[relnotes] [Fedora Project Wiki] Update of "Docs/Beats/OverView" by RahulSundaram

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  == Fedora Core 6 Tour ==

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  You can find a tour filled with pictures and videos of this exciting new release at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Tours/FedoraCore6. 
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+ == Fedora Core 6 Release schedule ==
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+ The current prelimenary release schedule of Fedora Core 6 is available at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Core/Schedule
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  == What Is New In Fedora Core 6 ==

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- This release is the culmination of nine months of development, and includes significant new versions of many key products and technologies. The following sections provide a brief overview of major changes from the last release of Fedora Core. 
+ This release is the second test release of Fedora Core 6 and includes significant new versions of many key products and technologies. The following sections provide a brief overview of major changes from the last release of Fedora Core. 
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  === Desktop ===

  Some of the highlights of this release include:

+  * Development version of the GNOME desktop (http://live.gnome.org/TwoPointFifteen)is included in the release. GNOME 2.16 is scheduled to be available in the general release of Fedora Core 6. KDE 3.5 desktop is the general 3.5 release (http://kde.org/announcements/announce-3.5.php).
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- {{{ * There is a completely revamped appearance with a bubbly new theme and the first use of the new Fedora logo.
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-  * Early work from the Fedora Rendering Project is integrated into the desktop. This new project (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/RenderingProject) is going to provide the technical foundations for advanced desktop interfaces based on OpenGL.
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-  * Innovative new versions of the popular desktop environments GNOME and KDE are included in this release.  The GNOME desktop is based on the 2.14 release (http://www.gnome.org/start/2.14/notes/C/), and the KDE 3.5 desktop is the general 3.5 release (http://kde.org/announcements/announce-3.5.php).
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-  * The latest versions of '''GNOME Power Manager''' (http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnome-power-manager/) and '''GNOME Screensaver'''(http://live.gnome.org/GnomeScreensaver/) provide new and integrated power management capabilities.
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-  * The new '''GNOME User Share''' facility provides simple and efficient file sharing.
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-  * LUKS (http://luks.endorphin.org/) hard disk encryption is integrated with '''HAL''' and '''GNOME''' in this release. Refer to  http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Software/LUKS for more information. 
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-  * Software suspend (hibernate) capability is now provided for a wide variety of hardware. Suspend to RAM feature has also been improved due to infrastructure work done to support hiberation.
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-  * The previous graphical software management utilities have been replaced with the first versions of a new generation of tools. This release includes '''Pup''', a simple interface for system updates, and '''Pirut''', a new package manager that replaces `system-config-packages`. These applications are built on the {{{yum}}} utility to provide consistent software installation and update facilities throughout the system.
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-  * This release of Fedora includes Mono support for the first time, and Mono applications such as '''Beagle''', a desktop search interface; '''F-Spot''', a photo management utility; and '''Tomboy''', a note-taking application.
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-  * Desktop applications now built using the fully-open `java-gcj-compat` include  '''Azureus''', a BitTorrent client, and '''RSS``Owl''', a RSS feed reader, now available in Fedora Extras.
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-  * You can now enjoy enhanced multimedia support with version 0.10 of the '''Gstreamer''' media framework. This milestone release brings major improvements in robustness, compatibility, and features over previous versions of '''Gstreamer'''. The '''Totem''' movie player and other media software in this release have been updated to use the new framework.
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-  * There is dramatically improved internationalization support with '''SCIM''' in Fedora Core [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatsVer)]]. The '''SCIM''' language input framework provides an easy to use interface for inputting many different non-English languages. '''SCIM''' replaces the '''IIIMF''' system used in previous Fedora releases.
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-  * The default Web browser is the latest in the '''Firefox''' 1.5.0.x series (http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/releases/1.5.html), which has many new features for faster, safer, and more efficient browsing.
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-  * The office applications suite '''Open``Office.org''' 2.0.2 (http://www.openoffice.org/product/index.html) now makes better use of general system libraries for increased performance and efficiency.
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-  * A large number of '''GTK''' and '''GNOME''' programs take advantage of the '''Cairo''' 2D graphics library (http://cairographics.org/), included in this release, to provide streamlined attractive graphical interfaces.
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-  * There are new experimental drivers that provide support for the widely-used Broadcom 43xx wireless chipsets (http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/).
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   * '''Network``Manager''' (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Tools/NetworkManager) has received numerous menu, user interface, and functionality improvements.  However, it is disabled by default in this release as it is not yet suitable for certain configurations, such as system-wide static IPs or bonding devices.
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-  * This release includes `libnotify`, a library that features simple and attractive notifications for the desktop. 
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-  * Fedora Core [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatsVer)]] now uses `gnome-mount`, a more efficient mechanism that replaces `fstab-sync`, and uses HAL to handle mounting.

   * Printing support is improved in this release with the inclusion of the {{{hplip}}} utility, which replaces {{{hpijs}}}. }}}