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[Fwd: Announcing the release of Fedora 14]
by Ankur Sinha 02 Nov '10

02 Nov '10

-------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: Jared K. Smith <jsmith(a)fedoraproject.org> > Reply-to: users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > To: announce <announce(a)lists.fedoraproject.org>, devel-announce > <devel-announce(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> > Subject: Announcing the release of Fedora 14 > Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 09:27:41 -0400 > > It's here! It's here! It's really here! Fedora 14 has been > officially released! Fedora is a leading edge, free and open source > operating system that continues to deliver innovative features to many > users, with a new release approximately every six months. > > Fedora 14, codename Laughlin, is now available for download. Join us > and share the joy of free software and the community with friends and > family. > > We know you can't wait to get started with Fedora 14, so simply follow > this link to download it today: > http://get.fedoraproject.org?anF14 > > If you want a quick tour of highlights in this release, check out: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_14_Talking_Points?anF14 > > For more information including common and known bugs, and tips on how to report > bugs, please refer to the release notes: > http://docs.fedoraproject.org/?anF14 > > You can also find this announcement text at: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_14_announcement?anF14 > > === What's New in Fedora 14? === > > ==== For desktop users ==== > A universe of new features for end users: > > * libjpeg-turbo: Users can load and save images faster in Fedora 14 > than in previous releases. > * Spice: Spice (Simple Protocol for Independent Computing > Environments) provides users with an enhanced remote desktop > experience. Currently, it provides the rudimentary foundation to take > advantage of things like Accelerated 2D graphics, encryption, and > hardware cursor support. > > ==== For developers ==== > For developers there are all sorts of additional goodies: > > * D: Fedora 14 introduces support for D, a systems programming > language combining the power and high performance of C and C++ with > the programmer productivity of modern languages such as Ruby and > Python. > * Python 2 upgrade: The system python 2 stack has been upgraded to 2.7. > * GNUStep: A GUI framework based of the Objective-C programming > language which is part of the gcc. > * Memory Debugging Tools: The new "gdb-heap" package adds a new "heap" > command to /usr/bin/gdb which allows you to get a breakdown of how a > process is using dynamic memory. > * Rakudo Star: An implementation of Perl version 6, based on the Parrot VM. > * Support for Milkymist: Developers can enjoy developing for > Milkymist, an open hardware embedded board, on Fedora 14. Thanks to > the Fedora Electronic Lab for their work in this regard. > > ==== For system administrators ==== > And don't think we forgot about the system administrators: > > * Fedora is now available for users of the Amazon Elastic Computing > Cloud service, released concurrently with the traditional release. > * virt-v2v assists in the easy migration of Xen virtual machines to > KVM virtual machines. > * A Virtualization Technology Preview Repo allows users to test the > very latest developments in virtualization related packages. > * Varnish has been updated and includes improved scalability and a new > log function. > * Apache has been updated and includes a number of module and security fixes. > > And that's only the beginning. Updated versions of many packages, as > usual, will be available in Fedora 14. A more complete list with more > details of the new features on board Fedora 14 is available at: > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/14/FeatureList?anF14 > > OK, so what are you waiting for? Go download it! You know you can't wait. > > http://get.fedoraproject.org/?anF14 > > If you are upgrading from a previous release of Fedora, refer to > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading?anF14 > > In particular, Fedora has made preupgrade a more robust solution and > pushed several bug fixes to older releases of Fedora to enable an easy > upgrade to Fedora 14. > > Fedora 14 full release notes and guides for several languages are available at: > > http://docs.fedoraproject.org/?anF14 > > Fedora 14 common bugs are documented at: > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F14_bugs?anF14 > > === Fedora Spins === > > Fedora spins are alternate version of Fedora, tailored for various > types of users via hand-picked application set or customizations. They > can be found at: > > http://spins.fedoraproject.org/?anF14 > > == Contributing Back to Fedora == > > There are many ways to contribute beyond bug reporting. You can help > translate software and content, test and give feedback on software > updates, write and edit documentation, design and do artwork, help > with all sorts of promotional activities, and package free software > for use by millions of Fedora users worldwide. To get started, visit > http://join.fedoraproject.org/?anF14 today! > > == Fedora 15 == > > Even as we continue to provide updates with enhancements and bug fixes > to improve the Fedora 14 experience, our next release, Fedora 15, is > already being developed in parallel, and has been open for active > development for several months already. We have an early schedule for > an end of April 2011 release: > > * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/15/Schedule?anF14 > > == Contact information == > > If you are a journalist or reporter, you can find additional information at: > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Press?anF14 > > -- > Jared Smith > Fedora Project Leader > -- > announce mailing list > announce(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/announce -- Thanks! Regards, Ankur https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ankursinha "FranciscoD"

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ext4 with fc11
by Patrick Dupre 02 Nov '10

02 Nov '10

Hello, Could you confirm that fedora 11 cannot boot on an ext4 partition ? (/ has to be ext3 ?). what about fedora 12 ? Thank. -- --- ========================================================================== Patrick DUPRÉ | | Department of Chemistry | | Phone: (44)-(0)-1904-434384 The University of York | | Fax: (44)-(0)-1904-432516 Heslington | | York YO10 5DD United Kingdom | | email: patrick.dupre(a)york.ac.uk ==========================================================================

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Chrome, Send Link
by Mickey 02 Nov '10

02 Nov '10

FC14/Kde I setup a "Send Link" on the Chrome Bookmark Bar using the script below javascript:location.href='mailto:?SUBJECT='+document.title+'&BODY='+escape(location.href); In KDE /SystemSettings/Default Applications , the default email is set to Thunderbird and I get the Error below Could not start process Unable to create io-slave: klauncher said: Error loading 'kmailservice %u'.

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display in FC13
by Patrick Dupre 02 Nov '10

02 Nov '10

Hello, On the same machine I have a fedora 11 and a fedora 13 installed. On the fedora 11 I can get the resolution of 1280x1024 but not on the fedora 13. I can only get 1024x768. This is the ouput of xrandr on F13. Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024 x 768, maximum 8192 x 8192 VGA1 connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm 1024x768 60.0* 800x600 60.3 56.2 848x480 60.0 640x480 59.9 Removing xorg.config does not change I also attached the file: /var/log/Xorg.0.log from F13 -- --- ========================================================================== Patrick DUPRÉ | | Department of Chemistry | | Phone: (44)-(0)-1904-434384 The University of York | | Fax: (44)-(0)-1904-432516 Heslington | | York YO10 5DD United Kingdom | | email: patrick.dupre(a)york.ac.uk ========================================================================== -- users mailing list users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines

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problem with fc 13 and hplip
by Barry 02 Nov '10

02 Nov '10

I set up FC 13 as a guest on a KVM host, and I installed the latest HPLIP from the sourceforge site. (The fedora rpm hadn't worked at all.) I'm trying to print to an HP3050 attached to another box on my LAN, but it seems to be driver problem with FC 13. I can print very simple files -- so I can send the file to the print server, but I fail to print most web pages in irefox. I've tried printing to a ps file, but end up with a blank page as soon as the page becomes a little complex. I installed HPLIP 3.10.9 on the guest; the host is running CentOS 5.5, with HPLIP 3.10.6, and I can printly correctly to the same printer. The guest is running a 32-bit system, but the host is 64. I'll try dropping back to 3.10.6 if no one has a cleaner solution. Thanks. -- http://www.fastmail.fm - The professional email service

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problem sending/recieving mails
by maina＠linuxmail.org 02 Nov '10

02 Nov '10

Hi all, I ave setup a Fedora server as LAN gateway and also as a transparent proxy server but all client "passing through" that server are enable to send or receive mails. The mail server is hosted on the same LAN running mdaemon, both servers are on private IP block(192.168.0.0/24). Am using cisco router to do port forwading for mailserver(25,110,143) ports. If i eliminate Fedora box and direct traffic from LAN to cisco router everything works. My question is why is it when i use Fedora box as LAN gateway clients are unable to send/receive mails? I ave done nating on that box. Fodora 12 fully updated(as at 2/11/2010).

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Fedora 12
by Adil Adil 02 Nov '10

02 Nov '10

Hi, Is there a way to get and install fedora 12. The reason for that is that I'm gonna use a software that has been tested only with fedora 12.na Thank you

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Another Question About Webcams in F13
by Manuel Escudero 02 Nov '10

02 Nov '10

Hi! As I said before, the last webcam I bought was useless it was not Linux fault. I went to the Steren Shop and they changed it to me for another webcam, this time the COM-105 one, wich uses other USB Driver and works perfectly with Cheese by just plugging it. The cam also works with my Windows 7 VM very well, but I have a New problem: In the webcam features, it says the cam has a 5MP resolution interpolated, but in the instructions it says the cam has a 1.3 MP Resolution, wich is really poor for what I wanna do. ¿How can I reach that 5MP Resolution in Linux? ¿What does that mean? ¿Does this webcam can really record a 5MP Video? ¿How can I do it? Thanks! P.S. No matter I use Cheese or the Webcam's recording software for Windows, the resolution is very very poor :( -- <-Manuel Escudero-> Linux User #509052 @GWave: jmlevick(a)googlewave.com @Blogger: http://www.blogxenode.tk/ (Xenode Systems Blog) PGP/GnuPG: DAE3 82E9 D68E 7AE4 ED31 1F8F 4AF4 D00C 50E7 ABC6

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Fedora 13 install
by Rod McCown 02 Nov '10

02 Nov '10

Trying to install Fedora 13. Install freezes while partitioning disk and creating file systems. Using ATA drives, AMD Duron 1GHz proc, with 1GB RAM. Tried letting it put it's own layout on there. Tried using just 4 basic partitions and using ext2. System freezes. Any ideas why? Rod McCown ><> UNIX Senior Systems Admin. Fishermen Chapter Christian Motorcyclist Association 817-395-3029 rodmccown(a)aircanopy.net "UNIX is user friendly, it just picks it's own friends."

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Panel Font Color
by Sawrub 02 Nov '10

02 Nov '10

I have been successfully able to change the font color in the panel by adding the following code to the .gtkrc-2.0 file. But doing same have given me 1 issue, right clicking the Thrash icon gives me the pop-up for the thrash properties but the text in there is all white on white background. though I can see are the icons and on hovering the mouse over the rows the selected row becomes blue so can read the text too. But without that its bad, same is the behaviour with the system monitor applet. #Changes Panel Font Color style "panel" { fg[NORMAL] = "#ffffff" # other commented values } widget "*PanelWidget*" style "panel" widget "*PanelApplet*" style "panel" class "*Panel*" style "panel" widget_class "*Mail*" style "panel" class "*notif*" style "panel" class "*Notif*" style "panel" class "*Tray*" style "panel" class "*tray*" style "panel" Any help is appriciated. Thanks Saurabh Sharma

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