4 commits - en-US/OverView.xml en-US/Printing.xml en-US/ScientificTechnical.xml en-US/SystemDaemons.xml
Paul W. Frields
pfrields at fedoraproject.org
Fri Apr 3 00:59:30 UTC 2009
en-US/OverView.xml | 228 +++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
en-US/Printing.xml | 7 -
en-US/ScientificTechnical.xml | 28 ++---
en-US/SystemDaemons.xml | 12 ++
4 files changed, 149 insertions(+), 126 deletions(-)
New commits:
commit b2ce47201203df7a73cd7cebc150e3e262696cfc
Author: Paul W. Frields <stickster at gmail.com>
Date: Thu Apr 2 20:56:52 2009 -0400
Reformat Overview beat -- ugly diff
diff --git a/en-US/OverView.xml b/en-US/OverView.xml
index 0507039..0e47ed7 100644
--- a/en-US/OverView.xml
+++ b/en-US/OverView.xml
@@ -1,153 +1,163 @@
<?xml version='1.0'?>
+
<!DOCTYPE section PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
]>
<section>
- <title>Fedora 11 Overview</title>
- <remark>This beat is located here: <ulink type="http" url="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/OverView">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/OverView</ulink></remark>
- <para>
- As always, Fedora continues to develop (<ulink type="http" url="http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Red_Hat_contributions">http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Red_Hat_contributions</ulink>) and integrate the latest free and open source software (<ulink type="http" url="http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features">http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features</ulink>). The following sections provide a brief overview of major changes from the last release of Fedora. For more details about other features that are included in Fedora 11, refer to their individual wiki pages that detail feature goals and progress:
- </para>
- <para>
- <ulink type="http" url="http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/11/FeatureList">http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/11/FeatureList</ulink>
- </para>
+ <title>Fedora 11 Overview</title>
+ <remark>This beat is located here: <ulink type="http" url="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/OverView">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/OverView</ulink>
+ </remark>
+ <para>
+ As always, Fedora continues to develop
+ (<ulink type="http" url="http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Red_Hat_contributions">http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Red_Hat_contributions</ulink>)
+ and integrate the latest free and open source software
+ (<ulink type="http" url="http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features">http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features</ulink>).
+ The following sections provide a brief overview of major changes
+ from the last release of Fedora. For more details about other
+ features that are included in Fedora 11, refer to their individual
+ wiki pages that detail feature goals and progress:
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ <ulink type="http" url="http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/11/FeatureList">http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/11/FeatureList</ulink>
+ </para>
+
<para>
Throughout the release cycle, there are interviews with the
developers behind key features giving out the inside story:
</para>
+
<para>
<ulink type="http"
url="http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Interviews">http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Interviews</ulink>
</para>
+
<para>
The following are major features for Fedora 11:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
- <para>
- Automatic font and mime-type installation - PackageKit was
- introduced in Fedora 9 as a cross-distro software management
- application for users. The capabilities it offers thanks to
- integration with the desktop became more visible in Fedora
- 10, where it provided automatic codec installation. Now in
- Fedora 11, PackageKit extends this functionality with the
- ability to automatically install fonts where needed for
- viewing and editing documents. It also includes the
- capability to install handlers for specific content types as
- needed. Some work is still being completed to provide
- automatic installation of applications.
- </para>
+ <para>
+ Automatic font and mime-type installation - PackageKit was
+ introduced in Fedora 9 as a cross-distro software management
+ application for users. The capabilities it offers thanks to
+ integration with the desktop became more visible in Fedora 10,
+ where it provided automatic codec installation. Now in Fedora
+ 11, PackageKit extends this functionality with the ability to
+ automatically install fonts where needed for viewing and
+ editing documents. It also includes the capability to install
+ handlers for specific content types as needed. Some work is
+ still being completed to provide automatic installation of
+ applications.
+ </para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>
- Volume Control - Currently, people using Fedora have to go
- through many levels of mixers in different applications to
- properly set up sound sources. These are all exposed in the
- volume control on the desktop, making for a very confusing
- user experience. PulseAudio allows us to unify the volume
- controls in one interface that makes setting up sound easier
- and more pain-free.
- </para>
+ <para>
+ Volume Control - Currently, people using Fedora have to go
+ through many levels of mixers in different applications to
+ properly set up sound sources. These are all exposed in the
+ volume control on the desktop, making for a very confusing
+ user experience. PulseAudio allows us to unify the volume
+ controls in one interface that makes setting up sound easier
+ and more pain-free.
+ </para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>
- Intel, ATI and Nvidia kernel modsetting - Fedora 10 provided
- the first steps by a major distribution into using the
- kernel modesetting (KMS) feature to speed up graphical
- boot. We indicated at the time that we would be adding
- greater support for additional video cards as time went
- on. KMS originally was featured only on some ATI cards. In
- Fedora 11, this work is extended to include many more video
- cards, including Intel and Nvidia, and additional ATI as
- well. Although not fully complete, we have increased
- enormously the video card coverage of the KMS feature, with
- more to come.
- </para>
+ <para>
+ Intel, ATI and Nvidia kernel modsetting - Fedora 10 provided
+ the first steps by a major distribution into using the kernel
+ modesetting (KMS) feature to speed up graphical boot. We
+ indicated at the time that we would be adding greater support
+ for additional video cards as time went on. KMS originally was
+ featured only on some ATI cards. In Fedora 11, this work is
+ extended to include many more video cards, including Intel and
+ Nvidia, and additional ATI as well. Although not fully
+ complete, we have increased enormously the video card coverage
+ of the KMS feature, with more to come.
+ </para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>
- Fingerprint - Extensive work has been done to make
- fingerprint readers easy to use as an authentication
- mechanism. Currently, using fingerprint readers is a bit of
- a pain, and installing/using fprint and its pam module take
- more time than should ever be necessary. The goal of this
- feature is to make it painless by providing all the required
- pieces in Fedora, together with nicely integrated
- configuration. To enable this functionality the user will
- register their fingerprints on the system as part of user
- account creation. After doing so, they will easily be able
- to log in and authenticate seamlessly using a simple finger
- swipe. This greatly simplifies one element of identity
- management and is a great step in the evolution of the linux
- desktop.
- </para>
+ <para>
+ Fingerprint - Extensive work has been done to make fingerprint
+ readers easy to use as an authentication mechanism. Currently,
+ using fingerprint readers is a bit of a pain, and
+ installing/using fprint and its pam module take more time than
+ should ever be necessary. The goal of this feature is to make
+ it painless by providing all the required pieces in Fedora,
+ together with nicely integrated configuration. To enable this
+ functionality the user will register their fingerprints on the
+ system as part of user account creation. After doing so, they
+ will easily be able to log in and authenticate seamlessly
+ using a simple finger swipe. This greatly simplifies one
+ element of identity management and is a great step in the
+ evolution of the linux desktop.
+ </para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>
- IBus input method system - ibus has been rewritten in C and
- is the new default input method for Asian languages. It
- allows input methods to be added and removed dynamically
- during a desktop session. It supports Chinese (pinyin,
- libchewing, tables), Indic (m17n), Japanese (anthy), Korean
- (libhangul), and more. There are still some features missing
- compared to scim so testing is strongly encouraged and
- reports of problems and suggestions for improvements
- welcome.
- </para>
+ <para>
+ IBus input method system - ibus has been rewritten in C and is
+ the new default input method for Asian languages. It allows
+ input methods to be added and removed dynamically during a
+ desktop session. It supports Chinese (pinyin, libchewing,
+ tables), Indic (m17n), Japanese (anthy), Korean (libhangul),
+ and more. There are still some features missing compared to
+ scim so testing is strongly encouraged and reports of problems
+ and suggestions for improvements welcome.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
+
<para>
- Some other features in this release include:
+ Some other features in this release include:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
- <para>
- Ext4 filesystem - The ext3 file system has remained the
- mature standard in Linux for a long time. The ext4 file
- system is a major update that has an improved design, even
- better performance and reliability, support for much larger
- storage, and very fast file system checks and file
- deletions. It is now the default filesystem for new
- installations.
- </para>
+ <para>
+ Ext4 filesystem - The ext3 file system has remained the mature
+ standard in Linux for a long time. The ext4 file system is a
+ major update that has an improved design, even better
+ performance and reliability, support for much larger storage,
+ and very fast file system checks and file deletions. It is now
+ the default filesystem for new installations.
+ </para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>
- Virt Improved Console - In Fedora 10 and earlier the virtual
- guest console is limited to a screen resolution of
- 800x600. In Fedora 11 the goal is to have the screen default
- to at least 1024x768 resolution out of the box. New
- installations of F11 provide the ability to use other
- interface devices in the virtual guest, such as a USB
- tablet, which the guest will automatically detect and
- configure. Among the results is a mouse pointer that tracks
- the local client pointer one-for-one, and providing expanded
- capabilities.
- </para>
+ <para>
+ Virt Improved Console - In Fedora 10 and earlier the virtual
+ guest console is limited to a screen resolution of 800x600. In
+ Fedora 11 the goal is to have the screen default to at least
+ 1024x768 resolution out of the box. New installations of F11
+ provide the ability to use other interface devices in the
+ virtual guest, such as a USB tablet, which the guest will
+ automatically detect and configure. Among the results is a
+ mouse pointer that tracks the local client pointer
+ one-for-one, and providing expanded capabilities.
+ </para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>
- MinGW (Windows cross compiler) - Fedora 11 provides MinGW, a
- development environment for Fedora users who wish to
- cross-compile their programs to run on Windows without
- having to use Windows. In the past developers have had to
- port and compile all of the libraries and tools they have
- needed, and this huge effort has happened independently many
- times over. MinGW eliminates duplication of work for
- application developers by providing a range of libraries and
- development tools already ported to the cross-compiler
- environment. Developers don't have to recompile the
- application stack themselves, but can concentrate just on
- the changes needed to their own application.
- </para>
+ <para>
+ MinGW (Windows cross compiler) - Fedora 11 provides MinGW, a
+ development environment for Fedora users who wish to
+ cross-compile their programs to run on Windows without having
+ to use Windows. In the past developers have had to port and
+ compile all of the libraries and tools they have needed, and
+ this huge effort has happened independently many times over.
+ MinGW eliminates duplication of work for application
+ developers by providing a range of libraries and development
+ tools already ported to the cross-compiler environment.
+ Developers don't have to recompile the application stack
+ themselves, but can concentrate just on the changes needed to
+ their own application.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
+
<para>
- Features for Fedora 11 tracked on the feature list page:
+ Features for Fedora 11 tracked on the feature list page:
</para>
+
<para>
<ulink type="http"
url="http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/11/FeatureList">http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/11/FeatureList</ulink>
- </para>
+ </para>
</section>
-
commit 755f0d0b915ddac2d0eb8c0cbe2cd0a948f253f8
Author: Paul W. Frields <stickster at gmail.com>
Date: Thu Apr 2 20:54:25 2009 -0400
Update tagging in Printing beat
diff --git a/en-US/Printing.xml b/en-US/Printing.xml
index 87ae1cd..85175d6 100644
--- a/en-US/Printing.xml
+++ b/en-US/Printing.xml
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@
<title>Printing</title>
<remark>This beat is located here: <ulink type="http" url="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Printing">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Printing</ulink></remark>
<para>
- In this release, system-config-printer uses PolicyKit to
- control access to restricted cups functionality. The
- following functions are controlled via PolicyKit policies
+ In this release, system-config-printer uses
+ <application>PolicyKit</application> to control access to
+ restricted cups functionality. The following functions are
+ controlled via <application>PolicyKit</application> policies
currently:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
commit 7af1bd40b75d226805e44279798f565f98c0b261
Author: Paul W. Frields <stickster at gmail.com>
Date: Thu Apr 2 20:06:51 2009 -0400
Fix a few style glitches:
* GUI is capitalized
* capitalize formats
diff --git a/en-US/ScientificTechnical.xml b/en-US/ScientificTechnical.xml
index 7b2b5a8..64017ae 100644
--- a/en-US/ScientificTechnical.xml
+++ b/en-US/ScientificTechnical.xml
@@ -29,20 +29,22 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- complete change of the graphical interface (freefem++
- replaced freefem++-nw)
+ complete change of the graphical interface
+ (<package>freefem++</package> replaced
+ <package>freefem++-nw</package>)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- added medit (visualization software by P. Frey) inside
- freefem++ under the name ffmedit
+ added <command>medit</command> (visualization software by
+ P. Frey) inside <package>freefem++</package> under the
+ name <command>ffmedit</command>
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- the IDE version is gone until Antoine Le Hyaric makes
- a good one see: <ulink type="http"
+ the IDE version is gone until Antoine Le Hyaric writes a
+ good one. Refer to: <ulink type="http"
url="http://www.ann.jussieu.fr/~lehyaric/ffcs">
http://www.ann.jussieu.fr/~lehyaric/ffcs</ulink>
</para>
@@ -72,7 +74,7 @@
<package>gabedit</package>
</para>
<para>
- <package>gabedit</package> is a gui for a number of
+ <package>gabedit</package> is a GUI for a number of
computational chemistry packages.
Highlights of version 2.1.17 include:
<itemizedlist>
@@ -84,16 +86,14 @@
(Amber 99) and Semi-Empirical method (from Open Mopac or
PCGamess)</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>migration from GDK drawing functions to Cairo</para></listitem>
- <listitem><para>geometry and plots can be exported to eps, ps, pdf or svg
- formats</para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>geometry and plots can be exported to EPS, PS,
+ PDF, or SVG formats</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>
- For complete details see the upstream changelog at:
- <ulink type="http"
- url="http://sites.google.com/site/allouchear/Home/gabedit/download/changelog">
- http://sites.google.com/site/allouchear/Home/gabedit/download/changelog
- </ulink>
+ For complete details see the upstream changelog at: <ulink
+ type="http"
+ url="http://sites.google.com/site/allouchear/Home/gabedit/download/changelog">http://sites.google.com/site/allouchear/Home/gabedit/download/changelog</ulink>
</para>
</section>
</section>
commit cc51c80f8bf4c79b5855c5c50986182250cb47bb
Author: Paul W. Frields <stickster at gmail.com>
Date: Thu Apr 2 19:56:16 2009 -0400
Sync content with wiki, including pm-utils
diff --git a/en-US/SystemDaemons.xml b/en-US/SystemDaemons.xml
index 0192ac7..ebe62d6 100644
--- a/en-US/SystemDaemons.xml
+++ b/en-US/SystemDaemons.xml
@@ -66,6 +66,18 @@
</itemizedlist>
Users of Fedora 11 should therefore see a reduction in power
usage of their system.
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>pm-utils</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The pm-utils power management utilities have been
+ updated to 1.2.4. Some improvements have been made
+ in logging and configuration.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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