Releases: TheExiled/LupineOS
LupineOS v0.2 "WolfPack"
LupineOS v0.2 Release Notes
"The WolfPack Evolves"
This release focuses on enhancing the post-install experience, expanding the tooling ecosystem, and solidifying the system foundation.
🚀 New Features
LupineOS Welcome App
Introduced the initial version of LupineOS Welcome, a native GTK4/Rust application designed to guide new users.
Features sections for:
Atomic Mastery: Learning the immutable workflow.
Personalization: Customizing the COSMIC desktop.
Software Lab: Discovering recommended applications.
Note: This is an early preview included in the build.
Enhanced Command Line Experience
We have pre-installed a suite of modern, Rust-based CLI tools to boost productivity out of the box:
Starship: The minimal, blazing-fast, and infinitely customizable prompt.
Yazi: A terminal file manager that rivals GUI counterparts.
Eza: A modern, maintained replacement for ls.
Atuin: Magical shell history sync.
Zoxide: A smarter cd command.
Bat, Ripgrep, FD, FZF: Faster, user-friendly alternatives to standard coreutils.
🛠️ System Enhancements
Native Installer Script (
native_install.sh
)
Robust Repository Handling: Added "The Core Fix" to force-enable Fedora repositories.
Multimedia Ready: Automated removal of restricted *-free packages and installation of full codecs from RPMFusion.
Gaming & Performance: Pre-installed gamemode, akmod-nvidia, and mesa-vulkan-drivers.
Connectivity: Added kde-connect and android-tools by default.
🐛 Bug Fixes & Improvements
Website Branding: Refined documentation to align with the "Workstation" identity.
Build System: Resolved CodeQL analysis failures in the CI pipeline.
Styling: Fixed CSS parsing errors in the Welcome App for better Libadwaita compliance.
LupineOS v0.1 "WolfPack" (Launch)
🐺 The Wolf Has Arrived.
We are proud to announce the first stable release of LupineOS, an atomic, immutable workstation designed for developers who demand reliability without sacrificing bleeding-edge performance.
Key Features
Atomic Core: Built on Fedora Silverblue technology. Unbreakable updates, effortless rollbacks.
COSMIC Desktop: A pure Rust-based desktop environment. Fast, memory-safe, and designed for tiling productivity.
The Pack (Distrobox): Pre-configured container environments for every workflow:
Alpha (Dev): Fedora + Rust/Python/AI tools.
Beta (Admin): Ubuntu + Ansible/Terraform/AWS.
Omega (Sec): Kali Linux + Pen-testing suite.
Gaming Isolation: Steam, Lutris, and Heroic pre-installed as Flatpaks. 0% dependency conflicts, 100% performance (NVIDIA drivers included).
Installation
Download the ISO below (Standard for AMD/Intel, Nvidia for GeForce cards).
Flash to USB with Fedora Media Writer or Etcher.
Boot and install.
First boot? Open terminal and run ujust setup to initialize The Pack.