| | 1 | = Improvements since R1/Alpha1 = |
| | 2 | |
| | 3 | Haiku R1 Alpha1 was released on September 14, 2009 as changeset:33109 |
| | 4 | This page outlines some of the more notable changesets since then. |
| | 5 | Additions and corrections are encouraged. |
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| | 7 | * Enabled font hinting in freetype, |
| | 8 | * changeset:33789 |
| | 9 | * The patent for Freetype's TT_CONFIG_OPTION_BYTECODE_INTERPRETER expired some time before Oct. 27, 2009. |
| | 10 | * Note: subpixel rendering is disabled by default |
| | 11 | |
| | 12 | * Various vendor software has been updated, most notably bash from 2.x to 4.x |
| | 13 | |
| | 14 | * Locale kit merged to trunk |
| | 15 | |
| | 16 | * Creation of a Localization team for translating the User Guide and other documents. |
| | 17 | |
| | 18 | * Improved USB read/write times |
| | 19 | |
| | 20 | * API/ABI Changes |
| | 21 | * BJoyStick -- fixed a BeOS compatibility issue |
| | 22 | * GCC 4 ABI changes that require apps to be recompiled |
| | 23 | * Introduced library versioning |
| | 24 | |
| | 25 | * WiFi merged into trunk from external repo |
| | 26 | * As of 35515, drivers and if needed, associated firmware need to be added via UserBuildConfig |
| | 27 | * Encryption is not implemented |
| | 28 | |
| | 29 | * SpicyKeys integrated as Shortcuts |
| | 30 | |
| | 31 | * Huge speedups -- specifically with compilation times. |
| | 32 | * Many lock contentions have been improved |
| | 33 | * Numerous code refactoring to kernel/VM subsystems |
| | 34 | * Compile times of Haiku from within Haiku have greatly been reduced |
| | 35 | |
| | 36 | * HDA on nvidia chipset improvements |
| | 37 | |
| | 38 | * Haiku GCC4 can now be compiled directly on a 64bit Linux distro. GCC2 still requires the use of `linux32` |
| | 39 | |
| | 40 | * changeset:33263 |
| | 41 | |
| | 42 | * changeset:33417 , changeset:33418 RemoteDesktop client |
| | 43 | |
| | 44 | * PackageFS changeset:34172 |
| | 45 | |
| | 46 | * Bug fixes galore |
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