Soplos Sys Cleaner

1.0.2-3 — June 2026

Orphaned DKMS module detection in the Drivers tab, orphaned module reference scanner in APT Cache, and automatic reference cleanup after driver removal.

• Drivers tab — orphaned DKMS modules: New scanner checks /var/lib/dkms/ for compiled .ko files whose source package (*-dkms) is no longer installed. Shown as [DKMS] entries alongside regular driver packages and removed via dkms remove or direct directory deletion + depmod -a + dracut -f.
• APT Cache — orphaned module references: New scanner detects leftover references to modules from uninstalled packages across five locations: /etc/modules, /etc/modules-load.d/, /etc/modprobe.d/, systemd unit files and X11/XDG autostart files. Covers orphaned entries from VirtualBox, VMware, Hyper-V and guest tool packages.
• Automatic reference cleanup on driver removal: After purging driver packages, leftover entries in /etc/modules and /etc/modules-load.d/ are automatically removed before dracut -f. Covers VirtualBox, VMware, NVIDIA, Broadcom and Hyper-V module references.
• Full orphan reference cleanup action: Removes module load entries, orphaned modprobe.d files, disables and removes orphaned systemd services, removes orphaned X11/XDG autostart files, then rebuilds initramfs with dracut -f.

1.0.2-2 — May 2026

Extended hardware detection in the Drivers tab (VM guest tools, printer drivers, Wacom tablets, Broadcom WiFi) and critical fixes for Intel GPU false positives in VMs, dracut firmware protection and progress bar display.

• Drivers tab — VM guest tools: New VM_GUEST_PACKAGES dict maps systemd-detect-virt output to guest tool packages. Tools for the current hypervisor are protected; all others are shown as removable. Covers VirtualBox (virtualbox-guest-x11/utils/dkms), VMware (xserver-xorg-video-vmware, open-vm-tools, open-vm-tools-desktop), KVM/QEMU (spice-vdagent, spice-webdavd), Hyper-V (hyperv-daemons), Xen (xen-utils-guest, xe-guest-utilities).
• Drivers tab — printer drivers: USB vendor detection for HP (hplip, hplip-data), Epson (epson-inkjet-printer-escpr/2), Canon (cnijfilter2, scangearmp2), Brother (printer-driver-brlaser), Samsung (printer-driver-splix), Kyocera (printer-driver-c2esp). Packages only shown as removable when the corresponding USB vendor is not detected.
• Drivers tab — Wacom tablets: xserver-xorg-input-wacom, libwacom2 shown as removable when USB vendor 056a (Wacom) is absent.
• Drivers tab — Broadcom proprietary WiFi: broadcom-sta-dkms, bcmwl-kernel-source shown as removable when PCI vendor 14e4 (Broadcom) is absent.

• Drivers tab — Intel GPU false positive in VMs: VMs expose Intel chipset devices (i440FX, ICH9) with vendor 8086 in lspci, causing Intel GPU driver packages to be incorrectly protected. A new _scan_gpu_pci_vendors() function uses lspci -n to check PCI class 03xx and only protects Intel GPU packages when a real Intel GPU is present.
• Drivers tab — VMware tools shown as removable when running in VMware: When VirtualBox is configured with VMSVGA display, the VMware PCI vendor 15ad appears in lspci, incorrectly protecting open-vm-tools. VM tools are now managed exclusively via systemd-detect-virt, not PCI vendor detection.
• Drivers tab — fixes not applying in production: All hardware detection improvements were applied to root_scan.py but the live app uses root_helper.py via pkexec. root_helper.py was not updated with gpu_pci_vendors and vm_guest_type parameters — this is now corrected.
• Firmwares tab — dracut protection layer missing client-side: root_helper.py was not exporting dracut_fw_dirs in the scan JSON. The client-side firmware protection set rebuild now correctly includes firmware directories declared in /etc/dracut.conf.d/.
• Progress bar — showing 100% during operations: set_ui_state(..., pulse=True) now resets fraction to 0.0 before calling pulse(). Previously the leftover 1.0 fraction from a completed scan persisted as "100%" text during all subsequent indeterminate operations.
• "Select all" checkbox not resetting after cleanup: The checkbox remained checked after a successful cleanup and re-scan. Added reset via handler_block_by_func + set_active(False) in the on_done callback of drivers_tab, firmware_tab, temp_tab, logs_tab, user_cache_tab, and flatpak_tab.

1.0.2-1 — April 2026

Snap tab redesigned with full purge support, virtual machine guest detection with hypervisor identification, and critical fixes for kernel removal, package management commands and translation coverage.

• Snap tab redesigned: Now has two sections like Flatpak — installed snaps with full uninstall (snap remove --purge, removes snap and all its data) and old/disabled revisions.
• VM guest detection: systemd-detect-virt now identifies the hypervisor type (KVM, QEMU, VMware, VirtualBox, Hyper-V, Xen, Parallels…) and displays it in the Drivers tab label. Fallbacks via /sys/hypervisor/type and DMI strings.
• QEMU/KVM guest support: Added Red Hat/Virtio PCI vendor 1af4 to the hardware map so QEMU guest devices are properly recognised.

• Kernel removal: After purging kernel packages, dracut -f and update-grub are now always executed to regenerate the initramfs and update the bootloader. Previously neither was called.
• apt-get → apt: All package management commands in the root helper now use the modern apt frontend.
• Translation coverage: 27 previously untranslated strings (Drivers tab, Firmware tab, Kernels orphan section, Locales tab) added to all 8 language dictionaries and .mo files recompiled.

1.0.2 — March 2026

New Installed Apps and Snap tabs, firmware size display, individual APT cache .deb selection, auto-scan on launch, and extensive fixes for Flatpak, firmware protection, overview layout and progress bar.

• Installed Apps tab: New user-mode tab listing all manually installed packages with search, size info and selective uninstall via pkexec.
• Snap tab: New user-mode tab detecting and removing old/disabled Snap revisions (consistent with Flatpak tab).
• Firmware sizes: Each firmware family in the Firmwares tab now shows its disk usage.
• APT Cache — individual .deb selection: The APT Cache tab now lists every cached .deb file individually, allowing selective deletion instead of all-or-nothing.
• Auto-scan on open: User-mode scan now starts automatically on launch without requiring a manual button press.
• Overview Snap card: Old Snap revisions now appear as a card in the user-mode overview.
• Overview Apps card: Manually installed packages appear as a card in the user-mode overview.
• "Select all docs" button: New button in the Languages tab to select all documentation entries at once.

• AMD/GPU firmware protection: Firmware directories belonging to the detected GPU (amdgpu, radeon, i915…) are now locked in the Firmwares tab, preventing accidental removal.
• KVM/QEMU/VirtualBox detection: Virtual machine packages and firmwares are now detected and protected when the corresponding technology is active.
• Overview grid symmetry: Cards in the overview now use column-homogeneous layout so incomplete rows still render all cards at equal width.
• Flatpak tab redesigned: Now shows two sections — installed Flatpak apps (human-readable name, app ID, version, disk size) and unused runtimes. Previously the tab only showed runtime refs with no useful app information.
• Flatpak sizes: Fixed 0 B size display by reading actual disk usage via du on the flatpak installation directories. The previous flatpak list --columns=size returns download size, always 0 for already-installed items.
• Flatpak unused runtime detection: Replaced the naive runtime comparison (which incorrectly flagged the SDK and Platform GL extensions as unused) with delegation to flatpak uninstall --unused, which correctly handles extensions, SDK dependencies and transitive references.
• Apps tab — firmware and kernel filtering: Firmware and kernel packages no longer appear in the Installed Apps tab after a root-mode cleanup. Packages are now filtered by dpkg section (kernel, firmware) and by name prefix (firmware-, linux-image-, linux-headers-, etc.).
• Progress bar stuck at 100%: Fixed. User-mode scan now uses real progress fractions per step (0 → 0.15 → 0.35 → … → 1.0). Root-mode scan uses a continuous 120 ms pulse timer that stops when the scan completes.

• Tab order (user mode): Overview → Apps → Flatpak → Snap → User Cache → Trash.
• Overview card order: Mirrors tab order in both user and root modes.

1.0.1 — March 2026

Dual-layer user/administrator scanning, new Flatpak, User Cache and Trash tabs, dynamic tab visibility, and major fixes for root session reuse and pkexec prompt reduction.

• Dual-Layer Scanning: Separates User and Administrator scans. Starts with a fast user-level scan, only requesting administrative privileges when explicitly requested via the top header button.
• Flatpak Cleaning: New dedicated tab to detect and safely uninstall unused Flatpak runtimes (flatpak uninstall --unused).
• User Cache Cleaning: New scanner specifically targeting ~/.cache, grouped by application folders.
• Trash Management: New dedicated tab to easily empty the user's local trash (~/.local/share/Trash).
• Dynamic Tabs: System-critical tabs (GPU Drivers, Firmwares, Kernels, APT, Logs, Languages) now logically remain hidden until an administrative scan is authorized.
• Unified Overview: The overview tab now perfectly aggregates sizes and elements from both the user-level and root-level scans dynamically.

• Root Session Refreshing: Resolved a major architectural frustration where the administrative session was hard-killed (triggering repeated pkexec password prompts) just to refresh the UI after a cleanup. The persistent IPC helper is now gracefully reused for subsequent rescans.
• Silent User Cleanup: Removed intrusive pkexec fallbacks from user-level tasks. Clearing user cache or trash now silently skips unprivileged files instead of throwing root password prompts.
• Kernel Tab Display: Fixed a TypeError in IPC data deserialization that caused the Kernels tab to crash silently and display completely empty.
• Root Launch Optimization: The administrative scan now correctly detects if the application is already running under sudo / root, bypassing redundant Polkit authentication prompts.

1.0.0-2 — March 2026

Minor packaging fixes for the About dialog on KDE.

• About dialog credits panel on KDE: The credits area now displays with an opaque dark background and square corners instead of transparent or rounded-corner artifacts.
• About dialog app icon: Standardized to 48×48 pixels.

1.0.0-1 — March 2026

Initial release: intelligent system cleaner with dual APT/Flatpak/Snap/kernel/firmware scanning, Languages tab, Soplos v2.0 UI standard, hardware monitoring, 8-language i18n and full keyboard shortcuts.

• Ctrl+Tab / Ctrl+Shift+Tab: Keyboard shortcuts to cycle forward/backward between tabs.
• F1 — About dialog: Press F1 to open the About dialog with version, author, license and website.

• GNOME HeaderBar: Now displays with correct dark background matching other Soplos apps.
• GNOME CSD controls: Minimize/maximize/close buttons no longer affected by the global button {} CSS rule.

• Languages & Docs: Intelligent cleanup tab that protects active system locales and clears translations and help files.
• Standardized UI: Implemented Soplos v2.0 Standard with slim tabs and professional HeaderBar (matching WebApp Manager).
• Core Security: Consolidated administrative tasks into a single pkexec prompt.
• Advanced Cleaning: Recursive __pycache__ cleaning and system cache optimization.
• Intelligent Protection: Locked network firmwares and active kernels to prevent system failures.
• Precision Scanning: Universal scanner using du -sk for accurate and fast size calculation.
• Hardware Monitoring: Extended overview including Temperature, GPU, and Disk usage.
• Global Reach: Fully localized UI in 8 languages (ES, EN, FR, DE, PT, IT, RO, RU).
• Responsive Design: Optimized layout for GTK environments (X11/Wayland/GNOME/KDE/XFCE).
• Keyboard Shortcuts: Ctrl+W (close), Ctrl+R (rescan), Ctrl+1–7 (tab navigation).
• Scan Icon: Enlarged to 128px in Overview tab for better visibility.

• Action buttons: Remove, Clean and Autoremove buttons now re-enable after failed or cancelled operations instead of remaining permanently disabled.
• Progress bar in Kernels tab: Now closes correctly after cleanup completes.
• Translatable strings: GPU Drivers and Firmware tab strings were hardcoded in Spanish; corrected to English as required by the i18n system.
• Temp Files — active session files: Socket files, named pipes and symlinks (D-Bus, MCP, systemd) are now excluded from the scanner — they are active session files and must not be deleted.
• Temp Files — root-owned files: Deletion of root-owned files now uses a single pkexec fallback call instead of silently failing with PermissionError.
• APT Cache scanner: Was only counting .deb files, always showing 0 on clean systems. It now also measures the package lists (/var/lib/apt/lists/) populated by apt update.
• APT Cache — orphan button: "Remove orphaned packages" button is now hidden instead of visually active when there are no orphans — the XFCE theme did not grey out destructive-action buttons correctly.
• Overview metrics timer: System usage metrics moved to a background thread to prevent UI freezes after scan.
• Languages tab: Widget creation deferred until the tab is first opened (lazy loading). Previously, 500–1000+ GTK widgets were created synchronously on scan completion, causing the entire application to freeze on any subsequent interaction.

• fmt_size() consolidated in utils/constants.py, eliminating duplication across 6 tab files.
• Duplicate constants removed: Single source of truth for SUPPORTED_LANGUAGES and PROTECTED_FIRMWARE in their respective modules.
• Unused functions removed: get_autoremove_size_kb(), _get_size() and get_total_temp_size() eliminated.
• Import cleanup: Misplaced and unused imports cleaned up across all UI and scanner modules.
• Logging unified through the logger module in application.py (replaced print() calls).
• Overview card strings (items, family(s), removable) are now translatable across all 8 languages.