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MontaukOS 0.2.0 (October 14, 2026)
(278b20825815ec04a22fd1c2fcfedbd38e116e6d)
New
====
* Kernel capability model - processes run with a capability set, and protected paths and privileged syscalls are gated on it
* Permission consent prompts - apps ask before first use of a protected capability, and answers are remembered
* New Capabilities app for reviewing and managing app permissions
* Unified system status codes; the shell and Files now print a readable message on failure
* Text is now UTF-8 throughout, with Unicode key events and dead keys
* Keyboard layout support, with English, Norwegian, Czech, Swedish, and Danish layouts
* NumLock support
* Battery percentage reporting via ACPI, with a battery indicator in the desktop panel
* Display brightness control, including on hybrid graphics laptops, with a slider in the desktop panel
* Discrete GPUs are powered down automatically on hybrid graphics laptops
* ext2 block cache with readahead, speeding up disk-heavy work such as on-OS compilation
* Userspace system logging: klog is now syslog, logs identify the user and program, and system services log through montauk::service_log
* The system log is written to disk (0:/state/logs) during shutdown
* Desktop sessions now own the processes started in them, and those processes are ended on logout
* Rust userspace support (no_std)
* Futex syscalls (SYS_FUTEX_WAIT/SYS_FUTEX_WAKE) as groundwork for Rust std and pthreads
* Process termination codes; abort() now ends the whole process from any thread
* isatty() now reports whether a terminal is actually attached
* Settings panel and a Pure Black theme in Terminal (the default for Console sessions)
* Syntax highlighting for C++, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript in edit and Text Editor
* Expanded SVG renderer
* New vol command for listing mounted volumes
* Revamped desktop application categories
* Fonts, icons, and manual pages moved to 0:/os; persistent state now lives in 0:/state
* RTL-SDR driver moved from the kernel to userspace
Fixed
=====
* Opening a directory as a file is now rejected on ext2 and FAT32, fixing on-OS gcc on installed systems
* Fixed several syscall result and status code comparisons
* Fixed a TLS layout bug for binaries whose TLS segment has an alignment below 16
* A fault in one thread now ends the whole process instead of leaving its sibling threads running
* Fixed an ACPI hardware ID endianness bug
* Fixed a race in Wi-Fi event processing and other Wi-Fi bugs
* DHCP no longer runs when no network device has an active link
* Reduced idle CPU wakeups and deferred-work polling
* Redirected consoles are now inherited by processes spawned with capabilities
* Fixed numpad navigation
* Fixed a timezone formatting bug
* Fixed the login wallpaper startup delay
* Fixed text overlap in file dialogs
* Persisted kernel logs are no longer double-spaced
* Files lists now scroll with the arrow keys, and volume labels are consistent
* mbrtowc added to libc
Included in ISO
================
Two x86_64 images are published for this release.
montauk-0.2.0-sdk-x86_64.iso additionally carries the
Montauk SDK (gcc, binutils, etc.)
* MontaukOS SMP kernel
* Userspace bootstrap (0:/os/init.elf) and other essential system utilities
* MontaukOS desktop environment and graphical apps
* NetSurf web browser (0:/apps/netsurf)
* Manual pages (0:/os/man), readable via man command
* Service and system configuration (0:/config: init.toml, capabilities.toml, ssh.toml, ntp.toml)
* System CA certificates (0:/os/certs/ca-certificates.crt)
* Intel Bluetooth controller and Wi-Fi (iwlwifi) firmware (0:/os/firmware/intel)
* Third-party license texts and notices (0:/os/licenses)
* Tiny C Compiler (tcc) with MontaukOS headers and libraries (0:/sdk/tcc)
* Lua 5.4 interpreter (lua) with headers and static library (0:/sdk/lua)
* Montauk SDK - native GCC/G++ and binutils (0:/sdk) - SDK image only
* Flat Remix icon pack
* JetBrains Mono, Noto Serif, Roboto, and C059 Roman (open Century Schoolbook) TrueType fonts
* DOOM engine with SDL_mixer audio support (game data not included)
* Experimental HTTP server (httpd) and default page (0:/www/index.html)
* Default wallpaper - blossoms by Nikhil Kumar, Unsplash (0:/os/wallpapers)
MontaukOS 0.1.9 (August 13, 2026)
(a28b8ad0b2932203b812e967f35f029f060fd6b5)
New
====
* Intel Wi-Fi (AX210/AX211) support
* Wi-Fi support in the desktop panel and the Network settings app
* wifi command-line tool
* NetSurf web browser ported as a native MontaukOS app
* SSH server (sshd) with an SSH Server app for managing it
* NTP client (configured via 0:/config/ntp.toml and Time applet)
* init now discovers services from 0:/config/init.toml rather than a hardcoded sequence
* New Display app for managing monitors, modes, and layout
* Expanded Intel GPU display management in the kernel
* Audio stack now mixes concurrent streams and switches output devices live
* New audio device switching UI in Audio app and the desktop panel
* Filesystems can be mounted and unmounted at runtime
* File metadata across all filesystems, exposed through a new stat syscall
* ext2 now saves timestamps and supports utime
* New mkdir, rmdir, and memtest commands
* Expanded support in the PDF Viewer app
* Files shows modified dates in the Properties dialog
* Desktop UI consistency improvements
* Crash reports now capture a stack snapshot
* Userspace heap and virtual memory overhauled
* pread, pwrite, strndup, scandir, alphasort, usleep, ftruncate, M_PI, and a non-blocking stdin readiness probe added to libc
* DOOM moved out of the OS tree into the mtkports project
Fixed
=====
* Numerous kernel concurrency, interrupt-context, and user virtual-address fixes
* Hardened the TCP/IP stack and unified the HTTP clients; fixed several networking bugs and regressions
* Improved Bluetooth reliability
* Corrected Intel GGTT setup and DP AUX EDID reads
* IPC handle slots are no longer reused while an object is still being torn down
* The ramdisk no longer packs symlinks as zero-byte files
* Fixed a ramdisk readdir inconsistency
* Processes now inherit their parent's environment
* getcwd reports a truncated buffer as ERANGE instead of silently truncating
* Improved stdio and argument handling
* Clarified Intel iwlwifi firmware licensing
Included in ISO
================
Two x86_64 images are published for this release.
montauk-0.1.9-sdk-x86_64.iso additionally carries the
Montauk SDK (gcc, binutils, etc.)
* MontaukOS SMP kernel
* Userspace bootstrap (0:/os/init.elf) and other essential system utilities
* MontaukOS desktop environment and graphical apps
* NetSurf web browser (0:/apps/netsurf)
* Manual pages (0:/man), readable via man command
* Service and system configuration (0:/config: init.toml, ssh.toml, ntp.toml, timezonedata.toml)
* System CA certificates (0:/os/certs/ca-certificates.crt)
* Intel Bluetooth controller and Wi-Fi (iwlwifi) firmware (0:/os/firmware/intel)
* Third-party license texts and notices (0:/os/licenses)
* Tiny C Compiler (tcc) with MontaukOS headers and libraries (0:/sdk/tcc)
* Lua 5.4 interpreter (lua) with headers and static library (0:/sdk/lua)
* Montauk SDK - native GCC/G++ and binutils (0:/sdk) - SDK image only
* Flat Remix icon pack
* JetBrains Mono, Noto Serif, Roboto, and C059 Roman (open Century Schoolbook) TrueType fonts
* DOOM engine with SDL_mixer audio support (game data not included)
* Experimental HTTP server (httpd) and default page (0:/www/index.html)
* Default wallpaper - blossoms by Nikhil Kumar, Unsplash (0:/os/wallpapers)
MontaukOS 0.1.8 (July 18, 2026)
(71c66f803516558012be13ee38cb02a9a0ba476a)
New
====
* Ported GCC/G++ compilers and binutils (as, ld, ar) to MontaukOS, with a hosted libstdc++, forming the new Montauk SDK
* Installer redesigned on the MTK toolkit, with new software component selection
* MTK toolkit now anti-aliases rounded-rect frames (buttons, fields, panels)
* Intel GPU page flipping is now vblank-synced and double-buffered
* Max open desktop windows raised from 16 to 32
Fixed
=====
* The Files pathbar now qualifies paths
* Fixed Font Preview crash when opened manually
* Fixed inconsistent border radiuses on MTK UI elements
* Fixed Intel HDA audio controllers not being recognized
* Bluetooth A2DP audio output is now exclusive to one process, preventing playback conflicts
* Fixed a desktop/Files app freeze when deleting large files
* Roughly halved the ISO size by no longer embedding a redundant copy of the ramdisk
Included in ISO
================
* MontaukOS SMP kernel
* Userspace bootstrap (0:/os/init.elf) and other essential system utilities
* MontaukOS desktop environment and graphical apps
* Manual pages (0:/man), readable via man command
* System CA certificates (0:/os/certs/ca-certificates.crt)
* Intel Bluetooth controller firmware (0:/os/firmware/intel)
* Third-party license texts and notices (0:/os/licenses)
* Tiny C Compiler (tcc) with MontaukOS headers and libraries (0:/lib/tcc)
* Lua 5.4 interpreter (lua) with headers and static library (0:/lib/lua)
* Montauk SDK - native GCC/G++ and binutils (0:/sdk), built via `make sdk`
* Flat Remix icon pack
* JetBrains Mono, Noto Serif, Roboto, and C059 Roman (open Century Schoolbook) TrueType fonts
* DOOM engine with SDL_mixer audio support (game data not included)
* Experimental HTTP server (httpd) and default page (0:/www/index.html)
* Default wallpaper - blossoms by Nikhil Kumar, Unsplash (0:/os/wallpapers)
MontaukOS 0.1.7 (July 9, 2026)
(9b66d3f4703b9d4d19d1a7f37aff8d36fb076f7c)
New
====
* The libc printf-family functions now support floating-point (decimal) formatting, so Lua and other programs print decimal numbers correctly
* DOOM now shows a warning when no WAD game-data file is present rather than crashing
* Manual pages updated to document current MontaukOS
Fixed
=====
* Fixed ramdisk file copies being incorrectly created as directories rather than files
Included in ISO
================
* MontaukOS SMP kernel
* Userspace bootstrap (0:/os/init.elf) and other essential system utilities
* MontaukOS desktop environment and graphical apps
* Manual pages (0:/man), readable via man command
* System CA certificates (0:/os/certs/ca-certificates.crt)
* Intel Bluetooth controller firmware (0:/os/firmware/intel)
* Third-party license texts and notices (0:/os/licenses)
* Tiny C Compiler (tcc) with MontaukOS headers and libraries (0:/lib/tcc)
* Lua 5.4 interpreter (lua) with headers and static library (0:/lib/lua)
* Flat Remix icon pack
* JetBrains Mono, Noto Serif, Roboto, and C059 Roman (open Century Schoolbook) TrueType fonts
* DOOM engine with SDL_mixer audio support (game data not included)
* Experimental HTTP server (httpd) and default page (0:/www/index.html)
* Default wallpaper - blossoms by Nikhil Kumar, Unsplash (0:/os/wallpapers)
MontaukOS 0.1.6 (July 8, 2026) - hotfix
(ce5f4075138f22865fec6f583c7cfb0272a17676)
Fixed
=====
* Fixed a boot failure on VirtualBox VMs configured with legacy BIOS
* PCI: I/O-space BARs are no longer treated as MMIO addresses
Included in ISO
================
* MontaukOS SMP kernel
* Userspace bootstrap (0:/os/init.elf) and other essential system utilities
* MontaukOS desktop environment and graphical apps
* Manual pages (0:/man), readable via man command
* System CA certificates (0:/os/certs/ca-certificates.crt)
* Intel Bluetooth controller firmware (0:/os/firmware/intel)
* Third-party license texts and notices (0:/os/licenses)
* Tiny C Compiler (tcc) with MontaukOS headers and libraries (0:/lib/tcc)
* Lua 5.4 interpreter (lua) with headers and static library (0:/lib/lua)
* Flat Remix icon pack
* JetBrains Mono, Noto Serif, Roboto, and C059 Roman (open Century Schoolbook) TrueType fonts
* DOOM engine with SDL_mixer audio support (game data not included)
* Experimental HTTP server (httpd) and default page (0:/www/index.html)
* Default wallpaper - blossoms by Nikhil Kumar, Unsplash (0:/os/wallpapers)
MontaukOS 0.1.5 (July 8, 2026)
(37c51f31fcb5b9dc4b983c9aaeb27ff0f7827adb)
New
====
* New Character Map app (charmap)
* New Power app (powermgr) for CPU power and thermal monitoring
* CPU power and thermal management for Intel CPUs
* Software-defined radio support: RTL-SDR (RTL2832U + R820T2) USB driver, kernel radio APIs, and an sdr demo tool
* Intel Bluetooth firmware loading performance improvements
* New default login-screen wallpaper (0:/os/wallpapers/default.jpg), used when no wallpaper is configured
Fixed
=====
* Fix partially broken Bluetooth pairing and reconnection
* Bluetooth audio (A2DP) setup and reconnection reliability
* HCI events spanning multiple USB packets are now reassembled correctly, fixing Intel Bluetooth controller bring-up hangs
* Bluetooth MAC addresses are now displayed in conventional MSB-first byte order in the userspace Bluetooth app
* Fixed the desktop app loading cap
* Cleanup: shared libraries renamed to drop the 'lib' prefix, leftover test programs removed
Licensing
=========
* MontaukOS 0.1.5 is source-available: the MontaukOS Software License permits use, study, modification, and free redistribution with attribution (commercial distribution still requires permission)
* Third-party license texts and notices now ship on the ISO (0:/os/licenses/), covering the Flat Remix icon theme (GPLv3), the DOOM engine (GPLv2), the Tiny C Compiler (LGPL-2.1), Lua (MIT), the bundled fonts (OFL-1.1 for JetBrains Mono, Noto Serif, and Roboto; AGPLv3 with font-embedding exception for C059), the Mozilla CA certificate bundle (MPL-2.0), Intel Bluetooth firmware (Intel redistributable license), and other components
* The proprietary DOOM shareware WAD (doom1.wad) is not distributed; the DOOM engine still ships, but users must supply their own game data
Included in ISO
================
* MontaukOS SMP kernel
* Userspace bootstrap (0:/os/init.elf) and other essential system utilities
* MontaukOS desktop environment and graphical apps
* Manual pages (0:/man), readable via man command
* System CA certificates (0:/os/certs/ca-certificates.crt)
* Intel Bluetooth controller firmware (0:/os/firmware/intel)
* Third-party license texts and notices (0:/os/licenses)
* Tiny C Compiler (tcc) with MontaukOS headers and libraries (0:/lib/tcc)
* Lua 5.4 interpreter (lua) with headers and static library (0:/lib/lua)
* Flat Remix icon pack
* JetBrains Mono, Noto Serif, Roboto, and C059 Roman (open Century Schoolbook) TrueType fonts
* DOOM engine with SDL_mixer audio support (game data not included)
* Experimental HTTP server (httpd) and default page (0:/www/index.html)
* Default wallpaper - blossoms by Nikhil Kumar, Unsplash (0:/os/wallpapers)
MontaukOS 0.1.4 (June 21, 2026)
(4cda83aa58aa22431ec64893b7960f871729dab4)
New
====
* Shell tab completion for executables, built-in commands, and files in the working directory
* New console session mode for text-mode operation
* New shell commands:
* proclist - list running processes
* btlist - list connected Bluetooth devices
* btbonds - list bonded (paired) Bluetooth devices
* Bluetooth app now shows paired devices, and the Bluetooth stack supports MAC address spoofing
* Bluetooth audio (A2DP) playback reliability improvements
* Crash reporting now works from console sessions as well as the desktop
* New bootloader-agnostic Boot Contract, decoupling the kernel from the bootloader
* C API syscall numbers for the bundled TCC compiler are now auto-generated and verified at build time
Fixed
=====
* Fixed an NVMe completion-queue desync that could break all disk reads
* Fixed TCP/IP stack bugs
* Fixed an SMP race in the kernel crash-report ring buffer, and guarded against crash-handler crash loops
* Fixed Terminal scrolling and zoom inconsistencies
* Fixed scrolling cutoff for the last entry in Device Explorer
* Fixed UI issues in Files app dialogs
* Fixed a TLS (secure networking) bug affecting system programs
* Performance improvement in the kernel string-stream helper
* Numerous additional kernel, shell, and desktop bug fixes
Included in ISO
================
* MontaukOS SMP kernel
* Userspace bootstrap (0:/os/init.elf) and other essential system utilities
* MontaukOS desktop environment and graphical apps
* Manual pages (0:/man), readable via man command
* System CA certificates (0:/os/certs/ca-certificates.crt)
* Flat Remix icon pack
* JetBrains Mono, Noto Serif, Roboto, and C059 Roman (open Century Schoolbook) TrueType fonts
* DOOM Shareware game with SDL_mixer audio support
* Experimental HTTP server (httpd) and default page (0:/www/index.html)
MontaukOS 0.1.3 (June 7, 2026)
(0642d930df6eee66b40423c6e621327b1e3d5c0e)
New
====
* New 2048 game
* New Audio app with a system audio mixer for per-application volume control
* Bluetooth audio (A2DP) support, including Intel Bluetooth controller firmware loading
* USB mass storage device support, with hotplugging and removable medium detection in Files
* SVG image support in Image Viewer, including vector zoom
* New Network Configuration applet, backed by kernel network statistics reporting
* Process Manager gains a Performance tab with CPU usage graphing (kernel now exposes CPU time)
* Scheduler now supports threading
* xHCI BIOS-to-OS handoff
* Login screen rebuilt on the MTK toolkit, with faster drawing and a shutdown progress display
* Graceful shutdown and reboot: Bluetooth devices are disconnected and disks are flushed
* Files app improvements:
* Selection marquee, now also in list view
* Properties dialog for single and multiple files
* Delete confirmation for directories
* Refresh button and USB medium detection
* Support for folders with more than 64 entries
* 64-bit file sizes
* Asynchronous copy, move, and delete with a progress dialog
* MTK GUI toolkit improvements:
* New graphing widget
* New scrollbar widget, with scrollbars standardized across apps
* Improved input boxes
* Right-click context menus
* Accent colors respected in more desktop components, including print dialogs
* Word Processor now discovers installed fonts automatically (from 0:/fonts)
* Icons added to the PDF Viewer toolbar
* Terminal emulator performance improvements
* Wikipedia app improvements and a simplified starting page
* Music app defaults to the user's Music folder
* Paint app UI improvements
* System Configuration renamed to Settings
* Kernel build numbering
* Licensing files added and copyright notices updated
Fixed
=====
* Login screen no longer hangs when no USB input device is connected
* Various shell and Terminal reliability fixes, including output redirection and a white flash on launch
* Fixed audio mixer and Music app freezes, and a freeze when closing the Music app
* Reliability improvements in the Window Server and IPC subsystems
* Fixed a periodic freeze in the print stack
* Fixed desktop background selection freeze
* Process-wide spinlock added to the userspace heap for thread safety
* Fixed the VFS delete operation for the ramdisk driver
* Fixed list alignment with indent options in the Word Processor
* Fixed Screenshot full-screen flickering
* Standardized and fixed scrollbars in the Text Editor and other apps
* Corrected process and PID reporting
* Numerous additional kernel and desktop bug fixes
Included in ISO
================
* MontaukOS SMP kernel
* Userspace bootstrap (0:/os/init.elf) and other essential system utilities
* MontaukOS desktop environment and graphical apps
* Manual pages (0:/man), readable via man command
* System CA certificates (0:/os/certs/ca-certificates.crt)
* Flat Remix icon pack
* JetBrains Mono, Noto Serif, Roboto, and C059 Roman (open Century Schoolbook) TrueType fonts
* DOOM Shareware game with SDL_mixer audio support
* Experimental HTTP server (httpd) and default page (0:/www/index.html)
MontaukOS 0.1.2 (May 2, 2026)
New
====
* Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP) support
* New Time Zone Configuration applet in System Configuration with full time zone database
* Message box dialogs (OK, Yes/No, OK/Cancel) as a shared library (see Docs > Desktop Internals > Dialogs)
* Open/Save file dialogs as a shared library (see Docs > Desktop Internals > Dialogs)
* Copy and Move file operations in Files app
* Standard MTK GUI toolkit; the following apps were ported:
* Calculator
* Weather
* Wikipedia
* Bluetooth
* Disks
* Printers
* Process Manager
* New formatting options added to Wikipedia
* New Screenshot app for capturing desktop images
* New Paint app
* New Video Player app with AVI format support
* Ported Lua scripting language interpreter
* Terminal app ported to Window Server from being desktop built-in app
* Terminal app now supports zoom shortcuts
* Process Manager (procmgr) ported to Window Server, UI revamped, Windows tab added
* New Word Processor app; PDF export included
* New Spreadsheet app
* Text Editor app ported to Window Server from being desktop built-in app
* Text Editor now supports C and Lua syntax highlighting
* Audio visualizer added to Music app
* New Window Server helpers for standalone GUI apps (win_create, win_poll, win_present, etc.)
* Files app now has virtual folders to expose system components (System Configuration, Apps folders)
* Drive labels displayed in Files app
* Process crash popups (CrashReport)
* Expanded ACPI support
* Primitive S3 sleep/wake support
* Support for Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) printing
* Print dialog and test page printing
* Primitive clipboard support
* ELF shared library support with PIC code model
* Login screen improvements
* PDF viewer rendering improvements
* Super + Space keyboard shortcut for desktop search panel
Included in ISO
================
* MontaukOS SMP kernel
* Userspace bootstrap (0:/os/init.elf) and other essential system utilities
* MontaukOS desktop environment and graphical apps
* Manual pages (0:/man), readable via man command
* System CA certificates (0:/etc/ca-certificates.crt)
* Flat Remix icon pack
* JetBrains Mono, Noto Serif, Roboto, and C059 Roman (open Century Schoolbook) TrueType fonts
* DOOM Shareware game with SDL_mixer audio support
* Experimental HTTP server (httpd) and default page (0:/www/index.html)
* Desktop wallpaper - Lake and mountains by Stephen Walker, Unsplash
MontaukOS 0.1.1
New
====
* Quality of life improvements in Wikipedia Client and Image Viewer apps
* Fixed memory leaks
* Fixed ghost shell.elf process bug in terminal emulator
* Fixed File Manager rendering bug
Included in ISO
================
* MontaukOS kernel
* Userspace bootstrap (0:/os/init.elf) and other essential system utilities
* MontaukOS desktop environment and graphical apps
* Manual pages (0:/man), readable via man command
* System CA certificates (0:/etc/ca-certificates.crt)
* Flat Remix icon pack
* JetBrains Mono, Noto Serif, Roboto, and C059 Roman (open Century Schoolbook) TrueType fonts
* DOOM Shareware game and Montauk DOOM runtime (0:/games/doom.elf)
* Experimental HTTP server (httpd) and default page (0:/www/index.html)
* Desktop wallpaper - Lake and mountains by Stephen Walker, Unsplash
MontaukOS 0.1.0
(first release)
Included in ISO
================
* MontaukOS kernel
* Userspace bootstrap (0:/os/init.elf) and other essential system utilities
* MontaukOS desktop environment and graphical apps
* Manual pages (0:/man), readable via man command
* System CA certificates (0:/etc/ca-certificates.crt)
* Flat Remix icon pack
* JetBrains Mono, Noto Serif, Roboto, and C059 Roman (open Century Schoolbook) TrueType fonts
* DOOM Shareware game and Montauk DOOM runtime (0:/games/doom.elf)
* Experimental HTTP server (httpd) and default page (0:/www/index.html)
* Desktop wallpaper - pine forest by Gustav Gullstrand, Unsplash