Endless OS 3.8.4 was released for existing users today, July 6th, 2020.
Downloadable images for new users will be available in the next few days.
Live + Installer USB now working again
On Endless 3.8.0 a problem was introduced on installer USB devices created with our Endless Installer for Windows. These devices can be used to try Endless on a live boot, but the actual installation process would fail. This is now fixed with Endless OS 3.8.4 images (you should not need to download a new Endless Installer for Windows, as the problem was in the actual OS image, not in the installer tool), where these USB devices can be used both for trying Endless OS live and for installing it.
We know our images are large, take a long time to download and may have consumed some of the data allowance from your internet plan. If you have already downloaded a version of Endless OS between 3.8.0 and 3.8.3, you can install it using the alternative method described on this FAQ entry.
Other Improvements and Changes
We’ve updated to Chromium 83.0.4103.116 bringing new improvements and security fixes to Endless’ built-in web browser.
Sometimes unlocking the screen would show a “No apps are open” dialog or restore the last minimized application. This is now fixed.
Dragging icons outside application folders in the desktop should now work as expected.
The desktop was updated to fix an issue with some translations not getting applied correctly.
The App Center was updated to fix a potential crash when the local flatpak storage is corrupted.
Non-administrator users should now be able to modify metrics settings on Settings > Privacy > Metrics by authenticating with an administrator account when requested.
The scanner driver libraries were updated to add support for a number of scanner models.
Thanks for the report – we believe this will be fixed in GNOME 3.38 / Endless OS 3.9 in November, but unfortunately the relevant change cannot easily be applied to the Endless OS 3.8 series.
Hi!
I am stuck with 3.8.0. No update shows for months in App Center and
eos-updater-ctl update returns
FullDownloadSize: int64 0
FullUnpackedSize: int64 0
OriginalRefspec: ‘’
UnpackedSize: int64 0
UpdateID: ‘’
UpdateLabel: ‘’
UpdateMessage: ‘’
UpdateRefspec: ‘’
Version: ‘’
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/bin/eos-updater-ctl”, line 409, in
main()
File “/usr/bin/eos-updater-ctl”, line 405, in main
sys.exit(args.function(**args_dict))
File “/usr/bin/eos-updater-ctl”, line 209, in command_update
force=force, timeout=timeout)
File “/usr/bin/eos-updater-ctl”, line 191, in command_fetch
return command_dbus(‘fetch’, block, quiet, parameters)
File “/usr/bin/eos-updater-ctl”, line 159, in command_dbus
proxy.call_sync(qualified_method_name, parameters, 0, -1, None)
gi.repository.GLib.Error: g-io-error-quark: GDBus.Error:com.endlessm.Updater.Error.WrongState: Can’t call Fetch() while in state Ready (36)
Seems like this release might have a solution to my Mozilla Firefox problem, but how do I get it?
