Arkane Linux patch notes

2025.03.19

• Arkdep now supports package layering.
• cristaline_gravity is the new default wallpaper.
• linux-headers is now included in the image.
• linux and linux-headers are now excluded from pacman updates.
• pacman wrapper now also allows rootless -Sl.
• v4l2loopback-dkms and v4l2loopback-utils added for virtual camera support in OBS.

2024.10.26

• Fix installer not detecting NVMe SSDs which report their size as zero.

2024.09.30

• Add gamepad udev rules, this allows for various gamepads to be used by Flatpaks such as Steam.
• Arkane Linux Arkdep versions now use arkanelinux-yyyy-mm-dd pretty names instead of random strings.

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.