Updates that explain what needs restarting.
After an update, it should be easier to understand the next step: restart the computer, log out, or reopen an app.
Read the development noteA desktop taking shape.
One update at a time.
Notes from the build.
Development progress, useful improvements and the decisions behind them—as Ecliptic grows into a desktop to share.
In development · Public release still ahead
RECENT DEVELOPMENT NOTES
Small steps. A clearer desktop.
A steadier path for system updates.
Testing and stable channels now follow dated package snapshots, with promotion rules for the packages Ecliptic uses. Automated VM checks are under active development.
Read the development noteA new round of learning for Phobos.
Phobos 0.8B version 3 has been added to the project's development packages, with more examples of short questions, follow-ups and desktop tasks.
Read the development noteLiving in an install from Ecliptic's own ISO.
My main Ecliptic desktop is running an installation from the project's own ISO, with desktop packages arriving through its update channel.
Read the development noteA place to return to each project.
The developer desktop opens an agent, terminal and browser, then remembers the arrangement you leave for that project.
Read the development noteLOOKING AHEAD
Work still taking shape.
These are development directions, with no fixed delivery dates.
Progress, with context.
What changed
A concrete improvement and what it means for the person using the desktop.
What was checked
The tests or everyday use behind the update, with practical limits stated plainly.
What remains
Open questions and work ahead, kept distinct from features already in development builds.
“Implemented” refers to development builds. Planned work and test results are not release guarantees.