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=330&rev1=329 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * The Fedora installer, '''Anaconda''', now supports partition resizing, encrypted filesystems, independent locations for the second stage installer and the software packages. A redesigned, larger `netboot.iso` image now features a second stage installer partly for this reason. + * [http://www.packagekit.org/ PackageKit], a new set of graphical, console tools and framework for cross-distribution software management has replaced Pirut in this release of Fedora. The Package``Kit graphical updater is available instead of '''Pup'''. Behind Package``Kit, the performance of `yum` has been significantly improved. + - * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext4 Ext4], the next version of the mature and stable ext3 filesystem is available as a option in this release. Ext4 features better performance, higher storage capacity and several other new features. + * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext4 Ext4], the next version of the mature and stable ext3 filesystem is available as a option in this release. Ext4 features better performance, higher storage capacity and several other new features. + + * The `swfdec` package, which decodes and renders Flash animations and videos, is now installed by default. However, many videos require additional codec support. Refer to [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/AdditionalCodecs] for more information. + + * This release of Fedora uses ["Upstart"], an event-based replacement for the `/sbin/init` daemon. * The completely free and open source Java environment OpenJDK 6 is installed by default. IcedTea 7, derived from OpenJDK 1.7, is no longer the default. IcedTea includes a browser plugin based on GCJ, and is available for both x86 and x86_64 architectures. GCJ is still the default on PPC architecture. * '''OpenOffice.org''' 2.4, with many [http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/New_Features_2.4 new features], is available as part of Fedora [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatsVer)]]. - * The `swfdec` package, which decodes and renders Flash animations and videos, is now installed by default. However, many videos require additional codec support. Refer to [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/AdditionalCodecs] for more information. - * Fedora now includes [http://perldoc.perl.org/perldelta.html Perl 5.10.0], which features a smaller memory footprint and other improvements. - - * Eclipse 3.3.1 is available as part of this release. - - * [http://www.packagekit.org/ PackageKit], a new set of graphical and console tools for cross-distribution software management, is installed by default in this release of Fedora. The Package``Kit graphical updater is also installed by default, instead of '''Pup'''. Behind Package``Kit, the performance of `yum` has been significantly improved. '''Pup''' and '''Pirut''' are still available in the software repositories for users that prefer them. - - * This release of Fedora uses ["Upstart"], an event-based replacement for the `/sbin/init` daemon. * Fedora now includes [http://www.tug.org/texlive/ TeXLive] to replace the older, unmaintained TeX distribution. -- Fedora-relnotes-content mailing list Fedora-relnotes-content@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-relnotes-content
