[Stable Update] 2025-03-18 - Kernel, Systemd, Plasma 6.3.3, KDE Gear 24.12.3

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Hello community, here we have another set of package updates. I’m now back in Europe. However, since I still need to settle down I may not respond much in this forum until I find time again for it. Anyhow, here we have the updates. Please check also in our [last Testing update](https://forum.manjaro.org/t/175549) for known issues.

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## Recent News

Previous News

* Roman was at [Froscon](https://froscon.org/) and had a [talk about Manjaro](https://media.ccc.de/v/froscon2024-3210 ... ie_zukunft)
* Initial preview of Manjaro Immutable is [now available](https://manjaro.org/news/2024/manjaro-immutable-testing)!
* Roman published our [new Website](https://manjaro.org/news/2024/new-website)
* Philip was at Computex and showed off the [OrangePi Neo](https://neo.manjaro.org)
* Manjaro Team member @romangg has a new library project with a guest post on [Phoronix](https://www.phoronix.com/review/the-com ... dules-como).
* Some Manjaro team members attended [FOSDEM 2024](https://forum.manjaro.org/t/manjaro-at- ... 024/156525) and we showed off a prototype of the upcoming [Orange Pi Neo Handheld Gaming Console](https://neo.manjaro.org/)!
* Check out the new [Manjaro Slimbook Hero](https://hero.manjaro.org/)!
* Manjaro, like many other open-source projects, relies on the generosity of its community through [donations](https://manjaro.org/donate/) and corporate sponsorships to support its growth and development. These [donations](https://manjaro.org/donate/) are essential in covering the various expenses incurred in the operations of the project such as server costs, software development tools, infrastructure expenses, training, flying people to events or [conferences](https://blog.manjaro.org/fosdem-2023/) and the salaries of key developers. With the help of these donations, Manjaro is able to secure the necessary financial stability that allows the project to continuously improve and remain active. If you love Manjaro, consider to [donate](https://manjaro.org/donate/)!
* As you might have seen some of our team were able to attend [FOSDEM 2023](https://fosdem.org/2023/) and the conference proved to be incredibly productive for us. See [our blog post](https://blog.manjaro.org/fosdem-2023/) for more.
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Finding information easier about Manjaro

Finding information easier about Manjaro always has been a topic that needed to be solved. With our new search we have put all Manjaro data accessible in one place and divided by sections so it makes it easier to digest: [News – Manjaro](https://blog.manjaro.org/new-manjaro-se ... available/)


## Notable Package Updates

* **Kernels**
* **Systemd** [257.4 ](https://github.com/systemd/systemd/comp ... 3...v257.4)
* **NetworkManager** [1.52](https://networkmanager.dev/blog/networkmanager-1-52/)
* **KDE Plasma** [6.3.3 ](https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.3.3/)
* **KDE Gear** [24.12.3 ](https://kde.org/announcements/gear/24.12.3/)
* **Firefox** [136.0.1 ](https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/136.0.1/releasenotes/)
* **Thunderbird** [136.0](https://www.thunderbird.net/thunderbird ... easenotes/)
* **Pipewire** [1.4.1 ](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire ... ases/1.4.1)
* if you have no sound at all, you may want to [check ](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire ... ssues/4601) if you use pulseaudio. See [known issues ](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/pipewire ... ge_size=20)

## Additional Info

Python 3.13 info

You will need to rebuild any AUR Python packages that install files to site-packages or link to `libpython3.12.so`.

Print a list of of packages that have files in `/usr/lib/python3.12/` :

```
pacman -Qoq /usr/lib/python3.12/
```

Rebuild them all at once:*

```
pamac build $(pacman -Qoq /usr/lib/python3.12)
```

Use `rebuild-detector` to see if anything else needs to be rebuilt:

```
checkrebuild
```

* <small>It’s recommended to clean your build cache first with `pamac clean --build-files`</small>

Info about AUR packages

AUR ([Arch User Repository](https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository)) packages are neither supported by Arch nor Manjaro. Posts about them in #announcements::category topics are off-topic and will be flagged, moved or removed without warning.

For help with AUR packages, please create a new topic in #support:aur and a helpful volunteer may be able to assist you.

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## Our current supported kernels

* linux54 5.4.290
* linux510 5.10.234
* linux515 5.15.178
* linux61 6.1.130
* linux66 6.6.82
* linux612 6.12.18
* linux613 6.13.6
* linux614 6.14.0-rc6
* linux66-rt 6.6.78_rt51
* linux612-rt 6.12.16_rt9
* linux613-rt 6.13_rt5

**Package Changes** (Wed Mar 12 15:24:00 CET 2025)

* stable core x86_64: 51 new and 52 removed package(s)
* stable extra x86_64: 2854 new and 2975 removed package(s)
* stable multilib x86_64: 33 new and 28 removed package(s)

A list of all changes can be found [here](https://gitlab.manjaro.org/-/snippets/1096)

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