[Testing Update] 2026-04-14 - Kernels, Gstreamer, Thunderbird, COSMIC, Pipewire, KDE Frameworks

[scotty65]

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udev-usb-sync and kernel 7.0-rc

If you experience slow transfers to USB attached disks, remove the package udev-usb-sync. It is not known why the 7.0 kernel causes this. There may be a regression of some sort. Awaiting the final release of the 7.0 kernel before jumping to conclusions.

An update re: udev-usb-sync that I just posted in the Unstable Update topic:

[Unstable Update] April 2026

@linux-aarhus I’ve just installed udev-usb-sync v1.1-1 on my Testing branch machine, which is running kernel 7.0.0-1-MANJARO, and it seems to be working as it should be. I tested it by downloading a ~1GB video file to my WD Elements external drive, and also by saving 30 images (each ~10MB) to the external drive via Firefox’s Tab Image Saver add-on. The writing speed was good, and there were no other issues encountered. So it looks like the udev-usb-sync issue with linux70 has been resolved.