v5.5.1 – a “Functional Status” check has been added, which will notify the user of ongoing technical difficulties (as determined by the repository owner) that may occur for users who have recently installed or upgraded AltaerAI, due to its rolling-release lifecycle
v5.4.2 – a “very fast” installation method has been introduced that drastically shortens the process. It uses a pre-packaged PRoot-Distro environment, instead of installing it from scratch, and restores it in a backup form. It is now a default installation method
v5.4.1 – added an automatic Termux update check, which will inform the user of an available update and allow the user to choose whether Termux was initially downloaded from GitHub or from F-Droid to further proceed (this is necessary for the update to actually work). This functionality is set by default (as are automatic update & file integrity checks), but can also be disabled under settings
v5.2.3 – fixed a bug in the file integrity checking mechanism that reported missing files even when they were not (especially after a fresh installation)
added an initial solution to when the PRoot Distro environment fails to install, during the installation process
v5.2.2 – added the ability to enter a custom value for Context & Blas Batch Size, in addition to the fixed sizes
various visual improvements and fixes to the MENU
v5.2.1 – introduced “File Integrity checks”, which run simultaneously with the update checking mechanism, to determine potential file deficiences that can impact AltaeraAI’s functionality; in case there are missing files, the user will be asked whether to carry out file repair. Said functionality is set by default (as are automatic update checks), but can also be disabled under settings
visual fixes and improvements, changes to the MENU
added the “Horde” option to the MENU, which utilises AI Horde to allow for sharing your processing power (an AI Model) for users worldwide
minor aesthetic changes and fixes to the MENU
v5.1.2 – fixed the issue regarding pre-packaged KoboldCpp not being downloaded after switching to an organisational repository
added a pre-launch check (when starting KoboldCpp) to see if the KoboldCpp directory exists in PRoot Distro; if not, the user will be asked whether to download or compile it
v5.1.1 – shifted the project’s main GitHub repository into an organisational one (ThinkThroughLabs). This upgrade does not bring any functionalities, its sole purpose is to redirect local AltaeraAI update mechanisms to a new address
added “aef”, “aeforce” and “altaeraforce” arguments to the “bash.bashrc” file, which allow the user to launch AltaeraAI without the automatic update checking mechanism, in case there is a start-up problem, i.e., poor network connectivity
v4.8.5 – fixed a bug which always informed the user about an available update, when launching AltaeraAI in offline mode
v4.8.4 – added a changelog to the main MENU
v4.8.3 – added an optional (set by default) “auto-update” mechanism, which automatically checks for updates whenever you type in “ae” in order to start AltaeraAI
added “AltaeraAI Settings” into the MENU
v4.8.2 – added information about device RAM and free storage in the main MENU
v4.8.1 – added KobbleTinyV2-1.1B (imatrix) weights to the list of models
v4.7.2 – added Tiny-Vicuna and TinyDolphin (imatrix/laser) weights to the list of models
added the ability to enable/disable the experimental Flash Attention (–flashattention) flag for compatible models in “KoboldCpp Settings”
v4.7.1 – in case there is no update to KoboldCpp itself available, the “check for updates” mechanism will no more ask you to choose from a pre-packaged KoboldCpp or a locally compiled one; instead it will only update shell files, provided there is an update available to those
v3.2.7 – cosmetic MENU UI visual enhancements when updating
v3.2.6 – upgraded every language available on the list to upstream changes and fixes
v3.2.5 – changes to the MENU
v3.2.4 – added the “List Installed Models” option, fixed launching flags for GGML/bin models
v3.2.3 – introduced “Compatibility Mode”, which from now on automatically deploys outdated GGML models (RWKV-4) with an older koboldcpp-1.49, thereby fixing the ‘GGML_ASSERT’ error [the embedded KoboldLite will continue to be updated]. Users that installed AltaeraAI prior to 26 Nov 2023 need to re-install in order to utilise the Compatibility Mode
v3.2.2 – refactoring, bug fixes, aesthetic changes to the MENU
v3.0 – updated to koboldcpp-1.48.1 – [reverted to v2.9.3 until glibc-2.38 package is upstream in Ubuntu-22.04_arm64 repositories due to an OpenBLAS dependency requirement]
Switched over from Ubuntu PRoot-Distro to Artix Linux. Users that installed AltaeraAI prior to 11 Nov 2023 are requested to re-install in order to receive future updates
v2.9.3 – bug fixes
v2.9.2 – added “KoboldCpp Settings” into the MENU, minor aesthetic changes to it
