Changes between Version 8 and Version 9 of R1/Alpha2/ReleaseNotes

Timestamp:

May 8, 2010, 2:06:34 PM (14 years ago)

Author:

mmadia

Comment:

more additions to new features.

R1/Alpha2/ReleaseNotes

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 Haiku's included web browser (WebPositive, powered by WebKit) is not yet a mature web browser.
 
-Font hinting in FreeType.
+WiFi via FreeBSD 8 compatibility. Non-distributable firmwares can be installed via `install-wifi-firmwares.sh`. A temporary & experimental application `setwep` can allow WEP based encryption.
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+Message Signaled Interrupts (MSI) have been implemented. This help to alleviate the lack of proper IRQ routing. 
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+Vastly improved USB mass storage performance through a better page mapping strategy
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+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.
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+Numerous speedups, specifically with compilation times.
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+Many lock contentions have been improved
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+Numerous code refactoring to kernel/VM subsystems
 
 Locale kit for providing internationalization in programs.
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 Translations for User Guide and other system provided documentation.
 
-WiFi via FreeBSD 8 compatibility.
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-Numerous speedups, specifically with compilation times.
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 ACPI is now enabled by default.
 
+Font hinting in FreeType.
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+The UDF file system module has been fixed
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+Various vendor software has been updated, most notably bash from 2.x to 4.x
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+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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+Various POSIX compliance fixes.
 
 == Source Code ==