New builds of Stacer 1.7.0 (a very useful system optimising and monitoring tool) are now available to #SavOS PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/qt6-apps (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS releases.

Latest PipeWire 1.6.6 (which includes all fixes manually added to rebuild of previous version 1.6.5, and a couple of new fixes too) is now available to #SavOS PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/pipewire (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS releases.

Latest Python 3.14.5 release (including fixes for CVE-2026-1502, CVE-2026-4786, and CVE-2026-5713) is now available to #SavOS PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/python-3.14 (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS releases.

A bug with latest PipeWire 1.6.5 (bugs.launchpad.net/savos/+bug/2...) that was causing broken audio for at least some users with certain software now seems to be fixed with latest builds. Thanks to Santiago who reported the issue and his help finding the relevant issue and fix on Gitlab.

Latest Mixxx 2.5.6 and MKVToolNix 98.0 are now available to #SavOS PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/qt6-apps (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS releases. Read PPA install notes about other required PPAs for successful installation.

Latest PipeWire 1.6.5, WirePlumber 0.5.14, and qpwgraph 1.0.1 are now available to #SavOS PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/pipewire (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS series. Read the PPA notes, especially in relation to Ubuntu <= 20.04 based systems.

New builds of FFmpeg versions 4.4.7, 5.1.9, 6.1.5, and 7.1.4 (latest bug-fix release for each respective series) are now available to #SavOS private PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg{,5,6,7} respectively for all LTS releases supported at my PPAs.

These revised percentages still clearly show a huge increase in uploads for CVE fixes from late 2022. Using 2020/2021 as a baseline my PPA work in 2026 has so far included a five-fold increase of uploads for CVE fixes!! Unfortunately a common trend in the computer software field.

More accurate percentages of uploads with CVEs come from also looking at the second changelog entry (by Debian/Ubuntu) for my _repeat_ backports of the _same_ source: 1.3% in 2019; 3.2% in 2020; 3.5% in 2021; 5.8% in 2022; 7.8% in 2023; 9.6% in 2024; 10.7% in 2025; 17.9% in 2026.

Percentages of uploads with CVE fixes quoted yesterday only looked at the most recent changelog entry (by me) for any of the 43,000+ package uploads I have done since August 2019. This gave a quick estimate of uploads specifically for CVE fixes. But there is more to the story.

Some CVE statistics from my almost seven years of PPA work (percent of uploads with CVE per year): 0.2% in 2019; 0.5% in 2020; 0.5% in 2021; 1.6% in 2022; 3.1% in 2023; 4.9% in 2024; 5.0% in 2025, 6.6% in 2026 (so far!). Note the huge increase from "A.I." era (late 2022) onwards.

Frequent fixes for CVE security issues are taking more and more time for software packagers such as myself. The many automated agentic algorithms constantly searching so fast for holes are adding much extra work. Over 100 of my 1,700-ish package uploads in 2026 include CVE fixes.

Latest FFmpeg 8.1.1 "Hoare" series release now available to #SavOS private PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg8 (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS releases. Read PPA notes for details of additional PPAs that are required for successful install.

For developers and technically inclined people who need such software there are new builds of GCC 14.3.0 (ppa:savoury1/gcc-14) and Python 3.14.4 (ppa:savoury1/python-3.14) now available to #SavOS PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux for all PPA supported LTS releases.

Rebuilds of FFmpeg 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 with latest SVT-AV1 4.1.0 and libvpx 1.16.0 (as well as with libplacebo 7.360.1 for FFmpeg >= 6) are now available to #SavOS private PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg{,5,6,7,8} respectively for all PPA supported LTS releases.

Updated Vulkan drivers at SDK 1.4.341.0 (new Vulkan API v1.4) now available to #SavOS PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/display (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...). Also glslang, SPIR-V & shaderc at SDK 1.4.341.0 now available to #SavOS private PPA users (at ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg).

Latest FFmpeg 8.1 release "Hoare" now available to #SavOS private PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg8 (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS releases. Read PPA notes for details of additional PPAs that are required for successful installation.

Latest PipeWire 1.4.10 release version, plus WirePlumber 0.5.13 and qpwgraph 0.9.8, are now available to #SavOS PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/pipewire (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) and also at ppa:savoury1/multimedia for all PPA supported LTS releases.

New builds of Mixxx 2.5.4, MKVToolNix 97.0, OBS Advanced Scene Switcher 1.31.0 (for OBS Studio 30.2.3), qBittorrent 4.6.7, and Qmmp 2.3.1 are now available to #SavOS PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/qt6-apps (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS series.

Upgraded Qt 6.2.13 LTS stack (final 6.2 LTS release, open sourced in September 2025) fixing over 2,000 bugs since previous 6.2.4 is now available to #SavOS PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/qt-6-2 (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for 16.04, 18.04, 20.04, and 22.04 LTS.

Latest Blender 5.0.1 (built with OIIO 3.0.14.0, OSL 1.14.8.0, OpenVDB 11.0.0, and USD 25.11) & Blender 4.5.6 LTS (as "blender-lts") now available to #SavOS private PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/blender (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS series.

Updated Vulkan drivers at SDK 1.4.335.0 (new Vulkan API v1.4) now available to #SavOS PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/display (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...). Also glslang, SPIR-V & shaderc at SDK 1.4.335.0 now available to #SavOS private PPA users (at ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg).

Latest mpv 0.41 (at ppa:savoury1/mpv) and also mpv 0.41+git20260118 (at ppa:savoury1/mpv-git), both built with FFmpeg 7.1.3 (ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg7 is required), now available to #SavOS private PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux for all PPA supported LTS releases.

Latest VLC 3.0.23 (including additional post-3.0.23 fixes and updates from git source) is now available to #SavOS private PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/vlc3 (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS releases.

Latest VLC 3.0.22 (including additional post-3.0.22 fixes and updates from git source) is now available to #SavOS private PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/vlc3 (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS releases.

Latest FFmpeg versions (5.1.8, 6.1.4, 7.1.3, and 8.0.1) released in November 2025 (all with additional commits and fixes from git) are now available to #SavOS private PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg{5,6,7,8} respectively for all PPA supported LTS releases.

Updated VLC 3.0.22-rc2 (= 3.0.22 release candidate 2), built with latest libbluray 1.4.0 and newest x264 0.165.3222, is now available to #SavOS private PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/vlc3 (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS releases.

Latest PipeWire 1.4.9 (built with latest libcamera 0.5.2), plus WirePlumber 0.5.12 and qpwgraph 0.9.6, are now available to #SavOS PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/pipewire (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS releases.

Latest bugfix release builds of FFmpeg 7.1.2 at ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg7 (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) and also new FFmpeg git builds at ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg-git (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) are now available to #SavOS private PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux for all PPA supported LTS series.

Latest PipeWire 1.4.8 (built with latest libcamera 0.5.2), plus WirePlumber 0.5.11 and qpwgraph 0.9.5, are now available to #SavOS PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/pipewire (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS releases.

Latest XScreenSaver 6.12 with over 250 screen savers & new Wayland blanking (not locking) support is now available to #SavOS PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/xscreensaver (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...), and also at ppa:savoury1/graphics, for all PPA supported LTS releases.

Updated Mesa 25.1.9 display drivers (with OSMesa fully restored) now available to #SavOS PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/display (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS releases. Read PPA notes, especially regarding older GPU hardware and/or older Ubuntu.

Latest Blender 4.5.2 (built with Alembic 1.8.8, Embree 4.3.3, OCIO 2.4.2, OIIO 3.0.9.0, OSL 1.14.7.0, OpenVDB 11.0.0, and USD 25.05.01) now available to #SavOS private PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/blender (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS series.

It is the six year anniversary (a week ago, to be exact) of my first #Ubuntu #Linux package uploads to Launchpad, for what ended up becoming the #SavOS project. Since then I have done over 40,000 uploads of several thousand unique source packages spanning now five LTS releases!!!

Latest FFmpeg 8.0 release "Huffman" now available to #SavOS private PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg8 (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS releases. Read PPA notes for details of additional PPAs that are required for successful installation.

Latest bugfix releases of FFmpeg 5.1.7 at ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg5 (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) and FFmpeg 6.1.3 at ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg6 (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) are now available to #SavOS private PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux for all PPA supported LTS series.

Updated Mesa 25.1.8 display drivers (with OSMesa fully restored) now available to #SavOS PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/display (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS releases. Read PPA notes, especially regarding older GPU hardware and/or older Ubuntu.

Updated Vulkan drivers at SDK 1.4.321.0 (new Vulkan API v1.4) now available to #SavOS PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/display (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...). Also glslang, SPIR-V & shaderc at SDK 1.4.321.0 now available to #SavOS private PPA users (at ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg).

New FFmpeg 8.0 pre-release builds from git source (2025-08-12) now available to #SavOS private PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg-git (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS releases.

Updates including FileZilla 3.69.3 (ppa:savoury1/utilities), Mediainfo 25.07 (ppa:savoury1/multimedia), MKVToolNix 94.0 (ppa:savoury1/qt6-apps), & yt-dlp 2025.07.21+git (ppa:savoury1/multimedia) now available to #SavOS PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux for all PPA supported LTS series.

Latest Blender 4.5.1 (built with OIIO 3.0.8.1, OSL 1.14.6.0, OpenVDB 11.0.0, and USD 25.05.01) & Blender 5.0.0 Alpha (as "blender-git") now available to #SavOS private PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/blender (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS series.

Latest PipeWire 1.4.7 with various new bug fixes & improvements is now available to #SavOS PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/pipewire (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS releases.

Updates including Ardour 8.12.0, FluidSynth 2.4.4, GStreamer 1.24.13, Kid3 3.9.6, libde265 1.0.16, libvpx 1.15.2, and Mediainfo 25.04, now available to #SavOS PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/multimedia (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS releases.

Qt6 apps updates including Mixxx 2.5.2, OBS Studio 30.2.3 & Advanced Scene Switcher 1.30.2, and new Flacon 12.0.0 (audio file split/convert), now available to #SavOS PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/qt6-apps (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS releases.

Latest PipeWire 1.4.6, WirePlumber 0.5.10, and qpwgraph 0.9.4 (all with various new fixes & improvements) are now available to #SavOS PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/pipewire (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS releases.

Updated Vulkan drivers at SDK 1.4.313.0 (new Vulkan API v1.4) now available to #SavOS PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/display (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...). Also glslang, SPIR-V & shaderc at SDK 1.4.313.0 now available to #SavOS private PPA users at ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg.

Latest Blender 4.4.3 (built with OCIO 2.4.2, OIDN 2.3.3, OIIO 3.0.6.1, OSL 1.14.5.0, and USD 25.02a) now available to #SavOS private PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/blender (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS series.

For those doing development work on #Ubuntu #Linux and using #SavOS PPAs, builds of CMake 3.30.8 and Meson 1.7.2 are now available at ppa:savoury1/build-tools (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS releases.

Latest PipeWire 1.4.2 with various small fixes and improvements (built with latest libcamera 0.5.0) as well as latest qpwgraph 0.8.2, now available to #SavOS PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/pipewire (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS releases.

New builds of mpv 0.40 (ppa:savoury1/mpv) & 0.40+git20250417 (ppa:savoury1/mpv-git) with FFmpeg 7.1 now available to #SavOS private PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux for all PPA supported LTS. So ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg6 is no longer required for mpv, add ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg7 to upgrade!