[Fedora Project Wiki] Update of "Docs/Beats/ArchSpecific/PPC" by PaulFrields
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* Genesi Pegasos II / Efika 5200B
- The Fedora kernel supports both Pegasos and Efika without the need to use the "Device Tree Supplement" from powerdeveloper.org. However, the lack of full support for ISO9660 in the firmware means that booting via yaboot from the CD is not possible. You must boot the 'netboot' image instead -- either from the CD or, as its name implies, over the network. Because of the size of the image, you must set the firmware's{{{load-base}}} variable to load files at a high address such as 32MiB instead of the default 4MiB:
+ The Fedora kernel supports both Pegasos and Efika without the need to use the "Device Tree Supplement" from powerdeveloper.org. However, the lack of full support for ISO9660 in the firmware means that booting via yaboot from the CD is not possible. Boot the 'netboot' image instead, either from the CD or over the network. Because of the size of the image, you must set the firmware's{{{load-base}}} variable to load files at a high address such as 32MiB instead of the default 4MiB:
{{{setenv load-base 0x2000000
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[Fedora Project Wiki] Update of "Docs/Beats/Live" by PaulFrields
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1. avoid semicolons; 2. prefer GUI tools in relnotes for simplicity
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The following items are different from a normal Fedora install with the Live images.
* Live images provide a subset of packages available in the regular DVD image. Both connect to the same repository that has all the packages.
- * SSH is disabled by default. SSH is disabled because the default username in the Live images does not have any password; however, installation to hard disk prompts for creating a new username and password.
+ * SSH is disabled by default. SSH is disabled because the default username in the Live images does not have any password. However, installation to hard disk prompts for creating a new username and password.
- * Live image installations do not allow any package selection or upgrade capability since they copy the entire file system from media or USB disks, to the hard disk. After the installation is complete, and your system has been rebooted, packages can be added and removed as desired with `yum`, or the other software management tools.
+ * Live image installations do not allow any package selection or upgrade capability since they copy the entire file system from media or USB disks, to the hard disk. After the installation is complete, and your system has been rebooted, you can add and remove packages as desired with the ''Add/Remove Packages'' tool, `yum`, or the other software management tools.
* Live images do not work on `i586` architecture.
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[Fedora Project Wiki] Update of "Docs/Beats/Security" by PaulFrields
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=== FORTIFY_SOURCE extended to cover more functions ===
- [:Security/Features#FORTIFY_SOURCE:FORTIFY_SOURCE] protection now covers `asprintf`, `dprintf`, `vasprintf`, `vdprintf`, `obstack_printf` and `obstack_vprintf`. This is particularly useful for application that use the `glib2` library, as various functions from it use `vasprintf`.
+ [:Security/Features#FORTIFY_SOURCE:FORTIFY_SOURCE] protection now covers `asprintf`, `dprintf`, `vasprintf`, `vdprintf`, `obstack_printf` and `obstack_vprintf`. This improvement is particularly useful for applications that use the `glib2` library, as several of its functions use `vasprintf`.
=== SELinux Enhancements ===
Different roles are now available, to allow finer-grained access control:
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[Fedora Project Wiki] Update of "Docs/Beats/Java" by PaulFrields
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The OpenJDK 6 packages, `java-1.6.0-openjdk*`, replace their IcedTea counterparts, `java-1.7.0-icedtea*`. The Fedora 8 IcedTea packages track the unstable OpenJDK 7 branch, whereas the `java-1.6.0-openjdk*` packages track the stable OpenJDK 6 branch. The decision to have OpenJDK 6 replace IcedTea was made for several reasons:
- * Sun has replaced most of the encumbrances for which IcedTea was providing replacements and for rest of the encumbrances, we have merged replacements from the IcedTea project.
+ * Sun has replaced most of the encumbrances for which IcedTea was providing replacements. For the rest of the encumbrances, replacements have been merged from the IcedTea project.
* IcedTea's mandate is to merge as much as possible with OpenJDK, so the differences between IcedTea and OpenJDK should diminish over time.
* OpenJDK 6 is a stable branch, whereas OpenJDK 7 is unstable, and is not expected to ship a stable release until 2009.
* Sun has licensed the OpenJDK trademark for use in Fedora.
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[Fedora Project Wiki] Update of "Docs/Beats/Installer" by PaulFrields
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=== Kickstart HTTP Issue ===
- When delivering a Kickstart configuration file via HTTP, the retrieval of the file may fail, saying that the file could not be retrieved. Clicking the ''OK'' button several times without making modifications will result in the file being used. As a workaround, use one of the other supported methods to retrieve Kickstart configurations.
+ When using a Kickstart configuration file via HTTP, kickstart file retrieval may fail with an error that indicates the file could not be retrieved. Click the ''OK'' button several times without making modifications to override this error successfully. As a workaround, use one of the other supported methods to retrieve Kickstart configurations.
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[Fedora Project Wiki] Update of "Docs/Beats/PackageNotes" by PaulFrields
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The `yum` command now understands a cost parameter in its configuration file, which is the relative cost of accessing a software repository. It is useful for weighing one software repository's packages as greater or less than any other. The cost parameter defaults to 1000, with lower costs given priority.
- In Fedora 9 Rawhide, the `/etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-development.repo` file has been changed to `/etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-rawhide.repo`. References to `development` in `fedora-rawhide.repo` have been changed to `rawhide`. Due to how RPM deals with configuration files, the existing (if modified) `/etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-development.repo` file is saved as `/etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-development.repo.rpmsave`. Users of the `development` repository need to be aware of this name change, so that you can update scripts, custom configuration files, and so on, to use the new name.
+ In Fedora 9 Rawhide, the `/etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-development.repo` file has been changed to `/etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-rawhide.repo`. References to `development` in `fedora-rawhide.repo` have been changed to `rawhide`. Due to the way that RPM deals with configuration files, the existing `/etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-development.repo` file is saved as `/etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-development.repo.rpmsave` if it was previously modified. Users of the `development` repository may need to update scripts and custom configuration files to use the new name.
=== pam_mount ===
The `pam_mount` facility now uses a configuration file written in XML. The `/etc/security/pam_mount.conf` file will be converted to `/etc/security/pam_mount.conf.xml` during update with `/usr/bin/convert_pam_mount_conf.pl`, which removes all comments. Any per-user configuration files must be converted manually, with the conversion script if desired. A sample `pam_mount.conf.xml` file with detailed comments about the available options appears at `/usr/share/doc/pam_mount-*/pam_mount.conf.xml`.
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[Fedora Project Wiki] Update of "Docs/Beats/Virtualization" by MarkMcLoughlin
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Virtualization in Fedora [[GetVal(DocsDict,BeatsVer)]] includes major changes, and new features, that continue to support the Xen and KVM platforms.
=== Kernel Integration Improvements ===
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- Previously, the Xen kernel was created by forward-porting Xen bits from the 2.6.18 kernel into the current Fedora kernel. This task was arduous and labor intensive, and resulted in the Xen kernel being several releases behind the bare-metal kernel. The inclusion of paravirt ops now makes this process unnecessary. Once paravirt ops is merged upstream, Xen will no longer require a separate kernel.
+ The Xen kernel is now based on the paravirt ops implementation from the upstream kernel. Previously, the Xen kernel was created by forward-porting Xen bits from the 2.6.18 kernel into the current Fedora kernel. This task was arduous and labor intensive, and resulted in the Xen kernel being several releases behind the bare-metal kernel. The inclusion of paravirt ops now makes this process unnecessary. Once paravirt ops is merged upstream, Xen will no longer require a separate kernel.
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+ However, the Xen kernel now lacks Dom0 support, so one's Xen host/Dom0 must continue to run Fedora 8. Xen Dom0 support will be added back in Fedora 10.
Fullyvirtualized Linux guests now have 3 possible installation methods:
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[Fedora Project Wiki] Update of "Docs/Beats/OverView" by MurrayMcAllister
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minor changes to make consistent with CVS
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== Release Summary ==
- For a less technical user friendly summary of the important changes in this release, refer
+ For a less technical user friendly summary of the important changes in this release, refer to:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/9/ReleaseSummary
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* NetworkManager 0.7 provides improved mobile broadband support, including GSM and CDMA devices, and now supports multiple devices and ad-hoc networking for sharing connections. It is now enabled by default on regular installations too in additional to live image installations.
- * The Fedora installer, '''Anaconda''', now supports partition resizing for ext2/3, NTFS filesystems, creating and installing to encrypted filesystems, improved Rescue Mode (First``Aid``Kit), independent locations for the second stage installer and the software packages. A redesigned, larger `netboot.iso` image now features a second stage installer partly for this reason.
+ * The Fedora installer, '''Anaconda''', now supports partition resizing for ext2/3, NTFS filesystems, creating and installing to encrypted file systems, improved Rescue Mode (FirstAidKit), independent locations for the second stage installer and the software packages. A redesigned, larger `netboot.iso` image now features a second stage installer partly for this reason.
* Live images now support persistence so your data and setting changes will be preserved even after rebooting the live CD/DVD.
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