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This Week in Solus -- Install #30
Welcome to the 30th installation of This Week in Solus, or as I prefer to call this one, the Hackfest 1.2.1 roundup. Hackfest 1.2.1 Last weekend, Ikey and I worked with the community on addressing items for Solus 1.2.1, in addition to closing a multitude of bugs and landing patches from the community. Videos Summary A lot was accomplished over the course of those two days, such as:
July 5, 2016
Peek at a Point Release: Solus 1.2.1
A lot of incredible work coalesced for Solus 1.2 , ranging from improvements to our flagship desktop environment Budgie to significant performance gains in the underlying system. The Installer and Software Center were built from the ground up to address a wide variety of pain points and make the use of Solus easier for everyone. We also were the first operating system to ship the new Arc Icon Theme , not only as the default for Solus 1.2, but also the first to make it readily available in the repo.
June 23, 2016
Solus 1.2 Shannon Released
Overview We are proud to announce the release of Solus 1.2, the second minor release in the Shannon series of releases. Solus 1.2 builds upon the groundwork of 1.1 and 1.0, with continued improvements to Budgie, a huge focus on software optimizations, in addition to laying the framework for providing a performant gaming experience. Solus 1.2 furthers us on our journey to realizing the future of home computing.
June 20, 2016
This Week in Solus -- Install #29
Welcome to the 29th installation of This Week in Solus. Hackfest 1.2 On the 21st and 22nd of this month, Ikey and myself had the first Solus hackfest, “Hackfest 1.2”. The main goals of the Hackfest were: Successfully running Steam with our own runtime. Refining the messaging on the site, including implementing consistent branding and updating content such as the Support page and information on Solus . The Hackfest went on for roughly 11 hours across both days, with the recordings below! Note: Not intended for younger audiences. Certainly PG13 at times.
May 24, 2016
This Week in Solus -- Install #28
Welcome to the 28th installation of This Week in Solus. I’m all about that Software Center. Branding We’re currently reaching out to the community to help us establish a consistent brand that reflects the ethos, power and mind of Solus. Message from our benevolent dictator, Ikey, follows: For those that don’t know, Solus as a project builds technology, and as part of that we build “Solus” the operating system, and the “Budgie” desktop.
May 9, 2016
This Week In Solus -- Install #27
Welcome to the 27th installation of This Week in Solus and one I’m happy to say is actually being written and published on schedule. 1.2 Let’s be blunt here. We all know 1.2 is coming. We’ve said it is coming, our release schedule shows it is coming, and we’re currently entering what we consider a “stabilization phase” for next month’s release. We will be seeding our first testing ISO to our Patrons tonight and we want highly critical feedback from you folks. We anticipate seeding multiple testing ISOs throughout the week, so if you’re a Patron, keep your eyes peeled on your email. If you’re not a Patron, don’t mind the “accidental” screenshots on Google+.
April 24, 2016
This Week in Solus -- Install #26
Welcome to the 26th installation of This Week in Solus. Out a bit later than usual but hey, better late than never, right? All about that system.base We have begun shrinking the size of our system.base component to give us more flexibility and provide a more minimal image. So far the following have been demoted likely more to come: dosfstools: Moved to system.utils fuse: Moved to system.utils exfat: Moved to system.utils lsb-release: Moved to system.utils man-db: Moved to system.utils nano: Moved to editor component ntfs-3g: Moved to system.utils pciutils: Moved to system.utils perl: Moved to programming popt: Moved to programming.library reiserfsprogs: Moved to system.utils rsync: Moved to network.clients texinfo: Moved to system.devel wget: Moved to network.clients wireless-tools: Moved to network.base Locales
April 12, 2016
This Week in Solus -- Install #25
Welcome to This Week in Solus, installation#25. If you haven’t already read our big announcement on Budgie 10.2.5 , stop reading this post and catch up. Budgie On the heels of Budgie 10.2.5, Ikey has landed further improvements to Budgie. These improvements have already landed in Solus and will be available in the next Budgie version:
April 3, 2016
Budgie 10.2.5 Released
We are happy to announce the release of Budgie 10.2.5. This release builds upon our vision of a desktop environment focused on simplicity and elegance, by introducing further refinements to the user experience while expanding options for enabling a more tailored desktop experience. Focusing on the small details We have introduced a multitude of refinements to make Budgie really stand out. We now use an elegant slide-in animation for the first launch of the panel, ensure we only show it when the panel is fully loaded, and while loading we ensure that applets will show up in their correct order.
March 27, 2016
This Week in Solus -- Install #24
Welcome to the 24th installation of This Week in Solus. Sundays with Solus This Sunday we had our second Sundays with Solus session, our Hangout session that happens on the first and third Sunday of every month. As well as the video below, there are sections throughout this blog post that highlight and expand upon information provided in this session. Branding As discussed in the latest Sundays with Solus, we are currently evaluating and planning branding changes to improve the discoverability of the work currently under the umbrella of the Solus Project. These branding changes will not affect Budgie or Solus (the operating system).
March 20, 2016