Test BleachBit 0.8.1 beta 2
Please test the new BleachBit 0.8.1 beta 2 which with new features, bug fixes, and translation updates. In particular, please test:
- In Firefox 3 delete DOM Storage.
- In Google Chrome, clean Cookies.
- In Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari, Opera, and Internet Explorer, verify BleachBit deletes evercookies. Make sure in BleachBit to remove Flash Cookies (Local Shared Objects).
- Clean VLC (VideoLAN Client)'s .ini configuration file.
- Test Traditional Chinese translation.
- Linux
- Test under Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat.
- Test under Mandriva 2010.1.
- When running as root (or administrator/sudo), open a web link such as the Help - Contents. It should not open a web browser.
- Windows
- Test Adobe Reader, Google Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Office, Opera, Safari, Seamonkey, Thunderbird, Yahoo Messenger. A change was made in how these find the %localappdata% directory, especially on Windows XP.
- Delete Internet Explorer cookies: this now includes DOM Storage (HTML 5 cookies).
- Delete Internet Explorer history: this now includes the last session.
- Delete Silverlight cookies.
- Vacuum Safari.
- Clean Safari cookies: it should remove local storage (HTML 5 cookies).
- Clean Safari history: it should remove the last session.
- Clean memory dumps. To create a dump manually on Windows XP:
- open regedit
- goto HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\i8042prt\Parameters
- create key called CrashOnCtrlScroll as dword
- set value to 1
- reboot windows
- press right CTRL and then SCROLL LOCK twice
To look for regressions follow the standard tests on the "Testing" page.
Bugs
Remember: beta releases are more likely to contain bugs and are recommended only for testing. Use with caution.
Report any bugs to the bug tracker.
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UPDATE
October 5, 2010: BleachBit 0.8.1 has been released.
NOTE: Most downloads are beta 1 because beta 2 contains changes mainly for Windows.
- Linux
- CentOS 5
- Debian 5 (Lenny)
- Fedora 12 (Constantine)
- Fedora 13 (Goddard)
- Mandriva 2008
- Mandriva 2009.1
- Mandriva 2010
- Mandriva 2010.1
- RHEL 5
- SLE 11
- Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Hardy Heron)
- Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope)
- Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala)
- Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx)
- (beta 2) Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat)
- openSUSE 11.1
- openSUSE 11.2
Linux bonus pack: not changed
- Windows
- (beta 2) Microsoft Windows installer
- (beta 2) Microsoft Windows portable
- Source code
Translators
Translators, please update your translations.
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