EyeOS 1.7.0.1 Release Notes
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What's New in eyeOS 1.7.0.1
eyeOS 1.7 is the latest release of the eyeOS Web Operating System.
The new features, which eyeOS includes are:
- Added a function to reset the eyeDock configuration
- Added an additional tab for eyeControl with additional cache settings
- The mobile version of eyeOS works again now.
- Closing eyeDock removes all elements now
- Fixed a problem with unserializing a RTF-Textbox
- Fixed a problem with the alternative text of images in IE
- Fixed eyeVideo, which works again now
- Fixed a problem with too many friends for an object
- Fixed the full screen function of eyePresentation
- Fixed a problem with the Context menu alias "Ctrl + Click", which went into problems if a user used the "Ctrl" key outside of eyeOS
- Fixed a problem with the months in the "weekPlanner" widget
- Fixed a problem with the cache system parameters in the installer
- Fixed a problem with eyeSoft, which did not update the installed version number of applications
Release Date: October 15, 2008
What's New in eyeOS 1.7.0.1-1
- The version number is updated to 1.7.0.1-1 correctly now!
- The red link from the cache tab of eyeControl now opens an eyeNav window with additional information (the page will be available in some days)
Release Date: October 16, 2008
What's New in eyeOS 1.7.0.1-2
- Fixed a problem with the cache system, which caused empty css files and crashed some systems
- The cursor "pointer" has been showed for places, which are not clickable in eyeBar.
- Themes had problems with the hover color of eyeBar
Requirements
Server
The main requirement for a new eyeOS Installation is a PHP compatible Web Server with PHP 5 or higher.
We recommend to use a server with Apache Web Server and PHP 5, but other webservers with PHP support are able to get eyeOS installed, too.
eyeOS has its own virtual file system and does not require a database to work. You will however need the capability of uploading files and directories to the webspace and to be able to change folder permissions.
Client (Web Browser)
Your browser needs to be standards-compliant and support CSS. This includes the common modern browsers:
- Mozilla Firefox 2 and higher
- Internet Explorer 6 and higher
- Safari 3 and higher
We strongly recommend the latest version of Mozilla Firefox to be able to see and use all the eyeOS effects.
You can use Opera, too, but eyeOS has some problems with it right now (due to some knew bugs in the last version of that browser).
Downloading and Installing
Downloading eyeOS 1.7
Please visit http://eyeos.org/downloads/ to get eyeOS.
Installing eyeOS
Once you have downloaded eyeOS, follow these instructions to install:
- Extract the package you downloaded.
- Copy the extracted files to your web directory (e.g. via FTP).
- Start your web browser and browse to "installer/".
- Follow the instructions the installer gives you.
- Log into your new eyeOS system. (username: "root")
Notes:
- The eyeOS installation system comes with only a few files and some documentation. The installation process will decompress "package.eyepackage" and create the whole system structure.
- If you wish to have eyeOS installed in your root dir (for example, to install it in www.yourdomain.com instead of www.yourdomain.com/eyeOS or similar), you only need to upload the files from the just extracted eyeOS/ folder.
Office Support
eyeOS includes a library (eyeConverter) to load and save Microsoft Office and Open Document file formats. It uses the OpenOffice.org suite as backend with an eyeOS macro, created for this purpose. Currently it is only thought to work on Linux and Windows servers.
To install Office Support login as root user and start "System preferences" (eyeControl).
Now follow the instructions from the tab "Office Support" under "System".
Updating eyeOS
The updater works with eyeOS 1.5 and higher.
- Follow the instructions from "Installing eyeOS".
- Click "Update eyeOS!" to start updating to eyeOS 1.7.
Uninstalling eyeOS
The uninstaller only works with eyeOS 1.7.
- Follow the instructions from "Installing eyeOS".
- Select "Uninstall eyeOS" form the select box and click "Continue...".
- Click "Yes" to confirm uninstalling eyeOS.
Other Information
Collaborating
eyeOS is Open Source and many people have made their contribution. If you want to collaborate with eyeOS programming, designing, testing or otherwise, we would be glad to welcome you to our community: http://eyeos.org/community/ .
Contributions to the project are also possible via donations. You can read more information about donations at http://eyeos.org/donations/ .
Report problems
Please report all problems you notice. Browse to https://bugs.launchpad.net/eyeos and click "Report a bug". You need to register and login.
If you felt in trouble with Launchpad, please use our forums category Bug Reports.
Notice: Please don't report bugs, which has been reported, yet! (see "Known Issues")
Localizations
All old language packs from eyeOS 1.5 and higher also work with eyeOS 1.7.
The translation system at http://eyeos.org/translate/ now also handles new strings for eyeOS 1.7. The new translations will be published with the final release and can be found at http://eyeos.org/?section=downloads&part=translations .
With this release we provide a new installer with localisation support. It can be translated via the translation system at http://eyeos.org/translate/ . All finished installer translations will be integrated into the final release.
For more information about how to translate parts from the eyeOS project please see http://wiki.eyeos.org/Translations
Professional services
If you are interested in installing eyeOS in your Company, School or Public Environment, please visit the official eyeOS Website for Professional Services around the system. You can find all the information at http://eyeos.com/ .
License
eyeOS is released under the Affero General Public License (AGPL). You can read the full license text at the license.txt file in each eyeOS package.
However, some parts of the eyeOS Project are released under the Lesser General Public License (LGPL), such as the Oxygen-derivated graphics, some system libraries and more. Each special part has its own license inside the eyeOS tarball, and all the sources are included in the eyeOS package, except the graphic sources (in SVG format) that can be found at the SVN server:
https://eyeos.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/eyeos/graphics/
The eyeOS Team
- Alejandro Fiestas
- Anaël Ollier
- Daniel Gil
- Jose Carlos Norte
- Lars Knickrehm
- Marc Cercós
- Pau Garcia-Milà
And many, many more people, who help the eyeOS project to grow nonstop.
Involved projects
Some Open Source projects have been involved in the eyeOS project creation. Some of the most significant are:
- Cross-Browser.com (X Library)
- Moxiecode (TinyMCE)
- The phputf8 Project
- Oxygen Icons
Known Issues
All Systems
- The Tetravex Game is not translatable.
Opera
- It is not possible to use a scrollbar in some applications.
- Some windows show a scrollbar, which should be hidden.
Windows Servers
- eyeSheets cannot open files. The ods library need to be made Windows compatible!
