changed default brightness/contrast adjustment values

bumped version to v0.40.0-preview_3

bumped version to v0.40.0_preview_2

minimum Go version increased to go1.24.0

disabled unconvert linter. the latest version of the linter does not
work with go1.24.0

modified 0001-statsviz.patch to match changes go version change in go.mod

bumped version to v0.40.0-preview

upated version string to 0.35.3

upated version string to 0.35.2

updated version string to v0.35.1

changes in 3af5cfb extended to the windows build

bumped version to v0.34.0

added link to Current Status page on the wiki

bumped version to v0.33.0