Droidian 99

Droidian snapshot 99 released!

This is a rather big release, with development that spanned several months. Some highlights:

Core:

• Debian sid, as of 2024-08-21
• New graphical stack:
  • wlroots 0.17.4:
    • Various improvements to the hwcomposer backend
    • Enabled triple buffering
    • Fix some rendering issues with some PowerVR rogue GPUs
  • phosh 0.41.0
  • phoc 0.41.0
  • gtk 4.14.4
  • phosh-mobile-settings 0.41.0
  • libhybris 0.0.5.53
  • feedbackd 0.4.1
• mobile-settings:
  • Support for double tap to wake on some focaltech panels (thanks @WHO53)
• mobile-power-saver:
  • Allow to automatically downgrade modem technologies on WLAN, saving power

Telephony:

• Improvements to ofono2mm:
  • Better logs
  • Better reporting of modem state (should fix the dreaded mobile data not reconnecting issue)

Apps:

• Several applications have been updated to the GNOME 47 level:
  • Maps
  • Weather
  • Initial Setup
  • Eye of GNOME
• Qt5 applications should now open the On-Screen Keyboard automatically once a textbox has been focused

Platform:

• runonce: allow versioning for runonce scripts
• android-base: add several new groups (thanks @WHO53)
• Fix delay autostarting applications and keyboard on some devices
• batman has been completely dropped from the snapshot archive
• waydroid: update to version 1.4.3
• Fix WLAN enablement in some MTK devices
• Fix for missing devtools in recent nightly images (thanks @Bettehem)

Devices:

• 5.10-android12 kernel: updated to 5.10.218
• Google Pixel 3a: allow configuring Double Tap to Wake via the Control Center
• linux-packaging-snippets:
  • Allow specifying a custom clang compiler (thanks @berbascum)
  • Allow specifying multiple extra configuration fragments (thanks @berbascum)