At last F-13 is here! So ROCK IT!
As always, Fedora continues to develop (http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Red_Hat_contributions) 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 13 refer to their individual wiki pages that detail feature goals and progress:
http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/13/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 13:
*Automatic print driver installation — refer to Section 4.3, “Printing”
*Automatic language pack installation — refer to Section 4.4, “Internationalization”
*Redesigned user account tool — refer to Section 4.1, “Fedora Desktop”
*Color management to calibrate monitors and scanners — refer to Section 4.1, “Fedora Desktop”
*Experimental 3D support for NVIDIA video cards — refer to Section 4.1, “Fedora Desktop”
Some other features in this release include:-
*A new way to install Fedora over the Internet — refer to Section 2, “Installation Notes”
*SSSD authentication for users — refer to Section 2, “Installation Notes”
*Updates to NFS — refer to Section 5.9, “File Systems”
*Zarafa Open Source edition, a new open-source groupware suite — refer to Section 5.4, “Mail Servers”
*System rollback for the Btrfs file system — refer to Section 5.9, “File Systems”
*Better SystemTap probes — refer to Section 6.2, “Tools”
*A Python 3 stack that can be installed parallel to an existing Python stack — refer to Section 6.2, “Tools”
*Support for the entire Java EE 6 spec in Netbeans 6.8 — refer to Section 6.4, “Java”
Features for Fedora 13 tracked on the feature list page:
http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/13/FeatureList
A discussion putting these features in context may be found at:
http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_13_Talking_Points
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