release-notes/devel/en_US OverView.xml,1.24,1.25
Paul W. Frields (pfrields)
fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com
Sat Sep 15 15:25:05 UTC 2007
Author: pfrields
Update of /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US
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Modified Files:
OverView.xml
Log Message:
Import changes from wiki for F8
Index: OverView.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US/OverView.xml,v
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@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
</para>
<section id="sn-Spins">
<title>Spins</title>
- <para>For the first time, Fedora includes several different
+ <para>Fedora includes several different
<firstterm>spins</firstterm>, which are variations of Fedora
built from a specific set of software packages. Each spin has a
combination of software to meet the requirements of a specific
@@ -39,130 +39,119 @@
users have the following spin choices:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
- <para>GNOME and KDE desktop environment based bootable Live
- images that can be installed to a hard disk. These spins are
- meant for desktop users who prefer a single disk
- installation and for sharing Fedora with friends, family,
- and event attendees.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
<para>A regular image for desktops, workstations, and server
users. This spin provides a good upgrade path and similar
environment for users of previous releases of Fedora.</para>
</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <formalpara>
+ <title>Fedora Live (<systemitem>i686</systemitem>,
+ <systemitem>x86_64</systemitem>,
+ <systemitem>ppc</systemitem>)</title>
+ <para>A good general use Desktop
+ live image that uses GNOME. Only the
+ <systemitem>i686</systemitem> version fits on a CD.</para>
+ </formalpara>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <formalpara>
+ <title>Fedora KDE Live (<systemitem>i686</systemitem>,
+ <systemitem>x86_64</systemitem>)</title>
+ <para>A Desktop based on the KDE software suite. Only the
+ <systemitem>i686</systemitem> version fits on a CD.</para>
+ </formalpara>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <formalpara>
+ <title><ulink
+ url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FWN/Issue102#head-53444e1645ab6dc131718253c5300e6b55e60d92">Fedora
+ Developer Live</ulink>
+ (<systemitem>i686</systemitem>)</title>
+ <para>A Live image designed for software
+ developers.</para>
+ </formalpara>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <formalpara>
+ <title><ulink
+ url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/FedoraElectronicLab">Fedora
+ Electronic Lab (FEL) Live</ulink> (i686)</title>
+ <para>A live image designed for engineers working on
+ electronics. This image fits on a CD.</para>
+ </formalpara>
+ </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
+ <para>Remember that these Live images can be used on USB media via
+ the 'livecd-iso-to-disk' utility available in the livecd-tools
+ package.</para>
</section>
<section id="sn-New-in-Desktop">
<title>Desktop</title>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
- <para>
- This release features GNOME 2.18 and KDE 3.5.6.
- </para>
- <para>
- <ulink
- url='http://www.gnome.org/start/2.18/notes/en/'>http://www.gnome.org/start/2.18/notes/en/</ulink>
- </para>
- <para>
- <ulink url="http://kde.org/info/3.5.6.php">http://kde.org/info/3.5.6.php</ulink>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Fast user switching is well integrated in this release.
- Developers have enabled this feature through extensive
- development work on <package>ConsoleKit</package> and full
- integration throughout the distribution.</para>
- <para><ulink
- url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Desktop/FastUserSwitching"/></para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Display devices can be hot plugged and work
- automatically, thanks to the inclusion of Xorg Server
- 1.3.</para>
+ <para>This test release features the GNOME 2.20 Release
+ Candidate.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>This release provides a number of firmware packages for
- enhanced wireless networking.
- <application>NetworkManager</application> presents a
- graphical interface that allows user to quickly switch
- between wireless and wired networks for increased mobility.
- <application>NetworkManager</application> is installed by
- default in both GNOME and KDE Live CDs.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Fedora 7 includes a refreshing new "Flying High" theme, which is
- part of a continuous team effort from the community and the Fedora
- Artwork Project:
- </para>
- <para>
- <ulink url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork'/>
- </para>
+ <para>KDE 3.5.7 is included in this release.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Firefox 2 includes a host of new features including an
- inline spell checker, built-in phishing protection, and
- the ability to resume browsing sessions.</para>
- <para><ulink
- url="http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/2.0/releasenotes/"/></para>
+ <para>A brand new graphical firewall configuration tool,
+ <command>system-config-firewall</command>, replaces
+ <command>system-config-securitylevel</command>. </para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>I18N support is much improved by the presence of SCIM
- input methods, which now work automatically after
- installation without any configuration. SCIM can handle
- nearly every alphabet/set of characters in use. Fedora is
- now more accessible to a wider audience by the default
- inclusion of a number of language packages and input methods
- in the GNOME based Live CD.</para>
+ <para>This release includes <ulink
+ url="http://icedtea.classpath.org/wiki/Main_Page">Iced
+ Tea</ulink>, a free and open source Java environment
+ derived from OpenJDK. A browser plugin based on GCJ that
+ takes advantage of Iced Tea is available and installed by
+ default.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>A new comprehensive graphical administration tool for
- SELinux, <application>system-config-selinux</application> is
- available by default in this release. SELinux boolean
- settings have been removed from the
- <application>system-config-securitylevel</application> tool
- and added to this new administration tool instead.</para>
+ <para>A preview of <ulink
+ url="http://www.opencompositing.org/">Compiz
+ Fusion</ulink>, 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 SELinux troubleshooting tool <systemitem
- class="service">setroubleshoot</systemitem> is
- enabled by default in this release. This tool provides
- notifications and detailed information to desktop users
- about any access denials by SELinux policy, along with
- suggestions on handling them.</para>
+ <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>This release features integration of a new FireWire
- stack in the kernel for more robust device handling.</para>
<para><ulink
- url="http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/472789"/></para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Fedora now includes improved power management through
- implementation of dynamic ticks in the kernel.</para>
- <para><ulink url="http://lwn.net/Articles/223185/"/></para>
+ 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>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </section>
+ <section id="sn-System-Level-Changes">
+ <title>System Level Changes</title>
+ <itemizedlist>
<listitem>
- <para>This release partially consolidates dictionaries used by
- desktop applications, which provides a consistent desktop
- experience while saving resources.</para>
+ <para>Fedora 8 Test 2 features a 2.6.23 based kernel.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para>Fedora now integrates the experimental
- <package>nouveau</package> driver within
- <application>Xorg</application> and the kernel. The
- <package>nouveau</package> driver, which is disabled by
- default in this release, aims to provide free and open
- source 3D drivers for nVidia cards. End users are asked to
- provide feedback on this feature to the project developers,
- to further the goal of having fully functional 3D drivers by
- default.</para>
+ <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>
- </itemizedlist>
- </section>
- <section id="sn-New-in-Performance">
- <title>Performance</title>
- <itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
In this release, the performance of <command>yum</command>,
@@ -172,71 +161,6 @@
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>
- <section id="sn-New-in-System-Administration">
- <title>System Administration</title>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- This release integrates Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM)
- technology with Fedora's graphical
- <application>virt-manager</application> and command-line
- <command>virsh</command> tools. KVM provides a hardware
- accelerated virtualization solution, and users have a choice
- between KVM and Xen, along with Qemu, in this release.
- </para>
- <para>
- <ulink url="http://kvm.sourceforge.net/"/>
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>In this release, all hard disk partitions follow a
- <filename>/dev/sd*</filename> naming convention due to a new
- <package>libata</package> driver interface in the kernel.
- The <application>Anaconda</application> installer eases the
- transition for release upgrades.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>The <systemitem>mac80211</systemitem> (formerly called
- Devicescape) wireless stack has been integrated with the
- kernel.</para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Smolt, an opt-in tool that sends anonymous hardware
- profile information to the Fedora Project, is integrated
- with <application>firstboot</application> in the installer.
- All data is available on the Smolt homepage. This profile
- information is used to leverage cooperation from vendors in
- improving end user hardware experience, and to priortize
- development and quality assurance on commonly used
- hardware.</para>
- <para><ulink
- url="https://hosted.fedoraproject.org/projects/smolt"/></para>
- <para><ulink url="http://smolt.fedoraproject.org"/></para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>The Fedora Directory Server base is now part of the
- Fedora software repository. The graphical console and
- administration servers are available on the website and are
- planned to be included in the repository after a review
- process.</para>
- <para><ulink
- url="http://directory.fedoraproject.org/"/></para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>Python 2.5 is included in this release, and all of the
- Python software available in the repository uses it.</para>
- <para><ulink
- url="http://docs.python.org/whatsnew/whatsnew25.html"/></para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>This release of Fedora includes Liberation fonts, which
- are metric equivalents for several well-known proprietary
- fonts found throughout the Internet. These fonts give users
- better results when viewing and printing shared or
- downloaded documents.</para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </section>
</section>
<section id="sn-Road-Map">
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