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                      KAZIT 3 BETA 1 RELEASE NOTES 
           by Artyom Tonkikh ( artyomtnk _AT_  yahoo _DOT_ com )
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                     This is beta release of Kazit 3 Linux.
     Kazit is remastered version of Knoppix 5.0.1 LiveCD (www.knoppix.org)
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THIS IS EXPERIMENTAL SOFTWARE.  USE AT YOUR OWN RISK. KAZIT PROJECT CAN NOT BE
HELD LIABLE UNDER  ANY CIRCUMSTANCES FOR DAMAGE TO HARDWARE OR  SOFTWARE, LOST
DATA, OR  OTHER  DIRECT OR  INDIRECT  DAMAGE  RESULTING FROM  THE USE  OF THIS 
SOFTWARE. IN SOME  COUNTRIES THE  CRYPTOGRAPHIC SOFTWARE  AND OTHER COMPONENTS 
ON THE CD ARE GOVERNED BY EXPORT  REGULATIONS  OR  SOFTWARE PATENTS, WHICH MAY
FORBID DISTRIBUTION  OR  DOWNLOAD. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR OWN COMPLIANCE 
WITH ALL APPLICABLE LAWS.
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Files:
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kazit3-knx5.0.1-beta1.iso - CD image
kazit3-knx5.0.1-beta1.iso.md5 - md5 sum 
kazit3-knx5.0.1-beta1-packages-list.txt - full list of all packages
kazit3-knx5.0.1-beta1-patches.tar.gz - list of patched files
kazit3-knx5.0.1-beta1-README.txt - this file, release notes

Summary of changes:
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Packages:
- Non free packages removed
- OpenOffice2, Firefox, KDE localization files
- Hebrew SpellCheckers 
- Hebrew fonts - culmus, culmus-fancy
- IWIZ (interner+db), hocr, gaim-bidi, mlterm, beep-media-player, kkbswitch 
  and more...

System Definitions:
- Locale he_IL.UTF-8 (or en_US.UTF-8 optional)
- Hebrew keyboard layout in xorg.conf
- Correct encodings for FAT/NTFS partitions for Hebrew support
- Translation for automatic fstab icons on desktop

User definitions
- KKBSwitch - correct definitions
- Firefox - suitable fonts and addons
- BiDi Mail UI for Thunderbird
- Bidi plugin for gaim
- Konsole fonts
- Enhanced QT support of RTL languages
- Various decoration changes.

KNOWN ISSUES:
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- the text message on the first boot screen is too dark.
- some of user definitions were not preserved when
  kazit was installed on HD using knoppix-installer.

List of removed packages:
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3270-common
ash-knoppix-26
bluez-bcm203x
bluez-firmware
drdsl
freemind
giflib-bin
giflib3g
kde-i18n-de
kde-i18n-es
kde-i18n-fr
kde-i18n-it
kde-i18n-ja
kde-i18n-nl
kde-i18n-pl
kde-i18n-ru
kde-i18n-tr
lha
madwifi-modules-2.6.17
mozilla-sun-j2se1.4-binary
openoffice-de-en
openoffice.org-debian-menus
sun-j2se1.4-jdk-binary
sun-j2se1.4-jre-binary
x3270

List of added packages:
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ash
aspell
aspell-he
beep-media-player
bidiv
bsh
culmus
culmus-fancy
dhcp-client
firefox-locale-he
gaim-bidi-plugin
gcc-3.4-base
geresh
gtk2-engines-gtk-qt
hocr-gtk
hspell
internet
internetdb
kde-i18n-he
kkbswitch
kwin-baghira
lapack3
libg2c0
libhocr0
libhsqldb-java
libicu34
libid3-3.8.3c2a
libjaxp1.2-java
libjline-java
libmdbtools
libnspr4-0d
libnss3-0d
libportaudio0
libservlet2.3-java
libstlport4.6c2
libufsparse
libwpd8c2a
libxalan2-java
libxerces2-java
libxmlsec1
libxmlsec1-nss
libxmlsec1-openssl
libxt-java
mlterm
mlterm-common
mozilla-firefox-locale-he-il
myspell-he
openoffice.org
openoffice.org-base
openoffice.org-calc
openoffice.org-common
openoffice.org-core
openoffice.org-draw
openoffice.org-impress
openoffice.org-java-common
openoffice.org-l10n-en-us
openoffice.org-l10n-he
openoffice.org-math
openoffice.org-writer
qt3-qtconfig
refblas3