Fedora 12 Talking Points

This page contains the highest-level talking points for the Fedora 12 release. When adding to this page, consider points that have a wide appeal, and consider whether or not there is a "bigger picture" that needs to be described. In some cases, a feature is part of a multi-release arc of work, and that context can be useful to provide.

For desktop users and everyone

List 2-4 bullet items here for innovations in Fedora 12 that will be of general interest to most people using F12. The best talking points are differentiators between F12 and other distributions -- newer software, specific improvements, or cases where Fedora contributors either are, or work directly with, the upstream project(s).

• ABRT (Automated Bug Reporting Tool)
• PackageKit command-line and browser plugins
• Mobile broadband enhancements
• Ogg Thusnelda (next-gen video codec)

For administrators

This area is for 1-3 bullets that concern innovations that help make system administrators' lives better.

• libguestfs
• lots of KVM/virt improvements
• https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/XZRpmPayloads - smaller packages = smaller downloads = less bandwidth

For developers

This area is for 1-3 bullets that discuss innovations that make Fedora a great platform for software developers.

• SystemTap Eclipse integration and tracing improvements
• NetBeans, version 6.7.1. The release includes both the NetBeans Platform and the NetBeans IDE.