From release notes for FC5T3 (web)
Rahul Sundaram
sundaram at fedoraproject.org
Mon Mar 6 07:22:15 UTC 2006
Jim Cornette wrote:
> Just posting a link from the upcoming Fedora version 5 notes. (FC5T3
> as of now)
> The changes might be good to know for a user to make a decision when
> FC5 is released as to how to upgrade / install.
>
> http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/release-notes/fc5/test3-latest-en/#sn-PackageChanges
>
>
> Major changes for people installing are xen, screensavers, menu
> reconfiguration, a GUI search tool, a few applications that use mono,
> no up2date program, a new package manager and GUI front end to yum.
>
The really latest notes are available at
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/ and
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsRawhide
> Everything installs are no longer possible. The major components are
> now in groups and part of the optional packages can be selected or not
> selected through check marks. Some packages that were selectable in
> the past may not be selectable from the menus though they are on the
> install media.
Packages should always be selectable in the UI if they are available in
the install media. Report it as a bug otherwise. I believe there is
already a comps related tracker for similar changes.
>
> How usb devices are managed and items like names for the mounted media
> using volume names for the mount points is different.
>
> Suspend is available from the menus if your computer is capable of
> suspending. Hibernate is not a menu choice but works as well from
> script pm-hibernate.
>
> I did not notice any major application changes from FC4 to FC5.
The overview and package diff would show you the list of major
application changes.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/OverView
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/PackageChanges
--
Rahul
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