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What changed in Tacit, release by release. A new post every week.

The Tacit 1.2 desktop: file tags on a paper landscape wallpaper.
29 October 2026, Tacit 1.2

Tacit 1.2: the big update

Every window closed, hidden and arranged the same way, a new Files, icons on the desktop, Alt+Tab, shortcuts of your own, Send to your phone, and a control panel built by ygnk from the community.

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The latest Tacit: 1.2

File: tacit-2026.10.29.2-x86_64.iso, 3.2 GB, for Intel and AMD computers.

Checksum (SHA-256): 5a347e679c50588838b3c00d7cc1640f65b389ec73ba4aedd4c7355ba742fcd2. The checksum file is signed.

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Activity with a section called In the background.
24 October 2026, Tacit 1.1.7

Apps in the background, and a browser that recovers

Activity lists the apps still running after you close their window. Thyris starts even when an earlier one stopped answering.

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Thyris filling its window on a screen set to 125 %.
24 October 2026, Tacit 1.1.6

Thyris fills its window on scaled screens

On screens set to 125 %, 150 % or 200 %, pages were drawn in the top left corner. They now fill the window.

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Tacit's Settings, on the Appearance page.
21 October 2026, Tacit 1.1.0 and 1.1.1

Updates from a tested copy of Arch, and screen recording in the notch

Restart installs only what Tacit has tested. Super+Shift+R records the screen, an area or a window.

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Tacit's Setup asking where Tacit should go, next to Windows or instead of it.
17 October 2026, Tacit 1.0

Tacit 1.0

The first public release: the desktop, its own apps, and updates that look after themselves.

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Every change, release by release, is also in the release notes.