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Fedora 8 Feature List
Fedora 8 Release Summary
Fedora 8 Approved Features
The following is a list of features approved by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee
| 100% | Bluetooth | Enhancements to Bluetooth | 2007-09-07 |
| 100% | Build ID | Make core dumps self-identifying enough to find the exact correct versions of all relevant binaries and debuginfo | 2007-10-04 |
| 100% | Codec Buddy | Helper app promotes Free alternatives and guides users trying to play content under restricted codecs | 2007-09-11 |
| 100% | Eclipse33 | Re-base Eclipse stack to Europa release | 2007-10-04 |
| 100% | Electronic Lab | Introduction to Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) Design Flow.(Micro-Nano Electronic Engineering) This lab provides tools for physical layout, hardware description languages (VHDL,verilog), LVS/DRC checks, Analog/Digital design, circuit simulation, Backend Product design and many more... along with 7 extra standard cells libraries up to a feature size of 0.13µm. Read the abstract for more details or the flyer . |
2007-10-03 |
| 100% | Generic Logos | Create generic logos to allow generic branding of Fedora | 2007-09-28 |
| 100% | IcedTea | New completely Free and open source Java environment from Red Hat and others derived from OpenJDK | 2007-09-25 |
| 100% | Laptop Support | Improved support for using Fedora on Laptops | 2007-10-11 |
| 100% | Network Manager | System wide default network manager integration | 2007-10-26 |
| 100% | Nepali Language Support | Support for Nepali Language | 2007-08-22 |
| 100% | Nodoka Theme | New default theme for GNOME | 2007-08-25 |
| 100% | PAM Console (remove it) | We need to remove pam_console and migrate all users to use the ACLs as set by HAL | 2007-10-03 |
| 100% | Policy Kit | Easy and painless administration | 2007-10-03 |
| 100% | Pulse Audio | Feature rich sound server | 2007-10-02 |
| 100% | rsyslog | Make rsyslog the new default syslog daemon--Rsyslog has a assorted set of new features that makes system administration easier | 2007-08-22 |
| 100% | Tickless Kernel | Make the default x86_64 kernel tickless | 2007-08-20 |
| 100% | Transifex | Use Fedora Web-based tools to contribute to any upstream project, large or small, through one translator-oriented Web interface | 2007-10-03 |
| 100% | Online Desktop | Snapshot of a redesigned desktop experience around online services | 2007-08-30 |
| 100% | Virt Security | Secure remote management for Xen, KVM & QEMU virtualization | 2007-10-11 |
| 100% | Wakeups (fix them) | Powertop is included. Need to start tracking egregious offenders | 2007-10-03 |
| 100% | XFS (no more) | Don't start XFS font server daemon by default and fix font packages. Savings on performance and bootup time | 2007-10-02 |
Fedora 8 Proposed Features
The deadline (Feature Freeze) for proposing and completing new features in F8 is past.
Features for future releases of Fedora may be proposed at any time--Fedora 9 is not that far away!
- Already proposed for Fedora9: CategoryProposedFedora9
- Not proposed for a specific release: CategoryProposedFeature
Feature Process
- The process for adding new features to Fedora is here: Feature Policy