e24 alpha 1 news announce

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+=== Enlightenment DR 0.24.0-alpha1 Release ===
+  * //2020-05-02 - by Carsten Haitzler//
+
+Hilights:
+      * New and improved shot module with editor and cropper
+      * Reduced number of setuid tools (merged many into single system tool)
+      * External monitor backlight and brightness controls via (lib)ddctil
+      * Improved resolution of EFM thumbnails to 256x256 by default
+      * New and improved crash handling guru meditation
+      * Restarts are now seamless with fade in and out and zero glitches
+      * Wallpaper import generates multiple resolutions for better efficiency
+      * Regularly malloc_trim if available to keep mem down
+      * All restarts are now handled by enlightenment_start, not e itself
+      * Enforce pointer lock to screen in X to stop pointer out-of-bounds
+      * Pager plain is gone - use the regular "miniature preview" pager
+      * Music control auto-runs your selected media player if not there
+      * Handle exception for steam games to find the right desktop file
+      * Polkit auth agent support as new core module - no extra daemons
+      * Drop comp fast effects - Should be edje transition factor + theme tags
+      * Easier config of specific desktop wallpaper straight from pager
+      * Startup should be smoother with IO prefetch thread
+      * New special blanking timeout for when locked that can be shorter
+      * Bluez4 gone now as Bluez5 is done and working fine
+      * Down to zero outstanding coverity issues
+      * The usual batches of bug fixes and minor improvements
+
+== Download ==
+
+^ ** LINK ** ^ ** SHA256 ** ^
+| [[ http://download.enlightenment.org/rel/apps/enlightenment/enlightenment-0.24.0-alpha1.tar.xz | Enlightenment DR 0.23.0 XZ]]  | aae4d22261736efd9b8fceae3d00f3ddd583b8711135f9f6f20d2b9c2e885ea4 |
+
+
+== Building and Dependencies ==
+
+  - [[https://git.enlightenment.org/core/efl.git/tree/README                     | EFL]]
+  - libpam (Linux only)
+
+Highly recommended to ensure proper functionality (though you can live
+without these):
+
+  - connman (For network configuration support)
+  - bluez5 (For bluetooth configuration and control)
+  - bc (For the evrything module calculator mode)
+  - pulseaudio (For proper audio device control and redirection)
+  - acpid (For systems with ACPI for lid events, AC/Battery plug in/out etc.)
+  - packagekit (For the built in system updates monitoring and updater)
+  - udisks2 (For removable storage mounting/unmounting)
+  - ddcutil (specifically libddcutil.so.2 for backlight control)
+  - gdb (If you want automatic backtraces on a crash in ~/.e-crashdump.txt - don't forget to build EFL and E with gdb debugging to make this useful)
+
+**Note:** Enlightenment 0.24.0-alpha depends on EFL **v1.24.0** or newer.
+
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+~~DISCUSSIONS~~