R108

openFyde prebuilt image - amd64-openfyde_vmware

TL;DR:

This is the prebuilt image for the amd64-openfyde_vmware board under the openFyde project.

Installation:

Download the image and import it to VMware products you shall be able to boot it up.

Upstream versioning info:

Chromium: 108.0.5359.228
Platform: 15183.90.16.6
Chromium OS manifest: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/manifest.git/+/refs/heads/release-R108-15183.B

Highlights:

• Chromium is updated to 108.0.5359.* with Chromium OS platform updated to 15183.77.16.*, with many new features synced from the upstream:
  1. Refreshed UI and UX, covering most interactions on the desktop and the system notifications
  2. Added support for a system-wide dark theme, also allowing you to set it to "auto" mode to switch to the dark/light theme based on dawn and dusk
  3. New App Launcher layout enabled by default for desktop mode
  4. Further improvements for the System Web Apps (SWAs); in particular, in the "Files" app there is even a "Recycle bin" available for you to use :p
  5. Added more comprehensive support for virtual desk management capabilities, allowing you to save current windows/apps and reopen them in a new virtual desk
• Redesigned the "fydeRhythm" IME; the following optimisations and new features will bring you a refreshing Chinese input experience:
  1. Significantly improved the loading time of the RIME engine
  2. Wrapped the RIME engine with WebAssembly technology, decoupling the fydeRhythm IME from the FydeOS file system and enabling independent updates
  3. Supports one-click download and switching of multiple popular pinyin/shuangpin/wubi or other input schemes
     Provides system-level toast prompts when switching between Chinese/English input states by pressing the left Shift key
  4. Optimised the design of the input method word selection UI
  5. Optimised the input experience of the on-screen keyboard in tablet mode
• Fixed issues that have caused some wifi modules not to be recognized.

Full Changelog:

https://github.com/openFyde/overlay-amd64-openfyde_vmware/commits/r108

Checksum:

sha256sum(amd64-openfyde_vmware-r108.ova): ff5418d1f126a981fae30d4e2efba588015d41c5edd14b2db6d17ca6c14a2819