Arkane Linux patch notes

2024.09.06

• Implemented systemd-bless-boot.
• Dropped EFI variable bootloader selector.
• Bootloader entries are now timestamped.
• Bootloader entries now prioritized based on name.

2024.08.23

• arkdep_bin has been renamed to abin.
• abin added to secure_path for sudo.
• usrliblocale has been dropped in favor of pregenerated glibc-locales.
• var/nm-system-connections has been dropped.
• var/db is now also migrated.
• var/lib/power-profiles-daemon is now also migrated.
• gnome-calendar is now shipped as Flatpak.

2024.08.15

• Replaced gnome-pictures with Fotema.
• Replaced Celluloid with Showtime.

2024.07.09

• rd.auto=0 added to kernel params on new installs to work around dracut breaking LUKS.

2024.07.08

• Fix several bugs which prevented installing to partition.
• Fix UUID detection for NVMe drives which would cause no UUID to be configured in the LUKS rootfs kernel parameters.

2024.07.07

• Attempt to set vconsole keymap during install.

2024.07.05

• Account creation no longer done during install, is now instead done using gnome-initial-setup on first boot.
• Plymouth no longer added to initramfs on new installs, should fix the issue of the LUKS password prompt not appearing on certain hardware configurations.

2024.06.15

• Replaced Evince with Papers.