Changelog: Abitti 2 Linux

Changelog: Abitti 2 Linux Candidate USB Drive

The sha256 digest of image files can be downloaded by adding .sha256 to the image URL (e.g. https://dl.abitti.fi/linux/abitti-candidate-1.0.0.iso.sha256).

Version 1.7.2 (2026-09-16)

https://dl.abitti.fi/linux/abitti-candidate-1.7.2.iso (sha256: 8a9d3f0a6d9c562c339123db60a2677d95cc3555b32254de95054721ec05cbe8)

Minimum server version: 1.26.0

  • Security update

Version 1.7.1 (2026-08-10)

https://dl.abitti.fi/linux/abitti-candidate-1.7.1.iso (sha256: f500d9712a79cc067aa77f23a0aa0399cb888f70ad3bb7365ed4b6a1b101fa41)

Minimum server version: 1.26.0

  • Fixed a rare issue where the app would stop receiving system controls
  • Removed the error about removed USB drive when the system has not been booted off an USB drive
  • Corrected system clock time-setting to play nice on Windows dual-boot systems

Version 1.7.0 (2026-06-26)

https://dl.abitti.fi/linux/abitti-candidate-1.7.0.iso (sha256: 413f2d6d9dcd83446bad0604466be74e66c31c0c1d0b7593b035a837332cf2d1)

Minimum server version: 1.26.0

  • Refreshing the application while the exam server is unavailable redirects the user back to the view where they choose an exam server instead of showing a blank screen
  • Display a more prominent “No network” in the login screen
  • Mouse and touchpad pointer speed can be adjusted
  • Show an error text and force a reboot when the USB drive is removed

Version 1.6.0 (2026-06-12)

https://dl.abitti.fi/linux/abitti-candidate-1.6.0.iso (sha256: e9f4cbc9cb856f9123eeb76015fbcede7a0a85ebd6fe8d23cf50dcecbccf3ed0)

Minimum server version: 1.26.0

  • Unified page zoom behavior across candidate application platforms
  • Fixed an issue that could generate large amounts of unnecessary mDNS traffic into open networks
  • Updated components used by technical monitoring

Version 1.5.0 (2026-05-29)

https://dl.abitti.fi/linux/abitti-candidate-1.5.0.iso (sha256: cd13509f3863e9f204d54aa5b9c3dd84bfabf124823c4baee26c25b797c5efec)

Minimum required server version: 1.26.0

  • Reduce exam-start network load by downloading 250 MB less data per student

Version 1.4.0 (2026-05-15)

https://dl.abitti.fi/linux/abitti-candidate-1.4.0.iso (sha256: d5be95f9e479495352f6a477c9dd82e1dbd69a894e9a3714d141bcb773b5a080)

Minimum required server version: 1.26.0

  • WiFi password can be entered using Finnish keyboard layout
  • Linux candidate app launches technical monitoring faster
  • More detailed information is now provided for troubleshooting cases where connection to the server fails
  • Security fixes related to Hackabi-31

Version 1.3.0 (2026-04-30)

https://dl.abitti.fi/linux/abitti-candidate-1.3.0.iso (sha256: db14956255810121a68f07cd824323d9d4083bd9eca6687fe62d05207038df0c)

Minimum required server version: 1.26.0

  • The application context menu displays only useful actions
  • The candidate application now uses a different browser engine to improve stability
  • Fixed a regression where the selected audio device would revert on its own
  • Security fixes

Version 1.2.1 (2026-04-09)

https://dl.abitti.fi/linux/abitti-candidate-1.2.1.iso (sha256: 9fec405b1dc80b198de8bee244e3b53a8481cf02deed9ad32deb79809221e190)

Minimum required server version: 1.26.0

  • Fixed an issue where server names were rejected in a closed exam network

Version 1.2.0 (2026-04-02)

https://dl.abitti.fi/linux/abitti-candidate-1.2.0.iso (sha256: df7b60261874580bfc04822816378721b7891b75cf734c85c922818b0daaabb9)

Minimum required server version: 1.26.0

  • Support for a new, more reliable custom server name mechanism has been added
  • Fixed an issue where sessions were invalidated after a network error
  • Added support for more multimedia formats (eg. mp4)
  • Answers that only contain a screenshot are saved correctly
  • Screenshots can be pasted into Klecks and Collabora
  • Enabled input for dead keys such as the circumflex (^)

Version 1.1.0 (2026-03-23)

https://dl.abitti.fi/linux/abitti-candidate-1.1.0.iso (sha256: 202e6c275ed04abff8b5a060e151f340b92c3a36243041b293bd75d17acbc3f3)

Minimum required server version: v1.26.0

  • Screen brightness can be adjusted with keyboard keys and through exam interface.
  • Display a warning if the server certificate is not valid, and prompt the user to check computer’s date and time.
  • Battery level and charging state is shown in exam top bar

Version 1.0.1 (2026-02-20)

https://dl.abitti.fi/linux/abitti-candidate-1.0.1.iso

Minimum required server version: v1.21.0

  • Avoid downloading same monitoring binaries repeatedly from exam server
  • Minor security improvements

Version 1.0.0 (2026-02-13)

https://dl.abitti.fi/linux/abitti-candidate-1.0.0.iso

Minimum required server version: v1.21.0

  • Fixed an issue where reloading the landing page resulted in a blank screen
  • Various performance improvements to background services

Version 0.5.0 (2026-01-28)

Minimum required server version: v1.21.0

  • Fixes to taking screenshots

Version 0.4.0 (2026-01-26)

Minimum required server version: v1.21.0

  • Added support for screenshots
  • Added the following mouse settings: mouse handedness, scroll direction, is trackpad tap considered a click or not
  • Added audio device and volume controls