Biggest release of InkBox OS ever. Yes, the time gap between 1.9 and 2.0 is huge, but we hope you will find that it was worth it.
Thanks to @Szybet for greatly contributing to the project, now for over one year and counting, as well as every other direct or indirect contributor.
We are always seeking for engaged contributors : maintaining this project with only two people can be very hard, frustrating and mentally taxing at times.
We cannot guarantee that development will continue if it becomes too much for us.
Changelog:
- Kindle Touch (KT) support (installation guide on request ; no release image available at the moment)
- Signed custom user applications ('user apps') support (@Szybet) which you can install from there: https://github.com/Kobo-InkBox/user-applications . Some of them include 'Maps', 'Sketch' or 'sanki'.
- Improved virtual keyboard
- General UI design improvements
- Completely overhauled home page and library browser, with 'Recent books' and 'Pinned books'
- Folders support in local library browser
- Highlighting support (experimental) and option to export highlights as JSON file
- Fix for special characters sometimes not displaying properly (@Szybet)
- Completely overhauled power daemon (@Szybet)
- Completely overhauled Wi-Fi framework (@Szybet & @tux-linux)
- Wi-Fi support for i.MX507 devices (N705, N905C, N613)
- Better virtual keyboard in X11/KoBox
- New 'Line spacing' and 'Margins' options in Reader
- 'To-Do' application for checklists
- 'Qalculate' application for complex mathematic calculations
- Improved lockscreen experience (@Szybet & @tux-linux)
- Improved Reader framework
- Update system improvements
- Fix for screen 'freezing' when X11 is enabled on some devices
- Kernel namespaces support
- Completely overhauled system initialization program
- Gutenberg: prompt to ask whether or not to sync before doing so
- N306: Support for keyboard and mouse via USB OTG (@Szybet)
- N306: Support for custom device cases (@Szybet)
- 8 days of excruciating pain discovering and fixing bugs that just seemed to have come from nowhere specifically to bother us
Release images checksums:
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Contributors
Szybet and tux-linux