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v1.13.3: snap removable-media fix, Discord removed

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@VagueDustin VagueDustin released this 16 Sep 00:10
· 13 commits to main since this release
v1.13.3
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Snap fixes for removable drives, and Discord Rich Presence removed

Snap: files on removable drives no longer disappear silently. The snap declares the removable-media interface, but the Snap Store does not connect it on install, and FATE treated the resulting "permission denied" exactly like "no such file": Open with → FATE on a document on a USB stick or a second disk did nothing at all. FATE now recognises the confinement case and shows the one command that fixes it:

sudo snap connect fate:removable-media

It checks first whether the interface is already connected, so it never gives stale advice. Saving to such a path reports the same in the status bar, and hidden files in your home folder (which snap confinement never allows) get an honest explanation instead of a generic error. The same applies to any permission error on any platform: it is now reported, not swallowed.

Discord Rich Presence is gone entirely. FATE no longer talks to a Discord client at all: the dependency, the IPC channel, the Settings entry and the privacy-policy section are all removed. The only connection FATE makes is the GitHub update check on installs that update themselves. PRIVACY.md is updated accordingly, and now also states that apt, dnf, Snap and Flatpak installs make no update checks of their own.

Install

  • Windows: FATE-Setup-1.13.3.exe. Existing installs update themselves.
  • Ubuntu / Debian / Mint / Pop!_OS: FATE-1.13.3-amd64.deb, or add the repository once: 
    sudo curl -fsSL -o /usr/share/keyrings/fate-archive-keyring.gpg https://github.com/VagueDustin/FATE/releases/download/apt/fate-archive-keyring.gpg
sudo curl -fsSL -o /etc/apt/sources.list.d/fate.sources https://github.com/VagueDustin/FATE/releases/download/apt/fate.sources
sudo apt update && sudo apt install fate
  • Fedora / RHEL: FATE-1.13.3-x86_64.rpm, or: 
    sudo curl -fsSL -o /etc/yum.repos.d/fate.repo https://github.com/VagueDustin/FATE/releases/download/repodata/fate.repo
sudo dnf install fate
  • Snap Store: sudo snap install fate: snapd keeps it updated. Add sudo snap connect fate:removable-media once to edit files on USB sticks and other removable drives.
  • Any Linux: FATE-1.13.3-x86_64.AppImage: chmod +x and run; it updates itself.
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