DMS 1.5 "The Wolverine" Released
a day ago
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- DMS 1.5 'The Wolverine' introduces Frame Mode, enabling connected shell surfaces for a unified interface.
- Native integration of DankCalendar provides a single agenda for multiple accounts with event management and offline cache.
- Enhanced greeter features include a settings GUI, multi-user management, per-user theme sync, and improved authentication support.
- Window Rules Manager added for controlling window behaviors across Hyprland, Niri, and MangoWM.
- Display Profiles allow automatic switching of monitor layouts based on connected outputs.
- Hyprland configurations now use Lua format, and MangoWM support is improved across the shell.
- Material 3 shadow system reworked for consistency across surfaces, with a global shadow toggle.
- Spotlight launcher introduced for lightweight searching of files, folders, applications, and settings.
- Native Tailscale integration in Control Center provides VPN controls like connection toggling and exit node selection.
- System management enhancements include a system updater, power profiles, autostart management, and default apps settings.
- Plugin ranking system introduced with upvotes, sorting, and status badges to improve plugin discovery.
- Notepad rewritten with standalone window support and mime-type registration for default text editor use.
- Headless installation mode allows unattended, scriptable installations for provisioning and CI.
- Official support added for Void Linux and compatibility with Ubuntu 26.04 LTS.
- Breaking changes include an app ID update to 'com.danklinux.dms' and requirement for Quickshell 0.3.0+.
- Numerous bug fixes and improvements across the shell, with contributions from the community acknowledged.