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[Julien Lavergne <gilir@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

The Lubuntu Maverick Alpha 3 iso is now available for testing.

Please note that Lubuntu Maverick is based on Ubuntu Maverick, same
warning apply :

"Pre-releases of Maverick are *not* encouraged for anyone needing a
stable system or anyone who is not comfortable running into occasional,
even frequent breakage.  They are, however, recommended for Ubuntu
developers and those who want to help in testing, reporting, and fixing
bugs."

== What's new ? ==
Since Alpha 2 :
- New theme, made by Rafael Laguna
- New slideshow available during the installation
- Lubuntu include now some small games, powered by ace-of-penguins.
- Evince is now used for reading PDF.
- LXDE is now HAL-free. Lubuntu still depends on HAL for CD-burner, but
by removing it, you can obtain a HAL-free system.
- And the usual updates of LXDE and Lubuntu components packages.

Since the beginning of Maverick :
- Updates on programs installed by default :
  * Update-notifier was added
  * Xpad was added
  * Parcellite was removed
  * Pyneighborhood was removed
  * LXtask was added, to replace Xfce4-taskmanager
- A new meta-package (lubuntu-core) is available to install only core
packages of Lubuntu.
- A new meta-package (lubuntu-restricted-extras) is available to install
restricted packages for Lubutnu (such as flash, java and extra codecs
for chromium)
- Add support for indicator applets on lxpanel (turn off by default)
- And the usual Ubuntu updates. 

== Specific Lubuntu changes ==
Lubuntu contains 2 specific changes still not available on Ubuntu
official repository :
- Support for lxdm in ubiquity
- Lubuntu slideshow for ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu

== Testing needed ==
We'll appreciate some feedbacks about the followings recent additions :
- The slideshow, especially the text, to be able to start translation.
- Feedback on the new theme.

== Known bugs ==
* Start menu of the Live-CD is not correctly translated.
* Install menu entry in the Live-CD doesn't work.
* Keyboard layout is not correctly set on the Live-CD session.
* The splash screen on Live-CD session may fall-back to Ubuntu text one.

== Reporting bugs ==
You can find information on how to report bug on this wiki page :
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Lubuntu/ReportingBugs

== Download ==
Torrent:
http://people.ubuntu.com/~gilir/lubuntu-maverick-alpha3.iso.torrent
Download: http://people.ubuntu.com/~gilir/lubuntu-maverick-alpha3.iso
Md5: http://people.ubuntu.com/~gilir/md5sum.txt

Happy testing :)

Regards,
Julien Lavergne