Dear community members, developers and EGroupware users,
EGroupware GmbH is happy to announce the first 17.1 release candidate.
EGroupware Version 17.1 contains many new features and improvements. Just to name a few:
- Collabora: integration of Collabora Libre Office Online allowing to edit office document in browser
- Collabora: collaborative editing
- Collabora: free of charge trial via EGroupware GmbH Collabora server farm
- All apps: merge print now also opens merged documents in Collabora app
- All apps: new notification system showing notifications in, by default hidden, sidebar
- Mail: server-side S/Mime support (does not require browser plugins)
- Mail: SpamTitan integration: white- and black-listing of addresses, ham/spam marking of mails
- Mail: improved privacy allowing to not automatic load external images
- ProjectManager: role-based notifications
- Admin: new group-list and export of all ACL rights
- many improvements in all apps
Please note the changed minimum requirement of PHP 5.6+, recommended PHP 7.
It means you need at least a Debian 8/9, Ubuntu 16.04, RHEL/CentOS 6/7 or a current distribution of openSUSE or SLES with PHP 7.
Recommended installation packages are available in a separate server:eGroupware:trunk repository on build.opensuse.org:
https://software.opensuse.org/download.html?project=server%3AeGroupWare%3Atrunk&package=egroupware-epl
EGroupware sources are managed on Github:
github.com/EGroupware/egroupware
Above page also contains installation instructions for the installation via git with myrepos tool and archives.
As an alternative to test an on-premises installation of version 17.1, EGroupware is available as a trial in the EGroupware data center.
Please help testing the release candidate.
We´re looking forward to your feedback here in the forum.
Happy testing 
Ralf Becker
Director Software Development
EGroupware GmbH
Birgit Becker and Ralf Becker
Leibnizstr. 17
67663 Kaiserslautern
Deutschland
www.egroupware.org | www.facebook.com/EGroupware
Directors: Birgit Becker and Ralf Becker
Registered Jurisdiction: Kaiserslautern
Trade Register Number: HRB Kaiserslautern 3587
VAT-ID: DE 209 675 515
If you´re interested in EGroupware or have any questions, please feel free to contact us at info@egroupware.org.
