Difference between revisions of "Point Linux 13.04 Release Notes"
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==== Other changes ==== | ==== Other changes ==== | ||
− | Firefox 20.0; | + | : Firefox 20.0; |
− | Thunderbird 17.0.5; | + | : Thunderbird 17.0.5; |
− | Latest Debian 'Wheezy' packages; | + | : Latest Debian 'Wheezy' packages; |
− | Broadcom B43 driver replaced with STA; | + | : Broadcom B43 driver replaced with STA; |
− | BootStick, the bootable USB stick creation tool is included in both editions by default; | + | : BootStick, the bootable USB stick creation tool is included in both editions by default; |
− | LZMA squashfs compression changed back to GZIP. | + | : LZMA squashfs compression changed back to GZIP. |
− | + | === 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: | 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; | + | : Installer performs more checks before launch; |
− | 'No Internet connection' dialog is there's no Internet connection detected; | + | : 'No Internet connection' dialog is there's no Internet connection detected; |
− | Automatic timezone detection function added (requires Internet connection); | + | : Automatic timezone detection function added (requires Internet connection); |
− | Installer sets 'us' keyboard layout for user info input regardless of layout chosen before; | + | : Installer sets 'us' keyboard layout for user info input regardless of layout chosen before; |
− | Regex username and hostname validity check; | + | : Regex username and hostname validity check; |
− | Avatar selection option removed; | + | : Avatar selection option removed; |
− | Autologin option added; | + | : Autologin option added; |
− | Keyboard layout indicator removed that allowed us to remove the QT4 libraries from dependencies and reduce overall size greatly; | + | : Keyboard layout indicator removed that allowed us to remove the QT4 libraries from dependencies and reduce overall size greatly; |
− | Advanced installation removed; | + | : Advanced installation removed; |
− | 'Send anonymous installation report' option added (requires Internet connection); | + | : 'Send anonymous installation report' option added (requires Internet connection); |
− | Installer reduces window size during the installation if there's no slideshow folder; | + | : Installer reduces window size during the installation if there's no slideshow folder; |
− | Better localization ability; | + | : Better localization ability; |
− | Numerous UI improvements. | + | : Numerous UI improvements. |
− | Known problems: | + | === Known problems: === |
− | Installer does not perform Language (Contry) selection in some cases | + | : Installer does not perform Language (Contry) selection in some cases |
Revision as of 08:35, 6 April 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.
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Point Linux 13.04 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: | LiveDVD/USB |
Supported architectures: | i386 (i686-pae), amd64 |
Distro language: | Multilingual |
Installer: | Point Linux Installer 0.14.1 |
What's new in Point Linux 13.04
While Point Linux 13.04 is based on the same repository as it's predecessor, it comes with a 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.
Other changes
- Firefox 20.0;
- Thunderbird 17.0.5;
- Latest Debian 'Wheezy' packages;
- Broadcom B43 driver replaced with STA;
- BootStick, the bootable USB stick creation tool is included in both editions by default;
- LZMA squashfs compression changed back to GZIP.
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 is 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 indicator removed that allowed us to remove the QT4 libraries from dependencies and reduce overall 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;
- Numerous UI improvements.
Known problems:
- Installer does not perform Language (Contry) selection in some cases