= Xubuntu 14.10 Beta 1 = This is the first beta towards Xubuntu 14.10 to be released in October 2014. The release announcement for Xubuntu 14.10 Beta 1 can be found at http://xubuntu.org/news/xubuntu-14-10-beta-1/. Both the Torrent and direct downloads are available at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/utopic/beta-1/. == New features and enhancements == * Inxi, a tool to gather system information, is now included * To allow users to use pkexec for selected applications instead of gksu(do), appropriate profiles are now included for Thunar and Mousepad * The display dialog has been updated, multiple dispays can now be arranged by drag and drop * The power manager can now control the keyboard-backlight and features a new panel plugin, which shows the battery's status, other connected devices with batteries and controls the display's backlight brightness * The themes now support Gtk3.12 * The alt-tab dialog can now be clicked with the mouse to select a window * Xubuntu minimal install available - information on installation and testing will follow shortly. == Bug fixes == * Setting-related menu items earlier available only under Settings manager are now shown and searchable in Whiskermenu (Bug:1310264) * Presentation mode in Xfce4 power manager is now working (Bug:1193716) * apt-offline is now functional, previously "Something is wrong with the apt system" (Bug:1357217) == New application versions in the Xubuntu packageset == * Catfish (1.2.1) * Xfwm4 (4.11.2) * Updates to xfdesktop4 (4.11.7), xfce4-panel (4.11.1), login screen (lightdm-gtk-greeter 1.9.0) * xfce4-appfinder (4.11.0) * xfce4-notifyd (0.2.4-3) * xfce4-settings (4.11.3) * xfce4-power-manager (1.3.2) * xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin (1.4.0) * Light-locker-settings (1.4.0) * Menulibre (2.0.5) * Mugshot (0.2.4) == Other changes == * XChat is removed from the default installation; we recommend trying the Pidgin IRC feature if you need to connect sporadically. Otherwise, if you prefer XChat, it's still available for installation in the repositories. == Known Issues == * Video corruption when booting a virtual livesession (Bug:1357702) * Failure to configure wifi in live-session (Bug:1351590) * com32r error on boot with usb (Bug:1325801)