MassOS 2022.08
This is version 2022.08 of MassOS, released on August 2, 2022. It is the successor to the previous version, 2022.07.
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Starting from 2022.08, GNOME is an officially supported desktop environment alongside Xfce.
Not sure what to download? Please take a look here.
| Variant | Xfce | GNOME |
|---|---|---|
| Standard/Recommended ISO | Download .iso | Download .iso |
| ISO without firmware blobs | Download .iso | Download .iso |
| Rootfs tarball (experts only) | Download .tar.xz | Download .tar.xz |
Links:
- Installing MassOS - the MassOS installation guide.
- Upgrading MassOS - how to upgrade MassOS.
- About MassOS - information about the distribution for people who are new.
- Issues - if you find a bug in MassOS, you can open a bug report from here.
Changes:
- GNOME is now an officially supported desktop environment alongside Xfce.
- The snapd package manager is now supported on MassOS, but not installed by default. See the MassOS-Snapd project for more information and how to set it up.
- Reworked some of the MassOS build system to improve support for other desktop environments.
- Improved accessibility by providing an optional high contrast theme.
- Fixed broken video playback in Parole and other GStreamer-based applications.
- Fixed PATH-related issues with
sudo. - Fixed an issue where custom system-installed (NOT Flatpak) GUI apps could break after an update.
- [Xfce] Added mounted drives panel plugin.
Upgraded software (core):
- alsa-lib:
1.2.7.1 --> 1.2.7.2 - appstream-glib:
0.7.18 --> 0.8.0 - Atkmm:
2.28.2 --> 2.28.3 - BIND Utils:
9.18.4 --> 9.18.5 - BlueZ:
5.64 --> 5.65 - chardet:
4.0.0 --> 5.0.0 - CMake:
3.23.2 --> 3.23.3 - cryptsetup:
2.4.3 --> 2.5.0 - dialog:
1.3-20220526 --> 1.3-20220728 - dmidecode:
3.3 --> 3.4 - efibootmgr:
17 --> 18 - font-util:
1.3.2 --> 1.3.3 - Git:
2.37.0 --> 2.37.1 - GNUPG:
2.3.6 --> 2.3.7 - GNUTLS:
3.7.6 --> 3.7.7 - Graphviz:
4.0.0 --> 5.0.0 - HarfBuzz:
4.4.1 --> 5.1.0 - hwdata:
0.360 --> 0.361 - iana-etc:
20220524 --> 20220715 - Inetutils:
2.2 --> 2.3 - inih:
55 --> 56 - ISO-Codes:
4.10.0 --> 4.11.0 - JasPer:
3.0.5 --> 3.0.6 - libcap:
2.64 --> 2.65 - libdrm:
2.4.111 --> 2.4.112 - libgphoto2:
2.5.29 --> 2.5.30 - libhandy:
1.6.2 --> 1.6.3 - libidn2:
2.3.2 --> 2.3.3 - libmtp:
1.1.19 --> 1.1.20 - libnl:
3.6.0 --> 3.7.0 - libnotify:
0.7.12 --> 0.8.1 - libuv:
1.44.1 --> 1.44.2 - libwacom:
2.2.0 --> 2.4.0 - libwebp:
1.2.2 --> 1.2.3 - libxcvt:
0.1.1 --> 0.1.2 - libzip:
1.8.0 --> 1.9.2 - Linux Kernel
5.18.8 --> 5.19 - LSB-Tools:
0.9 --> 0.10 - lxml:
4.9.0 --> 4.9.1 - Mesa:
22.1.3 --> 22.1.4 - Meson:
0.62.2 --> 0.63.0 - mobile-broadband-provider-info:
20220511 --> 20220725 - Mousepad:
0.5.9 --> 0.5.10 - mpg123:
1.30.0 --> 1.30.1 - Net-SNMP:
5.9.1 --> 5.9.3 - Nettle:
3.8 --> 3.8.1 - NSS:
3.80 --> 3.81 - NVIDIA Open Kernel Modules:
515.43.04 --> 515.57 - OpenLDAP:
2.6.2 --> 2.6.3 - OpenSSL:
3.0.4 --> 3.0.5 - ostree:
2022.4 --> 2022.5 - Pango:
1.50.7 --> 1.50.8 - PipeWire:
0.3.52 --> 0.3.56 - Plymouth:
0.9.5 --> 22.02.122 - Polkit:
0.120 --> 121 - Poppler:
22.06.0 --> 22.07.0 - PyGObject:
3.42.1 --> 3.42.2 - python-dbusmock:
0.27.5 --> 0.28.2 - requests:
2.27.1 --> 2.28.1 - rrdtool:
1.7.2 --> 1.8.0 - smbclient:
4.16.2 --> 4.16.4 - SQLite:
3.39.0 --> 3.39.2 - systemd:
251.2 --> 251.3 - UPower:
0.99.19 --> 1.90.0 - Vala:
0.56.1 --> 0.56.2 - Vim:
9.0.0000 --> 9.0.0050 - Vulkan-Headers:
1.3.217 --> 1.3.223 - Vulkan-Loader:
1.3.217 --> 1.3.223 - Vulkan-Tools:
1.3.217 --> 1.3.223 - Wayland:
1.20.0 --> 1.21.0 - WebKitGTK:
2.36.3 --> 2.36.5 - WirePlumber:
0.4.10 --> 0.4.11 - xcmsdb:
1.0.5 --> 1.0.6 - xdg-desktop-portal:
1.14.4 --> 1.14.5 - xev:
1.2.4 --> 1.2.5 - xf86-input-synaptics:
1.9.1 --> 1.9.2 - xf86-input-wacom:
1.0.0 --> 1.1.0 - xkbutils:
1.0.4 --> 1.0.5 - xmessage:
1.0.5 --> 1.0.6 - xmodmap:
1.0.10 --> 1.0.11 - Xorg-Server:
22.1.3 --> 22.1.4 - xpr:
1.0.5 --> 1.1.0 - xrefresh:
1.0.6 --> 1.0.7 - Xwayland:
22.1.2 --> 22.1.3 - xwud:
1.0.5 --> 1.0.6
Upgraded software (Xfce):
- Firefox:
102.0 --> 103.0 - LightDM:
1.30.0 --> 1.32.0 - Thunar:
4.17.8 --> 4.17.9 - xfce4-settings:
4.16.2 --> 4.16.3
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