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December 27th 2024 - MaXXdesktop Octane - Beta/RC

This is the last preview/beta before official release scheduled around the end January 2025. Please let us know what you think, and don't be shy to reach out.

 

What is part of version 2.2.0 - Beta/RC
  • File permissions adjustments in demos.
  • Adding faster switch-over between Modern and Classic look and feel. Text rendering is has also its own setting.
  • Fix links and dead menu items in Toolchest. More dynamic.
  • Better Dumpster integration with the Desktop.
  • More sound effects and launcheffect for file manager and Dumpster events.
  • Ongoing modernization of 5Dwm with EnhancedWindowManager Hints, Xinerama.
  • Bundle SGI's OpenInventor 2.1.5
  • Adding a desktop notification.
  • Adding an Exposé like ALT-TAB task-switcher.
  • Fixes in user-preferences $HOME/.maxxdesktop.
  • Improvements on the MODERN look and feel, but still not to my taste. I might go minimalist on this...
  • Text-based scheme browser.
  • MaXXsettings and initial desktop integration.
  • CLI for MaXXsettings.
  • New telldesktop to control the Desktop life-cycle.
  • Initial work on Toolchest for Freedesktop applications specs.
  • New IRIX style window interaction (outline and opaque), all controlled via tellwm tool.
  • More speed & doing more with less.
  • More documentation and how-to.
  • Customization tutorials (WIP).
 

To get started, refer to our Installation Guides.

To learn more about our RoadMap, visit the What's Next page.

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