The progress with the release candidate is moving along nicely, several new packages have "made the cut" as well as some configuration changes and under the hood tweaks.
Changes so far include
There are still more changes to be made before I'm entirely happy with this release. I won't be adding a usplash until RC2 (which will be more or less a few days after RC1) and once people have tested the updated version, I will go on the make the final release.
A few packages have been updated as well, although more will be updated within the next few days..