Release ghaf-24.12

This is a quarterly release for all supported hardware platforms, and it complies with SLSA v1.0 Level 3 requirements.

The following target hardware is supported by this release:

What is New in ghaf-24.12

Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen 10/11:

Chromium replaced with Google Chrome.
Zoom web application added into comms-vm.
Xarchiver file compression application added.
Audio Control, USB, and Network Manager applets added.
Bluetooth applet added to the system tray.
The first version of the Control Panel currently supports the following:
- display resolution and scale settings;
- locale and timezone settings.
The System Idle behavior has been reworked: the screen dims after 4 minutes of inactivity, the session locks in 5 minutes, the screen goes off in 7.5 minutes, and the system suspends in 15 minutes.
User account management has been added. The user sets a username and password when a device is first booted.
The username is displayed on a lock screen.
Dynamic updates of Microsoft endpoint URLs.
A separate configurable repository for adding allowed URLs for business-vm.
Auto-reconnect hotplugged devices when the VM restarts.
Wayland security context protocol enabled.
Refactored application definitions to make it easier to add and remove applications.
Hardened greetd.service.
AppArmor enabled.
Multiple user experience improvements.

Lenovo X1 and NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX/AGX Orin:

Lock and Log Out buttons moved from the applications menu to the power menu.
Shutdown and Reboot buttons were removed from the applications menu and are now available in the Power menu.
The Powerbar module is added to the lock screen.
Run-time multi-monitor support.
Taskbar control for four virtual desktops.
Development, testing, and performance tooling improvements.

Fixed bugs that were present in the ghaf-24.09 release:

It is impossible to change the Wi-Fi network from the Network Settings application.
Cannot connect to a hidden Wi-Fi network from GUI.
The taskbar on the extended display is visible only when booting up with an HDMI connection.
Suspend does not work from the taskbar power menu.
The Mute status is not visible in the taskbar.
Bluetooth notification windows stay on a screen.
Time synchronization between host and VMs does not work in all scenarios.

Issue	Status	Comments
Lenovo X1
Application menu icons are missing in the first boot after the software installation	In Progress	Workaround: close and re-open the menu, icons will be available again.
The Control Panel is non-functional apart from the Display Settings, Local and Timezone settings	In Progress	The functionality will be gradually improved in coming releases.
VPN credentials are not saved	On Hold
The keyboard always boots up with the English layout	In Progress	Workaround: use Alt+Shift to switch between English-Arabic-Finnish layout.
Yubikey for unlocking does not work	In Progress	Fix in progress.
The fingerprint scan login does not work	In Progress	Fix in progress.
A laptop cannot be unlocked after suspension sometimes	In Progress	Fix in progress. Workaround: log out and log in again.
A laptop may wake up from a suspended state without user interaction	In Progress	Under investigation.
NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin / Orin NX
Application menu icons are missing in the first boot after the software installation	In Progress	Workaround: close and re-open the menu, icons will be available again.
The application menu access does not work with the Windows key	In Progress	Workaround: the application menu can be accessed through the taskbar in the top left corner.
The keyboard always boots up with the English layout	In Progress	Workaround: use Alt+Shift to switch between English-Arabic-Finnish layout.
The Suspend power option does not work	In Progress	Behavior is locking the device.

There are no specific requirements for the environment with this release.

Download the required image and use the following instructions: Build and Run.