This release marks the first desktop version of ArcOS. It is built on Tauri, making it extremely small and really performant.
Before you install, a couple things are of note:
- Keyboard shortcuts can be used to interact with the ArcOS window. Currently, the only shortcut that is enabled is Alt + Enter to toggle the default fullscreen mode on or off.
- Developer tools are currently disabled. We are looking to enable them in the near future, though that isn't yet definitively decided.
- You may experience bugs with the Tauri hooks to the frontend after restarting, mainly not being able to toggle Fullscreen anymore.
- The
TurnedOffstate has a piece of code in the autorun that closes the tauri application, so you won't see it. - There is no license in the installer! Keep in mind that the entirety of ArcOS is licensed under GPLv3.
- The window can still be sized to a really small size, breaking the UI, because we haven't yet determined the minimum window size.
- Finally, the version number starts at
5.0.0because this codebase is the fifth developed codebase of the ArcOS project and it's predecessors.
Please provide any feedback by creating an issue. Any and all feedback will help us improve the project.
March 24th 2023, 12:25 PM