What's new in Solus 1.2.0.5
Sep 7, 2016
- Budgie:
- Battery icon refresh issues were solved
- We resolved an issue where the keyboard layout would revert to the default guessed layout for the locale on login
- We switched to gnome-screensaver for screen locking and power management
- Installation:
- Issues using Solus and the installation media on some hardware configurations, such as NVIDIA Maxwell cards and Intel Skylake processors.
- We solved an issue whereby the installer might hang scanning disks.
- Software:
- We delivered an updated GNOME 3.20 Stack, Pulseaudio 9, as well as Mesa 12. Additionally, we shipped with GCC 6.1.0, glibc 2.24, and the latest stable kernel 4.7.2.
New in Solus 1.1 (Mar 2, 2016)
- We now provide preliminary OpenGL 4.1 support.
- Mesa has been updated to 11.1.2
- Xorg has been updated to 1.17.4
- We’ve synchronized our Intel X11 driver with the last development version in git for improved performance and extended hardware support, including Broadwell, Skylake and preliminary support for future SKUs.
- Nouveau support is at the latest release.
- firefox 44.0.2
- nautilus 3.18.5
- rhythmbox 3.3
- thunderbird 38.6.0
- vlc 2.2.2
New in Solus 1.0 (Dec 27, 2015)
- firefox 43.0.2
- nautilus 3.18.4
- rhythmbox 3.2.1
- thunderbird 38.5.0
- vlc 2.2.1
- Linux kernel 4.3.3
New in Solus RC1 (Oct 30, 2015)
- Budgie:
- Budgie has been updated to improve stability and is a stability and maintenance update prior to the landing of the new Budgie rewrite and Raven (our notification center), landing in a future update.
- DoFlicky:
- DoFlicky, the new driver management tool of Solus, is now available for testing as of this release candidate. DoFlicky will be accompanied by installable drivers for broadcom-sta and NVIDIA 304, 340xx, 352.
- This Release Candidate will enable us to receive feedback, thoroughly test the driver installation and help provide a better driver experience for end users. With our driver management software landing, we will integrate 32-bit / multilib support after ensuring there are no further issues with DoFlicky.
- The default theme for Firefox has been changed to Arc Firefox Darker theme to provide a consistent user experience and design throughout Solus. This is a stunning theme that compliments the usage of the default GTK theme, Arc Darker. The other Arc Firefox theme variants are available from the Appearance section of Firefox.
New in Solus Beta 2 (May 18, 2015)
- CORE CHANGES:
- Linux 4.0.3
- GNOME Stack 3.16.3
- Budgie Desktop 8.2
- Firefox 38.0.1
- UEFI support (boot and installation)
- NVIDIA proprietary driver support (346.xxx) – users simply install ‘nvidia-glx-driver’ from System/X.Org Drivers in Software Center
- Switched to Solus-specific artwork, EvoPop.
- X.Org 1.17.1 + Mesa 10.5.3
- Completed rebrand.
- TECHNICAL CHANGES:
- All new packages developed for the Solus Operating System now use the ypkg format. Nearly 20% of our repository is now using the format.
- Switch to HTTPS-only software sources
- Buildbot based build system using efficient hardlink-centric repository management, with automatic deltas.
- Repo-wide ABI freeze in place prior to RC1 path.
- Long-standing Budgie performance and usability bugs addressed relating to X11 grab/focus cycles. Keybindings now work correctly across the board. Reduced memory footprint.
- VirtualBox and Qemu now using the modesetting driver
- 551 package repository commits: 1326 files changed, 53700 insertions(+), 34616 deletions
New in Solus Beta 1.1 (Mar 16, 2015)
- Linux kernel 3.19.1
- GCC 4.9.2
- Clang/LLVM 3.5.0
- systemd 218
New in Solus Beta 1 (Jan 26, 2015)
- Evolve OS now features a preliminary version of evolve-sc, the Evolve OS Software Center. It’s aim is to simplify the updating and installation of software, providing a simple interface to get the job done.
- Budgie Desktop is currently in sync with our latest development version, and is now built upon the GNOME 3.14.2 stack. Consequently many existing issues with the desktop have been resolved, and as such provides a far more stable experience than previous.
- Evolve OS now ships by default with support for many formats, and includes many codecs within the ISO download. As an example, H.264. MP3 and DVDs all work right away with no configuration, and you can access these using the preinstalled Totem or Rhythmbox packages. During the development process of this beta, we spent some considerable time optimising towards desktop usage, and consequently this has led to a spat of “GPU testing” by the team, or “slacking off to play games”. After beta1 we will be pushing automatic driver management and 32-bit support via our update mechanism, however for a sneak preview you can see here Kerbal Space Program running perfectly on Evolve OS Beta 1.
New in Solus Alpha 4 (Sep 9, 2014)
- This is in essence, a refreshed version of Evolve OS Alpha 3, with some minor differences. Note this ISO can be booted on EFI machines, however it cannot (and should not) be installed under EFI environments.
- Evo Assist:
- This release of Evolve OS features a preliminary version of “evoassist” – which is designed to help you with basic system tasks. The current revision is designed to enable you to easily install Google Chrome, and in future revisions we’ll add support for Steam, Skype, Google Earth and other commonly requested packages.
- Changes:
- With this release we’ve switched to the 3.16.1 kernel, Budgie Desktop v7, as well as addressed some outdated packages present in the last ISO. The default look was refreshed, with us switching to Roboto as our primary font, a move away from Droid Sans. Our current default theme is a modification of the Vertex GTK theme, which features Evolve OS specific improvements.
- We now also include Firefox 32.0 and Thunderbird 31.1.0, as well as updated core libraries, bash 4.2.047 and fixes to os-prober, amongst others. Please note this is officially the last Alpha ISO, with beta1 expected in the following weeks.
- User Guide:
- If you are new to Evolve OS, please take some time to read through the Condensed User Guide. It contains useful information on how to update your system, as well as some common links and how tos.
- Notes:
- The installer was not adapted for this release, so it still contains the Alpha3 brand and release notes. This was a simple decision to reach, as the installer requires an overhaul for Beta 1. If you are currently an Evolve OS user, please just upgrade your installation per the instructions in the Condensed User Guide.
- The recommended command line tool for writing the ISO to a USB is “dd”, though users have reported success with both “SUSE Studio Image Writer” and “mintStick”.
New in Solus Alpha 3 (Aug 4, 2014)
- This image is only suitable for 64-bit machines, and is not yet EFI capable. This release incorporates all recent updates, including X.Org 1.16.0, MesaLib 10.2.4, Linux Kernel 3.15.6, Firefox 31.0 and the GNOME 3.12 stack.
- This represents the third and final alpha of the Evolve OS images, as we’re moving towards daily-builds and then beta stages. Please help to identify issues within the system so that we can make Evolve OS as enjoyable an experience as possible.
- Explaining the missing EFI image:
- It became painfully obvious today the installer needs an overhaul to handle EFI nicely,
- so we’re going to publish a delayed EFI image later this week as a daily, keep checking
- and a blog post will go up as and when its ready. For the curious we’ll be using gummiboot
- only for (U)EFI machines. GRUB2 will not be supported in this configuration.
- Main changes:
- As previously stated all updates have been included in this release, bringing the main
- components of the stack up to date. Please also note that this is the very last alpha
- release of Evolve OS, as we’re now moving to daily builds. We’ll branch again for the
- beta1 release, as and when its ready.
- ALSA should now be correctly configured and integrated with PulseAudio – you can verify this by attempting to listen to a flash video in YouTube via headphones. The volume should also stay set now. On the first start of your fresh install note you’ll still need to unmute.