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@tarikbc tarikbc released this 07 Nov 23:21
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ZyperOS 1.0.1 brings eight languages, Nintendo DS at full speed, and a lot of small things I wanted after living with 1.0 on my own Pixel 2.

Install

  1. Download ZyperOS Installer for your computer below: macOS (.zip), Windows (.exe), or Linux (.deb or .rpm).
  2. Put the microSD card in the computer, open the installer, and pick the GKD Pixel 2, the latest release and the card. Fresh install erases the card and puts ZyperOS on it.
  3. Put the card in the Pixel 2 and turn it on. The first start sets the card up (about a minute), then asks for your language, and Zyper shows you each button.

Or write ZyperOS-v1.0.1-pixel2.img.xz with any disk image writer (Raspberry Pi Imager, balenaEtcher). Check it against SHA256SUMS first.

What's new

  • ZyperOS is now open source, under GPL-3.0, so anyone can build on it under their own name. I keep the name ZyperOS and Zyper as trademarks. Read the LICENSE, the NOTICE and TRADEMARK.md.
  • Eight languages: English, 简体中文, Español, Português (Brasil), Français, Deutsch, 日本語 and Italiano. Every screen follows the language you pick, the in-game menu, the charging screen, the File Transfer page and the line under the boot animation included. Change it any time in MENU > Language.
  • Nintendo DS at full speed: DSperate now runs its threads the way it was designed to, at the CPU's top clock. A Mario Kart DS race on my Pixel 2 went from 49 to about 60 fps.
  • Delete a game from its details page (X on the shelf). It asks first, then removes the game with its saves, states, cover and video. Shared files and BIOS sets stay.
  • Favorites shows each game's system right under its name.
  • Video snaps play the moment the bar under the cover is full.
  • Faster home navigation: Up and Down on the home jump 3 systems in release-date order, or to the next letter when the systems go A to Z.
  • Menus stop at their ends instead of wrapping around, and the story in About stays still until you scroll it with Up and Down.
  • Charge Limit holds the battery within 2 points of the limit (80% stays between 78 and 80), instead of letting it fall 5 points first.
  • The first start's tour reacts to L2 and R2 when they're not the button it asks for.
  • Smoother covers on the shelf and fixes to the File Transfer page.

Updating from 1.0.0

MENU > System Update finds 1.0.1 over Wi-Fi, or use Update in ZyperOS Installer, which keeps your games, music and saves.

Good to know

  • The GKD Pixel 2 only. The TrimUI Brick's image comes in a later release.
  • Not included, add them if you want: BIOS files, which go in Bios/, and DraStic, which goes in Emulators/DraStic/. The README lists each one.
  • Your own games only. ZyperOS comes with no games.

Thanks

ZyperOS is built on TortOS, plastron and Diatom by Eric Reinsmidt, and on the libretro cores, Linux, Buildroot, SDL and many more open-source projects, each listed in the card's Licenses folder and in ZyperOS-v1.0.1-pixel2-sources.tar.

If ZyperOS makes your Pixel 2 more fun, you can leave a tip.

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