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commit 08659c42eb405aa5190cef78fc63a65f286f9a7f Author: James Buren <[email protected]> Date: Sun Apr 7 09:52:59 2013 -0500 news: import pre1 draft diff --git a/frugalware/xml/news.xml b/frugalware/xml/news.xml index c1dedb8..4b9b646 100644 --- a/frugalware/xml/news.xml +++ b/frugalware/xml/news.xml @@ -33,6 +33,60 @@ To get the current time in this format, run in your shell: date -R <news> <post> + <id>248</id> + <title>Frugalware 1.9pre1 (Arcturus) released</title> + <date>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:04:06 -0500</date> + <author>ryuo</author> + <hidden>1</hidden> + <content><![CDATA[ + This is the first preview release of Frugalware 1.9. It also marks the first<br/> + public testing for our new live CD environment, FVBE, and our new installer<br/> + called fwsetup.<br/> + <br/> + This has been in development for 8 months already, and is a compilation of 4<br/> + older projects. They are fwlive, setup, fwife, and frugalwareutils. In this<br/> + new project, they are integrated so they will share a common codebase. This<br/> + should help avoid the fragmentation like we had with setup and fwife.<br/> + <br/> + The new installer should be feature complete in terms of replacing the old<br/> + installer. However, some parts were removed because of disuse or just plain<br/> + uselessness. And some features are entirely new, such as the keyboard<br/> + layout selection that also configures your X11 XKB layout.<br/> + <br/> + The main feature that is not yet implemented is a replacement for netconfig.<br/> + It should be finishd by pre2. There are no other major features planned for<br/> + the new installer during this release cycle, as the existing stuff needs to<br/> + be tested more.<br/> + <br/> + There has also been changes to what kinds of ISOs we will build from now on.<br/> + Starting with this release, we will only provide ISOs with packages from the<br/> + main package groups. Anything from -extra will only be available via net<br/> + install or after install is complete. By pre2, net install ISOs should also<br/> + be available.<br/> + <br/> + Also of interest is that our new ISOs are now using GRUB2 to boot and no<br/> + longer using isolinux to boot. GRUB2 natively supports BIOS hybrid ISOs<br/> + for our i686 branch and BIOS/UEFI hybrid ISOs for our x86_64 branch. UEFI<br/> + mode is only supported for booting at this time, and not for installation.<br/> + <br/> + One final note is that the new installer has been primarily tested on x86_64<br/> + using the ISO mode of the hybrid ISO. So, we need the most testing on i686<br/> + and USB mode. Any feedback will be examined, to help improve the new<br/> + installer.<br/> + <br/> + Current known issues include network not working after initial install.<br/> + For now, run netconfig after logging in as root. This should work as a<br/> + temporary fix until we can implement the netconfig replacement.<br/> + <br/> + To use the new installer, you will need to login as root after the ISO<br/> + boots using the password fvbe. To run the installer, use the command<br/> + fwsetup.<br/> + <br/> + Download for i686 or x86_64: See our <a href="http://frugalware.org/download/frugalware-current-iso";>mirror list</a>. Don't forget to check the <a href="http://frugalware.org/download/frugalware-current-iso/SHA1SUMS";>integrity</a> of the install images before burning!<br/> + ]]> + </content> + </post> + <post> <id>247</id> <title>Big Announcement</title> <date>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 00:04:06 -0500</date> _______________________________________________ Frugalware-git mailing list [email protected] http://frugalware.org/mailman/listinfo/frugalware-git
