# R14.0.9 Release Notes

R14.0.9 is the ninth maintenance release of the R14.0 series, and is built on and improves the previous R14.0.8 version.

Maintenance releases are intended to promptly bring bug fixes to users, while preserving overall stability through the avoidance of both major new features and major codebase re-factoring.

## Important fixes

This section highlights some of the most important changes introduced by this release.

- New applications

  - Codeine - a video player with a simple, uncluttered interface.

  - KEximDB plugin for converting MS Access MDB databases.

  - KoolDock - a cool application launcher.

  - KXMLEditor - an editor for XML files.

  - Mathemagics - a RPN scientific calculator.

  - Qalculate - a small, simple to use, yet powerful calculator.

  - TastyMenu - an alternative TDE menu.

  - TDE style Baghira - Apple's MacOS X's style for TDE.

  - TDE style Domino - a smooth style with a soft look.

  - TDE style Ia Ora - Mandriva Ia Ora theme for TDE.

  - TDEDocker - dock any application to the system tray.

  - TDEpacman - a pacman game clone.

  - Transcode added to dependency repository for Debian-like distros.

- Bug fixes

  - Fixed problem with assignment of keyboard shortcuts in recent distros.

  - Various fixes to KMix, this will partially help when PulseAudio is installed.

  - Autostart TCC module no longer crashes when non-service entries are used.

  - Fixed Konqueror's kdiff3 preview plugin functionality.

  - Various fixes related to compiling and linking.

- Enhancements

  - Many translation updates (thanks to all translators).

  - Several packages have been migrated to CMake build system.

  - Dropped automake build system for various packages.

  - Continued overall look polishing.

  - TDE's QtCurve style updated to upstream version 1.8.5.

  - Added brightness control in kmilo generic monitor.

  - Improved support for bluray discs.

  - Added support for xine 1.2.10.

  - Changed CDDB database from freedb.org (no longer working) to gnudb.org.

- Security

  - CVE-2020-17507: Fix buffer overflow in XBM parser.

The full list of changes is available at these links:

- TGW issue list.

- Bugzilla bug list.

- Detailed commit change log.

- Full release notes on TDE wiki.

## Useful notes on upgrading

When upgrading from previous releases you may run into some of the following use cases. Follow the recommended instructions to minimize potential problems.

### PulseAudio support workarounds

Initial support for PulseAudio is planned for the R14.1.0 release.

For the time being you can try one of the following workarounds in case you have troubles with PA (especially muting/unmuting).

- You can mute/unmute from the KMix slider LED, this should work fine with PA.

- You can open KMix mixer window -> Settings -> Configure global shortcuts and remap the "toggle mute" keyboard shortcut to some other key combination. Do not use "XF86AudioMute" key, since this is normally used by KMilo and therefore may not work.

- You can create a script that calls "dcop kmix Mixer-1 toggleMasterMute", this will mute/unmute the PA master channel. You can add an input action tied to a keyboard shortcut to call this easy.

### Change in KNotes global shortcuts

KNotes had four global keyboard shortcuts that were bounded to Alt + Shift + C/N/S/H. These shortcuts were overlapping with other key combinations used in some common programs, for example Midnight Commander.

In R14.0.9 those KNotes global keyboard shortcuts have been left unassigned by default. If you wish to keep using the previous setup, you need to right click on KNotes system tray icon, select "Configure shortcuts" and then assign the following key combinations.

- New Note --> Alt + Shift + N

- New Note From Clipboard --> Alt + Shift + C

- Hide All Notes --> Alt + Shift + H

- Show All Notes --> Alt + Shift + S

### Restriction of supported distros/architectures

Starting from this TDE release, apt sources for i386 architecture are no longer provided for Ubuntu 20.04 onwards.

If you have a multi-arch system that includes i386 as well, you need to either remove i386 from the list of known architectures or remove that architecture from your apt sources.

For example, if you have both i386 and amd64, you need to add [arch=amd64] in your apt sources.list file to make sure i386 is not used.