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====== Windows-Specific Release notes for X2Go Client 4.0.2.0 ======
====== THIS IS STILL A DRAFT ======
===== Major Windows-specific changes since 4.0.1.3+build2 =====

=== Continued compatibility with Windows XP ===
Since version 3.99.0.0, X2Go Client for Windows has bundled VcXsrv. VcXsrv is the only port of the X.org X Server to Windows that is both actively maintained and open source.

However, recent versions of VcXsrv have dropped compatibility with Windows XP.

In order to maintain XP compatibility, the X2Go project has rebuilt VcXsrv 1.14.3 with MSVC 2012's v110_xp toolset instead of the v110 toolset. Fixes for the VcXsrv vulnerabilities since 1.14.3 (CVE-2013-4396 & CVE-2013-6462) were backported. We have numbered this version of VcXsrv as "1.14.3.1".

For the time being, the source code to this version of VcXsrv is available here:
    *https://sourceforge.net/u/mikedep333/vcxsrv/ci/master/tree/
And binary installer builds are available here:
    *http://code.x2go.org/releases/binary-win32/3rd-party/vcxsrv-modified-by-x2go-project/
We are currently attempting to upstream these changes on a separate branch of VcXsrv.
    *https://sourceforge.net/p/vcxsrv/feature-requests/10/

Also, note that **the X2Go Project strongly encourages all its users to migrate away from Windows XP** now that Microsoft will no longer provide any more security patches for it. We are providing continued compatibility with Windows XP because X2Go Client can be part of an
organization's solution to migrate away from Windows XP to Linux. (Because with X2Go, the user's applications run on Linux, not on Windows.) We intend to maintain XP compatibility until at least April 30th 2015, unless major technical obstacles arise.

=== PulseAudio 5.0 ===
PulseAudio 5.0 is now bundled instead of PulseAudio 1.1. Furthermore, 5.0 has been patched to incldue the fix for bug #363 (choppy audio in Flash Player). This eliminates the need for a separate "interims" builds with PulseAudio 0.9.6

Special thanks to Tanu Kaskinen and other members of the upstream PulseAudio project for making this possible.

PulseAudio 5.0 win32 is built via the OBS here:
    *https://build.opensuse.org/project/show/home:mikedep333:branches:home:mkbosmans:mingw32:pulseaudio
And a .zip file with the binaries is available here:
    *http://code.x2go.org/releases/binary-win32/3rd-party/pulse/

===== Available Builds =====
The regular build is available here:
    *http://code.x2go.org/releases/binary-win32/x2goclient/releases/4.0.2.0/x2goclient-4.0.2.0-setup.exe
Until a new version of X2Go Client is released, this link on the home page is the aforementioned version & build:
    *http://code.x2go.org/releases/X2GoClient_latest_mswin32-setup.exe
There is no longer an "interims" build with PulseAudio 0.9.6 because PulseAudio 1.1 has been upgraded to PulseAudio 5.0, and it includes a fix for X2Go Bug 363. If a regression is discovered in PulseAudio 5.0, an "interims" build with PulseAudio 0.9.6 will be released.

===== Compatible Windows Versions =====
X2Go Client is currently only released as a 32-bit x86 build. Both 32-bit x86 and 64-bit x86 versions of Windows are supported via this build.

  * Windows XP 32-bit SP3
  * Windows XP 64-bit SP2
  * Windows Vista SP2
  * Windows 7 SP1
  * Windows 8
  * Windows 8.1 (with or without "Update 1")

These versions of Windows without the latest (specified) service pack may be compatible, but are rarely (if ever) tested.

Corresponding server versions of Windows are also compatible, but receive minimal testing:
  * Windows Server 2003 SP2
  * Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2
  * Windows Server 2008 SP2
  * Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
  * Windows Server 2012
  * Windows Server 2012 R2 (with or without "Update 1")

Any incompatibility or bug with a specific version of Windows should be reported via our bug-tracker.

===== Installation Instructions =====
See this page:
  * http://wiki.x2go.org/doku.php/doc:installation:x2goclient

===== Windows-Specific Bug Fixes =====
As mentioned in the regular release notes:
    *Reapply KDE on Windows's patch for Pageant support to libssh 0.5.5. (Fixes: #448)
    *The regular build X2Go Client now includes a fix for bug #363 (choppy audio in Flash Player). Users no longer need to install an "interims" build for that a fix.
The following bugfixes are not mentioned in the regular release notes. (They are not mentioned in the regular release notes because they do not consist of fixes to X2GoClient's source code, only to the dependencies bundled.):
    *
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