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melon 0.2 “Bailan” (superseded)

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@xbfj xbfj released this 29 Sep 21:35
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Superseded by melon 0.3 “Cantaloupe”.

melon 0.2 “Bailan”: the second named release (29 September 2026). melon releases are named after melon varieties, in alphabetical order.

This release has 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 morning build

  • A much smaller download. The desktop ISO is about 835 MB instead of 1.3 GB, and every install uses about 450 MB less disk. It used to carry a second copy of the whole desktop for offline use; apps now come from melon's online repository, and installing still works with no network.
  • Rust on melon:
    • doas apk add rust cargo gives you the Rust compiler and cargo, built for melon;
    • ripgrep (rg) is the first melon package written in Rust.
  • A new install option: "Remove everything built with Rust". It's in the graphical installer's gauntlet page and in the console installer. It removes every Rust-built package and whatever depends on it, with no safeguards, and it earns its own wallpaper.
  • More in the package repository:
    • Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead, the survival roguelike (terminal version: doas apk add cataclysm-dda);
    • GNU gettext (msgfmt, xgettext, envsubst, …).
  • From the morning build, in case you missed it:
    • Steam and VLC open again;
    • melon pinball;
    • NetHack;
    • gcc/g++, make and friends;
    • the new look;
    • the reworked gauntlet.

Already installed melon?

Run doas apk upgrade to get the updates. The smaller-ISO change only affects new installs.

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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