Changes between Version 10 and Version 11 of R1/Alpha2/ReleaseNotes

Timestamp:

May 8, 2010, 2:37:54 PM (14 years ago)

Author:

mmadia

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R1/Alpha2/ReleaseNotes

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 == New Features ==
 
+This is a glimpse into some of the more notable improvements and additions to Haiku, since the previous release, R1 Alpha 1. It should be noted that have been countless bugs have been fixed.
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 Haiku's included web browser (WebPositive, powered by WebKit) is not yet a mature web browser.
 
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 Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI) have been implemented. This help to alleviate the lack of proper IRQ routing. 
 
-Vastly improved USB mass storage performance through a better page mapping strategy
+Fixed a network bug that could result in web pages being partially loaded.
 
 DriveSetup will now install a basic bootloader when partitioning a disk.
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-Fixed a network bug that could result in web pages being partially loaded.
 
 Locale kit for providing internationalization in programs.
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 Numerous code refactoring to kernel/VM subsystems
 
-ACPI is now enabled by default.
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 Font hinting in FreeType.
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-The UDF file system module has been fixed
 
 Various vendor software has been updated, most notably bash from 2.x to 4.x
 
 Introduced `installoptionalpackage`, a rudimentary script to alleviate the lack of a proper package management solution via PackageFS. It allows the installation of some of Haiku's OptionalPackages. 
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+Vastly improved USB mass storage performance through a better page mapping strategy
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+ACPI is now enabled by default.
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+HDA on nvidia chipset improvements
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+The UDF file system module has been fixed
 
 Various POSIX compliance fixes.
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  * GCC 4 ABI changes that require applications to be recompiled
  * Introduced library versioning
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+Haiku GCC4 can now be compiled directly on a 64bit Linux distro. GCC2 still requires the use of `linux32`
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+Created a new file image type, 'anyboot', which allows a Haiku image to be burned as an ISO or written directly to USB. To note, some burning software may try to be 'clever' and will incorrectly burn 
 
 == Source Code ==