Alpha 2 is an update that includes many fixes and enhancement to the Alpha 1 that we released few weeks ago; many thanks to all of you for all the testing, feedback and contributions many of which are incorporated into this newer release. Please report issues at: http://bugzilla.moblin.org and you can also send direct feedback to the Moblin development team at: [email protected]
This release includes: ====================== * Updated UI libraries (Clutter, etc.) * Updated Graphics subsystem with KMS early integration. * Updated Moblin system services * Support for the MSI Wind * Updated ConnMan with many improvements and bug fixes * Updated and enhanced boot process, inter-process, and package interactions. * Many updates to the OS libraries * updated XFCE (v4.6) * Updated to Kernel 2.6.29-rc7. * Gnome 2.26 RC release. * Updated Moblin Image Creator (MIC2). * Development for software and applications for Moblin. * .and many other fixes System Requirements: ==================== * CPU: Intel Atom or Intel(r) Core(tm) 2 CPU (support for SSSE3) (Note: Moblin will not work on non-SSSE3 CPUs) * Graphics: Integrated Intel graphics (915/945/965) * Network Adaptors: LAN/Wired: - Intel e100/e1000/e1000e/iXGB - PCNet32 (Vmware) - RealTek 8139/8169 - SIS 900/190 - Broadcom ATL1/ATL2 Wireless/Wifi: - Intel 3945/4965/5000 - Atheros 5K/9K - Broadcom 4300 - RealTek 8180/8187 - Ralink 2400/2500/61/73 * Moblin also supports various external, USB-based Wifi devices. Tested Platforms: ================= * Acer Aspire*One * Asus eeePC* 901 * Dell Mini 9 * MSI Wind Image and Build Instructions: ============================= * The Alpha release is available at: http://repo.moblin.org/moblin/releases/test/alpha2 * To use the pre-built images for Alpha, go to: http://moblin.org/documentation/getting-started-guides/test-drive-moblin * To create images using the repositories provided with the Alpha release, look for instructions at: http://moblin.org/projects/moblin-image-creator-2 * The Moblin Tools are available at: http://repo.moblin.org/moblin/tools/ Known Issues: ============= * 3D performance is under heavy development so you may experience slowness in graphics subsystem * Platforms with GMA-500 Graphics chipset are still not supported. Reporting Issues: ================= Please report issues at: http://bugzilla.moblin.org You can also send direct feedback to the Moblin development team at: [email protected] Imad _______________________________________________ Moblin dev Mailing List [email protected] To manage or unsubscribe from this mailing list visit: https://lists.moblin.org/mailman/listinfo/dev or your user account on http://moblin.org once logged in. For more information on the Moblin Developer Mailing lists visit: http://moblin.org/community/mailing-lists
