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== Fedora Overview ==
== Fedora Overview ==
As always, Fedora continues to develop (http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/RedHatContributions) and integrate the latest free and open source software (http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features). The following sections provide a brief overview of major changes from the last release of Fedora. For more details about other features that are included in Fedora 10, refer to their individual wiki pages that detail feature goals and progress:
As always, Fedora continues to develop (http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/RedHatContributions) and integrate the latest free and open source software (http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features). The following sections provide a brief overview of major changes from the last release of Fedora. For more details about other features that are included in Fedora 10, refer to their individual wiki pages that detail feature goals and progress:


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The following are major features for Fedora 10:
The following are major features for Fedora 10:


* [http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/ConnectionSharing Wireless connection sharing] -- Enables ad hoc network sharing
* Wireless connection sharing enables ad hoc network sharing -- http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/ConnectionSharing
* [http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/BetterPrinting Better printing] -- Improved management and handling of printers for ease of setup and use
* Better setup and use of printers through improved management tools -- http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/BetterPrinting
* [http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/VirtStorage Virtualization storage] -- Storage provisioning for local and remote virtualization connections now simplified
* Virtualization storage provisioning for local and remote connections now simplified -- http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/VirtStorage
* [http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/SecurityAudit SecTool] -- A new security audit and intrusion detections system
* SecTool is a new security audit and intrusion detections system -- http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/SecurityAudit
* [http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/RPM4.6 RPM 4.6] -- A major update to the powerful, flexible software management libraries
* RPM 4.6 is a major update to the powerful, flexible software management libraries -- http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/RPM4.6


Some other features in this release include:
Some other features in this release include:
* [http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/GlitchFreeAudio Glitch free audio] -- Rewrite of the [[PulseAudio]] sound server to use timer-based audio scheduling for better performance
* Glitch free audio and better performance is achieved through a rewrite of the PulseAudio sound server to use timer-based audio scheduling -- http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/GlitchFreeAudio
* [http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/BetterWebcamSupport Improved webcam support] -- Improved webcam support.
* Improved webcam support -- http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/BetterWebcamSupport
* [http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Artistic1Removal Artistic 1.0 License removal] -- Remove all packages licensed under only the Artistic 1.0 license.
<!-- Why is this a feature worth listing? * Removal of all packages licensed under only the Artistic 1.0 license -- http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Artistic1Removal -->
* [http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/BetterLIRCSupport Better support for infrared remote controls] -- Make it easier to connect to remote controls and have them just work with many applications.
* Better support for infrared remote controls makes them easier to connect and work with many applications -- http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/BetterLIRCSupport
* [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/SbinSanity Sbin sanity] /usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin has been added to the PATH for normal users, to simplify command-line administration tasks.
* The paths <code>/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin</code> have been added to the PATH for normal users, to simplify command-line administration tasks -- http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/SbinSanity
* [http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/OnlineAccountsService Online account service] Provides applications with credentials for online accounts listed on online.gnome.org or stored in GConf.  
* The online account service provides applications with credentials for online accounts listed on http://online.gnome.org or stored in GConf -- http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/OnlineAccountsService


Features for Fedora 10 tracked on the feature list page:
Features for Fedora 10 tracked on the feature list page:


http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/10/FeatureList
http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/10/FeatureList

Revision as of 21:19, 9 October 2008

Fedora Overview

As always, Fedora continues to develop (http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/RedHatContributions) and integrate the latest free and open source software (http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features). The following sections provide a brief overview of major changes from the last release of Fedora. For more details about other features that are included in Fedora 10, refer to their individual wiki pages that detail feature goals and progress:

http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/10/FeatureList

Throughout the release cycle, there are interviews with the developers behind key features giving out the inside story:

http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Interviews

The following are major features for Fedora 10:

Some other features in this release include:

Features for Fedora 10 tracked on the feature list page:

http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/10/FeatureList

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