Alpha 2.2

What's Changed

• Replace welcome app with PyQt6 multi-page version by @kagan-labs in #5
• Alpha 2.2 bug fixes by @kagan-labs in #6
• Alpha2.2 fixes2 by @kagan-labs in #7
• Fix3 by @kagan-labs in #8
• Correct value for linux-packages: linux-image (live-build adds -amd64) by @kagan-labs in #9
• Resolved grub-pc and grub-efi-amd64 conflict: use -bin packages by @kagan-labs in #10
• More bugs were added to be fixed later.

New Contributors

• @kagan-labs made their first contribution in #5

Full Changelog: alpha2.1...alpha2.2

Alpha 2.1

🚀 Anatol-X Alpha 2.1 - The Privacy & Speed Update

We are rolling out a focused, high-impact update with Anatol-X Alpha 2.1. While Alpha 2 laid the massive structural foundation of our OS, this iteration introduces our new default web experience.

✨ What's New?

• Helium Browser Integration: We have officially replaced generic browsers with Helium Browser (helium-bin) as the default out-of-the-box web browser.
• Why Helium? Built on a de-Googled Chromium core, Helium perfectly matches the Anatol-X philosophy. It strips out all telemetry, blocks ads and trackers natively via an integrated uBlock Origin, and requires significantly less RAM.
• Seamless Installation: The browser and its official repository keys are now deeply integrated into our live-build pipeline, ensuring you receive secure and automatic updates directly from the maintainers.

📥 Download

• File: Anatol-X-26.0-Alpha2.1.iso
• Architecture: amd64
  

As always, verify your SHA1 or MD5 checksum and use Ventoy or BalenaEtcher for the best installation experience.

Alpha 2

🚀 Anatol-X Alpha 2 Release Notes

We are excited to announce the release of Anatol-X Alpha 2! This update brings massive structural improvements, complete visual branding, and resolves critical issues found in our initial Alpha 1 release.

Here is the detailed changelog for Alpha 2:

✨ New Features & Enhancements

• Custom Welcome Application: We introduced a brand new, Python-based Welcome App that greets users on their first boot, explaining the Anatol-X philosophy and providing a warm introduction to the system.

• Dynamic Desktop Selector (Netinstall): The Calamares installer has been heavily upgraded. Users can now dynamically select their preferred Desktop Environment (KDE Plasma, GNOME, or XFCE) directly during the installation process.

• Complete Visual Overhaul (Cyber-Neon Theme):

• Applied our signature Cyan & Red neon aesthetic across the system.

• Calamares Installer: Fully customized with a dark neon CSS stylesheet, custom window icons, and new sidebar branding.

• Wallpapers: Added the "Cyber-Geo" wallpaper for the SDDM login screen and the "Tux Radar" wallpaper as the default background for KDE Plasma.

• GRUB Bootloader: The boring default bootloader is gone; replaced with our custom Cyan/Black Anatol-X GRUB theme.

• CI/CD Pipeline Architecture Upgrades:

• Implemented jlumbroso/free-disk-space to prevent "No space left on device" errors during GitHub Actions builds.

• Added automated rsync deployment over SSH to securely transfer 2GB+ ISO files directly to SourceForge, bypassing GitHub Release size limits.

• Added the missing auto/build and auto/clean wrapper scripts to ensure live-build strictly follows our custom configurations.

🐛 Bug Fixes

• [Critical] Missing Calamares Installer: Fixed a major issue from Alpha 1 where the installation framework was missing from the live image. The calamares and os-prober packages are now properly injected, allowing you to actually install Anatol-X to your disk!
• [Minor] System Identification (OS Branding): Fixed a bug where the "About this system" settings page incorrectly identified the OS as "Debian". We added a chroot hook to automatically patch /etc/os-release and /etc/lsb-release to proudly display Anatol-X Linux.
• [Build] Keyring Verification Error: Resolved the Cannot check Release signature error during the cross-build process on GitHub Actions by explicitly installing the debian-archive-keyring package in our workflow.

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📥 Download Alpha 2

• File: Anatol-X-Alpha-2.iso
• Architecture: amd64
  

Note: Please use Ventoy or BalenaEtcher to flash the ISO to a USB drive.

Full Changelog: alpha1...alpha2

Alpha 1

Known Issues.

🔴 Critical Issue!!!

We forgot to include the Calamares installer in the ISO file. You will either need to install it manually or you'll have to wait for the next version.

🟢 Minor Issue!

In the settings, on the "About this system" page, it says Debian instead of Anatol-X. This shouldn't affect you. We are trying to understand the cause of the error. We'll fix this in the next version.

Download Link: https://sourceforge.net/projects/anatolialabs/files/Alpha-1/anatol-x-alpha-1.iso/download

Full Changelog: https://github.com/AnatoliaLabs/Anatol-X/commits/alpha1