StartOS v0.3.5: Performance & Reliability Improvements

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"This is our most stable release ever with massive improvements to performance and reliability."
"A big step towards v0.4.0. You won't see the difference; you will feel it!"

Highlights

Ditch Docker, replace with Podman
Remove locking behavior from PatchDB and optimize
Boost efficiency of service manager
Require HTTPS on LAN, and improve setup flow for trusting Root CA
Better default privacy settings for Firefox kiosk mode
Eliminate memory leak from Javascript runtime
Other small bug fixes
Update license to MIT

What's Changed

be resilient to bad lshw output by @dr-bonez in #2390
frontend: ui: bugfix: consistent password length. by @jadijadi in #2394
fix: Add in the code to create the life check for the ui to keep the … by @Blu-J in #2391
Fixes: Builds for the macs by @Blu-J in #2397
backend: sdk init: output file location. fixes #1854 by @jadijadi in #2393
Refactor/service manager by @Blu-J in #2401
disable docker memory accounting by @dr-bonez in #2399
Feature/remove bollard by @dr-bonez in #2396
SDK install script fix by @k0gen in #2411
Add tor-check to CLI by @k0gen in #2412
fix: initialize images before netdummy by @Blu-J in #2418
enable switching to https on login page by @elvece in #2406
do not require auth for cert by @dr-bonez in #2425
Refactor/patch db by @Blu-J in #2415
registry admin script by @dr-bonez in #2426
feat: Change all the dependency errors at once by @Blu-J in #2427
only emit when things change by @MattDHill in #2428
bump FE version and release notes by @MattDHill in #2429
Shore up Firefox kiosk mode by @gStart9 in #2422
feat: Add in the ssl_size by @Blu-J in #2432
mount /var/tmp to data drive by @dr-bonez in #2433
Bugfix/var tmp by @dr-bonez in #2434
Update/logos by @MattDHill in #2435
fixing: Reimplement #2391 by @Blu-J in #2437
cancel old request and base interval on tor by @MattDHill in #2439
prevent stack overflow on shutdown by @dr-bonez in #2440
set governor to "performance" if available by @dr-bonez in #2438
Update LICENSE by @dr-bonez in #2441
allow UNSET country code for wifi by @dr-bonez in #2442
enable trimming in luks by @dr-bonez in #2443
Fix/patch fe by @MattDHill in #2444
Use the correct OS name by @k0gen in #2445
fix health check error by @MattDHill in #2447
fix cert name and show ca wiz on http ip by @MattDHill in #2448
fix cors middleware by @dr-bonez in #2450
fix: Add in logging for the podman in the system logs by @Blu-J in #2451
update docs links by @elvece in #2452
add firmware updater by @dr-bonez in #2455
add apollo review badge and update badges with icons by @elvece in #2456
only use first sensor of each group for temp reporting by @dr-bonez in #2457
stop while starting or restarting by @MattDHill in #2460
fix some causes of start wonkiness on update by @dr-bonez in #2458
Chore: remove an arc mutex that wasn't neccessary by @Blu-J in #2462
Feature/simple syncdb by @dr-bonez in #2464
add tokio-console if unstable by @dr-bonez in #2461
Update/misc fe by @elvece in #2463
Fix/quarantine deno by @Blu-J in #2466
chore: update dependencies by @dr-bonez in #2465
consolidate and streamline build by @dr-bonez in #2469
chore: Cleaning up the stream to a regular stream by @Blu-J in #2468
enable zram by default by @dr-bonez in #2470
Bugfix/output timeout by @dr-bonez in #2471
fix raspi build by @dr-bonez in #2472
Bugfix/argon2 mem usage by @dr-bonez in #2474
allow tab completion on final setup stage in kiosk mode by @elvece in #2473
diplay restoring when restoring by @MattDHill in #2476
closes #2454 by @MattDHill in #2478
Delete Cargo.lock by @AaronDewes in #2477
Fix/ntp by @MattDHill in #2479
use correct sigterm_timeout by @dr-bonez in #2480
add 1 day margin on start time by @dr-bonez in #2481
use old secret key derivation function by @dr-bonez in #2482
actually enable zram during migration by @dr-bonez in #2483
cleanup network keys on uninstall by @dr-bonez in #2484
fix: Logging in deno to filter out the info by @Blu-J in #2487
continuous deployment by @dr-bonez in #2485
Updated motd with new logo by @k0gen in #2488
use existing dependency icon if available by @dr-bonez in #2489
rework ca-wiz and add icons to menu for warnings by @MattDHill in #2486
use low mem for all argon2 configs by @dr-bonez in #2491
use keys to complete setup and redesign final buttons by @MattDHill in #2492
fix time display bug and type metrics by @MattDHill in #2490
change grub os selection to say "StartOS" by @dr-bonez in #2493
better UX for http/https switching by @MattDHill in #2494
fix js backups by @dr-bonez in #2496
mute errors due to failed incoming network connections by @dr-bonez in #2497
Fix/setup by @elvece in #2495
fix docs links by @elvece in #2498
improve Invoke api by @dr-bonez in #2499
do not wait for input on btrfs repair by @dr-bonez in #2500
disable CoW for journal by @dr-bonez in #2501