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Saturday, January 21, 2017

News: Linux kernel 4.9 LTS.

According to this email, the Linux kernel will come with the long-term supported kernel version.
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman

Might as well just mark it as such now, to head off the constant
questions. Yes, 4.9 is the next longterm supported kernel version.

Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

News: PulseAudio 10.0 released.

Read about this news here.
  • Automatically switch Bluetooth profile when using VoIP applications
  • New module for prioritizing passthrough streams (module-allow-passthrough)
  • Fixed hotplugging support for USB surround sound cards
  • Separate volumes for Bluetooth A2DP and HSP profiles
  • memfd-based shared memory mechanism enabled by default
  • Removed module-xenpv-sink
  • Dropped dependency to json-c
  • When using systemd to start PulseAudio, pulseaudio.socket is always started first
  • Compatibility with OpenSSL 1.1.0