Nitrocid 0.1.0.x and 0.2.0.x for ARM64 is now available on WinGet!

Last month, we have announced the availability of Nitrocid 0.1.0.x and 0.2.0.x for the traditional AMD64 Windows systems with WinGet as the installation method. This made the installation of Nitrocid easier and smoother without having to install a separate package manager or to manually go to our GitHub.

Now, we are very excited to announce that we have made a significant progress regarding the packaging of Nitrocid 0.1.0.x and 0.2.0.x for ARM64 systems. Starting from today, you can now install Nitrocid 0.1.0.x and 0.2.0.x on ARM64 systems with WinGet!

Snapdragon X and other Windows systems that use ARM64 as the processor architecture can now experience the same smooth installation flow, which simplifies the installation experience, given that we understand that WinGet is shipped with Windows 11 these days.

You can install Nitrocid 0.2.0.x and 0.1.0.x using WinGet on ARM64 systems using the following commands:

• Nitrocid 0.2.0.x: winget install Aptivi.Nitrocid.0.2.0.x
• Nitrocid 0.1.0.x: winget install Aptivi.Nitrocid.0.1.0.x

The documentation will be updated shortly to reflect the status of Nitrocid’s WinGet packages as a new installation method.

Please note that the updated packages may not be always available, and updates can take from a minimum of few hours to a maximum of few days to propagate, depending on the version being distributed.

Our projects welcome One UI 8!

Starting from today, we have finally set the support date for our official support of One UI 8 that was released for the Galaxy S25 series on September 15th. One UI 8 is an operating system that brings minor improvements in different areas, while introducing exciting new features, such as the adaptive lock screen clock.

We will begin supporting users who are using One UI 8 to support our projects, such as Nitrocid KS and BassBoom, until December 2nd, 2032. Our projects can now run on One UI 8, which is a big achievement for us, as we keep supporting our projects on Android.

Furthermore, we’d like to remind users who are still using One UI 6.x, which was released in 2023, that our support of this operating system version will cut off starting December 30th, 2027. This is to ensure that we keep going forward. You can still run our projects after this date, but all official support will end.

To update to One UI 8, make sure that you’re using an eligible device, such as Samsung Galaxy S25; Galaxy Z Fold6; and Galaxy Tab S10, before you check for updates. The rollout may vary, depending on the model and the country.

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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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The Future of Nitrocid KS in 2026

We are informing you that Nitrocid KS is going through many advancements, such as API changes and appearance changes. The final release of the fourth API generation, which Nitrocid v0.2.0 uses, will consist of many exciting features that will be added during development.

Many new features will be added to the kernel and to the shell to enhance your productivity, as well as new commands and UIs. We are constantly working on features to enhance them so that you can be more productive than never before. The UESH shell has been moved to Terminaux 7.0 since Tech Preview to allow other applications to experience the power of Nitrocid’s shell features that used to be exclusive to Nitrocid only.

While Nitrocid 0.1.0 brought a truckload of features and improvements, we felt that, even after we spent a year and a half on working on this version, those changes weren’t enough. Nitrocid 0.2.0 and future major versions aim to change this by introducing even more changes and enhancements. The tech preview of v0.2.0 encourages you to try out the technical aspect of the future version of Nitrocid.

Nitrocid 0.2.0 will only go through one release candidate before the official release so that we can gather feedback about the new features and enhancements we’ve introduced in this version. Those include new commands, new addons, and new screensavers, in addition to the upcoming attractive look and feel in both the lock and the home screens.

Additionally, we’ll be celebrating eight years of anniversary with two themes that use the following elements:

• Nitrocid logo colors used in 2021
• Nitrocid logo colors used in 2022

The very first version of Nitrocid was released on February 22nd, 2018. Since then, it has been quickly expanded to a powerful powerhouse of a simulated kernel in just six years!

The development of 0.2.0 will start around the beginning of September, with the exact dates unknown.

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Nitrocid 0.2.0 Tech Preview Announcement

The tech preview for the upcoming version of Nitrocid 0.2.0 is now globally available! We are very excited to announce the availability of this version after the big release of the second point release of the 0.1.x release series!

It contains all the changes that were made since the beginning of this year, which revolutionized the whole build system, as well as focusing on the major API changes, including the merger to the new Nitrocid library that every single mod can make use of, which is Nitrocid.Base. Currently, the .Base library contains basically the entire kernel and its APIs, except the real entry point, which is confined to the executable file that launches the kernel using the .Base library.

Additionally, we’ve incorporated some of the biggest improvements to both the build system and the general kernel. However, we are announcing one biggest change that was made to the whole Nitrocid kernel.

Nitrocid 0.2.0 will officially use the latest Terminaux 7.0 version series! Terminaux 7.0 was released on August 10th to bring many major feature additions and to present many general improvements. To learn more about Terminaux 7.0, consult the below link.

Nitrocid 0.2.0 Tech Preview will showcase the technical aspects of what will Nitrocid 0.2.0 look like when released early next year. We mean by technical aspects the APIs, the addons, and many internal improvements. This is a good entry point to the huge amount of features that will make it to the final release.

We are also very thrilled to announce that Nitrocid 0.2.0 Tech Preview includes the Chatbot AI by default, which is powered by ChatGPT with the official OpenAI library. This application can be easily launched from your main Nitrocid shell using the chatbot command, and it is installed as an addon instead of part of the kernel.

What are you waiting for? Get Nitrocid 0.2.0 Tech Preview today by checking the links here!

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Old Nitrocid KS PPA has been removed

Earlier, we have posted a new article that announced the deprecation of the old Launchpad PPA for Nitrocid KS. This PPA was originally released on June 8th, 2020, when we were building Nitrocid KS (Kernel Simulator back then) 0.0.10.0 back then for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Focal Fossa users.

The old Nitrocid KS PPA, kernel-sim, has been officially removed from Launchpad starting from today. You’ll need to change your APT sources to use the new Launchpad PPA for Nitrocid KS, which is nitrocid.

To disable the kernel-sim PPA and to enable the newer Nitrocid PPA, nitrocid, follow these steps:

Once you follow the above steps, you’re now using the new nitrocid PPA instead of the older one. If you fail to remove the kernel-sim PPA from your system, the apt update command will fail with error messages about said PPA.

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Old Nitrocid KS PPA to be removed June 15th

Earlier, we have posted a new article that announced the deprecation of the old Launchpad PPA for Nitrocid KS. This PPA was originally released on June 8th, 2020, when we were building Nitrocid KS (Kernel Simulator back then) 0.0.10.0 back then for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Focal Fossa users.

The old Nitrocid KS PPA, kernel-sim, will be officially removed from Launchpad on June 15th, 2025. You’ll have exactly a week to change your APT sources to use the new Launchpad PPA for Nitrocid KS, which is nitrocid.

To disable the kernel-sim PPA and to enable the newer Nitrocid PPA, nitrocid, follow these steps:

Once you follow the above steps, you’re now using the new nitrocid PPA instead of the older one. If you failed to remove the kernel-sim PPA from your system before the abovementioned deadline, the apt update command will fail with error messages about said PPA.

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Nitrocid 0.1.0.52 and 0.1.2.17 released with reduced distribution size!

Earlier versions of Nitrocid that followed the Unicode Bidi updates had a significantly increased size due to the inclusion of the Unicode libraries that were required to properly function on Windows systems. Also, they contained a version of Terminaux that included six copies of the same emoji icons, which turned out to be useless in the terminal context.

So, to reduce the distribution size, we’ve introduced new ways to implement this change. We’ve kept only the standard size of both the black-n-white version and the regular version, and removed the rest. This reduced the package size of the icons package from 70.61 MB until Terminaux 6.1.14 to just 8.27 MB starting from Terminaux 6.1.15. Also, in Textify, we’ve reduced the package size from 59.81 MB to just 34.22 MB, starting from Textify 2.11.0.

Now, we are proud to announce that Nitrocid has been updated to versions 0.1.2.17 and 0.1.0.52 to reduce the total distribution size, as well as bringing some of the general improvements that were introduced in later versions of Textify and Terminaux. Here’s the comparison of between the two releases:

This is quite a significant reduction of the distribution when addons are involved, because one of the addons contained the Terminaux.Images.Icons package that witnessed a significant reduction of the size as a result of our recent actions.

To download Nitrocid KS, head to this page.

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Nitrocid Hotfix Release Announcement

As part of our tests, we’ve discovered some hidden code in one of the dependencies that caused an essential part of the kernel to crash silently. It involved the kernel config validation code that used the JSON schema to determine whether the configuration is valid or not. We had used Newtonsoft.Json.Schema as a library because we had trusted Newtonsoft.Json and all the hard work behind it.

Unfortunately, things didn’t turn out as we had expected. During the development cycle of Nitrocid 0.1.0.50, we had encountered a behavior that didn’t match our goals for the system stability. It was basically impossible to fix other than removing the dependency.

We have released new versions of Nitrocid across all supported series to fix this problem by temporarily introducing the manual verification code while other options become available. We take security of our users very seriously, and we will scan all dependencies across all projects for similar behavior.

We will continue to use Newtonsoft.Json in our projects after this discovery.

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