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Tsurugi 25.11
AlmaLinux 10.1
AlmaLinux 10.1 released
AlmaLinux 10.1 has been released. In addition to providing binary compatibility with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 10.1, the most notable feature in AlmaLinux 10.1 is the addition of support for Btrfs, which is not available in RHEL:
Btrfs support encompasses both kernel and userspace enablement, and it is now possible to install AlmaLinux OS on a Btrfs filesystem from the very beginning. Initial enablement was scoped to the installer and storage management stack, and broader support within the AlmaLinux software collection for Btrfs features is forthcoming.
In addition to Btrfs support, AlmaLinux OS 10.1 includes numerous other improvements to serve our community. We have continued to extend hardware support both by adding drivers and by adding a secondary version of AlmaLinux OS and EPEL to extend support of x86_64_v2 processors.
See the release notes for a full list of changes.
Pardus 25.0
[$] APT Rust requirement raises questions
It is rarely newsworthy when a project or package picks up a new dependency. However, changes in a core tool like Debian's Advanced Package Tool (APT) can have far-reaching effects. For example, Julian Andres Klode's declaration that APT would require Rust in May 2026 means that a few of Debian's unofficial ports must either acquire a working Rust toolchain or depend on an old version of APT. This has raised several questions within the project, particularly about the ability of a single maintainer to make changes that have widespread impact.
next-20251124: linux-next
Security updates for Monday
RasPiOS 2025-11-24
Bluestar 6.17.8
Ultramarine 43
6.17.9: stable
6.12.59: longterm
6.6.117: longterm
LinuxCNC 2.97
MagOS 20251122
Kernel prepatch 6.18-rc7
So the rc6 kernel wasn't great: we had a last-minute core VM regression that caused people problems.
That's not a great thing late in the release cycle like that, but it was a fairly trivial fix, and the cause wasn't some horrid bug, just a latent gotcha that happened to then bite a late VM fix. So while not great, it also doesn't make me worry about the state of 6.18. We're still on track for a final release next weekend unless some big new problem rears its ugly head.