This is probably the biggest release of InkBox OS ever. It took so much time since 1.9 but I hope you will find it was worth it.
Thanks to @Szybet for his numerous contributions to the project.
Changelog:
Code:
- Kindle Touch (KT) support (installation guide on request ; no release image available at the moment)
- Signed custom user applications ('user apps') support (@Szybet) which you can install from there: https://github.com/Kobo-InkBox/user-applications . Some of them include 'Maps', 'Sketch' or 'sanki'.
- Improved virtual keyboard
- General UI design improvements
- Completely overhauled home page and library browser, with 'Recent books' and 'Pinned books'
- Folders support in local library browser
- Highlighting support (experimental) and option to export highlights as JSON file
- Fix for special characters sometimes not displaying properly (@Szybet)
- Completely overhauled power daemon (@Szybet)
- Completely overhauled Wi-Fi framework (@Szybet & @tux-linux)
- Wi-Fi support for i.MX507 devices (N705, N905C, N613)
- Better virtual keyboard in X11/KoBox
- New 'Line spacing' and 'Margins' options in Reader
- 'To-Do' application for checklists
- 'Qalculate' application for complex mathematic calculations
- Improved lockscreen experience (@Szybet & @tux-linux)
- Improved Reader framework
- Update system improvements
- Fix for screen 'freezing' when X11 is enabled on some devices
- Kernel namespaces support
- Completely overhauled system initialization program
- Gutenberg: prompt to ask whether or not to sync before doing so
- N306: Support for keyboard and mouse via USB OTG (@Szybet)
- N306: Support for custom device cases (@Szybet)
- 8 days of excruciating pain discovering and fixing bugs that just seemed to have come from nowhere specifically to bother us
Presentation video:
Downloadable images are available here:
https://inkbox.ddns.net/downloads.html
Enjoy
