release-notes/devel/en_US OverView.xml,1.41,1.42
Murray McAllister (mdious)
fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com
Mon Apr 7 22:59:21 UTC 2008
Author: mdious
Update of /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US
In directory cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com:/tmp/cvs-serv20540/en_US
Modified Files:
OverView.xml
Log Message:
removing old content, adding new, as per wiki page
Index: OverView.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US/OverView.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.41
retrieving revision 1.42
diff -u -r1.41 -r1.42
--- OverView.xml 17 Mar 2008 22:41:56 -0000 1.41
+++ OverView.xml 7 Apr 2008 22:59:19 -0000 1.42
@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@
exciting new release at
<ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Tours/Fedora9'/>.
</para>
+ <section id="sn-Release-Summary">
+ <title>Release Summary</title>
+ <para>
+ For a less technical user friendly summary of the important changes in this release, refer to:
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <ulink url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/9/ReleaseSummary" />
+ </para>
+ </section>
</section>
<section id="sn-New-in-Fedora">
@@ -163,99 +172,57 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <ulink
- url="http://www.pulseaudio.org/"><application>PulseAudio</application>
- </ulink> is now installed and enabled by default.
- <application>PulseAudio </application> is an advanced sound
- server compatible with nearly all existing Linux sound
- systems. <application>PulseAudio</application> allows for
- hot-switching audio outputs, individual volume controls for
- each audio stream, networked audio, and more.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <application>Compiz</application>, the compositing window
- manager that brings eye candy and usability improvements to
- the desktop, is installed by default, and is easily enabled
- by both GNOME and KDE users via the <menuchoice>
- <guimenu>System</guimenu>
- <guisubmenu>Preferences</guisubmenu> <guimenuitem>Desktop
- Effects</guimenuitem> </menuchoice> tool from the Fedora
- team. While <application>Compiz</application> is not yet
- robust or mature enough to be enabled by default, ongoing,
- long term X.Org work by Fedora developers continues. The
- expectation is that Fedora is going to enable
- <application>Compiz</application> by default in the next
- release.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <ulink url="http://www.opencompositing.org/">
- <application>Compiz Fusion</application></ulink>, which
- re-merges <application>Compiz</application> and
- <application>Beryl</application>, is also available in the
- Fedora software repository. Users can easily install
- <application>Compiz Fusion </application> via
- <menuchoice><guimenu>Applications</guimenu>
- <guimenuitem>Add/Remove Programs</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
- tool or with <application>yum</application>.
+ The Fedora installer, <application>Anaconda</application>, now supports partition resizing for ext2/3, NTFS filesystems, creating and installing to encrypted file systems, improved Rescue Mode (FirstAidKit), independent locations for the second stage installer and the software packages. A redesigned, larger <filename>netboot.iso</filename> image now features a second stage installer partly for this reason.
</para>
</listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The Fedora installer, <application>Anaconda</application>,
- now supports independent locations for the second stage
- installer and the software packages. A redesigned, larger
- <filename>boot.iso</filename> image now features a second
- stage installer partly for this reason.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The completely free and open source Java environment OpenJDK
- 6 is installed by default. IcedTea 7, derived from OpenJDK
- 1.7, is no longer the default. IcedTea includes a browser
- plugin based on GCJ, and is available for both x86 and
- x86_64 architectures. GCJ is still the default on PPC
- architecture.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <ulink url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/OpenOffice">
- <application>OpenOffice.org 2.4</application></ulink>, with
- many
- <ulink
- url="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/New_Features_2.4">new
- features</ulink>, is available as part of Fedora 9.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Bluetooth devices and tools now have better graphical and
- system integration.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Laptop users benefit from the
- <firstterm>"quirks"</firstterm> feature in HAL, including
- better suspend/resume and multimedia keyboard support.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The <filename>swfdec</filename> package, which decodes and
- renders Flash animations and videos, is now installed by
- default. However, many videos require additional codec
- support. Refer to
- <ulink url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/AdditionalCodecs" />
- for more information.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Live images now support persistence so your data and setting changes will be preserved even after rebooting the live CD/DVD.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <ulink url="http://www.packagekit.org/">PackageKit</ulink>, a new set of graphical, console tools and framework for cross-distribution software management, has replaced <application>Pirut</application> in this release of Fedora. The <application>PackageKit</application> graphical updater is available instead of <application>Pup</application>. Behind <application>PackageKit</application>, the performance of <command>yum</command> has been significantly improved.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The <package>swfdec</package> package, which decodes and renders Flash animations and videos, is now installed by default; however, many videos require additional codec support. Refer to <ulink url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/AdditionalCodecs" /> for more information.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ FreeIPA makes managing auditing, identity and policy processes easier by providing web-based and command line provisioning and administration tools that takes the pain away from system administration: it combines the power of the Fedora Directory Server with FreeRADIUS, MIT Kerberos, NTP and DNS to provide an easy, out of the box solution.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext4">Ext4</ulink>, the next version of the mature and stable ext3 filesystem is available as a option in this release. Ext4 features better performance, higher storage capacity and several other new features.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ This release of Fedora uses
+ <ulink url="http://upstart.ubuntu.com/"> <application>Upstart</application></ulink>, an event-based
+ replacement for the <filename>/sbin/init</filename> daemon.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Firefox 3 brings a number of major improvements including a native look and feel, desktop integration, the new Places replacement for bookmarks and a re-worked address bar.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The completely free and open source Java environment OpenJDK 6 is installed by default. <ulink url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/IcedTea">IcedTea</ulink> 7, derived from OpenJDK 1.7, is no longer the default. <ulink url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/IcedTea">IcedTea</ulink> includes a browser plug-in based on GCJ, and is available for both x86 and x86_64 architectures. GCJ is still the default on PPC architecture.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <ulink url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/OpenOffice">OpenOffice.org</ulink> 2.4, with many new features, is available as part of Fedora 9.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
<para>
Fedora now includes
<ulink url="http://perldoc.perl.org/perldelta.html">
@@ -263,82 +230,21 @@
features a smaller memory footprint and other improvements.
</para>
</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Fedora now includes <ulink url="http://www.tug.org/texlive/">TeXLive</ulink> to replace the older, unmaintained TeX distribution.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <application>Eclipse 3.3.1</application> is available as
- part of this release.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <ulink
- url="http://www.packagekit.org/"><application>PackageKit</application></ulink>,
- a new set of graphical and console tools for
- cross-distribution software management, is installed by
- default in this release of Fedora. The
- <application>PackageKit</application> graphical updater is
- also installed by default, instead of
- <application>Pup</application>. Behind
- <application>PackageKit </application>, the performance of
- <command>yum</command> has been significantly improved.
- <application>Pup</application> and <application>Pirut
- </application> are still available in the software
- repositories for users that prefer them.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <ulink
- url="https://hosted.fedoraproject.org/projects/transifex/">
- <application>Transifex</application></ulink> provides a
- web-based translation interface to allow users to contribute
- translation work for Fedora hosted projects as well as being
- able to provide translations directly to any upstream
- project.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Fedora now offers easier rebranding of Fedora derivatives
- via a generic-logos software package. Changes in Fedora's
- mirror structure also make creation of derivatives easier.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- The <filename>pam_console</filename> module usage has been
- removed in favor of access control via HAL, which modernizes
- the desktop.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Input methods can now be started and stopped dynamically in
- the GNOME desktop.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- This release of Fedora uses
- <ulink
- url="http://upstart.ubuntu.com/">
- <application>Upstart</application></ulink>, an event-based
- replacement for the <filename>/sbin/init</filename> daemon.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Fedora now includes
- <ulink
- url="http://www.tug.org/texlive/">TeXLive</ulink>
- to replace the older, unmaintained TeX distribution.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Fedora 9 features a 2.6.24 based kernel.
+ Fedora 9 features a 2.6.25rc based kernel.
</para>
</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Kernel crashes can be more automatically reported to <ulink url="http://www.kerneloops.org/" /> and diagnosed in a friendly way via the <package>kerneloops</package> package installed by default. Crash signatures are commonly referred to as oopses in Linux.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Work on the start-up and shutdown in X has yielded
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