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  • 0.3.1-Alpha 2bd0da9bb3

    ZypherOS 0.3.1 Alpha Pre-release

    zypher released this 2026-03-20 04:28:09 +00:00 | 11 commits to main since this release

    ZypherOS 0.3.1 Alpha Release Notes

    Release Date: March 20, 2026
    Status: Alpha

    While 0.3.0 established our indestructible, hardened foundation, ZypherOS 0.3.1 focuses heavily on the premium user experience and backend infrastructure. This update transforms the visual boot sequence from a standard Linux text scroll into a seamless, professional OEM-style experience, while drastically optimizing our package delivery network.

    ✨ The Premium Boot Experience

    The journey from the motherboard BIOS to the Plasma desktop is now completely seamless, visually cohesive, and completely silent.

    • Limine Bootloader Theming: The Limine boot menu has been completely customized. It now features the ZypherOS background wallpaper, a cleaned-up UI with padded margins, and strict adherence to the system-wide Carbonfox hex color palette.
    • True "Silent Boot": Aggressive kernel parameters (quiet splash loglevel=3 rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0) have been implemented to completely suppress all kernel initialization text, hardware warnings, and blinking cursors during startup.
    • Plymouth BGRT Integration: ZypherOS now uses Plymouth with the bgrt theme injected directly into the initramfs. This allows the OS to pull your physical motherboard's OEM logo (Dell, ASUS, TianoCore, etc.) and place a clean loading spinner directly beneath it, perfectly masking the Linux boot process.
    • De-Branding: Removed the default Arch Linux watermark from the Plymouth boot sequence to maintain a pure, dedicated ZypherOS aesthetic.

    🌩️ Infrastructure: The Micro-Repo Architecture

    To optimize bandwidth and deployment speed, we have completely overhauled how ZypherOS retrieves packages during and after installation.

    • Overlay Repository Model: ZypherOS has officially pivoted away from hosting a monolithic 300GB+ Arch Linux mirror. The OS now dynamically pulls standard system packages (core, extra, multilib) directly from the fastest official global Arch mirrors via reflector.
    • Harvester Micro-Repo: Custom OS assets and configurations (the zypheros-* packages) are now hosted on a dedicated, lightweight "micro-repo" running on our newly deployed Harvester hyperconverged cluster. This ensures instant delivery of custom packages without the overhead of syncing the entire Arch ecosystem.

    🛠️ Bug Fixes & Stability

    • Package File Collisions: Resolved a critical file conflict during system updates where zypheros-release and zypheros-desktop-env competed for ownership of branding assets. Wallpapers and icons have been properly isolated into the desktop package.
    • Fastfetch OS Recognition: Fixed an infinite symlink loop issue involving /etc/os-release and /usr/lib/os-release. The system identity files are now strictly aligned with upstream Arch Linux packaging standards, ensuring tools like Fastfetch reliably display the ZypherOS logo and system information.
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