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Version 3 – Sharper
(21 August 2026)
-Improved-
– The application icon looks right at every size. It was being scaled down from one large
image, so it came out noisy in places that use a small icon – window lists, taskbars, file
managers. The app now carries the icon at seven sizes and the desktop picks the closest one.
– The progress bar no longer runs its text together. During “Download everything” the pack
name and file could overlap the download speed in the middle of the bar. The left text is now
trimmed with “…” rather than colliding. (If needed)
– Text no longer gets cut short. The default font on Linux is wider than the one the layout
was designed around, so a lot of labels were being trimmed with “…” – the Settings category list
and the progress bar text in particular. Both now have the room they need.
That’s the whole release – small, and both cosmetic. Nothing else has changed.
Version 2 – Wider Net
(16 August 2026)
-Improved-
– Runs on far more systems. v1 needed a recent distribution – Ubuntu 24.04, Debian 13,
Fedora 40 or newer. This build lowers that considerably:
– Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and newer
– Debian 12 (bookworm) and newer
– Linux Mint 21 and newer
– Pop!_OS 22.04 and newer
– Fedora 35 and newer
– openSUSE Leap 15.6 and newer
– Arch, Manjaro, EndeavourOS, Tumbleweed and other rolling releases
– Steam Deck (SteamOS 3.5 and newer)
Nothing about the app changed for this – it’s built differently so it asks less of the system
it runs on.
You can see the full list of Linux Distro currently supported [Here]
– Message windows are no longer cut off on some desktops. On older Wayland systems, dialogs
could appear too short to show all their text. The app now runs through X11, which every
Wayland desktop already provides, and everything displays properly.
– The download size box fits its text properly. Linux’s default font is wider than the one the
layout was designed around, so the “Needs…” line was running past the edge of the box.
-Note for advanced users-
If you specifically want the app on native Wayland, set `QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland` before running
it – the app leaves your choice alone if you’ve made one. Be aware some dialogs may be cropped on
older systems, which is exactly what the default avoids.
Version 1 – Hello, Linux
(15 August 2026)
-Improved-
The first Linux release of EdmsUpdater. It does everything the Windows version does – the same
packs, bundles, quality options, profiles and hosting choices – built natively for Linux and
shipped as a single AppImage.
-Getting started-
– Make it executable before the first run. Right-click the file, Properties, Permissions, and
tick “Allow executing file as program” – or in a terminal:
`chmod +x EdmsUpdater-PX.AppImage`
– Put it somewhere of its own. The app creates its Download, temp and logs folders next to
the AppImage file, so a dedicated folder keeps things tidy.
– If it won’t start at all, your system is probably missing FUSE, which every AppImage needs.
Either install it (`sudo apt install libfuse2` on Ubuntu or Debian) or run the app with
`–appimage-extract-and-run`.
Nothing else needs installing. 7-Zip comes bundled, so pack and bundle extraction works out of
the box.
-What’s included-
Everything from the Windows version: single packs, bundles and “Download everything”, both
hosting services and the alternate source, quality profiles, courses, Clear Game Cache, portable
mode, resumable downloads, download verification, and the in-app updater.
-Things that work a little differently here-
– Updates replace the AppImage itself. There’s only one file, so updating swaps it in place
and reopens – your settings and downloaded songs aren’t touched.
– Linux has its own version numbers. It started at v1 rather than continuing from the Windows
count, because the two are released independently from here on.
– StepMania 5’s cache is found automatically in the usual places (`~/.stepmania-5.1`,
`~/.stepmania-5.0`, or the Flatpak equivalent). If you use a portable StepMania install, you can
point at its Cache folder yourself.
– On Wayland, the window won’t reopen where you left it. Wayland doesn’t let applications
position their own windows – your desktop decides. Everything else about moving and dragging
works normally, and on X11 the position is remembered as usual.
-If something goes wrong-
Holding the “Up to date” button in Settings for five seconds reinstalls the current version. It’s
there for a damaged or half-copied download – your settings and songs are left alone.
Problems are recorded in the `logs` folder next to the AppImage, and that file is the most useful
thing to include in a bug report.