Rob Savoury

Creator of #SavOS, a modern inline upgrade for #Ubuntu #Linux systems. To support my work (see my Launchpad site for other donation options).

[Rob Savoury @RobSavoury]

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 Savoury @RobSavoury]

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 Savoury @RobSavoury]

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://t.co/iqAAtYhY7G) for all PPA supported LTS releases.

[Rob Savoury @RobSavoury]

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 Savoury @RobSavoury]

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://t.co/mWtvvXOrqn) for all PPA supported LTS releases.

[Rob Savoury @RobSavoury]

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://t.co/unOLY5CFhp) for all PPA supported LTS releases.

[Rob Savoury @RobSavoury]

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://t.co/CHPrB8KHpW) for all PPA supported LTS releases.

[Rob Savoury @RobSavoury]

A bug with latest PipeWire 1.6.5 (https://t.co/o2VOhOozRA) 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.

[Rob Savoury @RobSavoury]

@sbenejam No apology necessary! It's good you filed the bug, and I appreciate you finding the relevant issue & fix on Gitlab. New builds with that fix seem to have resolved the issue, based on feedback at the bug report (https://t.co/o2VOhOozRA) from another user who also had broken audio.

[Rob Savoury @RobSavoury]

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 (https://t.co/unOLY5CFhp) for all PPA supported LTS series. Read the PPA notes, especially in relation to Ubuntu <= 20.04 based systems.

[Rob Savoury @RobSavoury]

@sbenejam As mentioned you need to file a bug report if you want help with your issue. This (https://t.co/qY38HmR7Ec) is not the place for troubleshooting problems with packages at my PPAs. But, a guess is you might not have installed all the necessary Pipewire packages for your setup.

[Rob Savoury @RobSavoury]

@sbenejam This is the first I've heard of any issues with the latest PipeWire 1.6.5 update. Please submit a bug report (https://t.co/9dEY2v4Q8O) with as much detail as you can provide, ie. including any error messages and/or a detailed description of problem.

[Rob Savoury @RobSavoury]

Latest Mixxx 2.5.6 and MKVToolNix 98.0 are now available to #SavOS PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/qt6-apps (https://t.co/mWtvvXOrqn) for all PPA supported LTS releases. Read PPA install notes about other required PPAs for successful installation.

[Rob Savoury @RobSavoury]

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.

[Rob Savoury @RobSavoury]

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.

[Rob Savoury @RobSavoury]

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.

[Rob Savoury @RobSavoury]

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.

[Rob Savoury @RobSavoury]

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.

[Rob Savoury @RobSavoury]

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.

[Rob Savoury @RobSavoury]

Latest FFmpeg 8.1.1 "Hoare" series release now available to #SavOS private PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg8 (https://t.co/jwF0dgtSxM) for all PPA supported LTS releases. Read PPA notes for details of additional PPAs that are required for successful install.