We’ve made it a point to regularly push updates to Loki and this month is no exception! Here is the Loki updates roundup for September:

Networking

You may have noticed a rather big change to the way we display password protected and open networks in the menu. Following up on Cassidy’s “Secure by Default” post, we now show a slashed lock icon next to open access points instead of a lock icon next to password protected access points. You’ll also notice a new tooltip when hovering the name of an access point that will display more information about the security level of the access point.

New network indicator with a secure-by-default UX

The icon in the panel should now always prioritize active network connections. Configured VPNs will now show in the menu. An issue was resolved that caused duplicated menu separators at the greeter screen.

The network settings page gets a little smarter this month and now ignores network interfaces from virtual machines and containers like Docker. We also resolved an issue that prevented SOCKS proxies from working properly and added an explantion for the HotSpot feature.

AppCenter

It wouldn’t be a Loki updates post without new features and fixes for AppCenter! This update brings the much requested feature to show release descriptions (i.e. changelogs) in both the updates view and the app info page. For the time being, release descriptions are optional for developers to provide but you may notice your favorite apps using them already.