Release notes

The first release of Maniac OS: a complete desktop for 64-bit PCs, on the Linux kernel. Full release notes.

• A new desktop, window manager, menu bar and Dock, with GPU compositing and a software path for PCs without 3D acceleration
• Built-in apps: Files, Web browser, Music, Photos, Notes, Calendar, Text Editor, Calculator, Terminal, System Monitor, Store and Settings
• The Store, with Maniac apps, music plug-ins and Linux apps from Flathub
• Maniac ID: sign in with a code by e-mail and install bought apps on up to 5 PCs
• Boots on UEFI and BIOS PCs, with Secure Boot on or off; runs live from a USB stick

Maniac Darkroom

Version 2.0

Rebuilt from the ground up around a Library and Develop workflow with a professional photo workflow.

• Library with grid, loupe, compare and survey views; stars, flags and colour labels; collections; a filter by date, camera, lens and folder
• Import from a memory card or a folder: copy, move or add photos, rename them and add metadata as they come in
• Develop panels: Basic, Tone curve, HSL / Colour, Colour grading, Detail, Lens corrections, Transform, Effects and Calibration
• Crop and straighten, masks with brush, linear and radial gradients, and before/after views
• History, snapshots and presets; copy and paste settings between photos
• Export presets: full-size JPEG, for e-mail, for the web (WebP), lossless PNG and TIFF for printing

Maniac Pixel

Version 2.0

A major update of the layered image editor.

• Layers with masks, groups, clipping and 27 blend modes
• Adjustment and fill layers, and layer styles: shadows, glows, bevel and emboss, stroke and overlays
• Type and shape layers, and paths
• Selections with Select and Mask; retouching tools
• 45 filters
• Opens and saves PNG, JPEG, WebP, TIFF and HEIC; full undo history with snapshots

Maniac Draw

Version 0.7.0

New menus and PDF import.

• Menus reorganised into File, Edit, View, Layout, Object, Effects, Bitmaps, Text, Table, Tools, Window and Help
• PDF import: each page comes in as editable vector shapes, text and images
• Templates in the New Document dialog
• A searchable list of every command and its keyboard shortcut

Clinic

Version 2.0

Patient records rebuilt.

• Every patient has a file number, and first and last names are stored separately
• A patient chart with Summary, Visits, Clinical, Results, Documents, Billing, Details and Changes
• Problems, medications, allergies, vital signs, and family and social history
• Visit notes with prescriptions, and a warning before prescribing a medicine the patient is allergic to
• Search by name, file number, ID card, AMKA or GHS number
• Existing data is converted automatically on first start; a copy of the old data is kept and can be restored

Maniac Cut

Version 1.0

The first release of the video editor.

• A magnetic timeline with connected clips, storylines, compound clips and multicam
• Colour board and colour wheels, titles, transitions, generators and effects
• Retiming: slow, fast, reverse, hold and speed ramps
• Audio levels, pan and fades on every clip, and a waveform scope
• Share a master file (H.264 and AAC), image sequences, frames and WAV audio