-------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: Jared K. Smith <jsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Reply-to: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: announce <announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, devel-announce > <devel-announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Announcing the release of Fedora 14 > Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 09:27:41 -0400 > > It's here! It's here! It's really here! Fedora 14 has been > officially released! Fedora is a leading edge, free and open source > operating system that continues to deliver innovative features to many > users, with a new release approximately every six months. > > Fedora 14, codename Laughlin, is now available for download. Join us > and share the joy of free software and the community with friends and > family. > > We know you can't wait to get started with Fedora 14, so simply follow > this link to download it today: > http://get.fedoraproject.org?anF14 > > If you want a quick tour of highlights in this release, check out: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_14_Talking_Points?anF14 > > For more information including common and known bugs, and tips on how to report > bugs, please refer to the release notes: > http://docs.fedoraproject.org/?anF14 > > You can also find this announcement text at: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_14_announcement?anF14 > > === What's New in Fedora 14? === > > ==== For desktop users ==== > A universe of new features for end users: > > * libjpeg-turbo: Users can load and save images faster in Fedora 14 > than in previous releases. > * Spice: Spice (Simple Protocol for Independent Computing > Environments) provides users with an enhanced remote desktop > experience. Currently, it provides the rudimentary foundation to take > advantage of things like Accelerated 2D graphics, encryption, and > hardware cursor support. > > ==== For developers ==== > For developers there are all sorts of additional goodies: > > * D: Fedora 14 introduces support for D, a systems programming > language combining the power and high performance of C and C++ with > the programmer productivity of modern languages such as Ruby and > Python. > * Python 2 upgrade: The system python 2 stack has been upgraded to 2.7. > * GNUStep: A GUI framework based of the Objective-C programming > language which is part of the gcc. > * Memory Debugging Tools: The new "gdb-heap" package adds a new "heap" > command to /usr/bin/gdb which allows you to get a breakdown of how a > process is using dynamic memory. > * Rakudo Star: An implementation of Perl version 6, based on the Parrot VM. > * Support for Milkymist: Developers can enjoy developing for > Milkymist, an open hardware embedded board, on Fedora 14. Thanks to > the Fedora Electronic Lab for their work in this regard. > > ==== For system administrators ==== > And don't think we forgot about the system administrators: > > * Fedora is now available for users of the Amazon Elastic Computing > Cloud service, released concurrently with the traditional release. > * virt-v2v assists in the easy migration of Xen virtual machines to > KVM virtual machines. > * A Virtualization Technology Preview Repo allows users to test the > very latest developments in virtualization related packages. > * Varnish has been updated and includes improved scalability and a new > log function. > * Apache has been updated and includes a number of module and security fixes. > > And that's only the beginning. Updated versions of many packages, as > usual, will be available in Fedora 14. A more complete list with more > details of the new features on board Fedora 14 is available at: > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/14/FeatureList?anF14 > > OK, so what are you waiting for? Go download it! You know you can't wait. > > http://get.fedoraproject.org/?anF14 > > If you are upgrading from a previous release of Fedora, refer to > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading?anF14 > > In particular, Fedora has made preupgrade a more robust solution and > pushed several bug fixes to older releases of Fedora to enable an easy > upgrade to Fedora 14. > > Fedora 14 full release notes and guides for several languages are available at: > > http://docs.fedoraproject.org/?anF14 > > Fedora 14 common bugs are documented at: > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F14_bugs?anF14 > > === Fedora Spins === > > Fedora spins are alternate version of Fedora, tailored for various > types of users via hand-picked application set or customizations. They > can be found at: > > http://spins.fedoraproject.org/?anF14 > > == Contributing Back to Fedora == > > There are many ways to contribute beyond bug reporting. You can help > translate software and content, test and give feedback on software > updates, write and edit documentation, design and do artwork, help > with all sorts of promotional activities, and package free software > for use by millions of Fedora users worldwide. To get started, visit > http://join.fedoraproject.org/?anF14 today! > > == Fedora 15 == > > Even as we continue to provide updates with enhancements and bug fixes > to improve the Fedora 14 experience, our next release, Fedora 15, is > already being developed in parallel, and has been open for active > development for several months already. We have an early schedule for > an end of April 2011 release: > > * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/15/Schedule?anF14 > > == Contact information == > > If you are a journalist or reporter, you can find additional information at: > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Press?anF14 > > -- > Jared Smith > Fedora Project Leader > -- > announce mailing list > announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/announce -- Thanks! Regards, Ankur https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ankursinha "FranciscoD" -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
