@winboat.app.bsky.social
Run Windows apps on #Linux with seamless integration โจ ๐ winboat.app ๐ฑ github.com/TibixDev/winboat ๐ฌ discord.gg/MEwmpWm4tN
๐ Release v.0.8.6
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We invite you to join our Discord server, which has recently reached a thousand members!
discord.gg/MEwmpWm4tN
This is our main line of communication and provides access to stuff such as alpha tests, and more!
Thanks to each and every single one of you who participated, supported WinBoat, helped alpha test, gave feedback, submitted PR-s or helped develop!
Let's keep making WinBoat great, together!
๐ 5,000 stars celebration!
We have officially hit 5,000 stars on GitHub, which in my eyes marks a huge milestone and proves that WinBoat shipped with the right idea for the right people.
- Added a helpful tooltip when the Guest Server is offline which redirects you to troubleshooting steps
(3/3)
- Bumped dockur/windows version to 5.03 and removed CPU arguments since now they're included by default for AMD (thanks @kroese)- Added better instructions for when the installation fails telling the user to also check their Docker logs
(2/3)
๐ Release v0.8.5
โจ Features
- Added an option to toggle auto-start for the container in Configuration
- WinBoat will now warn you if you're about to allocate most of your free disk space if there's <5GB of free space left after allocation
(thread)
๐ Release v0.8.4
โจ Features:
- Added noVNC as a preset app if you want to access WinBoat from the browser
๐ง Fixes:
- Fixes to NixOS flake for Docker group detection
- Fixed a bug where WinBoat wouldn't successfully load the first time you launch it because of a filesystem error
๐ Release v0.8.3
โจ Features:
- Support for NixOS flakes
- Some changes in README to make it look neater (thanks @delphicmelody for the SVG logo)
3/3
- Fixed an issue where the app list could not be obtained on Japanese Windows 11 (thanks @fukumen)
๐งฉ Misc
- The Guest Server now has CORS, this will be useful later down the line when we switch from node-fetch to something else
- Swapped the logger from Winston to Consola
(2/3)
๐ Release v0.8.2
๐ง Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where WinBoat >0.8.0 wouldn't launch due to the USB library being compiled against a newer GLIBC version than available in some distros, now the app is compiled from Ubuntu 22.04
(1/3)
someday :)
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๐ Release v0.8.1
๐ง Fixes:
- Added a fallback for cases where the "usb.ids" file is not found on the host system, now we provide a backup file which is updated to the latest version on build/release
- Fixed a small type in "Windows 10 LTSC 2021"
- Fixed a z-index issue with the RDP Scale
(3/3)
- Massively improved the Guest Server updater (check kutt.it/uWP4fv and kutt.it/KbuV49 for more details) but you ideally shouldn't have to manually update again starting from the next release
(2/3)
๐ Major Release v0.8.0
โจ Features:
- Fully implemented Dynamic USB passthrough as an experimental feature
- You can now specify a custom FreeRDP port in Configuration
- Added an option to toggle Experimental Features in Configuration
(thread)
Window displaying the User Configuration window New differences in red: Must be 2 characters long next to username Passwords must have alphanumeric characters and at least four characters long A Confirm Password box has also been added
๐ Release v0.7.12
โจ Features:
- Added a password confirmation field (thanks @sweatkroket)
- Added username and password validation, because there have been cases in the past where weird combinations broke the container (such as whitespace and/or, special characters)
Ko-fi (run by a friend): ko-fi.com/vloss3/?hide...
XMR: 4AkmHDdHDmJgsz75Yj9gRUJKcroWLg7x6Rf3bBWd4G5ZebiFtPebynKCsJRrVyzh8TZdEM6VqiKF4do5tnQzLAojDzDcs8L
For XMR you'll have to ping Tibix on Discord with some info and I'll grant you the role manually.
3/3
Donating will grant you a shiny Discord role (if the integration works), my eternal gratitude, and priority in requests and support. Additional perks may or may not be added later.
2/3
Now you can donate to support WinBoat!
Since many of you have asked me to set up some channels where you could donate, starting today you'll be able to do so.
Please don't feel obliged to donate, WinBoat is completely free and MIT licensed, only do so if you feel like the project deserves it.
1/3
๐ Release v0.7.11
๐ง Fixes:
- WinBoat now uses the id -Gn command to get the user groups instead of groups which seems to be missing on some distributions. If this command is not available either, we're not entirely sure what to recommend.
๐ง Fixes:
- Fixed an issue where apps had certain special characters (`,."'`) in their names causing the FreeRDP command to fail due to syntax errors
(2/2)
๐ Release v0.7.10
โจ Features:
- Apps in your personal start menu should now also be detected (Tested with VS Code installed only for the user, feedback is welcome)
- When you try to run multiple instances of WinBoat at once, now you will get an error message and the second instance will quit
(1/2)
๐งฉ Misc
- Docker Image version pinning + Renovate Config by KiLoBO in github.com/TibixDev/win...
๐ Release v0.7.9
๐ง Fixes:
- This release fixes an issue for an edge case where for example the Flatpak variant of FreeRDP was installed, but the xfreerdp binary with higher priority was also present, however the version was <3.x.x and the specs check rejected it
50 followers, neat!
Anyway, here's Banรกn, the official Winboat Cat
๐ Release v0.7.8
โจ Features:
- This release adds a warning during installation for when you're trying allocate more RAM to the WinBoat container than available and explain that you could do this since you have that much available from the hardware side but the container will most likely crash
Been playing with new Windows virtualization tool for Linux called Winboat, and am impressed so far. Seems to be under very active development, too.
www.winboat.app
Hey, we are on @thisweekinlinux.bsky.social!
Thanks for mentioning our app and we're looking forward to your viewers trying it and giving feedback to us! ๐ซ
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