Difference between revisions of "Point Linux 13.04.1 Release Notes"

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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.

[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;

Support Point Linux making a donation

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 |Distro language:
-|English in Live Session, Localized during the HD installation
+|English in Live Session, Localized during the HD installation.
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 |Installer:
-|GUI Point Linux Installer 0.15.1
+|GUI Point Linux Installer 0.15.2
 |}
 === What's new in Point Linux 13.04.1 ===
-While Point Linux 13.04.1 is a minor release offering bugfixes. However, it has some improvements as well:
+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:
-=== Point Linux Installer changes ===
+==== Changes in distribution ====
-: Installer downloads and installs IBus and input method packages when CJK language detected;
+: LibreOffice 4.0.3.3;
-: Installer removes VirtualBox guest additions in target system when not run in VirtualBox;
-: 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;
-==== Other changes ====
 : 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;
-=== Applications ===
+==== Changes in Point Linux Installer ====
-Point Linux 13.04.1 comes in two editions, Full and Core.
+: Installer downloads and installs IBus and input method packages when CJK languages detected;
-==== Key packages present in Core and Full editions ====
+: Installer removes VirtualBox guest additions in target system when VirtualBox is not detected;
+: Installer creates /media/cdrom and /media/usb folders in target system;
-: ssh
+: Installer creates /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00CDMountPoint and /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00trustcdrom in target system;
-: sudo
-: telnet
-: rsync
-: ntp
-: pulseaudio
-: pptp-linux
-: cups
-: acpid
-: lidhtdm
-: plymouth
-: Virtualbox Guest Additions
-==== Key applications present in Core and Full editions ====
-: Network Manager Gnome
-: Synaptic
-: GDebi
-: Update Manager
-: Eye of Mate (the Eye of Gnome analog)
-: Atril (the Evince analog)
-: Engrampa (the File Roller analog)
-: Printer Configuration Tool (system-config-printer)
-: GParted
-: BootStick
-==== Key applications present in Full edition only ====
-: Mozilla Firefox
-: Mozilla Thunderbird
-: Pidgin
-: Transmission
-: LibreOffice
-: VLC
-: Remmina
-: Vino
-: Seahorse
-: Mateconf Editor (the GСonf Editor analog)
-: Simple Scan
-: OpenJDK
-: Adobe Flash Player (licensed)
-Full edition also includes non-free firmware drivers.<br />
-Core edition can be easily upgraded to the Full edition by installing the <code>pointlinux-mate-desktop</code> package.<br />
-Non-free Google Chrome, Opera, Dropbox and Virtualbox repos can be added with the <code>pointlinux-repos-nonfree</code> package.<br />
-Compiz is not installed by default, but it can be easily enabled with <code>pointlinux-compiz</code> metapackage installation and restart.
-=== Point Linux Installer ===
-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:
-: Installer performs more checks before launch;
-: 'No Internet connection' dialog appears if there's no Internet connection detected;
-: Automatic timezone detection function added (requires Internet connection);
-: Installer sets 'us' keyboard layout for user info input regardless of layout chosen before;
-: Regex username and hostname validity check;
-: Avatar selection option removed;
-: Autologin option added;
-: Keyboard layout pic removed that allowed us remove the Qt4 libraries from dependencies and reduce overall installer size greatly;
-: Advanced installation removed;
-: 'Send anonymous installation report' option added (requires Internet connection);
-: Installer reduces window size during the installation if there's no slideshow folder;
-: Better localization ability;
-: UI improvements.
-=== Known issues ===
+<br /><span style="font-size:150%">[http://pointlinux.org/donate.html Support Point Linux making a donation]</span>
-: Installer does not perform automatic Language (Country) selection in some cases
-: Installer does not respect Dvorak keyboard variant
-:Once enabled in GUI Vino requires relogin to enable the desktop sharing.
-:There's no choice to run Brasero on blank CD/DVD media insertion.
-:LightDM: Additional language selection is ignored in multilingual environments. [http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=679386 Debian Bug #679386].
-:No sound on Intel 5 Series/3400 Chipset HDA sound card. [http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=679056 Debian Bug #679056]

Difference between revisions of "Point Linux 13.04.1 Release Notes"

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[edit] Point Linux 13.04.1 overview

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