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feren OS 2016.2 ALPHA Released - The First step

23/7/2016

Today marks the release of the ALPHA of feren OS's best version yet, 2016.2. Many things have been improved in this ALPHA from 2016.1 though, this is just the first step and it still has its own set of bugs included with it.

Changes from 2016.1:

New Applet: CinnXPStarkMenu
New Application: Visual Studio Code
New Application: Snap Photobooth
Updated Application: Themer 2016.2
New Application: GNOME Software
Removed Application: Ubuntu Software Center (Reason: DEPRECATED)
Removed Application: GNOME Maps (Reason: PUT ON HOLD)
New Base: Linux Mint 18
Removed Application: Linux Mint's XApps
Replacement Applications: VLC, Evince, Gedit, Pantheon Photos, Geary
New themes in Themer: Windows XP Royale, Zune and Embedded, Adapta, Windows Vista Cinnamon Theme, Mint-Y, Longhorn Collab Themes
Removed themes in Themer: Trevilla, EvoPop, Conceptual Themes, Mint-X
Removed application: Upgrade to 16.04 (Reason: REDUNDANT, USELESS, NO NEED FOR IT ANYMORE)
New Configurations for Applets, Default User Files, etc.
New: Sample Pictures
Updated Icon Set: Inspire
Updated Theme: feren ( + Dark Theme)
New Video Wallpaper Application (experimental)
EVERY theme has a preview with it (Apart from Adapta (fix coming soon))
This version of feren OS DOES work in a Virtual Machine again
more...

Known Bugs:

Themer: Windows XP Silver and Olive Green missing theme set(s)
Themer: Arc missing icon set
Icon Sets: Icons not downloaded until installed system is booted and then the user logs in, if they haven't got a config before the installation
Themer: Numix Frost missing Theme Set(s)
Some PPAs missing from the ALPHA
XnRetro Application missing
Software doesn't install applications on the LiveCD (GNOME Software Bug)
Adapta missing Themes thumbnails in Cinnamon Settings > Themes
GTK: Dark Themes have disappearing GTK3 items at random times of theme use
WINE is missing from the default install
Automatic Updates are not enabled yet
A user is reporting that it may not boot, I, have managed to get it booting on a HDD using Universal USB Installer for Windows because the USB seems broken (boot-wise), but still, it's something to watch out for.

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Happy Birthday feren OS!

feren OS 2016.1 is dead!

feren OS 2016.2 ALPHA Released - The First step

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