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.
