Fienix 6.0.1 Released

 Fienix 6.0.1 is the biggest release yet! 

Available Media: 

• Installer for U-Boot and CFE based systems (AmigaOne)
  
• Live USB Image for U-Boot and CFE based systems (AmigaOne)
• Installer for Open-Firmware based systems (Apple PowerPC)
  

OS, Connectivity & Application Highlights:

• Fienix Installer for Open Firmware (such as Apple PowerPC) now installs firmware by default, resulting in better hardware support 
  
• Fienix now comes with built-in, easy-access support to stream media to DLNA devices such as Chromecast, modern game consoles and DLNA-compliant smart TVs and remote speakers, as well as support to stream to ROAP devices such as Apple Airport Express
  
• Streaming to Bluetooth speakers is also supported on systems with a Bluetooth adapter (and Fienix has built-in support for USB Bluetooth adapters)
  
• Improved printer support and graphical printer configuration
• A new, streamlined default theme for a cleaner interface, new wallpapers, and a Fienix screensaver
• Support for GTK 4
  
• Fienix Companion 6.0.1 is much more robust and stable! It now includes Fienix Network Mechanic to correct many network issues, and the curated app suite has been updated
  
• Almost all QT and KDE frameworks packages have been rebuilt from source to improve stability
• QT packages upgraded to version 5.15.4 and KDE frameworks packages upgraded to version 5.98
• Improved menu functionality for QT/KDE applications (the "sticky" menus bug can be closed with Esc key)
  
• Improvements in theme consistency for QT/KDE applications
• Improvements in theme consistency for Java desktop applications
  
• KDEConnect in Fienix 6.0.1 provides integration with both iOS and Android devices (previously only Android devices were supported)
  
• Eolie, a web browser based on WebKit (the same browser engine as Apple's Safari browser), is available on Fienix 6.0.1 and provides great compatibility with websites and JavaScript
  
• Arctic Fox web browser has been upgraded to version 41.0
• Pale Moon browser 32.1 is now available
• SeaLion, a browser similar to SeaMonkey, is available in Fienix 6.0.1
  
• VLC has been upgraded to version 3.0.18
  
• SFML has been patched in Fienix 6.0.1 to correctly play Ogg Vorbis sound format, unpatched it plays only static on big-endian systems 
• Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 18 is available in Fienix 6.0.1

Other New Applications available on Fienix 6.0.1: 

• Art of Illusion, a 3D modeling and rendering application
  
• Authenticator, an application for two-factor authentication 
• Bless, a hexadecimal editor
  
• BRL-CAD, a solid modeling computer-aided design system with an interactive geometry editor
• Chiaki, a PlayStation remote play client
• Dialect, a language translator 
• Drawing, a draw/paint application
• Feeds, a news reader
• Formiko, a MarkDown editor with live preview 
• Klystrack, a chiptune tracker with built-in synthesizer
• Kodi, a "home theater" media player and entertainment hub
  
• NmapSI4, a graphical network mapper
  
• Mikutter, a Twitter client with advanced features
  
• Ptask, a task manager
  
• Sweet Home 3D, an architectural and interior design application
• Wike, a desktop Wikipedia reader and search tool
  

New emulators available on Fienix 6.0.1: 

• E-UAE, a classic Amiga emulator with JIT compilation
• Generator-Launcher, a Sega Genesis emulator (Generator) with GUI launcher by the Fienix Project
  
• SNES9x, a Super Nintendo emulator
  
• Spectemu, a ZX Spectrum emulator
  

 New & updated games and game engines available on Fienix 6.0.1: 

• AlephOne, a game engine for the Marathon Trilogy and dozens of community games (1)
• Augustus, a game engine with additions and enhancements for Ceasar 3 (2)
  
• Bid For Power, a 3D arena brawler featuring anime style ki-powered superheros (1)
• Billy Frontier, an arcade style action "cowboys in space" game (1)
  
• Bugdom, a 3D platformer (1)
  
• Cendric, an RPG with platformer dungeons (1)
• Classicube, a sandbox block game (1)
• Cro-Mag Rally, a kart racing game (1)
  
• Cytadela, a classic FPS (1)
• Cytopia, a city building game (1)
  
• d2tm, a clone of the classic RTS Dune II (1) 
• Dave Gnukem, a retro-style 2D platform shooter
  
• The Dark Conjunction, an adventure FPS in an apocalyptic fantasy world (1)
  
• DevilutionX, a game engine for playing the classic ARPG Diablo and Diablo Hellfire (2)
• Diver, a 3D adventure exploration game under the sea (1)
• DSDA-Doom, a Doom engine with support for Heretic, Hexen, several new mapping standards, and tools for demo recording and playback
  
• ECWolf, a game engine for playing the classic FPS Wolfenstein 3D (2)
• EDuke32, a game engine for playing Duke Nukem 3D, NAM (aka Napalm), and WWII GI (2)
• Exult, a game engine for playing Ultima VII (including Black Gate, Forge of Virtue, Serpent Isle and Silver Seed) (3)
  
• GemRB, a game engine for playing Baldur's Gate, Baldur's Gate 2, Icewind Dale, Icewind Dale II, and Planescape: Torment (3) 
• Hazard, a game inspired by a fusion of Berzerk and Tron, with a great OST
  
• iortcw, a game engine for playing Return to Castle Wolfenstein (3)
• Julius, a 100% compatible game engine for Caesar 3 (2) 
• Lightweight Java Game Library (LWJGL), a Java game engine used by several popular titles
  
• Monkeys of Doom, a cel-shaded, cartoon-like FPS featuring monkeys (1)
• Nanosaur 2, a third-person (or third-dinosaur) shooter (1)
  
• Navy Seals: Covert Operations, a mission-based FPS that focuses on realism (1)
• OpenNotrium, a survival adventure game (1)
• OpenTyrian, the classic vertical shooter (1)
• Otto Matic, an action-adventure game (1)
• Parolotto, a word game
  
• Powder, a roguelike originally made for the Gameboy Advance (1)
• Puzzle Moppet, a 3D puzzle game 
• Pygame for Python2 has been ported so Fienix can still support legacy Pygame titles
• raqgl, a game engine for playing Another World (a.k.a. Out of This World) (2) 
• ReflectionsHLE, a game engine for Keen Dreams, Catacomb 3-D and Wolfenstein 3D (3)
  
• Run Over, a 3D run & jump game (1)
• Smokin Guns, a western FPS (1)
  
• Slayer's Testament, an FPS heavily inspired by Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal (1)
• True Combat, a team-based tactical shooter that focuses on realism in objective battles (1)
  
• Urban Terror, a "Hollywood tactical shooter" placing "fun over realism" somewhat similar to Counter-Strike (1)
• VDrift, a 3D driving simulation game (1)
  
• Witch Blast, a roguelike graphic dungeon-crawl inspired by The Binding of Isaac (1)
• Woof!, a Doom engine with support for many new standards such as Boom, MBF, MBF21, and ZDBSP maps
  
• World of Padman, a colorful, comic-book style FPS (1)
• XQF, a FPS game querying tool
  
• Additionally, QuAC, a compilation package by the Fienix Project, consisting of assets released under FOSS, CC, and other no-charge licenses, to enable playing Quake mods as stand-alone games

(1) - Indicates availability of full game data (whether FOSS or under copyright) in additional to an appropriate (or integrated) game engine

(2) - Indicates availability of a shareware or reduced-content version of the game data (whether FOSS or under copyright) in addition to an appropriate game engine.

(3) - Indicates availability of the game engine in the Fienix repositories, but game data must be provided by the user

Known Issues: 

• GStreamer does not work properly and applications that depend on GStreamer will abort when attempting to play media. See Debian bug https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1029618
• Some interface components in Kodi are rendered with incorrect colors.