Feel free to chime in, add issues and proposals!
Release schedule
- How many more releases do we want to / can we do in 2026?
- A snapshot every two months at testbuilds.siduction.org
New features:
- Can we add the new Plasma Login Manager standalone or as alternative?
Add Timeshift to package list
set it up to do a first image right after install# Rejected- Calamares, new module Bootmanager selection with a choice of Grub or systemd-boot.
possibly Limine as bootloader instead of GRUB. It offers a nice tool for Snapper called limine-snapper-sync, that allows direct booting into any Snapper snapshot directly from the bootloader menu.# Not now, because exclusively with efi. Keep it in here for later- allow bcachefs through DKMS: linuxnews.de, 23.09.2025
Enhancement:
- The configuration of XFCE requires our attention.
- Do not truncate the desktop icon text but wrap it.
- When the desktop is inactive: Icon text background transparent instead of gray.
Refer to: siduction/settings-xfce#5 - The switch to Weyland may make work easier?
- Insert os-release file #25
- Revise cli-installer / fll-installer
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gdisk is absolutely essential. It belongs back into the ISOs.- fdisk (now) supports gpt. Most queries are easier with lsblk and blkid.
- both: Support nvme.
- both: Add btrfs support.
- cli-installer: Add check for internet connection.
- cli-installer: Add a query from non-free sources.
- cli-installer: Fixed: On TTY wrong border and shadow when 'su' is used instead of 'sudo' in the live system.
- cli-installer: Add Bootmanager selection with a choice of Grub or systemd-boot.
- cli-installer: Allows the user to specify custom mount points.
- fll-installer: Installation with systemd-boot.
- fll-installer: Insert os-release file.
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