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Welcome to Fedora 11

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Fedora 11 Release Summary

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Screenshots

The Fedora 11 Screenshot Tour includes what's new and exciting in pictorial form. Enjoy the new KDE 4.2.2, Thunderbird 3, Firefox 3.5 or the new PulseAudio volume controls.

Videos

New Bootup Sequence

Plymouth includes a new bootup sequence. It's called 'Charge' created by Mike Langlie and Ray Strode. Plymouth themes can be created easily now that the plugins have been separated out from the core plymouth code.

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Ogg-Theora Video

In-depth feature profiles

  • PackageKit in Fedora 11 - PackageKit maintainer Richard Hughes describes how we've made installing and updating software on your computer easier,
  • KMS in Fedora 11 - Adam Jackson explains how kernel mode setting (KMS), moving low level display drivers into the kernel, improves support for suspend/resume and other features.
  • Ext4 in Fedora 11 - Eric Sandeen talks about the ext4 filesystem.
  • Improved Virt Console in Fedora 11 - Daniel Berrange continues the saga of virtualization work started in previous releases.
  • Volume Control in Fedora 11 - Lennart Poettering from Berlin, Germany describes the new UI design for Fedora's volume control.

The full list of new features in F11 can be accessed at Releases/11/FeatureList.