TOSS 2.0
Â
This is TOSS 2.0, based and compatible with Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope and its repositories.
Upstream Features:
- Based on Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope,
- Kernel:Linux 2.6.28,
- Gnome 2.26 comes with noticeable improvements in PulseAudio support, screen management, file-sharing, and disc burning.
- Better notifications, faster boot times, enhanced suspend-and-resume and better switching between Wi-Fi and 3G connections.
- The Ubiquity installer features graphical improvements and support for the ext4 filesystem.
Compatiblity:
- Now works with lesser memory usage in live mode(256 MB minimum).
- Fixed the "user authentication failed" problem.
- Restricted drivers now compatible with latest Graphics cards.
Application Improvements:
- Exaile Music Player replaces Audacious as default music player.
- Mozilla Thunderbird is now the default mail client.
- Empathy is now the default IM client replacing Pidgin.
4 New Apps:
- TOSSync
- TOSSDM
- TOSSArchive
- TOSSMenu
- TOSSLaunch, a simple launcher
TOSSync:
With TOSSync, TOSS now has support for automatic Folder Synchronisation.Initially intended to be a frontend of rsync,it adds more features of its own such as backup to a destination folder and restore from it.
TOSSDM:
An easy-to-use lightweight Desktop customizer and manager for the GNOME desktop.
TOSSArchive:
A simple backup tool to archive and restore the entire contents of your home directory.
TOSSMenu:
A CairoMenu style launcher menu for the GNOME desktop that replaces GnoMenu.
System Improvements:
- "apt purge" was fixed.
- "apt source" now runs in user mode.
Artwork Improvements:
- Default GDM theme has been changed to Azenis.
- Default Icon set has been changed to Azenis.
- GnoMenu has been replaced by TOSSMenu.
- AWN, a dock-like bar which supports launchers, task lists, and third party applets is enabled by default.
- Text-only boot is replaced by Usplash based on Fingerprints theme for a better booting experience.
Last Updated (Tuesday, 20 April 2010 09:16)
TOSS 2.0
