We are very glad to announce the immediate availability of eyeOS 2.2, the first 2.x version marked as Stable. With this release we conclude a path started one year ago with the 2.0 announcement, but this release is not just important because of the stability: eyeOS will be celebrating its 5th birthday on August 1st..
The main new features of eyeOS 2.2 are the complete compatibility with all modern browsers (IE 7.x and newer, Firefox , Safari…),a huge improvement on the eyeOS overall speed and the new eyeOS Official Installer that will allow everyone to install an eyeOS server much more easily than before.
What’s new?
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The installer
To install eyeOs 2.2 is easier than ever because of the new installer. The release includes a new installation Manual to help you during the process.
The new instructions to install eyeOS 2.2 are:
1- Uncompress the downloaded package to your web directory
2- Open your browser and navigate to:
- On local Computer from home setup or Portable media
http://localhost/eyeOS/install
- On a Hoster
http://xxx.yoururl.xxx/eyeOS/install
Follow the instructions. If you have some System requirements not acomplished on your server, please take a look at Installation Manual to know how install and configure them.
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Fully compatibility with modern browsers (IE7, Mozilla Firefox…)
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Qooxdoo updated to the latest version
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Important changes on eyeOS overall speed
Translations
eyeOS 2.2 Stable is directly available in 32 languages thanks to the great worldwide eyeOS community.
To select a language, please, go to Settings → Configuration and select your language. Then just log out and log in again to have eyeOS in your selected language.
Start translating on eyeOS is not difficult. You only need to visit The Translation Server and register with a new username. Then send an email to translate@eyeos.org with your credentials (name, surname, username and translation language) and we will give you the permissions to start translating eyeOS into your language. In case that there is already an existing translation for that language you will be invited to join the translation group for that language.
Download and use eyeOS 2.2
The new version can be downloaded from the downloads page and used from the preview server, which has already been updated.
It’s important to say that day by day eyeOS has more capabilities. This is important because the installation has more steps and it could be difficult for some of you. If you have problems, please, visit the official forum, or if you want no problems, use our Professional Services.
Important: Please, take a look at the Installation instructions to install eyeOS 2.2 Stable without problems!
To report bugs and wishes please use the SourceForge tracker.
Updating an existent version of eyeOS 2.x
To update eyeOS 2.x Beta to eyeOS 2.2 Stable please follow the instructions below. Note that an automatic installer/updater will be added to eyeOS 2.x on future releases.
Instructions
To update your installed 2.x eyeOS, you have to follow this three steps:
1.- Download the update package here
2.- Unpack the downloaded file.
3.- Upload the files in your server (with FTP or another via), overwriting old files.
Develop on eyeOS 2.2
There is a new developer manual to learn how to create applications for eyeOS 2.x in spanish. You can download it here. We are translating it to other languages and when it will be available we will publish it with other material.
We have a public SVN server so you can track and follow all the development of eyeOS 2.x. The SVN server is located at https://code.eyeos.org/trunk .
If you have questions about eyeOS 2.x development, please, ask us on eyeOS forums!
On a few weeks we will announce important information about the eyeOS 2.x development!
Thanks to all the collaborators and translators that have worked on this release and stay tuned for next releases!
