release-notes/devel/en_US OverView.xml,1.33,1.34
Marc Wiriadisastra (mwiriadi)
fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com
Mon Mar 17 12:20:04 UTC 2008
Author: mwiriadi
Update of /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US/OverView.xml,v
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--- OverView.xml 4 Nov 2007 22:55:12 -0000 1.33
+++ OverView.xml 17 Mar 2008 12:20:02 -0000 1.34
@@ -4,20 +4,13 @@
<section id="sn-OverView">
<title>Release Highlights</title>
- <tip>
- <title>Latest Release Notes on the Web</title>
- <para>
- These release notes may be updated. Visit <ulink
- url='http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/'>http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/</ulink>
- to view the latest release notes for Fedora.</para>
- </tip>
<section id="sn-Fedora-Tour">
<title>Fedora Tour</title>
<para>
You can find a tour filled with pictures and videos of this
exciting new release at
- <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Tours/Fedora8'/>.
+ <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Tours/Fedora9'/>.
</para>
</section>
@@ -46,217 +39,217 @@
Fedora.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>One of four Live images that can be run from a disc or
+ <para>One of several Live images that can be run from a disc or
USB flash device, and can be installed to hard disk as
- desired. See the "Live" section for more information about
+ desired. Refer to the <ulink url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Live">"Live"
+ </ulink> section for more information about
the Live images.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>More custom spins are available at <ulink
- url="http://spins.fedoraproject.org"/>. Remember that these
+ url="http://spins.fedoraproject.org"/>. These
Live images can be used on USB media via the
<package>livecd-iso-to-disk</package> utility available in the
<package>livecd-tools</package> package.</para>
+
+ <title>Jigdo</title>
+ <para>Fedora releases are also available via Jigdo.
+ This distribution method can improve the speed of obtaining
+ the installation ISO images. Instead of waiting for torrent
+ downloads to complete, Jigdo seeks the fastest mirrors it
+ can find via the Fedora Project Mirror Manager infrastructure,
+ and downloads the bits it needs from these mirrors. To optimize
+ seeking these bits, you can tell Jigdo to scan a DVD or
+ CD you already have, and cut down on redundant downloads. This
+ feature becomes particularly useful if you:</para>
+ <orderedlist>
+ <listitem><para>Download all the test releases and then get the
+ final release, in which case you have 90% of the data already
+ with each subsequent download.</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Download both the DVD and the CD set, in which
+ case the DVD holds 95% of the data needed for the CD sets.
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>Download any combination of the above.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
</section>
+
<section id="sn-New-Features">
<title>Features</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>This release features <ulink
- url="http://www.gnome.org/start/2.20/notes/C/">GNOME
- 2.20</ulink>. GNOME now includes mail notification in the
- <application>Evolution</application> mail client, the
- ability to fill in PDF forms in the
- <application>Evince</application> document viewer, improved
- file management, a revamped
- <application>Appearance</application> control panel applet,
- a revised help system, and many other enhancements.</para>
+ url="http://www.gnome.org/start/2.22/notes/C/">GNOME
+ 2.22</ulink>.GNOME now includes a webcam photo and video
+ creation utility called <application>Cheese</application>,
+ improved network filesystem support, a new international
+ clock applet, Google Calendar support and custom email
+ labels in Evolution, a new Remote Desktop Viewer, improved
+ accessibility features, and <application>PolicyKit</application>
+ integration.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Online Desktop provides a desktop experience designed
around online services. A preview of Online Desktop is
- provided via BigBoard, which is a optional sidebar in
- GNOME.</para>
+ provided via <application>BigBoard</application>, which is a
+ optional sidebar in GNOME.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>KDE 3.5.8 is available in the KDE Live image as well as
- the regular DVD. The KDE 4 (Beta) Development Environment is
- available in the repository.</para>
+ <para>KDE 4.0.2 is available in the KDE Live image as well as
+ the regular DVD.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Xfce 4.4.1 is available as part of this release.</para>
+ <para>Xfce 4.4.2 is available as part of this release.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>NetworkManager 0.7 provides improved wireless network
- management support. It includes support for multiple devices
- and provides the capability of system-wide configuration,
- among many other enhancements.</para>
+ <para><ulink url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/NetworkManager">
+ NetworkManager</ulink> 0.7 provides improved mobile broadband
+ support, including GSM and CDMA devices, and now supports multiple
+ devices and ad-hoc networking for sharing connections.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
url="http://www.pulseaudio.org/">PulseAudio</ulink> is now
- installed and enabled by default. PulseAudio is an advanced
- sound server compatible with nearly all existing Linux sound
- systems. PulseAudio allows for hot-switching audio outputs,
- individual volume controls for each audio stream, networked
- audio, and more.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>CodecBuddy is now included, and promotes free, superior
- quality, open formats to end users trying to play multimedia
- content under patent encumbered or proprietary
- formats.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Compiz Fusion, the compositing window manager that
- re-merges Compiz and Beryl, is installed by default. To
- enable Compiz Fusion in GNOME, use the
- <menuchoice><guimenu>System</guimenu>
- <guisubmenu>Preferences</guisubmenu>
- <guimenuitem>Desktop Effects</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
- tool. Ongoing, long term <ulink
- url="http://www.x.org/wiki/Events/XDS2007/Notes">Xorg
- work</ulink> continues to enable <ulink
- url="http://hoegsberg.blogspot.com/2007/08/compiz-and-fedora.html">Compiz</ulink>
- by default.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>The completely free and open source Java environment
- called IcedTea is installed by default. IcedTea is derived
- from OpenJDK, 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>OpenOffice.org 2.3, with many <ulink
- url="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/New_Features_2.3">new
- features</ulink>, is available as part of Fedora 8.</para>
+ 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>Preferences</guimenu> <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/">Compiz Fusion</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>.</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
+ <application>OpenJDK 6</application> is installed by default.
+ <application>IcedTea 7</application>, derived from
+ <application>OpenJDK 1.7</application>, is no longer the default.
+ <application>IcedTea</application> 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 "quirks" feature in HAL,
- including better suspend/resume and multimedia keyboard
+ <para>Laptop users benefit from the <firstterm>"quirks"</firstterm>
+ feature in HAL, including better suspend/resume and multimedia keyboard
support.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>There is now improved power management thanks to both a
- tickless kernel in <systemitem>x86</systemitem> and
- <systemitem>x86_64</systemitem> architectures, and a
- reduction in unnecessary processor wakeups via
- <package>powertop</package>.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>This release of Fedora has a new look and feel, called
- <ulink
- url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/F8Themes/Infinity/Round3Final">Infinity</ulink>,
- from the Fedora Art team.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para><ulink
- url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/NodokaTheme">Nodoka</ulink>,
- a fresh new GNOME theme created specially for Fedora, is
- available in this release.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>A new online browser home page, <ulink
- url="http://start.fedoraproject.org"/>, appears in this
- release.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Fedora continues to improve its many proactive <ulink
- url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/Features">security
- features</ulink>, and FORTIFY_SOURCE has now been <ulink
- url="https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-announce/2007-September/msg00015.html">enhanced</ulink>
- to cover C++ in addition to C, which prevents many security
- exploits.</para>
- </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>
- <para>A brand new graphical firewall configuration tool,
- <package>system-config-firewall</package>, replaces
- <package>system-config-securitylevel</package>.</para>
+ <para>
+ Fedora now includes <ulink url="http://perldoc.perl.org/perldelta.html">
+ <application>Perl 5.10.0</application></ulink>, which features a
+ smaller memory footprint and other improvements.
+ </para>
</listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>This release offers <ulink
- url="http://danwalsh.livejournal.com/13376.html">Kiosk</ulink>
- functionality via SELinux, among many new enhancements and
- security policy changes.</para>
+ <listitem><para>
+ <application>Eclipse 3.3.1</application> is available as part of this release.
+ </para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>The <package>glibc</package> package in Fedora 8 now has
- <ulink
- url="http://people.redhat.com/drepper/sha-crypt.html">support</ulink>
- for passwords using SHA256 and SHA512 hashing. Before only
- DES and MD5 were available. The tools to create passwords
- have not been extended yet, but if such passwords are
- created in others ways, <package>glibc</package> will
- recognize and honor them.</para>
+ <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 <application>yum</application> 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>Secure remote management capability is now provided for
- Xen, KVM, and QEMU in Fedora 8 <ulink
- url="http://berrange.com/personal/diary/2007/08/fedora-8-virtualization-work-in">virtualization</ulink>.</para>
+ <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>Eclipse 3.3 (Europa), a new release of the acclaimed
- development platform, is available as part of this
- release.</para>
+ <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>
- In this release, the performance of <command>yum</command>,
- <application>Pirut</application>, and
- <application>Pup</application> have been significantly
- improved.
- </para>
- </listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>The <application>Add/Remove Programs</application> tool, <package>pirut</package>, introduces a new
- graphical interface for managing software repositories. Use
- <menuchoice>
- <guimenu>Edit</guimenu>
- <guimenuitem>Repositories</guimenuitem></menuchoice> to
- enable/disable any of the installed
- software repositories.</para>
+ <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>Live installations are faster and require a smaller root
- filesystem. The file system layout has also changed
- somewhat. System files for the Live images are now under
- <filename class="directory">LiveOS/</filename>, and a new
- <filename>README</filename> file has been provided as a
- short introduction to the live image.</para>
+ <para>
+ Input methods can now be started and stopped dynamically in the GNOME desktop.
+ </para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para><ulink
- url="https://hosted.fedoraproject.org/projects/transifex/">Transifex</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 to upstream
- directly to any upstream project.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Integration of unique build IDs into Fedora's software
- building infrastructure now provides enhanced debugging
- capabilities and core dumps.</para>
+ <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 offers easier rebranding of Fedora
- derivatives via a <package>generic-logos</package> software
- package. Changes in Fedora's mirror structure also make
- creation of derivatives easier.</para>
+ <para>
+ Fedora now includes <ulink url="http://www.tug.org/texlive/">TeXLive</ulink>
+ to replace the older, unmaintained TeX distribution.
+ </para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>The <systemitem>pam_console</systemitem> module usage
- has been removed in favor of access control via HAL, which
- modernizes the desktop.</para>
+ <para>
+ Fedora 9 features a 2.6.24 based kernel.
+ </para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Fedora 8 features a 2.6.23 based kernel.</para>
+ <para>
+ Work on the start-up and shutdown in X has yielded noticeable
+ improvements.
+ </para>
</listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
+ </itemizedlist>
</section>
</section>
@@ -264,7 +257,7 @@
<title>Road Map</title>
<para>
The proposed plans for the next release of Fedora are available at
- <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/RoadMap'>http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/RoadMap</ulink>.
+ <ulink url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/RoadMap" />.
</para>
</section>
</section>
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