Difference between revisions of "Release Notes For R14.0.3"

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Introduction

The Trinity Desktop Environment is a complete software desktop environment designed for Unix-like operating systems, intended for computer users preferring a traditional desktop model, and is free/libre software.

R14.0.3 is the third maintenance release of the R14.0 series, and is built on and improves the previous R14.0.2 version.
Maintenance releases are intended to promptly bring bug fixes to users, while preserving overall stability through the avoidance of both new features and major codebase re-factoring.

Previous R14.0.x Release Notes

You can read the R14.0.2 release notes here, R14.0.1 release notes here and the original R14.0.0 release notes here.

R14.0.3 Release Notes

This section highlights some of the most important fixes introduced by this maintenance release.

Fixed floppy support in media manager
Improved handling of various types of discs in media manager
Fixed an annoying bug with zip file support that prevented some applications (such as KOffice and k3b) from opening their own saved files
Fixed detection of mime types not contained in TDE settings (using magic library) which prevented sound files from being played in some recent distros
Added giflib 5.1 support
Added ruby 2.2 support
Fixed a bunch of security issues

The complete list of bugs fixed in this release is available here.

A detailed commit change log is also available here.

FreeBSD Support

There are still some issues that need to be addressed before full FreeBSD support can be achieved. Additional developers or contributors willing to help porting the remaining features and applications are always welcome.

Getting TDE

Installation instructions and binary packages are immediately available for Debian and Ubuntu. Packages for RedHat/CentOs, Fedora, Mageia, OpenSUSE, and PCLinuxOS are being built by their respective maintainers and will be made available at a later date.

Live CDs with TDE R14.0.3 preinstalled are available on the LiveCDs page.

User Feedback

Feedback from our users is an integral part of a large, user-experience oriented project such as TDE. Whether you want to report a bug, suggest an improvement or simply let us know your opinion about TDE, please feel free to contact us. Two good places to start communication are the project's mailing lists and bug tracker.

Developers Wanted

The TDE development team is small but friendly. If you wish to participate in the TDE development process, please visit the Get involved page for additional information.

Contribute to the TDE Project

Creating TDE requires significant computing resources and bandwidth. Please consider helping to keep us online with a donation on our donations page. Without your financial assistance, TDE would not be possible!

Press Contact Information

Project Founder/Administrator: Timothy Pearson, kb9vqf@pearsoncomputing.net

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 ===Previous R14.0.x Release Notes===
-You can read the release notes of the R14.0.2 release [[Release_Notes_For_R14.0.2|here]], R14.0.1 release [[Release_Notes_For_R14.0.1|here]] and release notes of the original R14.0.0 release are available [[Release_Notes_For_R14.0.0|here]].
+You can read the R14.0.2 release notes [[Release_Notes_For_R14.0.2|here]], R14.0.1 release notes [[Release_Notes_For_R14.0.1|here]] and the original R14.0.0 release notes [[Release_Notes_For_R14.0.0|here]].
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 ===R14.0.3 Release Notes===
-This section highlights some of the most important fixes introduced by this release.
+This section highlights some of the most important fixes introduced by this maintenance release.
 * Fixed floppy support in media manager
 * Improved handling of various types of discs in media manager
-* Fixed a bug that many applications can not open their own saved files
+* Fixed an annoying bug with zip file support that prevented some applications (such as KOffice and k3b) from opening their own saved files
-* Fixed mimetype detection using magic library for mime types not contained in TDE settings
+* Fixed detection of mime types not contained in TDE settings (using magic library) which prevented sound files from  being played in some recent distros
 * Added giflib 5.1 support
 * Added ruby 2.2 support
-* Fixed security issues
+* Fixed a bunch of security issues
 <br/>The complete list of bugs fixed in this release is available [http://bugs.pearsoncomputing.net/showdependencytree.cgi?id=2540&hide_resolved=0 here].
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 ===User Feedback===
-Feedback from our users is an integral part of a large, user-experience oriented project such TDE.  Whether you want to report a bug, suggest an improvement, or simply let us know your opinion of TDE, please feel free to contact us.  Two good places to start communication are the project's [https://www.trinitydesktop.org/mailinglist.php mailing lists] and [https://bugs.trinitydesktop.org bug tracker].
+Feedback from our users is an integral part of a large, user-experience oriented project such as TDE. Whether you want to report a bug, suggest an improvement or simply let us know your opinion about TDE, please feel free to contact us. Two good places to start communication are the project's [https://www.trinitydesktop.org/mailinglist.php mailing lists] and [https://bugs.trinitydesktop.org bug tracker].
 ===Developers Wanted===
-The TDE development team is small but friendly.  If you wish to participate in the TDE development process, please visit the [https://www.trinitydesktop.org/helpwanted.php Get involved] page for additional information.
+The TDE development team is small but friendly. If you wish to participate in the TDE development process, please visit the [https://www.trinitydesktop.org/helpwanted.php Get involved] page for additional information.
 ===Contribute to the TDE Project===
-Creating TDE requires significant computing resources and bandwidth.  Please consider helping to keep us online with a donation on our [https://www.trinitydesktop.org/donate.php donations page].  Without your financial assistance, TDE would not be possible!
+Creating TDE requires significant computing resources and bandwidth. Please consider helping to keep us online with a donation on our [https://www.trinitydesktop.org/donate.php donations page]. Without your financial assistance, TDE would not be possible!