Changes between Version 18 and Version 19 of R1/Alpha4/ReleaseNotes


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    77Another goal that has driven the release of the Alpha 4 was to provide current and future Haiku developers an updated and (mostly) stable operating system to work on their software projects. Therefore we have included the basic build tools, along with clients for cvs, svn, git and hg. This release of Haiku is capable of building and running binaries using either GCC 2 or GCC 4. The use of GCC 4 is discouraged however if not absolutely necessary, as no API compatibility is guaranteed with future versions of Haiku.
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    109== System Requirements ==
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    1413== New Features ==
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    1715This is a glimpse into some of the more notable improvements and additions to Haiku, since the previous release, R1 Alpha 3. It should be noted that over 1000 bugs closed as fixed since R1 Alpha 3. Additionally, more than 100 subtle bugs have been fixed, which were discovered by Coverity.
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    19 * New native debugger application
    20 * New media add-on: 10 channel equalizer
    21 * New KeymapSwitcher application
    22 * Notifications of network card state changes
    23 * Improved virtual memory settings and swap file creation logic
    24 * Native AMD Radeon HD video card mode-changing support
    25 * WPA/WPA2 support
    26 * Initial Blu-ray disc file system support (UDF 2.50)
    27 * New GLife screensaver donated by Aaron Hill
    28 * Ability for kernel debugger (KDL) to generate QR Codes
     17Wireless networking now supports WPA/WPA2 support. (See "Workshop: Wireless networking" in the HAIKU User Guide)
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    30 == Enhancements ==
    31 * OpenGL kit uses newer upstream Mesa3D version (7.8.2, gcc2)
    32 * Improved GUI design to several applications
    33 * Improved BFS file system tools
    34 * Improved NTFS file system support
    35 * Improved translations
    36 * Improved WebPositive rendering, updated WebKit engine
    37 * Enhanced Terminal features
    38 * Better language translations
    39 * Add MSI support to OHCI
    40 * Color highlighting in grep
    41 * Shell 'ps' command now shows true UID/GID
    42 * Improved 'pretty-name' of AHCI devices
    43 * Improved AMD and Intel CPU name detection.
     19Various enhancements for hardware support, such as video drivers (radeon hd, intel extreme), network drivers, OHCI USB, PS/2, initial Blu-ray Disc (UDF 2.50), Sandy Bridge CPUs, and better AMD/Intel CPU name detection
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    45 == Bug Fixes ==
    46 * POSIX signal fixes
    47 * BFS stability improvements
    48 * Various potential memory leaks fixed
     21Added pcnet network driver, which eases the use of VirtualBox to run Haiku
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    50 == Known Bugs ==
    51 * #8617: PoorMan crashes on N-th page refresh
    52 * #8454: Very low network performance on some Marvell Yukon cards.
    53 * #8626: Radeon HD Palm GPU's non-functional due to incomplete DisplayPort support.
    54 * #8345: Rare kernel panic when PAE Translations are in use (RAM >4GB)
     23Additional applications include a native debugger application (Debugger), a utility for assisting users of multiple keymaps (KeymapSwitcher), a 10 channel equalizer media add-on, and a new GLife screensaver donated by Aaron Hill
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     25Updated WebKit, which improves rendering in the native browser WebPositive
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     27StackAndTile, a method for managing mutiple windows, has been improved (OPT + first mouse button to activate stacking and tiling of adjacent windows)
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     29IPv6 modules added
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     31The BFS file system is more robust and has new tools for detecting and correcting issues
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     33Improved virtual memory settings and swap file creation logic
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     35Additional KDL debugging tools, including the ability to generate QR codes from the debug output
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     37Numerous potential memory leaks fixed
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     39Implemented POSIX signals
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     41Update of the secondary and experimental compiler to GCC 4.6.2 (available via setgcc gcc4)
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     43Update of OpenGL kit to newer Mesa3D 7.8.2
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    5745== Missing Features ==
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    7765The IMAP protocol for the mail daemon replacement (MDR) has been removed from this release, due to concerns of losing server side data.
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     67Marvell Yukon cards are known to have low network performance.
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    7969== Source Code ==
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