The Update Center team is pleased to announce the availability of release 2.2 of the Update Center Toolkit. This release includes the following major new features:
- Software
Update interface for simplifying the application of updates to multiple
images and for finding out about new applications and add-ons to the
applications that you already have,
- Featured Software section in the Update Tool interface for informing the user about new applications and add-ons to existing applications,
- An updated version of the pkg(5) software that provides the same capabilities as the version in OpenSolaris 2009.06,
- Enhanced Update Tool interface that:
- makes use of background threads to provide a more interactive experience,
- provides a package search interface,
- provides URLs in the package overview with more information about each package, and
- enhances the interface with right click menus, additional icons, and other ease of use features
- Improved development tools for publishing packages and creating images with pre-installed packages, and
- Support for SUSE Linux with KDE and OpenSolaris 2009.06.
A look at the new Software Update Interface:
Downloads and release notes for the 2.2 release are now available as are updated screenshots of the graphical user interfaces.