Arabbix 0.9_Alpha1 is ready for download

[anmar oueja <anmar at canada dot com>]

Salam all:

I am happy to announce that Arabbix 0.9 Alpha1 is out and ready for your 
bug testing, report writing, anmar bugging ;) .

PLEASE PLEASE read the release notes first before downloading the ISO image.

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Release Notes:
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- This release is not for production nor distribution on a large scale 
due to incompleteness.

- Please download this image and test it on your machine, I am 
particularly interested in testing the HD installer tools, Arabic 
localization effort, missing applications, or any requests needed.

- To activate HD install tools open a terminal and type:
    # sudo su            ( to be root )
    # morphix-control-panel


- This ISO image contains the major applications you come to expect from 
Arabbix:
    - Mozilla 1.6
    - FireFox, Thunderbird
    - Openoffice 1.1.1
    - GNOME 2.6.1
    - OpenOffice 1.1.1 Arabic installer for Windows
    - Duali
    - Katoob
    - Arabic fonts
    - XMMS
    - Full C/C++ development environment (No emacs :))
    - Xfce4
    - full Python development
    - VIM
    - multimedia software
    - gdesklets

- This ISO lacks the following:

    - Xfce4 (Arabic/English) Boot option
    - Mozilla Arabic localization interface
    - Improved boot, and splash screens (thanks to Arafat Medini for 
the improved images)
    - HD install tools localization
    - User environment customization
    - Arabic linux documentation
    - Arabeyes specific documentation
    - CD Root (windows autorun) arabbix/arabeyes specific documentation
    - GAIM, XCHAT, and Synaptic Arabic localization files

Bugs and requests:
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If you have any bugs you wish to report with regards to this release, 
please point your browser at:

bugs.arabeyes.org


Wishes can be granted with a small sum of cash ;) . Just kidding...
Make sure your feature request is not already present. I will try and 
incorporate all needs and requests from past releases of Arabbix into 
this release. To make a wish, point your browser to :

bugs.arabeyes.org


Hacking:
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Arabbix 0.9 Alpha1 is a good candidate to get familiar with Arabbix 
internals and how to go about modifying it.

I have written a simple, small document on how to hack arabbix and 
modify its contents. You can find it at:

http://cvs.arabeyes.org/viewcvs/projects/arabbix/doc/Dev-HowTo.txt

Let me know if you encounter any problems.

What is next:
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- Next development release of Arabbix will be on July 11th 2004. Next 
release focuses on completing all the important details such as 
localization of important apps, and fixing any critical or major bugs.

- All future releses, with the exception of the final release, will 
follow the naming convention set by Arabeyes development guide

- I hope to have the final release on  August 1st. 2004.


Thanks

Anmar Oueja
anmar at canada dot com

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