release-notes/devel/en_US OverView.xml,1.8,1.9
Paul W. Frields (pfrields)
fedora-docs-commits at redhat.com
Mon Aug 28 23:42:53 UTC 2006
Author: pfrields
Update of /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US
In directory cvs-int.fedora.redhat.com:/tmp/cvs-serv31957
Modified Files:
OverView.xml
Log Message:
OverView now populated with current content for FC6 test3
Index: OverView.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/docs/release-notes/devel/en_US/OverView.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.8
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diff -u -r1.8 -r1.9
--- OverView.xml 22 Aug 2006 17:43:05 -0000 1.8
+++ OverView.xml 28 Aug 2006 23:42:51 -0000 1.9
@@ -33,36 +33,227 @@
<section>
<title>Desktop</title>
-
- <para>
- This section describes changes at the user desktop level.
- </para>
-
<itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ This release has an improved look and feel for various
+ international languages, with a new default font. Refer to
+ <ulink url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fonts/DejaVu"/>
+ for more information.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Java applets work out of the box in the
- <application>Firefox</application> Web browser, due to the
- inclusion of <systemitem>gcjwebplugin</systemitem>.
+ Java applets run by default in the Firefox web browser using
+ <systemitem>gcjwebplugin</systemitem>. Extensive backports
+ of the latest GCJ runtime enable many of the latest Java
+ programs like <application>Eclipse 3.2.2</application>, and
+ fix various bugs, improving the robustness and performance
+ of applications like <application>Azureus</application> and
+ <application>RSSOwl</application>.
</para>
</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Better visualization and eye candy is provided by the
+ <application>Compiz</application> window manager.
+ <application>Compiz</application> can take advantage of the
+ AIGLX framework, provided in this release as part of
+ <application>X.org 7.1</application>. Upcoming features
+ include a graphical method to switch between the default
+ <application>Metacity</application> window manager and
+ <application>Compiz</application>. For more information,
+ refer to <ulink
+ url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/RenderingProject"/>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ This release features an update applet called
+ <application>puplet</application> that provides user
+ notifications when software updates are available. For more
+ information, refer to <ulink
+ url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/YumApplet"/>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- This release includes the development version of the GNOME
- desktop (<ulink
- url='http://live.gnome.org/TwoPointFifteen'/>). GNOME 2.16
- is scheduled to be available in the general release of
- Fedora Core 6. This release also includes the KDE 3.5.3
- desktop (<ulink
- url='http://kde.org/announcements/announce-3.5.php'/>).
+ This release features the development version of GNOME 2.15
+ and the general release of KDE 3.5.3. GNOME 2.16, which
+ will be part of &FC; 6, will feature a few incremental
+ improvements such as the <application>Orca</application>
+ screen reader and <application>Alacarte</application> menu
+ editor.
</para>
</listitem>
- <listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The Fedora Artwork Project is continuing its effort to
+ replace the <application>Bluecurve</application> icon set
+ with a new one called <application>Echo</application>. The
+ window manager theme in GNOME has already been replaced in
+ an earlier release upstream by
+ <application>Clearlooks</application>, which itself is based
+ on the <application>Bluecurve</application> theme engine.
+ More information is available at <ulink
+ url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/EchoDevelopment"/>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ This release includes <application>Dogtail</application>
+ (<ulink url="http://people.redhat.com/zcerza/dogtail/"/>),
+ which provides a graphical test and automation framework for
+ the desktop.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ This release features the <application>GNUCash
+ 2.0</application> accounting application, which provides
+ major new features and interface improvements. For more
+ information, refer to <ulink
+ url="http://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-announce/2006-July/000069.html"/>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <application>Helix Player</application> has been moved to
+ Fedora Extras, since the included
+ <application>Totem</application> media player provides
+ similar functionality. <application>Totem</application>
+ also uses the <application>GStreamer</application> media
+ framework, which is used by other multimedia applications in
+ &FC;. With <application>GStreamer</application>, users can
+ easily add support for additional codecs to all included
+ applications.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </section>
+ <section>
+ <title>Performance</title>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ All &FC; applications have been rebuilt using
+ <option>DT_GNU_HASH</option>, which provides up to a 50%
+ performance boost on applications using dynamic linking. For
+ more information, refer to <ulink
+ url="http://lwn.net/Articles/192624/"/> and <ulink
+ url="http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2006-06/msg00418.html"/>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ This release improves performance and manageability by
+ splitting up package dependencies in a much more granular
+ way. Examples include <systemitem>gnome-utils</systemitem>,
+ now split into several packages;
+ <systemitem>php</systemitem>, in which the command line
+ binary has been split up from the CGI executable;
+ <systemitem>beagle</systemitem>, which no longer depends on
+ <application>Evolution</application>; and
+ <systemitem>evince</systemitem>, which no longer depends on
+ the <application>Nautilus</application> file manager.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ In this release, <command>yum</command> performance is
+ extensively improved, using a new implementation of the
+ repository metadata parser in C.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ A new background service caches and increases the
+ performance of network filesystems such as AFS and NFS.
+ This service is part of the ongoing CacheFS development by
+ Red Hat. For more information, refer to <ulink
+ url="http://lwn.net/Articles/100321/"/>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The Fedora installer, <application>Anaconda</application>,
+ can now connect to additional repositories such as Updates
+ and Fedora Extras, and users can install applications from
+ these repositories directly.
+ <application>Anaconda</application> also now supports IPv6.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ This release features a new virtualization manager,
+ <systemitem>virt-manager</systemitem>, which adds a
+ graphical management interface layer on top of
+ <application>Xen</application>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ This release increases usability of SELinux by providing a
+ graphical troubleshooting tool. For details and screenshots,
+ refer to <ulink
+ url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SELinux/setroubleshoot"/>.
+ Dan Walsh explains the tool in his blog at <ulink
+ url="http://danwalsh.livejournal.com/7212.html"/>. The
+ <application>Nautilus</application> file manager has also
+ been improved in GNOME 2.16 to display SELinux contexts.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ &FED; now features integrated smart card capabilities, for
+ secure authentication out of the box using the new Cool Key
+ system.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ This release introduces a new tool,
+ <command>lvm2-cluster</command>, for intuitively managing
+ cluster volumes.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </section>
+ <section>
+ <title>System Level Changes</title>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ There are no longer separate kernels for SMP and UP. A
+ single kernel now automagically detects your processor
+ configuration and enables the proper bits for it.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ This release features better graphics capability through
+ dynamic <application>X.org</application> graphical subsystem
+ configuration.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ This release supports Mac machines running the new Intel
+ processors. For more information, refer to <ulink
+ url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraOnMactel"/>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
<para>
- The SCIM input method (<ulink
- url='http://www.scim-im.org'/>) is now enabled for all
- languages by default. Fedora Core 5 enabled it only for
- certain Asian locales.
+ This release includes better i18n support using the
+ <application>SCIM</application> input method.
+ <application>SCIM</application> is now enabled by default
+ for all languages instead of just a few Asian locales as in
+ the previous release. This release also integrates support
+ for more languages such as Sinhalase (Sri Lanka) and Oriya,
+ Kannada and Malayalam (India). Fedora now provides an easy
+ interface to switch the input methods using
+ <command>im-chooser</command>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -74,56 +265,24 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- <application>NetworkManager</application> (<ulink
- url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Tools/NetworkManager'/>)
- has received numerous menu, user interface, and
- functionality improvements. However, it is disabled by
- default in this release as it is not yet suitable for
- certain configurations, such as system-wide static IPs or
- bonding devices.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Printing support is improved in this release with the
- inclusion of the <systemitem>hplip</systemitem> utility,
- which replaces <systemitem>hpijs</systemitem>.
+ This &FED; release includes a completely rewritten and
+ enhanced <command>system-config-printer</command>, which
+ uses the latest CUPS 1.2. For more information, refer to
+ <ulink
+ url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Printing/AdminToolOutline"/>
+ and <ulink
+ url="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Printing/AdminToolSpecifics"/>.
</para>
</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The GNOME 1.x legacy stack has been removed from &FC;.
+ Core.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>
- <section>
- <title>System Administration</title>
-
- <para>
- This section describes improvements of interest primarily to
- administrators and developers.
- </para>
-
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- This release includes a technology preview of <systemitem
- class="service">setroubleshoot</systemitem>, a tool that
- drastically improves the usability of SELinux. For more
- information refer to <ulink
- url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SELinux/setroubleshoot'/>.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
- </section>
-
- <section>
- <title>System Level Changes</title>
-
- <para>
- This section has not been updated for Fedora Core 6 test2 by the
- <ulink
- url='http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/ReleaseNotes/Beats'>beat
- writer</ulink>.
- </para>
- </section>
</section>
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