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Amahi 7 is 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.org reported quickly].
= What's New Features =* One-click fixing of permissions for a share* Plugins for adding setup area tabs (here is [https://github.com/amahi/platform/blob/master/doc/plugins.md how to make a new plugin])* More stable distribution by bundling most of the platform dependency* Faster and more efficient* When a user is made admin, that user also becomes sudo-capable at the system level* Ability for users to manage their public keys! Like a pro!* 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-natives
= 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
'''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 2.0 and RoR 3.x out of the box, so far.
= Hopeful features =
