[Frugalware-git] homepage-ng: 1.4 announcement

[Miklos Vajna]

Git-Url: http://git.frugalware.org/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=homepage-ng.git;a=commitdiff;h=3c4dafe1aa76a00a87003e031dbe9dfcf85f7d41

commit 3c4dafe1aa76a00a87003e031dbe9dfcf85f7d41
Author: Miklos Vajna <vmiklos at frugalware.org>
Date:   Sun Feb 13 00:44:33 2011 +0100

1.4 announcement

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<news>
+    <post>
+        <id>197</id>
+        <title>Frugalware 1.4 (Nexon) released</title>
+        <date>Sun, 13 Feb 2011 00:33:09 +0100</date>
+        <author>Miklos Vajna</author>
+        <hidden>0</hidden>
+        <content><![CDATA[
+          <center><img src="http://frugalware.org/images/promo-nexon.png" alt="Frugalware 1.4 Nexon is released !" /></center><br />
+          The Frugalware Developer Team is pleased to <a href="/news/197">announce</a> the immediate availability of Frugalware 1.4, our fourteenth stable release.<br />
+          The only added feature since 1.4rc2 is LibreOffice (replaces OpenOffice.org), additionally 109 changes have been made to fix minor bugs. If you didn't follow the changes during the pre/rc releases, here are the most important changes since 1.3 in no particular order:<br />
+          <ul>
+            <li>Updated packages: Linux kernel 2.6.37, Xorg server 1.9, GNOME 2.32, KDE SC 4.5, Drupal 7, Python 2.7 to name a few major components.</li>
+            <li>Missing koffice localization packages are back (they were missing since the integration of KDE4).</li>
+            <li>New LCD font rendering available in GNOME. If you use digital video output, this will improve font appearance.</li>
+            <li>OSSv4 has been added. Feel free to try it out if you have issues with ALSA.</li>
+            <li>systemd is now available as an alternative of sysvinit (see <a href="http://wiki.frugalware.org/index.php/Systemd#Installation">its wiki page</a> for more info).</li>
+            <li>netconfig now supports mobile 3g connections though wvdial</li>
+            <li>Booting from virtio devices is now supported, as long as you use a separate /boot partition. (see <a href="http://vmiklos.hu/blog/playing-with-libvirt">here</a> for details)</li>
+            <li>The GUI installer is now part of the default net/cd/dvd installer images, you don't have to download a separate image to use it.</li>
+          </ul>
+          Please refer to the Frugalware <a href="http://frugalware.org/download/frugalware-1.4/ChangeLog.txt">Nexon ChangeLog</a> for more information.<br />
+          Download for i686, x86_64 and ppc: See our <a href="http://frugalware.org/download/frugalware-1.4-iso">mirror list</a>. Don't forget to check the <a href="http://frugalware.org/download/frugalware-1.4-iso/SHA1SUMS">integrity</a> of the install images before burning!<br />
+          <b>NOTE</b>: Click <a href="/docs/install#_choosing_installation_flavor">here</a> to read more about what media you need for the installation.<br />
+          If you are upgrading to Nexon from our previous stable release (Haven), please read the <a href="http://frugalware.org/docs/stable/upgrade">upgrade</a> part of our documentation.<br />
+            ]]>
+        </content>
+    </post>
<post>
<id>196</id>
<title>Parli italiano?</title>