Releases · wimpysworld/retro-home

What's Changed

Rebased on Ubuntu 22.04

Added zswap using lz4

Retro Home session no longer run as root
Ludo has elevated privileges to manage services and added systemd drop-ins to link Ludo settings directly to the relevant services
Replaced PulseAudio with PipeWire; seems to play better with HDMI audio
Enabled the Full KMS driver; dropped legacy ALSA workarounds
Enabled aptX, aptX HD, LDAC, AAC Bluetooth codecs
Removed cellular modem support, as not required. Removes 2 persistent services
Minified Xorg install, now has modesetting drivers only
Replaced feh with xli
Fixed HDMI capture performance issues
Minimised packages in the base system and removed kernel headers from the default install
Tuned and disabled unnecessary services and timers
Samba disabled by default; can be turned on via Ludo Settings. NetBIOS always disabled
Added maintenance units to enforce critical configuration policy
Create a bespoke boot splash to replace Plymouth and optimise boot speed
Add a ludo settings watcher to integrate ludo settings changes with the rest of the system
Customised motd
Optimised image size calculation
[proposal Label] added few resources for further work on porting for cases by @takov751 in #12

Case support

Where applicable, all of the following have safe power off, safe reset and fan control drivers.

Added DeskPi Pro
Added DeskPi Lite
Added Retroflag PiStation
Added Retroflag PiStation PiStation + LCD
Added Retroflag SUPERPi 4
Added Retroflag NESPi 4
Added Retroflag MEGAPi Case-M
Added Retroflag SUPERPi Case-U
Added Retroflag SUPERPi Case-J
Added Retroflag NESPi Case+

Desktop

Renamed the desktop session to "Retro Desktop"
Added Firefox ESR
Simplified the default panels
Enabled Sound, Date/Time, Session and Bluetooth indicators
Fixed connman-gtk launcher

New Contributors

@takov751 made their first contribution in #12

Downloads

retro-home-raspi-* images are generic images for Raspberry Pi 2, 3, 3+, 4, 400
retro-home-deskpi-* images are for the DeskPi Pro and Deskpi Lite and Raspberry Pi 4.
retro-home-retroflag-* images are for the all Retroflag console cases with Raspberry Pi 2, 3, 3+ or 4.

The raspi and deskpi images have an alternate download that includes a small desktop environment, useful if you want to tinker with Retro Home. The access the "Retro Desktop" you must have a keyboard and mouse attached a then press Esc in Ludo which will take you to a login where you can select the desktop session via the cog icon in the top right panel.

Full Changelog: 21.10-alpha5...22.189-alpha1

What's Changed