v1.9.0
This new release bumps us to 1.9.x due to some major kernel changes.
Featured in this release is a new graphical Package Manager, some new utilities, and updates to the File Browser.
What's New
- terminal now sets initial tty process group; fixes launching bim directly
- lots of new functionality in File Browser, including new menus and a toolbar
- bim now supports loading directory listings when a directory is opened
- kernel support for the
O_EXCL
flag has been added - behavior of
O_TRUNC
has been fixed - the kernel now returns appropriate error codes when opening directories with invalid flags
- the kernel now uses 64-bit offsets for file accesses
- the ATA driver now supports larger disks
mkstemp
added to libc- error codes and return values for
stat
have been fixed - graphical package manager has been added
- fixes have been made to button rendering, along with some other graphical optimizations
- added
du
- kerning has been improved for some fonts
Known Issues
- The address bar in File Browser is currently read-only.
du
does not calculate based on complete blocks due to missing kernel functionality.