Gnoppix Beta Release Notes - Build #2233

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We’re excited to announce the beta release of Gnoppix, packed with significant upgrades, new features, and a stronger focus on privacy and security!

After the huge transition from Gnoppix 23 to 25, we’ve also significantly enhanced our privacy features. Mostly everything has received a graphical user interface (GUI), such as Gnoppix Control, which routes all traffic over Tor. It now offers more visual options, like changing your MAC address, changing your Tor exit node, checking your current IP, renewing your IP, or wiping your RAM.

Since the transition, we’ve released the beta and asked our community to report issues and provide feedback (with a particular focus on the Calamares GUI Installer). It’s understandable that new users, especially, might not be familiar with concepts like crypted DNS requests, which are now default in Gnoppix 25, or even our adblocker, which still blocks ads and continues to work on YouTube ads. Sorry, Google, but not with us.

Your feedback is invaluable as we refine this release, so please explore and report any issues you encounter.

Key Highlights:

  • Enhanced Security: We’ve replaced Bottles with Lutris, resolving numerous security concerns.
  • Next-Generation AI Integration: Experience powerful AI capabilities with upgraded Krita for AI paint/drawing features, an enhanced conversational AI agent (Jan), and a significantly improved HR-AI agent with new features like automatic job posting resends, top candidate daily emails, and an interview scheduler.
  • Privacy by Default: LibreWolf is now our default privacy-focused browser, replacing Firefox. We’ve also added search.gnoppix.org as the default anonymous search engine.
  • Performance & Stability: Enjoy a more responsive system with kernel upgrades, improved icon scaling, and a faster repository server.

Detailed Release Notes:

Security & Privacy Enhancements:

  • #2233: Replaced Bottles with Lutris. This crucial change addresses a multitude of security issues.
  • #455: Removed Tor Browser. With gnoppix contril gui now handling functionality, we’ve streamlined our browser offerings.
  • #754: Added search.gnoppix.org as the default anonymous search engine. added API functionallity
  • #2467: Added LibreWolf as an alternative browser. (This will be the default browser later, replacing Firefox.)
  • #3001: LibreWolf is now our default privacy-based browser. Firefox has been replaced.
  • #1132: Upgraded Gnoppix DoH and DoH2 servers.
  • #3106: Updated to BleachBit. Free cache, delete cookies, clear Internet history, shred temporary files, delete logs, and discard junk.

Core System Upgrades:

  • #1921: Upgraded XFCE to 4.20.4.
  • #2211: Upgraded kernel to 6.12.x.
  • #2831: Upgraded to Linux kernel 6.12.30.
  • #922: Upgraded sources to the new format.
  • #322: time.gnoppix.org moved to a bigger server.
  • #451: Daily image pulls from the search engine, which also resets all data. This ensures you’re always running a fresh instance.
  • #1272: Upgraded Papirus icon set for better icon scaling with different DPI settings.
  • #891: Upgraded to Gnoppix 25 wallpaper.
  • #712: Upgraded internal Gnoppix WireGuard VPN.
  • #1827: Moved Gnoppix repo server to new, better-performing infrastructure in the USA, primarily to escape EU regulations.
  • #1922: Repackaged Calamares, the GUI installer.
  • #991: Converted sources.list to the new format.
  • #3004: Default privacy and secure services are now started at boot. This slightly increases boot time from 8.2 sec to 8.9 sec but enhances security. The impact on RAM usage is minimal on fast systems.
  • #3111: Added new case, GUI graphical language and keyboard chooser when DE is started.
  • #3118: Changed default DE resolution from 800x600 to 1920x1080.

AI & Application Enhancements:

  • #2318: Upgraded Krita for AI paint/drawing features. These are features integrated within Krita.
  • #899: Upgraded Jan, the conversational AI agent.
  • #3211: Upgraded HR-AI, the HR AI agent.
    • New features:
      • Resends job postings with fewer than three resumes to LinkedIn.
      • Emails daily with top candidates for a position.
      • Added an interview scheduler.
      • Supports the LinkedIn “Apply” feature.
  • #1218: Upgraded Stability Matrix. This is a GUI installer for Stable Diffusion with Flux1 LLM.
  • #3104: New AI-generated sandfly-entropyscan.
  • #3104: Tested new Sandfly Security tools (Malware & Rootkit Scanner). Includes sandfly-entropyscan, sandfly-file-decloak.py, and sandfly-processdecloak.
  • #3108: Dist upgraded macchanger. Gnoppix control is now able to change your MAC address on the fly.

Package Updates:

  • #2922: Pinokio 3.8 → Pinokio_3.9.0_amd64.deb
  • #3101: LibreWolf 138 → librewolf_139.0-1_amd64.deb
  • #3102: VeraCrypt 1.26.7 → veracrypt-1.26.24-Debian-12-amd64.deb
  • #3105: gnoppix.privacy.search 2025.4.18 → 2025.6.14+e52e9bb
  • #3222: gnoppix.tor.gui 0.18 → 0.21
  • #3117: gnoppix.password.manager 2.47 → 2.57
  • #3119: IDP Manager 2.45.1 → 2.56.0

Known Issues & To-Do (Future Releases):

  • #1722: Repackage WireGuard-GUI.
  • #1821: Repackage Ulauncher.
  • #1822: Repackage Gnoppix-Welcome.
  • #1282: Added a GUI for easy application to Gnoppix Member Services for Gnoppix members.
  • #1901: Repackage Gnoppixctl-GUI.
  • #1902: Repackage LightDM-Webkit2-Greeter.
  • #966: Adding email AI integration.
  • #1903: Repackage GTKDialog.
  • #1465: Built a new repository for Debian Trixie packages.
  • #1787: Repackage Gnoppix TV app.
  • #1904: Repackage APDaemon.
  • #1905: Repackage APT-Notifier.
  • #1643: Added a GUI switcher for the default email app (Thunderbird vs. Tuta).
  • #1907: Repackage Xfce4-Panel-Profiles.
  • #1987: Stop/start anonymity feature. (Currently “gives untrusted application launcher,” which needs to be addressed.)
  • #1982: Updated the Readme on the Desktop for Gnoppix 25.
  • #566: Removed “Install Gnoppix” from the desktop after installation.
  • #2210: Built a new AI integration Office package.
  • #1279: Built a GUI for adding user and password for easier access to member repositories.
  • #1973: Mobile module for the Calamares installer framework.
  • #887: DoH-Client on the live image.
  • #2465: Replace Firefox with LibreWolf.

We appreciate your participation in the Gnoppix beta program. Your feedback will help us make Gnoppix the best it can be!

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