Nitrocid KS 0.1.2.x EOL reminder

Seven months ago, Nitrocid KS 0.1.2 was released on February 27th to introduce you to brand new and hot features that made it exciting to use, such as the audio cues, the customizable widget in The Nitrocid Homepage, and various new screensavers and commands. Since then, several patches have been released, including the first and the second service packs.

We have debuted this version of Nitrocid KS after three months of development, and we were successful in backporting some of the features that originally appeared there to the supported series, such as the Arch Linux and the Windows Installer packaging.

Yesterday, we have released the last patch version of the 0.1.2.x series under the v0.1.2.26 version as a response to our migration of the project operations back to GitHub. This was essential as we also had to do the same thing to Terminaux under all supported series.

We are announcing that all official support will stop on November 27th, 2025. However, there are no newer version series other than the next-generation one, which is still in development. This means that you can revert back to v0.1.0 series once we port all its features from the v0.1.2 series by the EOL date with a service pack release expected in two months.

When v0.1.2 is EOL, you have two options:

• Revert back to v0.1.0 version series, but after we release the sixth service pack.
• Try out the tech preview of v0.2.0 until the final release expected February 2026.

Meanwhile, all development on both v0.1.2 and v0.1.0 will stop as we shift our focus to v0.2.0 to minimize friction, delays, and conflicts. This freeze will take place until November 27th, where all maintenance releases will continue in a slower pace than usual. Security updates are an exception, though, because we have security as the first priority.

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Nitrocid 0.1.0 Service Pack 5 and 0.1.2 Service Pack 2 released!

We are finally excited to announce two service pack versions of Nitrocid KS after a long time, and those versions upgrade 0.1.0.x to the fifth service pack with some improvements regarding the splash, while also upgrading the 0.1.2.x series to the second (and the last) service pack that brings in quality of life improvements.

Today, we are excited to announce their availability under the 0.1.0.59 and the 0.1.2.25 versions, which can be downloaded in their own section here. The development of 0.2.0 didn’t start yet, but we are in the process of starting it up as we shift our plans to the next-gen version, with no specific ETA for the development start. However, we promise that 0.2.0 will be the biggest release series after the 0.1.0.x series that started in March 2024.

Nitrocid 0.1.0 Service Pack 5

The fifth service pack of 0.1.0 is under the 0.1.0.59 version, further enhanced by the 0.1.0.60 version we’ve released yesterday to update the OpenMoji emoticons from version 15.0 to 16.0 as you can see here. It brings in updated emoji icons, alongside newly added icons.

The fifth service pack contains the following changes:

• Made SetCursor*() functions modifiable
• Fixed splash closing
• Backported improvements from 0.1.2 for games
• Help shows usages in command list

This makes your user experience more natural and intuitive than before, but, in the next service pack, it’s going to be quite huge in regards to changes, and the reasons are explained in the second service pack of 0.1.2.x.

You can download Nitrocid 0.1.0.60 here.

Nitrocid 0.1.2 Service Pack 2

As you can see, the Nitrocid 0.1.2.x version series has a new addition today, and that resembles the second service pack of this series, with 0.1.2.25 as the version. This version of Nitrocid brings the most important change, and we’ll explain it briefly below.

Terminaux 7.0 was released this August to bring many improvements in different areas of the library, including rendering images that became faster, making infoboxes that became more flexible, and managing shells that became more powerful than ever. Nitrocid 0.2.0 Tech Preview used Terminaux 7.0 to demonstrate those improvements with the necessary code refactors needed to align with the requirements.

We are excited to announce that Nitrocid 0.1.2 now uses Terminaux 7.0, and this dependency will be moved over to 0.1.0 as Nitrocid 0.1.2 becomes EOL in the middle of November. As a separate note, Terminaux 5.4.x will become EOL this September.

You can download Nitrocid 0.1.2.25 here.

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