elmiX 2012.0 (2012-09-18): - We use KDE 4.8 as desktop environment. - Upgraded VESTA to version 3.1.1 and its handbook to the version of March 2012. - Upgraded JEMS Student Edition to version 3.6915U2011. - Upgraded ImageJ to version 1.47b. - Upgraded Gwyddion to version 2.28. - Upgraded Fityk to version 0.9.8. - Upgraded QtiPlot to version 0.9.8.8. - Upgraded WINE to version 1.5.6. - The way how persistence is achieved changed. We now provide a ZIP archive named persistence.ext4.zip that contains the file persistence.ext4 that has to be copied to the root of one of a partition to make persistence work. For more information see http://live.debian.net/manual-3.x/html/live-manual.en.html#522 - Upgraded Linux operating system to a snapshot as of September 2012. This includes moving from OpenOffice.org to LibreOffice and other changes. - Moved to GRUB2 as boot loader for now. Due to this fact the boot screen looks a bit ugly. We apologize for that! elmiX 2010.0a (2010-04-27): - Fixed many dead links on the desktop. - Updated WINE to version 1.1.42 and the operating system to a snapshot of 2010-04-27. elmiX 2010.0 (2010-04-21): - Moved from Debian 5.0 to Debian Sid to take advantage of newer software. - We are now using KDE 4.3.4 as desktop environment. - The new background image shows an EBSD pattern of ferrite and was provided by Alexander Schwedt, Central Facility of Electron Microscopy, RWTH Aachen University. - We ship the whole KDE Multimedia, Graphics and Utilities modules now. - Added g3data. You can digitize graphs with it. It can be found under elmiX Software Collection->Utilities. - Replaced KOffice 1.6 by the more powerful OpenOffice.org 3.2. - Added gwyddion. You can visualize and analyse scanning probe microscopy data with it. It can be found under elmiX Software Collection->Image Analysis. - Added fityk. You can fit peaks with it. It can be found under elmiX Software Collection->Utilities. - Added a shortcut to QtiPlot to elmiX Software Collection->Utilities. - Added EXTRAX ImageJ plugin (Plugins->Analyze->EXTRAX). It can be used for measuring intensities from electron diffraction spot patterns and more. - Added JECP/PCED 2.0. - Added DMaths formula editor addon for OpenOffice.org and its (a bit out- dated) upstream user guide. - Upgraded WINE to version 1.1.41. - Upgraded EELSModel to version 3.3.0. - Upgraded ProcessDiffraction to version 6.2.0. - Upgraded ImageJ to version 1.43s. - Upgraded VESTA to version 2.1.3 and its handbook to the version of March 2010. elmiX 2009.1 (2009-10-27): - Disabled "Show hidden files" option in the file browser again. - Fixed "First Steps" dialog appearing in the upper left corner of the desktop. - Fixed opening of files with default applications from within non-KDE programs (e.g. opening the handbook from within VESTA). - Fixed addition of user 'elmix' to group 'lpadmin', so that finally the printer set-up should work as expected. - Added several links to the desktop for better accessibility of the resources shipped with elmiX. - Added link to NumericalChameleon home page to the bookmarks. - Reintroduced sample files for VESTA (Examples/VESTA/*.vesta) that got lost after the EMC 2008 Special Edition. - Files ending with the *.vesta extension can now be opened with VESTA by just clicking on them. - Upgraded ImageJ to version 1.43i. - Included TIA Reader ImageJ plugin (Plugins->Input-Output->TIA Reader), that can handle TIA's *.ser files. - Upgraded WINE to version 1.1.31. - Upgraded WINE Gecko to version 1.0.0. All (help) dialogs that use a HTML engine should work out of the box again. - Upgraded EELSMODEL to version 3.0.4. - Upgraded VESTA to version 2.1.1 and its handbook to the version of August 7, 2009. - Upgraded EDM to version 3.0. - Upgraded Linux software to Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.3 including all security updates until October 2009. elmiX 2009.0 (2009-07-08): - Fixed addition of printers. In version 2008.1 adding printers failed due to insufficient privileges. - Improved PDF printer support. Printed files are saved on the desktop in the "Printed Files" folder. Each file will be named automatically with a more or less meaningless file name, so make sure you keep track of your print-outs. - Made the PDF printer the default one. - We now use kdesudo as replacement for kdesu. kdesudo takes advantage of the settings in /etc/sudoers and the user is, thus, not bothered with authentication dialogs anymore. - Added gtk-recordMyDesktop for video capturing of the desktop. This can be used to produce video tutorials, etc. - Removed utility to configure the video driver. It caused more problems than it solved. We still have the possibility to discover external monitors, etc., through the grandr tool. - Added first video tutorials describing the work with elmiX. - Added link to 'Tutorials in Transmission Electron Microscopy' web site by John Rodenburg. - Added VESTA handbook to the bookmarks (Resources on CD->User Guides->VESTA User Guide). - Exchanged Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 by the free OpenJDK 6 Java Runtime Environment. - Included WineHQ's Debian package repository. We are now using WINE version 1.1.24. - Upgraded Linux software to Debian GNU/Linux 5.0.2 (codename Lenny) including all security updates until July 2009. - Upgraded ImageJ to version 1.42n. - Upgraded JEMS Student Edition to version 3.3526. - Upgraded VESTA to version 2.0.3. - Upgraded ProcessDiffraction to version 6.0.5. - Upgraded CRYSCON to version 2.0. elmiX 2008.1 (2008-12-19): - Moved from the Linux Live scripts to the Debian live-helper utility to produce the ISO and USB stick images. This fixes many small problems we were facing with the previous approach. Due to this change the current release is based on Debian Lenny (upcoming version 5.0). - Added full persistence for CD and USB memory stick version. - Removed the "safe graphics" boot option. We now have other means to setup the display (see below). - Added several more keyboard layouts to the system tray widget. - Improved laptop support: + Wifi support should work out of the box now for supported devices. + Added firmware for Ralink WiFi devices (PCI and USB). + Added firmware for Intel 4965AGN and 3945ABG/BG WiFi devices. - Created a "Display Configuration" folder on the desktop that contains the grandr (setup external video projectors, etc.) and displayconfig (configure graphics driver and monitor) utilities. These two programs can also be started from the "First Steps" dialog. - Added all missing KOffice programs. We ship the full suite now. - Added QtiPlot, a tool for data analysis and scientific plotting similar to Origin. - Added Ark, a graphical archiving tool (supports zip, ncompress, zoo, bzip2, gzip, and p7zip archives). - Removed "elmiX off-line", the copy of the elmiX home page. - Upgraded ImageJ to version 1.42a. - Upgraded XVis to version 1.1. - Upgraded VESTA to version 2.0.1 and its handbook to the version of Sep 29, 2008. - Upgraded JEMS Student Edition to version 3.3425. - Added CRYSCON, a general crystallographic conversion utility. Thanks to Shape Software for their kind permission to include the software. - Added two tutorials and the Groningen Image Processing (GRIP 2.91) package contributed by Prof. E. J. Boekema from University of Groningen. elmiX EMC 2008 Special Edition (2008-07-31): - This version is sponsored by Gatan and only available as CDROM. - Added several links to EM related web content. - Upgraded XVis to version 1.02. - Upgraded VESTA and its handbook to version 2.0. - Upgraded EELSMODEL to version 2.0.0. - Upgraded ImageJ to version 1.41h. - Upgraded JEMS Student Edition to version 3.2717. - Changed the appearance of the desktop (new icons, theme and colors). - Added support for wifi chips that do not require loading a firmware file. So, if you are very lucky your wifi connection might actually work. - Added kpowersave for resource friendly working with laptops. - Added network-manager-kde, so that you can see your network status and configure your network connection. - Installed Gecko, so that help texts can be viewed in programs running with WINE. - Improved support of flash movies. - Upgraded Linux software. elmiX 2008.0 (2008-06-26): - First stable release of elmiX. It is available as ISO image and USB memory stick version. - Upgraded ImageJ to version 1.40g. - Upgraded VESTA to version 1.4.4 and its handbook to the one from June 4th, 2008. - Added XVis, an application for demonstration of reciprocal-space construction and diffraction principles. Thanks to Oleksandr Yefanov for the kind permission to include his program. - Upgraded to Linux kernel 2.6.25.6. - Upgraded Linux software. Among other things, this means we are using WINE 1.0.0 now. - Cleaned up the user's home directory. - Added /changes directory for use with the USB memory stick version. All modifications will be saved there. - Added "First Steps" screen that pops up after the desktop started. It replaces the open browser window that was present until now. You can now choose from a list what you want to do. This is still rudimentary, but maybe it helps our users. elmiX 2008.0beta5 (2008-05-09): - Moved from Linux Live scripts version 6.1.4 to 6.2.4. - Excluded some directories under /var from the LiveCD. This considerably decreases the ISO image size. - Added network neighborhood utility to the desktop. - Added folder for mounted network shares to the desktop. - Added local storage media folder to the desktop. - Reinstalled libstdc++5 library to make VESTA work again. It's now set to "hold" so it won't be deinstalled the next time we do an upgrade. - Upgraded VESTA and its handbook to version 1.4.3. - Upgraded Linux software. Among other things that means we now use WINE version 0.9.61. - Updated elmiX-offline pages. elmiX 2008.0beta4 (2008-04-10): - Executing an icon requires a double click (to make Windows users happy). You can change this setting in the Control Center. - DM3 files are automatically opened with DigitalMicrograph upon execution. - Updated WINE to version 0.9.59 which fixes several display glitches in DigitalMicrograph, etc. elmiX 2008.0beta3 (2008-04-07): - First public beta release.