CHANGELOG.md

Change Log

3.3.0 - The Major Upgrade Update

• Add a default text editor (nano).
• Change the 'mbpfan' service to only run on Apple hardware.
• Add ability to run custom install scripts.
• Change the Broadcom proprietary Wi-Fi driver to be optionally installed during the first-time setup.
• Change the upgrade progress bars to be more accurate.
• Change the upgrade to only upgrade Mac drivers if Apple hardware is detected.
• Change the first-time setup to install drivers from the [extra] repository instead of [community] now that they have been merged.
• Add Pacman support in the Discover package manager.
• Change Snapper to only keep 10 hourly snapshots.
• Change the NetworkManager backend to use IWD.
• Add the ability to change the password for the "root" user during the first-time setup.
• Add the ability to change the password for the LUKS storage encryption during the first-time setup on the secure image.
• Add support for Framework laptops.
• Change the fast Pacman mirror service to run as part of the first-time setup instead of the installation.
• Add support for Microsoft Surface laptops.
• Add support for older NVIDIA Kepler cards.
• Add ability to use a different username instead of hardcoding to 'winesap'.
• Add support for major upgrades from Mac Linux Gaming Stick 2 to winesapOS 3.
• Add uninstall script to switch from winesapOS back to upstream Arch Linux.
• Add support for Mac drivers on Linux LTS 6.1.
• Add support for installing the GNOME desktop environment.
• Add the AppImagePool package manager.
• Add support for the CIFS/SMB network file system.
• Add support for the NFS network file system.
• Add support for the EROFS file system.
• Add support for the F2FS file system.
• Add support for the SSDFS file system.
• Add improved support for FAT file systems.
• Add support for the ReiserFS file system.
• Add support for the FATX16 and FATX32 file systems.
• Change the latest Linux LTS to be version 6.1.
• Change the old Linux LTS to be version 5.15.
• Remove Linux LTS 5.10.
• Add Steam Tinker Launch.
• Change GE Proton version from GE-Proton7-37 to GE-Proton7-55.
• Change GE Wine version from GE-Proton7-31 to GE-Proton7-43.
• Change the screenshot program from Shutter to Spectacle.
• Add support for the Steam Deck controller.
• Add 'pacman-static' for more stable upgrades.
• Change SteamOS packages to be optionally installed as part of the first-time setup.
• Add support for the Vulkan graphics pipeline library on Intel.
• Add support for older integrated Intel graphics.
• Add FileZilla as an FTP client.

3.2.1 - The SteamOS 3.4 Update

• Change the swappiness from 10% down to 1%.
• Change the SteamOS repositories to use the new release URLs introduced with SteamOS 3.4.
• Add the ability to change the password for the "winesap" user during the first-time setup.

3.2.0 - The Minimal Image Update

• Add a GitHub Actions CI pipeline for increased testing coverage.
• Add a minimal image.
• Change GE Proton version from GE-Proton7-20 to GE-Proton7-35.
• Change GE Wine version from GE-Proton7-16 to GE-Proton7-31.
• Add the ability to rotate the screen for the Steam Deck, GPD Win Max, and other portable PCs.
• Add a list of community contributors to our documentation.
• Remove Pamac workaround since we have fixed the 'libpamac-full' AUR package upstream.
• Add ReplaySorcery for use with GOverlay.
• Add vkBasalt for use with GOverlay.
• Add progress bar for first-time setup.
• Change the 'linux-neptune' package to be 'linux-steamos'.
• Change Pacman to use 'wget' for more reliable downloads on slower internet.
• Add the ability to build winesapOS using a proxy.
• Change the package manager from Pamac to bauh.
• Add Flatseal to manage Flatpaks.
• Add GParted for managing storage partitions.
• Change extra Linux firmware to be optionally installed as part of the first-time setup.
• Change the minimum requirements to be lower.
• Change Wine GE to be installed as part of the first-time setup.
• Add support for VMware Fusion and VMware Workstation.
• Change ZeroTier VPN to not be enabled by default.
• Add game-devices-udev for supporting more controllers.
• Change PolyMC to Prism Launcher for Minecraft.
• Add the 'wl' Broadcom Wi-Fi driver.
• Change 'xpad' driver to be 'xpad-noone' to have better compatibility with 'xone'.
• Add 'mbpfan' for managing Mac fans.
• Remove the old MacBook Pro sound driver 'snd_hda_macbookpro' and only use the newer 'snd-hda-codec-cs8409' driver instead.
• Add support for updating flatpaks on systems with a NVIDIA graphics cards.
• Change the tests script to report the number of failed tests.
• Add support for VirtualBox.
• Add progress bar for the upgrade.

3.1.1 - The Boot Fix Update

• Change GE Proton to be installed during the first-time setup.
• Change the GRUB theme from Steam Big Picture to Vimix.
• Add pre-built AUR packages to the winesapOS repository.
• Change from 'pipewire-media-session' to 'wireplumber' for modern PipeWire support.

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.