April 22nd, 2013· UEFI support added on 64bit systems.
· Hibernation is TuxOnIce by default.
· BFQ I/O scheduler supported.
· Optional support for complete kernel removal when removing the calculate-sources package.
· Calculate Utilities can now backup configuration files (Gentoo compatible); we've also added a module that handles modifications, like dispatch-conf always did. It comes both in a console and a GUI version.
· The installer provides more advanced autopartitioning options.
· The new naming convention for network interfaces has been applied.
· Network Linux clients should now boot faster when the network is down.
· Added synchronization profiles of domain users on reboot or power off.
· The IRC client in CLDG and CLDX will be HexChat instead of XChat.
· CLD now uses GParted as the GUI partition manager.
· GNOME3 is no longer supported, as CLDG now features GNOME 2. We'll not be supporting Gnome in next versions.
December 28th, 2012System:
· Meta-packages are no longer used to manage default dependencies.
· Portage files will be unpacked when booting for the first time.
· Better identification of NTFS partitions.
· Fixed the user profile configuration for VMware.
· Composite enabled by default for VMware.
· Should you want to replace main applications, their launch icons will be created correctly.
· In case the user modified the local Portage/overlay repositories, those can now be restored.
Calculate Utilities:
· Calculate Utilities were updated to 3.1.
· Full French translation now available.
New features added for Calculate Console:
· joining host to a Calculate Directory Server domain;
· configuring user sessions;
· changing user passwords;
· viewing and editing variables' values for Calculate Utilities;
· world update.
New configuration events added:
· Portage update;
· package removal.
· Meet a new tool, calculate-update: for the time being, it only handles the world file, but will be able to do much more soon.
· More functionality for configuration templates.
Desktop versions:
Calculate Linux Desktop KDE:
· KDE was updated to 4.9.4.
Calculate Linux Desktop GNOME:
· GNOME was updated to 3.4;
· AxeMenu replaced the standard menu;
· the Parcellite clipboard will be used from now on.
Calculate Linux Desktop XFCE:
· a modified Adwaita theme is now used as the default one;
· Elementary comes as the default icon theme;
· the Geany IDE was added;
· the Shotwell photo manager was added;
· Catfish was integrated to the file manager for more efficient search;
· we switched to SMplayer as the default video player;
· Claws-Mail now comes with the Address Keeper plugin for address auto-completion.
· All dictionary packages were removed, for a slimmer distribution.
· Each CL edition is now featuring its own appearance theme.
Server versions:
Calculate Directory Server:
· now able to run Jabber services with StartTLS;
· SMTP authentication added.
December 13th, 2012System:
· Meta-packages are no longer used to manage default dependencies.
· Each CL edition is now featuring its own appearance theme.
· Portage files will be unpacked when booting for the first time.
Calculate Utilities:
· Calculate Utilities were updated to 3.1 beta 2.
New features added for Calculate Console:
· configuring user sessions;
· changing user passwords;
· joining host to a Calculate Directory Server domain;
· viewing and editing variables' values for Calculate Utilities;
· world update.
New configuration events were added:
· Portage update;
· package removal.
· Meet a new tool, calculate-update: for the time being, it only handles the world file, but will be able to do much more soon.
· More functionality for configuration templates.
Desktop versions:
Calculate Linux Desktop KDE:
· KDE was updated to 4.9.4.
Calculate Linux Desktop GNOME:
· GNOME was updated to 3.4;
· AxeMenu replaced the standard menu;
· the Parcellite clipboard will be used from now on.
Calculate Linux Desktop XFCE:
· a modified Adwaita theme is now used as the default one;
· Elementary comes as the default icon theme;
· the Geany IDE was added;
· we switched to SMplayer as the default video player;
· Claws-Mail now comes with the Address Keeper plugin for address auto-completion.
· All dictionary packages were removed, for a slimmer distribution.
Server versions:
Calculate Directory Server:
· now able to run Jabber services with StartTLS;
· SMTP authentication will be added in the final release.
June 30th, 2011Installation:
· Added support for selecting the network manager between OpenRC and NetworkManager.
· Added support of network configuration to the console installer.
Booting:
· For better support the devices and booting speed up Udev has been integrated into initramfs livecd.
· Grub2 is the boot loader by default.
· Added detection of installed operating systems.
Graphics:
· Added screen splash auto-resolution.
· Added video driver choice menu. Additionally the nouveau and the proprietary ati driver are supported.
· Free video driver with support for KMS are used by default.
· Nvidia is no longer a pre-driver and is installed on demain at first boot.
· Distribution
· Used XZ compression format for livecd image.
· Using the hybrid ISO images with support for recording to CD and USB Flash.
· To Calculate Scratch Server set up a repository of binary packages.
Other:
· Added integration with the Web service http://pastebin.calculate-linux.org.
· In the CDS adds support for storing the history of e-mail letters.
· Shorewall has been included in the CDS for the firewall configuration.
· Added support for Portuguese and Romanian languages.
May 22nd, 2011· Using the hybrid ISO images with support for recording to CD and USB Flash.
· To better support the devices and booting speed up Udev has been integrated into initramfs livecd.
· Added screen splash auto-resolution.
· Added video driver choice menu. Additionally the nouveau and the proprietary ati driver are supported.
· Free video driver with support for KMS are used by default.
· Nvidia is installed to the system only when the user selects.
· Added integration with web service pastebin.calculate-linux.org.
· Used XZ livecd image compression format.
· Shorewall has been included in the CDS for the firewall configuration.
March 13th, 2011· Updated desktop environment KDE 4.6.1 and GNOME 2.32.
· Calculate Linux Desktop now include LibreOffice instead of OpenOffice.
· Improved integration of GTK-apps LibreOffice, Chromium, Gimp, Xsane surrounded KDE Added Plasma, used styling Oxygen.
· Full removal of the HAL package.
· Support for installation on the device /dev/cciss (HP servers).
· Added support for printers Samsung.
· Fixed installation on USB-HDD.
January 24th, 2011· Added binary repositories for Calculate Linux Desktop (CLD, CLDG and CLDX) and Calculate Directory Server (CDS) with rolling-release support.
· New minimalistic distro Calculate Scratch Server (CSS) is now available.
· Added new package: calculate-assemble.
· Weekly builds are now available to public.
· More user-friendly interface Calculate Linux Desktop.
· Support for the combined storage of user profiles for different versions Calculate Linux Desktop (CLD, CLDG and CLDX).
· Better support for netbooks.
· Added support for Canon printers.
· Updated Portage to version 2.2.
· Calculate Directory Server now includes new installer: cl-install.
· Using UUID to identify partitions.
· Using KMS for Intel video cards.
October 8th, 2010· New installer cl-install with graphical front-end cl-install-gui.
· Migrate to the new format of templates by Calculate 2.2 utilities that allows to selectively modify the config files of supported types.
· Support for custom templates with the extension '.clt', located in the directory with configuration files.
· Auto-tuning the configuration files of new versions of packages in the installation process with the possibility of AutoCorrect.
· Setting up custom applications while working in a graphical session during the installation packages.
· Added support of domain users outside the network.
· Reduced power consumption.
· Use SHA256 for storing passwords.
· Support for installation in several sections showing the different file systems.
· Support for adding users during the installation.
· Support for "back" to clean Gentoo-system, and install additional capacity to Calculate Linux Gentoo-compatible system.
· Instead of the path /usr/calculate/share for the resources now used /var/calculate.
· As a browser now uses Chromium.
· Added all versions of Skype desktops.
· Added FTP client FileZilla for CLDG/CLDX.
· Added a twitter-client Choqok for KDE and Pino for Gnome/XFCE version.
· As a torrent-client in Gnome/XFCE is now using Deluge.
· Instead of Slim in CLDX used the login manager GDM.
· Added support for the Bulgarian language.
April 8th, 2010FEATURES:
· “Out-of-the-box” client-server solution for small and medium businesses.
· 100% compatible with Gentoo.
· Interactive system build and configuration process allows to make changes in the distribution.
· Supported languages: English, French, German, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Italian and Ukrainian.
· Can be installed on USB-Flash or USB-HDD with ext4, ext3, ext2, reiserfs, xfs or jfs.
Main changes:
· Added new Calculate Linux Desktop with GNOME desktop environment.
· Added 'cl-passwd' that allows to change user's domain password in CDS authentication facility.
· Reduced system's footprint.
· Transfer rate of a roaming profile from remote server is significantly improved.
· Added ability to customize application updates through the file ~/.calculate/ini.env.
· By default, included a parallel package installation.
· Added support for more printer models (HP, Epson and others).
Additionally in CLD:
· By default desktop displays the directory ~/Desktop.
· OpenOffice uses style 'Oxygen', added support for KDE menu for open and save files.
Additionally in CLDX:
· Increased performance for older PCs.
· Added progress bar for login process to domain.
· Changed menu structure so it looks similar to KDE and Gnome versions.
· Added the client file sharing network Direct Connect LinuxDC++.
· Added Liferea aggregator for online news.
· In Pidgin added support for Facebook, shortcuts.
· In Firefox added xclear plugin.
· Fixed keyboard layout in tty1.
Additionally in CDS:
· Added support for the execution of user commands at the server through the CLD profile ~/.calculate/desktop.env.
· Supported by packing profile to the archive, change the user password in the LDAP server.
March 19th, 2010· Centralized user authorization in the presence Calculate Directory Server.
· Support for storing the user's desktop settings on the server, including centralized configuration applications.
· User-friendly desktop that simplifies the study of the system.
· Can be installed on USB-Flash or USB-HDD with ext4, ext3, ext2, reiserfs, xfs or jfs.
· Supported languages: English, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish and French.
· 100% compatible with Gentoo repositories.
Benefits:
· Auto-tuning applications at logon based on the server settings.
· Easy update through repository Portage.
July 3rd, 2009· Support of Italian and Polish has been added.
· The system installation on USB Flash card has been added. You need in 2 Gb for it.
· The forming of a new user account in KDE was accelerated by 2.5 times.
· The setting of sound card has been added.
· The identification of PCs and notebooks with using of 2 video cards has been added.
· Unmasking of the unstable programm versions was made with taking account of the last available version at the building system time.
· The option for boot of the LiveDVD image into the cash has been added. This routine is possible only for PC with more than 2 Gb of cash.
· File README.html with description of installation has been added on the livecd desktop.
· All packages are collected from the ebuild files Calculate Overlay. Thus Calculate Linux Desktop KDE is compatible with Gentoo on 100%.
May 29th, 2009· To boot from the DVD using isolinux.
· Added a choice of keyboard layout when booting from the DVD.
· Graphical network configuration tool Wicd has added. Wicd Manager responds for setup of network interfaces now.
· The setting of videocard during download from DVD has made through video drivers Xorg.
· The installation image will not distribute like a selected file. The system can be updated to version 9.5 of the ISO file without recording to DVD.
· The storage way of user accounts on the server was changed. It hasn't to use with older versions of the system.
· The computer, which was entered in to domain, switches on normal mode during the boot if communication with server will be broke.
· Improved the support for booting from USB DVD.
April 29th, 2009Language support extended:
· The number of supported languages now include: English, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Russian, Ukrainian and French.
System fast booting:
· convert to LZMA booting disk pattern compression.
· convert to OpenRC Services Management System.
· installation support on ext4 file system service added.
Simplified installation:
· When you boot from DVD there is no longer user password guest required.
· Livecd root-disk root-user password is replaced by root. When installing the system and sshd launching password check is added.
New systems:
· Languagetool extension added to OpenOffice grammar check.
· Cuneiform-Qt a graphical interface for Cuneiform OCR systems added.
· Kdenline video editing program added .
· QStarDict replaced StarDict.
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