[oxse-announce] Open-Xchange releases Open-Xchange v6.20.6

[Open-Xchange Server Edition Maintenance Announcements]

Dear Customers and Partners of Open-Xchange,

Today Open-Xchange releases Open-Xchange Server v6.20.6. This update includes new versions of:

- Open-Xchange Server 6 (OX6), the common basis for OX HE (Hosting Edition), OX SE (Server Edition), OX ASE (Advanced Server Edition) and OX SE for UCS (Server Edition for Univention Corporate Server.

This release provides improvements to the user interface and bug fixes. A detailed description of all new features can be seen at http://software.open-xchange.com/OX6/doc/Feature_Overview_OX6_6_20_6.pdf

Please Note:

- Support for CentOS 6, discontinued Support of Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 with 6.20.6

Open-Xchange discontinues Support for Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (Lenny)- as you may know, this version has been superseded by Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 (Squeeze). Starting with this release OX6 v6.20.6, Open-Xchange Server will support CentOS 6 and all other official supported operating systems such as SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6, CentOS 5 and Univention Corporate Server. If you are a users of Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 we encourage you to update to the latest operating system version.

- Discontinued Support of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and CentOS 5 in Q4 2012

Open-Xchange will discontinues Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and CentOS 5 with the new release in Q4 2012. Starting with the release in Q4, Open-Xchange Server will support CentOS 6 and all other official supported operating systems such as SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Univention Corporate Server 3.

Shipped packages and versions:

Open-Xchange Server 6 (OX6)
Version: Open-Xchange Server 6 (Version: v6.20.6 Rev 3 built 2012-07-16/17)

The version number is the same for the groupware server and the groupware front-end.
When reporting bugs, please make sure to include this version number in your bug report.
The version number can be found in:
a) the Login dialog
b) the about dialog (Question mark icon in the upper right -> About)

Complete Release Notes: http://software.open-xchange.com/OX6/doc/Release-Notes-v6.20.6.pdf

Update to Open-Xchange v6.20.6 (Hosting Edition & Server Edition):
Please follow the instructions given at http://oxpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=UpdatingOXPackages to install the updates.

Installation of Open-Xchange v6.20.6 (Hosting Edition & Server Edition):
- http://oxpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=Open-Xchange_Installation_Guide_for_Debian_6.0
- http://oxpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=Open-Xchange_Installation_Guide_for_SLES11
- http://oxpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=Open-Xchange_Installation_Guide_for_RHEL5
- http://oxpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=Open-Xchange_Installation_Guide_for_RHEL6
- http://oxpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=Open-Xchange_Installation_Guide_for_CentOS_5
- http://oxpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=Open-Xchange_Installation_Guide_for_CentOS_6
- http://oxpedia.org/wiki/index.php?title=OXSE4UCS_Installation_en

Best regards,
Your Open-Xchange Team
 
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