Hi Folks,<br><br> The new release of BeleniX updates to KDE <a href="http://3.5.8.">3.5.8.</a> I hacked on a bunch<br>of KDE bugs on OpenSolaris and hope to do more stuff in future.<br><br>Regards,<br>Moinak.<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
<div class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">S h i v</b> <<a href="mailto:shivakumar.gn@gmail.com">shivakumar.gn@gmail.com</a>><br>Date: Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 12:15 PM<br>Subject: [belenix-dev] Belenix 0.7 is available !<br>
To: <a href="mailto:opensolaris-announce@opensolaris.org">opensolaris-announce@opensolaris.org</a>, <a href="mailto:distribution-discuss@opensolaris.org">distribution-discuss@opensolaris.org</a>, <a href="mailto:opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org">opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org</a>, OpenSolaris Advocacy <<a href="mailto:advocacy-discuss@opensolaris.org">advocacy-discuss@opensolaris.org</a>>, Belenix Discuss <<a href="mailto:belenix-discuss@opensolaris.org">belenix-discuss@opensolaris.org</a>>, BeleniX Development <<a href="mailto:belenix-dev@opensolaris.org">belenix-dev@opensolaris.org</a>>, Bangalore OpenSolaris User Group <<a href="mailto:ug-bosug@opensolaris.org">ug-bosug@opensolaris.org</a>><br>
<br><br>Dello All,<br>
<br>
After a long gap and lots of things happening behind the scenes,<br>
we are pleased to announce the availability of BeleniX 0.7. This<br>
release marks a considerable change in the evolution of BeleniX.<br>
<br>
With 0.7, BeleniX is now a source level derivative of Project Indiana.<br>
As such it has most of the Indiana features except for Image<br>
Packaging which is still in the works. V0.7 is installable to the<br>
harddisk and supports ZFS root.<br>
<br>
Following are the highlights of the release:<br>
* Re-branded Caiman Installer installs BeleniX to ZFS root.<br>
* The Distro Constructor is adapted as the BeleniX Constructor.<br>
* Fully packaged. All software in BeleniX are delivered via SVR4<br>
packages unlike the previous releases.<br>
<br>
* BeleniX now includes the full 64Bit Kernel and libraries. The<br>
LiveCD is still 32Bit, but the 64Bit kernel is booted on 64Bit<br>
CPUs after installation to harddisk.<br>
<br>
* Properly integrated and themed KDE <a href="http://3.5.8." target="_blank">3.5.8.</a> BeleniX now includes<br>
the K Display Manager SMF service which comes up by default<br>
while booting from harddisk. People familiar with the legacy DTlogin<br>
will welcome its ability to drop down to Console Login unlike GDM<br>
and the seamless desktop login (again unlike GDM!).<br>
<br>
* Synced up with ON Build 81.<br>
* 0.7 Includes packages from various other OpenSolaris consolidations:<br>
Fully Open X, SFWNV, JDS, NWS, Docs (man pages), Developer<br>
Product Tools etc. BeleniX includes some 650+ software packages<br>
in the LiveCD with more via a separate download.<br>
<br>
* Additional software can be downloaded via the /usr/bin/get-pkgs<br>
utility.<br>
Please see the Release Notes for more details. This is a temporary<br>
measure till BeleniX migrates to Image Packaging with its own<br>
repository.<br>
<br>
* The bundled in Gtk-Qt theme engine provides Qt theming support<br>
for GTk apps running under KDE.<br>
* The Firefox form widgets look better thanks to KDEwidgets from<br>
Kde-Look.org.<br>
<br>
* The BeleniX Development project is now hosted off SourceForge:<br>
<a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/belenix" target="_blank">http://sourceforge.net/projects/belenix</a>. The SVN repository hosts<br>
all the SPEC files used to build additional FOSS packages for<br>
BeleniX and sources and packages of all BeleniX tools utilities,<br>
BeleniX Constructor and Branding stuff - check it out.<br>
<br>
The Release Notes contain other important info and is a must read:<br>
<a href="http://www.genunix.org/distributions/belenix_site/?q=ReleaseNotes_0.7" target="_blank">http://www.genunix.org/distributions/belenix_site/?q=ReleaseNotes_0.7</a><br>
<br>
The belenix 0.7 download information is available at<br>
<a href="http://www.genunix.org/distributions/belenix_site/?q=download" target="_blank">http://www.genunix.org/distributions/belenix_site/?q=download</a><br>
<br>
Overall, we hope this release has a reached a level of usability where you<br>
can actually install and use it as regular desktop environment and enjoy<br>
KDE on OpenSolaris.<br>
<br>
This announcement with a few additional points is available at<br>
<a href="http://www.genunix.org/distributions/belenix_site/?q=node/69" target="_blank">http://www.genunix.org/distributions/belenix_site/?q=node/69</a><br>
<br>
best regards<br>
Shiv<br>
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