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# Solus 4.4 ISO checklist Quick ISO release for hardware enablement, important fixes and integrating two years worth of patches/updates ##### General [ ] Blogpost: Solus 4.4 release [ ] Fresh solbuilds image for stable/unstable after we cook the release ISOs (@joebonrichie) [x] Update Budgie branding / defaults (@EbonJaeger) [x] Update GNOME branding / defaults (@ikey / @ZachBacon) [x] Update MATE branding / defaults (@ikey/@ermo, @Staudey as mentor) [x] Update Plasma branding / defaults (@joebonrichie / @ReillyBrogan) [x] Update to latest 6.3 kernel (6.3.8 + an important Nouveau bug fix) (@ikey) [x] Kernel ~~6.2~~ 6.3 [x] LLVM 15 [x] Mesa 23 [x] Enable Intel NVMe Raid mode support in our kernel (https://www.kernelconfig.io/config_vmd) [x] Nvidia: deprecate 390.xx driver series (driver package, doflicky, docs) [x] Refresh appstream data for solus-sc [x] Add intel VAAPI drivers to default iso package list [x] Figure out ZRAM by default [x] OpenCL: Verify basic ROCM support is working [x] OpenCL: Verify basic intel-compute-runtime support is working [x] Fix installer geoip [x] New users will have their $HOME directory set to `drwxrwx---` (T10379) [x] Make samba usershares work again (T10466) [x] STRETCH GOAL: T10508 - go-based qol-assist (can be deferred to 4.5 without issue, but would be nice to have in) [x] STRETCH GOAL: Fix scary boot message about being unable to mount /run/overlay (@silke) [x] STRETCH GOAL: LD cache generation takes 5 seconds every boot. Solution: `systemctl mask ldconfig.service` during image generation. (@joebonrichie) [ ] STRETCH GOAL: Ensure that users get added to correct groups post install (T10380) (@joebonrichie) [ ] STRETCH GOAL: Fix LDM (@ikey) [ ] STRETCH GOAL: Fix LSI (@ikey) [ ] STRETCH GOAL: Nvidia: enable `nvidia-drm.modeset=1` for OOTB wayland support (needs GDM fixes) (@ikey) [ ] STRETCH GOAL: Sort out livecd gdm config vs. installed system gdm config (@ikey) (T10547) [ ] STRETCH GOAL: VAAPI: Ensure firefox VAAPI works without hacks on intel/amd, verify that nvidia-vaapi-driver is working. (T10554) [ ] STRETCH GOAL: Check up on brisk menu and do misc. cleanups (@ikey) ##### DE specific [ ] Budgie @EbonJaeger [x] Ensure that Nemo gets added to the base install [ ] Boot: UEFI [ ] Boot: BIOS [ ] Boot: UEFI w/ LVM [ ] Boot: UEFI w/ LVM+LUKS [ ] Boot: BIOS w/ LVM [ ] Boot: BIOS w/ LVM+LUKS [ ] VM [ ] VirtualBox [ ] Virt Manager [ ] SAMBA smoketest with Windows Shares and Shares created on Linux are visible on Windows/Android [ ] NVIDIA GPUs [ ] AMD RDNA 2 GPUs [ ] Intel Arc GPUs [ ] Any other issues here [ ] MATE - @ermo (/ @Staudey as mentor) [x] Update to 1.27 [x] Ensure gnome-keyring gets added to the base install (rundep of mate-control-center) [ ] Boot: UEFI [ ] Boot: BIOS [ ] Boot: UEFI w/ LVM [ ] Boot: UEFI w/ LVM+LUKS [ ] Boot: BIOS w/ LVM [ ] Boot: BIOS w/ LVM+LUKS [ ] VM [ ] VirtualBox [ ] Virt Manager [ ] SAMBA smoketest with Windows Shares and Shares created on Linux are visible on Windows/Android [ ] NVIDIA GPUs [ ] AMD RDNA 2 GPUs [ ] Intel Arc GPUs [ ] Any other issues here [ ] GNOME @Ikey / @ZachBacon [ ] Boot: UEFI [ ] Boot: BIOS [ ] Boot: UEFI w/ LVM [ ] Boot: UEFI w/ LVM+LUKS [ ] Boot: BIOS w/ LVM [ ] Boot: BIOS w/ LVM+LUKS [ ] VM [ ] VirtualBox [ ] Virt Manager [ ] SAMBA smoketest with Windows Shares and Shares created on Linux are visible on Windows/Android [ ] NVIDIA GPUs [ ] AMD RDNA 2 GPUs [ ] Intel Arc GPUs [ ] Any other issues here [ ] Plasma @ReillyBrogan @joebonrichie [x] qt5 5.15.9 [x] KDE Frameworks 5.105 [x] Plasma 5.27.4 [x] KDE Gear 23.4.0 [x] flatpak-kcm and colord-kde added to default packages (https://dev.getsol.us/T10515) [x] Fix default browser not being Firefox (which should fix the icon in the task bar) (I can't reproduce this anymore) [x] ~~Rebase launchfeedback patch~~ (It's dead, Jim) [x] Boot: UEFI [x] Boot: BIOS [x] Boot: UEFI w/ LVM [x] Boot: UEFI w/ LVM+LUKS [x] Boot: BIOS w/ LVM [x] Boot: BIOS w/ LVM+LUKS [ ] VM [ ] VirtualBox [x] Virt Manager [x] SAMBA smoketest with Windows Shares and Shares created on Linux are visible on Windows/Android [ ] NVIDIA GPUs [ ] AMD RDNA 2 GPUs [ ] Intel Arc GPUs [x] FIXME: SDDM defaulting to wayland as the default session [x] Add ISO mounting script to Dolphin context menu (turns out it is part of R4032)

# Solus 4.4 ISO checklist Quick ISO release for hardware enablement, important fixes and integrating two years worth of patches/updates ##### General [ ] Blogpost: Solus 4.4 release [ ] Fresh solbuilds image for stable/unstable after we cook the release ISOs (@joebonrichie) [x] Update Budgie branding / defaults (@EbonJaeger) [x] Update GNOME branding / defaults (@ikey / @ZachBacon) [x] Update MATE branding / defaults (@ikey/@ermo, @Staudey as mentor) [x] Update Plasma branding / defaults (@joebonrichie / @ReillyBrogan) [x] Update to latest 6.3 kernel (6.3.8 + an important Nouveau bug fix) (@ikey) [x] Kernel ~~6.2~~ 6.3 [x] LLVM 15 [x] Mesa 23 [x] Enable Intel NVMe Raid mode support in our kernel (https://www.kernelconfig.io/config_vmd) [x] Nvidia: deprecate 390.xx driver series (driver package, doflicky, docs) [x] Refresh appstream data for solus-sc [x] Add intel VAAPI drivers to default iso package list [x] Figure out ZRAM by default [x] OpenCL: Verify basic ROCM support is working [x] OpenCL: Verify basic intel-compute-runtime support is working [x] Fix installer geoip [x] New users will have their $HOME directory set to `drwxrwx---` (T10379) [x] Make samba usershares work again (T10466) [x] STRETCH GOAL: T10508 - go-based qol-assist (can be deferred to 4.5 without issue, but would be nice to have in) [x] STRETCH GOAL: Fix scary boot message about being unable to mount /run/overlay (@silke) [x] STRETCH GOAL: LD cache generation takes 5 seconds every boot. Solution: `systemctl mask ldconfig.service` during image generation. (@joebonrichie) [ ] STRETCH GOAL: Ensure that users get added to correct groups post install (T10380) (@joebonrichie) [ ] STRETCH GOAL: Fix LDM (@ikey) [ ] STRETCH GOAL: Fix LSI (@ikey) [ ] STRETCH GOAL: Nvidia: enable `nvidia-drm.modeset=1` for OOTB wayland support (needs GDM fixes) (@ikey) [ ] STRETCH GOAL: Sort out livecd gdm config vs. installed system gdm config (@ikey) (T10547) [ ] STRETCH GOAL: VAAPI: Ensure firefox VAAPI works without hacks on intel/amd, verify that nvidia-vaapi-driver is working. (T10554) [ ] STRETCH GOAL: Check up on brisk menu and do misc. cleanups (@ikey) ##### DE specific [ ] Budgie @EbonJaeger [x] Ensure that Nemo gets added to the base install [ ] Boot: UEFI [ ] Boot: BIOS [ ] Boot: UEFI w/ LVM [ ] Boot: UEFI w/ LVM+LUKS [ ] Boot: BIOS w/ LVM [ ] Boot: BIOS w/ LVM+LUKS [ ] VM [ ] VirtualBox [ ] Virt Manager [ ] SAMBA smoketest with Windows Shares and Shares created on Linux are visible on Windows/Android [ ] NVIDIA GPUs [ ] AMD RDNA 2 GPUs [ ] Intel Arc GPUs [ ] Any other issues here [ ] MATE - @ermo (/ @Staudey as mentor) [x] Update to 1.27 [x] Ensure gnome-keyring gets added to the base install (rundep of mate-control-center) [ ] Boot: UEFI [ ] Boot: BIOS [ ] Boot: UEFI w/ LVM [ ] Boot: UEFI w/ LVM+LUKS [ ] Boot: BIOS w/ LVM [ ] Boot: BIOS w/ LVM+LUKS [ ] VM [ ] VirtualBox [ ] Virt Manager [ ] SAMBA smoketest with Windows Shares and Shares created on Linux are visible on Windows/Android [ ] NVIDIA GPUs [ ] AMD RDNA 2 GPUs [ ] Intel Arc GPUs [ ] Any other issues here [ ] GNOME @Ikey / @ZachBacon [ ] Boot: UEFI [ ] Boot: BIOS [ ] Boot: UEFI w/ LVM [ ] Boot: UEFI w/ LVM+LUKS [ ] Boot: BIOS w/ LVM [ ] Boot: BIOS w/ LVM+LUKS [ ] VM [ ] VirtualBox [ ] Virt Manager [ ] SAMBA smoketest with Windows Shares and Shares created on Linux are visible on Windows/Android [ ] NVIDIA GPUs [ ] AMD RDNA 2 GPUs [ ] Intel Arc GPUs [ ] Any other issues here [ ] Plasma @ReillyBrogan @joebonrichie [x] qt5 5.15.9 [x] KDE Frameworks 5.105 [x] Plasma 5.27.4 [x] KDE Gear 23.4.0 [x] flatpak-kcm and colord-kde added to default packages (https://dev.getsol.us/T10515) [x] Fix default browser not being Firefox (which should fix the icon in the task bar) (I can't reproduce this anymore) [x] ~~Rebase launchfeedback patch~~ (It's dead, Jim) [x] Boot: UEFI [x] Boot: BIOS [x] Boot: UEFI w/ LVM [x] Boot: UEFI w/ LVM+LUKS [x] Boot: BIOS w/ LVM [x] Boot: BIOS w/ LVM+LUKS [ ] VM [x] VirtualBox [x] Virt Manager [x] SAMBA smoketest with Windows Shares and Shares created on Linux are visible on Windows/Android [ ] NVIDIA GPUs [ ] AMD RDNA 2 GPUs [ ] Intel Arc GPUs [x] FIXME: SDDM defaulting to wayland as the default session [x] Add ISO mounting script to Dolphin context menu (turns out it is part of R4032)

# Solus 4.4 ISO checklist Quick ISO release for hardware enablement, important fixes and integrating two years worth of patches/updates ##### General [ ] Blogpost: Solus 4.4 release [ ] Fresh solbuilds image for stable/unstable after we cook the release ISOs (@joebonrichie) [x] Update Budgie branding / defaults (@EbonJaeger) [x] Update GNOME branding / defaults (@ikey / @ZachBacon) [x] Update MATE branding / defaults (@ikey/@ermo, @Staudey as mentor) [x] Update Plasma branding / defaults (@joebonrichie / @ReillyBrogan) [x] Update to latest 6.3 kernel (6.3.8 + an important Nouveau bug fix) (@ikey) [x] Kernel ~~6.2~~ 6.3 [x] LLVM 15 [x] Mesa 23 [x] Enable Intel NVMe Raid mode support in our kernel (https://www.kernelconfig.io/config_vmd) [x] Nvidia: deprecate 390.xx driver series (driver package, doflicky, docs) [x] Refresh appstream data for solus-sc [x] Add intel VAAPI drivers to default iso package list [x] Figure out ZRAM by default [x] OpenCL: Verify basic ROCM support is working [x] OpenCL: Verify basic intel-compute-runtime support is working [x] Fix installer geoip [x] New users will have their $HOME directory set to `drwxrwx---` (T10379) [x] Make samba usershares work again (T10466) [x] STRETCH GOAL: T10508 - go-based qol-assist (can be deferred to 4.5 without issue, but would be nice to have in) [x] STRETCH GOAL: Fix scary boot message about being unable to mount /run/overlay (@silke) [x] STRETCH GOAL: LD cache generation takes 5 seconds every boot. Solution: `systemctl mask ldconfig.service` during image generation. (@joebonrichie) [ ] STRETCH GOAL: Ensure that users get added to correct groups post install (T10380) (@joebonrichie) [ ] STRETCH GOAL: Fix LDM (@ikey) [ ] STRETCH GOAL: Fix LSI (@ikey) [ ] STRETCH GOAL: Nvidia: enable `nvidia-drm.modeset=1` for OOTB wayland support (needs GDM fixes) (@ikey) [ ] STRETCH GOAL: Sort out livecd gdm config vs. installed system gdm config (@ikey) (T10547) [ ] STRETCH GOAL: VAAPI: Ensure firefox VAAPI works without hacks on intel/amd, verify that nvidia-vaapi-driver is working. (T10554) [ ] STRETCH GOAL: Check up on brisk menu and do misc. cleanups (@ikey) ##### DE specific [ ] Budgie @EbonJaeger [x] Ensure that Nemo gets added to the base install [ ] Boot: UEFI [ ] Boot: BIOS [ ] Boot: UEFI w/ LVM [ ] Boot: UEFI w/ LVM+LUKS [ ] Boot: BIOS w/ LVM [ ] Boot: BIOS w/ LVM+LUKS [ ] VM [ ] VirtualBox [ ] Virt Manager [ ] SAMBA smoketest with Windows Shares and Shares created on Linux are visible on Windows/Android [ ] NVIDIA GPUs [ ] AMD RDNA 2 GPUs [ ] Intel Arc GPUs [ ] Any other issues here [ ] MATE - @ermo (/ @Staudey as mentor) [x] Update to 1.27 [x] Ensure gnome-keyring gets added to the base install (rundep of mate-control-center) [ ] Boot: UEFI [ ] Boot: BIOS [ ] Boot: UEFI w/ LVM [ ] Boot: UEFI w/ LVM+LUKS [ ] Boot: BIOS w/ LVM [ ] Boot: BIOS w/ LVM+LUKS [ ] VM [ ] VirtualBox [ ] Virt Manager [ ] SAMBA smoketest with Windows Shares and Shares created on Linux are visible on Windows/Android [ ] NVIDIA GPUs [ ] AMD RDNA 2 GPUs [ ] Intel Arc GPUs [ ] Any other issues here [ ] GNOME @Ikey / @ZachBacon [ ] Boot: UEFI [ ] Boot: BIOS [ ] Boot: UEFI w/ LVM [ ] Boot: UEFI w/ LVM+LUKS [ ] Boot: BIOS w/ LVM [ ] Boot: BIOS w/ LVM+LUKS [ ] VM [ ] VirtualBox [ ] Virt Manager [ ] SAMBA smoketest with Windows Shares and Shares created on Linux are visible on Windows/Android [ ] NVIDIA GPUs [ ] AMD RDNA 2 GPUs [ ] Intel Arc GPUs [ ] Any other issues here [ ] Plasma @ReillyBrogan @joebonrichie [x] qt5 5.15.9 [x] KDE Frameworks 5.105 [x] Plasma 5.27.4 [x] KDE Gear 23.4.0 [x] flatpak-kcm and colord-kde added to default packages (https://dev.getsol.us/T10515) [x] Fix default browser not being Firefox (which should fix the icon in the task bar) (I can't reproduce this anymore) [x] ~~Rebase launchfeedback patch~~ (It's dead, Jim) [x] Boot: UEFI [x] Boot: BIOS [x] Boot: UEFI w/ LVM [x] Boot: UEFI w/ LVM+LUKS [x] Boot: BIOS w/ LVM [x] Boot: BIOS w/ LVM+LUKS [ ] VM [ x] VirtualBox [x] Virt Manager [x] SAMBA smoketest with Windows Shares and Shares created on Linux are visible on Windows/Android [ ] NVIDIA GPUs [ ] AMD RDNA 2 GPUs [ ] Intel Arc GPUs [x] FIXME: SDDM defaulting to wayland as the default session [x] Add ISO mounting script to Dolphin context menu (turns out it is part of R4032)