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DISCUSSION DRAFT
This is a draft only for discussion. This is not a final set of talking points, nor are all of the features listed here complete at the time of this draft. Please do a reality check before using these talking points as anything other than a discussion draft!

These are the Talking Points for the Fedora 24 release. For information on how these talking points were chosen, see Talking Points SOP. They are intended to help Ambassadors quickly present an overview of highlighted features when talking about the release, and to help drive content for the release, etc.

The talking points are based in part on the Change Set for this release.

Overall Release Story

Fedora-Wide Changes and Improvements

Fedora Cloud

See this ticket: https://fedorahosted.org/cloud/ticket/143

Tracking features that will make it into the Alpha. From there we'll create the basic points.

The overall "story" for Fedora Cloud this cycle is continuing work on container technologies for cloud environments. Most of the wood behind the arrow this cycle is going to be for Fedora Atomic Host and running OpenShift Origin on top of Fedora.

Fedora Server

Fedora Workstation

  • Wayland - the new display technology to replace aging X is ready for daily use. Although Wayland hasn't reach 100% feature parity with X, developers have covered most use cases and made it a reliable option. Wayland brings better HiDPI support for multiple monitors, tear-free video playback, significantly improved security due to app isolation on the display server level, and lots of potential for the future.
  • Graphical Upgrades - the OS upgrade is now integrated in Software. No need to use a CLI tool to upgrade your Fedora to the newest release. You'll be notified once the new release is available and you can start the upgrade process from the "Updates" section in Software.
  • XdgApp support - XdgApp provides a new way to package apps for Linux distributions. XdgApps run in a sandbox and independently on the underlying system. They're more secured and don't depend on particular versions of libraries in your system. xdg-app tool has already been available in previous releases of Fedora, but now it's integrated in Software where you can easily manage XdgApps. GNOME already provides a repository with XdgApps and other upstream projects are going to. Want the newest version of your favorite app? It won't be a problem!
  • Reviews in Software - the app manager Software now support user reviews which should help you choose the right app for your need.
  • Redesigned Printer Job Dialog & Mouse and Touchpad Settings - the dialog to manage printer jobs has been redesigned to be easier to use. The Mouse and Touchpad Settings have also been redone. Among other things, it only shows relevant settings to you, it means those that are supported by your device.
  • Font Improvements - the default font - Cantarell - has received some major improvements: the language coverage has been brought up almost to Adobe Latin 4 and Adobe Cyrillic 2, e.g. Vietnamese is fully supported now. Hinting has been tweaked.
  • Shortcuts Windows - 18 GNOME apps have received a window with an overview of keyboard shortcuts and multitouch gestures available for the application. Just hit Control-F1 or Control-? to open the window.
  • New Search UI in Files - the file browser Files (aka Nautilus) got a new user interface for search filters. It now uses a popover and is much more intuitive.

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