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  • v0.3.3 9622b1d54e

    Butterbian-XFCE v0.3.3 Stable

    drew released this 2026-08-01 23:54:03 +00:00 | 0 commits to main since this release

    What's New

    Timeshift snapshots now say what they were taken for. The automatic pre-apt snapshot was labeled "Before apt" every time, which made picking a rollback point a guessing game once a few had piled up. The description now records the apt command that triggered the snapshot — e.g. pre: apt install vlc — so the Timeshift list and the GRUB snapshots menu both show what each snapshot preceded. Timeshift's output during apt runs also moves to the system journal (journalctl -t timeshift-apt-hook) instead of printing to the terminal. Thanks to jfabernathy on the lab forum for the idea and first implementation.

Rebuilt on Debian 13.6. The ISO is rebuilt against the current trixie point release, picking up the newer kernel and updated base packages.

    Fixes

    apt no longer prints a stray block of GRUB configuration text at the end of each transaction. The snapshot-menu refresh that runs after every package change was letting its GRUB config stub leak to the terminal; it's now discarded. Cosmetic only — snapshots and the boot menu were always unaffected.

    More at butterbian.org.

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  • v0.3.2 b368e928b9

    Butterbian-XFCE v0.3.2 Stable

    drew released this 2026-05-29 22:47:34 +00:00 | 5 commits to main since this release

    0.3.2 — 2026-05-29

    Fixes

    • Legacy BIOS installs now work. On older, non-UEFI machines the install previously failed near the end with a grub-install bootloader error. The ISO now ships the BIOS GRUB components, so it installs and boots on legacy/CSM systems as well as UEFI. (issue #5) If you're installing in BIOS mode, set your firmware to Legacy/CSM boot (not UEFI-only) — otherwise the installed drive won't be offered at boot.
    • Bootable snapshots in the GRUB menu now refresh after every package change. Timeshift takes a snapshot before each apt transaction, but the GRUB snapshot list was only being rebuilt on kernel updates, so a snapshot from an ordinary apt install wouldn't show up in the boot menu until later. The list is now regenerated after each transaction, so your most recent snapshots are always there to roll back to.

    Downloads

    ISO, SHA256, and torrent at get.butterbian.org.

    More at butterbian.org.

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  • v0.3.1 4ee76a1921

    Butterbian-XFCE v0.3.1 Stable

    drew released this 2026-05-26 15:25:33 +00:00 | 11 commits to main since this release

    Released 2026-05-26.

    Highlights:

    • Multimedia works out of the box — VA-API/VDPAU GPU video acceleration
      drivers and the full codec set (ffmpeg, libavcodec-extra, GStreamer)
      ship in the ISO, so YouTube and friends play on a fresh install
    • Installed system enables the contrib and non-free apt components

    Fixes issue #4. See RELEASE.md for full notes.

    Downloads

    ISO, SHA256, and torrent at get.butterbian.org.

    Verify with:

      sha256sum -c butterbian-*.iso.sha256

    More at butterbian.org.

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  • v0.3.0 36f88cce01

    Butterbian XFCE 0.3.0 Stable

    drew released this 2026-05-16 19:45:12 +00:00 | 13 commits to main since this release

    Butterbian XFCE 0.3.0 is out, built on the fresh Debian 13.5 point release.

    What's new

    Firefox is hardened out of the box. No more digging through about:config or installing privacy
    extensions on a clean install:

    • Enhanced Tracking Protection set to Strict — trackers, fingerprinters, cryptominers, and email trackers are blocked
    • Total Cookie Protection — third-party cookies are partitioned per-site
    • HTTPS-Only mode is on (with the usual per-site fallback)
    • Notification permission prompts are blocked
    • Post-quantum TLS key agreement is on
    • Telemetry, studies, sponsored content, and the onboarding nags are all off
    • Profile defaults come from Betterfox v150
    • Saved passwords are click-to-fill — the password manager still works, autofill won't leak credentials to injected forms
    • geoclue is blocked at the provider level
    • PDF default zoom set to page-width
    • uBlock Origin is bundled, no network access needed at first launch

    Everything stays user-adjustable. If you don't like a setting, flip it in about:config — nothing here is locked.

    Fixes

    • Snapshot retention is now fully managed by Timeshift (12 monthly + 8 weekly), with apt-triggered snapshots persisting alongside. The old custom prune script is gone — one less moving part.
    • Cleaned up an unused @snapshots subvolume that was a leftover from earlier design. Existing installs are unaffected.

    Login UX

    The greeter now matches butterknife — click-to-login (no retyping your username), and XFCE is the default session.

    Download

    Verify with:

      sha256sum butterbian-xfce-0.3.0-trixie-20260516.iso

    More at butterbian.org.

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