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melon 0.1 “Antalya” (superseded)

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@xbfj xbfj released this 29 Sep 13:32
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Superseded by melon 0.2 “Bailan” (a smaller 835 MB desktop ISO, Rust): download that one instead.

Test build of melon, 29 September 2026: the desktop (KDE Plasma on Wayland) live ISO and installer, and the small console ISO.

Which file? Most people want melon-desktop-20260929-x86_64.iso. Write it to a USB stick (Rufus, balenaEtcher, Ventoy or dd) and boot it: the live session starts Plasma on its own, and "Install melon" on the desktop installs it. It can install next to Windows (shrink Windows first, leave at least 20 GB free). melon-20260929-x86_64.iso is the console-only edition. Check your download against SHA256SUMS.

New since the last build

  • Steam and VLC open again. Flatpak apps that use X11 (Steam, VLC's interface) couldn't open a window, because Flatpak didn't give them Xwayland's authorization cookie. Fixed.
  • melon pinball: melon's own pinball game, set on the melon planet, with real ball physics, missions and Harvest runs. It's in the launcher.
  • NetHack 5.0.0 on both editions.
  • Developer tools: gcc and g++ 15.2, binutils, make, pkgconf and patch that run on melon (doas apk add gcc g++ make). The welcome window on first login offers them (default no).
  • A new look:
    • melon's own login screen, boot menu theme, Plasma style, Konsole colours and lock screen;
    • a new loading screen and wallpaper.
  • The gauntlet, reworked:
    • the installer's 200 questions are shuffled on every run;
    • after them, an optional final trial of 50 real questions against the clock (the last 20 must be flawless);
    • surviving it earns melon in gold: a gold login screen, boot menu, colours and Plasma style, three wallpapers, a certificate and a badge.
  • Security: some system files (service scripts, /etc/profile.d, installer helpers) were owned by the nobody account on installed systems, so a process running as nobody could have changed files that root runs. They belong to root now.
  • melon-hwreport now also covers graphics, sound, Bluetooth, power, the session and services (sudo melon-hwreport writes one file to attach to a problem report).

Already installed melon?

Run doas apk upgrade. It brings all of the above (except the ISO-only look of the live session). It also moves your system to the new package address: melon now lives at github.com/melon-77/melon-os.

Problems?

If hardware doesn't work, run sudo melon-hwreport in Konsole and attach the file it writes to an issue.

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