Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[24.08.1] - 2024-08-11

Added

• A new distro view, tailored for users that have only a few distros installed
• Support for launching WSL Settings if you have wsl version 2.3.11 or newer (still in preview)
• Support for Oracle Linux 9.4
• Support for Oracle Linux 8.9
• Support for Oracle Linux 8.10
• Support for openSUSE Leap 15.6
• Support for openSUSE Tumbleweed on ARM64
• Support for SUSE 15 SP6

Changed

• Now Raft correctly launches the Windows Terminal profile for Ubuntu

[24.04.6] - 2024-04-20

Fixed

• A race condition that keeps the application from launching in some hardware configurations

Added

• Support for Oracle Linux 9.3

Changed

• Upgraded to .NET 8
• Improved a bit the launch time
• Added more distros to the generated Windows Terminal profiles

[23.11.1] - 2023-11-01

Fixed

• Crash at launch in localized versions of Windows (like Spanish)
• Fix an incompatibility with the latest version of PowerToys 0.75

Added

• Support for dark theme in the PowerToys plugin

[23.10.1] - 2023-10-22

Added

• A warning will appear if Raft detects that the wsl command is behaving slowly.
• Support for Oracle Linux 9.2 and 8.8
• Support for openSUSE Leap 15.5
• Support for SUSE 15 SP5

Changed

• Now you can move your backups using File Explorer, together with the backup_database.yaml; tell Raft the new location, and everything will be adjusted.
• Now, if you compress your .tar file using gzip, Raft will notice that and work with the compressed backup.
• Improved the logo for Kali Linux.
• Greatly improve responsiveness when wsl gets slow.
• Now, Raft calls the wsl engine fewer times to improve responsiveness and energy.

Fixed

• There were some missing icons for PowerToys run

[23.6.0] - 2023-06-26

Fixed

• Improve responsiveness when wsl gets slow.

[23.5.2] - 2023-06-04

Fixed

• A regression when the WSL version shown in the toolbar was always 1 regardless the actual default version.

[23.5.1] - 2023-05-29

Added

• Support for Pengwin Enterprise 9

Fixed

• Fix an issue when incorrectly was classifying custom RedHat distros as Fedora

[23.4.0] - 2023-04-05

Added

• Include AlmaLinux for ARM64

[22.7.4] - 2022-07-25

Added

• Import any distro from a TAR file
• Partial Arch Linux support
• Partial CBL Mariner support
• Support for AlmaLinux 9
• Support for openSUSE Leap 15.4
• Support for SUSE 15 SP4
• Support for Oracle Linux 8.6

Changed

• Every distro that is Debian or Fedora based is recognized based on the ID_LIKE field of os-release

Deprecated

• Support for openSUSE Leap 15.3
• Support for SUSE 15 SP3
• Support for Oracle Linux 8.5

[22.5.4] - 2022-05-15

Added

• Support for Ubuntu (Preview)
• Support for AlmaLinux 8 WSL

Changed

• Improved the layout to accommodate more distros with the minimal width of the window.
• Removed the descriptions of the distros; these can be seen in the Microsoft Store by double-clicking the distro icon.

[22.5.1] - 2022-05-08

Added

• Support for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

Changed

• Icons for Ubuntu and Ubuntu 20.04
• Improved the trial period not requiring payment method

Fixed

• Windows Terminal icons for Oracle Linux

[22.2.3] - 2022-02-27

Changed

• PowerToys plugin now targets .NET 6

Fixed

• The Raft icon in the PowerToys Settings now shows correctly

[22.2.1]

• Improved Oracle Linux Support

[22.2.0]

• Fix an incompatibility issue with PowerToys 0.55.0. Now the required version of PowerToys is >= 0.55.0
• Preliminary support for Oracle Linux

[21.12.1]

• Improve performance reducing the redundant calls to the WSL API

[21.11.12]

• Add errors occurred trying to install the PowerToys plugin to the Command Output Window
• Improved look and feel of Settings and Snapshot screens to align better to Windows 11 design
• Fixed a regression with PowerToys Plugin
• Fixed a crash when there are no distros installed
• Improve compatibility with "Windows Subsystem for Linux Preview - Microsoft Store Edition"

[21.11.5]

• Redesigned to match the newest Microsoft styles. Looks great on Windows 11 and Windows 10
• NEW: Now, you can shut down the entire WSL by pressing a button. Helpful if you changed the .wslconfig file.
• NEW: Now you can run a distro as root
• Allow selecting the default distro directly in the toolbar
• When you install a distro, you'll see a small dialog box instead of the whole Microsoft Store window.
• The snapshots screen was redesigned to improve the usability
• Fixed an incompatibility with PowerToys 0.45+
• The distro context menu was reordered for better usability. Now the terminate distro action is more accessible.
• Added openSUSE Tumbleweed
• Added Pengwin Enterprise 8
• Improved Pengwin Enterprise and Fedora Remix logos, especially in with the dark theme.
• Fixed a crash on startup when there is no Internet connection
• Fixed a crash when WSL is not installed