[Fedora Project Wiki] Update of "Docs/Beats/WebServers" by RahulSundaram
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- Fedora [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatsVer)]] includes version [[GetVal(DocsDict,httpdVer)]] of the '''Apache HTTP Server'''. Users upgrading from version 2.0, included in Fedora Core 4 and earlier, must make changes to their httpd configuration. Refer to http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/upgrading.html for more details.
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- Users of the `mod_dbd` module should note that the `apr-util` DBD driver for PostgreSQL is now distributed as a separate dynamically-loaded module. The driver module is now included in the `apr-util-pgsql` package. A MySQL driver is now also available, in the `apr-util-mysql` package.
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[Fedora Project Wiki] Update of "Docs/Beats/ArchSpecific/PPC" by RahulSundaram
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==== 4 KiB Pages on 64-bit machines ====
- After a brief experiment with 64KiB pages in Fedora Core 6, the PowerPC64 kernel has now been switched back to 4KiB pages. The installer should reformat any swap partitions automatically during an upgrade.
+ After a brief experiment with 64KiB pages in the previous release, the PowerPC64 kernel has now been switched back to 4KiB pages. The installer should reformat any swap partitions automatically during an upgrade.
==== The Apple keyboard ====
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[Fedora Project Wiki] Update of "Docs/Beats/PackageNotes" by RahulSundaram
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== Packages with "fc6" name ==
- There has not been any major changes in the toolchain in Fedora 7 and unlike in previous releases, software in Fedora 7 might retain "fc6" in the package names if they have been inherited from the previous release without any changes. These packages have not rebuit for Fedora 7 to avoid end users having to redownload the packages for a name change and to ensure that the robustness is not affected by any potential changes evoked by rebuilts. This naming of packages are merely cosmetic and does not in any way affect the functionality of the software.
+ There has not been any major changes in the toolchain in Fedora 7 and unlike in previous releases, software in Fedora 7 might retain "fc6" in the package names if they have been inherited from the previous release without any changes. These packages have not rebuit for Fedora 7 to avoid end users having to redownload the packages for a name change and to ensure that the robustness is not affected by any potential changes evoked by rebuilts. This naming of packages is merely cosmetic and does not in any way affect the functionality of the software.
== Perl Devel Package Split ==
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[Fedora Project Wiki] Update of "Docs/Beats/PackageNotes" by RahulSundaram
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== Gaim Renamed As Pidgin ==
Gaim instant messenger and associated plugins have been [http://www.pidgin.im/index.php?id=177 renamed] to Pidgin to avoid trademark issues with AOL.
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+ == Packages with "fc6" name ==
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+ There has not been any major changes in the toolchain in Fedora 7 and unlike in previous releases, software in Fedora 7 might retain "fc6" in the package names if they have been inherited from the previous release without any changes. These packages have not rebuit for Fedora 7 to avoid end users having to redownload the packages for a name change and to ensure that the robustness is not affected by any potential changes evoked by rebuilts. This naming of packages are merely cosmetic and does not in any way affect the functionality of the software.
== Perl Devel Package Split ==
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[Fedora Project Wiki] Update of "Docs/Beats/Kernel" by RahulSundaram
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* New IDE drivers that use the same libata code as the SATA drivers.
[[Admonition("note","IDE Device Names Changed","The new IDE drivers now cause all IDE drives to have device names like /dev/sdX instead of /dev/hdX.")]]
- * Support for version 2 of the Global File System (GFS2).
+ * Support for version 2 of the Global File System (GFS2) has been integrated into the upstream kernel. Fedora had this as an enhancement even in previous releases.
* Some elements of the realtime kernel project.
+ * Changelog for [[GetVal(DocsDict,KernelVer)]] available at http://kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges
- * Many bug fixes and other small improvements.
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- * Changelog for [[GetVal(DocsDict,KernelVer)]]rc1 available here: http://lwn.net/Articles/223021/
=== Version ===
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[Fedora Project Wiki] Update of "Docs/Beats/OverView" by RahulSundaram
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* In this release all the hard disk partitions follow a /dev/sd* naming convention due to the switch to a new libata driver interface in the kernel. Anaconda installer eases the transition for release upgrades.
+ * [https://hosted.fedoraproject.org/projects/smolt Smolt] which is an opt-in tool that send anonymous hardware profile information to the Fedora Project is integrated with firstboot in the installer. All data is available on the [http://smolt.fedoraproject.org Smolt homepage]. This profile information is useful to make more devices work out of the box by seeking cooperation from vendors and to priortize development and quality assurance on commonly used hardware amoung other benefits.
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* [http://directory.fedoraproject.org/ Fedora Directory Server] base is now part of Fedora software repository. The graphical console console and administration server is available on the website and is planned to be included later in the repository after a review process.
* [http://docs.python.org/whatsnew/whatsnew25.html Python 2.5] is included and all of the software written in Python available in the repository uses it.
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[Fedora Project Wiki] Update of "Docs/Beats/OverView" by RahulSundaram
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==== System Administration ====
- * Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) technology has been integrated with the Fedora graphical virtualization manager tool, `virt-manager`. KVM provides [http://virt.kernelnewbies.org/HypervisorVsLinuxBased a full virtualization solution], and users have a choice between KVM and Xen, along with Qemu, in this release.
+ * [http://kvm.sourceforge.net/ Kernel-based Virtual Machine] (KVM) technology has been integrated with the Fedora graphical virtualization manager tool, `virt-manager` and 'virsh' command line tools. KVM provides hardware accelerated virtualization solution and users have a choice between KVM and Xen, along with Qemu, in this release.
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+ * In this release all the hard disk partitions follow a /dev/sd* naming convention due to the switch to a new libata driver interface in the kernel. Anaconda installer eases the transition for release upgrades.
* [http://directory.fedoraproject.org/ Fedora Directory Server] base is now part of Fedora software repository. The graphical console console and administration server is available on the website and is planned to be included later in the repository after a review process.
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[Fedora Project Wiki] Update of "Docs/Beats/OverView" by RahulSundaram
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* SELinux troubleshooting tool 'setroubleshoot' is enabled by default in this release which provides desktop users notifications with detailed information on any access prevented by SELinux policy along with suggestions on handling them.
+ * Integration of a new [http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/472789 firewire stack] in the kernel to enable firewire devices to work better in a robust fashion.
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* Partial consolidation of dictionaries used by desktop applications which provides a consistent desktop experience while saving resources.
* Experimental integration within Xorg and kernel of [http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/ nouveau] which aims to provide Free and open source 3D drivers for nVidia cards. We request end users to provide feedback on this feature to the project developers to enable the goal of having fully functional 3D drivers by default.
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