v0.1.0-beta.4

[0.1.0-beta.4] - 2025-08-04

Added

• ted: A basic Vim-style text editor.
• codebreaker: A simple code-guessing game inspired by the "Mastermind" board game.
• Random number generation.
• A collection of common ANSI console control sequences.
• Time measurement.
• The Tlenix source code is now included in the installation within /usr/src/tlenix.
• Cursor shape switching.

Changed

• Bumped memory allocator to 256 MiB.

v0.1.0-beta.3

[0.1.0-beta.3] - 2025-06-12

Added

• cat: Concatenate files and print on the standard output.
• clear: Clears the terminal screen.
• mv: Moves/renames files.
• File::read_to_bytes: Reads the whole file into a byte vector.
• format!: Just like the std macro!
• rename: Changes the name/path of a file/directory.

Changed

• Modernized file stats format (fstat -> statx).
• Statically access the standard input, standard output, and standard error streams.
• Prettier test output alignment.
• Fixed ./usb-install file schema.
• README instructions now use ./usb-install script.

v0.1.0-beta.2

[0.1.0-beta.2] - 2025-05-27

Added

• hello: Minimal demo Tlenix program. Useful as a template/example.
• printenv: Print the environment variables.

Removed

• Built-in pwd from mash (to be later implemented as a standalone program)
• vec_into_nix_bytes and vec_into_nix_strings (obsolete)

v0.1.0-beta.1

[0.1.0-beta.1] - 2025-05-26

Added

• Fully-bootable USB-based system on real hardware!
• ls: List entries within a directory.
• mash can now execute programs.
• Linux kernel custom configuration in config/.config.
• GRUB custom configuration in config/grub.cfg.
• Nicer terminal font.
• Pretty logo on boot.
• USB installation script (usb-install).

Changed

• Overhauled ExitStatus to make it more expressive.
• Proper execute_process error reporting.

Removed

• mk-release-bins script. Superseded by usb-install.

v0.1.0-alpha.9

[0.1.0-alpha.9] - 2025-05-24

Added

• initramfs_init, an init program specifically for the initramfs.
• Create and remove directories (mkdir, rmdir).
• Delete files (rm).
• Get entries of a directory (File::dir_ents).
• Change the root mount (pivot_root).
• Execute a program (execve).
• Directly set the mode of a file when creating one (OpenOptions::set_mode).
• Read a file directly into a String (File::read_to_string).
• Change process root directory (chroot).

Changed

• Restricted raw syscalls to crate only.
• Increased heap size from 16 KiB to 64 KiB.

v0.1.0-alpha.8.1

[0.1.0-alpha.8.1] - 2025-05-22

Changed

• Fixed custom target issues causing segfaults in emulators.

v0.1.0-alpha.8

[0.1.0-alpha.8] - 2025-05-21

Added

• mount and umount functions.
• init now tries to mount /proc and /sys.

v0.1.0-alpha.7

[0.1.0-alpha.7] - 2025-05-20

Added

• Coloured test output.
• NixString and NixBytes. Null-terminated byte vectors compatible with Linux syscalls.
• File type. Provides filesystem operations on files. Hides the file descriptor and closes the file when dropped.
• OpenOptions type. Allows easy customization of File open flags. Guarantees safe open flag combinations when opening a file.
• Ability to create files with defined permissions.
• SyscallArg type, allowing for more flexible arguments for syscall! and syscall_result!
• Pretty colours in tests!

Changed

• General rewrite of codebase.
• Interface for filesystem operations- now, any file-based operations must be called as File methods.

Removed

• mash's ability to execute programs. This will be re-implemented later.
• NullTermString and NullTermStr.
• read_from_file().
• open_no_create().
• change_program_break().

v0.1.0-alpha.6

[0.1.0-alpha.6] - 2025-03-09

Added

• Heap-based allocation and data types.
• mash process execution.

Changed

• Tests now return with success or failure.

v0.1.0-alpha.5

[0.1.0-alpha.5] - 2025-03-08

Added

• Colourful mash prompt.
• Show basename in mash prompt.
• poweroff command.
• reboot command.