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Bananarchy Linux changelog

This file tracks public release builds of Bananarchy Linux.

Release versions follow the <year-letter><MM><DD> format (where 2026 is a, followed by the two-digit month and day).

Build a1026 (2026-10-26)

New features and improvements

  • Anti-spam blocklist in Call Log (xcalllog) and SMS (xsms):
    • Unified number blocklist (~/.config/sxmo/block.tsv) supporting exact numbers, 9-digit suffix matching across local/international formats, and prefix wildcards (*).
    • Automatic rejection of incoming calls from blocked numbers via sxmo_hook_block_call.sh, logging blocked attempts into the Spam tab (~/.local/share/sxmo/block/modemlog.tsv) without ringing or missed-call alerts.
    • Silent routing of incoming SMS messages from blocked senders into the Spam folder (~/.local/share/sxmo/block), with one-key thread blocking, unblocking, and restoration between Inbox and Spam in xsms.
  • Native Game Boy / Game Boy Color emulator (gambatte / gbemu):
    • Full-featured C++ Game Boy / Game Boy Color emulator tailored for 240x320 non-touch displays, integrated into System menu -> Games and File Manager (xfiles) for .gb and .gbc files.
    • Readjustable keypad controls persisted in ~/.config/sxmo/gambatte.cfg with defaults B = 8, Turbo B = 5, A = 9, Turbo A = 6, Directions = D-Pad, Start = 2, Select = 3, Palette = *, and Fast Forward = 0.
    • 10 built-in DMG color palettes, 4 screen scaling modes (Fit 240x216 1.5x area-interpolated, 1:1 160x144, Fill 240x246, Full 240x296), 10 save-state slots (.st0–.st9), automatic battery SRAM/RTC persistence, seamless Xdrawer focus handoff, and direct low-latency libasound (hw:0,0) audio with hardware volume synchronization and analog-stage low-pass filtering.
    • Preinstalled open-source / public-domain GB and GBC games in /usr/share/games/gb/ and ~/Games/ (2048.gb, adjustris.gb, blastah.gb, brickster.gbc, geometrix.gbc, ucity.gbc).
  • Preinstalled scripting, calculation tools, and File Manager (xfiles) integration:
    • Added Lua (lua5.5 and lua5.4 with /usr/bin/lua and /usr/bin/luac), GNU bc / dc, and Yabasic (yabasic) to the default system image.
    • Selecting any .yab file in File Manager (xfiles) (or choosing Run in Yabasic (Terminal) in its Actions menu) runs yabasic inside the st terminal and pauses on exit so output can be inspected.
    • Added an integrated GUI Text Editor (Edit in Text Editor) inside xfiles, available as an action on any file (and automatically opened when creating a New File or pressing Edit in the text viewer), featuring line numbers, 2D cursor navigation, 5 multi-tap input modes ([abc], [Abc], [ABC], [123], [Sym]), live candidate bar, and an Editor Menu (Save File, Save & Close, Insert New Line, Insert Space, Duplicate Line, Delete Line, Close Without Saving).

Build a1025 — codename argonaut (2026-10-25)

Initial public release of Bananarchy Linux, focused on complete hardware and daily-driver software support for the Nokia 8110 4G (nokia-argon), along with initial build targets for the Nokia 2720 Flip (nokia-beatles), Nokia 800 Tough (nokia-tough), Nokia 8000 4G (nokia-sparkler), and Nokia 6300 4G (nokia-leo).

Base system and hardware support

  • Alpine Linux Edge (armv7) root filesystem hardforked from postmarketOS v26.06, tuned for < 95 MB idle RAM usage on 512 MB devices.
  • Mainline Linux 6.12.1-msm8916 kernel with custom drivers and patches for Qualcomm MSM8905 and MSM8909 smart feature phones.
  • Full Qualcomm QDSP6/Q6Voice audio routing (q6voiced, PipeWire, WirePlumber, and ALSA UCM) for the boosted rear loudspeaker, boosted (+6 dB) front earpiece, internal MEMS microphone, and 3.5mm headset jack, plus 3-level PM8909 hardware vibration motor control (pm8xxx-vibrator and sxmo_vibrate).
  • Custom msm8905-cam V4L2 kernel driver for the rear 2MP GalaxyCore GC2395 camera sensor (/dev/video0, 800x600 RGB24).
  • Custom leds-msm8905-torch kernel driver for the rear SY7807 flashlight LED (white:torch), WCD audio codec initialization, and clean PM8909 poweroff.
  • Custom animated Bananarchy boot splash (pbsplash) and shutdown splash, plus automated Qualcomm Sahara/Firehose USB EDL flashing (flash-edl.sh) with automatic modem/IMEI partition backup.

Display server and window manager

  • Pure X11 graphical stack built on cross-compiled Xlibre (X11Libre/xserver) with partial-rectangle ShadowFB SPI display updates and zero Wayland overhead.
  • Custom Sxmo DWM (sxmo-de-dwm) window manager designed for 240x320 QVGA non-touch screens, featuring a vertical bottom-stack (bstack) layout, a 24px Pango status bar, a desktop "Menu" / "Names" softkey bar, and a Conky desktop clock and system status widget.
  • Direct C-level handling of physical slider (SW_LID) open/close events and keypad wake keys with < 2 ms wakeup latency.

Preloaded native keypad applications

  • System and context menus (dmenu): resident menu daemon with instant (< 2 ms) wakeup, 10-line vertical layout, live T9 filtering, and built-in submenus and hardware toggles.
  • Global controls drawer (xdrawer): instant overlay toggled by pressing both softkeys together to adjust speaker volume, earpiece volume, ringtone volume, ringer mode (Ring+Vib / Vibrate / Silent / DND), 3-level vibration intensity (Light / Medium / Strong), flashlight, sound/microphone mute, screen brightness, and keypad backlight.
  • Phone dialer (xdialer), call log (xcalllog), and call screen (xcallscreen): home-screen digit dialing with live T9 contact matching, interactive carrier USSD sessions (*100#, etc.), Dual-SIM *#06# IMEI inspection, call history filtering, and an in-call screen with speaker/earpiece switching, microphone mute, DTMF tones, and one-key normalized WAV call recording (~/Recordings/rec_HHMMSS_<caller>.wav).
  • Contacts (xcontacts) and SMS manager (xsms): full phonebook editor with direct Qualcomm QMI UIM SIM card contact import and export across SIM 1 and SIM 2 (EF_ADN), paired with a threaded SMS conversation view and multi-tap message composer with draft support.
  • Modem and Dual-SIM manager (xmodem): 4-tab cellular control center (SIMs, Radio, AT, Log) supporting physical SIM 1 / SIM 2 slot switching, SIM PIN unlock and PUK unblock wizards, PIN enable/disable/change, 2G/3G/4G radio mode selection, USSD requests, and a live AT command console.
  • Networks and Bluetooth manager (xnetworks): 3-tab connectivity manager for Wi-Fi scanning and WPA2 entry, Wi-Fi hotspot, QMI bam-dmux (wwan0) 4G/LTE mobile data and APN configuration, USB tethering, and Bluetooth pairing.
  • File manager (xfiles), music and tracker player (xmusic), and camera (xcamera): keypad directory browser with built-in text and image viewers (including one-click actions to preview images, set any image as wallpaper, play audio, or install any audio or tracker file as ringtone), a 3-tab music and chiptune tracker module player (WAV, MP3, OGG, FLAC, Opus, MOD, XM, IT, S3M, and more), and a live V4L2 camera viewfinder with digital zoom (1x/2x/4x), auto-flash, continuous torch, 3-second self-timer, and photo gallery.
  • Themes (xthemes), wallpapers (xwallpapers), and ringtones (xringtones): unified .Xresources theming engine (~/.xthemes/*.xth) with 20 preinstalled color schemes, live zero-restart reload across all apps and terminals, interactive color/font customization, wallpaper scaling and preview, and low-latency incoming call ringtone (pw-play + mpv tracker module support) and 3-level vibration settings.

Keypad input, terminal, games, and developer tools

  • 6-mode fcitx5-t9 input method: seamless # switching between abc, Abc, ABC, Sym (all 32 ASCII punctuation symbols), Ctl (Ctrl combos, arrows, PageUp/PageDown, Home/End, F1–F12), and 123 numeric modes, plus a * long-press Ctrl+ latch.
  • Patched st terminal: HarfBuzz OpenType ligature rendering (Fira Code default), XIM T9 input, and live SIGUSR1 theme reloading.
  • Standalone X11 keypad games: built-in Snake (snake) and Tetris (tetris) designed for 240x320 displays.
  • On-device development and AI stack: preinstalled gcc/g++, make, git, GNU coreutils, nano, ed, sqlite3, perl, tcl, the Janet language and jpm, the Bantam coding agent, frotz, ffmpeg, mpv, and imv.
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