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@v-fox v-fox released this 01 Mar 12:54
· 399 commits to master since this release

Notable changes:

  • Transition to OpenSUSE 13.2
  • LXQt 0.8 update (Qt4 version due to Qt5 build's instability)
    • be wary, nitrogen is used to control desktop wallpapers instead of pcmanfm-qt
  • Enlightenment removed due to inability to login
  • file persistency is enabled (may work extremely slow on slow R/W media like bad flash)
  • /tmp is put on RAM and cleansing of /var/tmp is enabled
  • printer and scaner support added due to occasional usefulness
  • YaST firewall is disabled by default to ensure connectivity
  • filesharing servers for NFS, T/FTP, SMB are provided
  • OpenVAS and ClamAV security systems and plethora of network scanners are present
  • forensic image taking & analysing tools such as guymager and plaso are installed
  • virtualization support is added via libvirt: qemu/kvm & lxc
  • kiwi is installed by default for completeness
  • all audio I/O goes to JACK now, default user is allowed realtime
    • PA runs as JACK client, uses echo cancellation by default
    • pure ALSA also redirects to JACK
    • OSS apps (like tvtime) can use JACK via PA's 'padsp'
    • JAMin is used before output to enhance sound, defaults to low & high boost + DRC
    • QJackCtl, QasMixer and PASysTray are used for control and configuration
  • colour is managed via colord with argyllCMS, dispcalGUI and xiccd
  • LeechCraft-Azoth now supports audio calls
  • Tox P2P IM audio/video protocol is fully supported
    • (X & ncurses Tox clients + libpurple-plugin for LC-Azoth)
  • LinPhone + SIP Witch / switchview bundle is added for safe P2P conferencing in HD A/V
  • SMplayer and VLC replaced with bomi/mpv
  • gtk-recordmydesktop replaced with simplescreenrecorder
  • SubtitleComposer and Aegisub are added for subtitle handling
  • GoldenDict, the ultimate dictionary, is updated from its ancient version
  • all logging completely directed into systemd-journal
  • PCI & USB ids, smartdb and CAs always updated before creating image
  • Custom build of Firefox with:
    • system libjpeg-turbo, libpng, cairo, pixman, libvpx, sqlite, libevent, hunspell, icu, ffi, bz2
    • direct JACK support (PA output should work too if JACK is not running)
    • disabled crash reporting, accessibility
    • enabled stripping, disabled '-g' flag
  • sudo now handles GUI apps and can replace xdg-su/kdesu/gksu
  • hundreds of other changes

Known issues

  • systemd whines about failed services but it's full of shit, those actually work as expected
  • jamin craps on screen's idle direct rendering surfaces like video player on pause
  • gnome-keyring does not automatically unlocks on login as it supposed to
  • autologin with delay doesn't work in lightdm
  • programs like VLC and FF use DBus screensaver inhibition but XSS doesn't support it
  • virtual keyboard used is actually onboard and not kvkbd
  • openSUSE's build of Remmina has NX support disabled