diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-linux-distros.yml b/.github/workflows/release-linux-distros.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0b488e87ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-linux-distros.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+name: Release (Linux Distros)
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      survey_key:
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: ""
+
+jobs:
+  linux-distro:
+    name: Linux (Distros)
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        include:
+        - container_image: "ubuntu:18.04"
+          bundle_name: "bionic"
+          compiler: "g++-8"
+          c_compiler: "gcc-8"
+        - container_image: "ubuntu:20.04"
+          bundle_name: "focal"
+          compiler: "g++"
+          c_compiler: "gcc"
+        - container_image: "ubuntu:22.04"
+          bundle_name: "jammy"
+          compiler: "g++"
+          c_compiler: "gcc"
+        - container_image: "debian:buster"
+          bundle_name: "buster"
+          compiler: "g++"
+          c_compiler: "gcc"
+        - container_image: "debian:bullseye"
+          bundle_name: "bullseye"
+          compiler: "g++"
+          c_compiler: "gcc"
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    container:
+      image: ${{ matrix.container_image }}
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Download source
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+      with:
+        name: internal-source
+
+    - name: Unpack source
+      run: |
+        tar -xf source.tar.gz --strip-components=1
+
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        echo "::group::Update apt"
+        apt-get update
+        echo "::endgroup::"
+
+        echo "::group::Install dependencies"
+        apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+          cmake \
+          debhelper \
+          ${{ matrix.compiler }} \
+          ${{ matrix.c_compiler }} \
+          git \
+          make \
+          openssl \
+          libcurl4-openssl-dev \
+          libfontconfig-dev \
+          libfluidsynth-dev \
+          libicu-dev \
+          liblzma-dev \
+          libzstd-dev \
+          liblzo2-dev \
+          libsdl2-dev \
+          lsb-release \
+          zlib1g-dev \
+          libharfbuzz-dev \
+          # EOF
+        echo "::endgroup::"
+      env:
+        DEBIAN_FRONTEND: noninteractive
+
+    - name: Install GCC problem matcher
+      uses: ammaraskar/gcc-problem-matcher@master
+
+    - name: Build
+      run: |
+        mkdir -p build
+        cd build
+
+        echo "::group::CMake"
+        CXX=${{ matrix.compiler }} CC=${{ matrix.c_compiler }} cmake ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE} \
+          -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+          -DOPTION_COMPRESS_DEBUG=ON \
+          -DOPTION_LTO=ON \
+          -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
+          # EOF
+        echo "::endgroup::"
+
+        echo "::group::Build"
+        echo "Running on $(nproc) cores"
+        # Ubuntu 18.04 cmake does not support -j so we pass the option to the native tool
+        cmake --build . -- -j $(nproc)
+        echo "::endgroup::"
+
+    - name: Create bundles
+      run: |
+        cd ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/build
+        echo "::group::Run CPack"
+        cpack
+        echo "::endgroup::"
+
+        echo "::group::Cleanup"
+        # Remove the sha256 files CPack generates; we will do this ourself at
+        # the end of this workflow.
+        rm -f bundles/*.sha256
+        echo "::endgroup::"
+
+    - name: Store bundles
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      with:
+        name: openttd-linux-${{ matrix.bundle_name }}
+        path: build/bundles
+        retention-days: 5
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-linux.yml b/.github/workflows/release-linux.yml
index 30c2a04ee4..eba5e1f509 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-linux.yml
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ jobs:
             nlohmann-json \
             sdl2 \
             zlib \
+            zstd \
             # EOF
         )
         echo "::endgroup::"
@@ -123,7 +124,9 @@ jobs:
         echo "::group::CMake"
         cmake ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE} \
           -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake \
-          -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo \
+          -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+          -DOPTION_COMPRESS_DEBUG=ON \
+          -DOPTION_LTO=ON \
           -DOPTION_SURVEY_KEY=${{ inputs.survey_key }} \
           -DOPTION_PACKAGE_DEPENDENCIES=ON \
           # EOF
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-macos.yml b/.github/workflows/release-macos.yml
index ec82f8653e..768964aa35 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-macos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-macos.yml
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ jobs:
           nlohmann-json:arm64-osx \
           zlib:x64-osx \
           zlib:arm64-osx \
+          zstd:x64-osx \
+          zstd:arm64-osx \
           # EOF
 
     - name: Install GCC problem matcher
@@ -88,6 +90,7 @@ jobs:
         echo "::endgroup::"
 
     - name: Import code signing certificates
+      if: ${{ false }} # disable for now
       uses: Apple-Actions/import-codesign-certs@v2
       with:
         # The certificates in a PKCS12 file encoded as a base64 string
@@ -108,7 +111,7 @@ jobs:
           -DVCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET=arm64-osx \
           -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=/usr/local/share/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake \
           -DHOST_BINARY_DIR=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/build-host \
-          -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo \
+          -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
           -DOPTION_SURVEY_KEY=${{ inputs.survey_key }} \
           # EOF
         echo "::endgroup::"
@@ -129,7 +132,7 @@ jobs:
           -DVCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET=x64-osx \
           -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=/usr/local/share/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake \
           -DHOST_BINARY_DIR=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/build-host \
-          -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo \
+          -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
           -DOPTION_SURVEY_KEY=${{ inputs.survey_key }} \
           -DCPACK_BUNDLE_APPLE_CERT_APP=${{ secrets.APPLE_DEVELOPER_CERTIFICATE_ID }} \
           "-DCPACK_BUNDLE_APPLE_CODESIGN_PARAMETER=--deep -f --options runtime" \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-source.yml b/.github/workflows/release-source.yml
index 9cf9c779a1..3d2ab4d98c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-source.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-source.yml
@@ -95,9 +95,9 @@ jobs:
         cmake -DGENERATE_OTTDREV=1 -P cmake/scripts/FindVersion.cmake
         ./.github/changelog.sh > .changelog
         TZ='UTC' date +"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M UTC" > .release_date
-        cat .ottdrev | cut -f 1 -d$'\t' > .version
+        head -1 .ottdrev-vc  | cut -f 1 -d$'\t' > .version
 
-        if [ $(cat .ottdrev | cut -f 5 -d$'\t') = '1' ]; then
+        if [ $(head -1 .ottdrev-vc | cut -f 5 -d$'\t') = '1' ]; then
           # Assume that all tags are always releases. Why else make a tag?
           IS_TAG="true"
 
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ jobs:
         echo "::endgroup::"
 
         echo "Release Date: $(cat .release_date)"
-        echo "Revision: $(cat .ottdrev)"
+        echo "Revision: $(cat .ottdrev-vc)"
         echo "Version: $(cat .version)"
         echo "Is tag: ${IS_TAG}"
         echo "Folder on CDN: ${FOLDER}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-windows.yml b/.github/workflows/release-windows.yml
index c55a4f8d4a..5b11af7a02 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-windows.yml
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ jobs:
         arch: ${{ matrix.host }}
 
     - name: Import code signing certificate
+      if: ${{ false }} # Disabled
       shell: powershell
       # If this is run on a fork, there may not be a certificate set up - continue in this case
       continue-on-error: true
@@ -190,7 +191,7 @@ jobs:
         echo "::endgroup::"
 
     - name: Sign installer
-      if: inputs.is_tag == 'true'
+      if: ${{ false }} # inputs.is_tag == 'true'
       shell: bash
       # If this is run on a fork, there may not be a certificate set up - continue in this case
       continue-on-error: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index f3b22a12e5..4443d66e77 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ on:
       ref:
         description: 'Ref to build (for Pull Requests, use refs/pull/NNN/head)'
         required: true
-  repository_dispatch:
-    # client_payload should be the same as the inputs for workflow_dispatch.
-    types:
-    - Build*
-  release:
-    types:
-    - published
+#  repository_dispatch:
+#    # client_payload should be the same as the inputs for workflow_dispatch.
+#    types:
+#    - Build*
+#  release:
+#    types:
+#    - published
 
 jobs:
   source:
@@ -41,6 +41,16 @@ jobs:
     with:
       survey_key: ${{ needs.source.outputs.survey_key }}
 
+  linux_distros:
+    name: Linux (Distros)
+    needs: source
+
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/release-linux-distros.yml
+    secrets: inherit
+
+    with:
+      survey_key: ${{ needs.source.outputs.survey_key }}
+
   macos:
     name: MacOS
     needs: source