Sorry, I often send to the sender instead of on the list by clicking simply on Answer :-/
2009/5/19 Mike Massonnet <mmasson...@gmail.com>: > Congratz! > > Are there any special steps to upgrade from alpha2? Is it safe and > sufficent to replace alpha2 against beta in the /etc/yum.repos.d/ > files? > > What are are the "weekly builds"? > > Mike > > 2009/5/19 Sousou, Imad <imad.sou...@intel.com>: >> The Moblin steering committee is happy to release the Moblin v2.0 beta for >> Netbooks and Nettops for developer testing. With this release, developers >> can begin to experience and work with the source code of the visually rich, >> interactive user interface designed for Intel Atom based Netbooks. The >> Moblin v2.0 user experience has been designed from the ground up to provide >> unique ways to engage with the internet, aggregate your social networking >> activity, and enjoy your media content. The new user experience and core >> applications were developed using the Clutter animation framework, >> leveraging heavily from GL and the physics engine. >> >> Experience it for yourself. Download<http://moblin.org/downloads> the Moblin >> v2.0 Netbook beta images and take it for a test >> drive<http://moblin.org/documentation/test-drive-moblin>. View the user >> experience video<http://moblin.org/documentation/moblin-netbook-intro>, take >> a look at the screen >> shots<http://moblin.org/documentation/moblin-netbook-intro>, or download the >> preliminary user guide<http://moblin.org/documentation/moblin-netbook-intro>. >> >> We would like to invite and encourage all developers to test the beta. We >> feel the code has reached a level where both developers and enthusiasts can >> play with it. While fine tuning, bug fixing, and polishing is ongoing, so is >> performance improvement, all of which you should start seeing rolled into >> the weekly builds. We encourage anyone to test it and provide feedback to us >> through bugzilla<https://bugzilla.moblin.org> or on the developer mailing >> list<http://moblin.org/community/mailing-lists>. Only with your feedback can >> we further enhance the user experience. >> >> Moblin v2.0 Beta Feature Summary >> >> * New, visually rich user experience, optimized for Netbook and >> Nettops, building on the latest open source graphics technology, such as >> Clutter, DRI2, and KMS. The user experience is provided mainly through the >> toolbar and panels, available at the top of the screen. >> >> * The m_zone, acting as the 'home screen' panel. It provides instant >> access to your synchronized calendar, tasks, appointments, recently used >> files, and real-time updates from your friends on social networking sites. >> >> * Aggregation of your social networking content. This provides you >> with the ability to see your social networking activities on one screen, >> easily interact with your friends, and update your status and site >> information. Twitter and Last.fm are the currently supported social >> networking sites, with more to come. >> >> * A web browser optimized for the Moblin 2.0 Netbook user interface. >> Based on the latest Mozilla browser technology revised into a Clutter shell, >> the browser gives you access to the whole internet, as well as advanced >> features, such as video embedding and the latest Flash plug-in, while >> integrating seamlessly into the user interface. >> >> * A 'Zoomable' media player. This player brings your media >> collection to life as you zoom from viewing all media down to focusing on an >> individual picture, movie, or audio track. The media player can detect and >> index media on external USB devices, as well as UPnP devices on your network. >> >> * A user interface for connection management and an updated >> connection manager (ConnMan). >> >> * And, of course, support for Linux desktop applications. Moblin is >> built using GNOME Mobile Technologies and supports existing Linux desktop >> applications. >> >> From here on out, we will focus on performance, bug fixing, fine tuning, and >> polishing. We post beta builds weekly in the download area. >> >> Moblin images should work on Intel based Netbooks and Nettops, we've been >> testing with the following platforms: Acer Aspire*One, Asus eeePC* 901, >> 1000H, Dell Mini 9, MSI Wind, Lenovo S10, Samsung NC10, HP Mini 1010 and >> 1120NR (wired networking only for now) >> >> Imad Sousou >> Director, Intel Open Source Technology Center > _______________________________________________ Moblin dev Mailing List dev@moblin.org 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
