Vuze 4.5.0.2

(2010.08.07)

Changes in 4.5.0.2

CHANGE: Core | Prevent device manager initialisation in classic UI [Parg]

BUGFIX: UI | Setting files to 'delete' state corrupting internal view of a torrent's files [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI | Added reworked progress column to library view by default in place of completion date to allow file manipulation from that view [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI | Consistently show the file-expand twisty [Parg]

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VirtualBox 3.2.8

(2010.08.06)

Changes in 3.2.8
This is a maintenance release. The following items were fixed and/or added:

* VMM: properly terminate the VM with an error if the guest is trying to switch to the PAE mode but PAE is disabled in the VM settings
* GUI: switch to native file dialogs (Windows hosts only)
* GUI: don't use native file dialogs on KDE hosts (Linux hosts only)
* 3D support: fixed GL_EXT_texture_sRGB support
* PXE: fixed ZENworks PXE boot regression
* OVF: fixed slower export and larger images under certain circumstances (3.2.6 regression)
* USB: properly signal an interrupt if the port suspend status changes
* USB: respect the remote-only filter
* USB: avoid VM hang when changing the configuration of certain devices (Windows hosts only)
* USB: fix a crash with older Linux kernels and non-ASCII characters in device strings (Linux hosts only)
* PageFusion: fixed conflict with the guest execution feature
* PageFusion: fixed stability issues with a large number of VMs
* PageFusion: fixed host crashes with guest SMP and Win64 guests
* Memory ballooning: fixed problems restoring VMs with pre-allocation enabled
* Bridged networking: fixed performance issue with GRO enabled on bridged device
* Hostonly networking: fixed performance issue (3.2.6 regression)
* Hard disks: fix auto-reset of immutable disk at VM startup
* BusLogic: several fixes for Windows NT/2000 and SCO OpenServer guests
* LsiLogic: fixed I/O errors under rare circumstances
* Sharing disks: support for attaching one disk to several VMs without external tools and tricks
* Shared folders: several fixes and performance enhancements for Solaris guests
* Solaris Installer: added support for remote installations
* Guest Properties API: correctly support enumerating the properties of a running VM with an empty "patterns" field
* Guest properties: properly delete transient properties on shutdown
* RDP video redirection performance improvements and stability fixes
* Settings: silently fix host audio driver when reading machine XML settings files or OVF written by VirtualBox on a different host OS, for example convert DirectSound to PulseAudio
* Settings: properly store the NAT network setting in XML settings file version 1.10 and later
* VBoxManage: handle differencing images with parent UUID correctly in subcommand openmedium disk
* Web service: enabled HTTP keepalive for much better performance
* Web service: added timestamps to logging output
* Web service: treat 8-bit strings as UTF-8 not ASCII
* X11 Additions: fix for Xorg 6.8 guests (e.g. RHEL4)

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VirtualBox 3.2.8

Foxit Reader 4.1.1.0805

(2010.08.06)

Changes in 4.1.1.0805
Foxit Reader 4.1.1.0805 fixes the crash issue caused by the new iPhone/iPad jailbreak program efficiently and prevents the malicious attacks to your computer.

* Bug fixes:
Foxit Reader 4.1.1.0805 addresses vulnerability associated with the rendering of the PD's embedded in the new iPhone/iPad jailbreak program.

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Foxit Reader 4.1.1.0805

Thunderbird 3.1.2

(2010.08.05)

What's New in Thunderbird 3.1.2

Thunderbird 3.1.2 fixes the following issues in Thunderbird 3.1.1:
* Several fixes to improve stability.
* Several fixes to the user interface.

For a more detailed list of bug fixes, see the Rumbling Edge for a Thunderbird-focused list, or the complete list of changes in this version.

You may also be interested in the Thunderbird 3.1.1 release notes for a list of changes in the previous version. See the Thunderbird 3.1 release notes for a list of what is new in Thunderbird 3.1.

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Thunderbird 3.1.2 (Windows) / Thunderbird 3.1.2 (Mac) / Thunderbird 3.1.2 (Linux) / Other Systems & Languages

Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) Alpha 3

(2010.08.05)

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 3 is the third alpha release of Ubuntu 10.10, bringing with it 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 came from an automatic sync from Debian's Unstable branch. The period of automatic syncs has stopped now, so from now on there will be fewer changes.

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

Ubuntu
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.

Ubuntu Netbook Edition
The new Unity interface is now the default in Ubuntu Netbook Edition. This includes the global menu bar as part of the default interface. The date/time indicator now has a real calendar widget.

The standard photo management application has been switched to Shotwell.

Kubuntu
KDE Platform was updated to the 4.5 release candidate. The standard web browser is now Rekonq, a KDE browser based on Webkit.

Qt was updated to the current 4.7 beta release.

Xubuntu
Xfce4 was updated to the current 4.6.2 release. This fixes many of the bugs and updates the programs used in Xubuntu.

New default applications: Parole (Xfce4 Media Player) replaced Totem Movie Player, Xfburn (Xfce4 CD/DVD burning tool) replaced Brassero, and xfce4-taskmanager (Xfce4 process manager) replaced Gnome-Task-Manager.

Edubuntu
Edubuntu changes include the changes from Ubuntu. The edubuntu-artwork package has been split into smaller packages to improve future updates and reduce download sizes.

Software-Center
The software-center got a "Featured" and "Whats New" carousel in the Frontpage. It is faster and more responsive and contains a "History" feature that keeps track of what was installed/removed/upgraded. Plugin support is added and technical items will not be shown by default

Linux kernel 2.6.35
Alpha 3 includes the 2.6.35-14.19 kernel based on 2.6.35 final.

This kernel includes new security enhancements. Of major note is the change the default behavior of PTRACE which is used by gdb, strace, ltrace, etc. The behavior for 10.10 is that only child processes can be PTRACEd, due to the default value of "1" in /proc/sys/kernel/ptrace_scope. This value may be inappropriate for some development systems and servers with only admin accounts. If using "sudo" for PTRACE is not desired, please change this value to "0".

Ubuntu Server Cloud images
cloud-init, the configurable initialization process for Ubuntu Server cloud images, has gained new features in Maverick Alpha 2, including pluggable hooks, ebsmount, ext4 support, and new stanzas in the cloud-config format.

Starting with Alpha3, cloud images instances can now manage their own kernel, and can upgrade kernels with apt. This is done by utilizing pv-grub provided by Amazon.

Installation
The new btrfs file system may now be used during installation via manual partitioning, as long as /boot is on some other file system.

Download Alpha 3
(Ubuntu Desktop, Server, and Netbook)
(Ubuntu Server for UEC and EC2)
(Kubuntu Desktop and Netbook)
(Xubuntu)
(Edubuntu DVD)
(Ubuntu Studio)
(Ubuntu ARM)

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 3. 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:

- OEM mode installation fails when you do not have an internet connection, due to a failure to install the oem-config package from the installation image. If you need this for testing, please ensure you have a network connection all the time. (613008)

- The Wubi Windows installer was reported to fail. Investigation of the problems are ongoing (600578, 613288)

- Ubuntu Netbook Edition with Unity does not currently provide a fallback for systems without a 3D capable video driver, such as NVidia cards. (600567)

- On systems with very little memory (256 MB and below), ureadahead causes out-of-memory conditions, which may break booting. (600359)

- Applications using sqlite3 encounters a lot of performance issues and query accuracy, like in banshee. (612370)

- A pre-release version of Eucalyptus 2.0 was included for alpha3, and it still has rough edges. In particular, registration after installation is currently unreliable (609112), and complex topologies (separating the CLC from the Walrus, for example) are not supported yet (613033). When Installing a 'node' system, expect 2 x grub issues that can be safely ignored. (613463).

- KDM times out when starting from the Kubuntu live image, following the prompts from failsafe X should start the session (613574)

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/

Vuze 4.5.0.0

(2010.08.05)

Changes in 4.5.0.0

FEATURE: Plug | Android Devices support

CHANGE: Core | Try alternative trackers when seeding and zero connected peers [Parg]

BUGFIX: UI | Layout improvements in torrent Info view [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI | Fixed occasional crash when twisting twistie on Windows 7

FEATURE: Core | Handle "bc://" URLs [TuxPaper]
FEATURE: Core | Switched to piece-reordering based file storage on OSX by default (option for other OS) [Parg]
FEATURE: Core | Recover out-of-order pieces on recheck [Parg]
FEATURE: Core | Added numeric file priorities to allow more than just 'high' and 'normal' priorities [Parg]
FEATURE: Core | Basic streaming playback support, relegated to CVS only on release due to lack of time to tidy up UI [Parg]
FEATURE: Core | New speed test [Parg,Tux]
FEATURE: Core | Bias upload to incomplete downloads [Parg]
FEATURE: UIvz | Library view entries can now be expanded to see individual files [TuxPaper]
FEATURE: UI | Added [Reset] button to Torrent->Rename.. dialog [TuxPaper]

CHANGE: Core | Proxy UDP tracker conns through socks when enabled [Parg]
CHANGE: Core | Clear out unused subscriptions [Parg]
CHANGE: Core | Grab default SSL certs from Java on init [Parg]
CHANGE: Core | Some packeting optimisations with crypto [Parg]
CHANGE: Core | Fixed some issues to allow plugins to be network position providers [Parg]
CHANGE: UI | Show zero length files as completed rather than 0% done [Parg]
CHANGE: Plug | Various enhancements to facilitate the writing of cache peers [Parg]

BUGFIX: Core | Better handle torrents with valid UTF8 name, but invalid (to user's locale) non-UTF name. [TuxPaper]
BUGFIX: Core | Fix slow core closedown caused by subscription updates [Parg]
BUGFIX: Core | Fix a few places where only subscribed subscriptions should be used [Parg]
BUGFIX: Core | Fix webseed handling for files bigger than 2GB (ish) [Parg]
BUGFIX: Core | Ensure all file handles released when closing down streams [Parg]
BUGFIX: Core | Removed double timestamps from some logs [Parg]
BUGFIX: Core | For trackerless torrents fix to use cached peers on startup [Parg]
BUGFIX: Core | Fix bug where DHT wasn't re-publishing values correctly [Parg]

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K-Lite Codec Pack Update 6.2.6 Build 20100804

(2010.08.04)

Update for:
K-Lite Codec Pack 6.2.x (Mega/Full/Standard/Basic/Corporate)

Changelog:
* Updated Media Player Classic Home Cinema to version 1.3.2189
* Updated ffdshow to revision 3521

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Belarc Advisor 8.1.13.7

(2010.08.03)

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Foxit Reader 4.1.0.0726

(2010.08.03)

Changes in 4.1.0.0726
* Added a advanced set of professional features
The New Reader 4.1 now includes Comments tools, Text Viewer & Text Converter, Form Filler, Spell Checker and Advanced Editing Tools; and it is still free. No additional licensing is required for more features with PDFs.

* Enhanced Safe Mode Setting
Supports Safe Mode settings during installation, streamlining the workflow and offering better protection with PDF File.

* Bug Fixes:
Fixed the crash issue when opening certain PDF documents.

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Foxit Reader 4.1.0.0726

Defraggler 1.21.209

(2010.08.02)

Changes in 1.21.209
- Added Free Space defrag to the command-line app.
- Internal library updates.
- 64-bit compiler optimizations.
- Fixed the flicker on the main window tabs.
- Changed internal links to piriform.com/defraggler.
- Improvements to translations.

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Defraggler 1.21.209