1304-beta-2-ReleaseNote

Revision 6 as of 2013-04-17 15:06:53

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Summary

We’re preparing UbuntuKylin 13.04 for final release in late April 2013. With this beta pre-release, which is now available for download and testing, you can see what we are trying out in preparation for our first ever release.

NOTE: This is an Beta pre-release. UbuntuKylin Pre-releases are NOT recommended for:

  • Regular users who are not aware of pre-release issues
  • Anyone who needs a stable system
  • Anyone uncomfortable running a possibly frequently broken system
  • Anyone in a production environment with data or workflows that need to be reliable

UbuntuKylin Pre-releases ARE recommended for:

  • Regular users who want to help us test by finding, reporting, and/or fixing bugs
  • UbuntuKylin developers

If you have any questions, you are welcome to talk to us at <ubuntukylin-members AT lists DOT launchpad DOT net> or our forum.

Getting UbuntuKylin 13.04 Beta 2

This has finally landed:

UbuntuKylin Features

Besides the default UbuntuKylin theme, it comes with the following features:

Unity Music Scope for China

A very convenient music search in the dash to help you find the latest, hottest Chinese songs.

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China Weather Indicator

More accurate weather information for China cities, with PM2.5 data (air pollution index) that's crucial to every Chinese citizen and detailed weather forecast.

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Chinese Calendar

Easy to use, authoritative Chinese calendar, contains the traditional lunar calendar and the Gregorian calendar, facilitates inquiries of public holidays, familiar to Chinese citizens.

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Fcitx Input Method

Fcitx is used as the default input method, support cloud Pinyin input and more intelligent word association.

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Changes since Beta 1

  • indicator-china-weather
    • change PM2.5 api (LP: #1152853, #1160662).
  • chinese-calendar
    • fix bug for saving note (LP: #1159732, #1160149).
  • fcitx
    • set as default, and remove ibus.
  • theme
    • update some layouts and slideshow (LP: #1160384, #1160721).