Thanks for your efforts! Xubuntu 14.04 is the best. :-)
2014-04-17 20:59 GMT+02:00 Pasi Lallinaho <[email protected]>: > The Xubuntu team is pleased to announce the immediate release of Xubuntu > 14.04. Xubuntu 14.04 is an LTS (Long-Term Support) release and will be > supported for 3 years. > > The final release images are available as Torrents and direct downloads at > http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/14.04/release/ > > As the main server will be very busy in the first days after the > release, we recommend using the Torrents wherever possible. > > For support with the release, navigate to Help & Support [1] for a > complete list of methods to get help. > > > HIGHLIGHTS, CHANGES AND KNOWN ISSUES > > The highlights of this release include: > * Light Locker replaces xscreensaver for screen locking, a setting > editing GUI is included > * The panel layout is updated, and now uses Whiskermenu as the default menu > * Mugshot is included to allow you to easily edit your personal preferences > * MenuLibre for menu editing, with full Xfce support, replaces Alacarte > * A community wallpapers package, which includes work from the five > winners of the wallpaper contest > * GTK Theme Config to customize your desktop theme colors > * Updated artwork, including various enhancements to themes as well as a > new default wallpaper > > Some of the known issues include: > * Xfce4 Power Manager does not restore screen power (1259339[2]), see > the release notes for details and workarounds > * Window manager shortcut keys don’t work after reboot (1292290[3]) > * Sorting by date or name not working correctly in Ristretto (1270894[4]) > * Due to the switch from xscreensaver to light-locker, some users might > have issues with timing of locking; removing xscreensaver from the > system should fix these problems > * IBus does not support certain keyboard layouts (1284635[5]). Only > affects upgrades with certain keyboard layouts. See release notes for a > workaround. > > To see the complete list of new features, improvements and known and > fixed bugs, read the release notes [6]. > > > OTHER EFFORTS AND THANKS > > As always, contributors to Xubuntu have worked on various projects not > directly visible in the release. While any of these would be worth > mentioning, the following are a few we felt may be of interest to the > community: > * QA efforts, including ISO and package testing as well as bug reporting > and triaging > * Marketing projects, including work on a flyer to promote Xubuntu for > people still running Windows XP > * Website updates, including a theme refresh > > While many of the improvements in Xubuntu since the last LTS are, > indeed, not directly visible. Some of the major improvements have been > in design and theming, and as such we hope that you don’t see them – > good design should be invisible. > > Thanks to everybody contributing to Xubuntu! As always, new contributors > are always welcome to join us. There are various different tasks to do, > from testing daily ISOs and new package versions to writing and > translating documentation to fixing bugs. To learn more about > contributing, read the Get Involved section[7]on the Xubuntu website. > > On behalf on the Xubuntu team, > Pasi Lallinaho > Xubuntu Project Lead > > [1] http://xubuntu.org/help/ > [2] https://launchpad.net/bugs/1259339 > [3] https://launchpad.net/bugs/1292290 > [4] https://launchpad.net/bugs/1270894 > [5] https://launchpad.net/bugs/1284635 > [6]https://wiki.ubuntu.com/TrustyTahr/ReleaseNotes/Xubuntu > [7] http://xubuntu.org/contribute/ > > -- > Pasi Lallinaho (knome) » http://open.knome.fi/ > Leader of Shimmer Project and Xubuntu » http://shimmerproject.org/ > Graphic artist, webdesigner, Ubuntu member » http://xubuntu.org/ > > > -- > xubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel >
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