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On the road to 2023.07:
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- kernel 6.4.x
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- grub 2.06.r591.g6425c12cd-1
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- use BLAKE2b/b2sum instead of sha256sum
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Environment Changes:
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- renamed initramfs to initrd
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- stripped off archboot from kernel name
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- renamed Locale Mode to Offline Mode
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- removed custom grub package
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- removed uninstalled packages
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- added grub bli efi module
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locale:
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- fixed abort dialog
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update:
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- trigger kernel module loading on -full-system
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setup:
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- silence _LSBLK errors
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- added grub bli efi module to grub.cfg
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2023.06 Highlights:
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- New domain https://archboot.com with new w3c conform html layout
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- systemd 253.5
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- grub 2.06.r533.g78bc9a9b2
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- aarch64 switched to new Arch Linux GIT layout
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Environment Changes:
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- synced custom getty and serial-getty with latest systemd version
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- added custom systemd-sysusers.service, which runs before dbus.socket launches
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- removed old custom autovt.service and old tty1 configuration
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- disabled root autologin login message
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- disabled lastlog login message
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- made systemd initrd-switch-root routine bullet proof
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- fixed /run/nouser leftovers
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- disabled/masked systemd mounts:
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configfs, debugfs, fuse, hugetablefs ,mqueue, tmp and tracefs
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- disabled/masked systemd targets:
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cryptsetup first-boot-complete integritysetup swap veritysetup
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- disabled/masked systemd services:
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binfmt boot-random-seed firstboot hwdb-update machine-id-commit
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pcrmachine pcrphase pcrphase-sysinit repart
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- disabled/masked proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.automount
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- disabled/masked nfs3 support:
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rpcbind.service, rpcbind.socket, rpcbind.target and nfs-server.service
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- switch to default graphical.target
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- only mount /dev/sr0 on detection
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- unmount /dev/sr0 and UUID 1234-ABCD after copying initramfs files
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- fixed ethernet firmware loading
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- included /drivers/net/usb modules
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- renamed grub menu entries
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- updated /etc/motd
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- updated /etc/issue
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- fixed /etc/os-release
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update-installer:
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- updated messages on -full-system call
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- updated elinks, chromium and firefox starting page to archboot.com
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- rename update-installer.sh to update
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setup:
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- replaced findmnt -vno SOURCE with _FINDMNT
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- replaced lsblk -rnpo with _LSBLK
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- fixed create missing directories in bootloader routine
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- added custom grub package for Secure Boot on x86_64.
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Upstream Grub(2) is broken atm!
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- log efibootmgr messages to VC
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- allow cancel on grub configuration step
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- added EXIT menu with options
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- cleaned up partition functions
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- fixed mountpoint checks on EFI directory
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- renamed Auto-Prepare to Quick Setup
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- disabled Select Source and Network Configuration in Local Mode
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- always run pacman -Sy on package installation
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- restart systemd-networkd and systemd-resolved on network setup
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- fixed /efi /boot mounting order in Quick Setup mode
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- disable broken systemd-boot and UKI bootloaders on aarch64
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- fixed empty UCODE in grub config
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2023.05 Highlights:
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- linux 6.3.x
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- systemd 253.4
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- Amazing reduction of !100M RAM to boot the normal image
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=> The new requirement dropped to 700M RAM for x86_64
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- Amazing shrinking of the image files:
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=> The results in comparison to 2023.04 iso files:
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- aarch64:
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normal image: 356M => 312M
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local image: 559M => 532M
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latest image: 157M => 128M
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- riscv64:
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normal image: 502M => 417M
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- x86_64:
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normal image: 517M => 417M
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local image: 833M => 753M
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latest image: 252M => 182M
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- updated to new Arch Linux repository layout
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Environment changes:
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- load modules and firmware files from the main initramdisk on ISO boot
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- removed parport, pata, pcmcia and staging modules
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- cleanup init ramdisk modules
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- cleanup crypto, input, hid, network and scsi modules
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- cleanup firmware files
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- fix font flickering during boot process
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- added more messages during boot process
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2023.04 Highlights:
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- grub 2.06.r499.ge67a551a4-1
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Environment changes:
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- switch to archboot-cpio.sh for image/initramfs building
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- switch to ukify script for UKI creation
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- enable colors in pacman
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- remove firewire modules
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setup:
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- enable FIRMWARE bootloader option for aarch64 architecture
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- switch to ukify script for FIRMWARE bootloader support
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- edit /etc/kernel/cmdline and /etc/ukify.conf before UKI creation
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- enable automatic UKI building as run_ukify.service on installed system
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2023.03 Highlights:
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- linux 6.2.x
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- added system wide locales: be, bg, cs, da, de, en, el, es, fi, fr, hu, it,
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lt, lv, mk, nl, nn, pl, pt, ro, ru, sk, sr, sv, uk
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Environment changes:
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- implemented emergency shell with messages and with big font detection support
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- implemented new zram routine for all boot types
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- added kms to archboot_init, to avoid font flickering, which was introduced
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in kernel 6.0.x series
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- added speed and permission patches for uid/gid to mkinitcpio functions
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- only use KEXEC_LOAD it's way faster, than KEXEC_FILE_LOAD
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- don't run kexec on local image, use systemd's switch_root instead
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- added archboot-locale script for system wide locale switching
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- readd kernel and /EFI to iso filesystem for virtualbox UEFI support
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update-installer:
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- implemented free RAM detection for kexec tasks
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km:
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- removed main menu
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tz:
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- removed main menu
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setup:
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- remove redundant welcome message
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- fixed kernel detection with [testing] repository enabled
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- show progress of creating new environment on used console
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2023.02 Highlights:
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- Use zram for rootfs on ISO/IMAGE boot. This enables finally booting the normal image
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with 800M RAM. !500M less RAM \o/! The requirement to boot is now equal to archiso.
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This also fixes the grub boot issues, with failing on using a big initramdisks
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and firmware incompatibility.
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- Unified Kernel Images / UKI files are provided now
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- Unified Kernel Image setup is supported in EFISTUB menu now
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- grub 2:2.06.r456.g65bc45963-1
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- archboot-setup.sh works on installed system as System Setup tool
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Environment changes:
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- switch to Terminus as default font
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- show full initrd line in grub menu
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- added fbset, terminus-font, bash-completion, tpm2-tss and pinentry
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- removed refind, grub, pcre, zsh, grml-zsh-config, chntpw, fsarchiver
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and ddrescue
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- switch to bash as default shell
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- added normal bash layout with /root/.bash* files
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- custom bash options are provided by /etc/profile.d/custom-bash-options.sh
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- new MOTD with listed architecture and Manage Archboot section
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- new grub boot layout, no redundancy anymore
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- remove not installed packages from local pacman database
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update-installer:
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- added network check
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- added bash completion
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setup:
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- add Terminus font to font selection dialogs
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- major code cleanup of blockdevice.sh
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- major code cleanup of mountpoints.sh
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- outsourced help texts to files
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- added new help texts for partitioning GUID/GPT and BIOS/MBR
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- new systemd compliant mounting dialogs with /efi or /boot as ESP
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- don't format already existing ESP
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- don't format already existing swap partition
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- added sanity checks for ROOT DEVICE and ESP
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- Auto-Prepare mode is systemd-gpt-auto-generator compliant now
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- Auto-Prepare calculates now with M sizes
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- Auto-Prepare added a minimum of 350M for /home
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- skip ESP on BIOS mode
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- devices are listed with their SIZE in menus
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- enable custom bash options on installed system
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- autodetect packages mdadm, lvm2 and cryptsetup
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- install neovim and nano on selection
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- added bash-completion to defaults file
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- added autodetection of ucode package
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- added Unified Kernel Image suppport in EFISTUB menu
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- new efibootmgr routine
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- disable unsafe menu entries on installed system
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- don't show installation message on installed system
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- added new menu title, if running on installed system
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- fixed automounted ESP and /boot detection on installed systems
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- don't ask for network, sources and mkfs on installed sytems
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- fix LANG= add .UTF-8 to parameter
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- only copy kernel and other files to ESP while doing systemd-boot and rEFInd
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- only add BIOS or UEFI Windows entry to grub.cfg
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- remove efi shell from grub.cfg
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2023.01 Highlights:
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- linux 6.1.x
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- mkinitcpio v34
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- grub 2:2.06.r403.g7259d55ff-1
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- replaced netctl with systemd network stack
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- added memtest86+
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Environment changes:
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- downgrade to fedora shim 15.4-5, due to not working SB on some boards
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- removed kexec memory gap on aarch64
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- only provide full UEFI shell on grub menu
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- removed netctl with depends: wpa_supplicant, dhcpcd, ifplugd, usb_modeswitch
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- added new systemd network stack: systemd-resolved, systemd-networkd, iwd
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- removed GRAPHIC packages from local image,
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new grub respects linux max_initrd_size which is 0x37FFFFF (around 940MB).
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- lower RAM requirement for local image to 2.7GB
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- removed network stack from local image pre kexec
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- removed bind, dnsmasq, nmap, tcpdump, inetutils, net-tools, b43-fwcutter,
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ntp and wireless_tools
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- removed xfs_scrub, arpd, archinstall, testdisk, ntfs-3g, python and perl
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- removed old and unmaintained dmraid support, use mdadm instead
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- fixed /etc/request-key.d directory addition
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- use systemd defaults for shadow, gshadow and passwd
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- use system's shells file
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- disable audit function on boot commandline
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- enabled syntax highlighting in nano editor
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- replaced vim editor with neovim editor
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- added neovim lastplace plugin
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setup/quickinst changes:
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- check kernel to trigger menu with updating environment
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- fixed riscv64 package installation with disabling ucode packages
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- fixed GPT NAMESCHEME listing on fresh disks
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- fixed sub-keymap listing
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- reordered/cleaned up timezone regions
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- reordered manage devices menus
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- removed netctl support
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- added systemd-networkd, systemd-resolved, iwd support
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- removed old and unmaintained dmraid support, use mdadm instead
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- cleaned up mountpoints and btrfs function
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- new btrfs configuration implemented, subvolume is now mandatory
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- redone filesystem mounting dialogs
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- replaced vim editor with neovim editor
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- install neovim editor instead of vim editor to installed system
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- add nano editor syntax highlighting on installed system
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- simplified bootloader dialogs and menus
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- fixed kernel, initramdisk and ucode copying to separate EFISYS partition
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- refind switched to only refind.conf usage for configuration
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- added dialogs to separate uefi system partition actions
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2022.12 Highlights:
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- grub 2:2.06.r380.g151467888-1
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- mkinitcpio 33-1
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- Autodetect high resolution screens with setting 32 font size by default
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during boot
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- Better Localization support:
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new Keymap, Console Fonts, Timezone and System-Wide Locale dialogs
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- major code cleanup with merging script parts
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and remove redundancy
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- fixed performance regression in mkinitcpio 33
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Environment changes:
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- release year/month logo without kernel version
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- added rpcuser
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- fixed locale setting on aarch64
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- use latarcyrheb-sun16 font as default console font
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- use latarcyrheb-sun32 font on high resolution screens
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as default console font
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- removed archboot's MOK key with signing kernel and grub on ISO,
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this broke reproducibilty
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update-installer changes:
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- more output on updating scripts
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setup/quickinst changes:
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- new root password handling at the beginning of configuration:
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- added check to avoid locked root account
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- added check to avoid empty password
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- don't allow empty root password
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- new Date and Time setting routine:
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- splitted into Region and Timezone
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- new Keymap routine:
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- splitted into locale and variants
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- new Console Font routine:
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- only use latarcyrheb-sun(16,32) and eurlatgr font
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- Autodetect high resolution screens with setting big font by default
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- new System-Wide locale setting dialog on configuration step
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- fixed partial broken autoconfiguration
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- show more information dialogs on doing pre/autoconfiguration
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- rearranged most autoconfiguration to last step of install packages
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- run mkinitcpio and locale-gen only when needed
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- fixed netlink up detection by ping www.google.com
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- fixed broken bootloader installation menu call
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- switch to zstd compression as first option on btrfs dialog
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- reformat btrfs boxes
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New 2022.11 images uploaded:
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Highlights:
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- Linux 6.0.x
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Environment changes:
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- new logo Linux 6.0.x
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- removed obsolete dhclient
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- removed redundant vi
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- updated to mkinitcpio 32
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update-installer changes:
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- reformated output on X/Wayland startup
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- added check for working network
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- added new logic for local image with less than 4096 GB RAM,
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which allows XFCE environment.
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setup/quickinst changes:
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- removed dhclient support
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2022.10 Highlights:
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- New RISC-V riscv64 architecture support
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- possibility to turn system into a full
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Arch Linux system with -full-system parameter
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By using: # update-installer -full-system
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Every Archboot strip down gets reverted by reinstalling all packages to a zram /usr with readding of man/info pages and localization.
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Environment changes:
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- new logo including RISC-V 64
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- possibility to choose between firefox and chromium
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with _STANDARD_BROWSER option in defaults file
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- firefox as new default standard browser for all architectures
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- fix ca-certificates on updates
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2022.09 Highlights:
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- Big end of summer cleanup this time:
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cleanup dependencies: 47 less packages installed (316 packages -> 269 packages)
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removed packages: linux-atm, ppp, pppoe, xl2tpd, wvdial, vpnc, openconnect,
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openvpn, pptpclient, libgssglue, snarf, cracklib,
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ipw2100-fw, ipw200-fw, gnu-netcat, cpio and fuse(3)
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saved booted space: 16MB (689 MB -> 673 MB)
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- pacman keyring handling improvements
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- use qemu-static-user from [extra] for aarch64 iso assembling
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(thanks David for implementing this in qemu package)
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Environment changes:
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- updated grub to 2.06.r322.gd9b4638c5-4
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- fixed pacman keyring on aarch64
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- updated OVMF_VARS.secboot.fd from fedora to 20220526git16779ede2d36-5
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- added missing base programs:
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nscd, archlinux-keyring-wkd-sync, makepkg-template, getsubids,
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update-pciids, ninfod, sln, lsfd
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- fixed xorg and wayland startup
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- implemented checking of missing base binaries
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- simplified zram function for /usr directory mounting
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setup/quickinst changes:
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- always install latest archlinux keyring package(s),
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before doing pacman tasks
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- abort on package installation or keyring failure
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- added keyring initialization checks
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- removed filesystem and systemd-sysvcompat hacks
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2022.08 Highlights:
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Environment changes:
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- new background image
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- kernel 5.19.x
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- shim 15.6-2
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- added kmod fix from mkinitcpio
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Highlights 2022.07:
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- added all graphical environments to local images
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- autodetection of RAM with according actions on login
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- only show kexec memory gap on aarch64: 3950 MB - 4299 MB
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- all images have network(LAN),dhcpcd and ssh support already on first boot.
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- speedup gpg pacman initialization
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- also log messages from update-installer.sh to ssh too (/dev/pts/0)
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- always show Local mode on login
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Environment changes:
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- added all graphical environments to local image
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- autodetection of RAM with according actions on login
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- show kexec memory gap on aarch64: 3950 MB - 4299 MB
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- fixed kexec memory gap on x86_64
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- only download graphical packages on -latest-install
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- added kexec arithmetic for choosing KEXEC_FILE_LOAD
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- all images have now network(LAN),dhcpcd and ssh support already on bootup
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- speedup and reuse of gpg pacman initialization
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- log messages from update-installer.sh to ssh (/dev/pts/0)
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- always show Local mode on login
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- rename -kde options to -plasma
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- rename _KDE_PACKAGES to _PLASMA_PACKAGES
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- rename archboot_repo to archboot
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- rename update-installer.sh to update-installer
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- shorten xorg environment options: -gnome, -plasma and -xfce
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- only allow one graphical environment on local image < 4.5 GB RAM
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- updated welcome messages
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- updated bootloader menu entries
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- updated background image
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- added archboot MOK key
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- update fedora shim to 15.6-1
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- update grub to 2.06.r261.g2f4430cc0-1
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Setup changes:
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- allow archboot environment update with 2600 MB RAM
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- new f2fs defaults added based on Arch Linux wiki
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- efi default size on autoprepare mode set to 512 MB
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- changed filesystem order
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- fix autoprepare on mmc blockdevices
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- fix device listing to not showing install media
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- better wifi dialogs and menus
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- speedup network link detection
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Environment changes:
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- adopted glibc changes with C.UTF-8 locale
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Setup changes:
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- allow environment update with 2600 MB RAM
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