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From: Vandervliet, K. <Kri...@an...> - 2006-11-09 09:57:24
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After an unprecedented amount of testing, bug fixing, blood, sweat=0D=0Aand= tears, we are all proud to announce that Syllable 0.6.2 is now=0D=0Aavaila= ble!=0D=0A=0D=0AYou can download it from=0D=0Ahttp://sourceforge.net/projec= t/showfiles.php=3Fgroup_id=3D55553&package_id=3D5=0D=0A0546&release_id=3D46= 2081=0D=0A=0D=0ASyllable 0.6.2 contains many new features, enhancements and= bug=0D=0Afixes from previous releases. Highlights of this release include:=0D= =0A=0D=0A * A new audio framework for the media server, with new and=0D=0A= improved audio drivers and support for multichannel and digital=0D=0A = audio.=0D=0A * A new look, with new fonts, icons and wallpapers=0D=0A *= A huge number of translated applications for non-English users=0D=0A * Up= grades to important system components and a switch to=0D=0A GCC 4.1.1, w= hich has yielded noticable performance improvements.=0D=0A * Better suppor= t for SMP (multi-processor) and HyperThreading users=0D=0A * New versions = of important applications, including ABrowse and=0D=0A Whisper. Media Co= nverter can also now be used as a simple=0D=0A CD-ripper and encoder.=0D= =0A * Support for NTFS filesystems, USB keyboards and Gigabit ethernet=0D=0A= controllers.=0D=0A=0D=0AMore information, including a list of known iss= ues and a complete list=0D=0Aof changes, can be found in the readme documen= t which is available from=0D=0Ahttp://www.syllable.org/docs/0.6.2/readme-0.= 6.2.txt=0D=0A=0D=0AIf you are installing Syllable for the first time you sh= ould read the=0D=0Ainstall.txt document, which is available on the Syllable= installation CD=0D=0Aor from http://www.syllable.org/docs/latest/install.t= xt=0D=0A=0D=0AOur thanks go to everyone who has contributed and helped to m= ake this=0D=0Arelease happen, who are too numerous to mention. However spe= cial=0D=0Athanks go to Lance Hartford, Jaroslaw Pelczar and Lengyel Sandor=0D= =0Afor their contributions. Every single core developer has also put=0D=0A= a huge amount of effort into bringing you this release (and we will=0D=0Ano= w all be taking a short break to recover from it). My own personal=0D=0Ath= anks go to them for their tireless efforts.=0D=0A=0D=0A--=0D=0AChanges for = Syllable 0.6.2=0D=0A=0D=0ADrivers=0D=0A o New audio backend and media serv= er improvements=0D=0A o New audio drivers=0D=0A o Intel ICH (i8xx) = compatible=0D=0A o VIA 8233/8235=0D=0A o Intel HD-Audio compatibl= e=0D=0A o Updated the OSS drivers to work with the OSS driver in the ne= w=0D=0A audio framework=0D=0A o Added usb_hid and usbkeyboard driver= s=0D=0A o Added new PS2 driver to replace the old keybd and ps2_aux driver= s=0D=0A o Added an NTFS driver (Ported from Linux by=0D=0A Jaroslaw Pel= czar <jpe...@in...>)=0D=0A o ISO9660 driver=0D=0A o Fixed RockRi= dge selection=0D=0A o Rationalised the optional parameters to be "nojoli= et" and=0D=0A "norockridge" or "norr"=0D=0A o ATA driver updates=0D=0A= o The ATA busmanager is now more flexible to support non-standard=0D=0A= ATA host controller drivers=0D=0A o Added PCI ID for the VIA8237a = to the ATA controller=0D=0A o Improved SATA configuration for VIA SATA a= nd Intel ICH-5=0D=0Acontrollers=0D=0A o Fixed ATAPI drive probing on cer= tain drives from NEC and Toshiba=0D=0A(and=0D=0A possibly others).=0D=0A= o Added a Realtek 8169 (& compatible) Gigabit NIC driver (Ported from=0D=0A= the=0D=0A Linux 2.6 r8169 driver).=0D=0A o Fixed Intel graphics driver = for i9xx chipsets=0D=0A o Added a parallel printer (lp_printer) driver (Po= rted from the Linux=0D=0A driver by Lengyel Sandor <sle...@ch...>)=0D= =0A o Fixed a memory leak in the USB EHCI driver=0D=0A o Do not reconfigu= re PCI bridges that are already configured=0D=0A o Updated ACPI busmanager=0D= =0A o Use ACPI to find additional PCI busses that are not connected to the=0D= =0A primary bus=0D=0A=0D=0AKernel=0D=0A o SMP fixes=0D=0A o Rewrite = of the APIC & SMP startup code=0D=0A o Split smp.c into smp.c & apic.c, = and inc/smp.h into smp.h, apic.h=0D=0A& mpc.h=0D=0A o The APIC code has = been re-written to be much closer to the=0D=0Aoriginal Linux=0D=0A ver= sion=0D=0A o Bug fixes=0D=0A o Booting from a CPU other than #0 now= works=0D=0A o Non-SMP machines should no longer have "phantom" CPU's = I.e.=0D=0Ashowing the=0D=0A CPU as #15=0D=0A o Various other bu= g fixes and code cleanups=0D=0A o Shutdown auxilliary processors before = trying to power off when=0D=0Arunning=0D=0A with SMP enabled=0D=0A = o Added page validation code and fix the timer wakeup code=0D=0A o Synch= ronized TLB flushes on smp machines=0D=0A o Eliminate recursive spinlock= s=0D=0A o New, fairer scheduler. Contributed by=0D=0A Lance Hartford <= Lan...@li...>=0D=0A o Floppy drives should work again=0D= =0A o Fixed some GCC4 related warnings=0D=0A o Some work on suspend and r= esume support=0D=0A o New busmanager API=0D=0A=0D=0AAppserver=0D=0A o Fix= ed drawing errors if the window takes a long time to update the=0D=0Aconten= t=0D=0A o Optimized blit list in the appserver=0D=0A o Window icons can n= ow be any size=0D=0A o Fixed some color space conversion errors in the app= server=0D=0A o Delay backbuffer to framebuffer blits until all rendering o= perations=0D=0Aare=0D=0A finished=0D=0A o Added the possibility to shar= e bitmaps between applications=0D=0A o First code to implement the window = events in the appserver=0D=0A=0D=0ALibsyllable=0D=0A o Do not draw icons i= n a os::IconView until the layout is complete=0D=0A o Rewrite of the direc= tory read code in the os::IconDirView class=0D=0A o The VIEW_ICONS_DESKTOP= view of the os::IconView now uses the=0D=0Ainformation of=0D=0A the app= server about the maximum window frame.=0D=0A o Changed the icons=0D=0A o = New selection frame=0D=0A o Fixed the TabView::DeleteTab() method.=0D=0A = o Avoid problems when switching directories in the IconDirView class=0D=0A = o Added View::DrawSelectedText() & View::GetSelection()=0D=0A=0D=0AMedia=0D= =0A o New audio backend and media server improvements=0D=0A o Low-level= API=0D=0A o Added reference counters and the GetPhysicalType() method=0D= =0A o Removed the caches from the output plugins=0D=0A o Removed = the os::MediaTimeSource class=0D=0A o High-level API=0D=0A o Added = the new high-level API (Currently limited to decoding)=0D=0A o Mediaserv= er=0D=0A o Rewritten communication with the serveraudio plugin=0D=0A = o Better hardware format selection=0D=0A o Uses the media output d= rivers instead of OSS=0D=0A o Updated the FFMPEG port and plug-in to a n= ew Subversion checkout.=0D=0A=0D=0AApplications=0D=0A o New audio backend = and media server improvements=0D=0A o Mediaplayer=0D=0A o Added new= file info dialog=0D=0A o New A/V sync code added because of the remov= al of=0D=0Aos::MediaTimeSource=0D=0A o Coldfish=0D=0A o Do not corr= upt the playlist if you close it when still loading=0D=0A o Mediaconvert= er=0D=0A o Added track selection box=0D=0A o DiskManager=0D=0A o M= odernised and expanded the list of available partition types=0D=0A o Dif= ferent partitions are displayed with different colours=0D=0A o The first= partition must now start at or above block #63=0D=0A o AEdit=0D=0A o F= ixed crash when saving some large files=0D=0A o ATerm=0D=0A o Fixed ESC= [M handling=0D=0A o pkgmanager has been reimplemented in Orca=0D=0A o Fix= ed Network preferences=0D=0A o Fixed DateTime preferences=0D=0A o Switche= d the Dock to the new event system=0D=0A=0D=0AMisc=0D=0A o Upgraded to GCC= 4.1.1=0D=0A o Upgraded to Glibc 2.4=0D=0A o Upgraded to Freetype-2.2.1=0D= =0A o Massive font updates=0D=0A o Updated our ancient original URW Gho= stScript fonts to the latest=0D=0Aones from=0D=0A Gnome Russia and Man= driva, so we now support a lot of non-latin=0D=0Aalphabets=0D=0A such = as Cyrillic.=0D=0A o Replaced Bitstream Vera fonts with their successor,= the Deja Vu=0D=0Afonts, and=0D=0A made them=0D=0A o Dropped the Sy= llableConsole font. No NIH syndrome here.=0D=0A o Added SDL libraries to i= nstallation=0D=0A o SDL, SDL_mixer, SDL_net, SDL_image and SDL_sound=0D=0A= o Translations=0D=0A o Most applications have been translated or made = translation-ready=0D=0A o Many non-English translations added for most a= pplications=0D=0A o Many new keymaps from Maritimus' keymaps pack 2.5=0D=0A= o Changed most of the system and desktop icons=0D=0A o Added a series of= desktop backgrounds (From various contributors)=0D=0A o Removed the defau= lt "guest" user=0D=0A o libpthread updates from Jan L. Hauffa and Arno Kle= nke=0D=0A o Improved conditionals handling=0D=0A o Mutex handling is = more compliant=0D=0A o pthread_cleanup_push(), pthread_cleanup_pop() imp= lemented & the=0D=0Acleanup=0D=0A handlers are called from pthread_exi= t()=0D=0A o Basic pthread_join() implementation=0D=0A o Hide the login = window at the correct moment during login=0D=0A o Changed the terminal typ= e to rxvt-16color=0D=0A=0D=0A--=20=0D=0AVanders=0D=0Ahttp://www.syllable.or= g=0D=0Ahttp://www.liqwyd.com=20=0D=0A--------------------------------------= ----------------------------------------------------------=0D=0AThis messag= e is for the designated recipient only and may=0D=0Acontain privileged, pro= prietary, or otherwise private information. =20=0D=0AIf you have received i= t in error, please notify the sender=0D=0Aimmediately and delete the origin= al. 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