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Release notes

Xubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

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This release is 'NOT' recommended for: * Regular users who are not aware of pre-release issues * Anyone who needs a stable system * Anyone uncomfortable running a possibly frequently broken system * Anyone in a production environment with data or workflows that need to be reliable

This development release is recommended for: * Regular users who want to help us test by finding, reporting, and/or fixing bugs

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Known Issues

' Installer Issues ' * Various virtual machine issues can show up. More so with VirtualBox or VMWare. * (Bug:1622258) Box too small to see whole partition size when creating partition using installer

' General Issues '

* (Bug:792085) Automatic remount of safely removed usb 3.0 drive * (Bug:1359689) cryptsetup password prompt not shown * (Bug:1622303) Unlocking fails to show desktop


' Xubuntu Issues '

* (Bug:1516237) Mugshot crashes when trying to capture image (camera currently disabled) * Thunar: we are aware of issues with Thunar crashing with, amongst others, renaming, copying and drag drop. The issue is being looked at upstream. Currently we have two patches applied to Thunar, which while not completely fixing the issue do ameliorate it.

  • (Bug:1311926) Thunar file order changes when renaming
  • (Bug:1512120) Thunar crashes on file renaming
  • (Bug:1514912) Thunar crash while copying
  • (Bug:1540186) Thunar crash while dragging and dropping

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Changes and Bug Fixes

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Changelogs

Major application versions

* catfish (changelog)

* menulibre (changelog)

* xfpanel-switch (changelog)

* mugshot (changelog)

* parole (changelog)

* thunar (changelog)

* xfdesktop4 (changelog)

* xfwm4 (changelog)

* xfce4-power-manager (changelog)

* xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin (changelog)

* xubuntu-artwork (changelog)

* xubuntu-default-settings (changelog)

* xubuntu-docs (changelog)

* xubuntu-meta (changelog)

Other Application Versions

* blueman (changelog)

* exo (changelog)

* firefox (changelog)

* gtk-theme-config (changelog)

* gtk2-engines-xfce (changelog)

* lightdm-gtk-greeter (changelog)

* lightdm-gtk-greeter-settings (changelog)

* orage (changelog)

* pavucontrol (changelog)

* thunderbird (changelog)

* xfburn (changelog)

* xfce4-cpugraph-plugin

* xfce4-dict (changelog)

* xfce4-notes-plugin (changelog)

* xfce4-weather-plugin (changelog)