melon 0.5.1 “Esfahan” (superseded)

Superseded by melon 0.5.2, which fixes the graphical installer.

melon 0.5.1 “Esfahan”

melon releases are named after melon varieties, in alphabetical order. 0.5.1 fixes what broke in 0.5.

Get it

Download melon-desktop-20261017-x86_64.iso, write it to a USB stick with Rufus, balenaEtcher, Ventoy or dd, and boot from it. Try melon in the live session, then install it from there.

_{melon-20261017-x86_64.iso is the console edition: no desktop, just a terminal, for people who barely want a computer. Check either download against SHA256SUMS.}

Already on melon? Run doas apk upgrade and restart.

What's new

• Password prompts work again. In 0.5, every window that asked for your password failed: adding Flathub, installing from Discover, the "Update melon" button and unlocking the screen.
• Flathub is ready from the start. It comes set up, so Discover and the first-login app offer never ask for a password just to add it.
• Your time zone and clock format. Date & Time in System Settings now lists every time zone and saves your choice, "Set date and time automatically" works, and 12- or 24-hour time follows Region & Language. Websites that check your browser stop tripping over a clock stuck on UTC.
• No more Flatpak warning about a missing flatpak user when you install apps.
• Steadier Wi-Fi on desktops installed with the console installer: NetworkManager is the only thing managing the card now.
• Everything new in 0.5 is still here: smaller downloads, the welcome window, updates without the terminal, your usual folders, Linux 7.0 and NVIDIA support.

Coming next

• More polish for the desktop, and fixes from your reports.
• More apps in the online package repository.

Problems?

If something on your hardware doesn't work, run sudo melon-hwreport and attach the file it writes to an issue on GitHub.