Fedora 11 Preview Release Announced
Hi
Fedora 11 Preview Release has been announced with a large number of new
features, even more so than previous general releases. This includes
* Presto (delta RPM updates reducing bandwidth usage over 80%
typically). Yum install yum-presto to enable it.
* Automatic font and mime installer via PackageKit
* Nouveau as the default driver for Nvidia cards (3D support is not
mature and disabled however),
* Simplified Anaconda text mode installation and minimal installation
support,
* Automatic Bug Reporting tool,
* Native access to Microsoft Exchange using OpenChange,
* Firefox 3.1 and ThunderBird 3.0
* Openoffice.org 3.1
* Windows Cross Compiler (MinGW and a comprehensive set of cross
compiled libraries)
* Ext4 as the default filesystem
* Experimental support for the next generation Btrfs filesystem,
* Improved I18N with the switch to IBus input system by default,
* Much improved Kernel Mode Support with flicker free and fast bootup
* Many virtualization and security improvements,
* RPM 4.7, GNOME 2.26, KDE 4.2, Xfce 4.6, Linux Kernel 2.6.29, Python
2.6. GCC 4.4 and several other changes.
Announcement:
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2009-April/msg00011....
Major Features list:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/11/FeatureList
Rahul