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New in Fedora ............................................................................................................. 5 1 Release Notes 2.3. Road Map .................................................................................................................... 7 3. Feedback ............................................................................................................................... 8 3.1. Providing Feedback on Fedora Software ....................................................................... 8 3.2. Providing Feedback on Release Notes .......................................................................... 8 4. Installation Notes .................................................................................................................... 8 4.1. Changes in Anaconda .................................................................................................. 9 4.2. Installation Related Issues .......................................................................................... 10 4.3. Upgrade Related Issues ............................................................................................. 10 4.4. Kickstart HTTP Issue .................................................................................................. 12 5. Architecture Specific Notes .................................................................................................... 12 5.1. RPM multiarch support on 64-bit platforms (x86_64, ppc64) .......................................... 13 5.2. PPC Specifics for Fedora ........................................................................................... 13 5.3. x86 Specifics for Fedora ............................................................................................. 16 5.4. x86_64 Specifics for Fedora ....................................................................................... 16 6. Fedora Live Images .............................................................................................................. 17 6.1. Available Images ........................................................................................................ 17 6.2. Usage Information ...................................................................................................... 17 6.3. Text Mode Installation ................................................................................................. 17 6.4. Direct Installation ........................................................................................................ 18 7. Package Notes ..................................................................................................................... 19 7.1. Sound Card Utility ...................................................................................................... 19 7.2. Perl ........................................................................................................................... 19 7.3. Yum Changes ............................................................................................................ 19 7.4. pam_mount ................................................................................................................ 20 7.5. TeXLive ...................................................................................................................... 20 7.6. LTSP ......................................................................................................................... 20 7.7. Utility Packages .......................................................................................................... 20 7.8. pilot-link and HAL/PolicyKit Interaction ......................................................................... 20 7.9. Legal Information ........................................................................................................ 21 8. Linux Kernel ......................................................................................................................... 21 8.1. Version ...................................................................................................................... 22 8.2. Changelog ................................................................................................................. 22 8.3. Kernel Flavors ............................................................................................................ 22 8.4. Preparing for Kernel Development ............................................................................... 23 8.5. Reporting Bugs .......................................................................................................... 23 9. Fedora Desktop .................................................................................................................... 23 9.1. GNOME ..................................................................................................................... 23 9.2. KDE ........................................................................................................................... 25 9.3. PackageKit ................................................................................................................. 27 9.4. Bluetooth ................................................................................................................... 27 9.5. XULRunner ................................................................................................................ 27 9.6. Web Browsers ............................................................................................................ 27 9.7. Mail Clients ................................................................................................................ 28 9.8. Disabling PC Speaker ................................................................................................ 29 9.9. International Clock Applet ........................................................................................... 29 9.10. Dictionaries Consolidated .......................................................................................... 29 9.11. Compiz ..................................................................................................................... 29 9.12. vmmouse Driver ....................................................................................................... 29 10. File Systems ....................................................................................................................... 30 10.1. Ext4 Preview ............................................................................................................ 30 11. Web Servers ....................................................................................................................... 31 2 11.1. PostgreSQL DBD Driver ............................................................................................ 31 11.2. TurboGears Applications ........................................................................................... 31 11.3. Drupal ...................................................................................................................... 31 11.4. Squid ....................................................................................................................... 31 12. Mail Servers ........................................................................................................................ 32 12.1. Sendmail .................................................................................................................. 32 13. Development ......................................................................................................................