Rob Savoury
@robsavoury.bsky.social
Creator of #SavOS, a modern inline upgrade for #Ubuntu #Linux systems. To support my work https://paypal.me/Savoury1 (see my Launchpad site https://launchpad.net/~savoury1 for other donation options).
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.
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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November 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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.
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.
October 16, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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.
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.
September 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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.
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.
September 13, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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.
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.
September 6, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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.
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.
August 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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.
Latest Blender 4.5.2 (built with Alembic 1.8.8, Embree 4.3.3, OCIO 2.4.2, OIIO 3.0.9.0, OSL 1.14.7.0, OpenVDB 11.0.0, and USD 25.05.01) now available to #SavOS private PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/blender (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS series.
August 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Latest Blender 4.5.2 (built with Alembic 1.8.8, Embree 4.3.3, OCIO 2.4.2, OIIO 3.0.9.0, OSL 1.14.7.0, OpenVDB 11.0.0, and USD 25.05.01) now available to #SavOS private PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/blender (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS series.
It is the six year anniversary (a week ago, to be exact) of my first #Ubuntu #Linux package uploads to Launchpad, for what ended up becoming the #SavOS project. Since then I have done over 40,000 uploads of several thousand unique source packages spanning now five LTS releases!!!
August 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Latest FFmpeg 8.0 release "Huffman" 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.
August 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Latest FFmpeg 8.0 release "Huffman" 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.
Latest bugfix releases of FFmpeg 5.1.7 at ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg5 (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) and FFmpeg 6.1.3 at ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg6 (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) are now available to #SavOS private PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux for all PPA supported LTS series.
August 20, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Latest bugfix releases of FFmpeg 5.1.7 at ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg5 (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) and FFmpeg 6.1.3 at ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg6 (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) are now available to #SavOS private PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux for all PPA supported LTS series.
Updated Mesa 25.1.8 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.
August 17, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Updated Mesa 25.1.8 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.
Updated Vulkan drivers at SDK 1.4.321.0 (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 1.4.321.0 now available to #SavOS private PPA users (at ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg).
August 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Updated Vulkan drivers at SDK 1.4.321.0 (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 1.4.321.0 now available to #SavOS private PPA users (at ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg).
New FFmpeg 8.0 pre-release builds from git source (2025-08-12) now available to #SavOS private PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg-git (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS releases.
August 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
New FFmpeg 8.0 pre-release builds from git source (2025-08-12) now available to #SavOS private PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg-git (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS releases.
Updates including FileZilla 3.69.3 (ppa:savoury1/utilities), Mediainfo 25.07 (ppa:savoury1/multimedia), MKVToolNix 94.0 (ppa:savoury1/qt6-apps), & yt-dlp 2025.07.21+git (ppa:savoury1/multimedia) now available to #SavOS PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux for all PPA supported LTS series.
August 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Latest Blender 4.5.1 (built with OIIO 3.0.8.1, OSL 1.14.6.0, OpenVDB 11.0.0, and USD 25.05.01) & Blender 5.0.0 Alpha (as "blender-git") now available to #SavOS private PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/blender (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS series.
August 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Latest Blender 4.5.1 (built with OIIO 3.0.8.1, OSL 1.14.6.0, OpenVDB 11.0.0, and USD 25.05.01) & Blender 5.0.0 Alpha (as "blender-git") now available to #SavOS private PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/blender (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS series.
Latest PipeWire 1.4.7 with various new bug fixes & improvements is now available to #SavOS PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/pipewire (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS releases.
July 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Latest PipeWire 1.4.7 with various new bug fixes & improvements is now available to #SavOS PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/pipewire (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS releases.
Updates including Ardour 8.12.0, FluidSynth 2.4.4, GStreamer 1.24.13, Kid3 3.9.6, libde265 1.0.16, libvpx 1.15.2, and Mediainfo 25.04, now available to #SavOS PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/multimedia (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS releases.
July 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Updates including Ardour 8.12.0, FluidSynth 2.4.4, GStreamer 1.24.13, Kid3 3.9.6, libde265 1.0.16, libvpx 1.15.2, and Mediainfo 25.04, now available to #SavOS PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/multimedia (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS releases.
Qt6 apps updates including Mixxx 2.5.2, OBS Studio 30.2.3 & Advanced Scene Switcher 1.30.2, and new Flacon 12.0.0 (audio file split/convert), now available to #SavOS PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/qt6-apps (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS releases.
July 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Qt6 apps updates including Mixxx 2.5.2, OBS Studio 30.2.3 & Advanced Scene Switcher 1.30.2, and new Flacon 12.0.0 (audio file split/convert), now available to #SavOS PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/qt6-apps (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS releases.
Latest PipeWire 1.4.6, WirePlumber 0.5.10, and qpwgraph 0.9.4 (all with various new fixes & improvements) are now available to #SavOS PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/pipewire (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS releases.
June 29, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Latest PipeWire 1.4.6, WirePlumber 0.5.10, and qpwgraph 0.9.4 (all with various new fixes & improvements) are now available to #SavOS PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/pipewire (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS releases.
Updated Vulkan drivers at SDK 1.4.313.0 (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 1.4.313.0 now available to #SavOS private PPA users at ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg.
June 9, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Updated Vulkan drivers at SDK 1.4.313.0 (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 1.4.313.0 now available to #SavOS private PPA users at ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg.
Latest Blender 4.4.3 (built with OCIO 2.4.2, OIDN 2.3.3, OIIO 3.0.6.1, OSL 1.14.5.0, and USD 25.02a) now available to #SavOS private PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/blender (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS series.
May 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Latest Blender 4.4.3 (built with OCIO 2.4.2, OIDN 2.3.3, OIIO 3.0.6.1, OSL 1.14.5.0, and USD 25.02a) now available to #SavOS private PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/blender (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS series.
For those doing development work on #Ubuntu #Linux and using #SavOS PPAs, builds of CMake 3.30.8 and Meson 1.7.2 are now available at ppa:savoury1/build-tools (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS releases.
May 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
For those doing development work on #Ubuntu #Linux and using #SavOS PPAs, builds of CMake 3.30.8 and Meson 1.7.2 are now available at ppa:savoury1/build-tools (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS releases.
Latest PipeWire 1.4.2 with various small fixes and improvements (built with latest libcamera 0.5.0) as well as latest qpwgraph 0.8.2, now available to #SavOS PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/pipewire (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS releases.
April 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Latest PipeWire 1.4.2 with various small fixes and improvements (built with latest libcamera 0.5.0) as well as latest qpwgraph 0.8.2, now available to #SavOS PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at ppa:savoury1/pipewire (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS releases.
New builds of mpv 0.40 (ppa:savoury1/mpv) & 0.40+git20250417 (ppa:savoury1/mpv-git) with FFmpeg 7.1 now available to #SavOS private PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux for all PPA supported LTS. So ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg6 is no longer required for mpv, add ppa:savoury1/ffmpeg7 to upgrade!
April 18, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Latest HandBrake 1.9.2 (GTK 4 only, built with FFmpeg 7.1.1) now available to #SavOS private PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at new ppa:savoury1/gtk4-apps (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS releases. Read the PPA notes prior to installation, other PPAs are required!
April 15, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Latest HandBrake 1.9.2 (GTK 4 only, built with FFmpeg 7.1.1) now available to #SavOS private PPA users of #Ubuntu #Linux at new ppa:savoury1/gtk4-apps (launchpad.net/~savoury1/+a...) for all PPA supported LTS releases. Read the PPA notes prior to installation, other PPAs are required!