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FliperOS 0.8.1

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@github-actions github-actions released this 07 Oct 18:39

The first ISO with the update system: 0.8's build stopped at the audit before publishing, so 0.8.1 brings everything in 0.8 (in CHANGELOG.md) and comes with updates 1 to 7 already applied. An installed 0.8 gets the same changes through the updates at boot.

System changes:

  • New boot splash: an animated text theme in the style of modern terminals is the default
  • More splash themes come in the image (Cogwheel, Into It and Windoze 95), and ~/splashscreen is the folder for your own themes
  • New default LXDE wallpaper
  • The update check at boot waits for Wi-Fi to connect (on Wi-Fi it gave up before the network was up)

Package changes:

  • OpenBOR: paks made for OpenBOR 3.0, which OpenBOR 4 refuses, open again. OpenBOR 3.0 (build 6391) comes in the image, and when OpenBOR 4 fails on a pak the launcher remembers it and opens that pak with 3.0, with the same button mapping
  • Attract-Mode Plus: the Basic layout is the default, sharp on the CRT, and every display without filters gets GroovyArcade's: All Games, Most Played, and by genre, manufacturer and year

fliperos-setup changes:

  • New: Setup > Splash screen, to choose the boot theme, with a preview
  • The menu no longer freezes after a splash preview

Tool changes:

  • ISO build: updates/ goes into the build's Docker image, so the ISO records the level of the last update (0.8's ISO came out with level 0 and failed the audit)
  • tools/build-openbor-legacy.sh: builds the OpenBOR 3.0 that comes in the image
  • tools/vm-test.py: the dev and site runs record the update level after the rootfs

Documentation:

  • Step-by-step guide from writing the USB stick to playing a game, in the README in English and in Portuguese (README.pt-BR.md); the Portuguese website links to the Portuguese README

Download:

SHA-256 of fliperos-0.8.1.iso: 31fbac34d58ae229d252b4b988dfb9940cd6dffd4088ea25b4f51f7fbd69a0eb (sha256sum -c fliperos-0.8.1.sha256 checks everything downloaded).

Write the ISO byte for byte and disable Secure Boot: Install.