Hey CloudReady Fans!

UPDATE November 18, 2019:

On November 14th we suspended updates of v78.3 to investigate and fix an issue with a number of keyboard mappings and input methods in v78.3. As of today, we’ve fixed that issue and re-released a patch of v78.3.

Today we’re releasing v78.3 to all release channels for the Home Edition, and to the Dev and Beta Channels for Education and Enterprise Edition.

Devices on those channels can expect over-the-air updates for this release over the next few hours. (Education and Enterprise devices will need to subscribe to the Dev or Beta Channel if they are not already on it.)

Home Edition users can also create a USB installer for this new version.



Release Notes for v78:

OS Upgrade to 78

Fix for button rendering in some login screen interactions: In v76 and v77 we found and have fixed some issues where login screen buttons involved in new profile creation, special 3rd party login tools like Clever, and other buttons were rendered in a way that made them difficult to click.

Fix for graphics issues in certain i-Ready games: Certain older Intel desktops were having issues rendering i-Ready Educational games. This issue is resolved.

Improvement to clarity of build/OS info in “About CloudReady” and “About Chromium” Settings menus

New background crash-collection: We’re adding crash collection to the data we collect in the background (if you opt in to sending us helpful data) so that we can better understand new issues.



New in v78.3:

Fix for crashing on Intel “Pineview M” devices: We’ve fixed an issues where crashes were likely when attaching to an external VGA monitor on these devices in earlier v78 releases.

Fix for rendering issues for task bar and login screen for Intel i915 devices: A variety of issues with rendering the task bar and other transparent surfaces existed in v78.2 and have been corrected here.

Fix for Lenovo ThinkPad x120e issues waking from sleep: This model should once again sleep and resume as expected.

Fix for HP Compaq 6000 Pro sleep issues: In earlier v78 releases this model required the physical power-button to wake from sleep. In this release it should once again wake from keyboards and mice.

Fix for ethernet slow downs on certain desktop NICs: The Lenovo ThinkCentre M700, and other devices that share the same internal ethernet hardware previously had a bug where they showed significant slowdown on plug/unplug events or similar changes. We’ve fix this issue.

Updated input tools / on-screen keyboard: Keyboard options and other input tools like the on-screen keyboard have been updated in this version of CloudReady.

Fix for issues with USB wifi after sleep/resume



Known Issues

Intel G33 chipset displays black wallpaper after logging out: Older Intel desktops with G33 chipsets display wallpapers incorrectly after initial log in and log out takes place. This issue does not impact usability.

Intel Cherry Trail and Gemini Lake devices have issues with video playback: Depending on the state of the device, these machines may fail to playback video and audio on CloudReady v78. We’re actively working on a fix for both in our next release.

Some issues with certain “Airtel” 4G LTE USB modems

Chromecast may show a green screen on Intel i915 devices: Some older Intel desktop devices are showing a green screen when attempting to Chromecast. This problem is intermittent and seems to at least partially depend on the content being cast.



As always, we welcome feedback or any unexpected issues to be reported. Home Edition users can use the links below to visit our forums for both, and our customers on Education and Enterprise Editions of CloudReady should contact support.