Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) Alpha 1

(2010.06.03)

Introduction
The Ubuntu developers are moving quickly to bring you the absolute latest and greatest software the Open Source community has to offer. The Maverick Meerkat Alpha 1 is the first alpha release of Ubuntu 10.10, bringing with it the earliest new features for the next version of Ubuntu.

This is an alpha release. Do not install it on production machines. The final stable version will be released on October 10, 2010.

Upgrading from Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
To upgrade from Ubuntu 10.04 LTS on a desktop system, press Alt+F2 and type in "update-manager -d" (without the quotes) into the command box. Update Manager should open up and tell you: New distribution release '10.10' is available. Click Upgrade and follow the on-screen instructions.

To upgrade from Ubuntu 10.04 LTS on a server system: install the update-manager-core package if it is not already installed; edit /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades and set Prompt=normal; launch the upgrade tool with the command sudo do-release-upgrade -d; and follow the on-screen instructions.

New features in Maverick
Feature development for Maverick has started. Please see the Maverick blueprint list for details.

Please test and report any bugs you find:
- http://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs

Updated Packages
As with every new release, packages--applications and software of all kinds--are being updated at a rapid pace. Many of these packages come from an automatic sync from Debian's Unstable branch. For a list of all packages being accepted for 10.10 Maverick Meerkat, please subscribe to maverick-changes:

- https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/maverick-changes

GNOME
The GNOME base platform has been updated to the current 2.31 versions. This particularly includes the new dconf and gsettings API. Evolution was updated to the 2.30 version, which operates much faster compared to the version in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.

KDE
KDE was updated to the current 4.5 beta 1 release.

Qt
Qt was updated to the current 4.7 beta release.

Linux kernel 2.6.34
Alpha 1 includes the 2.6.34-5.12 kernel based on 2.6.34.

Download Alpha 1
Get it while it's hot. ISOs and torrents are available at:
(Ubuntu Desktop, Server, and Netbook)
(Ubuntu Server for UEC and EC2)
(Kubuntu Desktop and Netbook)
(Xubuntu)
(Ubuntu Studio)

Known issues
As is to be expected at this stage of the release process, there are several known bugs that users are likely to run into with Maverick Alpha 1. We have documented them here for your convenience along with any known workarounds, so that you don't need to spend time reporting these bugs again:

- Ubuntu Netbook launcher (both the 2D and 3D variants) have an empty "Favourites" tab. Please switch to the "System" tab to find the launcher for the installer. Due to the same root cause, the panel configuration looks like in standard GNOME instead of the UNE specific setup. (588675)

- On the alternate images, the boot menu's "Rescue Mode" item shows as "Alternative desktop environments". (588221)

- The Ubuntu Server amd64 CD image is oversized and will not fit onto a standard 700MB CD. However, you may still test it using a DVD, a USB drive, or a virtual machine. (587893)

- Encrypted home directory creation may be broken on some images. (588705)

- The Audio and Video tasks are uninstallable on Ubuntu Studio images. You may install most of the packages they contain with a package management tool after installation; bitscope, mencoder, and mplayer are currently broken. (588780)

- When installing Xubuntu, the systray appears in the middle of the screen, with three icons flashing constantly. This prevents the installation from the live environment, and makes the desktop pretty much unusable after any installation completes. There is a workaround to this issue described in the bug report. (586012)

Reporting bugs
It should come as no surprise that this alpha release of Maverick Meerkat contains other bugs. Your comments, bug reports, patches and suggestions will help fix bugs and improve future releases. Please report bugs using the tools provided.

If you want to help out with bugs, the Bug Squad is always looking for help.

Participate in Ubuntu
If you would like to help shape Ubuntu, take a look at the list of ways you can participate at

- http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate/

PhotoScape 3.5

(2010.05.24)

Changes in 3.5
* Supports 34 languages: English, Korean, Chinese, Traditional Chinese, German, Dutch, Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Mexico, Latin America), French, Japanese, Russian, Polish, Italian, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Colombian), Thai, Hungarian, Turkish, Catalan, Slovak, Czech, Norwegian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Swedish, Estonian, Danish, Romanian, Hebrew, Galician, Finnish, Indonesian and Arabic.

* Added Clone Stamp (Editor -> Tools Tab)

* Added Paint Brush (Editor -> Tools Tab)

* Added Color Picker (Editor -> Tools Tab & Object Tab)

* Improved Mosaic Filter: Mosaic pixel size selectable (Editor -> Tools Tab)

* Changed Editor -> Region tab name from 'Region' to 'Tools'.

* Added 'Print Button' to Viewer and Editor.

* Added 59 travel icons, 7 face icons and 6 makeup icons.

* Photo Development Service with FOTO.COM (EU Only)

* At combine, the first photo's EXIF information would be saved.

* Photo viewer shows photos in regular sequence (a1, a10, a2, a3 -> a1, a2, a3, a10)

* Run 'Raw Converter' automatically when you drag & drop at the Photoscape welcome screen.

* Support Windows Vista, Windows 7.

* Support Multiuser Sessions.

* Stop supporting Window 95, 98 and Me. (If you are a user of Windows 98 or Me, please use Photoscape 3.4)

* Fixed minor bugs.

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PhotoScape 3.5

Songbird 1.7.2

(2010.06.03)

Release Notes
1.7.2 Release Notes

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Silverlight 4.0.50524.0

(2010.06.03)

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Silverlight 4.0.50524.0

K-Lite Codec Pack 64-bit 3.5.4

(2010.06.02)

Contents of version 3.5.4:
* ffdshow [revision 3467]
* WebM VP8 decoder [version 0.9.7.0]
* AC3Filter [version 1.63b]
* AC3File [version 0.7b]
* Haali Media Splitter [version 1.10.175.0]
* Matroska splitter (Gabest) [version 1.3.1976.0]
* MP4 splitter (Gabest) [version 1.3.1976.0]
* FLV splitter (Gabest) [version 1.3.1976.0]
* RealMedia splitter (Gabest) [version 1.3.1976.0]
* MPEG splitter (Gabest) [version 1.3.1976.0]
* CDXA Reader (Gabest) [version 1.3.1976.0]
* DirectVobSub [version 2.40.1976]
* Codec Tweak Tool [version 4.4.2]
* Win7DSFilterTweaker [version 3.2]
* GraphStudio [version 0.3.2.0]

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K-Lite Codec Pack 64-bit 3.5.4

K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 6.0.4

(2010.06.02)

Changelog:
* Updated Media Player Classic Home Cinema to version 1.3.1976
* Updated ffdshow to revision 3467
* Updated VP8 decoder to version 0.9.7.0
* Updated Codec Tweak Tool to version 4.4.2
* Fixed error when registering DivXDecH264.ax
* Added configuration options for the DivX H.264 decoder to the Codec Tweak Tool
* Minor changes

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K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 6.0.4

VirtualBox 3.2.2

(2010.06.02)

Changes in 3.2.2

This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:

* VMM: fixed rare invalid guest state guru meditation (VT-x only)
* VMM: fixed poor performance with nested paging and unrestricted guest execution (VT-x only)
* VMM: fixed occasional guru meditation during Windows 7 bootup
* GUI: keep the status for remote control in sync with the actual state
* GUI: don't exit after a successful refresh of an invalid VM configuration
* GUI: fixed keyboard capturing bug under metacity
* GUI: fixed crash during VM termination if a modal dialog is open
* GUI: default controllers names of New VM Wizard are synchronized with VM settings
* GUI: fixed superfluous resize-event on powering-on VM for X11
* GUI: fixed regression - missed USB item's tool-tip of USB devices menu
* GUI: Activate VM window on mouse-hovering for multi-monitor VMs
* VBoxSDL/Linux hosts: automated keyboard type detection
* SATA: fixed crash during VM suspend under rare circumstances
* SATA: fixed crash during VM reset after a snapshot was taken
* Storage: fixed sporadic hang of SMP guests using SATA or LSI Logic SCSI and asynchronous I/O
* Virtio-net: fix for guests with more than about 4GB RAM
* Page Fusion: fixed VBoxService crash with enabled Page Fusion on Win64 guests
* Page Fusion: added kernel module sharing
* HGCM: fixed memory leak which showed up if the Guest Additions were accessing a non-existing HGCM service
* Teleportation: several fixes
* Floppy: don't disable the host I/O cache by default
* USB: fixed 3.1 regression with certain devices (e.g. iPhone); Windows host only
* Serial: updated the guest device emulation to 16550A and reduced the probability for loosing bytes during transmission
* NAT: re-fetch the name server parameters from the host on guest DHCP requests to handle host network switches more gracefully
* NAT: fixed parsing of IPv4 addresses in CIDR notation
* NAT: limit the number of name servers passed to the guest to four (non-Windows hosts only)
* NAT: fixed DNS transaction id mismatch
* VDE: fixed changing the attachment during runtime
* Bridged Networking: fixed memory leak in the Bridged Networking driver for Windows hosts
* Windows Additions: fix for NT4 guests
* Windows Additions: re-introduced system preparation feature
* Linux guests: enable PAE for RedHat guests by default
* Linux guests: fix support for disabling mouse integration
* Webservice: fixed a rare crash when calling IGuest methods from the webservice.
* OVF: fixed wrong hard disk UUIDs on export
* OVF: fixed 3.2.0 regression importing legacy OVF 0.9 files
* 3D support: fixed OpenGL support for 64bit apps on windows guests
* 3D support: fixed various host crashes

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VirtualBox 3.2.2

Auslogics Disk Defrag 3.1.7.140

(2010.06.02)

Changes in 3.1.7.140
- improved defragmentation speed
- faster optimization algorithm
- fixed bugs
- added new languages
- updated languages
- improved Installer

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Auslogics Disk Defrag 3.1.7.140

The KMPlayer 2.9.4.1437

(2010.05.31)

Changes in 2.9.4.1437
- Support Multi Threads.
- Fix SMC Codec.
- Fix Error message Flash ActiveX not installed.
- Add Open AlbumArt Button.

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The KMPlayer 2.9.4.1437

Pidgin 2.7.1

(2010.05.30)

Changes in 2.7.1

* General
- Build fixes on OpenSolaris. (Brian Lu)
- Add configure option --enable-trayicon-compat which installs tray icons into directories that are compatible with older versions of hicolor-icon-theme (0.9).

* Pidgin
- Restore the tray icon's blinking functionality.
- Fix a crash setting moods when an account is disconnected.

* Bonjour
- Fix a crash on disconnect.

* ICQ
- Fix bug that caused HTML to be displayed in incoming messages.

* MSN
- Fix unnecessary bandwidth consumption for buddy icon requests when buddies have capital letters in their passport addresses.
- Support for direct connections, enabling faster file transfers, smiley and buddy icon loading. (Gábor Szuromi)

* XMPP
- Allow connecting to servers that advertise EXTERNAL (broken in 2.7.0)

* MXit
- Replace the MXit-specific mood management with the new standard Moods API.
- Add the standard MXit emoticons.
- Improve the handling of users being kicked from MultiMX rooms.
- MXit doesn't allow you to see your buddy's Email Address or Title, so remove those two fields from the "Buddy Information" page.
- Show buddy's Registration Country in their profile.
- Increment protocol version to v6.0
- If an invite you sent was rejected with a reason, display that message in the buddy tooltip.
- CAPTCHA value is a required field during account activation. (Resolves issue on Maemo)
- When your avatar image is changed, don't forget the user's profile information.

* Windows-Specific Changes
- Fix a regression introduced in 2.7.0 that caused Window Flashing not to work.

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Pidgin 2.7.1 / Mirror (Windows)