This is the changelog for Ehad Linux. --------------------------------------------------- About Ehad Linux --------------------------------------------------- About 'Ehad' (the Hebrew word for the numeral '1') is an Israeli project offering a repackaging of standard Mandriva Linux binary packages, in order to provide a single installation CD for Mandriva users in Israel. 'Ehad' intends to provide a useful assortment of applications in a single CD and offers full compatibilty with this popular distro. 'Ehad' users can enjoy all the graphical installation and configuration tools provided by Mandriva, as well as the huge software repositories (including the automatic installation capabilities). This release has built in support for Hebrew and English out-of-the-box. Minimum requirements are an x86-32 compatible cpu or better, 128 MB memory (256 MB or more recommended) and 5GB hard disk (10GB or more recommended) Current stable release is Ehad 2006 - classic 2. Current development release is N/A. --------------------------------------------------- Version Ehad 2006-classic2 --------------------------------------------------- Special Note This release includes some minor bug-fix release with no major content changes. Installation Packages - Updated ehad-media (due to error in definition of official mirrors) - Updated ehad-guide (updated one Internet link to new location) Desktop configuration Bug fixes Mandriva 2006 Errata - Please review http://qa.mandrivalinux.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/MandrivaLinux2006Errata for additional issues that may affect this release. Some of the issues may be irrelevant if fixes released by the Ehad packages update date noted above. --------------------------------------------------- Version Ehad 2006-classic1 --------------------------------------------------- Installation Packages - Includes all official updates, released until 25-Mar-2006 - Added gv (allow preview when printing from Konqueror), pcmcia-cs (pcmcia support for laptops), aumix, kdirstat, desktop-printing (reported missing), mkcd (allow remastering) - Replaced the English OpenOffice.org with the Hebrew one from www.openoffice.org.il which is pre-integrated with Hebrew speller (hspell) and hebrew fonts (Culmus). - New & improved release of the Ehad Linux desktop theme - Removed SuperTux (space restrictions) - Final xorg 6.9 packages released by Mandriva Desktop configuration Bug fixes - fix kicker direction (menu will be on Left in English env., and on right in Hebrew env.) Mandriva 2006 Errata - Please review http://qa.mandrivalinux.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/MandrivaLinux2006Errata for additional issues that may affect this release. Some of the issues may be irrelevant if fixes released by the Ehad packages update date noted above. --------------------------------------------------- Version Ehad 2006-test2 --------------------------------------------------- Installation - Updated intsallation slideshow for new release Packages - Includes all official updates, released until 2-Nov-2005 - x.org updated from Cooker (cvs20051011 version) due to important fixes (nvidia and radeon free drivers, acpid reload) - Added frozen bubble (back due to high demand), gnome-volume-manager and dynamic (support hotpluggable hardware and removable media handling), meld (graphic file compare), lukemftp (cli ftp), libstdc++5 (needed for external binaries - e.g. opera), kaffeine-mozilla (plugin), wpa_supplicant and prism2-utils (wireless encryption and drivers) - Added (Hebrew packages): ehad-media (package management - ehad-urpmi, urpmi2smart, hurpm) , ehad-guide (a guide for Israeli Internet Connectivity) - OpenOffice 2.0 (English version) now installs automatically - Rebuilt bootsplash-themes with less themes (space restrictions) - Removed some OpenOffice 2.0 packages: base, pyuno, testtool, xsltfilter, javafilter, core09, core10 (space restrictions) - Removed vim-X11 (space restrictions), GDM (since KDE isn't fully integrated with GDM yet, a "shutdown" button isn't added to the menu. This shold be fixed in KDE 3.5 KSMServer: http://developer.kde.org/development-versions/kde-3.5-features.html (space restrictions) - Replaced pgcalc2 with kcalc (not stable) Desktop configuration - New desktop/boot/lilo theme: "Experience the GNU" - Set KDE desktop menus color to blue and no shadow (new user only) - Set bouncing busy cursor in KDE (new user only) - Set KDE kicker to align with wallpaper color (new user only) - Removed KDE menu side image (new user only) Mandriva 2006 Errata - Please review http://qa.mandrivalinux.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/MandrivaLinux2006Errata for additional issues that may affect this release. Some of the issues may be irrelevant if fixes released by the Ehad packages update date noted above. This release includes updated xorg packages, which presumably fix the nvidia/radeon/acpi issues as well. --------------------------------------------------- Version Ehad 2006-test1 --------------------------------------------------- Installation - A full range of the desktop applications provided in the distribution are now installed as default Packages - Updated all packages to match the official Mandriva 2006 release - Includes all official updates, released until 20-Oct-2005 - As usual - only free software is included - Added (Hebrew packages): hocr (Hebrew OCR), hdate (Hebrew calendar), ehad-radio (Hebrew Internet Radio launcher), Anka (new type-1 font from "culmus fancy" series) - Added (general packages): smart (new package manager), pgcalc2 (skinnable calculator), gfontsampler (easy font selector), gtk-qt-engine (make gtk widgets use qt), ntp (sync time), info - Added OpenOffice 2.0 - official project packages. To install these mount the cdrom, then install the files from the ehad/openoffice folder. - Replaced fonts-ttf-west_european with fonts-ttf-freefont (utf-8 with Hebrew glyphs), sendmail with mini_sendmail (simpler, more suitable for desktop) - Removed KOffice (http://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=19355), drakwizard (server-related wizards), eciadsl_usermode (outdated, need to check license), isdn (deprecated connection), pysol (space restrictions), kdeartwork (space restrictions), frozen bubble (space restrictions) Desktop configuration - Set KDE startup chime to the KDE default one (new user only) - Set KDE theme to Plastic (new user only) - Set KDE font to freesans (new user only) - Activate qt-gtk-engine - Keep for now kicker configuration from Ehad 2005 (new user only) - Autostart kmix (new user only) Mandriva 2006 Errata - Please review http://qa.mandrivalinux.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/MandrivaLinux2006Errata for additional issues that may affect this release. Some of the issues may be irrelevant if fixes released by the Ehad packages update date noted above. --------------------------------------------------- Version Ehad 2005 --------------------------------------------------- Installation - Changed install name to Ehad 2005 Configuration Packages - Includes all official updates, released until 16-July-2005 - Security fixes for Firefox up to v1.0.5 --------------------------------------------------- Version Hezi 2005-test5 --------------------------------------------------- Installation Configuration Packages - Added kdenlive - non-linear video editor - Added pysol, pysol-cardsets, pysol-music - Added boot splash themes - Added kwin styles - MKultra, ActiveHeart - Added KDE artwork (themes, icons etc., including plastik) - Added alltray - Replaced Downloader4x with kget (more stable) - Removed Evince (sometimes doesn't display files correctly) - Removed Russian and Arabic localization files --------------------------------------------------- Version Hezi 2005-test4 --------------------------------------------------- Installation - New informative screens during install Configuration - Bug fix: default KDE panel (kicker) configuration to address Hebrew installations Packages - Includes all official updates, released until 10-June-2005 - Removed pgcalc - Added gedit, qiv, zenity, nano - Added gdm - note that it is not set as default. --------------------------------------------------- Version Hezi 2005-test3 --------------------------------------------------- - Switched from kernel kernel-2.6.11.6mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm to kernel-i586-up-1GB-2.6.11.6mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm due to problem with Pentium M/Centrino CPUs (see: http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12313) --------------------------------------------------- Version Hezi 2005-test2 --------------------------------------------------- Packages - Applications - Added grip - Added kmail - Removed bittorrent - Removed Amharic localization files, and some leftovers (spanish...) Packages - Drivers & System - Added ntfsprogs and ntfsprogs-gnomevfs for NTFS file system support - Added reiserfsprogs for ReiserFS file system support - Added dosfstools for FAT32 file system support - Added xpp, foomatic-db*, gimpprint* and others for printer support - Added acpi for acpi support - Added alsa for sound card support - Added libsafe for stack overflow protection - Added i8kutils for Dell SMM bios support) - Added perl-Net-DNS (DNS module for perl) Configuration - Added contrib public key to avoid error message when installing extra packs (still broken) --------------------------------------------------- Version Hezi 2005-test1 --------------------------------------------------- Packages - Based on Mandriva 2005LE - Includes all official updates, released until 29-Apr-2005 - Package selection oriented towards home users, with both Gnome and KDE. - All package groups are pre-selected. - The following are the main packages included in this release: Desktop environment KDE Gnome Office package KOffice OpenOffice.org PDF display KGhostView Evince Diagrams Kivio Calculator PGCalc Browser Konqueror Mozilla-Firefox Instant Messages Kopete eMail KMail Download accelerator Downloader for X CD-Burning K3b Archive manager File Roller Firewall Guarddog Audio player AmaroK Audio ripper Grip Video player Kaffeine Image editor Kolourpaint Photo album LPhoto Image viewer GQview Games Frozen bubble LBreakout2 Supertux -