Aven Union 0.3.1 — refined typography and translucent Dock

Union 0.3.1 packages the refined Files, browser, mail and photos framework, Chinese Medium 500 emphasis, and a translucent Dock with small dark running indicators.

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• Aven-Union-44-0.3.1-x86_64.iso — 8,051,228,672 bytes (8.05 GB), with resumable downloads.
• SHA-256 checksum file
• Build manifest
• Website

sha256sum --check Aven-Union-0.3.1-SHA256SUMS

Expected ISO SHA-256: 59d81e2afb1c7241c274f961ae83cb13dd54d77a15459b266c87c1f458ef23eb.

Write the image to a USB drive of at least 16 GB or attach it as a virtual optical drive. This is an interactive installer, not a live desktop. It installs offline and uses Fedora's native first-user setup. No laboratory credentials or automatic disk erasure are included.

The complete public download was verified against the local ISO with SHA-256.

BIOS/UEFI optical boots, a fresh offline Chinese graphical installation, automatic first-login defaults and a second disk-only UEFI boot were verified. Independent audits pass all 186 embedded file checks, 68 font checks and 103 package-cache refs. The Fedora Kinoite 44.20260913.0 base and update origin are retained. Runtime source is frozen at 3cea3e1; later commits contain website, documentation and external verification.

This is an experimental Plasma 6.8 Beta prototype. Local Beta overrides are pinned; future upgrades need compatibility verification. No upgrade or rollback transaction was exercised in this release round. Current Union visual scores remain pending and do not inherit the older Breeze scores. Native breadcrumb weight, app-specific controls and some initial-window layout details still differ from the reference.

Installation guide · Verification and known limits.

The build manifest retains boot_install_verified: false as its immutable build-time state. Completed runtime verification is recorded in the linked release report and evidence.