Release ghaf-24.09.2

This patch release is targeted at Secure Laptop (Lenovo X1 Carbon) test participants and brings in new features and bug fixes.

Lenovo X1 Carbon has been fully tested for this release, other platforms have been sanity-tested only.

Release Tag

The following target hardware is supported by this release:

Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen 10/11:

Wayland security context protocol enabled.
The timeout of the Autolock feature at which re-entry of login and password is required has been fixed. Also, the screen dim intensity was adjusted.
Taskbar control for two virtual desktops.
Taskbar audio and brightness control responsiveness improved.
The closing widgets feature is available when clicking outside their area.
Zoom web application added into comms-vm.
Display resolution and Scale settings added to the Control Panel.

Issue	Status	Comments
The Control Panel is non-functional apart from Display settings	In Progress
Cannot log in to the Element chat with a Google account	In Progress	Workaround: create a user specifically for Element.
Time synchronization between host and VMs does not work in all scenarios	In Progress	Under investigation.
Suspend does not work from the taskbar power menu	In Progress	Under investigation.
VPN credentials are not saved	On Hold	Not clear if this can be fixed.
The keyboard boots up with the English layout	In Progress	Workaround: use Alt+Shift to switch between English-Arabic-Finnish layout.
Bluetooth notification windows stay on a screen	In Progress	Workaround: use the Esc key to remove pop-up windows.

There are no specific requirements for the environment with this release.

Released images are available at archive.vedenemo.dev/ghaf-24.09.2.

Download the required image and use the following instructions: Build and Run.