HermesOS 20.0 Prerelease 3

Fixes:

• ZLang installation
• Regedit now handles missing key

Updates:

• Tape packager now allows prep verb
• Installer image provided
• Provides functions as file
• config command will no longer require -- for category
• .litescript renamed to .LSC and .PLSC
• llhooks.ll added
• LiteOS upgraded to 1.3
• System reset via Ctrl+C can be disabled by adding disable-sysreset to bootargs
• @prog_runnable will no longer be required
• New registry key: USER/Shell/SilenceAutoRun
• New registry key: USER/Shell/WelcomeMessage
• Version information is no longer dependent on registry
• Interface can now recognize third-party binary using SYSTEM/Path registry. Default is /System:/System/core.

Known Issues:

• lec is not working.
• Installer: diskutil command does not work

Upcoming:

• Semi-GUI Interface

HermesOS 20.0 Prerelease 2

Fixes:

• Registry update bug
• Boot args unnecessary spaces

Updates:

• Legacy download will install 15.1.1
• Kernel version updated to Hermes 2X (20.0) from Hermes Pure 5.0
• Added tape packager
• hmref renamed to hfunc
• Path system added to shell. Path directory must contain bin and man subdirectory

Known Issues:

• lec is not working. Therefore it is removed for now

Upcoming:

• Installer will be available in near future.

HermesOS 20.0 Prerelease 1

This system is incompatible with all previous version of HermesOS. Erasing ${ROOTFS}/Library is highly recommended.

HermesOS 15.1.1 Compatibility Update

Installing this update is required in order to upgrade the system to HermesOS 20.

Use the following command:

super update20

HermesOS 15.1

• Bug fixes

  • None

• Deprecation

  • None

• New

  • Updated update helper script - Able to update to Hermes Pro

• Security Patches

  • None

HermesOS 15.0

• Bug fixes

  • RecoveryOS Crashes under certain commands

• Deprecation

  • None

• New

  • Hermes Pure updated
  • Kernel Panic screen changed
  • New system working as a boot loader: LiteOS
    • Advanced boot loader
    • More boot options
    • Supports emergency recovery
  • --detail flag for system --info
  • diagnostics command
  • NVRAM reset confirmation message added to the recovery
  • Ready for Firmware Support
  • New packager for driver and applications
  • Pro System will allow running restricted commands
  • On System stop, subprocess killing scope is now wider
  • Boot arguments are flushed on reboot / reset
  • Added hardware reset (Press Ctrl + C)
  • LiteOS warns before shutdown if there is no OS installed

• Security Patches

  • None

HermesOS 14.0

• Bug fixes

  • None

• Depreciation

  • hmlog function is removed
  • accessible function is replaced with access_fs
  • FilesystemRestrictor.hxe is removed
  • Fastboot is removed

• New

  • Auto login is added
  • GUI login / setup is added
  • Multi-language support (Currently only English / Korean supported)
  • Pro System is now able to be setup in first run
  • New security system added - Fort
  • sys_log function added for system logging (Stored in /Library/Logs)
  • System is automatically logging process

• Security Patches

  • Replaced old FilesystemRestrictor with Fort security mechanism

HermesOS 13.0.1

• Bug fixes
  • command : system --extensions caused error message when no hardware extensions installed
  • When updating, color output did not corrected after line finish.

HermesOS 13.0.0

• Bug fixes

  • Bootloader did not load the boot arguments from nvram
  • Running non-existing command via super had issue

• Depreciation

  • boot_argument key in NVRAM is renamed to boot-arguments
  • System instruction bootarg.contains is removed
  • OS_Codename is removed from Profile.hmref
  • Authenticator / Login application no longer takes arguments

• New

  • Boot safe timeout shortened
  • Pro System: All system unlocking feature
  • System logo shows in verbose mode (Non-graphical)
  • config command will show nvram data
  • Authenticator / Login binary is replaced with bundled application
  • OS Start logo will show before other driver & memory data loads
  • New developer command: prosystem

• Security Patches

  • None

HermesOS 12.0.0

• Notice

  • HardLink and RecoveryOS is not updated, therefore the version will show up as 11.x. This is normal.

• Depreciation

  • bootarg.contains instruction will be removed in the later version of HermesOS

• New

  • Developer Options
    • Change USER/INTERFACE/DEVELOPER_OPTION to 1 using mpedit
    • Commands for developers
      • installframework
      • appbuild
      • projectcreate
  • Performance optimised
    • Up to 1.8x faster - Memory refresh on interface load is no longer necessary
  • Applications
    • New commands
      • open
      • apps
  • Updated Hermes Kernel to 4.0.1