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@klange klange released this 26 Nov 03:49

screenshot from 2018-11-26 12-48-38

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.