Recent changes to pepwiki

Discussion for UEFI and Secure Boot Install page

Peppermint OS — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 04:48:18 -0000

Mostly this will come down to if your mother board supports it

Motherboard Settings:

Boot into your UEFI/BIOS menu (F2, F12, or Del).
Enable UEFI Mode (Disable Legacy/CSM).
Enable Secure Boot (Mode set to Standard).

After that just boot the ISO

Discussion for UEFI and Secure Boot Install page

Alyksandrei — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 21:09:11 -0000

Video not available. I also do better with written instructions anyway. Is this info somewhere else?

BuildDate modified by Peppermint OS

Peppermint OS — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 12:21:40 -0000

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+**Build Date: 2026-07-09 21:18** - (Mainline build)
+
+*These apply to the Devuan based mainline builld*
+
+* Added  firmware to the PepDevuan ISO

+ This should resolve the issues that have been submitted about some instances of  hardware not functioning properly
+ * Plank was removed by request of the community
+ * Spice agent was added for virtual environments
+
 **Build Date: 2026-06-12 14:38** - (Mainline build)
 The live session password is pepper

BuildDate modified by Peppermint OS

Peppermint OS — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 01:53:39 -0000

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 **Build Date: 2026-06-12 14:38** - (Mainline build)
+The live session password is pepper
+
 *These apply to the Devuan based mainline builld*

  * System Information  calls  (pftech) in the menu
 *  Removed the transition message from neofetch to pfetch.

BuildDate modified by Peppermint OS

Peppermint OS — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 07:09:55 -0000

--- v30
+++ v31
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-* **Build Date: 2026-06-12 14:38** - (Mainline build)
-*These apply to the Devuan based mainline builld

-       
-* System Information  calls  (pftech) in the menu
+**Build Date: 2026-06-12 14:38** - (Mainline build)
+*These apply to the Devuan based mainline builld*
+ * System Information  calls  (pftech) in the menu
 *  Removed the transition message from neofetch to pfetch. 
 *  Upgraded Calamares to use QT6 and well as QML6
 *  The "Suggested Packages" GUI was adjusted to use switch toggles to install applications. No more terminal interaction
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@
 *  With this build we will start signing gpg signatures.
 *  Not compiled with the live-build tools from Debian
 *  Only included the installer on then menu When you boot, search or install on the “menu”
-
+-----


 * **Build Date: 2025-10-12 11:52** - (Mainline build)
     *These apply to the Debian Trixie based maineline build, but also the upcoming Devuan build will include these changes.*

BuildDate modified by Peppermint OS

Peppermint OS — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 07:07:54 -0000

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+* **Build Date: 2026-06-12 14:38** - (Mainline build)
+*These apply to the Devuan based mainline builld

+       
+* System Information  calls  (pftech) in the menu
+*  Removed the transition message from neofetch to pfetch. 
+*  Upgraded Calamares to use QT6 and well as QML6
+*  The "Suggested Packages" GUI was adjusted to use switch toggles to install applications. No more terminal interaction
+*  The community requested to have the Brave browser added, as an option in the Browsers category for install in "Suggested Packages"
+*  The base operating system is now Devuan(Excalibur) - All of those updates and changes have been applied
+*  Added additional firmware drivers based on the feedback from testing
+*  Can use btfs, ext4 and xfs if preferred
+*  Took out the legacy sources.list not used, in this build its fully [Deb822](https://mintarc.com/minthome/Daily_Post_Mar_05_2025) and uses the etc/apt/sources.list.d for it’s source management
+*  With this build we will start signing gpg signatures.
+*  Not compiled with the live-build tools from Debian
+*  Only included the installer on then menu When you boot, search or install on the “menu”
+
+
 * **Build Date: 2025-10-12 11:52** - (Mainline build)
     *These apply to the Debian Trixie based maineline build, but also the upcoming Devuan build will include these changes.*
     - The xDaily-GUI was updated due to this [Secuirty Advisory](https://sourceforge.net/p/peppermintos/pepwiki/Important%20Security%20Update%3A%20xDaily%20GUI/)

BuildDate modified by Peppermint OS

Peppermint OS — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 07:18:15 -0000

--- v28
+++ v29
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+* **Build Date: 2025-10-12 11:52** - (Mainline build)

+    *These apply to the Debian Trixie based maineline build, but also the upcoming Devuan build will include these changes.*
+    - The xDaily-GUI was updated due to this [Secuirty Advisory](https://sourceforge.net/p/peppermintos/pepwiki/Important%20Security%20Update%3A%20xDaily%20GUI/)
+
+These changes have been applied to the Debian Trixie ISO's.
+
+
+-----
+
 * **Build Date: 2025-10-12 11:52** - (Mainline build)
         *These apply to the Debian based mainline build.*
         - Added icon recognition in pftech it display the icon theme name

Important Security Update: xDaily GUI modified by Peppermint OS

Peppermint OS — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 16:06:47 -0000

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 3. **Implementation Instructions**
 **A**: Replace User-Space Scripts
 Overwrite existing Python files to transition to the token-based communication model.
+[Files](https://sourceforge.net/projects/peppermintos/files/misc/xDaily-GUI-Security-Updates/)
  Path: `/home/$USER/.local/share/pmostools/peptools/`
  Files:` xdaily.py, xdaily_functions.py`

Important Security Update: xDaily GUI modified by Peppermint OS

Peppermint OS — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 14:45:28 -0000

--- v2
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 sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/xdaily-session-wrapper
 ~~~

-4.** Verification*
+4. ** Verification**
 After the update, open xDaily GUI then click "Manage Updates" then "Check for Updates" and click "Run"  that will invoke the standard PolKit authentication agent. This confirms that the elevation is being handled by the OS and not by the local Python environment.

Important Security Update: xDaily GUI modified by Peppermint OS

Peppermint OS — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 14:44:50 -0000

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 **B**: Deploy the Protected Wrapper
 Create the execution engine in the system path. Using sudo tee ensures the file is created with the correct root ownership:
-Bash
+Bash. Use this tool below
+
 ~~~
 sudo tee /usr/local/bin/xdaily-session-wrapper > /dev/null << 'EOF'
 #!/bin/bash