Shelly 2.4.1 GUI Package Manager for Arch Linux Improves Networking, Security

Posted by hanuca on Jun 28, 2026 5:43 AM EDT
9to5linux.com; By Marcus Nestor
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Shelly 2.4.1 has been released today as the latest stable version of this open-source graphical package manager for Arch Linux and Arch Linux-based distributions, bringing various new features and performance improvements.

Coming a week after Shelly 2.4, the Shelly 2.4.1 release improves the HTTP stack by implementing a Happy Eyeballs (Fast Fallback) connection strategy that ensures slow or broken IPv6 paths don’t cause long timeouts by preferring IPv4 first. Fast Fallback makes dual-stack (IPv4/IPv6) applications responsive by racing connection attempts.

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