Work on {{MessageBox|backgroundcolor = #faa|image =Warning.png|heading =WARNING|message = Amahi 7 for Fedora 19<br />Maintenance Support ONLY!}}<!--Amahi 7 has startedis an almost complete re-engineering of some of the platform software to support a leap in technologies to the latest and greatest. We expect that there will be a lot of changes. Any instability should be [https://bugs.amahi. Expected release is November 2012org reported quickly].

Amahi 7 = New Features =* One-click "clearing" permissions for a share. This eliminates most needs to dive into Linux to deal with file permissions* Plugins for adding setup area tabs (here is [https://github.com/amahi/platform/blob/master/doc/plugins.md how to make a renew plugin])* More stable 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-engineering 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 = Features w/ [[Advanced_Settings|Advanced Settings]] Enabled =* One-click selection of some the upstream DNS servers to OpenDNS, Google DNS or custom* Easy change of the platform software DHCP lease time* Ability for users to support manage their public keys! Like a leap in technologies to pro!* Easy changing of the latest and greatest. We expect that there will begateway

Lots of new technology is going into Amahi 7:* Using [http://www.ruby-lang.org/ Ruby] 12.9.x0, which is substantially faster than the previous version of Ruby we used in Amahi 6* Using the latest a very stable yet recent [http://rubyonrails.org/ Ruby on Rails] (probably 3.2.x14)* We will try to use are using the [http://slim-lang.com/ Slim] template engine for the platform, which makes it easier to manage new code* Based on [[Fedora 17 (or 18)19]], because ruby 12.9 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.

= Hopeful Missing Features =We will work on these for the next major release:* New disk wizardas a plugin.* Widgets* Gadgets* More modularManual creation of web apps as a plugin.* Faster and more efficientWake on LAN.

= How to Help Release Notes =There are several ways to help:* If you are a contributor, make sure you get a machine running with Amahi 7 and get your apps to run on it* If you want to test the install, get a VM and an ISO file of the base OS and let's test! This is probably the best way to help without deep technical knowledge.* If you want to help with the platform, get in View the Amahi [[Mailing listAmahi_7_release_notes|Release Notes]] for Amahi 7 versions detailing of bug fixes and get some patches goingenhancememts. Ruby and RoR can help here.* Testing and porting themes will also help* Want to develop a new theme? Check the [[How to Create a new Theme]] page-->