Messinet Secure Services

Messinet Secure Services is an ever-changing virtual classroom in which I learn about the GNU/Linux platform and all the services it can deliver. These services are the technological incarnation of an idea centered around keeping my family in touch with each other and technology.

Fedora 40 Upgrades Complete

Messinet Secure Services has upgraded from Fedora 39 to Fedora 40 and have decommissioned our public Fedora Linux RPM Repository and our Copr Fedora community build services.

We used the DNF system-upgrade plugin, which simplified the upgrade process on all of our workstations, servers, and systemd-nspawn containers.

Unfortunately, a long-standing issue still prevents the MACVLAN interface of a systemd-nspawn container from coming up when the container is restarted. This issue can be worked around by restarting the entire system hosting the container.

Winding Down

After 23 years, Messinet Secure Services will begin winding down a number of services.

  • VoIP: Asterisk, Kamailio, RTPengine, WebCDR
  • Fedora RPMs: Git interface, Koji

With the upcoming upgrade to Fedora 40, we will no longer release Fedora RPMs and will decommission our Fedora Linux RPM Repository and our Copr Fedora community build services.

Fedora 35 Upgrades Complete

Messinet Secure Services has upgraded from Fedora 34 to Fedora 35 and we’re no longer building Fedora 34 RPMs in our Fedora Linux RPM Repository. Please check out our builds in the Copr Fedora community build service.

Once again, the upgrades completed successfully using the DNF system-upgrade plugin. We wish to thank the developers for this option, as it continues to streamline and speed up the upgrade process across multiple machines.

We’re also happy to report that the Fedora 35 KDE/Plasma on Wayland experience is significantly improved and stable enough to serve as our primary desktop platform. Though there are still some Plasma/Wayland usability issues, we look forward to futher improvement, especially with drag-and-drop between Qt and GTK applications.

Fedora 34 Upgrades Complete

Messinet Secure Services has upgraded from Fedora 33 to Fedora 34 and we’re no longer building Fedora 33 RPMs in our Fedora Linux RPM Repository. Please check out our builds in the Copr Fedora community build service.

Once again, the upgrades were completed successfully with the DNF system-upgrade plugin and we wish to thank the developers for this option, as it has streamlined the upgrade process.

We’re also trying out KDE/Plasma with Wayland and while there are some usability issues, it’s a significant step forward.