helloSystem 0.8.1

Core system

• USB tethering of Android phones to use their WLAN and cellular connectivity with helloSystem now "just works"
• 5.1 audio systems, e.g., BOSE Companion 5 (USB) now work out of the box
• Swap is enabled by default on disks larger than 80 GB (can be disabled in the installer)
• Keyboard and Language choice are now persisted in UEFI NVRAM (fix for EFI based systems)

Bootloader

• Load the kernel and modules without showing text on screen
• Boot in verbose mode if the V key is pressed
• Boot in single user mode if the S key is pressed
• Show the FreeBSD bootloader menu if backspace is pressed (which allows to easily select Boot Environments)
• Adjust colors for verbose and single user boot

User Interface

• USB sound devices are now shown with their vendor and model in the Volume menu
• Handle already-running installations more gracefully when trying to install applications, thanks @CocoCR300
• Improved "About This Computer" dialog, thanks @CocoCR300
• "About This Computer" now also shows information about the Xorg GPU driver being used
• The "Install FreeBSD" utility is now called "Install helloSystem"
• The "Processes" utility now shows the total CPU and memory usage, uses application bundle names and icons
• On the Live system, there is now a link to the Install helloSystem utility on the desktop
• On the Live system, advise the user to install the system before downloading applications
• Menu now autocompletes paths beginning with ~ and /, thanks @jsm222

Applications

• The Users preferences application can now also create users without administrative rights, delete users, and enable and disable automatic login
• Improved usability of Create Live Media utility
• Under Construction: Started work on a Backup utility that uses ZFS send/receive to backup zpool/usr/home

Bugfixes

• Hardware Probe now succeeds uploading (fix)
• The list of sound devices is now updated when right-clicking the volume menu (e46cf70)
• The dialog to enter a password now shows the correct text following the SUDO_ASKPASS_TEXT conventions
  • If the system is running on VirtualBox, do not show a message about virtualization