Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on "Fedora Project Wiki" for change notification. The following page has been changed by BobJensen: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/OverView?action=diff&rev2=213&rev1=212 The comment on the change is: F7 Initial Cleanup ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ == Fedora Tour == - You can find a tour filled with pictures and videos of this exciting new release at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Tours/FedoraCore6. + You can find a tour filled with pictures and videos of this exciting new release at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Tours/Fedora7. == New in Fedora == This release includes significant new versions of many key components and technologies. The following sections provide a brief overview of major changes from the last release of Fedora. - === Desktop === + === Desktop === + * This release features [http://www.gnome.org/start/2.18/ GNOME 2.18] and KDE 3.5.6. - * This release has an improved look and feel for various international languages, with a new [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fonts/DejaVu DejaVu] default font. - - * The '''Compiz''' window manager provides better visual feedback and a variety of desktop effects by using the AIGLX framework. More information is available from the [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/RenderingProject Fedora Rendering Project]. - * This release features an update applet called `puplet` that provides user notifications when software updates are available. For more information, refer to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/YumApplet. - - * This release includes a completely rewritten and enhanced [http://www.redhat.com/magazine/022aug06/features/fc6_print/ system-config-printer], which uses the latest CUPS 1.2. More technical details are available at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Printing/AdminToolOutline and http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Printing/AdminToolSpecifics. - - * This release features [http://www.gnome.org/start/2.16/ GNOME 2.16] and KDE 3.5.4. - - * Fedora Core 6 includes a refreshing new "DNA" theme, which is part of a continuous team effort from the [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork Fedora Artwork Project]. + * Fedora 7 includes a refreshing new "Flying High" theme, which is part of a continuous team effort from the community and the [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork Fedora Artwork Project]. - - * This release includes [http://people.redhat.com/zcerza/dogtail/ Dogtail] which provides a graphical test and automation framework for the desktop. - - * This release features the [http://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-announce/2006-July/000069.html '''GnuCash 2.0'''] accounting application, which provides major new features and interface improvements. For more information, refer to [http://www.gnucash.org/features.phtml GnuCash Features]. - - * '''Helix Player''' has been moved to Fedora Extras, since the included '''Totem''' media player provides similar functionality. === Performance === - * All Fedora applications have been rebuilt using [http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2006-06/msg00418.html `DT_GNU_HASH`], which provides up to a 50% [http://lwn.net/Articles/192624/ performance boost] on applications using dynamic linking. - - * IMAP support for the '''Evolution''' personal information manager is much improved in this release. - - * This release improves performance and manageability by splitting up package dependencies in a much more granular way. Affected packages include `beagle`, `evince`, and `NetworkManager`. For more information on these and other related changes, refer to [/Docs/Beats/PackageNotes]. - * In this release, the performance of `yum`, '''Pirut''', and '''Pup''' has been significantly improved. - - * [http://fontconfig.org/wiki/2_2e4_20release_20notes Fontconfig 2.4] improves startup performance and memory footprint significantly. - - * The performance of the Fedora's default ext3 filesystem has been [http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=89747d369d34e333b9b60f10f333a0b727b4e4e2 boosted] in recent versions of the Linux kernel. - - * A new background service caches and increases the performance of network filesystems such as AFS and NFS. This service is part of the ongoing [http://lwn.net/Articles/100321/ CacheFS development] by Red Hat. - - * CUPS printing service starts much more faster since it now detects devices on demand. === System Administration === - * The Fedora installer, '''Anaconda''', can now connect to additional repositories such as Updates and Fedora Extras, and users can install applications from these repositories directly. Support for Fedora Extras is included by default on network-connected interactive installs. + * The Fedora installer, '''Anaconda''', can now connect to additional repositories such as Updates and Fedora Extras, and users can install applications from these repositories directly. Support for Fedora Extras is included by default on network-connected interactive installs. - - * '''Anaconda''' also now supports IPv6. - - * This release features a new virtualization manager, [http://virt-manager.et.redhat.com/ virt-manager], which adds a graphical management interface layer on top of '''Xen'''. - - * This release increases usability of SELinux by providing a [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SELinux/setroubleshoot graphical troubleshooting tool] and enhancements to the '''Nautilus''' file manager. - - * Fedora now features integrated smart card capabilities, for secure authentication out of the box using the new [http://directory.fedora.redhat.com/wiki/CoolKey CoolKey] system. - - * This release introduces a new tool, `lvm2-cluster`, for intuitively managing cluster volumes. === System Level Changes === - * Fedora features a 2.6.18 based kernel. There are no longer separate kernels for SMP and UP processors on any architecture. A single kernel now automatically detects your processor configuration and enables the proper bits for it. + * Fedora features a 2.6.20 based kernel. As with Fedora Core 6 there are no longer separate kernels for SMP and UP processors on any architecture. A single kernel now automatically detects your processor configuration and enables the proper bits for it - * '''X.org 7.1''' now dynamically configures monitor resolution and refresh rates to limit the amount of required user configuration. - - * This release supports [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraOnMactel Mac machines] running the new Intel processors. + * This release continues support of [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraOnMactel Mac machines] running the new Intel processors. - - * This release includes better i18n support using the default '''SCIM''' input method, including more languages such as Sinhalase (Sri Lanka) and Oriya, Kannada, and Malayalam (India). Fedora now provides an easy interface to switch the input methods using `im-chooser`. - - * The '''GNOME 1.x''' legacy stack has been removed from Fedora Core, and added to Fedora Extras. - == Road Map == -- Fedora-relnotes-content mailing list Fedora-relnotes-content@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-relnotes-content
