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 RahulSundaram: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/OverView?action=diff&rev2=230&rev1=229 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ==== Desktop ==== - * This release features [http://www.gnome.org/start/2.18/notes/en/ GNOME] [[GetVal(DocsDict,GnomeVer)]] and KDE [[GetVal(DocsDict,KDEVer)]]. + * This release features [http://www.gnome.org/start/2.18/notes/en/ GNOME] [[GetVal(DocsDict,GnomeVer)]] and KDE [[GetVal(DocsDict,KDEVer)]]. * Fast User Switching is well [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Desktop/FastUserSwitching integrated] within this release. This feature has been enabled via extensive development work on Console Kit and full integration throughout the distribution. * Wireless networking is enhanced by the inclusion of a number of firmware packages. NetworkManager which presents a graphical interface that allows users to quickly switch between different wireless and wired networks while on the move is installed by default in both GNOME and KDE Live CD's. * Fedora [[GetVal(DocsDict,RelVer)]] 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]. + + * [http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/2.0/releasenotes/ Firefox 2.0] includes a host of new features including a inline speller checker, built-in phishing protection and ability to reesuming your browsing session. * I18N support is much improved by the presence the SCIM input methods, which now work after installation automatically without any configuration. SCIM can handle nearly every alphabet/set of characters in use. Fedora is now much more reachable to a wider audience by the default inclusion of a number of language packages and input methods in the GNOME based Live CD. @@ -35, +37 @@ * Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) technology has been integrated with the Fedora graphical virtualization manager tool, `virt-manager`. KVM provides [http://virt.kernelnewbies.org/HypervisorVsLinuxBased a full virtualization solution], and users have a choice between KVM and Xen, along with Qemu, in this release. + * [http://directory.fedoraproject.org/ Fedora Directory Server] base is now part of Fedora software repository. The graphical console console and administration server is available on the website and will be included in the repository after a review process. + + * [http://docs.python.org/whatsnew/whatsnew25.html Python 2.5] is included and all of the software written in Python available in the repository uses it. + === Road Map === The proposed plans for the next release of Fedora are available at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/RoadMap. -- Fedora-relnotes-content mailing list Fedora-relnotes-content@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-relnotes-content
