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= Welcome to Fedora =
== Fedora Overview ==
As always, Fedora continues to develop<ref>http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/RedHatContributions</ref> and integrate<ref>http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features</ref> the latest free and open source software. 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 10, refer to their individual [http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/10/FeatureList wiki pages] that detail feature goals and progress. Also, throughout the release cycle, there are [http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Interviews interviews] with the developers behind key features giving out the inside story.


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The following are major features for Fedora 10.  
 
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You can help the Fedora Project community continue to improve Fedora if you file bug reports and enhancement requests. Refer to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugsAndFeatureRequests for more information about bug and feature reporting. Thank you for your participation.
* [http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/ConnectionSharing Wireless connection sharing] -- Enables ad hoc network sharing
* [http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/BetterPrinting Better printing] -- Improved management and handling of printers for ease of setup and use
* [http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/VirtStorage Virtualization storage] -- Storage provisioning for local and remote virtualization connections now simplified
* [http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/SecurityAudit SecTool] -- A new security audit and intrusion detections system
* [http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/RPM4.6 RPM 4.6] -- A major update to the powerful, flexible software management libraries


To find out more general information about Fedora, refer to the following Web pages:
Some other features in this release include:
* [http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/GlitchFreeAudio Glitch free audio] -- Rewrite of the [[PulseAudio]] sound server to use timer-based audio scheduling for better performance
* [http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/BetterWebcamSupport Improved webcam support] -- Improved webcam support.
* [http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Artistic1Removal Artistic 1.0 License Removal] -- Remove all packages licensed under only the Artistic 1.0 license.
* [http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/BetterLIRCSupport Better support for infrared remote controls] -- Make it easier to connect to remote controls and have them just work with many applications.
* [[Features/SbinSanity|Sbin sanity]] /usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin has been added to the PATH for normal users, to simplify command-line administration tasks.


* Fedora Overview (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Overview)
Features for Fedora 10 tracked on the [http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/10/FeatureList Feature list page].
* Fedora FAQ (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAQ)
* Help and Discussions (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate)
* Participate in the Fedora Project (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Join)


 
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Latest revision as of 12:24, 19 September 2016

Fedora Overview

As always, Fedora continues to develop[1] and integrate[2] the latest free and open source software. 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 10, refer to their individual wiki pages that detail feature goals and progress. Also, throughout the release cycle, there are interviews with the developers behind key features giving out the inside story.

The following are major features for Fedora 10.

  • Wireless connection sharing -- Enables ad hoc network sharing
  • Better printing -- Improved management and handling of printers for ease of setup and use
  • Virtualization storage -- Storage provisioning for local and remote virtualization connections now simplified
  • SecTool -- A new security audit and intrusion detections system
  • RPM 4.6 -- A major update to the powerful, flexible software management libraries

Some other features in this release include:

Features for Fedora 10 tracked on the Feature list page.