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Change Log

3.1.0 - The Controllers and Flatpak Update

  • Change ProtonUp-Qt to be installed as a Flatpak.
  • Change Cheese to be installed as a Flatpak.
  • Change Discord to be installed as a Flatpak.
  • Change Gwenview to be installed as a Flatpak.
  • Change KeePassXC to be installed as a Flatpak.
  • Change LibreOffice to be installed as a Flatpak.
  • Change PeaZip to be installed as a Flatpak.
  • Change OBS Studio to be installed as a Flatpak.
  • Change Pix to be installed as a Flatpak.
  • Change Protontricks to be installed as a Flatpak.
  • Change VLC to be installed as a Flatpak.
  • Change ClamTk and ClamAV to be installed as Flatpak.
  • Change Transmission to be installed as a Flatpak.
  • Change GE Proton version from GE-Proton7-8 to GE-Proton7-20.
  • Change Wine GE version from Wine-GE-Proton7-8 to Wine-GE-Proton7-16.
  • Add winesapOS repository.
  • Change 'mesa' package to be 'mesa-steamos' from the winesapOS repository.
  • Change the default Linux kernel to be Linux LTS.
  • Change Google Chrome to be installed as a Flatpak.
  • Change Steam to not run with GameMode to avoid issues with some games.
  • Add Flatpaks to the upgrade process.
  • Change Kwallet to be disabled on the performance image.
  • Add Wine Staging again to now be used alongside Wine GE.
  • Change Arch Linux repositories to use newer upstream packages than SteamOS.
  • Change installation of SteamOS to optionally work on Arch Linux and Manjaro live media.
  • Change RAM mounts to use 'tmpfs' instead of 'ramfs' for FUSE compatibility.
  • Add support for all Xbox controllers.
  • Add AntiMicroX for configuring controller input.
  • Add as a simple text editor ('kate' for Plasma and 'xed' for Cinnamon).
  • Change the secure image to disable Klipper as much as possible.
  • Add wrapper script for Protontricks Flatpak to run via the CLI.
  • Add support for resizing the root file system on SD cards and other MMC devices.

3.0.1 - Preview of the Builders Update

  • Add option to build winesapOS on bare-metal.
  • Add option for the build to create a raw image file instead of using an existing block device.
  • Add support for installing directly onto a NVMe or loopback block storage device.
  • Change Bottles to be installed as a Flatpak.
  • Change Steam to be installed as part of the first-time setup.
  • Add documentation in the read me file for doing customized installations on bare-metal.
  • Change the Minecraft launcher from MultiMC to PolyMC and have it installed as a Flatpak.
  • Change swap to be created during first-time setup.
  • Change makepkg to compile using the number of available processor cores.

3.0.0 - The SteamOS 3 Update

  • Change project name from "Mac Linux Gaming Stick" to "winesapOS".
  • Change the user account name from "stick" to "winesap".
  • Add support for installing Arch Linux.
  • Change the office suite from FreeOffice to LibreOffice.
  • Add support for installing the KDE Plasma desktop environment.
  • Add LTS Linux kernel 5.15.
  • Add MultiMC for playing Minecraft.
  • Remove TLP. This power management utility conflicts with auto-cpufreq.
  • Change GRUB menu to allow booting different Linux kernels by default.
  • Add the pamac package manager.
  • Change exFAT utilities from 'exfat-utils' to 'exfatprogs' to provide better exFAT support.
  • Change the audio drivers from Alsa, Jack, Pulse, and v4l2 to PipeWire.
  • Add support for the NTFS file system.
  • Add support for the ZFS file system.
  • Add support for the APFS file system.
  • Change input devices to be more responsive.
  • Add the Transmission torrent client.
  • Add new Mac sound driver for Linux 5.15.
  • Add desktop shortcuts for all GUI applications.
  • Change the I/O scheduler to be "none" for better performance on flash-based storage devices.
  • Add KeePassXC as a cross-platform password manager.
  • Add VeraCrypt as a cross-platform encryption utility.
  • Change the firewalld service to be enabled on the secure image.
  • Add gamescope to help with playing older games.
  • Add MangoHUD for benchmarking OpenGL and Vulkan games.
  • Add GOverlay as a GUI for managing Vulkan overlays including MangoHUD, ReplaySorcery, and vkBasalt.
  • Add a README.txt file to the desktop linking to the winesapOS GitHub project.
  • Add Clamtk as a GUI front-end to ClamAV.
  • Add Discord for a gaming chat client.
  • Add ZeroTier-GUI as a GUI front-end to ZeroTier One VPN.
  • Add Ludusavi as a game saves file manager.
  • Change Firefox to Firefox ESR for extra stability.
  • Add support for installing SteamOS 3.
  • Change Bluetooth provider from Blueberry to Blueman.
  • Add the Vapor theme for KDE Plasma for SteamOS 3.
  • Add support for the XFS file system.
  • Add Open Broadcaster Software (OBS) Studio.
  • Add ProtonUp-Qt for managing Proton.
  • Remove ge-install-manager. The project has been archived.
  • Change Proton GE version from Proton-6.5-GE-2 to GE-Proton7-8.
  • Add PeaZip for an archive/compression utility.
  • Add BalenaEtcher as an image flashing utility.
  • Add support for resizing the root file system on NVMe drvies.
  • Add Konsole as another terminal emulator on KDE Plasma.
  • Add Bottles for installing any Windows program.
  • Change the Steam client to use the Steam Deck client UI.
  • Add a first-time setup script to the desktop and have it automatically start upon first login.
  • Add support for NVIDIA graphics drivers.
  • Add support for Intel OpenGL graphics drivers on SteamOS.
  • Add support for changing the locale as part of the first-time setup.
  • Add support for doing a system upgrade as part of the first-time setup.
  • Add support for changing the time zone as part of the first-time setup.
  • Add desktop shortcut for first-time setup and only have it run after the first login.
  • Change the user account to require a password when using 'sudo'.
  • Add an image gallery application for Cinnamon (Pix) and KDE Plasma (Gwenview).
  • Add the Steam Big Picture theme for GRUB by LegendaryBibo.
  • Change Google Chrome to be installed as part of the first-time setup.
  • Change the installed variant of Wine from Staging to GE.
  • Add an upgrade script to the desktop.
  • Change Pamac plugins for AUR, Flatpak, and Snap to be enabled by default.
  • Add winesapOS icon for winesapOS specific desktop shortcuts.
  • Change Steam desktop shortcuts to have one for Steam Desktop client and the second for the Steam Deck client.
  • Change Mac workarounds to only run if the hardware is detected as Mac.

2.2.0 - The Secure Image Update

  • Change initramfs to now load more storage drivers sooner.
  • Change Pacman ParallelDownloads from 1 to 5.
  • Remove the machine-id so that it will be autogenerated on first boot.
  • Remove the Proton GE tarball to save space.
  • Change the upgrade script to not override the /etc/winesapos/VERSION file.
  • Add logging to a file when running the upgrade script.
  • Add configurable environment variables for the build.
  • Add support for LUKS encryption.
  • Add the Cheese webcam software.
  • Add support for AppArmor.
  • Add support for expiring the password for both the "root" and "stick" user.
  • Add offline ClamAV database to image build.
  • Add support for firewalld.
  • Add support for disabling CPU mitigations in the Linux kernel.
  • Add support for disabling Linux kernel updates.
  • Add the Shutter screenshot tool.

2.1.0 - The Flash Drive Storage Update

  • Change swap to be a file instead of a partition.
  • Change and lower swap size from 8 GiB to 2 GiB.
  • Remove/disable swap in the live installation environment.
  • Add automatic logging for the installation script into the build.
  • Add integration tests for all existing functionality.
  • Add an upgrade script.
  • Add a Btrfs subvolume for '/home' and a related upgrade.
  • Add Btrfs compression with zstd and also TRIM/discard support to mounts along with a related upgrade.
  • Change 'apple-bce' driver installation to be more reliable.
  • Add start and end time to the install log file.
  • Add Linux 5.4 as an alternative LTS kernel to 5.10.
  • Change GRUB menu to show on boot.
  • Add Heroic Games Launcher for Epic Games Store games.
  • Change partition mounts from UUIDs to labels.
  • Add desktop shortcuts.
  • Add Proton GE package manager 'ge-install-manager' and Proton GE 6.5-2.
  • Add 'protontricks'.
  • Add Snapper configuration for '/home' backups/snapshots.
  • Add 16 GB exFAT partition for normal flash drive usage.
  • Add PulseAudio configuration to lower the volume which will helps Mac users.
  • Add printer drivers and service.
  • Add Oh My Zsh.

2.0.0 - The Manjaro Update

  • Change from Ubuntu 20.04 to Manjaro.
  • Add automated installation script for Manjaro.
  • Add script and service to automatically resize the root partition on first boot.
  • Add fast/optimized package manager mirrors.
  • Add automatic configuration of the 'stick' and 'root' users.
  • Change from 'apt-btrfs' to 'snapper' and 'snap-pac' for Btrfs backups.
  • Add MacBook Bridge/T2 driver.
  • Add GameMode.
  • Add autocpu-freq to help battery life.
  • Change README file to be more consolidated.
  • Remove Ansible roles.
  • Add VERSION file.
  • Add minimum and recommended requirements.

1.2.1

  • Add note about CrossOver Mac being based on an old version of Wine.
  • Change the percentage of supported 64-bit games on macOS. It has increased.
  • Change the percentage of supported Windows games on Linux. It has increased.

1.2.0

  • Add support for built-in speakers on newer Macs.
  • Change the percentage of supported 64-bit games on macOS. It has increased.
  • Add notes about CrossOver Mac.
  • Remove support for all distros except for Ubuntu.
  • Add a changelog.
  • Remove notes about installing a newer Linux kernel. Ubuntu 20.04.2 now ships a usable Linux kernel (5.8).
  • Change the percentage of supported Steam games on Linux. It has increased.
  • Add notes about the Apple M1 Arm-based processor.

1.1.0

  • Add the missing supportability goal.
  • Add notes on addressing wireless keyboard and mouse issues.

1.0.0

  • Initial release.