What's new in Kwheezy 1.5
Mar 22, 2014
- Impoved installer: add boot flag to root partition, try to fix progress bar not updating.
- New App! "Kwheezy Connector" will easily setup mounted WebDAV and SFTP connections. Auto-mount available.
- Updated to Debian 7.4
- Default font changed to Deja Vu Sans.
- Google Earth updated to version 7, now supporting proper Qt4, stable...ish.
- PDF-Shuffler replaces PDFmod. Same functionality, but pygtk instead of mono.
- Quick USB Formatter is installed by default.
- KDE Print Manager in System Settings is installed.
- Firefox and Thunderbird 24 ESR are updated to latest.
New in Kwheezy 1.4 (Nov 15, 2013)
- Fix for entering accents in LibreOffice (disable iBus by default).
- Firefox and Thunderbird 24 ESR are now default.
- Cdrtools (original and best) replaces wodim and genisoimage as default Burning/ISO tools.
- Kopete and Linphone replace Jitsi as default XMPP chat and video calling.
- Kwheezy Autostart Chooser has addition choices, including iBus.
- Make KGet and Kopete "Always Visible" in system tray by default.
- Allow kwheezy-livecd package to be uninstalled without removing Kwheezy icon.
- Disable transitions (effects) in KScreenSaver's "Slide Show", making it usable.
New in Kwheezy 1.3 (Oct 25, 2013)
- Updated to Debian 7.2
- Added GPT partitioning support to the installer (requires BIOS/Legacy boot).
- A new post-installation wizard adds polish. Hopefully the need to add a regular user account will be clearer.
- A few redundant (duplicate functionality) applications have been removed.
- The administrator account has UID/GID changed to 999, so the first real user will be 1000. Thus, more compatable with other distro's.
- The menu has been tidied up, so it should be easier to browse.
- Kwheezy Keyboard Selector now has a textbox for testing the new configuration.
- Some other minor tweaks and polish.
New in Kwheezy 1.2 (Sep 21, 2013)
- Incorporates a couple of remaining installer bug fixes.
- Kwheezy Profiler, a new GUI tool to backup and restore user profiles.
- Rekonq browser updated to 2.3.2.
- Steam client installed by default.
- PlayOnLinux installed by default.
- Some open source games (kdegames, dreamchess) included.
- deb-multimedia.org packages replaced by official Debian packages. The necessary codecs / decoders included from Kwheezy repo instead.
- Some minor tweaking here and there.
New in Kwheezy 1.1 (Aug 14, 2013)
- Minor improvements to the installer. Including the hardware clock to local-time fix.
- Keyboard selection before and after installation. New app called "Kwheezy Keyboard Selector".
- Locale (language) support. New app called "Kwheezy Localizer".
- Firefox/Thunderbird language extensions.
- Firefox now supports magnet links out-the-box and Flashgot addon enabled with Kget as download manager.
- KDE Touchpad Configuration now installed by default.
- No login sound in Live session (speeds it up a bit).
- A few other minor stuff.