Neptune 8.1

 

  • Updated Debian 12.5 base
  • Upgraded to Linux Kernel 6.1.76
  • Chromium 122.0.6261
  • Thunderbird 115.9
  • LibreOffice 7.4.7
  • VLC 3.0.20
  • Cups 2.4.2
  • FFMPEG 5.1.4
  • Pipewire 0.3.65
  • Systemd 252.22
  • Plasma Wayland installed by default

Neptune 8.0

 

  • New Debian 12 base
  • Upgraded to Linux Kernel 6.1
  • Chromium 115
  • Thunderbird 102
  • KDE Plasma 5.27.5
  • KDE Apps 22.12
  • LibreOffice 7.4.5.1
  • VLC 3.0.18

Neptune 7.5

 

  • Added Timeshift App for full system backups you can rollback
  • Added vim-airline theme for better vim
  • neptune-sysctl-config with better settings for faster write speeds on USB thumb drives & slightly better system performance
  • New Kernel 5.18.2 (Debian Backports Upstream)
  • Debian 11.4 Base
  • Persistent creator 2.0 (CLI Only & Beta -- only creates a persistence partition on USB thumb drives)
  • Chromium 104
  • Thunderbird 91.12
  • VLC 3.0.17

Neptune 7.0

 

  • New Neptune 7 Look and Feel (based on Breeze with Tela Icon Theme)
  • Updated Encode, Recffmpeg, KNetworkMounter for new Qt & Python
  • Switched from ZRAM to ZSWAP as it works better with Hibernation
  • New Kernel 5.10 (Debian Upstream)
  • New Hacker Font for Terminal
  • New Terminal default prompt (based upon powerline theme)
  • removed snapshot manager & persistent creator
  • Updated Debian Base to 11.2 ("Bullseye")
  • Chromium 90
  • Thunderbird 78.14
  • LibreOffice 7.0.4
  • Amarok updated to current git version that supports Qt5 / KF5
  • VLC 3.0.16

Neptune 6.5

 

  • Added support for booting  on UEFI Secureboot machines
  • Linux Kernel 5.6.14
  • Systemd 245.6
  • LibreOffice 6.4.5
  • Thunderbird 68.10.0
  • VLC 3.0.11
  • Inkscape 1.0
  • Pulseaudio 13.0
  • ffmpeg 4.1.4
  • inxi 3.1.04
  • Chromium 83
  • Debian Buster Backports repository activated by default
  • KWin set longDuration to 50 for better Plasma 5 speed
  • KWin Allow 120 fps
  • Remove k3b solid actions as they are part of k3b-data upstream packages
  • remaster-kit create also sha256sum for ISO
  • artwork-look-and-feel-neptune update to current development version for the default Neptune 7 theme
  • Update forum and bug report urls in neptune-base
  • firmware-atheros all 20190717-2~bpo10+1
  • firmware-bnx2 all 20190717-2~bpo10+1
  • firmware-bnx2x all 20190717-2~bpo10+1
  • firmware-brcm80211 all 20190717-2~bpo10
  • firmware-cavium all 20190717-2~bpo10+1
  • firmware-intel-sound all 20190717-2~bpo10+1
  • firmware-intelwimax all 20190717-2~bpo10+1
  • firmware-iwlwifi all 20190717-2~bpo10+1
  • firmware-libertas all 20190717-2~bpo10+1
  • firmware-myricom all 20190717-2~bpo10+1
  • firmware-netxen all 20190717-2~bpo10+1
  • firmware-qlogic all 20190717-2~bpo10+1
  • firmware-realtek all 20190717-2~bpo10+1
  • firmware-samsung all 20190717-2~bpo10+1
  • firmware-siano all 20190717-2~bpo10+1
  • firmware-ti-connectivity all 20190717-2~bpo10+1

 

Neptune 6.0

 

  • Linux Kernel 4.19.37
  • Systemd 241
  • Network-Manager 1.14.6
  • Plasma 5.14.5
  • LibreOffice 6.1.5.2
  • Thunderbird 60.8
  • Amarok Git KF5 base
  • VLC 3.0.7
  • Audacity 2.2.2
  • Gimp 2.10
  • Kdenlive 18.08.2
  • Chromium 76
  • Debian base Buster

 

Neptune 5.6

 

  • Linux Kernel 4.18.6
  • Systemd 239
  • Network-Manager 1.14.4
  • Plasma 5.12.7
  • LibreOffice 6.1.3
  • Spellchecking should work now by default in Plasma (sonnet-plugins was missing from default install)
  • Kdenlive 18.08.2
  • Gwenview 18.08.2
  • Okular 18.08.2
  • Dolphin 18.08.2
  • Juk 18.08.2
  • Ark 18.08.2
  • Marble 18.08.2
  • audiocd-kio 18.08.2
  • ffmpegthumbs 18.08.2
  • kio-extras 18.08.1
  • Chromium 70
  • Thunderbird 60.2
  • Updated Plasma Addons to include a link to the spellchecking kcm from krunner plugin
  • Updated Plasma Workspace to include configure button for webshortcuts krunner plugin
  • Updated kio-extras to include fix for sftp hanging in certain situations
  • Wifi Firmware updates
  • X-Server Security Update (CVE-2018-14665)
  • Mesa 18.1.9
  • X-Server 1.19.6 (lot of bugfixes and speed improvements)
  • Intel DDX driver 2.99.917+git20180925
  • ATI/AMD DDX driver 18.1
  • Fixed Calamares not setting correct localization
  • Fixed Calamares not setting correct plymouth bootsplash

 

Neptune 5.5

 

  • KDE Plasma updated to version 5.12.6
  • KDE Applications updated to version 18.08 (except KDE-Pim which is still 17.08.3)
  • Some backports from KDE Frameworks 5.49
  • LibreOffice updated to version 6.1.0
  • Chromium updated to version 68
  • FFMpeg 3.2.12 security update
  • Linux Kernel 4.17.8
  • Mesa 18.1.6
  • Nouveau DDX 1.0.15
  • ATI/Radeon DDX 18.0.1
  • AMDGPU DDX 18.0.1
  • Firmware updates
  • Intel Microcode Security Update (CVE-2018-3639, CVE-2018-3640)

Neptune 5.4

 

  • Fix mtp opening for many android devices
  • Update Kernel to 4.16.16
  • Added remove all notification history to notification widget (backported from Plasma 5.13)
  • Tweaked default vm.swappiness in neptunes systctl config for even later swapping out and more responsive desktop
  • Added artwork-lookandfeel-neptune-dark
  • Added new Faenza-Dark icon theme for dark background themes like neptune dark
  • Added Blackbird gtk theme (for use with neptune dark)
  • Plasma Discover update for better overall progressbar when only installing one package
  • Plasma Discover update to support multiple archives for Plasma Extensions
  • Fixed Neptune ZRAM config not working for only single core CPUs
  • Fixed ksysguard leaking pipe fds in md raid code
  • Updated E22 to 0.22.3 (in repo)
  • Updated terminology to 1.2.1 (in repo)
  • Updated Thunderbird to 52.9
  • Updated Chromium to 67 and fixed html5 audio & video playing issue
  • Updated LibreOffice to 6.0.6
  • Updated KDE Frameworks 5 to 5.48
  • Updated KDE Applications to 18.04.3
  • Updated KWin to 5.12.5 (real version compiled against Qt 5.7.1 instead of just relabled 5.11.5)
  • Updated FFmpeg 3.2.11 security update
  • Included v86d by default on ISO (used for uvesafb)
  • Included mdadm by default on ISO (support for software raid [mdraid])
  • Updated Excalibur menu to 2.7
  • Updated Debians Stable base to 2018-07-21

Neptune 5.3

 

  • Don't force set UXA for Intel GPUs
  • VLC 3.0.2
  • Updated KF5 to 5.46 (backported for 5.46 as newer KF5 versions aren't Qt 5.7 compatible anymore)
  • Thunderbird 52.8
  • LibreOffice 6.0.5
  • Added plasma-browser-integration (needs separate extension for chromium / firefox)
  • Neptune ZRAM Config now uses amount_of_cpu / 2 for zram devices to deal better with OOM situations
  • Fixed crash on some machines with Plasma Discover
  • Updated Calamares to 3.2.0 Git 20180605
  • KDE Applications 18.04.2
  • Added Firefox to repository (standalone version which updates itself outside the repo)
  • Updated Debian Stable base to state from 2018-06-09

Neptune 5.2

 

  • Updated Kernel to 4.16
  • Updated Plasma to 5.12.5
  • Updated KDE Applications to 18.04
  • Updated KDE Frameworks to 5.45
  • Updated Melt to 6.6
  • Added libktorrent 2.1 (enables torrent support in KGet)
  • Updated Flatpak 0.11.3
  • Updated QtCurve to fix freeze when submenu opened in kfiledialog (grabbing all mouse and keyboard input without doing anything actually)
  • Chromium 66
  • Libreoffice 6.0.4
  • Mesa 17.3.9
  • LibDRM 2.4.91
  • Enabled bfq i/o scheduler by default
  • ElementaryNeptune QtCurve theme now uses Glow effect for default buttons instead of corner
  • Disabled iscsid for faster live boot
  • Updated virtualbox-guest to support kernel 4.16
  • Added support for newer Intel GPU firmware (firmware-intel-gpus package)
  • Updated Debian Stable base to state from 2018-05-09

Neptune 5.1

 

  • neptune-faenza-icons-minimal
    * Add krita icon * Add sublime-text icon
    * Add bootloader / grub-customizer icon
    * Add high resolution calibre icon
    * Add mpd / cantata icon
    * Add mpv icon
    * Add obs studio icon
    * Use gparted icon for partitionmanager
    * Add deja-dup icon
    * Edit backintime to use backintime/dejadup icon
    * Add darktable icon
    * Add telegram icon
    * Add signal icon
    * Update vlc icon
    * Add latte-dock icon
    * Fix pavucontrol icon
    * Use krita icon for calligrakrita (fixes invisble icon in discover)
  • calamares-neptune
    * Try installing more localization support
       - hyphenation
       - spellchecking
       - thesaurus
  • e16
    * allow installing enlightenment in parallel
  • added enlightenment (e22) package (version 0.22.1)
  • plasma-discover
    * Add patches
    * discover-kns-fix-logic-for-adding-screenshots.patch
    * discover-simplify-kns-transaction.patch
    * discover-add-qt-xml.patch
    * discover-no-need-to-pass-extra-args.patch
    * discover-have-backends-provide-update-size.patch
    * improve-refresh-behavior.patch
    * discover-pull-to-refresh-app-list.patch
    * discover-refresh-discoverpage-on-f5.patch
    * put-refresh-action-in-updates-page.patch
    * better-set-values-when-view-is-not-refreshing.patch
    * updating-updates-page.patch
    * fix_updateAction_qt571.patch
    * fix_stuff.patch
    * more-cleanup.patch
    * remove_unused_fix_message_actions_model.patch
    * add_refresh_button.patch
    * update_german_translation.patch
    * remove-unused-refresh-toolbutton.patch
    * search_on_enter_only.patch
  • knetworkmounter
    * Fix unmount not working
    * Fix window height
  • KDE Frameworks 5.44
  • Thunderbird 52.7
  • KDE Connect 1.3.0
  • Samba 4.5.12
  • Removed non working snapshot-manager
  • Updated Debian Stable base to state from 2018-04-10

Neptune 5.0

  • Updated Debian Base 9.0 Stretch (+ Stretch Backports enabled by default)
  • Linux Kernel 4.14.13
  • Plasma 5.12.3
  • KDE Frameworks 5.43
  • KDE Applications 17.12.3
  • VLC 2.2.7
  • Chromium 64
  • Thunderbird 52.6
  • Replaced Apper with Plasma Discover
  • Replaced GParted with KDE Partitionmanager
  • LibreOffice 6.0.2
  • Mesa 13.0.6
  • Replaced Veracrypt with zuluCrypt
  • Added Plasma-Vault
  • Replaced Neptune Installer with Calamares 3.2.0
  • Added grub-customizer
  • Added Inkscape 0.9.2
  • Audacity 2.1.2
  • Gimp 2.8.18
  • Amarok 2.9.0
  • Removed Zevenoshardwaremanager
  • Removed save-kde-config.sh from neptune-scripts
  • Updated neptune-sysctl-config to include swapout_early.sh & swapout_late.sh scripts
  • Added several Look & Feel Designs (United, Cupertine, Netrunner Blue-X, Netrunner Black-X, Neptune Classic, Neptune)
  • Network-Manager 1.6.2
  • OpenJDK-8
  • Pulseaudio 10
  • Added quickusbformatter
  • Added isoimagewriter
  • FFmpeg 3.2.10
  • GCC 6.3.0
  • Python 3.5.3
  • Yakuake 3.0.2

Neptune 4.5.4

  • Updated LTS Kernel 3.18.48
  • VLC 2.2.4
  • Chromium 57
  • Apper 0.9.2
  • Updated flashplayer
  • ffmpeg 0.8.20
  • Icedove 45.6
  • LibreOffice 4.3.3
  • Updated Mesa 13.0.4
  • Updated libmtp 1.1.12 (Added support for Jolla C)
  • Updated phonon 4.9.0
  • Updated phonon-backend-vlc 0.9.0
  • MySQL 5.5.54
  • OpenJDK 7u121
  • xserver-xorg-video-radeon 7.8.0
  • virtualbox-guest 5.1.4
  • f2fs-tools 1.7.0 (Added support for fsck and several bugfixes)
  • udisks add support for f2fs
  • btrfs-progs 4.9.1 (many bugfixes and improvements in terms of stability and lowmemory handling)
  • New default repositories now using HTTPS
  • Encode fixed FullHD resolution
  • Security fix for eject

Neptune 4.5.3

  • Updated LTS Kernel 3.18.45
  • APT 1.0.9
  • Appstream 0.10
  • Apper 0.9.1
  • Updated flashplayer
  • Chromium 55
  • Icedove 45.5
  • Updated Mesa 13.0.2
  • Updated libmtp 1.1.12
  • Updated printer-driver-escpr 1.4.1
  • Updated upower 0.99
  • Updated xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1.0.13

Neptune 4.5.2

  • Updated LTS Kernel 3.18.40
  • Pulseaudio by default (with custom configuration)
  • Updated flashplayer
  • Chromium 52
  • Icedove 45
  • Updated xserver-xorg-video-{intel,radeon,nouveau} drivers
  • Updated firmware files
  • New default grub2 theme
  • Fixed Hedgewars 0.9.22
  • Updated kdelibs 4.14.22
  • Updated neptune-sysctl-config
  • Updated skanlite 1.0
  • Updated VirtualBox 4.3.36

Neptune 4.5

  • Upgraded to Kernel 3.18.25 (with security vulnerability Patch for CVE-2016-0728)
  • Upgraded to libc6 2.19
  • xserver-xorg-core (activated glamor xv support (fixes radeonsi performance problems)
  • Mesa 10.5.9
  • Networkmanager 1.0.6
  • Systemd 227
  • Truecrypt replaced with Veracrypt
  • Python 2.7.9
  • Alsa 1.0.27
  • Packagekit downgraded to 0.7.6
  • Apper downgraded to 0.7.2
  • Intel 2.99.917
  • Plymouth 0.9
  • quickusbformatter fix
  • disk-manager fix
  • Icedove 38.5
  • Iceowl 38.5
  • libav (Buffer overflow on streams) fix
  • Chromium 46
  • kipi-plugins 4.0
  • Digikam 4.0 (in repo)
  • Phonon 4.8.3
  • Phonon Backend VLC 0.8.2
  • Phonon Backend Gstreamer 4.8.2 (in repo)
  • KDEPIM Runtime 4.14.6 (with simple_conflict_handling_dav.diff fix)
  • openssh 6.7p1 (security fix)
  • bluray-support (repo)
  • Updated to latest Adobe Flashplayer and PPAPI Flashplayer
  • Updated freshplayerplugin to 0.3.3+git20151114 (in repo)
  • Added e16 and epplets aswell as e16-themes (in repo)

Neptune 4.4

  • Updated hplip (better hp printer support)
  • Updated kde-config-touchpad (more configuration options)
  • Updated opus (faster encoding)
  • New default exo2 font
  • Droid Sans Mono as terminal font
  • neptune-base 4.0.9
    • bigger scrollbars
    • Added libreoffice.rc to gtk theme elementary
      to fix scrollbar size too small
    • Set new default volume for knotifyrc
    • Add "Dolphin Root" as caption for right click action "open as root"
    • Added konversationrc with Freenode (Neptune Support) server
    • Make kdesu and kdesudo work with roothere.desktop
  • Included vid.stab extension in kdenlive
  • Shiped gimp-gmic by default
  • Made wheezy-backports higher prio than wheezy 
  • Added kvpm
  • Updated flashplayers (ppapi & npapi) to latest versions
  • Uploaded freshplayer to repo (enables Iceweasel to use PPAPI Flashplayer)
  • Upgraded to Kernel 3.18.16 with aufs3 and bfq i/o scheduler
  • Upgraded to Remaster-Kit 1.8.0 with autobuild feature and completely rewritten core
  • Updated Curl 2.38 with bugfixes and better imap/pop3 support
  • Updated Neptune Installer
    • UTF-8 support for usernames
    • kdesu/kdesudo global settings for all users 
    • Added btrfs-tools 3.17 support
    • Added xfs v5 support
  • Upgraded grub2 (Better support for xfs boot + Better UEFI support)
  • Upgraded to btrfs-tools 3.17
  • Upgraded to Chromium 43
  • Upgraded to clang-3.5 / llvm-3.5
  • Upgraded Mesa 10.5.8
  • Upgraded to XServer 1.17
  • Upgraded to Intel 2.99
  • Upgraded to Nouveau 1.0.11
  • Upgraded to Radeon 7.5.0
  • Upgraded to dpkg 1.18
  • Upgraded to binutils 2.25
  • Upgraded to patch 2.75
  • Upgraded to libdrm 2.4.62
  • Upgraded to libva 1.6.0
  • Upgraded to libglu-mesa 9.0
  • Upgraded to Ardour 4
  • Added new snapshots(kde3like,emulator,maclike,security) to snapshot-manager
  • Fixed snapshot-manager not starting up
  • Shipped iceowl installed by default
  • Updated e19 (0.19.4) in repo
  • Updated calibre in repo
  • Updated Sopcast Player in repo
  • Upgraded nss3 to 3.19.2 (TLS 1.2 support, LogJam Fix) 
  • Upgraded nspr to 4.10.8
  • Upgraded openssl to 1.0.2d (LogJam Fix)
  • Upgraded debhelper to 9.20150628

Neptune 4.3

  • xserver-xorg 1.12.4 : xkb fixes
  • mtp-tools 1.1.8-1neptune2 (new device support, fixes for older devices)
  • pulseaudio 5.0 now in repo
  • flashplugin security fixes (11.2.202.451 & 17.0.0.134)
  • libreoffice 4.3.3
  • mplayer new svn34540 1.0rc4 release
  • openjdk-6-jre 6b34-1.13.6
  • icedove 31.5.0
  • mysql 5.5.41-0+wheezy1
  • libc6 2.13-38+deb7u7 (security and crash fixes)
  • curl 7.26.0-1+wheezy11
  • kernel 3.16.3 (updated, security fixes, nouveau fixes, btrfs fixes)
  • grub2 2.0.2 beta 2 (better support booting btrfs root)
  • melt 0.9.12
  • kdenlive 0.9.10-2 (aac fixes [use libfaac whenever possible], crash fixes, localization fixes)
  • new libav 10.1 version with libfaac encoder
  • cups and samba security fixes
  • vlc 2.2.0
  • Chromium 41
  • openssl security fixes
  • persistent creator fix image creation for non german locale

Neptune 4.2

  • Kdenlive 0.9.10
  • neptune-installer uefi support, super user deactivatable
  • linux-firmware updates
  • wireshark update 1.12
  • libreoffice update 4.3.2
  • kernel 3.16.3
  • btrfs-snapshot better detection of root partition
  • fixed bash vulnerability
  • Chromium now correctly chooses the localization of our homepage
  • apt fixes for apt-get source validation & potential buffer overflow errors
  • rsyslog fixes for improper handling of invalid PRI values
  • Updated quickstarter guides to include notice about uefi support
  • updated names for recffmpeg, encode & yavtd to be more clear what they do
  • Updated remaster-kit to support and create efi.img for efi boot (uses xorriso now as backend)
  • Updated guvcview in repository to fix issues with non clickable up/down buttons
  • Updated Chromium to version 37
  • Updated Icedove to version 24.8.1
  • Updated bash to version 4.2+dfsg-0.1+deb7u3
  • Added snapper for btrfs snapshots
  • Added save-kde-config.sh script to save & restore plasma,qt,gtk theme and settings
  • Fixed unzip to work with umlaute in ark
  • lowmemory option is back with fluxbox wm
  • use bridge cursor theme now globally
  • added better error handling to zevenoshardwaremanager
  • updated qmmp to version 0.8.2 in repo
  • fglrx-driver 14.6 in repo
  • fixed dolphin builtin terminal crash in repo

Neptune 4.1

  • Fixed neptune-installer to successfully remove live tools like
  • snapshot-manager, persistent-creator and itself aswell as
  • quickinstallation-guides
  • Fixed systemd startup not creating loopback devices (apps like TrueCrypt weren't able to mount virtual drives)
  • Fixed bluetooth not enabled by default in systemd
  • Fixed bluedevil not be able to send files via bluetooth
  • Fixed version strings in /etc/issue; /etc/os-release;/etc/lsb-release; ...
  • Fixed plasma workspace not showing icons but scrollbar occasionally
  • Added Kernel 3.14.13 with bfq I/O scheduler by default
  • Replaced LibreOffice version from Kanotix with Debian Backports version 4.2.6
  • Added default asound.conf with dsp0 dmix device
  • Added default vimrc config with saving last cursor position
  • Added Meta/Super/Windows-key + k hotkey to open Knetworkmounter
  • Updated KDE Applications and Plattform to version 4.14.0
  • Updated nouveau and intel driver
  • Updated wireshark
  • Updated virtualbox-guest-dkms
  • Updated systemd
  • Updated apper
  • Updated packagekit

Neptune 4.0

* Upgraded to Kernel 3.13.11
* Upgraded to KDE SC 4.13.2
* Upgraded to Chromium 35
* Upgraded to Icedove 24
* Upgraded to LibreOffice 4.2
* Upgraded to Apper 0.8.2
* Upgraded to Wireshark 1.10.7
* Upgraded remaster-kit (new fixed bash completion)
* Upgraded base system to Debian 7.5
* Hide gnome-mplayer from menu (leave it as browser plugin)
* Upgraded flashplayer (ppapi) to latest version
* Mimetype fixed (all videos open with vlc, all torrents with ktorrent)
* New ksplash, plymouth, isolinux theme
* New bridge cursor theme
* Use systemd by default
* Use btrfs as default filesystem selection in installer
* Updated zevenoshardwaremanager backend (fglrx legacy not supported anymore)
* Rewritten Encode (in QML)
* Rebase recffmpeg on vokoscreen (with modified user interface)
* Upgraded ffmpeg
* Upgraded kdenlive 0.9.8
* Added latest calligra suite, rekonq, qtwebkit to repository
* Upgraded Neptune Faenza Icon Theme
* Added Inverted Neptune Faenza Icon Theme
* Upgraded default wallpapers (added some nice new ones)
* Set new default plasma, widget, qtcurve, window theme
* Updated quickinstall guides (only on live media)
* Use app description instead of name by default in lancelot startmenu
* Added k3b cddb support to ISO
* Fixed kdewallet not starting (now it starts and adds an empty kwallet by default)
* Use kscreen by default instead of randrmonitor module
* Support thinkpad trackpoint middlemouse scrolling by default
* Use hot corner up right to show all workspaces
* Set kwin to center windows by default
* No preventional level for window activation
* Hide higens graphics applications in menu
* Disable lancelot statistics