Several New Feature Sets, App Updates, Enhancements, Changes, And Fixes

Improvements

[Based on Debian version 11 (bullseye)]

• Desktop components (lxpanel and all plugins, libfm, pcmanfm) now built against GTK+3
• Applications (piwiz, pipanel, rc_gui, lxinput) now built against GTK+3
• PiXflat GTK+3 theme updated with numerous changes to support the above
• GTK+3 : toolbar icon size setting added
• GTK+3 : ability to request client-side decoration on windows added
• GTK+3 : setting for indent for frame labels in custom added
• mutter window manager used instead of openbox on devices with 2GB or more of RAM
• mutter : bar icon behaviour and appearance modified to match openbox
• mutter : additional keyboard shortcuts added
• mutter : various performance enhancements
• mutter compatibility added to screen magnifier
• Numerous changes to Appearance Settings application to support GTK+3 and mutter
• Updater plugin added to lxpanel to detect and install software updates
• File manager view options simplified to either list or icons, with separate menu for thumbnails
• New file manager toolbar icons
• KMS used as default display driver
• Modifications to HDMI audio output ion to support the above
• xcompmgr enabled when openbox is running under KMS
• New default camera subsystem based on libcamera
• New camera demo applications (libcamera-still and libcamera-vid) have replaced raspistill and raspivid
• Legacy camera subsystem removed from 64-bit RPi OS (still available on 32-bit)
• Chromium upgraded to version 92.0.4515.98
• VLC media player upgraded to version 3.0.16
• Spurious drive removal warning after use of SD card copier removed
• Bookshelf application now includes Custom PC magazine
• Various translation updates - Italian, Korean, Polish, German, Armenian Startup wizard now installs Japanese s if needed
• Progress and information dialog boxes for lxpanel plugins now common to lxpanel, rather than in individual plugins
• Icon handling code for lxpanel plugins now common to lxpanel
• Package with 4K version of Raspberry Pi wallpaper added to Recommended Software
• Python Games and Minecraft removed from Recommended Software - neither is compatible with bullseye
• Bluetooth pairing and connection dialogs updated for compatibility with more devices
• Bluetooth devices always disconnected before removal to speed up removal process
• Bluetooth pairing dialog now only shows devices which offer services which are usable by Pi
• Separate Bluetooth unpair dialog removed - unpair now an for each individual device

Bug fixes

• Bug fix - mutter : header bar ours not updating when theme is
• Bug fix - GTK+3 : tooltips being displayed incorrectly at bottom of screen
• Bug fix - lxpanel : crash when using keyboard shortcut to enable magnifier when magnifier not installed
• Bug fix - lxpanel : lockup in Bluetooth plugin when connecting to certain devices
• Bug fix - lxpanel : discoverable mode icon could get out of sync with underlying Bluetooth system state
• Bug fix - piwiz : missing cities in timezone list
• Bug fix - piwiz : country-specific language packages not being installed
• Bug fix - bookshelf : now waits for longer between packets before timing out
• Bug fix - accented characters now displayed correctly in localisation dialogs

Important notes

• Raspberry Pi firmware e2bab29767e51c683a312df20014e3277275b8a6
• Linux kernel 5.10.63