Linux Changelog

Version 4 – Back on Track
(25 September 2026)

-Improved-

– Switching host keeps your progress. Files that had already finished are kept, and a bundle
carries on from where it stopped on the other host – then it’s checked, as a resumed bundle
always is.
– The speed test follows the same steps. If a host doesn’t deliver the test file, the app
checks your connection first, then switches host by itself instead of asking.
– Downloads recover by themselves. A dropped connection no longer ends a download: the app
waits a moment, reconnects and continues from where it stopped, on every hosting service. A
download that stops receiving data is noticed within 30 seconds.
– The app checks your connection before blaming the host. When a download fails, it first
checks whether your internet works. If it doesn’t, it tells you so. If it does, it switches to
the other hosting service and tries again by itself – no questions to answer.
– Sizes stay up to date. When a pack gets a new version, its download size is measured
again, so the size box never shows the previous version’s size.
– EDMS V courses are back. With courses turned on, an installed EDMS V offers them as a small
update.
– Settings remembers where you were. It opens on the page you used last, and that page is
highlighted.
– Tips appear where you’re pointing. The (?) tips in Settings show right next to the mouse
instead of far to the side.
– Setting up a new profile is quicker. It goes straight to choosing the profile’s folder, and
reminds you that each profile needs its own.
– It always unpacks with its own 7-Zip. The app now uses the up-to-date 7-Zip (26.02) that
comes with it, instead of whichever version happens to be installed on your PC.
– Nothing kept in AppData any more. The app no longer stores copies of its data in ~/.local/share
everything stays in its own folder.
– “Import my old settings” is only offered the first time you set up the app.
– Settings > Addon shows the video option for bundles that’s coming in 2027-2028.

-Fixed-
– EdmsUpdater’s own AppImage can no longer be chosen as the game engine.
The old check couldn’t recognise it, so with “Keep the updater open after Play” turned on,
Play could open a second copy.
– After a small update, the app could ask you to download that pack’s courses again.
– “Download everything” could mark a pack as having its courses when none had been downloaded,
so they were never offered.
– Setting up or switching profiles no longer checks download sizes behind the Settings window.
– A retried download no longer makes the progress bar jump ahead.

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.