NeOS Files

Fixed

• Restored compatibility with Arch's Plasma 6.8 packages by replacing the removed plasma-x11-session with an Xfce X11 fallback. Plasma Wayland remains the default on supported GPUs; VMs, Safe Graphics and other drivers use Xfce. Updated installer defaults, session migration, accessibility/autoinstall startup and documentation together.
• Live VM setup no longer deletes the Plasma Wayland session, so an explicit Wayland override remains usable.
• Update notifications now pass icon and urgency options before the argument separator, so notify-send accepts the title and message.
• The installer now retries connectivity after an unsuccessful initial probe, allowing a delayed network connection to recover before selecting offline installation or reporting failure. An already successful probe no longer triggers a redundant check.
• Added runtime regression checks for notification arguments and delayed, unavailable, and already connected installer networks.

Changed

• Empty pull requests are closed instead of merged into testing. Jules opened a daily "Acknowledge Architect persona directives" PR that changed no files; each was auto-merged and set off a full ISO build and release. The auto-merge workflow now closes any PR into testing with no changed files, with a one-line note (tests/verify_auto_merge.sh checks this happens before any merge).

💿 Downloads

• Direct Download (ISO): neos-Sardine-Beta-testing-x86_64.iso (downloads.sourceforge.net)
• BitTorrent: neos-Sardine-Beta-testing-x86_64.iso.torrent (attached to this release assets below and mirrored on SourceForge)
• Release Directory: SourceForge Files