Fedora 11 FAQ: Difference between revisions

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Fedora 11 has a large number of new major features.

Highlights include

typically). Yum install yum-presto to enable it.

mature and disabled however),

support,

compiled libraries)

2.6. GCC 4.4 and several other changes.

Run alsamixer -c0 in the command line and turn up the controls and check again

GNOME Display Manager does not allow root users to directly login for security reasons from Fedora 10 release. Refer

All you wanted to know about Ext4 and more at

Questions on upgrading from a pre-release is answered at

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+== What's new in Fedora 11? ==
+Fedora 11 has a large number of new major features.
+A feature list is provided at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/11/FeatureList
+Highlights include
+* 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
+.6. GCC 4.4 and several other changes.
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