In March, eweOS enhanced its system with new kernel features, comprehensive package updates across the board, valuable upstream contributions, and expanded infrastructure support

Package Highlights

247 PRs merged in total during Mar 2025. 76.5% (189) of them are automated

See a full list here.

There are 1237 packages on eweOS in total

• 1228 (99.2%) are available on aarch64
• 1212 (97.9%) are available on riscv64
• 1194 (96.5%) are available on loongarch64

Kernel

• linux 6.13.8 with bpf enabled
• linux-lts 6.12.18
• bridge driver is now enabled by default
• simpledrm driver is now enabled by default

Toolchain / Programming Languages

• OpenJDK 23.0.2.u7
• pahole 1.29.0 (New)
• vala 0.56.18
• mold 2.37.1
• Go 1.24.1

Utils

• qemu 9.2.3
• qemu-user-static binaries are now available on loongarch64
• emacs 30.1
• ostree 2025.2
• xz 5.8.0
• minicom 2.10
• util-linux 2.41
• git 2.49.0
• android-tools 35.0.2
• typst 0.13.1

Libraries

• mesa 25.0.2
• protobuf 30.1
• gstreamer 1.26.0
• libusb 1.0.28
• abseil-cpp 20250127
• libarchive 3.7.8
• protobuf 30.1
• svt-av1 3.0.1

Desktop

• gimp 3.0.0 (New)
• gtk4 4.18.3
• mpv 0.40.0
• firefox 136.0.2
• pipewire 1.4.1

System Management

• limine 9.2.1
• bluez 5.80.0
• Dropbear 2025.87.1
• dbus 1.16.2

More

• ...and more!

Upstream Contribution

• QEMU: Clang compatibility fixes on loongarch64
• bluez: Fix unreasonable pointer assignment
• minicom: Correctly clean up and print a message when failing to open the device

Workflow

• Package info collecting is now based on database

Infra

• A new official mirror is deplyed at Las Vegas, United States.
• robots.txt is now deployed at all repositories to prevent massive traffic consuming from crawlers.

Community

• eweOS is expected to participate in the OSPP 2025 program. Project details will be released next month.

Incident

• Due to a maintenance issue, EU repository server was unable to renew, causing it to be taken offline. (Fixed)

Regular Meeting