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{{MessageBox|backgroundcolor = Features #faa|image =Warning.png|* Using ruby 1.9.x, which heading =WARNING|message = Amahi 7 for Fedora 19<br />Maintenance Support ONLY!}}<!--Amahi 7 is default an almost complete re-engineering of some of the platform software to support a leap in Fedora 17* Using technologies to the latest Ruby on Rails (prolly 3and greatest.2We expect that there will be a lot of changes. Any instability should be [https://bugs.amahi.org reported quickly].x)* Based on Fedora 17 (or 18) (See note below)
Hopefully:* = New disk wizardFeatures =* WidgetsOne-click "clearing" permissions for a share. This eliminates most needs to dive into Linux to deal with file permissions* GadgetsPlugins for adding setup area tabs (here is [https://github.com/amahi/platform/blob/master/doc/plugins.md how to make a new plugin])* More modularstable distribution by bundling most of the platform dependency* Faster and more efficient, through using performance mode in passenger* When a user is made admin, that user also becomes sudo-capable at the system level* One-click dynamic toggle in disk temperature readout between C an F* New initialization flow for first login, cleaner and more manageable* Be more permissive about capitalization in usernames, a common mistake for non-unix-natives
Notes= Features w/ [[Advanced_Settings|Advanced Settings]] Enabled =* One-click selection of the upstream DNS servers to OpenDNS, Google DNS or custom* Easy change of the DHCP lease time* Ability for users to manage their public keys! Like a pro!* Easy changing of the gateway = New Technology =Lots of new technology is going into Amahi 7:* Using [http://www.ruby-lang.org/ Ruby] 2.0, which is substantially faster than the previous version of Ruby we used in Amahi 6* Using a very stable yet recent [http://rubyonrails.org/ Ruby on Rails] (3.2.14)* We are using the [http://slim-lang.com/ Slim] template engine for the platform, which makes it easier to manage new code* Based on [[Fedora 19]], because ruby 2.0, passenger and RoR 3.x are in by default in it* New plugin system where simple plugins can be easily generated and developed for the Amahi setup area. See the [https://github.com/amahi/platform/blob/master/doc/plugins.md docs about plugins] for details on how to develop one of your own  '''NOTE:''' We're not "abandoning" Ubuntu or "going back" to Fedora. We will attempt to support '''both''' in alternate releases. However, Fedora is the first one to bring Ruby 12.9 0 and RoR 3.x out of the box, so far. = Missing Features =We will work on these for the next major release:* New disk wizard as a plugin.* Manual creation of web apps as a plugin.* Wake on LAN. = Release Notes =View the [[Amahi_7_release_notes|Release Notes]] for Amahi 7 versions detailing of bug fixes and enhancememts.-->
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