Rob Savoury

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Creator of #SavOS, a modern inline upgrade for #Ubuntu #Linux systems. To support my work https://paypal.me/Savoury1 (see my Launchpad site for other donation options).
Ubuntu Launchpadhttps://launchpad.net/~savoury1
Mediumhttps://medium.com/@RobSavoury
Rob Savoury17h ago
Builds of latest Python 3.14.6 (which naturally includes several CVE fixes for yet another round of security issues) are now available to #SavOS PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/python-3.14 (https://launchpad.net/~savoury1/+archive/ubuntu/python-3.14) for all PPA supported LTS releases.
Python 3.14 - binaries (Xenial & newer) : Rob Savoury

Builds of new Python 3.14.6 (backported from Debian) for Xenial & newer. *** Please always see https://launchpad.net/~savoury1 for general updates about this Launchpad site before contacting me or reporting any bugs! *** *** Big thanks to all those who have donated to support this project, you are very directly helping to keep it alive! To all who have not donated: please do so if you can afford it, this project depends on donations. *** If software at this site is useful to you then pleas...

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Rob Savoury18h ago
Updated Vulkan drivers at SDK 1.4.350.0 (Vulkan API v1.4) now available to #SavOS PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/display (https://launchpad.net/~savoury1/+archive/ubuntu/display). Also glslang, SPIR-V, and shaderc at SDK 1.4.350.0 now available to #SavOS private PPA users (at ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg).
Display - various (Xenial & newer) : Rob Savoury

Display PPA (drm 2.4.131, glvnd 1.7.0, mesa 25.1.9) for Xenial & newer. *** Please always see https://launchpad.net/~savoury1 for general updates about this Launchpad site before contacting me or reporting any bugs! *** *** Big thanks to all those who have donated to support this project, you are very directly helping to keep it alive! To all who have not donated: please do so if you can afford it, this project depends on donations. *** If software at this site is useful to you then please...

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Rob Savoury6d ago
It is very likely that Noble 24.04 LTS will be the highest #Ubuntu #Linux series supported at all of my #SavOS PPAs. The workload for five series is already plenty (more than!) enough hours, and on older hardware I do use old releases so I will continue supporting those releases.
Rob SavouryJun 6
Private PPA requirement: For successful install of all FFmpeg >= 5 builds plus certain other FFmpeg dependent software (including all builds of Blender, HandBrake, mpv, and VLC). Any other software at #SavOS PPAs (covering a range of many useful upgrades) is freely usable by all.
Rob SavouryJun 6
Latest HandBrake 1.11.1 (built with support for Intel QuickSync, Nvidia NVEnc, and also AMD VCN) is now available to #SavOS private PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/gtk4-apps (https://launchpad.net/~savoury1/+archive/ubuntu/gtk4-apps) for all PPA supported LTS releases.
GTK 4 apps - backports (Xenial & newer) : Rob Savoury

Backports of GTK 4 apps (only HandBrake so far) for Xenial & newer. *** Please always see https://launchpad.net/~savoury1 for general updates about this Launchpad site before contacting me or reporting any bugs! *** *** Big thanks to all those who have donated to support this project, you are very directly helping to keep it alive! To all who have not donated: please do so if you can afford it, this project depends on donations. *** If software at this site is useful to you then please con...

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Rob SavouryJun 6
New mpv 0.42.0~git builds (pre-release from git) at ppa:savoury1/mpv-git & mpv 0.41.0 rebuilds at ppa:savoury1/mpv, all with latest FFmpeg 8.1.1 (add ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg8 to upgrade!), are now available to #SavOS private PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux for all PPA supported series.
Rob SavouryJun 4
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 (https://launchpad.net/~savoury1/+archive/ubuntu/qt6-apps) for all PPA supported LTS releases.
Qt 6 apps - backports (Xenial & newer) : Rob Savoury

Apps built with Qt 6 (and also requiring Qt 6 to run) for Xenial & newer. *** Please always see https://launchpad.net/~savoury1 for general updates about this Launchpad site before contacting me or reporting any bugs! *** *** Big thanks to all those who have donated to support this project, you are very directly helping to keep it alive! To all who have not donated: please do so if you can afford it, this project depends on donations. *** If software at this site is useful to you then plea...

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Rob SavouryMay 30
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 (https://launchpad.net/~savoury1/+archive/ubuntu/pipewire) for all PPA supported LTS releases.
PipeWire - multimedia server (Xenial & newer) : Rob Savoury

PipeWire 1.6.6 builds (and some required dependencies) for Xenial & newer. *** Please always see https://launchpad.net/~savoury1 for general updates about this Launchpad site before contacting me or reporting any bugs! *** *** Big thanks to all those who have donated to support this project, you are very directly helping to keep it alive! To all who have not donated: please do so if you can afford it, this project depends on donations. *** If software at this site is useful to you then ple...

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Rob SavouryMay 23
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 (https://launchpad.net/~savoury1/+archive/ubuntu/python-3.14) for all PPA supported LTS releases.
Python 3.14 - binaries (Xenial & newer) : Rob Savoury

Builds of new Python 3.14.6 (backported from Debian) for Xenial & newer. *** Please always see https://launchpad.net/~savoury1 for general updates about this Launchpad site before contacting me or reporting any bugs! *** *** Big thanks to all those who have donated to support this project, you are very directly helping to keep it alive! To all who have not donated: please do so if you can afford it, this project depends on donations. *** If software at this site is useful to you then pleas...

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Rob SavouryMay 23
A bug with latest PipeWire 1.6.5 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/savos/+bug/2153974) 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.
Bug #2153974 “Pipewire 1.6.5 - Audio devices missing in plasma-p...” : Bugs : SavOS

OS: Ubuntu 24.04 with Plasma Desktop. Kernel: Linux kinfo 6.17.0-29-generic #29~24.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon May 11 10:30:58 UTC 2 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Add the pipewire ppa, update and upgrade pipewire and wireplumber. After restart pipewire, wireplumber and pipewire-pulse the audio devices (hardware and virtual) disappears from plasma audio settings and plasma-pa widget. In qpwgraph the devices are displayed correctly. After that occurs audio is working for example pla...

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