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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Builds of latest Python 3.14.8 (including various additional CVE fixes for the latest round of known security issues) are 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.

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Latest PipeWire 1.6.9, WirePlumber 0.5.18, and qpwgraph 1.0.4 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.

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Latest FFmpeg 9.0.2 with numerous bugfixes and improvements is now available to #SavOS private PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg9 (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS releases. Read PPA notes for installation instructions.

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The #SavOS project for #Ubuntu #Linux users has turned seven as of yesterday! My first upload to Ubuntu's Launchpad service was on 18 August 2019. Thousands of work hours and 44,000 uploads later.. latest FFmpeg 9.0.1 is now available for private PPA users (ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg9).

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Builds of latest Python 3.14.7 (including several additional CVE fixes for the latest round of known security issues) are 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.

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Latest FFmpeg 9.0 with many significant changes and improvements is now available to #SavOS private PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg9 (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS releases. Read PPA notes for installation instructions.

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

CVE fixes have been in 100% (63 out of 63) of the most recent uploads for #SavOS PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux during the past three days. Almost 1 in 4 (23.7%) of 2,900+ uploads in 2026 have now included CVE fixes, an approximately 7-fold increase from five years ago (pre-"A.I.").

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

A big thanks to all of you "out there" who have ever donated to support my #SavOS PPA work for #Ubuntu #Linux users. And an especially big thanks to all monthly supporters (current and previous). If you have donated you have directly helped me and the project survive. Thank you!!

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

New builds of updated FFmpeg 4.4.8, 5.1.10, 6.1.6, and 7.1.5 (all including many fixes for various security issues) are now available to #SavOS private PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg{,5,6,7} respectively, for all PPA supported LTS releases.

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Latest PipeWire 1.6.7, WirePlumber 0.5.15, and qpwgraph 1.0.2 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.

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Latest FFmpeg 8.1.2 (almost identical to yesterday's 8.1.1 builds that included many git release/8.1 branch commits, but now with four new fixes) is available to #SavOS private PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg8 for all PPA supported LTS releases.

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

New builds of FFmpeg 8.1.1 including dozens of commits from git release/8.1 branch (fixing many new security issues and other bugs) now available to #SavOS private PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg8 for all PPA supported LTS releases.

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

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 (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS releases.

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

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 (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...). Also glslang, SPIR-V, and shaderc at SDK 1.4.350.0 now available to #SavOS private PPA users (at ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg).

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

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.

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

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.

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

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 (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS releases.

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

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.

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

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.

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

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.

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

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.

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

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.

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

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.

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

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.

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

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.

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

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.

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

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.

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

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.

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

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.

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

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.

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

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.

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

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.

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

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.

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

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).

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

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.

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

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.

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

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.

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

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.

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

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.

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

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).

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

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.

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

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.

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

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.

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

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.

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

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.

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VLC 3 - media player (Xenial & newer) : Rob Savoury

Latest VLC 3.0.22-rc2 (needs ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg) for Xenial & newer. *** VLC builds here depend on the private PPA for successful install! *** *** Please always see https://launchpad.net/~savoury1 ...

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

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.

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

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.

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

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.

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

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.

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Rob Savoury @robsavoury.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

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.

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