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We have updated our support for operating systems for our projects!

#Aptivi #TechNews #TechUpdates #Nitrocid #NitrocidKS #KernelSimulator #Terminaux #BassBoom #csharp #programming #dotnet

https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/2026/05/03/support-timelines-updated-for-operating-systems-as-of-may-2026/

🎉 Threadify, a threading library, is now live! 🎉

#Threadify #Aptivi #csharp #programming #TechNews #TechUpdates #dotnet #Nitrocid #NitrocidKS #KernelSimulator

https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/2026/05/02/welcome-to-threadify/

Aptivi Newsroom is available as of today!

#Aptivi #Nitrocid #NitrocidKS #KernelSimulator #TechNews #TechUpdates #dotnet #csharp #programming #BassBoom #Terminaux #Hugo #Website #Blogging #Newsroom

https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/2026/03/29/aptivi-releases-the-newsroom/

Stability and security of our projects will witness quality-of-life changes!

#Aptivi #Nitrocid #NitrocidKS #KernelSimulator #TechNews #TechUpdates #dotnet #csharp #programming #Terminaux #BassBoom

https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/2026/03/28/embracing-stability-and-security-of-our-projects/

Nitrocid 0.1.0.x and 0.2.0.x is now available for ARM64 Windows systems via WinGet!

#NitrocidKS #KernelSimulator #Nitrocid #TechNews #TechUpdates #WinGet #Windows #Microsoft #MicrosoftWindows #ARM64 #SnapdragonX

https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/2026/03/20/nitrocid-0-1-0-x-and-0-2-0-x-for-arm64-is-now-available-on-winget/

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.

Nitrocid 0.2.0 and 0.1.0 are now available on WinGet!

#Nitrocid #NitrocidKS #KernelSimulator #TechNews #TechUpdates #dotnet #csharp #programming #WinGet #Windows #Windows11

https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/2026/02/20/nitrocid-0-2-0-x-and-0-1-0-x-now-available-on-winget/

The Nitrocid 0.2.0 and 0.1.0 SP6 PPAs are experiencing delays. We are working on that, and we are sorry for the inconvenience.

#Nitrocid #NitrocidKS #KernelSimulator #TechNews #TechUpdates #dotnet #csharp #programming #Aptivi #PPA #Launchpad #Ubuntu

Nitrocid 0.1.2 has officially become EOL

Nitrocid 0.1.2, which was released on February 2025, has ended its official support as of February 12th of this year. When Nitrocid 0.2.0 gets released, this means that we have ended support for Nitrocid 0.1.2 as we move forward.

Nitrocid 0.1.2 provided more features, such as SMultivar, Pomodoro timer, commands, and much more, alongside many improvements that were shipped with this version of the simulator. It was a third major release for the 0.1.x version series that came after 0.1.1 and 0.1.0.

If you want to continue getting official support, consider these two methods:

• Upgrade to Nitrocid 0.2.0, taking breaking changes into account.
• Downgrade to Nitrocid 0.1.0, but with all updates applied, such as Nitrocid 0.1.0 Service Pack 6.

Users who continue using Nitrocid 0.1.2 will no longer get official support, and updates will officially end at version 0.1.2.33. This means that no security updates will be made for this version.

Nitrocid 0.1.0 Service Pack 6 announcement

The release of Nitrocid 0.2.0 has just happened, but all of that is not enough for this huge milestone.

Today, we are announcing the availability of the sixth service pack of Nitrocid 0.1.0! This service pack is not a small collection of bug fixes, but it’s a massive transformation!

We have integrated all features of 0.1.2, especially the best features that made it to that version when we first released it! This was done as part of our plan to make continuity possible with the addition of all the features from that version, with our promise that bug fixes related to those features will be made.

Nitrocid 0.1.0 Service Pack 6 is now available, but we’ll need to remind you of the hot features that Nitrocid 0.1.2 provided.

Modern design

Nitrocid KS 0.1.2 used Terminaux 6.1 to provide you with a modern design that aligns with today’s standards. This service pack uses Terminaux 8.1 to integrate many improvements made to ensure that you get the speediest experience yet. Instead of using non-curved rectangles in borders, we’ve used the curved borders in rectangles to make every single interactive TUI, be it The Nitrocid Homepage or the interactive settings TUI, more attractive than before. This uses the appropriate Unicode character set to render those curved corners.

More TUIs

We have added more interactive TUIs that allow you to use your favorite things more easily, such as the following interactives:

• FTP
• SFTP
• Mail manager
• Mod manager

In addition to that, we’ve made improvements to the existing TUIs, such as the live timezones that refresh every second in the left selection pane. TUIs will continue to be improved in future Nitrocid and Terminaux releases as they closely interface with each other.

Packaging improvements

We had introduced the Windows Installer, powered by the WiX 5.x toolset, as we are making experiences more intuitive during the development of 0.1.2. In addition to that, we had introduced support for PKGBUILD files, and they’re available in the Arch Linux AUR. Nitrocid 0.1.0 Service Pack 6 continues to offer both the Windows Installer package for Windows users and the Arch Linux AUR package that you can install with your AUR helper in an Arch Linux installation.

Nitrocid 0.1.0 Service Pack 6 is now available for download. Try it out today; we’re open to feedback!

In just an hour, we'll reveal the details of the huge milestone!

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Reviving old Nitrocid Documentation

While we are gathering information about how we plan to finalize the documentation for the upcoming Nitrocid release, we’ve discovered an interesting way to revive the old Nitrocid documentation. Before we get into details into how we did it, here’s some background information about the original Nitrocid documentation.

When version 0.0.6 was still in development, we did it as part of the executable using embedded resources. You can see the resultant “manual page” files here, before the migration to GitHub Wiki started at around 2019 before the release of 0.0.8. The documentation then stayed on GitHub Wiki until 2022, when we had planned to move the docs to DocFX during the development of 0.0.23.x.

However, during development of 0.0.24.x, we’ve discovered that the documentation needed a rework, and that libraries at the time had no documentation. The only documentation that was provided at the time was the API docs, and that, in our opinion, wasn’t enough, because the API docs don’t usually provide detailed information about the functionality of the library.

So, when 2023 started, we’ve begun a project that focuses on a complete rewrite of the Nitrocid documentation, which was part of our plan of the Nitrocid 0.1.0 release. During the beta release, we’ve brought the GitBook documentation online. That was after careful choosing of the documentation frameworks: whether to continue using DocFX or to switch to another doc framework (GitBook, Read The Docs, etc.) was our question.

Modernity of our docs and simplification of our workflow was our requirements, and GitBook has been carefully chosen after considering its capabilities. The current GitBook documentation can be found here. This migration has caused us to shut down the Wiki section in our GitHub as we were telling people that the migration was done.

Fast forward to today, as we no longer have backups of the old wiki for versions 0.0.23.x and older, we’ve decided to run a Git clone on the Wiki repository of Nitrocid to check to see if we can fetch them. Here’s the command:

 $ git clone https://github.com/Aptivi/Nitrocid.wiki.git 

Instead of getting an error or getting an empty repository, we got a full history of the wiki that was active from 2019 to 2022. This gave us a brand new project to do during the “Final Touches” stage of 0.2.0 as part of the documentation preservation project under the Archived Manuals GitHub organization, making February 12th the biggest milestone yet.

We will study the structure of the commits and release archived documentation under GitBook when each version is discovered. This release is going to be asynchronous to the 0.2.0 release plan.

We have learned that when you disable the Wiki on GitHub, the repository that contains the wiki itself won’t be deleted. For example, deactivating Nitrocid’s Wiki section on GitHub won’t remove the Nitrocid.wiki.git repository. Therefore, this is done on purpose to make restoration easier, in case you ever want to turn the Wiki section back on.

To clone the wiki repository when the Wiki section is disabled, just run this command:

 $ git clone https://github.com/<owner>/<repo>.wiki.git 

You can interact with it just like any other Git repository.

#docs #documentation #gitbook #KernelSimulator #KS #NKS #news #nitrocid #NitrocidKS #Tech #Technology #update

Final reminder for Nitrocid 0.1.2 EOL

As Nitrocid 0.2.0 becomes closer to the final release, we’re here to remind you that Nitrocid 0.1.2, which was released on February 2025, will end its official support on February 12th of this year. When Nitrocid 0.2.0 gets released, this means that we have ended support for Nitrocid 0.1.2 as we move forward.

Nitrocid 0.1.2 provided more features, such as SMultivar, Pomodoro timer, commands, and much more, alongside many improvements that were shipped with this version of the simulator. It was a third major release for the 0.1.x version series that came after 0.1.1 and 0.1.0.

If you want to continue getting official support, consider these two methods:

• Upgrade to Nitrocid 0.2.0, taking breaking changes into account.
• Downgrade to Nitrocid 0.1.0, but with all updates applied, such as Nitrocid 0.1.0 Service Pack 6.

Users who continue using Nitrocid 0.1.2 will no longer get official support, and updates will officially end at version 0.1.2.33. This means that no security updates will be made for this version.

#KernelSimulator #news #nitrocid #NitrocidKS #nks #Tech #Technology #update

Nitrocid and Terminaux get frequent updates, while others get less frequent updates.

Why? See the answer here!

#Nitrocid #NitrocidKS #KernelSimulator #Terminaux #TechNews #TechUpdates #csharp #programming #dotnet

https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/2026/01/21/why-do-some-of-our-projects-get-more-updates-than-others/

Terminaux 8.1 will be released tomorrow at 9:00 AM GMT! Stay tuned for the latest updates of Nitrocid 0.2.0!

#Nitrocid #NitrocidKS #KernelSimulator #Terminaux #TechNews #TechUpdates #csharp #programming #dotnet

Terminaux 8.2 will include the QR code renderer!

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https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/2026/01/21/terminaux-8-2-will-include-qr-code-renderer/

Nitrocid 0.2.0 is getting closer to release! We are now at the "Final Touches" stage!

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https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/2026/01/20/nitrocid-0-2-0-has-entered-the-final-touches-stage/

Nitrocid 0.2.0 has entered the final touches stage!

Nitrocid 0.2.0, which is an anticipated release of the next major version of Nitrocid after v0.1.0 version series that provides a plethora of improvements and new features, has finally entered the “Final Touches” stage! We are very close to the final release of Nitrocid 0.2.0 and Terminaux 8.1, while the latter comes after to tomorrow! We are very excited to have moved forward to this level, because without Terminaux, none of this would have been possible.

Nitrocid 0.2.0 has one goal: to make the user interface more useful and more modern with the help of the new features that Terminaux 7.0, 8.0, and 8.1 provided. The development of 0.1.3 had introduced a shift that led to the release of the technical preview of 0.2.0, which provided the “core” of the release. Since then, the release candidate focused on adding new features while providing existing improvements, and the final release finishes the mission of being feature-complete. The release candidate now looks like this:

We believe in transparency, so we’ve provided the live release plan project that is available on GitHub as per this link.

The final touches stage starts today, and we’re working on fixing as many bugs as possible to ensure that we release 0.2.0 in the cleanest way possible!

We are still firm on the release date, and it’s February 12th, assuming that things go smoothly when the final updates and bug fixes are done to the final release. In the past announcements of Nitrocid 0.2.0, we announced the date several times, and it felt far. Now, it’s getting closer and closer as we’re maintaining the final touches to Nitrocid 0.2.0 and finalizing its changelogs, which is expected to be done by the end of January.

We will not move the date forward to ensure that many last-minute bugs are fixed, especially due to the breaking nature that Terminaux 8.1 provides over Terminaux 8.0.

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Get ready for Nitrocid 0.2.0 on February 12th!

https://logwork.com/countdown-aord

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https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/2026/01/12/get-ready-for-nitrocid-0-2-0/

Get Ready for Nitrocid 0.2.0!

We have been working on Nitrocid 0.2.0 since early February of the last year, when we were planning to release it as 0.1.3, which was another patch release on top of the 0.1.0 series. Changes made to the kernel and to the build system led to changing the plan for the release to 0.2.0, which will be released on February 12th.

Right now, we are at the last few stages for this version of Nitrocid, which means that we are now preparing for the final release to make sure that any last-minute bug are caught. This has now become a priority to make a gateway towards the stable final release, which will be worked on.

Here are some of the features that will make it to the final release of Nitrocid 0.2.0:

Terminaux 8.1

In the tech preview release of Nitrocid 0.2.0, we were fixated on making sure that the latest version of Terminaux was used. Our plan went fine, so we went ahead to create Terminaux 8.0 for the release candidate and Terminaux 8.1 for the final release. While Terminaux 8.1 still didn’t get released, we are just a few days away from releasing it, making sure that Nitrocid 0.2.0 gets released with this version of Terminaux.

This incorporates major improvements that happened between Terminaux 6.1 and 8.1, from performance enhancements and rendering improvements to API cleanups and input system refinements. All of this were important for Nitrocid 0.2.0, and this version wouldn’t have happened without Terminaux 7.0, 8.0, and 8.1.

Widget Canvas

Widget canvas is now available in both your login screen and your home screen, which lets you make infinite number of pages of widgets to get more information effortlessly. Signing in to your Nitrocid account is not required to obtain this amount of information, so you can take a look at more than just date and time.

Widgets have also been improved with support for a variety of widgets, including RSS feeds, date, time, decorative widgets like text, and custom widgets that your mods use. This takes customization, along with a redesigned The Nitrocid Homepage, to a whole new level.

Two-factor authentication

Additionally, Nitrocid 0.2.0 now lets users set up two-factor authentication to install an extra layer of security to the user. This allows users to set up a second login factor so that they get prompted for the six-digit PIN each time they sign in to their user account, provided that they’ve logged in with the correct password.

The implementation of the two-factor authentication feature supports major authentication apps, such as Google Authenticator and Authy, and you can easily generate QR code for you to be able to set it up right from your phone, whether it’s running Android or iOS.

Many more

There are many more features that were added to Nitrocid 0.2.0, and we are awaiting the day of the release to excite you with the huge milestone that’s going to define the history of Nitrocid!

If you’ve upgraded to Nitrocid 0.2.0 on release day, execute savescreen hacking; there’s a surprise screensaver awaiting you!

#Net #020 #C #csharp #dotnet #KernelSimulator #KS #NKS #news #nitrocid #Nitrocid020 #NitrocidKS #Tech #Technology #update

Welcome to 2026!

The dawn of 2026 is here!

#Aptivi #Nitrocid #NitrocidKS #KernelSimulator #Terminaux #TechNews #TechUpdates #HNY2026 #HNY #HappyNewYear #HappyNewYear2026

https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/2026/01/01/2026-the-new-era-of-innovation-and-creativity/

Nitrocid 0.1.0.64 and 0.1.2.30 released!

After a large gap between now and the last patch released for the two supported series, version 0.1.0.x and 0.1.2.x, we’ve now released Nitrocid 0.1.0.64 and 0.1.2.30. They bring general improvements and introduce support for .NET 10.0 to benefit from the improvements that were included after .NET 8.0. To align with our goals for the release candidate of the upcoming Nitrocid, we’ve released those two updated versions of Nitrocid to ensure that migration of your mods becomes smoother.

Those two versions of Nitrocid not only add support for .NET 10.0, but also utilizes the latest version of the framework, which means that you can now finally use features of .NET 10.0 that weren’t there in the older .NET. It also adds long-awaited fixes for some of the most critical bugs, such as the remote procedure call function not working properly and a fix for the character leak bug in splashes.

We’ve decided to build those two versions of Nitrocid against .NET 10.0 to make them as the “launchpad” of the migration of your mods to API version 4.0, whose release candidate will be released on December 25th. Most of your settings, when upgrading to Nitrocid 0.2.0 RC, will be moved over, as most of them are backwards compatible, though not all of them. For example, speed dial settings will require manual configuration changes to preserve the sites.

Generally, Nitrocid 0.1.0.64 will include the following changes that are not limited to:

• Migrated the framework to .NET 10.0
• Fixed unit tests being stuck due to the splash screen function
• Updated Terminaux

Nitrocid 0.1.2.30 also contains the following changes:

• Migrated the framework to .NET 10.0
• Fixed unit tests being stuck due to the splash screen function
• Fixed some TUIs not starting

We apologize for the lack of updates regarding the state of both Nitrocid 0.1.0 and 0.1.2, but it was out of our control when we had to wait for .NET 10.0 to be released to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Noble Numbat for the PPA build. Now, we are back on track!

Download Nitrocid 0.1.2.30 and 0.1.0.64 from our official GitHub links below:

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Nitrocid 0.2.0 will allow you to add and edit contacts from the contacts manager!

#Nitrocid #NitrocidKS #KernelSimulator #TechNews #TechUpdates #VisualCard #versit #vCard #contacts

https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/nitrocid-0-2-0-will-let-you-add-and-edit-contacts/

Nitrocid 0.2.0 will let you add and edit contacts!

We are currently working on the next generation version of Nitrocid KS, and introducing features to this version of Nitrocid is something that we’re working on in preparation for the release candidate, which is expected to come as early as December 25th, 2025 and as late as the last week of January 2026. We are fully confident that the release candidate will excite you by introducing a whole new set of features that will truly make Nitrocid KS in your style.

One of those features that we’re working on is the ability to add and edit the contacts. The contacts manager TUI has earned a new feature that supports adding and editing the contacts, and it makes your job easier than never before. Before, it was a read-write yellow pages for your contact numbers, just like shown below:

In the 0.1.0 version of Nitrocid, there was a way to import contacts, but there was no way to directly add new contacts and edit existing contacts within this TUI. VisualCard, back then, didn’t support adding and editing card items. Now, we’ll utilize all the VisualCard features to support this feature, just like your regular contacts app on your phone.

Starting from 0.2.0, you can add a new contact by pressing A in the main screen of the contacts TUI. From there, a new contact will be made and an infobox will open, allowing you to perform edits on the brand new contact. You can add new information, edit them, and delete them. You can also edit existing contacts by pressing F11 on a contact you wish to edit, as well as F12 to save the contacts list.

For convenience, we’ve added automatic saving for your contacts when confirming the edits on any of the contacts, including addition, editing, and removal. This makes sure that you don’t hesitate to exit the contacts manager immediately after you edit one of the contacts.

The release candidate of Nitrocid 0.2.0 will be released in the abovementioned date range.

#kernelSimulator #ks #news #nitrocid #nitrocid020 #nitrocidKs #nks #tech #technology #update

Nitrocid meets .NET 10.0!

.NET 10.0 is now live this week, and we are in the process of migrating Nitrocid to this version of the framework. This makes Nitrocid benefit from new features and many more improvements that make this program better than ever. This migration is important to shape up the next generation of Nitrocid that will succeed the API versions v3.0 and v3.1.

We have migrated the main branch of Nitrocid KS to this version of .NET in preparation for the final release, and this main branch tracks this next generation version that will be released early next year. However, this may be too much for the mod authors who aren’t ready to migrate to .NET 10.0 yet.

We feel it, so we’ve decided to create a new version of Nitrocid 0.1.0.x and 0.1.2.x that will upgrade the codebase to .NET 10.0 while fixing test-related bugs and issues along the way. This is to let the mod authors get the time to migrate their mods to .NET 10.0 before we release the next generation Nitrocid KS.

You will be able to take advantage of .NET 10.0 features that are introduced, such as the new C# 14.

The new versions are currently pending release, and we are awaiting the .NET 10.0 packages to land to the Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Noble Numbat or later (#2130891) for the Nitrocid KS Ubuntu PPA, with no estimated timeline as to when. Once they get released, we will release those versions.

#Net #Net10 #Net100 #dotnet #KernelSimulator #KS #NKS #news #nitrocid #NitrocidKS #nks #Tech #Technology #update

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.

#Android #Android16 #AndroidB #AndroidBaklava #bassboom #news #nitrocid #NitrocidKernel #NitrocidKernelSimulator #NitrocidKS #NitrocidKS #oneUi #OneUI8 #OneUI80 #Samsung #smartphone #Tech #Technology #terminaux #update

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.

#Kernel #KernelSimulator #KS #news #nitrocid #Nitrocid012 #NitrocidKernel #NitrocidKernelSimulator #NitrocidKS #NitrocidKS #Tech #Technology #update

Development of Nitrocid 0.2.0 starts!

The official development of Nitrocid 0.2.0 didn’t start officially, and we were preparing for Terminaux 7.0, which we’ve released to empower the fastest implementation of the terminal library yet, while being full of useful features. We are very excited to announce that the official development of Nitrocid KS 0.2.0 has really started.

Nitrocid KS 0.2.0 will bring many features that will completely transform the user experience in ways that you’ve never seen before. Improvements will also land to the final release to reduce the number of bugs and to integrate several improvements to different areas.

Nitrocid KS 0.2.0 will be released early next year, if everything goes well, with the only release candidate expected in January of the next year. We are grateful that we’ve opened the source of Nitrocid KS for developers to test the current state of the v0.2.0 and to report bugs and feature suggestions.

Please note that we now require Visual Studio 2026 Insiders and .NET 10.0 RC1 SDK to build Nitrocid KS 0.2.0.

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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 tha 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:

1. Uninstalling all Nitrocid-related packages from the old PPA
   1. Open the terminal emulator
   2. Run sudo apt purge kernel-simulator
2. Replacing the kernel-sim PPA with the nitrocid PPA
   1. Run sudo add-apt-repository --remove ppa:eofla/kernel-sim
   2. Run sudo add-apt-repository ppa:eofla/nitrocid
3. Installing the newer Nitrocid packages
   1. Execute sudo apt update
   2. Follow the instructions by running sudo apt install nitrocid

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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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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Making Projects Better

Making our projects better than before is one of our most important things that we have planned to do. We have improved the build system across all projects by introducing the tools repository on GitHub that is used as a submodule. Our strategy for this plan is to make sure that all our projects get the highest quality possible, while aiming for more.

Announcements for new release of our flagship projects will be made every major version or a version that is worth talking about. Not only updates will be done, but projects that are new to the programming industry will be made to allow developers to have more options according to the program.

Recently, we have started improving the documentation of the Terminaux project for the upcoming release. We have currently restructured the cyclic writer documentation so that a single page is split to multiple pages by category. This helps find information more quickly.

In the second half of the year, we are planning to introduce changes to our work plans so that we’d be more open. Confirmed additions, improvements, and other updates will be added to every repository’s GitHub Projects, straight from the internal information. This is to let the users know of the roadmap of all our projects in a more transparent manner.

After the release of the upcoming Nitrocid version series, we’ll make sure that other projects get their own development time as we are striving to improve them with new features and other general improvements. Because the upcoming version of Nitrocid is currently in a stage where it needs to be adjusted for the next Terminaux version, a beta program will be introduced. This is to gain feedback from developers and users, and we listen to all feedback!

Making sure that we fulfill our promises to you, we’ll keep you informed of any new updates regarding our projects. Meanwhile, normal development for all projects will start on April 6th, and we hope that we introduce you to new, exciting features. Are you ready for the most exciting moments?

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Update for Further Development

This month, it was a massive month for us when it comes to the build system and Terminaux. The build system witnessed many improvements across different areas, including, but not limited to:

• Introduction of the tools repository that any project (of course, not just C# projects, but non-C# ones, such as Node.js and Rust projects) can use.
• The build system actually uses the vendor scripts found under the vnd directory, which increases flexibility.
• All projects, such as Nitrocid, BassBoom, and Terminaux, now use the tools repository as a submodule instead of the project-specific build scripts.

In addition to that, we are proud to release the above repository with full documentation about how to adapt your project so that it uses this minimal and extensible build system. Then, we have actually started working on the upcoming version of Terminaux, which we will release when we feel that it’s ready for public use.

Now, we are announcing an important change to our plans for the next week. We will pause development of all projects for one week starting from March 30th as we are evaluating our plans for the coming weeks to make sure that we fulfill our promise to you. After one week, we will resume development of all projects, but we will employ different strategies to ensure high quality.

The blog will still get new articles, but we will resume normal project announcements after the one-week brownout. This way, we’ll make sure that we provide continuous updates regarding all our projects.

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Nitrocid 0.1.2 will need a working sound driver for a new feature

We are working towards the next version of Nitrocid KS that makes your experience more intuitive than before. By introducing new features and performing general improvements to the core part of the kernel, we are committed to providing the highest quality products and libraries that interconnect with each other to make sure that we spot bugs that may have been missed, along with extensive testing.

Nitrocid 0.1.2 is planned to be released on February 27th, 2025, and we are dying to release it with the highest quality possible after thorough examination of the release. However, we need to give you an advance note in case you’re planning for the upgrade.

Starting from Nitrocid 0.1.2, the application requires that you have an audio card installed on your computer if you want to use the audio cues feature. This is because BassBoom is used by both Nitrocid and Terminaux for the audio cues feature that will make it to this version of Nitrocid. The feature is enabled by default, so make sure that you have it enabled.

In case Nitrocid KS can’t play any audio cues for whatever reason, the whole sound support will turn off to prevent further errors, and this will affect only that part of the kernel settings. You can use the debugging feature to find out why, should there be any errors on the audio cues feature.

This is just an advance notice to refine your upgrade plans, especially when creating mods for API v3.1.

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Nitrocid 0.1.2 will be available soon

As we are getting closer to the release of Nitrocid KS 0.1.2, we are excited to announce that this version has reached a stage where it’s almost stable. However, we’ll need to run some tests on it to ensure that Nitrocid 0.1.2 gets released with the highest quality possible.

This version of Nitrocid brings some of the most exciting features, including new interactive TUIs, sound cues, and settings entry organization. New interactive TUIs allow you to use different features in an interactive way, such as FTP and SFTP, while sound cues allow you to emit sounds for every event, including startup and shutdown sounds.

We’ve also organized the settings entries to make settings easier to use. With the return of SMultivar, which got deleted on 0.0.16.0, you can now organize the settings entries to allow you to find entries more easily. You can even nest the settings groups together for your mod settings to further categorize those entries. A lot more is coming once we release this version of Nitrocid.

We are aiming to release Nitrocid 0.1.2 on February 27th, 2025 at 6:00 PM GMT. Mark your calendars so that you don’t miss the release time!

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Nitrocid KS Official AUR Released for Arch Linux

Nitrocid KS is continuing to thrive with brand new versions that won’t stop exciting you, but we’ve prepared very big news for all of the Linux lovers who’s using Arch Linux (but only vanilla). Nitrocid KS was available as a Debian package a long time ago, which we’re proud of, despite big amount of work, but we’re introducing something brand new.

We are more than thrilled to announce that Nitrocid KS is now available as an official AUR repository for Arch Linux users!

According to our plan, the Debian packaging for Nitrocid KS would be split into the following packages:

• nitrocid-25: Nitrocid KS 0.1.0 (with mod API version 3.0.25.x)
• nitrocid-26: Nitrocid KS 0.1.1 (with mod API version 3.0.26.x)
• nitrocid-27: Nitrocid KS 0.1.2 (with mod API version 3.0.27.x)

The split went very well, so we had a chance to push the same efforts to Arch Linux AUR, together with the help of PKGBUILD files licensed under the 0BSD license as required. We’ve even went as far as to introduce bleeding-edge versions of PKGBUILD files, considering their nature, while maintaining offline builds to preserve Internet bandwidth. As a result, we’ve created the following packages:

• nitrocid-25: Release version of 0.1.0
• nitrocid-25-git: Canary version of 0.1.0
• nitrocid-26: Release version of 0.1.1
• nitrocid-26-git: Canary version of 0.1.1
• nitrocid-27 (not released yet): Release version of the upcoming 0.1.2
• nitrocid-27-git: Canary version of the upcoming 0.1.2

You can use one of the AUR helpers, such as Yay, to install one or more of the version series. Please note that you can’t install both the Git version and the regular version of the same series, as files conflict with each other in both of these packages.

Please note that we only officially support the vanilla version of Arch Linux, not its derivatives, such as Manjaro or EndeavourOS, since the Arch Linux AUR packages are made to use the latest versions of packages available in the Arch Linux repositories.

Download Nitrocid KS for free on Arch Linux today!

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Nitrocid KS PPA changes

Nitrocid KS had a PPA that was published at Launchpad, under the kernel-sim name. It was first surfaced within the release of 0.0.10.0 in June 2020. Since the release of 0.1.0, there were several concerns about the current state of the Launchpad PPA, such as the inability to install the Nitrocid KS package as of the GitHub workflow migration that utilized Ubuntu 24.04 Noble Numbat, which had a later version of libc6.

We’re aware of the problem, but fixing it would require removing the whole package for the whole version series, which is unfeasible. As a result, we’ve decided to deprecate the kernel-sim PPA as it didn’t support concurrent Nitrocid version series, which can be installed side-by-side.

The new Launchpad PPA will be populated with the appropriate Nitrocid packages under the new name, nitrocid. This package is a virtual package that consists of:

• nitrocid-25: Nitrocid KS 0.1.0.x version series
• nitrocid-26: Nitrocid KS 0.1.1.x version series
• nitrocid-27: Nitrocid KS 0.1.2.x version series
• …and more

This allows for side-by-side installations of Nitrocid, allowing you to run a version-specific script that will be installed along with the Nitrocid KS binaries. This aligns with our plans to make Nitrocid KS easier to use.

Please note that Nitrocid KS installed by this PPA only supports Ubuntu 24.04 or later. If you’re running older versions of Ubuntu, you should manually unpack the Nitrocid binary zip files found in the release section and install dependencies.

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