Changes from 2.4.1 to 2.4.2:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.79.2-28-gd35a3
• Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.9.7.2387

Changes/improvements:

• Some tweaks to volume normalization algorithm.
• Adjusted clipping behavior for floating point audio when using volume boost. Should fix quality issues in some cases.
• Added warning prompt to boost that informs users about a better solution for the common issue of "voices are too quiet", which is to enable mixing in the audio decoder (and adjust center mix level).
• Improved support of .cue files that contain links to multiple audio files.

Fixes:

• Fixed a dragging issue with the exclusive mode seekbar.
• Several other small fixes and improvements.

Below are development builds for testing purposes.

Latest development build: 2.4.1.29 (April 18th 2025)

Latest stable release build: 2.4.1
https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases/tag/2.4.1

Changes from 2.4.0 to 2.4.1:

Updates:

• Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.9.4.2373
• Updated MediaInfo DLL to version 25.03
• Updated internal MPC Audio Renderer

Fixes:

• Fixed subs in SaveImage when video renderer gives topdown RGB
• Several small fixes and improvements.

Below are development builds for testing purposes.

Latest development build: 2.4.0.19 (March 18th 2025)

Latest stable release build: 2.4.0
https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases/tag/2.4.0

Changes from 2.3.9 to 2.4.0:

Updates:

• Updated LAV Filters to version 0.79.2-27-gd98fc
• Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.9.3.2363

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Merged play/pause into a single visible button.

Fixes:

• Fixed rare crash on certain PGS subtitles with negative position value.
• Several small fixes and improvements.

Below are development builds for testing purposes.

Latest development build: 2.3.9.40 (February 7th 2025)

Latest stable release build: 2.3.9
https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases/tag/2.3.9

Changes from 2.3.8 to 2.3.9:

Updates:

• Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.8.9.2318
• Updated MediaInfo DLL to version 24.12

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Added advanced option to hide the percentage on the volume silder.

Fixes:

• Several small fixes and improvements.

Changes from 2.3.7 to 2.3.8:

Updates:

• Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.8.8.2314
• Updated MediaInfo DLL to version 24.11

Fixes:

• Several small fixes and improvements.

Below are development builds for testing purposes.

Latest development build: 2.3.7.26 (November 26th 2024)

Latest stable release build: 2.3.7
https://github.com/clsid2/mpc-hc/releases/tag/2.3.7

Changes from 2.3.6 to 2.3.7:

Updates:

• Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.8.8.2303

Changes/additions/improvements:

• Improved font scaling for text on thumbnail sheet
• Manual subtitle style edits now also work with libass

Fixes:

• Fixed OSD bug in fullscreen that occurred in 2.3.6
• Several small fixes and improvements.

Bugfixes and minor changes:

• Fixed initial loading of file extensions for the Auto transfer type

📦 Downloads available at

• https://user.bitfocus.io/download

💵 Donate to the project at

• open collective https://opencollective.com/companion

Companion v3.5.4 - Release Notes

🐞 BUG FIXES

• dragging action group can disappear #3367
• full import disappearning delays #3365
• clear variables about surfaces when disconnected #3362
• external links not always opening in new tabs
• surface discovery not handling ipv6 correctly
• emulator keymap for presenter controller incorrect #3359
• feedbacks breaking when expressions fail to parse#3386
• handle pasted variable names better in some input fields #3390
• improve resilience of elgato software check on windows #3261

🐞 MODULE FIXES

• generic-swp08
• haivision-connectdvr
• roland-vr120hd
• neutrik-dpro
• ntp-technology-dot
• smodetech-smodelive
• vitec-avediaplayer9300-series

Full Changelog: v3.5.3...v3.5.4

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Ubuntu 25.04, codenamed “Plucky Puffin”, is here. This release continues Ubuntu’s proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open-source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been hard at work through this cycle, partnering with the community and our partners, to introduce new features and fix bugs.

Ubuntu 25.04 introduces GNOME 48 with triple buffering for smoother performance, HDR settings, and new features like a Wellbeing Panel and Preserve Battery Health mode. A new modern PDF reader, Papers, is now the default.

The installer now offers a smoother experience when installing alongside other operating systems, with better BitLocker support, and advanced partitioning.

Built on the Linux 6.14 kernel, this release brings a new scheduling system with sched_ext, enhanced Wine/Proton gaming support through the new NTSYNC driver, and better container tooling via decoupled bpftools and linux-perf.

Developer experience takes a leap forward with the introduction of devpacks. These snap bundles deliver the latest Go and Spring ecosystems, alongside updated toolchains for Python, Rust, .NET, LLVM, OpenJDK, and more.

Ubuntu 25.04 also expands confidential computing to on-premise environments with AMD SEV-SNP host support, and introduces a new ARM64 Desktop ISO for next-gen hardware.

Networking and identity management see continued improvements, including secure time sync with NTS, better Active Directory (AD) integration, cloud authentication against EntraID and Google identity, and DNS-aware wait-online logic with Netplan.

The newest Edubuntu, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Cinnamon, Ubuntu Kylin, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Studio, Ubuntu Unity, and Xubuntu are also being released today. More details can be found for these at their individual release notes under the Official Flavours section:

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/plucky-puffin-release-notes/48687#heading–official-flavours

Maintenance updates will be provided for 9 months for all flavours releasing with 25.04.

How to get Ubuntu 25.04 Plucky Puffin

In order to download Ubuntu 25.04, simply visit:

https://ubuntu.com/download

Users of Ubuntu 24.10 will be offered an automatic upgrade to 25.04 if they have selected to be notified of all releases rather than just LTS upgrades. For further information about upgrading, see:

https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop/upgrade

As always, upgrades to the latest version of Ubuntu are entirely free of charge.

We recommend that all users read the release notes, which document caveats, workarounds for known issues, as well as more in-depth notes on the release itself. They are available at:

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/plucky-puffin-release-notes

Find out what’s new in this release with a graphical overview:

https://ubuntu.com/desktop

https://ubuntu.com/desktop/features

If you have a question, or if you think you may have found a bug but aren’t sure, you can try asking in any of the following places:

https://matrix.to/#/#support:ubuntu.com

https://discourse.ubuntu.com/support

https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users

Help Shape Ubuntu

If you would like to help shape Ubuntu, take a look at the list of ways you can participate at:

https://ubuntu.com/community/contribute

About Ubuntu

Ubuntu is a full-featured Linux distribution for desktops, laptops, IoT, cloud, and servers, with a fast and easy installation and regular releases. A tightly-integrated selection of excellent applications is included, and an incredible variety of add-on software is just a few clicks away.

Professional services including support are available from Canonical and hundreds of other companies around the world. For more information about support, visit:

https://ubuntu.com/support

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Originally posted to the ubuntu-announce mailing list on Thu Apr 17 16:18:26 UTC 2025 by Utkarsh Gupta, on behalf of the Ubuntu Release Team.

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• Adds support for GeForce RTX 5060 Ti

• Please find an extensive list of fixed bugs in release note PDF (under Additional Information)

Learn more in our Game Ready Driver article here.

The MariaDB Foundation is pleased to announce the availability of MariaDB 11.5.1, a Release Candidate (RC) in the rolling release, and MariaDB 11.4.2, the first Generally Available (GA) release in the MariaDB 11.4 series. …

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The MariaDB Foundation is pleased to announce the availability of MariaDB 10.11.8, MariaDB 10.6.18, MariaDB 10.5.25 and MariaDB 10.4.34, the latest stable releases in their respective long-term series (maintained for five years from their first stable release dates), as well as MariaDB 11.2.4, MariaDB 11.1.5 and MariaDB 11.0.6, the latest stable releases in their respective short-term series (maintained for one year). …

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Bugfixes and minor changes:

• Faster natural sort
• *nix: Fixed focus issue in Site Manager
• Updated to libfilezilla 0.50.0

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Get an early look at MariaDB Catalogs—our multi-tenant database feature. No compiling needed! Just pull the image from quay.io and set MARIADB_CATALOGS to get started. Try it out and help shape the future of MariaDB!

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Bugfixes and minor changes:

• UI: Fixed crash opening settings dialog if there are usernames starting with a character that sorts less than the less than sign

If you appreciate my work, you can show your support with a donation through GitHub sponsors. Your support helps me continue improving and growing the app. Thank you!

💥 Crash fixes

• Fix experimental audio night mode feature crashing the app #4582, by @nielsvanvelzen

🔧 Bugfixes

• Do not set audio session to pipeline on create #4584, by @nielsvanvelzen

Contributors

• @nielsvanvelzen

VIENNA, Austria – April 10, 2025 – Enterprise software developer Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH (henceforth "Proxmox") today announced the release of Proxmox Backup Server version 3.4. Designed to address enterprise data protection needs, this latest version of the open-source backup solution introduces new capabilities that further improve performance and usability.

Highlights in Proxmox Backup Server 3.4

• Optimized Performance for Garbage Collection (GC): To increase storage efficiency through deduplication, backup data in Proxmox Backup Server is saved as chunks. In order to free up storage space after backup snapshots have been deleted, a garbage collection (GC) process identifies and cleans up unreferenced backup data chunks. This version 3.4 optimizes the GC mechanism and integrates a cache to reduce the number of expensive file metadata updates. While this enhancement increases memory usage, it substantially reduces execution time, resulting in faster and more efficient garbage collection. The caching mechanism can be fine-tuned on a per-datastore basis.
• Granular backup snapshot selection for sync jobs: Offsite backups are of great interest for data security and therefore Proxmox Backup Server provides sync jobs to push or pull backup snapshots to and from remote Proxmox Backup Server instances. Group filters already allow the selection of which backup groups should be synchronized. In this latest version, the selection functionality has been extended to allow exclusive synchronization of encrypted or verified backup snapshots.
• Static build of Proxmox Backup client: While Proxmox Backup Server is tightly integrated with Proxmox VE, its command-line client can also be used outside of Proxmox VE. A new statically-linked binary of the command-line client makes it easier to create file-level backups of arbitrary Linux hosts.
• Increased throughput for tape backup: Since version 3.4, Proxmox Backup Server now allows to increase the number of worker threads when reading chunks during tape backup, which can significantly increase the throughput in certain setups.
• Latest versions of open-source technologies: This version is based on Debian 12.10 (“Bookworm”), but uses a newer Linux kernel 6.8.12-9 and includes ZFS 2.2.7 (with compatibility patches for Kernel 6.14). While the kernel 6.8.12-9 is the stable default, Linux kernel 6.14 can optionally be installed for better support of the latest hardware.

Proxmox Backup Server seamlessly integrates into Proxmox Virtual Environment—users just need to add a datastore of Proxmox Backup Server as a new storage backup target to Proxmox VE. 

Availability

Proxmox Backup Server 3.4 is now available for download. Users can either update their version of the solution or install the ISO image on bare-metal using the Installation Wizard. Distribution upgrades from older versions of Proxmox Backup Server are possible via APT. Optionally, Proxmox Backup Server can be installed on top of Debian. 

License: Proxmox Backup Server is free and open-source software, published under the GNU AGPLv3. 

Enterprise Support: For enterprise users, Proxmox Server Solutions offers a subscription-based support model, which provides access to the extensively tested Enterprise Repository, with regular updates via the web interface, as well as technical support on a subscription basis. Prices start at EUR 540 per server, including unlimited backup storage and unlimited backup-clients.

Resources

• ISO Image Download: https://www.proxmox.com/en/downloads
• Forum Announcement: https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/proxmox-backup-server-3-4-released.164869/
• Roadmap: For published and upcoming features, see the Release Notes & Roadmap

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About Proxmox Backup Server
Proxmox Backup Server is an enterprise backup solution for backing up and restoring virtual machines, containers, and physical hosts. The open-source client-server software supports incremental backups, deduplication, Zstandard compression, and authenticated encryption. To increase productivity, the easy-to-use Proxmox Backup Server allows you to back up your data in a space-efficient manner, restore VMs, archives or single objects in a flash. With the web-based user interface, you can effectively reduce work hours thanks to simplified management. Proxmox Backup Server is licensed under the GNU AGPLv3. Enterprise support subscriptions are available from Proxmox.

About Proxmox Server Solutions
Proxmox provides powerful and user-friendly open-source server software. Enterprises of all sizes and industries use the Proxmox solutions to deploy efficient and simplified IT infrastructures, minimize total cost of ownership, and avoid vendor lock-in. Proxmox also offers commercial support, training services, and an extensive partner ecosystem to ensure business continuity for its customers. Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH was established in 2005 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria. To learn more visit www.proxmox.com or follow us on LinkedIn and YouTube.

Contact: Daniela Häsler, Proxmox Server Solutions GmbH, marketing@proxmox.com