[lowcostcomputing] Fw: [Ankur-distro]The Ankur Bangla Live CD version 1 beta3
- From: Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay <sankarshanmukhopadhyay@xxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [Ankur-distro]The Ankur Bangla Live CD version 1 beta3
> Announcing.....
>
> ******************************************
> The Ankur Bangla Live CD version 1 beta3
> ******************************************
>
> "HiJibiJbiJ"
> ==========
>
> "keno haaschhi shunbe? mone koro prithibiTaa Jadi chyaapTaa hoto, aar
> shob jol goRiYe DaangaaY eshe poRto, aar Daangar maaTi shob ghuliYe
> pyaachpyaache kaadaa hoye Jeto, aar lokgulo sab taar modhye dhopaadhop
> aachahaR kheye poRto, ta hole - Hoh Hoh ho"
>
> ....
>
> "mone koro ekjon lOk aashChe , taar ek haate kulpi boroph, aar haate
> saajimaaTi, aar lokTaa kulpi khete gie bhule saajimaaTi kheye pheleche
> - Hoh Hoh, Hoh Ho, Hah Hah Hah ha"
>
> ....
>
> "aamaar naam HiJibiJbiJ. aamaar bhaaiYer naam HiJibiJbiJ, aamaar
baabaar
> naam HiJibiJbiJ, amaar pisher naam HiJibiJbiJ"
>
>
> This is HiJibiJbiJ - from Sukumar Ray's "hojoborolo".
>
> ..and the last beta of version 1 of the Ankur Bangla Live CD is named
> after this fantastic, "ever laughing" (if I may put it in that way)
> character.
>
> This release features a major upgrade in the core system (Morphix
> base), which should solve many problems related to hw detection,
> bootup and other misc stuff. Also, a large number of
> additions, enhancements, tweaks, fine-tuning, bug fixing has gone into
> the Ankur Bangla Live CD v1b3; see the Changelog below for the
details.
> There should be an overall enhancement in performance for machines
with
> less RAM (128 MB), especially in the Multimedia segment. Moreover,
people
> using this CD can connect to the Internet now - please see the
Changelog
> for details.
>
> However, in my opinion, one of the most significant enhancements in
this
> release is the inclusion of the "Ankur Bangla Chhar Poka Naashok". ;-)
> Of course, there are many who disagree with me - my message for them,
> well....
>
> HUMBUG!!
> ;-)
>
> This tool helps users to gather debugging information in case the CD
does
> not work properly. After the information has been collected, it is
> dumped onto a floppy disk, so that it can be later sent to the
> developers of the Ankur project.
> To use this tool, while running the CD, switch to console mode by
> pressing Ctrl-Alt-F2, and issue the command 'charpoka' (without the
> quotes), and the wizard will guide you through the process.
> Screenshots of this tool are available at
> http://clai.net/sayamindu/index.php?m=20031113
>
> The ISO image can be downloaded (approx 380 MB download) from
>
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=43331&release_id=1
97316
>
> Bugs should be reported at http://www.bengalinux.org/bugs
>
> Mailing list for people interested in the LiveCD is at
> http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bengalinux-distro
>
> Screenshots are available at
> http://www.bengalinux.org/screenshots/gnome/
>
> I would like to thanks the developers of the Ankur Bangla team for the
> great work they have done over the past one year.
> A round of special thanks goes out to Indranil Dasgupta and Malay
Mitra
> for helping in the production of the CD.
> Also, the people who have been most helpful in the Live CD project are
> the beta testers - and a HUGGGEEE thanks goes out to them - you all
rock!!
>
> (..and thanks also to Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay - for carrying out the
> hard work of distributing the Live CD to the beta testers who don't
have
> a high speed internet connection).
>
> -happy bug hunting to all-
> -cheers-
> Sayamindu Dasgupta
> (on behalf of the Ankur Bangla Team)
>
>
> PS: The Ankur Bangla Live CD v1 beta2 has been downloaded 149 times
since
> it was first uploaded to sourceforge.net (not bad for a large ISO...)
> :-D
>
>
************************************************************************
*****
>
> Known issues in this release
> ----------------------------
>
> * The time is not displayed correctly
> * The disk mounting system is somewhat flaky
> * The system does not shut down automatically once you exit X (This is
> intentional - and will be removed in the final version)
> * The sound volume in Totem and in the GNOME mixer are both set to
zero
> initially, please increase the sound volume once you are logged in.
> * GNOME Terminal does not work (no prompt)
>
>
> Changelog for Version 1.0 beta-3 (HiJiBiJBiJ)
> ---------------------------------------------
>
> * The core system (which handles the bootstrap process) has
> been upgraded to Morphix 0.4.1
> * The boot failure issue for most machines should be
> resolved.
> * Most of the packages in GNOME were updated.
> * GNOME Games is more or less completely translated
> now (3 cheers for Progga!).
> * XFree86 4.3.0 has been patched to the latest version and
> hand compiled.
> * ATI Radeon users should experience increased stability due
> to the upgrade mentioned above.
> * Freetype2 has been upgraded to version 2.1.5
> * Some patches from Ximian Desktop 2.4 beta has been
> incorporated into the stock GNOME install.
> * On machines with less than 96 MB RAM, a dialogue now pops
> up during the boot process, asking if the user would like
> to create a swap file in an existing DOS partition. This
> feature has not been tested very extensively - I expect
> reports from people on 64 meg boxes.
> * A network config tool has been added to the Live CD. This
> tool can handle normal ethernet configurations, and has
> support for wireless devices. I have not tested the
> wireless support as I do not have the required hardware
> setup. Feedback expected on the wireless support thingy.
> Screenshot of this tool at
> http://clai.net/sayamindu/images/network_config.png
> * WvDial has been included for modem users (I am still
> searching for a *stable* GTK2 based dialup tool - if
> anyone finds one, please let me know).
> * The disk mounting subsystem is undergoing a restructuring,
> and is expected to be unstable - please mail me and let me
> know if the harddisks/extra cdroms/floppies mount correctly
> in your system.
> * A new tool has been added - called Ankur Bangla Live CD
> Chhar Poka Nashok. This tool collects debugging and system
> info and dumps them on a floppy, so that the user can send
> the info to the development team later.
> * The Live CD now supports both the (semi)phonetic Probhat
> Layout and the Inscript Layout. Also included is a document
> on how to write Bangla in the Ankur Bangla Live CD.
> * Some sample pictures have been added to the "aankibuki" folder
> on the Desktop
> * An OGG file (under the Open Music Green license) has been
> added to the "gaan baajnaa" folder.
> * The Bangla Literary archive has been updated.
> * Some blurb on Ankur has been added (still incomplete).
> * The file selector originally used in the LiveCD has been
> removed - it was having some performance issues.
> * The buttons on the modified GTK file selector from
> Ximian work properly now.
> * Mozilla has been updated to version 1.5
> * Xine lib updated to version 1-rc2
> * NVidia drivers updated to version 1-4496
> * Support for the integrated ethernet device in Nforce/Nforce2/Nforce3
> based motherboards has been added.
> * The PCIUtils packages has been added.
> * Support for the graphics card (GeForce 4 MX) integrated with NVidia
> Nforce2 motherboard has been improved (now it uses the nvidia
drivers
> instead of the generic VESA driver).
> * General hardware support is also improved now, as I have integrated
the
> latest version of the database used by the hw recognition system to
the
> core.
>
> --
> Sayamindu Dasgupta
> [ http://clai.net/sayamindu ]
>
> The Illiterati Programus Canto 1:
> A program is a lot like a nose: Sometimes it runs, and
> sometimes it blows.
>
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