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ZimaOS Releases

ZimaOS 1.8.0

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Key points

ZimaOS 1.8.0 is out, released on 15 Oct. The main addition is a photo and video Gallery with search, maps, albums and automatic Memories. The release also adds hardware features such as fan control policies and AMD CPU temperature readout, fixes several storage and system bugs, and changes Docker app handling and Btrfs writes.

Gallery

  • New Gallery app: users add photo sources, and photos and videos from them appear together on one timeline sorted by date.
  • Search accepts natural-language queries and can also match text that appears inside images or what an image visually shows.
  • A map view groups photos by country or region, city and specific location.
  • Albums, favorites and a recently viewed list help with organizing and finding photos.
  • Memories builds collections on its own, including On This Day, location-based memories and travel stories.

Other new features

  • Fan control policies are available on some devices, aimed at better cooling and system stability.
  • Spotlight support gives quick access to features and content on the device.
  • Touchscreen and GPIO can now be configured on certain Intel platforms.
  • AMD CPU temperature is now displayed.

Fixes

  • The system time zone can be changed again; previously this was blocked.
  • Device Information now shows the correct memory frequency instead of a value that differed from the real one.
  • When creating a RAID array, the "Create" button at the bottom of the window could be hidden in some situations; this is fixed.
  • Backup tasks no longer use excessive resources in certain cases.
  • RAID repair operations that did not run as intended in some scenarios now work.
  • CPU topology no longer displays incorrectly due to faulty ACPI handling.

Applications and Docker

  • Lifecycle management of Docker apps was reworked so that starting, stopping and changing state are more reliable.
  • On the app configuration page, the CPU limit now has a maximum that is set automatically from the number of CPU threads reported in Device Information.
  • Uninstalling an app now asks whether to delete or keep its data.
  • The app details page shows memory information in an improved form.

Storage and system

  • Btrfs writeback throttling was tuned to cut copy-on-write amplification and speed up writes.
  • In most cases users no longer have to type their password again after the device reboots.

Support

  • Users who run into problems are directed to the project's Discord community at https://zimaboard.com/discord.

Summary by DistroNews, based on the original post.

### New - Added a Gallery feature that supports adding photo sources and browsing photos and videos together in a chronological timeline - Added intelligent search, allowing users to find photos using natural language, text within images, and visual content - Added map-based browsing, allowing users to view photos by country or region, city, and location - Added albums, favorites, and recently viewed items to make it easier to organize and find important photos - Added Memories, which automatically creates collections such as On This Day, location memories, and travel stories - Added fan control policies for select devices to improve cooling performance and system stability - Added Spotlight support, enabling quick access to relevant features and content on the device through Spotlight - Added touchscreen and GPIO configuration support for select Intel platforms - Added AMD CPU temperature display ### Fixed - Fixed an issue that prevented the system time zone from being changed - Fixed an issue where the memory frequency displayed in Device Information did not match the actual frequency - Fixed an issue where the “Create” button at the bottom of the window could be obscured when creating a RAID array in certain scenarios - Fixed excessive resource usage by backup tasks in certain scenarios - Fixed an issue where RAID repair operations did not execute as expected in certain scenarios - Fixed abnormal CPU topology display caused by improper ACPI handling ### Optimized - Optimized Docker application lifecycle management to improve the reliability of application startup, shutdown, and state transitions - Optimized the CPU resource limit logic on the application configuration page; the maximum limit is now automatically determined based on the number of CPU threads detected in Device Information - Optimized the application uninstallation process, allowing users to choose whether to delete or retain application data during uninstallation - Optimized Btrfs writeback…

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