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EuroLinux 9.3 Release Notes

This version's code name is Riga - the capital of Latvia.

Major changes in EuroLinux 9.3.

Security

Key security-related highlights:

  • Keylime was rebased to version 7.3.0.
  • OpenSSH was further migrated from the less secure SHA-1 message digest.
  • The pcsc-lite-ccid USB Chip/Smart Card Interface Device(CCID)) and Integrated Circuit Card Device (ICCD) driver was rebased to version 1.5.2.
  • SEtools, the collection of graphical tools, command-line tools, and libraries for SELinux policy analysis, was rebased to version 4.4.3.
  • OpenSCAP was rebased to version 1.3.8.

Programming languages, web and database servers

Later versions of the following application are now available:

  • Redis 7
  • Node.js 20

Furthermore, the Apache HTTP Server has been updated to version 2.4.57.

The following components have been upgraded:

  • Git LFS to version 3.2.0
  • Git to version 2.39.1

Compilers and development tools

The following system toolchain components have been updated:

  • GCC 11.4.1

Updated performance tools and debuggers

The following performance tools and debuggers have been updated:

  • Valgrind 3.21
  • SystemTap 4.9
  • elfutils 0.189

Updated performance monitoring tools

The following performance monitoring tools have been updated:

  • PCP 6.0.5
  • Grafana 9.2.10

Updated compiler toolsets

The following compiler toolsets have been updated in:

  • GCC Toolset 13
  • LLVM Toolset 16.0.6
  • Rust Toolset 1.71.1
  • Go Toolset 1.20.10

Java implementations in EuroLinux 9

The EuroLinux 9 AppStream repository includes:

  • The java-21-openjdk packages, which provide the OpenJDK 21 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 21 Java Software Development Kit.
  • The java-11-openjdk packages, which provide the OpenJDK 11 Java Runtime
  • Environment and the OpenJDK 11 Java Software Development Kit.
  • The java-17-openjdk packages, which provide the OpenJDK 17 Java Runtime
  • Environment and the OpenJDK 17 Java Software Development Kit.
  • The java-1.8.0-openjdk packages, which provide the OpenJDK 8 Java Runtime
  • Environment and the OpenJDK 8 Java Software Development Kit.

Known issues

Due to evolution of build process updates for Java 21 OpenJDK and SCAP Security Guide are delayed now. They are going to be delivered soon.

Batteries repositories

The battery repository is available for customers with Golden Key and Gaia subscriptions. There are about 330 packages that are not part of any build (so they are not included in EuroLinux Open Build roots) but are required to rebuild EuroLinux/Custom Fork from RHEL or Eurolinux sources.

Container and cloud images

You can use the following publicly available images for EuroLinux 9 - EuroLinux 9 Vagrant Boxes (libvirt/VMware Workstation/VirtualBox) - EuroLinux 9 Container on the Docker Hub - EuroLinux 9 Container on the Quay.io

Additional resources