Arkane Linux

Arkane Linux patch notes

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

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.