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[release-notes] 08/08: Add better switchable graphics support to Desktop

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This is an automated email from the git hooks/post-receive script. pbokoc pushed a commit to branch master in repository release-notes. commit 73cea510be765f2397f30fb59af589e0cb5a72c0 Author: Petr Bokoc <pbokoc(a)redhat.com> Date: Mon Oct 10 00:35:02 2016 +0200 Add better switchable graphics support to Desktop --- en-US/Desktop.xml | 23 +++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/en-US/Desktop.xml b/en-US/Desktop.xml index 6c763a4..429814e 100644 --- a/en-US/Desktop.xml +++ b/en-US/Desktop.xml @@ -11,19 +11,19 @@ <title>Wayland default display server</title> <para> Wayland gives a much better way of isolating applications from each other and the system. - </para> + </para> <para> <emphasis>Detailed Description:</emphasis> - </para> + </para> <para> - GDM uses Wayland by default for GNOME. The code will automatically fall back to Xorg in cases where Wayland is unavailable (like NVIDIA). + GDM uses Wayland by default for GNOME. The code will automatically fall back to Xorg in cases where Wayland is unavailable (like NVIDIA). Users will be able to disable the use of Wayland for GDM by setting WaylandEnable=false in /etc/gdm/custom.conf. Users can also select the legacy X11 for their session by using the menu on the login screen. Enter the login name, and then choose the settings icon to select a different session from the default. </para> <para> - For more information about the switch to the Wayland display server, please visit: - <ulink url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/WaylandByDefault"/>, - <ulink url="https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/1615"/>, + For more information about the switch to the Wayland display server, please visit: + <ulink url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/WaylandByDefault"/>, + <ulink url="https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/1615"/>, and <ulink url="https://wayland.freedesktop.org/"/> </para> </section> @@ -47,4 +47,15 @@ and you can visit the Fedora Magazine article about Gnome 3.22 here: <ulink url="https://fedoramagazine.org/gnome-3-22-released/"/> </para> </section> + +<section id="sect-desktop-improved-switchable-graphics"> + <title>Better Switchable Graphics Support</title> + <para> + Modern laptops often have two GPUs: one integrated in the processor (igpu) and one dedicated (dgpu), theoretically allowing the system to only use the igpu for low-intensity tasks to save power, and switch to the dgpu only when the additional processing power is required. Support for switching GPUs has historically been lacking in Linux distributions. This change aims to improve the open-source graphical drivers. + </para> + <para> + In Fedora 25, owners of laptops with two GPUs should be able to use them as expected, without any problems with external outputs or with suspend/resume, and without having to keep the dgpu enabled at all times through firmware settings. + </para> +</section> + </section> -- To stop receiving notification emails like this one, please contact the administrator of this repository.

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[release-notes] 07/08: Add 2 IBus-related notes + uncomment i18n from ToC

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This is an automated email from the git hooks/post-receive script. pbokoc pushed a commit to branch master in repository release-notes. commit fd86ce68419a4f1370fc14ba5f2fda013f85d4d7 Author: Petr Bokoc <pbokoc(a)redhat.com> Date: Mon Oct 10 00:23:41 2016 +0200 Add 2 IBus-related notes + uncomment i18n from ToC --- en-US/I18n.xml | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ en-US/Section-Desktop.xml | 6 +++--- 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/en-US/I18n.xml b/en-US/I18n.xml index 75d95dc..5e02e09 100644 --- a/en-US/I18n.xml +++ b/en-US/I18n.xml @@ -70,4 +70,27 @@ </listitem> </itemizedlist> </section> + + <section id="sect-i18n-ibus-typing-booster-multilingual-support"> + <title>IBus Typing Booster Multilingual Support</title> + <para> + The <application>IBus typing booster</application> is an imput completion method to speed up typing. In Fedora 25, <package>ibus-typing-booster</package> is updated to provide the ability to use several languages at once in a single engine, as documented on the project's GitHub page: <ulink url="https://mike-fabian.github.io/ibus-typing-booster/documentation.html#mult..." />. + </para> + <para> + At the same time, the graphical setup tool has been updated in order to make setting up multiple languages for the booster much simpler. + </para> + </section> + + <section id="sect-i18n-ibus-emoji-typing"> + <title>IBus Emoji Typing</title> + <para> + The version of IBus provided in previous releases of Fedora allowed you to write special Unicode characters by pressing <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>Shift</keycap><keycap>U</keycap></keycombo> and then writing a hexadecimal code for the character. In Fedora 25, a similar functionality is added to IBus for inserting emoji. You can now press <keycombo><keycap>Ctrl</keycap><keycap>Shift</keycap><keycap>E</keycap></keycombo> and start typing a word (e.g. <literal>smile</liter [...] + </para> + <note> + <para> + Only English emoji keywords are supported in this release. + </para> + </note> + </section> + </section> diff --git a/en-US/Section-Desktop.xml b/en-US/Section-Desktop.xml index 99aef35..6c4a5dd 100644 --- a/en-US/Section-Desktop.xml +++ b/en-US/Section-Desktop.xml @@ -16,17 +16,17 @@ <xi:include href="Networking.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" /> --> - +  <xi:include href="Entertainment.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" /> - + <!-- <xi:include href="Printing.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" /> -- To stop receiving notification emails like this one, please contact the administrator of this repository.

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[release-notes] 06/08: Add Erlang 19 to Development

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This is an automated email from the git hooks/post-receive script. pbokoc pushed a commit to branch master in repository release-notes. commit 3a708d6c381af91ef9f8088f58b818f1be2656bb Author: Petr Bokoc <pbokoc(a)redhat.com> Date: Mon Oct 10 00:23:01 2016 +0200 Add Erlang 19 to Development --- en-US/Development.xml | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/en-US/Development.xml b/en-US/Development.xml index bd7f0f9..41faeec 100644 --- a/en-US/Development.xml +++ b/en-US/Development.xml @@ -55,7 +55,42 @@ The <application>GNU C Library</application> (<package>glibc</package>) is updated to version 2.24 in Fedora 25. This version provides increased performance, many bug fixes, improvements to POSIX compliance new locales, and other changes. See the NEWS at <ulink url="https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=NEWS;hb=HEAD" /> for a full list of changes in this version. </para> <para> - This version is backwards compatible with the version shipped in Fedora 24. No packaging changes are necessary. + This version is backwards compatible with the version shipped in Fedora 24. No packaging changes are necessary. + </para> + </section> + + <section id="sect-development-erlang-19"> + <title>Erlang 19</title> + <para> + The <application>Erlang</application> programming language is updated to version 19 in Fedora 25. Notable changes include: + </para> + <itemizedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + A new state machine behavior: <literal>gen_statem</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + A new experimental plug-in to <literal>mnesia</literal> that allows use of external storage solutions such as <literal>leveldb</literal>: <literal>mnesia_ext</literal> + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Improved dirty NIF schedulers (see the writeup at <ulink url="https://medium.com/@jlouis666/erlang-dirty-scheduler-overhead-6e1219dcc7" />) + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + Experimental support for Unix Domain Sockets, opening the door for native <systemitem>journaldy</systemitem>, <systemitem>systemd-notify</systemitem>, and <systemitem>DBus</systemitem> implementations + </para> + </listitem> + </itemizedlist> + <para> + For full information about <application>Erlang</application> version 19, see the upstream release notes at <ulink url="http://www.erlang.org/news/105" />. + </para> + <para> + This change also aims to improve Erlang packaging (as well as the packaging guidelines at <ulink url="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Peter/Erlang_Packaging_Guidelines" />), making packagers' lives easier. </para> </section> -- To stop receiving notification emails like this one, please contact the administrator of this repository.

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[release-notes] 05/08: Clarify a title in I18n

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This is an automated email from the git hooks/post-receive script. pbokoc pushed a commit to branch master in repository release-notes. commit 4186af351e468d726001f2ecd23d8dbb80cda126 Author: Petr Bokoc <pbokoc(a)redhat.com> Date: Mon Oct 10 00:02:26 2016 +0200 Clarify a title in I18n --- en-US/I18n.xml | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/en-US/I18n.xml b/en-US/I18n.xml index c4d72fc..75d95dc 100644 --- a/en-US/I18n.xml +++ b/en-US/I18n.xml @@ -21,12 +21,12 @@ </note> </section> <section id="i18n_new_packages"> - <title>New Packages</title> + <title>New Internationalization Packages</title> <itemizedlist id="fonts"> <title>Fonts</title> <listitem> <para> - <emphasis>adobe-source-serif-pro-fonts</emphasis>: Source Serif Pro is a set of OpenType fonts to complement the Source Sans Pro family. + <emphasis>adobe-source-serif-pro-fonts</emphasis>: Source Serif Pro is a set of OpenType fonts to complement the Source Sans Pro family. </para> </listitem> <listitem> @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ </listitem> <listitem> <para> - <emphasis>nodejs-y18n</emphasis>: The bare-bones internationalization library used by yargs + <emphasis>nodejs-y18n</emphasis>: The bare-bones internationalization library used by yargs </para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> -- To stop receiving notification emails like this one, please contact the administrator of this repository.

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[release-notes] 04/08: Add glibc-2.24 to Development

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This is an automated email from the git hooks/post-receive script. pbokoc pushed a commit to branch master in repository release-notes. commit fc1e01807ff01bd54abec39a808a57f6f72e5d8d Author: Petr Bokoc <pbokoc(a)redhat.com> Date: Mon Oct 10 00:01:02 2016 +0200 Add glibc-2.24 to Development --- en-US/Development.xml | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/en-US/Development.xml b/en-US/Development.xml index ea29e60..bd7f0f9 100644 --- a/en-US/Development.xml +++ b/en-US/Development.xml @@ -48,4 +48,15 @@ Fedora 25 provides the <application>Rust</application> compiler and its <application>Cargo</application> package management tool. <application>Rust</application> is a fast compiled programming language, which prevents segmentation faults, ensures thread safety, and supports both functional and imperative-procedural paradigms. For more information, see <ulink url="https://www.rust-lang.org/en-US/documentation.html">Rust upstream documentation</ulink>. </para> </section> + + <section id="sect-development-glibc-224"> + <title>The GNU C Library Version 2.24</title> + <para> + The <application>GNU C Library</application> (<package>glibc</package>) is updated to version 2.24 in Fedora 25. This version provides increased performance, many bug fixes, improvements to POSIX compliance new locales, and other changes. See the NEWS at <ulink url="https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=NEWS;hb=HEAD" /> for a full list of changes in this version. + </para> + <para> + This version is backwards compatible with the version shipped in Fedora 24. No packaging changes are necessary. + </para> + </section> + </section> -- To stop receiving notification emails like this one, please contact the administrator of this repository.

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[release-notes] 03/08: Add a short section about 389 Directory Server

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This is an automated email from the git hooks/post-receive script. pbokoc pushed a commit to branch master in repository release-notes. commit b97c1f5bec4f3e5921b24abf4e6da1703563b482 Author: Petr Bokoc <pbokoc(a)redhat.com> Date: Sun Oct 9 23:45:48 2016 +0200 Add a short section about 389 Directory Server --- en-US/Directory_Server.xml | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ en-US/Section-Sysadmin.xml | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+) diff --git a/en-US/Directory_Server.xml b/en-US/Directory_Server.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..37e36eb --- /dev/null +++ b/en-US/Directory_Server.xml @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE section PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [ +<!ENTITY % BOOK_ENTITIES SYSTEM "Release_Notes.ent"> +%BOOK_ENTITIES; +]> +<?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.informatik.fh-wiesbaden.de/~werntges/home_t/proj/dbkcss102/wys..." type="text/css"?> + +<section> + <title>Directory Server</title> + <para /> + + <section id="directory-server"> + <title>389 Directory Server version 1.3.5</title> + <para> + <application>389 Directory Server</application> is an LDAPv3-compliant server and a set of related administrative tools, used around the world for Identity Management, Authentication, Authorization, and much more. It is also the foundation of the FreeIPA project’s server. Fedora 25 provides version 1.3.5 of the <application>389 Directory Server</application>. + </para> + <para> + For a list of most important changes in the new release, see the announcement at Fedora Magazine: <ulink url="https://fedoramagazine.org/whats-new-389-directory-server-1-3-5/" />. Also see the project's own release notes for a full list of bug fixes and enhancements: <ulink url="http://www.port389.org/docs/389ds/releases/release-1-3-5-13.html" />. + </para> + </section> + +</section> diff --git a/en-US/Section-Sysadmin.xml b/en-US/Section-Sysadmin.xml index 71c1479..80b1362 100644 --- a/en-US/Section-Sysadmin.xml +++ b/en-US/Section-Sysadmin.xml @@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ --> <xi:include href="Installation.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" /> + + <xi:include href="Directory_Server.xml" + xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" /> <!-- <xi:include href="Boot.xml" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" /> -- To stop receiving notification emails like this one, please contact the administrator of this repository.

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[release-notes] 02/08: Update Media Writer to reflect it will be rolled out at final release

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This is an automated email from the git hooks/post-receive script. pbokoc pushed a commit to branch master in repository release-notes. commit 6053ba2f673b01c7ed4eaf00ad644f8d85304b80 Author: Petr Bokoc <pbokoc(a)redhat.com> Date: Sun Oct 9 23:36:37 2016 +0200 Update Media Writer to reflect it will be rolled out at final release --- en-US/Installation.xml | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/en-US/Installation.xml b/en-US/Installation.xml index 327db37..e8b739c 100644 --- a/en-US/Installation.xml +++ b/en-US/Installation.xml @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ <section id="installation-fedora-media-writer"> <title>Fedora Media Writer as Primary Downloadable</title> <para> - <application>Fedora Media Writer</application> is a multiplatform tool which allows anyone to easily and quickly download installation ISO images and use them to create a bootable USB drive. This saves you the effort of manually downloading an ISO image, verifying its checksum, and using <command>dd</command> or similar to write the image to an USB drive. Starting with Fedora 25, this tool is offered as the primary download solution on <ulink url="https://getfedora.org/" /> instead [...] + <application>Fedora Media Writer</application> is a multiplatform tool which allows anyone to easily and quickly download installation ISO images and use them to create a bootable USB drive. This saves you the effort of manually downloading an ISO image, verifying its checksum, and using <command>dd</command> or similar to write the image to an USB drive. Starting with the final release of Fedora 25, this tool will be offered as the primary download solution on <ulink url="https:// [...] </para> <figure id="figu-media-writer"> <title>Fedora Media Writer</title> -- To stop receiving notification emails like this one, please contact the administrator of this repository.

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[release-notes] 01/08: Remove dud entry from installation

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This is an automated email from the git hooks/post-receive script. pbokoc pushed a commit to branch master in repository release-notes. commit 7564d450bea3e30b00d507dfaf8b5db2e86c10e6 Author: Petr Bokoc <pbokoc(a)redhat.com> Date: Sun Oct 9 23:19:55 2016 +0200 Remove dud entry from installation --- en-US/Installation.xml | 8 -------- 1 file changed, 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/en-US/Installation.xml b/en-US/Installation.xml index 5858874..327db37 100644 --- a/en-US/Installation.xml +++ b/en-US/Installation.xml @@ -52,14 +52,6 @@ </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> - <term>Anaconda can't be installed with DNF2</term> - <listitem> - <para> - bla bla - </para> - </listitem> - </varlistentry> - <varlistentry> <term>Screen Access Manager is now available in Anaconda</term> <listitem> <para> -- To stop receiving notification emails like this one, please contact the administrator of this repository.

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[release-notes] 02/02: Add a bunch of info about installer changes

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This is an automated email from the git hooks/post-receive script. pbokoc pushed a commit to branch master in repository release-notes. commit e16a323049fc348cda0cd99764357e6df7743458 Author: Petr Bokoc <pbokoc(a)redhat.com> Date: Fri Oct 7 00:17:52 2016 +0200 Add a bunch of info about installer changes --- en-US/Installation.xml | 191 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 191 insertions(+) diff --git a/en-US/Installation.xml b/en-US/Installation.xml index 1663e3e..5858874 100644 --- a/en-US/Installation.xml +++ b/en-US/Installation.xml @@ -32,4 +32,195 @@ </para> </warning> </section> + + <section id="installation-anaconda-changes"> + <title>Installer Changes</title> + <para> + This section lists important changes made in this release to the <application>Anaconda</application> installer and related components such as <package>pykickstart</package>, <package>blivet</package>, or <package>initial-setup</package>. + </para> + + <section id="installation-anaconda-general"> + <title>General Installer Changes</title> + <para /> + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term>Static routes configured during installation are now automatically configured on the installed system</term> + <listitem> + <para> + Previously, static route configuration files were not copied from the installation environment to the installed system. Consequently, static route configuration during installation was lost after the installation finished. These files are now copied, and static routes configured during installation are automatically configured on the installed system. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term>Anaconda can't be installed with DNF2</term> + <listitem> + <para> + bla bla + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term>Screen Access Manager is now available in Anaconda</term> + <listitem> + <para> + A Screen Access Manager (SAM) has been added to Anaconda. The SAM controls which screens will be shown and records spokes visited into a configuration file. This enables tools running before <application>Anaconda</application> to hide specific screens if needed, and post-installation tools can in turn read the list of visited screens and avoid asking the user to configure the same settings twice. + </para> + <para> + The configuration file specification is available on GitHub: <ulink url=" https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/blob/master/docs/user-interaction..." />. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term>The Anaconda repository now has contribution guidelines</term> + <listitem> + <para> + The <application>Anaconda</application> repository on GitHub now contains a <filename>CONTRIBUTING</filename> file, which provides guidance for anyone wishing to contribute to the repository. Anyone thinking of making a contribution to the installer is strongly encouraged to familiarize themselves with the file at <ulink url="https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING" /> before submitting a pull request. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + </section> + + <section id="installation-anaconda-interface"> + <title>Changes to Anaconda Interfaces (GUI and TUI)</title> + <para /> + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term>Host name is no longer being set automatically when not specified</term> + <listitem> + <para> + Previously, if you did not provide any host name in the <guilabel>Network & Hostname</guilabel> screen (or in Kickstart), <application>Anaconda</application> set the target system's host name to one that was obtained during installation. In Fedora 25, the <guilabel>Network & Hostname</guilabel> no longer automatically pre-fills the host name; instead it always defaults to <literal>localhost.localdomain</literal>, which effectively that the installed system will obta [...] + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term>NTP configuration is now supported in the text-based interface</term> + <listitem> + <para> + The text-based interface now allows you to configure NTP servers similar to the <guilabel>Date & Time</guilabel> screen in the graphical interface. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + </section> + + <section id="installation-anaconda-kickstart"> + <title>Kickstart Changes</title> + <para /> + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term>The timezone command can now be used without specifying a time zone</term> + <listitem> + <para> + Starting with Fedora 25, you can use the <command>timezone</command> Kickstart command without actually specifying a time zone, which was mandatory in previous releases. Every possible option for this command is therefore optional; however, if the command is present in the Kickstart file, at least one of the options must be used. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term>New option: network --no-activate</term> + <listitem> + <para> + The <command>network</command> command has a new option: <option>--no-activate</option>. Use this option to prevent the configured device from activating automatically. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term>Commands targeting disk devices can now specify targets in multiple variants</term> + <listitem> + <para> + Storage-related commands which target disk devices, such as <command>clearpart</command>, <command>part</command>, or <command>ignoredisk</command>, can now have their targets specified in multiple variants using the pipe ("<literal>|</literal>") delimiter. For example: + </para> + <screen>part / --device=<literal>sd*|hd*|vda,/dev/vdc</literal></screen> + <para> + The above example will match either of <literal>sd*</literal>, <literal>hd*</literal>, or <literal>vda</literal> <emphasis>and</emphasis> <literal>/dev/vdc</literal>. The specified variants are processed from left to right, and at least one of them must match an existing device in order for the command to succeed. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term>The bootloader command now behaves differently when the --boot-drive option is not specified</term> + <listitem> + <para> + If you use the <command>bootloader</command> command without specifying a drive using the <option>--boot-drive=</option> option, the bootloader will now be installed on a drive determined by the following rules in this particular order: + </para> + <orderedlist> + <listitem> + <para> + If the <option>--driveorder=</option> option was used, the boot loader will be installed on the first valid device specified + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + The first present and valid disk containing a <filename>/boot</filename> partition will be used + </para> + </listitem> + <listitem> + <para> + If none of the above apply, then the first valid disk from the list of all detected disks will be used + </para> + </listitem> + </orderedlist> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + </section> + + <section id="installation-anaconda-boot-options"> + <title>Changes in Boot Options</title> + <para /> + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term>New option: inst.nosave=</term> + <listitem> + <para> + You can use the <option>inst.nosave=</option> option to control which installation results will be saved to the installed system. Installation results are files generated after the installation, such as the <filename>anaconda-ks.cfg</filename> autogenerated Kickstart file. This option is useful when using <application>Anaconda</application> to create a disk image, as it allows you to prevent potentially sensitive information such as installation logs and internal URLs from [...] + </para> + <para> + Valid values for this option are <literal>input_ks</literal> (do not save the original Kickstart file), <literal>output_ks</literal> (do not save <filename>anaconda-ks.cfg</filename>), <literal>all_ks</literal> (save neither Kickstart file), <literal>logs</literal> (do not save log files), and <literal>all</literal> (do not save any of the previous). + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term>New option: inst.singlelang</term> + <listitem> + <para> + This option allows you to run the installation in single language mode - in other words, it disables language selection for the installer as well as for the installed system. If a language is specified at the same time as this using the <option>inst.lang=</option>, the specified language will be used during installation and configured on the target system. If no language was specified, <application>Anaconda</application> and the installed system will default to <literal>en- [...] + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + </section> + + <section id="installation-anaconda-misc"> + <title>Miscellaneous Changes in the Installation Process</title> + <para /> + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term>Initial Setup now logs unhandled exceptions to journal</term> + <listitem> + <para> + The <application>Initial Setup</application> utility now logs unhandled exceptions to journal in order to simplify debugging in the event of a fatal crash. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term>Driver updates can now replace already loaded modules</term> + <listitem> + <para> + Drivers loaded from a Driver Update Disk (DUD) using the <option>inst.dd=</option> boot option can now replace already loaded drivers in addition to providing new ones, as long as the original driver/module is not in use. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term>Logs describing the system's original state are now saved before Anaconda starts</term> + <listitem> + <para> + In order to preserve logs describing the system's original state, Anaconda now saves several logs (outputs of the <command>lsblk</command>, <command>dmesg</command>, and <command>lvmdump</command> commands) immediately upon starting, before it makes any changes to the system. 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[release-notes] 01/02: Add MediaWriter as Primary Downloadable

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This is an automated email from the git hooks/post-receive script. pbokoc pushed a commit to branch master in repository release-notes. commit 927b81a2e0354d3493067b069fd0a77c987d27f5 Author: Petr Bokoc <pbokoc(a)redhat.com> Date: Thu Oct 6 22:13:14 2016 +0200 Add MediaWriter as Primary Downloadable --- en-US/Installation.xml | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- en-US/images/media-writer.png | Bin 0 -> 81559 bytes 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/en-US/Installation.xml b/en-US/Installation.xml index dcdb216..1663e3e 100644 --- a/en-US/Installation.xml +++ b/en-US/Installation.xml @@ -5,7 +5,31 @@ ]> <?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.informatik.fh-wiesbaden.de/~werntges/home_t/proj/dbkcss102/wys..." type="text/css"?> - <section id="installation"> - <title>Installation</title> - <para /> +<section id="installation"> + <title>Installation</title> + <para /> + <section id="installation-fedora-media-writer"> + <title>Fedora Media Writer as Primary Downloadable</title> + <para> + <application>Fedora Media Writer</application> is a multiplatform tool which allows anyone to easily and quickly download installation ISO images and use them to create a bootable USB drive. This saves you the effort of manually downloading an ISO image, verifying its checksum, and using <command>dd</command> or similar to write the image to an USB drive. Starting with Fedora 25, this tool is offered as the primary download solution on <ulink url="https://getfedora.org/" /> instead [...] + </para> + <figure id="figu-media-writer"> + <title>Fedora Media Writer</title> + <mediaobject> + <imageobject> + <imagedata fileref="images/media-writer.png" format="PNG" scalefit="0" /> + </imageobject> + <textobject> + <para> + Screenshot of the redesigned Fedora Media Writer + </para> + </textobject> + </mediaobject> + </figure> + <warning> + <para> + Using this tool will destroy any data on the flash drive as well as overwrite its partition layout. Make sure you back up any important data off the drive first. After you finish installing Fedora from the drive, you can use the <application>Media Writer</application> again to restore a single-partition <systemitem>FAT32</systemitem> layout on the device, which will allow it to be used on all systems as a normal flash drive again. + </para> + </warning> </section> +</section> diff --git a/en-US/images/media-writer.png b/en-US/images/media-writer.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..38c6cee Binary files /dev/null and b/en-US/images/media-writer.png differ -- To stop receiving notification emails like this one, please contact the administrator of this repository.

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