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Release Notes Wily Werewolf
New features, applications and packages
Xfce4 Panel Switch for backup and restoration of panels. Included are 5 preset panel layouts.
- Greybird accessibility icons for window manager.
LibreOffice Calc and Writer and now included. These applications replace Gnumeric and Abiword respectively.
A new theme for LibreOffice, libreoffice-style-elementary is also included and is default for Wily Werewolf.
Important bug fixes and enhancements
(1414443) Camera doesn't initialise
(1462445) Parole starts with blank screen
(1437180) Desktop Icons show on the install only desktop
(1388922) xdg-open doesn't properly detect Xfce/Xubuntu
(1395720) authentication in livesession accepts any value as password
New Major application versions
Changelogs for any package can be found at the Ubuntu Packages page. Some changelog links are provided below.
catfish 1.2.2 > 1.3.3 changelog
menulibre 2.0.6 > 2.1.2 changelog
xfpanel-switch 1.0.3 changelog
mugshot 0.2.5 > 0.3.0 changelog
parole 0.8.0 > 0.8.1 changelog
gmusicbrowser 1.1.13 > 1.1.14 changelog
thunar 1.6.6 > 1.6.10 changelog
xfdesktop4 4.12.4 changelog
xfwm4 4.12.1 > 4.12.3 changelog
xfce4-power-manager 1.4.3 > 1.4.4 changelog
xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin 1.4.3 > 1.5.0 changelog
xubuntu-artwork 15.04.4 > 15.10.5
xubuntu-default-settings 15.04.5 > 15.10.3 changelog
xubuntu-docs 15.04.2 > 15.10.1
New application versions
blueman 1.99 alpha1 > 2.0
exo 0.10.4 > 0.10.7
- firefox 41.0
gtk-theme-config 1.2 > 1.2.1
gtk2-engines-xfce 3.0.1 > to 3.2.0
lightdm-gtk-greeter 2.0.0 > 2.0.1
lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings 1.1.0 > 1.2.0 changelog
orage 4.10.0 > 4.12.1
pavucontrol 2.0 > 3.0
- thunderbird 38.3.0
xfburn 0.5.2 > 0.5.4
xfce4-cpufreq-plugin 1.1.0 > 1.1.2
xfce4-dict 0.7.0 > 0.7.1
xfce4-eyes-plugin 4.4.3 > 4.4.4
xfce4-notes-plugin 1.7.7 > 1.8.1
xfce4-sensors-plugin 1.2.5 > 1.2.6
xfce4-smartbookmark-plugin 0.4.5 > 0.4.6
xfce4-time-out-plugin 1.0.1 > 1.0.2
xfce4-verve-plugin 1.0.0 > 1.0.1
xfce4-wavelan-plugin 0.5.11 > 0.5.12
xfce4-weather-plugin 0.8.5 > 0.8.6
xubuntu-meta 2.190 > 2.197
Known issues
Installer Issues
Some issues have come up during testing installs.
(1488814) failed to boot from USB disk with error:Boot error. (During tests the gnome-disks tool was found to be the most reliable USB creation method.)
(1341944) 32-Bit UEFI bootloader support needed
(1361951) Installer crashes formatting partitions. Possible workaround can be found at post 39
Unconfirmed bug in keyboard layout was reported during Final testing (1508779)
General Issues
(1447038) 15.04: Shutdown/Restart of live session guest does not work in Virtualbox or VMWare
Xubuntu Specific Issues
(1401609) gmusicbrowser crashes on close
To see a list of known bugs in the common infrastructure, refer to the Ubuntu release notes.
WilyWerewolf/ReleaseNotes/Xubuntu (last edited 2015-11-19 08:22:15 by flocculant)