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These release notes for Point Linux 13.04 (Taya) provide an overview of the release and document the known issues with Point Linux 13.04.  
 
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== Point Linux 13.04 overview ==
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== Point Linux 13.04.1 overview ==
  
 
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=== What's new in Point Linux 13.04 ===
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=== What's new in Point Linux 13.04.1 ===
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While Point Linux 13.04 is based on the same repository as it's predecessor, it comes with the new GUI installer replacing Debian Installer that was used in previous version. This allowed us reduce the image size greatly and simplify the overall installation process.
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Point Linux 13.04.1 is a minor bugfix release. It generally has the same specs as [http://wiki.pointlinux.org/index.php?title=Point_Linux_13.04_Release_Notes Point Linux 13.04] However, it also offers some improvements as well:
  
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==== Other changes ====
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==== Changes in distribution ====
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: Firefox 20.0;
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: LibreOffice 4.0.3.3;
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: Thunderbird 17.0.5;
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: Firefox 21.0;
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: Latest Debian 'Wheezy' packages;
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: Stable Debian 'Wheezy' packages;
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: Broadcom B43 driver replaced with STA;
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: Debian repo moved to cdn.debian.net;
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: BootStick, the bootable USB stick creation tool is included in both editions by default;
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: Point Linux repo moved to cdn.pointlinux.org;
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: LZMA squashfs compression changed back to GZIP.
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: ftp CLI utility added;
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: MATE 1.6 migration simplified;
  
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=== Applications ===
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==== Changes in Point Linux Installer ====
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Point Linux 13.02 comes in two editions, Full and Core.
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: Installer downloads and installs IBus and input method packages when CJK languages detected;
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==== Key packages present in Core and Full editions ====
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: Installer removes VirtualBox guest additions in target system when VirtualBox is not detected;
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: Installer creates /media/cdrom and /media/usb folders in target system;
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: Installer creates /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00CDMountPoint and /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00trustcdrom in target system;
  
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: rsync
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: ntp
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: pulseaudio
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: cups
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: plymouth
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==== Key applications present in Core and Full editions ====
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: Network Manager Gnome
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: Synaptic
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: GDebi
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: Update Manager
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: Eye of Mate (the Eye of Gnome analog)
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: Atril (the Evince analog)
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: Engrampa (the File Roller analog)
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: Printer Configuration Tool (system-config-printer)
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: GParted
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: BootStick
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==== Key applications present in Full edition only ====
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: Mozilla Firefox
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: Mozilla Thunderbird
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: Pidgin
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: Transmission
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: LibreOffice
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: VLC
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: Remmina
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: Vino
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: Seahorse
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: Mateconf Editor (the GСonf Editor analog)
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: Simple Scan
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: OpenJDK
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: Adobe Flash Player (licensed)
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Full edition also includes non-free firmware drivers.<br />
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Core edition can be easily upgraded to the Full edition by installing the <code>pointlinux-mate-desktop</code> package.<br />
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Non-free Google Chrome, Opera, Dropbox and Virtualbox repos can be added with the <code>pointlinux-repos-nonfree</code> package.<br />
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Compiz is not installed by default, but it can be easily enabled with <code>pointlinux-compiz</code> metapackage installation and restart.
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=== Point Linux Installer ===
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Point Linux Installer is a fork of Linux Mint's Live Installer. It brings some notable changes and improvements over the original Live Installer project:
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: Installer performs more checks before launch;
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: 'No Internet connection' dialog appears if there's no Internet connection detected;
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: Automatic timezone detection function added (requires Internet connection);
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: Installer sets 'us' keyboard layout for user info input regardless of layout chosen before;
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: Regex username and hostname validity check;
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: Avatar selection option removed;
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: Autologin option added;
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: Keyboard layout pic removed that allowed us remove the Qt4 libraries from dependencies and reduce overall installer size greatly;
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: Advanced installation removed;
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: 'Send anonymous installation report' option added (requires Internet connection);
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: Installer reduces window size during the installation if there's no slideshow folder;
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: Better localization ability;
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: UI improvements.
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=== Known issues ===
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: Installer does not perform automatic Language (Country) selection in some cases
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: Installer does not respect Dvorak keyboard variant
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:Once enabled in GUI Vino requires relogin to enable the desktop sharing.
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:There's no choice to run Brasero on blank CD/DVD media insertion.
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:LightDM: Additional language selection is ignored in multilingual environments. [http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=679386 Debian Bug #679386].
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:No sound on Intel 5 Series/3400 Chipset HDA sound card. [http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=679056 Debian Bug #679056]
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Latest revision as of 10:09, 10 June 2013

These release notes for Point Linux 13.04 (Taya) provide an overview of the release and document the known issues with Point Linux 13.04.

Contents

[edit] Point Linux 13.04.1 overview

The purpose: Desktop PC distro
Target audience: Experienced users and business/IT sector
Based on: Debian 7 (Wheezy)
Kernel: 3.2.0-4
DE: Mate 1.4.2
Compiz: Available in repo. Not installed by default
DM: LightDM
Distro format: LiveCD/USB, LiveDVD/USB
Supported architectures: i386 (i686-pae), amd64
Distro language: English in Live Session, Localized during the HD installation.
Installer: GUI Point Linux Installer 0.15.2

[edit] What's new in Point Linux 13.04.1

Point Linux 13.04.1 is a minor bugfix release. It generally has the same specs as Point Linux 13.04 However, it also offers some improvements as well:

[edit] Changes in distribution

LibreOffice 4.0.3.3;
Firefox 21.0;
Stable Debian 'Wheezy' packages;
Debian repo moved to cdn.debian.net;
Point Linux repo moved to cdn.pointlinux.org;
ftp CLI utility added;
MATE 1.6 migration simplified;

[edit] Changes in Point Linux Installer

Installer downloads and installs IBus and input method packages when CJK languages detected;
Installer removes VirtualBox guest additions in target system when VirtualBox is not detected;
Installer creates /media/cdrom and /media/usb folders in target system;
Installer creates /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00CDMountPoint and /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00trustcdrom in target system;


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