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Helix Boot v0.6.1

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@github-actions github-actions released this 02 Oct 05:05

Two more boot-menu themes, greyscale icons, and a folder of tools for a Mac.

  • Standby and Poly dark join the theme list (./theme.sh --theme standby, or the Look… window in HelixBoot.exe). They are other people's GRUB themes, adapted for Ventoy, and show every tool's icon in shades of grey. Standby is now the plain choice, in place of Ventoy's own white look.
  • The stick gets a Mac folder: 18 free utilities to run on a working Mac, Apple silicon included, kept current like every other tool.

The Standby and Poly dark themes

Standby is by Llewelyn Trahaearn (GPL) and Poly dark by Andrei Shevchuk (MIT); each is credited in its folder with its licence.

Added

  • Tools for a Mac, in a Mac folder on the stick with a README.txt: 18
    free utilities to run on a working Mac (EtreCheck, OnyX, Malwarebytes, the
    Objective-See tools, Stats, Macs Fan Control, coconutBattery,
    GrandPerspective, AppCleaner, SuperDuper!, TestDisk & PhotoRec, Mist,
    OpenCore Legacy Patcher, Chris Titus Tech's MacUtil), fetched, verified and
    kept current like everything else. platform = "mac" on an app puts it
    there, as downloaded, and packs carry them.
  • Two more themes for theme.sh and the Look window, both other people's GRUB
    themes with their own layout, adapted for Ventoy: Standby (Llewelyn
    Trahaearn, GPL) and Poly dark (Andrei Shevchuk, MIT), each with a splash
    in its colours. A preset can now bring its own layout and fonts
    (standalone = true in preset.toml).
  • Greyscale icons: --icons grey redraws every icon, yours included, in shades
    of grey. Standby and Poly dark use it by themselves: the icon choice now
    defaults to auto, the theme's own style, and --icons logos keeps colour.

Changed

  • Standby is the plain choice, in place of Ventoy's own white look: "Off" is no
    longer on the theme list, and --theme off (or a stick that had it) gives
    Standby. theme = "" in local.toml still gives Ventoy's own look.

Fixed

  • The look preview follows each theme's own layout, boxes and font sizes.