Shadowfetch Linux 2.1.3 «Umbra»

Roadmap

This page separates what is shipping from what is planned. Dates are targets, not promises.

Shipping

Now shipping: 2.1.3 «Umbra»

  • Debian-testing / KDE Plasma 6 creative workstation.
  • Calamares installer, Umbra visual identity, signed ISO, signed APT repo.
  • Local AI setup through Ollama / Open-WebUI and a hardware-aware model picker.
  • Creative app baseline for 2D, photo, video, audio, 3D, documents, and developer work.
  • Control Center, preflighted updates, Btrfs-aware recovery, system health, and Agent Studio.
  • Boot-to-snapshot rollback: an automatic snapshot before every apt transaction, a Btrfs @snapshots subvolume, and grub-btrfs listing every snapshot as a boot entry — so a bad update is undone straight from the GRUB menu.

Next release

Next release focus

  • Hardware-specific health guidance and exportable support bundles.
  • More installer and post-install diagnostics that produce better bug reports.
  • More hardware notes from real tester installs.
  • NVIDIA / hybrid laptop documentation improvements.
  • Website trust layer: hardware, security, FAQ, known issues, and verification pages kept current.

Near-term

Near-term targets

  • Reviewer kit with screenshots, press brief, verification commands, hardware notes, and known issues.
  • Directory submissions for Linux discovery sites.
  • Demo videos showing boot, install, local AI, creative tools, and update path.
  • Community feedback loop: collect install reports, update known issues, cut the next ISO from actual problems.

Later

Later, after the basics are boring

  • Secure Boot signing path.
  • More reproducible build documentation.
  • Expanded hardware test matrix.
  • Better disaster recovery and rollback guidance.

What is broken right now

A roadmap is not a defect list. Known issues tracks what is actually wrong with the shipping release, and the changelog records what each release changed.