Release v0.6.0

Broad Terminal Compatibility & Flatpak/Desktop Launch Improvements

This version significantly expands Bootc-Manager compatibility when launched via application menu shortcuts (.desktop files), ensuring native support for a wide range of terminal emulators across various desktop environments (GNOME, KDE Plasma, COSMIC, among others) and distributions (Fedora, RHEL, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, Arch, etc.).

What's New

Expanded Terminal Emulator Support

• Increased Compatibility: In addition to ptyxis and gnome-terminal, the script now detects and automatically re-executes itself within the following terminals:

• GNOME Console: kgx and gnome-console (default on AlmaLinux, RHEL, and recent GNOME installations)

• KDE Plasma: konsole

• COSMIC Desktop: cosmic-terminal

• Modern & GPU-Accelerated Terminals: ghostty, kitty, and alacritty

• Classic Fallbacks: x-terminal-emulator and xterm

• Standardized Execution Syntax: Refactored the $CMD variable with proper quote escaping, preventing syntax errors when passing shortcut arguments in Bash/Zsh.

• Error Handling: Displays an informative message via stderr if no compatible emulator is found on the host system.

🛠️ Fixes and Adjustments

• Resolved .desktop Launch Failures: Eliminates the "unable to find terminal required for application" error when opening the script via the application menu on enterprise or atomic systems that lack a pre-installed ptyxis.
• Standardized Final Pause: The exit message displayed when the script is launched via the GUI has been adjusted to accept any key press (Press any key to exit...).

How to Update

To update the script to version v0.6.0:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/diogopessoa/bootc-manager/main/bootc-manager.sh -o bootc-manager.sh
chmod +x bootc-manager.sh

Release v0.5.0 Enhanced Backend Detection & Detailed System Status

This version resolves compatibility issues regarding the identification of native OCI container-based systems (such as Bazzite, Aurora, and Bluefin from the Universal Blue community) and restores full visibility of the system state in the status report.

What's New

Improved Backend Detection (detect_backend)

• Full Support for Universal Blue / Bootc-Native Distributions: Fixed the bootc status check by using flexible regular expressions (grep -qiE).

• Filesystem Fallback: Added direct checks in system directories (/usr/lib/bootc and /sysroot/bootc) to ensure the bootc backend is selected, even when status calls require permission handling during startup.

Complete System Status (bootc_status)

• Unified Visibility: When the backend is bootc, the [5] Status command now displays both OCI container information (bootc status) and the deployment history from rpm-ostree status.

• Detailed Rollback and Layer Inspection: Allows you to directly view previous deployments for rollbacks and check which layered packages are present without switching between manual commands.

How to Update

To update the script to version v0.5.0:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/diogopessoa/bootc-manager/main/bootc-manager.sh -o bootc-manager.sh
chmod +x bootc-manager.sh

Release v0.4.0 - Smart Backend Detection & Layering Management

This version brings significant improvements to system stability when handling modified packages (layering) and optimizes automatic detection of bootc and rpm-ostree environments.

🚀 What's New

Layering Removal and Reset (Reset to clean image)

• New option in menu [4]: Allows you to inspect and remove locally added packages (layered packages).
• Selective or Full Removal: Choose between removing packages individually or performing a full reset (sudo rpm-ostree reset) to revert to the original base image.

Smart Backend Detection (detect_backend)

• Automatic Fallback: If the bootc utility is present on the system but the current deployment uses the traditional OSTree structure (without an image source configured), the script automatically selects rpm-ostree to ensure commands execute correctly.

📦 How to Update

To manually update to version v0.4.0:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/diogopessoa/bootc-manager/main/bootc-manager.sh -o bootc-manager.sh
chmod +x bootc-manager.sh