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@lucasvr lucasvr released this 08 Mar 04:32
· 19 commits to master since this release

First snapshot of GoboLinux 016.01. It features the following improvements over 016:

  • Support for Core2 processors (upgrades to GCC and GMP packages)
  • Compile bug fix: fixes missing files when building dependencies of a program
  • Compile bug fix: enables compilation of packages on the LiveCD
  • Fixes Xorg support on VirtualBox and VMware
  • Fixes path to SSL certificates
  • Fixes to LibFFI's pkgconfig file
  • Improves the detection of other operating systems when creating the GRUB config file
  • Kernel command line: adds 'rootwait' option to enable installation on external hard disks
  • Kernel: adds virtualization drivers for HyperV
  • Automatic updates BOOTx64.EFI on UEFI systems upon the compilation of a new kernel
  • Grub settings no longer have to be changed upon a kernel upgrade (it now uses the /System/Kernel/Boot/kernel symlink)
  • Improves navigation of man and info pages through updated Pinfo settings
  • Includes missing locale files from LibX11
  • Creates missing links from DocBook-XSL-Stylesheets

New packages and package updates:

  • Adds CryptSetup: enables mounting of encrypted partitions from the LiveCD
  • Adds Listener: automatically cleans up broken links upon the removal of entries from /Programs
  • Updates the Linux kernel to version 4.9.4
  • Updates BootScripts to remove warnings at shutdown and reboot time
  • Updates Scripts to use unionfs-fuse sandboxing on the LiveCD
  • Updates OpenSSL to version 1.0.2k
  • Updates Linux-Firmware from git
  • Updates Firefox to version 52.0
  • Updates Awesome to version 4.0
  • Updates Python 3.6.0 package, including support for the tkinter module
  • Updates Gobo-Awesome to 0.3
  • Updates Gobo-Awesome-Sound to 0.2
  • Updates GoboNet to 0.9 and Gobo-Awesome-GoboNet to 0.2
  • Updates OS-Prober (improved detection of other operating systems)
  • Removes NCSA-Mosaic + dependencies. It was fun to ship 016 with that ancient browser, but that's enough now :)