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The full read me file for winesapOS can be found here.
Getting started instructions and system requirements can be found here.
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Built using the archlinux:latest container from 2024-08-12.
- This is the first release made with the container build system.
- Previously, that build system was only used for CI and the virtual machine build system was used for releases.
- This change provides more reproducibility and reliability for all builds.
Feature highlights:
- Dual-boot support.
- winesapOS now supports dual-booting!
- Dual-booting has been tested with the following operating systems:
- Arch Linux, Debian, Fedora, macOS (Intel only - both on Apple hardware and Hackintosh hardware), Windows 10 and 11, and winesapOS.
- This is the only way to install winesapOS onto the internal drive of a Mac.
- For more information, read the winesapOS dual-boot guide.
- Bazzite and Nobara Linux kernel used by default.
- This Linux kernel consolidates patches from all of the separate Linux kernels we previously used into a single one.
- We will focus our efforts into contributing to this single Linux kernel.
- The ultimate goal is to get everything into the upstream Linux kernel for everyone to benefit from these patches.
- KDE Plasma 6
- This is the first release of winesapOS to feature this major upgrade to the desktop environment.
- Most Plasma applications have been migrated from Qt 5 to 6.
- Initial HDR10 support.
- NVIDIA Wayland support.
- Explicit sync is fully supported.
- Mesa NVK is now enabled by default for Kepler and newer graphics cards.
- NVIDIA open kernel modules have replaced the proprietary graphics driver.
- Support for more file systems:
- eCryptFS
- MinIO
- NILFS2
- SquashFS
- SSHFS
- UDF
- winesapOS conversion script file added.
- Now it handles more than just Flatpaks.
- Pacman repositories and AUR packages now get installed.
- Read more about the conversion script here.
- More supported hardware:
- Physical
- ASUS laptops
- ASUS ROG Ally 1 and X handhelds
- AYANEO handhelds
- Framework 16 AMD and Intel laptops
- Framework 13 AMD laptops (previously only Intel was supported)
- OneXPlayer handhelds
- Valve Steam Deck OLED handheld
- Virtual
- Docker and Podman
- GNOME Boxes
- Virtual Machine Manager
- Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) 2
- Physical
Project highlights:
- winesapOS is celebrating our 4 year anniversary today!
- This is our biggest release ever!
- Over 850 GitHub stars!
- Over 800 GitHub Issues from all time have been addressed.
- Since our last release...
- Over 300 commits added.
- Over 120 GitHub Issues addressed.
- @GuestSneezeOSDev from the GuestSneezeOS and Super-QuantamOS projects has joined on as a new contributor!
Upgrades:
- Before upgrading, please read the upgrade notes.
- Follow this guide in our README.md file on how to perform a system upgrade.
- Major upgrades from Mac Linux Gaming Stick 2 or winesapOS 3 to winesapOS 4 can be done following this guide.
Issues addressed since 4.0.0:
- Steam Deck OLED does not have working sound or Wi-Fi.
- ASUS ROG Ally does not boot.
- KDE Plasma 5 to 6 upgrades are broken.
- Discover upgrades break winesapOS.
- Unable to boot on some non-Mac PC hardware.
- Btrfs snapshots can fill up a storage device.
Known issues:
- None.
The full change log can be found here.
What's next?
archupgrade-go is in-development by the winesapOS team to be the ultimate non-interactive upgrade method for Arch Linux. Long-term, we also plan to work with the wider community to develop a new Linux installer with controller support that will be used across a variety of different Linux distributions.