New printer application, rpinters, to replace system-config-printer

2025-05-06:

• New mouse and keyboard settings application, rasputin, to replace lxinput
• New printer application, rpinters, to replace system-config-printer
• Added swaylock screen lock application for labwc - use ctrl-alt-L to lock, or access via new option in Shutdown Options
• Added separate settings for console and desktop autologin to raspi-config and Raspberry Pi Configuration
• New command-line password prompt application, sudopwd, to replace zenity password prompts
• New command-line dialog tool, zenoty, to replace zenity error, information, warning and question dialogs
• labwc updated to version 0.8.1
• wf-panel-pi startup optimised - now starts much faster
• Network manager plugin updated from latest upstream code
• Busy indication (watch cursor) added to first boot wizard
• uBlock Origin Lite now installed by default in Chromium, as it is no longer possible to preinstall uBlock Origin
• Added compatibility with recent kernel to GPU plugin and task manager
• Added more default touchscreen associations
• Added ability to select mouse emulation or multitouch mode for touchscreens in Screen Configuration
• Added ability to set monitor on which squeekboard on-screen keyboard is shown in Raspberry Pi Configuration
• Plugins for lxpanel and wf-panel-pi restructured to build from shared projects for each, to reduce any divergence between them
• Apperance Settings and Raspberry Pi Configuration reviewed - various minor inconsistencies between X and Wayland addressed
• HackSpace removed from Bookshelf application
• Bug fix - correctly position panel menus on secondary monitor under X
• Bug fix - prevent desktop pictures overflowing bounds of monitors
• Bug fix - squeekboard not starting unless a specific monitor had been set for it
• Bug fix - some application icons, including Chromium web apps, were incorrect on the taskbar
• Bug fix - greeter keyboard layout was being reset on updates
• Bug fix - main menu submenus were not scrollable if they didn't fit the screen
• Bug fix - Connect plugin now more accurately detects when Connect is installed and uninstalled
• Bug fix - modified wfpanelctl to work correctly when called via PackageKit
• Various other minor tweaks and updates
• Chromium updated to 135.0.7049.84
• Firefox updated to 138.0
• Raspberry Pi firmware bc7f439c234e19371115e07b57c366df59cc1bc7
• Linux kernel 6.12.25 - 3dd2c2c507c271d411fab2e82a2b3b7e0b6d3f16