Release notes/8.2.0

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Before you update to this release

• If you are in a school or other deployment, make sure you contact your technical support team before updating. Some deployments have special configurations which will need special steps taken before update. Your deployment may not yet support this release.

New features in 8.2.0

There is a new Help Activity in this release that includes a full manual on the laptop. Look for the icon of a Question Mark.

In addition to fixing bugs, we've added lots of new features to our 8.2 release, including

• GUI and usability improvements
• Automatic software updates
• Backup and restore to school server
• Longer battery life
• New Keyboards and Languages

Upgrading from previous releases

Needs final rewrite.

One version currently available at:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_Notes/8.2.0-detailed-version#Upgrading_from_previous_releases

Resolved bugs in this release

Many bugs were closed in this release. A few important ones include:
<trac>5156</trac> Browse can view Google calendar.

<trac>5613</trac> The XO name can now accept any characters. This is important for languages which do not use the ASCII characters.

<trac>6014</trac> Activities try to save their data when the XO is shut down while an activity is open. This is better but not complete. Users should close their activities before before shutting down the XO.

<trac>7382</trac> Browse now does autocomplete.

<trac>7480</trac> You can reset your network history in the Network control panel in case you need to remove old configurations. However, you will need to re-enter all AP passwords after doing this.

For a list of all closed bugs in this release click [1].

Notable open bugs in this release

For the best experience and maximum reliability with the XO we recommend the following best practices:

For all XOs

• If you open too many activities (generally more than 3) at once you may experience slow response. Use the frame button (upper right); hover over the open activities; and click on close.
• In general, you do not need to double click on anything in the XO interface. Its designed for a single click. For example, double clicking to launch an activity will cause the XO to launch two instances of the activity which may cause one to fail.
• Drag and drop has limited support in this release. It may in work in some cases but it does not work consistently everywhere.
• Power save mode is still in development. In this release it is turned off by default in the control panel. If you use it and experience problems, please turn it back off.
• If the XO stops collaborating or stops responding, you can reboot it from the home screen (hover over the XO in the center) or hold down the power button for more than 6 seconds.
• Ensure that you have unmounted a USB stick before removing it. Go to the Journal, hover over the USB stick icon and click on click on 'unmount'. Another method to remove a USB stick to avoid corruption is to power down the laptop first.
• Reliable collaboration using the Write activity over mesh or access point networks may not exceed two hours.
• Up to ten laptops can reliably collaborate over the mesh network.

For XOs used in school with many XOs present

• Please see the Deployment_Support pages for information on collaboration and connectivity in schools or areas that are densely populated with XOs.

Click here for a more detailed list of open bugs