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Another week, another update. Things we changed:

• We removed the TROMjaro GDM theme. This is basically the “log in” screen theme that Dave helped to build, but since Dave cannot help with TROMjaro anymore and the theme was not updated in months, resulting in some visual artifacts, we recommend that you remove it. Simply go to Add/Remove Software and search for “tromjaro-gdm-theme” and remove it. Do not worry, the log in screen will look almost the same as before.
• The login screen may display a big TROMjaro logo. The updates we pushed should remove that logo. If, after a restart and the latest updates, you still see that logo there and you hate it, open the terminal and paste this line “sudo rm /usr/share/icons/manjaro/maia/tromjaro-logo.png” – enter, then add your password and enter again. Should be gone now.
• We reverted back to the original Zafiro icon pack. Please go to the Zafiro icon page No, and install it. It will automatically remove the “bad” Zafiro icon theme and install the good one. If you can’t see the changes go to your Tweaks, select a different icon pack, then select Zafiro again. Done.
• We installed the “pamac-gnome-integration” package. This allows for users to right click any app in the side bar or the app menu, and then “show details” to open that app in the Software Center. It is an easy way to see more info about an app or uninstall an app.

This is a very small update to fix an issue with WebTorrent that didn’t allow for users to change anything in ‘preferences’. And because of that torrent files were downloaded in the ‘temp’ folder creating a lot of mess. That folder is ‘temporary’ so whatever one downloaded there it would have been deleted soon. Also, other apps would not have been able to work properly since the ‘tmp’ folder would have been full. Nevertheless we opted in for a different webtorrent version. So, the only thing one has to do is to go to Webtorrent page No to install the proper Webtorrent app. Don’t worry, in the process it will remove the old Webtorrent + your settings will still be in place. Before you do this, please quit Webtorrent if you have it open – File – Quit. That’s all!

• We replaced SMplayer Thiab Exaile Nrog parole as the default video/audio player. We want to keep TROMjaro very user friendly and SMplayer and Exaile were a bit too complicated for the average user, providing a lot more options than most people probably need. Parole is a very simple player and super easy to use for both video and audio files. Of course, anyone can install SMplayer and Exaile from our trade-free apps library.
• We replaced the old and not-working-anymore ‘Sci-hub’ Firefox extension with the ‘Go to Sci-Hub’ extension.
• We removed Google from the list of Firefox search engines and added a few more that are trade-free: MetaGer Search, Mojeek, Peekier, Thiab Searx.
• We added the font-finder app so that we make it easier for people to install fonts in TROMjaro. We also added GColor.
• Peb ntxiv gnome-shell-extension-unite Thiab gnome-shell-extension-dash-to-dock as packages and not extensions for better compatibility. If you already have TROMjaro installed you can simply install them again.
• Peb ntxiv GNote since we lacked a note-taking app.
• Peb ntxiv Kazam Thiab Audio Recorder since we think these tools are essential to any operating system (for the users to be able to record audio/video).
• We also lacked an app that allows people to communicate, so we added the great qTox messenger that provides text/video/audio decentralized chats.
• Finally we added a wonderful app called marble. It is both a maps tool, and also an educational one.
• We enabled flatpak support in Add/Remove software. This opens up more applications in the software center. Install it from here pamac-flatpak-plugin if you already have TROMjaro. We highly recommend you to install it since soon we will be able to allow users to install flatpak applications straight from our app library, so you need this package. We also enabled it by default in the new TROMjaro release. To enable it manually go to Add/Remove Software, click the Menu icon, then Preferences. Add your password then navigate to the Flatpak tab. Enable it as such.
• We installed some drivers for printers’ support. hplip-minimal to be more exact.

This release is mostly (almost all of it) about ‘updates’. We are trying to release a new TROMjaro ISO every month so that new users get to test and install an updated version of TROMjaro. Past users get these updates automatically. However, on top of these updates we may push little changes that we will always list with the release. For this release we did the following:

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• Enabled the pinch-to-zoom in Firefox for touchscreen devices. If you already have a touchscreen device we recommend you do that too since it greatly improves the zoom ability for websites. Go to about:config (write that in the URL bar) and search for ‘setting apz.allow_zooming’. Click it to enable it.
• We added a new Gnome Extension: “Zorin Screen Keyboard Button” to easily access the virtual keyboard when you are using a tablet-computer.

This update deals mainly with keeping TROM-Jaro updated for those who want to install it from scratch. From time to time we will update the iso for the sake of having an updated TROM-Jaro for security and compatibility reasons. However, on top of that we added/improved the following:
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• Added the kernel-alive package to make sure that when people update the kernel, the update won’t break the current session. Normally it is recommended to restart the computer after a kernel update, but with this package it is not necessary to do that unless you want to use the new kernel updates. Previous TROM-Jaro users can click the above URL and install the package.
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• Switched to the new Kernel 5.4 LTS. This is a Long Time Support kernel (LTS). It is a rare event that happens every few years. We recommend that old TROM-Jaro users update to the new kernel. It is very easy. Install manjaro-settings-manager (another new package that we added to this new ISO). Open it. Go to ‘Kernel’. Then, where it says kernel 5.4 (xx) LTS, click install.
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  Once the installation is complete simply reboot the computer. That’s all.
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• Peb ntxiv Sound Switcher Gnome extension so it is easier to change the sound output (speakers/headphones) and sound input (microphone) directly from the top right bar. Previous TROM-Jaro users can click the above URL, then enable it.
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• We replaced the Volume Scroll Gnome extension with Scrolvol because Scrolvol is better maintained/updated. They do the same thing, allowing users to change the volume by scrolling on top of the top bar. Scrolvol only works when you scroll on the top right (indicators) part of the top bar. We may try to make it work with the entire top bar in the future. Previous TROM-Jaro users can simply disable the Volume Scroll extenssion and enable the Scrolvol.
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• We made WebTorrent open the video files that it cannot play, with SMplayer by default, instead of VLC. This is a bug in WebTorrent that doesn’t let you change the default player from its preferences so we had to do it manually. Previous TROM-Jaro users can do that by navigating to Home/.config/WebTorrent (if you can’t find the folder press Ctrl + H to see the hidden folders) and simply edit the file called ‘config.json’ with the default text editor. At the line ‘externalPlayerPath’: ” add /usr/bin/smplayer so it looks like ‘externalPlayerPath’: ‘/usr/bin/smplayer’. Save and that’s it.
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• Peb ntxiv tej pob khoom thiab kev cai configs rau Firefox ua TROM-Jaro ua hauj lwm zoo nrog touchscreen li. Autorotation los yog kov rau Firefox yog ib co kev txhim kho peb ntxiv. Yog hais tias koj twb siv TROM-Jaro thiab muaj ib tug touchscreen ntaus, siv peb kev them nyiaj yug ces peb yuav pab tau koj ua cov kev hloov no.

Qhov no yog ib qho loj tso vim peb muaj rov organized qab li cas TROMjaro yog tsim nyob rau sab nraum qab-kawg. Tsis npaum tau hloov rau hauv ntej-kawg cov neeg siv tsuas yog tias lawv yuav tsum tau migrate rau peb repository tshiab.

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Dab tsi ua peb txhim kho?

Tag nrho peb TROMjaro yog tam sim no nyob rau Gitlab thanks to Dave who worked like crazy to make TROMjaro properly organized and functional. On top of that, we added a few packages from AUR and made a few of our own mainly to brand Manjaro with our own TROMjaro flavor. The GDM, the GRUB, the Installer, they all have a TROM scent!

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In essence we did this:

• Removed Manjaro branding and replaced it with TROM branding.
• Moved our repository to TROM Cloud and we are now using a mirror-list rather than a simple URL for it. This way, we can properly manage our repository from TROM Cloud and add multiple repository locations, so in case one is down, another one will work.
• We made an ‘app’ for our TROM Cloud that now resides in our repo – this is mainly for our TROM Teams.
• We now store the Gnome settings in ‘schema’ files on GitLab in order to fix a major bug: previously if the user selected the language, timezone, keyboard layout and so forth on installation, all of these settings would have been rewritten after the installation was done. No more! We also used to drag a lot of Gnome Settings garbage with how we used to store the Gnome Settings in the past. No more!
• We fixed an error with Gnome Tweaks that disabled all Gnome Extensions on user logout.
• We added a custom slider for the TROMjaro installer describing what TROMjaro is all about and a bit about the trade-free idea.
• We now use the default Gnome apps categorization for TROMjaro so that each app goes to its proper folder after installation.
• Because we realized that the last iso was too minimal and not-so-computer-savvy-users found it difficult to use it without installing a bunch of apps, we made sure that this time, most of the user’s needs are covered. We installed applications that allow users to open the most common files (audio, video, photo, documents, torrents). You can find the list on our new TROMjaro homepage https://www.tromjaro.com/.
• We tweaked Firefox a bit, removed some extensions and added a few others. Most notably, we implemented the DAT decentralized network into Firefox by default, which allows people to open .dat websites ‘natively’.

What do previous users have to do?

First of all, you have to understand that we want a TROMjaro that doesn’t change from one release to another. We want to create the foundation of a house and let the user put the furniture in and all of that. Make it comfy for themselves. But we needed to do this foundation properly and we think that now we got it. So that’s how TROMjaro will look like from now on, as this last iso is.

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That being said, you MUST do this:

1. Update the repository database. Go to your Add/Remove Software and click the menu button. Then click Refresh Databases:
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2. Nws yuav nug koj rau koj lo lus zais ces nws yuav hloov cov repositories. Tom qab nws yog nrhiav 'tromjaro-mirrorlist' hauv lub Add/Remove Software. Nrhiav nws thiab ntsia nws. Uas yuav tsum tau nws! Kaw cov Add/Remove Software ces qhib nws dua- Refresh lub databases ib lub sij hawm ntau. Tam sim no koj tau mus saib rau lub TROMjaro repository.

Koj yuav ua li cas ntxiv? Siv peb cov kev lis kev cai branding, ib co fixes peb ua, thiab cov DAT network, ntsia cov nram qab no (nrhiav rau lawv ntxiv/Remove Software):

• tromjaro-gdm-theme
• tromjaro-gnome-shell-fix
• grub-theme-tromjaro
• dat-hma liab-pab-git

Rau summarize rau cov neeg siv yav dhau los:

• Peb hloov qhov twg peb repository resides ces thov hloov ntawd.
• Peb ntxiv ib co TROMjaro branding ces koj kuj ntxiv tias rau koj lub cev.
• Peb ntxiv ob peb default apps uas koj yuav nrhiav tau rau tromjaro.com homepage ntawm qhov twg koj kuj ntsia lawv yog hais tias koj xav mus.
• Peb tshem tawm/ntxiv ib co Firefox extensions – tag nrho cov default extensions muaj teev nyob rau tib tromjaro.com homepage (nias tej extension rau nruab nrab yog hais tias koj muaj siab).

Uas yog tag nrho! Peb muaj nyob rau ntawm TROMjaro Support Chat yog koj xav tau peb.

Nyob rau hauv qhov no peb ntxuav tu lub tis me ntsis thiab enabled cov kev them nyiaj yug rau installing daim ntaub ntawv ncaj qha los ntawm tromjaro.com. Peb xav tias txij tam sim no nws yog super yooj yim rau nruab peb pom zoo trade-dawb apps ntawm lub website, muaj me ntsis siv rau peb nruab nrab ntau daim ntaub ntawv los ntawm default. Peb xav kom cov ISO li tsawg kawg nkaus li tau thiab qhia rau cov neeg txiav txim seb lawv xav ntsia rau lawv lub cev. Peb tsuas khaws cov yooj yim thiab feem ntau apps uas tseem ceeb heev rau lawv, xws li backups, teev thiab tweaks, thiab cov yam koj nyiam.

Nyob rau hauv nyuag:

• Peb tshem tawm/ntxiv ob peb Firefox addons. Txij tam sim no rau peb yuav tsuas ntxiv qhov yooj yim tshaj Firefox addons uas tiv thaiv cov neeg siv los ntawm cov trades hauv internet trades uas lawv tau raug puab yuam txuam yuaj rua. Li ntawd, peb yog blocking ntxiv thiab trackers + unlock scientific articles uas yog nkaum qab paywalls. Peb yuav pib ntxiv pom zoo Firefox addons rau peb tromjaro.com/apps ces peb kho nws zoo li peb kho lub ntsiab tis, nrog rau tib lub hom phiaj nyob rau hauv siab: cia cov neeg xaiv yuav customize lawv Firefox.
• Peb tshem tawm ib bunch ntawm apps ntawm lub cev, xws li LibreOffice, Webtorrent, thiab zoo li, tsuas tawm hauv qhov yooj yim tshaj plaws nyob rau hauv qhov chaw.
• Peb tshem tawm ob peb Gnome extensions txij thaum peb yuav tau pib curate/pom zoo rau peb tromjaro.com/apps nplooj ntawv. Cia tus neeg siv xaiv!
• Peb ntxiv kev them nyiaj yug rau installing cov ntaub ntawv los ntawm tromjaro.com/apps los yog tej lub website uas xav siv nws. No Yog lub pob uas tso cai rau tej lub feature.
• Peb tshem tawm tej pob khoom kom lub teeb tis, xws li ib co Manjaro branding.
• Txhua yam peb txo qhov luaj li cas ntawm cov ISO ntawm 2.2GB rau 1.6GB.
• Peb ntxiv 3 ntxiv backgrounds.

Rau qhov tom ntej no tso peb taw mus tom khw Gnome teev nyob rau hauv ib tug txiv neej zoo npaum li ntawd tus ntsia configs (lus, keyboard layout, qhov chaw thiab teev) yuav tsis overwritten li lawv yog tam sim no. Peb yuav tau ntxiv peb tus kheej branding rau tis. Peb xav ua ob yam ntawm cov no tso tawm tab sis peb yeej tsis muaj tus txiv neej hwj huam ua lawv :D.

FAJ SEEB: Rau yav dhau los TROM-Jaro cov neeg siv tsis muaj dab tsi tshwj xeeb uas koj yuav tsum tau ua tsuas yog updating lub TROMrepo (vim peb tshem tawm tej pob khoom) – qhib lub davhlau ya nyob twg thiab luam tawm 'sudo pacman -Syu' – sau, ces ntxiv koj password. Ntxiv mus, ntxiv cov kab hauv lub davhlau ya nyob twg 'sudo pacman -Syu pamac-url-handler –overwrite /usr/bin/pamac-url-handler' (nkag mus) – kom koj zoo pab txhawb cov kev them nyiaj yug rau lub web-installer. Uas yog tag nrho.