TOSS 2.0 - Changelog

What's new in TOSS 2.0:

December 24th, 2009

Upstream Features:

· Based on Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope,
· Kernel:Linux 2.6.28,
· Gnome 2.26 comes with noticeable improvements in PulseAudio support, screen management, file-sharing, and disc burning.
· Better notifications, faster boot times, enhanced suspend-and-resume and better switching between Wi-Fi and 3G connections.
· The Ubiquity installer features graphical improvements and support for the ext4 filesystem.

Compatiblity:

· Now works with lesser memory usage in live mode(256 MB minimum).
· Fixed the "user authentication failed" problem.
· Restricted drivers now compatible with latest Graphics cards.

Application Improvements:

· Exaile Music Player replaces Audacious as default music player.
· Mozilla Thunderbird is now the default mail client.
· Empathy is now the default IM client replacing Pidgin.

4 New Apps:

· TOSSync
· TOSSDM
· TOSSArchive
· TOSSMenu
· TOSSLaunch, a simple launcher

TOSSync:

· With TOSSync, TOSS now has support for automatic Folder Synchronisation.Initially intended to be a frontend of rsync,it adds more features of its own such as backup to a destination folder and restore from it.
TOSSDM:

· An easy-to-use lightweight Desktop customizer and manager for the GNOME desktop.
TOSSArchive:

· A simple backup tool to archive and restore the entire contents of your home directory.
TOSSMenu:

· A CairoMenu style launcher menu for the GNOME desktop that replaces GnoMenu.

System Improvements:

· "apt purge" was fixed.
· "apt source" now runs in user mode.

Artwork Improvements:

· Default GDM theme has been changed to Azenis.
· Default Icon set has been changed to Azenis.
· GnoMenu has been replaced by TOSSMenu.

· AWN, a dock-like bar which supports launchers, task lists, and third party applets is enabled by default.
· Text-only boot is replaced by Usplash based on Fingerprints theme for a better booting experience.