Skip to content

0.8.1

Latest
Latest
Compare
Choose a tag to compare
@probonopd probonopd released this 28 Feb 23:15
r0.8.1
61f9ade
This commit was created on GitHub.com and signed with GitHub’s verified signature. The key has expired.
GPG key ID: 4AEE18F83AFDEB23
Expired
Learn about vigilant mode.

image

This maintenance release mainly addresses feedback from the DistroWatch 0.8.0 review by Jesse Smith.

Core system

  • USB tethering of Android phones to use their WLAN and cellular connectivity with helloSystem now "just works"
  • 5.1 audio systems, e.g., BOSE Companion 5 (USB) now work out of the box
  • Swap is enabled by default on disks larger than 80 GB (can be disabled in the installer)
  • Keyboard and Language choice are now persisted in UEFI NVRAM (fix for EFI based systems)

Bootloader

  • Load the kernel and modules without showing text on screen
  • Boot in verbose mode if the V key is pressed
  • Boot in single user mode if the S key is pressed
  • Show the FreeBSD bootloader menu if backspace is pressed (which allows to easily select Boot Environments)
  • Adjust colors for verbose and single user boot

User Interface

  • USB sound devices are now shown with their vendor and model in the Volume menu
  • Handle already-running installations more gracefully when trying to install applications, thanks @CocoCR300
  • Improved "About This Computer" dialog, thanks @CocoCR300
  • "About This Computer" now also shows information about the Xorg GPU driver being used
  • The "Install FreeBSD" utility is now called "Install helloSystem"
  • The "Processes" utility now shows the total CPU and memory usage, uses application bundle names and icons
  • On the Live system, there is now a link to the Install helloSystem utility on the desktop
  • On the Live system, advise the user to install the system before downloading applications
  • Menu now autocompletes paths beginning with ~ and /, thanks @jsm222

Applications

  • The Users preferences application can now also create users without administrative rights, delete users, and enable and disable automatic login
  • Improved usability of Create Live Media utility
  • Under Construction: Started work on a Backup utility that uses ZFS send/receive to backup zpool/usr/home

Bugfixes

  • Hardware Probe now succeeds uploading (fix)
  • The list of sound devices is now updated when right-clicking the volume menu (e46cf70)
  • The dialog to enter a password now shows the correct text following the SUDO_ASKPASS_TEXT conventions
  • If the system is running on VirtualBox, do not show a message about virtualization

Contributors

jsm222 and CocoCR300
Assets 8
Loading