In February, eweOS continued its progress with kernel updates, extensive package upgrades, important library fixes, and enhancements to its build infrastructure and website.

Package Highlights

199 PRs merged in total during Feb 2025. 79.3% (158) of them are automated

See a full list here.

There are 1228 packages on eweOS in total 1220 (99.3%) are available on aarch64 1204 (98.0%) are available on riscv64 1183 (96.3%) are available on loongarch64

Kernel

• linux 6.13.4 with input evdev and RNDIS Host enabled
• linux-lts 6.12.12

Toolchain / Programming Languages

• cmake 3.31.6
• rust 1.85.0
• meson 1.7.0
• python 3.13.2
• LLVM 19.1.7
• perl 5.40.1

Utils

• emacs 29.4 (New)
• verilator 5.034
• busybox with SHA-256 hardware acceleration available on AArch64
• mercurial 6.9.2
• gtkwave 3.3.121 (New)
• mutt 2.2.14
• neovim 0.10.4

Libraries

• musl CVE-2025-26519 fix
• SDL3 migration
  • sdl3 3.2.4
  • sdl2-compat 2.32.50
• GLib 2.82.5
• libclc 19.1.7
• harfbuzz 10.3.0
• pango 1.56.1
• wayland-protocols 1.41
• lcms 2.17
• zlib-ng 2.2.4
• openh264 2.6.0 with security fixes
• libffi now passes all tests on riscv64
  • With the fix, python-gobject has been available on riscv64

Desktop

• mesa 24.3.4
• telegram-desktop 5.11.1
• firefox 135.0.1
• fcitx 5.1.12
• niri 25.02
• wine 10.2
• xdg-desktop-portal 1.20.0
• wireplumber 0.5.8
• Sway 1.10.1
• foot 1.20.2
• featherpad 1.6.0

Networking

• openssl 3.4.1
• curl 8.12.1
• Nginx 1.27.4
• Putty 0.83

Games

• luanti (Previous Minetest) 5.11.0

System Management

• Limine 9.0.1
• NetworkManager 1.50.2
• btrfs-progs 6.13
• QEMU 9.2.1

More

• ...and more!

Upstream Contribution

• Fcitx5: fixes for building in Wayland-only environments PR

Workflow

• CI workflow for aarch64 now runs on GitHub ARM runners
• GitHub App now replaces the webhook for task scheduling
• Database files are now directly used for pkginfo generation
• File lists for packages are now collected periodically

Website

• Package info page now contains file list

Gallery

• Old galgame running through wine on Wayland

Regular Meeting

No regular meeting at this month!