Fedora 13 will be here soon
Fedora is my favorite flavor of Linux and I use it as a Desktop OS and as a Server. I just thought I would throw this out there for others to check out. Fedora for thoughs who didn’t know is an Red Hat based distro. I have made attempts to convert completely over to open source software, but there are just somethings that require Windows. Either way it is a good operating system and you should take a look at it. You can find out more at www.fedoraproject.org .Here is a list of features have been accepted by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee for the Fedora 13 Release.
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Final pieces of Anaconda storage rewrite |
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Packages like gutenprint-cups, hpijs, and pbm2l2030 should be installed on-demand when hardware requiring those drivers is detected |
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More webcams supported out of the box with a special focus on dual mode cameras |
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Use very small images (iso, floppy, disk) to bootstrap a machine that then contacts a remote server for boot information to continue the installation process |
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This feature brings version 1.41.0 of Boost to Fedora 13, together with Boost.MPI. As a side effect, Boost will be built with CMake (instead of BJam) |
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Dogtag Certificate System is an enterprise-class open source Certificate Authority (CA) supporting all aspects of certificate lifecycle management including key archival, OCSP and smartcard management |
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GNOME Color Manager is a session framework that makes it easy to manage, install and generate color profiles in the GNOME desktop |
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The gdb debugger has been extended so that it can report detailed information on the internals of the Python 2 and Python 3 runtimes |
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Include Gnome 2.30 |
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Change ld default to –no-add-needed |
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Add Community IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition packages and their dependencies into repositories |
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Rebase to KDE 4.4 and offers new features such as PolicyKit 1 KAuth backend and improved PulseAudio integration |
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This feature adds PolicyKit One support to Qt/KDE applications and the KDE desktop |
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Fedora 13 features improved PulseAudio integration in KDE’s Phonon and KMix |
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Allow devices in KVM guest virtual machines to retain the same PCI address allocations as other devices are added or removed from the guest configuration |
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Re-base to the NetBeans 6.8 |
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NetworkManager now supports easy-to-use Bluetooth Dial-Up Networking (DUN) support |
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Control NetworkManager without a GUI |
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The NetworkManager applet shows the current signal strength, cellular technology (GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/HSPA or 1x/EVDO etc), and roaming status while connected for cards where this functionality is supported |
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Change the default NFS protocol to version 4 |
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Support for mounting NFS servers over IPv6 |
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Enhanced support for DisplayPort in X and kernel drivers for NVIDIA hardware |
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A packaged version of python 3 that installs in parallel with the Python 2 stack |
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Enhanced support for DisplayPort in X and kernel drivers for Radeon hardware |
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Update to RPM 4.8 |
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This feature enables an entirely free software alternative to Skype using standard IETF protocols along with support for direct peer-to-peer secure communications such as possible with ZRTP capable softphones and without the need for a mitigating “service provider” |
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Include SSSD the default set of base Fedora 13 packages and configure it through authconfig,and firstboot |
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Allow automatic and manual disk partition backups |
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Systemtap allows event tracing of programs when they have static probes inserted |
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Provide the latest Sugar Learning Environment, as well as an enhanced activity set, which can be used as a choice in the login screen and possibly a live spin |
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Add support for LVM (and various other improvements) to the udisks and gnome-disk-utility stack |
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Move to the the lastest supported version of Upstart |
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A new user account dialog tool to create new users and edit user-related information in single-user systems or small deployments. |
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Enable kernel acceleration for kvm networking |
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x2apic is an x86 feature that improves performance, especially on large systems. Virt x2apic is a port of this feature for KVM, improving guest performance, especially for guests with many virtual processors |
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Expose multiple ports to the guest in the form of simple char devices for simple IO between the guest and host userspaces |
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Enable guest virtual machines to share a physical network interface (NIC) with other guests and the host operating system |
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Zarafa Outlook Sharing is a Microsoft Exchange replacement |
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Summary |
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Final pieces of Anaconda storage rewrite |
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Packages like gutenprint-cups, hpijs, and pbm2l2030 should be installed on-demand when hardware requiring those drivers is detected |
|
|
More webcams supported out of the box with a special focus on dual mode cameras |
|
|
Use very small images (iso, floppy, disk) to bootstrap a machine that then contacts a remote server for boot information to continue the installation process |
|
|
This feature brings version 1.41.0 of Boost to Fedora 13, together with Boost.MPI. As a side effect, Boost will be built with CMake (instead of BJam) |
|
|
Dogtag Certificate System is an enterprise-class open source Certificate Authority (CA) supporting all aspects of certificate lifecycle management including key archival, OCSP and smartcard management |
|
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GNOME Color Manager is a session framework that makes it easy to manage, install and generate color profiles in the GNOME desktop |
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The gdb debugger has been extended so that it can report detailed information on the internals of the Python 2 and Python 3 runtimes |
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Include Gnome 2.30 |
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Change ld default to –no-add-needed |
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Add Community IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition packages and their dependencies into repositories |
|
|
Rebase to KDE 4.4 and offers new features such as PolicyKit 1 KAuth backend and improved PulseAudio integration |
|
|
This feature adds PolicyKit One support to Qt/KDE applications and the KDE desktop |
|
|
Fedora 13 features improved PulseAudio integration in KDE’s Phonon and KMix |
|
|
Allow devices in KVM guest virtual machines to retain the same PCI address allocations as other devices are added or removed from the guest configuration |
|
|
Re-base to the NetBeans 6.8 |
|
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NetworkManager now supports easy-to-use Bluetooth Dial-Up Networking (DUN) support |
|
|
Control NetworkManager without a GUI |
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The NetworkManager applet shows the current signal strength, cellular technology (GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/HSPA or 1x/EVDO etc), and roaming status while connected for cards where this functionality is supported |
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Change the default NFS protocol to version 4 |
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Support for mounting NFS servers over IPv6 |
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Enhanced support for DisplayPort in X and kernel drivers for NVIDIA hardware |
|
|
A packaged version of python 3 that installs in parallel with the Python 2 stack |
|
|
Enhanced support for DisplayPort in X and kernel drivers for Radeon hardware |
|
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Update to RPM 4.8 |
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This feature enables an entirely free software alternative to Skype using standard IETF protocols along with support for direct peer-to-peer secure communications such as possible with ZRTP capable softphones and without the need for a mitigating “service provider” |
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Include SSSD the default set of base Fedora 13 packages and configure it through authconfig,and firstboot |
|
|
Allow automatic and manual disk partition backups |
|
|
Systemtap allows event tracing of programs when they have static probes inserted |
|
|
Provide the latest Sugar Learning Environment, as well as an enhanced activity set, which can be used as a choice in the login screen and possibly a live spin |
|
|
Add support for LVM (and various other improvements) to the udisks and gnome-disk-utility stack |
|
|
Move to the the lastest supported version of Upstart |
|
|
A new user account dialog tool to create new users and edit user-related information in single-user systems or small deployments. |
|
|
Enable kernel acceleration for kvm networking |
|
|
x2apic is an x86 feature that improves performance, especially on large systems. Virt x2apic is a port of this feature for KVM, improving guest performance, especially for guests with many virtual processors |
|
|
Expose multiple ports to the guest in the form of simple char devices for simple IO between the guest and host userspaces |
|
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Enable guest virtual machines to share a physical network interface (NIC) with other guests and the host operating system |
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Zarafa Outlook Sharing is a Microsoft Exchange replacement |
