1.0 Changelog


Introduced features

Update to KDE 3.5.1
Update FreeBSD 5.5-PRERELEASE from 5 February 2006, which includes important improvements from FreeBSD 6
New translations (Czech, Norwegian, ...)
Additional artwork: K menu button, splash screen, wallpaper, animated Konqueror logo
/bin/bash is symlinked to /usr/local/bin/bash: this fixes some Linux scripts
Larger partition sizes: /tmp has been moved to usr, new partition sizes: 256 MB root, 512 MB swap, 512 MB var
Support for 256-bit WEP keys
Hardware notifications when a device is attached, detached, the power source is changed or temperature is critical
Different icon for outdated packages in the package manager
Intel wireless drivers are enabled automatically after firmware installation (and a reboot)
KDE language packages are on a different CD now so more software can be included in the installation CD (DVDs include all language packs)
User-friendlier package manager: Introduction, guide to first package list update, hints why binary package installation didn't work, desktop icon
Network interfaces can be deactivated
Package database conflicts can be ignored (useful when they're not critical, e.g. missing origin of a third-party package)
KDE network and multimedia packages are pre-installed now
Sound mixer is activated and available in the system tray by default
Support for zeroconf (also known as Rendezvous/Bonjour)
Make environment variables for portupgrade can be specified
Linux and GNOME applications appear in the KDE menu now

Fixes

Printing works out-of-the-box now (cupsd fixed)
Administrator mode in the KDE control center works now
Using spaces in passwords works properly now
Resources are mounted to /media instead of /mnt now - compliance with hier(7)
WEP keys that include the initialisation vector can be used now
Users can't revoke their own administrator permissions
Revised English phrases
Updated translations
Various fixes for better FreeBSD 6 support (dhclient, ports)
Debug output cleanup
Tri-state checkbox and search-select all in package deinstallation dialog fixed