Bodhi Linux 3 0 0 Release Candidate 1

Bodhi Linux 3 0 0 Release Candidate 1

At Bodhi we work firmly on a "its ready when its ready schedule" as opposed to sticking to our set release goals and churning out something we are not happy with. Better late than never as the saying goes! Just ten days after the targeted release date I am happy to share our first Release Candidate for Bodhi Linuxs third major release:

As you can see from the image our default theme has matured some (it is nearly complete in fact). For a full change log you can see my running TODO list as we work towards our 3.0.0 stable release here.

Download Links

• 32bit - ISO Image, MD5sum
• Legacy - ISO Image, MD5sum
• 64bit - ISO Image, MD5sum
• Chromebook - ISO Image, MD5sum

Legacy Hardware Support

The most important new thing in this release is the addition of an ISO image that supports legacy hardware. The legacy ISO image features a 3.2 kernel that will work on 486 machines (or newer), including non-PAE hardware. This ISO image currently features the same E19 desktop that the other three discs have, but if all goes as planned the legacy disc will feature the E17 desktop by default starting with our second release candidate.

Existing 3.0.0 Users Can Upgrade

As always existing 3.0.0 users can simply use eepDater to get the latest and greatest system from their current install. 64bit users will need to implement this workaround though for a troublesome package that found its way into the beta.

Known Issues

There are a couple of small issues we are aware of and working to remedy for our RC2 release later this month. They are:

• The quick start guide opens twice on the live CD/the first time you boot Bodhi
• There is an Enlightenment segfault the first time you access the menu on the live cd/on a new install (just press f1 and everything is fine)
• App Center does not work (we are still working on implementing a new installer tool for this)

Bug Reporting/Issues

As always please, please, please do not post issues in a comment on this post. Instead open a thread in the 3.0.0 testing section of our user forums. Also keep in mind this is a testing release not intended for production machines.

~Jeff Hoogland