Release notes for Snowglobe version 1.0. Snowglobe is a Second Life-compatible viewer, built jointly by the open source community and Linden Lab. As Philip Linden described when he first announced the project back in March, we set out to create "a widely-used, openly developed version of the Second Life client which is a compelling alternative for a broad set of users, and contains enhancements and development that then rapidly make their way back into the mainstream Second Life version."
A new, general-purpose texture fetching and caching mechanism (see HTTP Texture), currently used most with the map (with more widespread use in future versions)
64-bit Linux fixes: VWR-12763 (from Robin Cornelius)
For developers:
VWR-12758 - Easier build system. We've rolled out some work we've done with Kitware, makers of the popular CMake build configuration tool, which makes it much easier to compile your own build of the Snowglobe viewer.
Known Issues
SNOW-2 - Snowglobe sometimes crashes fetching textures (problem in libcurl)
SNOW-48 - Large textures sometimes appear fuzzy and not fully loaded
SNOW-18 - On main login screen, when updates are available, the update and release notes are un-clickable
SNOW-14 - Entering fullscreen sometimes makes rendering very dark/black. Relog corrects problem.
SNOW-22 - False warnings for some platforms not meeting minimum spec
