AnduinOS, a Linux distribution created by a Microsoft employee that looks similar to Windows, has just received two updates: version 1.3.6 and 1.1.9, both of which bring fixes and improvements. A key change for both builds is the removal of gnome-maps from the default application list to reduce the final ISO file size.
Both versions also introduce new, separate upgrade endpoints (/upgrade/1.3 and /upgrade/1.1) to enhance the stability of future dot-build upgrades. There’s also a fix for an issue where the deskmon service could cause a crash if the graphical session hasn’t started yet.
AnduinOS is actively collaborating with the ArcMenu team to improve its performance within the OS. This update upgrades the required ArcMenu version to at least v67, specifically to enable support for opening the start menu using both the left and right Super keys in the 1.3.6 build.
The developers behind the project have also contributed to the Blur My Shell plugin to fix issues when used with the Dash to Panel plugin. This update also sees the removal of a temporary hack from the Blue My Shell extension because the fix was successfully integrated upstream into the source repository.
Both of the updates that have been released include the printer-driver-all package in the default application list. This addition is designed to immediately support a greater number of printers out-of-the-box for new installations. This is an important and often overlooked quality-of-life feature for new users who, sometimes rightly, think Linux can be difficult to use.
As a bit of background for those who aren’t familiar with this Linux distribution, AnduinOS currently relies entirely on Ubuntu for all its software packages and does not yet maintain its own dedicated software repository. Due to this dependency, big updates to AnduinOS itself are currently performed by executing a bash script via the do_anduinos_upgrade command. The script handles updates within the same fork version (e.g., 1.1.0 to 1.1.9) but can’t upgrade across fork versions (e.g., 1.2.0 to 1.3.1). Eventually, there will be a mechanism to directly upgrade via the sudo apt upgrade command in the future.
Update - September 29: AnduinOS 1.3.7 and 1.1.10 have been released. The project said:
Due to a mistake with 1.3.6 and 1.1.9 that forgot to bump the package versions, 1.3.7 and 1.1.10 was released right 2 days after it.
Source: AnduinOS
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