[winswitch] [ANNOUNCE] xpra 0.7.0

Antoine Martin antoine at nagafix.co.uk
Mon Oct 8 19:31:29 BST 2012


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Hi,

This new major release is our best release yet.
There are many enhancement and many fixes all over the place.
We now have much lower latency, support 'webp' picture compression,
better keyboard mapping support, more stable, Android/Mac OSX
installers, etc..

Mac OSX Xpra DMG image (x86 only):
http://xpra.org/dists/osx/x86/Xpra.dmg
Android APK (beta):
http://xpra.org/dists/Android/Xpra.apk

The source:
https://xpra.org/src/
Binaries/repositories:
https://winswitch.org/downloads/
Direct binary downloads:
https://xpra.org/dists/

Cheers
Antoine

Full release notes:
* Mac DMG client download
* Android APK download
* fix "AltGr" key handling with MS Windows clients (and others)
* fix crash with x264 encoding
* fix crash with fast disappearing tooltip windows
* avoid storing password in a file when using the launcher
* many latency fixes and improvements: lower latency, better line
congestion handling, etc
* lower client latency: decompress pictures in a dedicated thread
(including rgb24+zlib)
* better launcher command feedback
* better automatic compression heuristics
* support for Xdummy on platforms with only a suid binary installed
* support for 'webp' lossy picture encoding (better/faster than jpeg)
* support fixed picture quality with x264, webp and jpeg (via command
line and tray menu)
* support for multiple "start-child" options in config files/command
* more reliable auto-refresh
* performance optimizations: caching results, avoid unnecessary video
encoder re-initialization
* faster re-connection (skip keyboard re-configuration)
* better isolation of the virtual display process and child processes
* show performance statistics graphs on session info dialog
* start with compression enabled, even for initial packet
* show more version and client information in logs and via "xpra info"
* client launcher improvements: prevent logging conflict, add info
* large source layout cleanup, compilation warnings fixed
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