignore the
[database].CHARSETconfig option and always use theutf8mb4charset, existing instances should migrate via thegitea doctor convertCLI command.
- Custom themes and other assets that were previously stored in
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The
hardware.pulseaudiomodule now sets permission of pulse user home directory to 755 when running in "systemWide" mode. It fixes issue 114399. -
QtMultimedia has changed its default backend to
QT_MEDIA_BACKEND=ffmpeg(previouslygstreameron Linux ordarwinon MacOS). The previous native backends remain available but are now minimally maintained. Refer to upstream documentation for further details about each platform.