Mythbuntu 7.10 Public Beta

The Mythbuntu team is pleased to announce the Beta of Mythbuntu-7.10. Together with this release, we're opening the gates of our very own Mythbuntu forums at http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=301. Please feel free to discuss and seek help with Mythbuntu.

Please continue to report bugs to Launchpad https://launchpad.net/mythbuntu.

We've fixed a lot of bugs since Alpha 4 and also introduced some new features. Please see below for a list of new features and known problems.

New Features

For a quick summary of what you'll see on this disk:

• Xfce based setup. No more openbox, it's not even installed on the disk
• Network Manager included. You can do wifi networks both during and
  after install with ease.

• When quiting mythfrontend, you are brought back to an Xfce desktop.
  You can administer the machine from here and change all settings.

• On CD Repository works properly
• VNC can be installed from multiple locales on disk
• Video drivers don't pull from webhosts during install in any cases
• ubuntu-mythtv-frontend isn't used at all. All sessions are Xfce
  sessions, but all the benefits from the ubuntu-mythtv-frontend package
  have been merged into mythbuntu-default-settings

• Lots of additional features for mythbuntu-control-centre. Extra
  administration options, package updates, reloading package lists.

• Mythbuntu Installation can be performed directly from an existing
  Gutsy installation now via Firefox. See http://www.mythbuntu.org/existing-ubuntu for more information.

• LIRC enhanced to support USB device hotplugging. The LIRC service
  will be automatically restarted. (You still need to restart client apps
  though such as myth and video playback applications)

• New GTK theme. Based off of a clearlooks engine now instead
• New usplash artwork. Correct color scheme and placement are now used
• mythbuntu-control-centre:
  • It is now possible to configure mythweb password protection through the control centre
  • We'll be merging translations for the next release. If you want to translate mythbuntu-control-centre into your language, go here: https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-mythtv/2007-September/000283.ht...

Known Problems

So far, we haven't found any major problems. However, here's a list of known problems for completeness' sake:
• In Xfce, it's possible that you won't have a "quit" button to log out or shut down your computer if you're using a locale other than English. This problem has shown up with the language set to German and it's still being investigated:
• the MythWeather screen in MythWeb is not working. This is unlikely to be fixed: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/+bug/139625
• OSD fonts might look badly if you're watching 16:9 programming. We'd like some feedback on this one! https://bugs.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/+bug/136533
• Enabling VBI on a PVR150/500 (probably also PVR 250/350) will result in broken recordings unless you set your capture resolution to 720x576 (PAL) or 720x480 (NTSC): https://bugs.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/+bug/140659
• It is possible that the livedisk installer occasionally stalls due to a bug in unionfs. However, we have included a workaround so this shouldn't be affecting you.
• mythbuntu-control-centre:
• Remote control will always be disabled even if it is already disabled: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mythbuntu-control-centre/+bugs
• See other mythbuntu-control-centre bugs: https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mythbuntu-control-centre

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