2026-03-21 07:05:33
Version 0.15.0 of the b4 patch-management tool is out. Highlights in this release include the b4 review workflow manager for maintainers (covered briefly in this article), b4 dig, which can find the original mailing-list submission behind a commit, three-way-merge support in b4 shazam, and more. See the release notes for details.
2026-03-21 02:41:56
Version 19 of the Agama installer for openSUSE and SUSE has been released. This release includes major changes in Agama's architectural design, organization of the web interface, and more.
We always wanted Agama to follow the schema [...] in which the core of the installer could be controlled through a consistent and simple programming interface (an API, in developers jargon). In that schema, the web-based user interface, the command-line tools and the unattended installation are built on top of that generic API.
But previous versions of Agama were full of quirks that didn't allow us to define an API that would match our quality standards as a solid foundation to build a simple but comprehensive installer. Agama 19 represents a quite significant architectural overhaul, needed to leave all those quirks behind and to define mechanisms that can be the cornerstone for any future development.
LWN last looked at Agama in September 2025.
2026-03-21 02:06:18
Members of the Manjaro Linux distribution's community have published
a "Manjaro 2.0 Manifesto"
that contains a list of complaints and a demand to restructure the project to provide
a clear separation between the community and Manjaro as a company. The manifesto
asserts that the project's leadership is not acting in the best interests of the
community, which has caused developers to leave and innovation to stagnate. It
also demands a handover of the Manjaro trademark and other assets to a
to-be-formed nonprofit association. The responses on the Manjaro forum showed widespread support
for the manifesto; Philip Müller, project lead and CEO of the Manjaro
company, largely stayed out of the discussion. However, he surfaced
on March 19 to say he was "open to serious discussions
", but only
after a nonprofit had actually been set up.
2026-03-20 21:10:40
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (capstone, glibc, grub2, kernel, libarchive, libpng, mysql, and python3.11), Debian (evolution-data-server, imagemagick, and snapd), Fedora (bpfman, chromium, cpp-httplib, dotnet10.0, openssh, polkit, and vim), Mageia (graphicsmagick, imagemagick, openssh, and perl-YAML-Syck), Oracle (capstone, grub2, kernel, mysql, and python-pyasn1), Red Hat (container-tools:rhel8, rhc, yggdrasil, and yggdrasil-worker-package-manager), SUSE (cargo1.92, cargo1.93, chromedriver, coturn, curl, freerdp, jq, kernel, libssh, php-composer2, python311-uv, python312, qemu, tomcat, util-linux, vim, and virtiofsd), and Ubuntu (exiv2, freerdp3, glance, linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-hwe, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-4.15, linux-hwe, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, and linux-aws-fips, linux-fips, linux-gcp-fips).
2026-03-20 03:21:05
Ars Technica describes the ritual that will be required before a future Android device will deign to install apps from somewhere other than the Play Store. It is not for the impatient.
Here are the steps:
- Enable developer options by tapping the software build number in About Phone seven times
- In Settings > System, open Developer Options and scroll down to "Allow Unverified Packages."
- Flip the toggle and tap to confirm you are not being coerced
- Enter device unlock code
- Restart your device
- Wait 24 hours
- Return to the unverified packages menu at the end of the security delay
- Scroll past additional warnings and select either "Allow temporarily" (seven days) or "Allow indefinitely."
- Check the box confirming you understand the risks.
- You can now install unverified packages on the device by tapping the "Install anyway" option in the package manager.
2026-03-20 00:08:13
Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced the release of the 6.19.9 and 6.18.19 stable kernels. As usual, each has important fixes throughout the tree; users are advised to upgrade.