Amahi 6.0

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Release Notes

  • Based on Fedora 14
  • Greyhole now defaults to using MySQL as a back-end, with a 10x performance improvement in file event handling
  • Anonymous/Guest access to shares
  • Easy to add webapp aliases - makes it much easier to host apps on the web from your own HDA
  • Greyhole 0.9: substantial improvements and fixes to Greyhole from version 0.7
  • Updates to: Japanese, Romanian, Spanish, Russian, and many other translations
  • App installer now has a fall-back mirror for app downloads. This will improve app installs substantially
  • Databases from apps are automatically backed up after app uninstall, keeping track of the latest backup
  • Added support for localized share names, user's names, etc. (bugs 746 749)
  • Also updated scriptaculous and prototype (JavaScript libraries)
  • Simplify shares, by only showing tags while in advance settings is on, since they did not evolve to full use
  • Improve recognition of PIDs in server (bug 758)
  • Sync Greyhole configuration with the shares configuration when shares are deleted (bug 610)
  • Protect against reinstalls and Greyhole DB setup (bug 762)
  • Fix to make Greyhole handle millions of files in the spool directory. It could lead to hitting memory limits (bug 769)
  • Double check that shares added to the pool are actual mountpoints (bug 611)
  • Initial support for right-to-left-languages, stating with Hebrew support (need work on the themes, see bug 773)

Updating from Amahi 5 on Fedora 12 to Amahi6 on Fedora 14

  • First, the general recommendations is: 'BACK UP YOUR DATA
  • Then do the internet-based F12 to F14 update including Amahi

Untested: the DVD-based method, as outlined in the Upgrade your Distro page

FAQ

  • I installed the Amahi 6 beta. Do i need to reinstall: Good news, no need to reinstall!
  • What architectures are supported: 32bit and 64bit x86 architectures (ARM is not yet supported in Amahi 6)
  • Can I upgrade from Amahi 5: yes, with caution and patience. See previous section. You don't have to! Your Amahi 5 server will continue running for years if you let it!

To Do

  • Disk-wizard
  • Greyhole related fixes
    • Handling non-linux based partitions better 543
    • Making it easier to move shares out of the Greyhole pool and "unwind" the files 510. Greyhole document on how to remove share from the pool
  • Apps, Apps, Apps!