With the official release of ZimaOS v1.5.4, ZimaOS has surpassed 2.9 million total downloads, and the Discord community has grown to over 30,000 members. We sincerely thank every user and developer for your continued support and valuable feedback 
In this release, we focused on improving security, storage capabilities, and overall user experience. The update introduces Encrypted Folders (Beta), marking an important step forward in our software-defined storage journey. We also delivered multiple improvements to SMB sharing and storage management, and added support for accessing Samba shares via IPv6 and domain names.
Read the full release notes below:
New
- Added encrypted folder feature (this feature is currently in testing phase — please back up your data before use)
Special thanks to @Random Fandom @Zima-Xperience @markwilder for suggesting. - Improved SMB management: added the ability to stop sharing; stopped shares remain in the list for easy management
- Added Storage button in the left sidebar of Files for easier management of mounted storage
- Files now supports connecting to Samba shares via IPv6 and domain names
Fixed
- Fixed an authentication bypass via system-level username handling –thanks @Dr.Dark
- Fixed an open redirect in the login page’s redirect parameter –thanks @Rushi9
- Fixed the issue where RAID repair and expansion processes could not properly select disks
- Fixed the issue where Member users could not create usernames containing “elif” * --thanks@Sonay*
- Fixed parsing failure in Network when a single NIC has multiple logical names* --thanks@GeeJayJay*
- Fixed the inability to download files containing commas(,)in Files –thanks@ASRTichy
- Fixed the problem where canceling an SMB share on a folder also unintentionally canceled shares on its subfolders –thanks@SirWill
- Fixed preview failure for some HEIC files in Files
- Fixed issues when backup directories contain socket or pipe files –thanks @ViPPeR_666
- Fixed automatic mount failure for RAID database records stored as uppercase “BTRFS”*–thanks @Thowosk *
- Fixed the Recycle Bin becoming unavailable when the system disk is full
- Fixed the issue where clearing the Recycle Bin on BTRFS did not immediately reclaim available space* --thanks @lewinpauli*
- Fixed the inability to select shared folders after creating a Member in Settings* --thanks @Thowosk, @Adziwo, @Jindosh*
- Fixed unnecessary extra partitions being mounted on USB-type system disks
Optimized
- Optimized the storage management page
- Improved error messages and prompts for backup operations
- Optimized file list display in Files: removed the previous 10,000-file browsing limit, now supports smooth browsing of much larger numbers of files
- Optimized error handling logic when modifying the device name
Update Methods
- For users running ZimaOS version V1.4.1 or later:
Please click the red update indicator in the top-left corner of the dashboard on the home page to update. - For first-time installations:
Please download the installer image from the link below:
https://github.com/IceWhaleTech/ZimaOS/releases/download/1.5.4/zimaos-x86_64-1.5.4_installer.img - For users who prefer to manually download the update package and perform a manual upgrade:
https://github.com/IceWhaleTech/ZimaOS/releases/download/1.5.4/zimaos-x86_64-1.5.4.raucb
Don’t wait. Upgrade now please.
ZimaOS Team
