v4.0.0

[crim50n]

v4.0

Visual Changes

• GRUB Splash Screen: Updated the bootloader splash screen with a new design.
• Desktop Wallpapers: Refreshed desktop wallpapers, with an added YouTube video splash screen as wallpaper.
• Icon Theme Updates:
  • The icon theme has been renamed to elementary-minios and updated to version 0.19.
  • Added new icons to ensure a uniform appearance in menus and actions, including operations for sb modules.
  • Added icons for sb module actions in Thunar's context menu, available in multiple locales (en, ru, es, pt_BR, it, fr, de).
  • Fixed icon rendering issues in older distributions.
• XFCE Bottom Panel Modifications:
  • Increased panel height to 48 pixels.
  • Adjusted application icon sizes to 32 pixels.
  • Removed application name labels for running apps.
  • Added date display alongside the clock.
  • Standardized tray icon size to 16 pixels for a consistent look.
• File Manager Enhancements:
  • Introduced context menu options in Thunar for sb module management, including actions like packing, extracting, mounting, and unmounting modules.

General Changes

• Unified Build Configuration:
  • All MiniOS editions are now built using two new configuration files: general.conf and build.conf.
• Build Script Optimization:
  • Removed rarely used options, simplifying the build process.
• Deprecated Distribution Support:
  • Support for outdated distributions Kali Linux and Astra Linux has been discontinued.
• Script and Library Overhaul:
  • Removed utilities minios-modules and minios-configure.
  • Overhauled the minioslib library to eliminate variable-related errors and improve some functions.
  • Revised the minios-startup script to fix variable-related errors.
• System Directory Script Support:
  • Support for running build scripts from system directories in Linux.
• Editions:
  • New Edition - Toolbox is a system administrator's multitool with a large set of utilities for PC maintenance and data recovery.
  • Removed editions: Flux, Minimum, Maximum, Ultra, and Puzzle.
• Improved Boot and Tool Scripts:
  • Separated MiniOS boot scripts into the new minios-boot package.
  • Transferred package management scripts into the minios-tools package.
  • Created a standalone library libminioslive for shared MiniOS utility functions.
  • The browser splash screen that is launched at first startup is allocated to the minios-welcome package.
• Other:
  • Added option to mount user folders to storage for FAT32, NTFS, and exFAT.

Utility Changes

• Utility Removal and Reorganization:
  • Removed utilities: upg2sb, minios-bundle, and pxe.
  • Renamed scr2sb to script2sb and minios-geniso to sb2iso for clarity.
  • Integrated upg2sb functionality into apt2sb.
  • Merged minios-bundle functionality into sb utility.
  • Renamed gtkdialog used in Flux to gtkask to avoid conflicts.
• New Utilities:
  • Introduced minios-configurator for configuring the minios.conf configuration file.
  • Added chroot2sb utility for creating modules via manual command input.
  • Added minios-kernelpack for replacing the standard MiniOS kernel with available kernels from MiniOS and Debian repositories.
  • Added minios-live to the repository to build MiniOS images.
  • Added eddy to the repository to install local deb packages.
  • Added eddy-handler to the repository to update the package database before running Eddy if the database is out of date.
• Enhanced MiniOS Installer:
  • Rewritten for improved reliability and user experience.
  • Added a console interface for installations from tty.
  • Supported installation on mmcblk and exFAT.
  • Added a launch of MiniOS Configurator for basic system setup post-installation.

Edition Changes

• Standard:
  • Removed the Remmina packages.
  • Added xdg-user-dirs-gtk for user directories in the Places menu.
  • Added xrdp server.
• Toolbox:
  • SSH enabled by default.
  • Added a range of utilities: gtkhash, czkawka, zulucrypt-gui, keepassxc, guymager, isomaster, unetbootin, qphotorec, zenmap, veracrypt, wxhexeditor, uget, inxi, bonnie++, iperf3, and more.
  • Included lshw-gtk, HDSentinel-GUI, and MintStick.
• Flux:
  • Fixed file associations and added translations for .desktop files.
  • Included scripts for automatic menu and .desktop file generation based on locale.
  • Added support for building Flux images on Ubuntu 22.04 and 24.04.

System Improvements

• Kernel Update: The main MiniOS kernel has been updated to version 6.1.119.
• Driver Support: Added precompiled drivers (rtl8188eus, rtl8723cs, rtl8812au, and others) for the standard MiniOS kernel on amd64.
• Storage Rights: Enabled full user rights on FAT32, NTFS, and exFAT file systems, removing the need for root permissions.
• Virtual Machine Enhancements: Added automatic resolution changes in VMware, VirtualBox, KVM, and QEMU to 1280x800.

Full Changelog: v3.3.3...v4.0.0

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This discussion was created from the release v4.0.0.

[patx]

Where is the download link for the Flux edition?

[crim50n]

Flux will no longer be officially released, as it can't be made as user-friendly as we would like it to be. Nevertheless, I will post the updated Flux on our Telegram news channel today.

[crim50n]

https://t.me/s/minios_news/277