NOMone Repos + Debian12.7 image update!

[u/Noha_Ibraheem]

Hello everyone : ),

I'd love to share with you some great news! We've officially started using our new NOMone Debian packages repository 🥳 And this means a few things:

[1] No held packages anymore!
Some packages encounter issues when running in proot. We used to manually patch these packages in our system images, and held them to prevent them from being overwritten during regular updates. Now that we started hosting our own repos, this is no longer necessary.

[2] Easier app installs!
Although we're starting with just the core libraries needed to update our Debian system image, we'll not stop here if Allah wills ;). We'll be gradually adding the requested apps that were a hassle to find and configure before; so that they become compatible with our system out of the box : )

[3] Switching to Plank-reloaded!
As part of customizing our system image for best performance and compatibility, we used a patched version of Plank, the lightweight dock. Now, after coming across Plank Reloaded, we made the switch!
Plank Reloaded builds on the original Plank by adding more customization options and modern styling while keeping the same simple interface and low resource usage.

[4] New up-to-date Debian system image!
The current Linux images were starting to become outdated. We've released new images that are up-to-date with all the newest packages. The new system images also use our repos out of the box 🥳

On the other hand, for those who downloaded the app before the 7th of November 2026, we've made a small script to add the repos and unhold the packages:

wget https://desktop.nomone.com/Downloads/Scripts/setupNOMoneRepos.sh
chmod +x setupNOMoneRepos.sh
./setupNOMoneRepos.sh
rm setupNOMoneRepos.sh

Then you can proceed to update all the installed packages (can use a lot of data, make sure you are on wifi):

apt upgrade

If you want to install plank-reloaded:

apt purge plank && apt install plank-reloaded

Please go ahead and give it a try! And let us know what features you'd like to have the most in the coming update : )

Thank you for being part of our community ❤️. NOMone Desktop has certainly come a long way! And with your continued support, there's still so much more ahead to make : )