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Fedora is a Linux-based operating system that brings the latest in free and open source software to your desktop, laptop and server. Fedora is built by people across the globe who work together as a community: the Fedora Project. You can read more information about the Fedora Project on our Overview page.

Fedora is free to use, modify, and distribute, and includes software that helps you work, play, organize, and socialize.

What's new in Fedora 12?

Fedora 12 (Constantine) is filled with improvements that make Linux better than ever for all types of users. Here are a few of the new things you can expect to see when you try out Fedora 12.

Desktop Users

Empathy in action

Fedora features Empathy, an instant messenger that supports chat, video, and audio. You can talk to your friends who are on AIM, Yahoo, Google Talk, Jabber, Live (MSN), MySpace, and many other platforms.

You can even use Empathy to share your desktop with friends, so you can help each other learn and experience Fedora. By taking advantage of the latest improvements in webcam and video support embedded in Fedora 12, Empathy lets you experience the next generation of IM.

Support for Bluetooth audio devices lets you enjoy audio on your computer without the hassle of wires. That's right - you can stand right up and dance your heart out (or go get a cup of coffee) without losing a beat! Start a voice chat with friends online, or chill out with some tunes in Rhythmbox.

Fedora's also got great support for many of the devices you use every day. Whether you're looking to keep your calendar in sync or keep the music flowing throughout your day, Fedora's there for you. Connect your mobile MP3 player, PDA, or smartphone, and let Fedora 12 unite all your digital entertainment.

Look Ma, no wires! Bluetooth headset support in action

NetworkManager in action

NetworkManager helps you get online and stay online when you're on the go. With expanded support for mobile broadband, easy Bluetooth phone tethering, and integrated password management, NetworkManager makes surfing and communicating just a click away.

NetworkManager improvements in Fedora 12 also include:

IPv6 for next-generation networking
Better support for shared, static, and system-wide network connections
A redesigned interface that is simpler to use and understand

PackageKit finds software for you, whether you're looking for ways to deal with files from friends or just want to explore the over 15,000 packages that Fedora provides for free. You can install entire groups of related software with just a couple clicks, and PackageKit helps you keep your system secure and up to date through its subtle but effective alert system.

PackageKit is even more helpful in Fedora 12, including:

A refined interface that is more responsive and informative
Support for installing packages directly from the web browser
Supports GNOME and KDE
An available command-line plugin that finds software to support new commands when you run them

PackageKit in action

Comic drawing in Inkscape

Better than ever tablet support allows you to enjoy pressure-sensitive drawing out-of-the-box - no mucking with configuration files required!

Fedora 12's updated version of Inkscape includes the new pen presets tool which lets you choose from a selection of pens to draw with (including 'dip pen,' 'brush,' 'wiggly,' and 'marker') and also gives you the ability to create and save your own pen styles.
Gimp's brush dynamics tool allows you to control how the velocity and pressure of your tablet pen can effect the opacity, color, hardness, and size of brush strokes.
Cell writer handwriting recognition lets you input text without having to use a keyboard.
Xournal allows you to jot notes on, highlight, and sign PDF documents - no more print, sign, and re-scan. You can even take handwritten notes on digital notebook paper.

There's lots of little fixes as well:

Clearer, more navigable menu bars
A fresh desktop background theme
Icons that help you find your special content folders quickly
And much more

Office productivity made easy: no matter what you do -- email, web browsing, office applications, graphic design, robotics, electronic design automation, project management, personal databases, amateur radio, webcomics — you'll find it all here.

Note-taking in Xournal

System Administrators

Fedora 12 gives you the future first. The technologies that make open source the platform of choice for savvy system administrators are all here. Fast, stable, secure, and ready for you to work your magic.

A number of improvements are included in Fedora 12 to make your life easier. A new initial ramdisk setup tool called Dracut helps keep boot time as low as possible. There's now ext4 support for GRUB, and Kernel Mode Setting (KMS) is enabled by default on systems with NVIDIA, ATI and Intel video cards for a faster and smoother graphical boot.

For those who use Samba, the addition of GFS2 Clustered Samba and improvements in HA (high availability) clustering makes sharing data across machines easier and more reliable. Fedora 12 also features constant security updates for bulletproof systems, and a number of virtualization improvements have emerged with this release that use memory more efficiently, provide more flexible hardware and network solutions, and boost the performance of virtual guest disk images. You can even create scripts to perform complex tasks directly on guest disk images. Fedora 12 helps you unite all the diverse cultures of your virtual guests into a single functional system.

Developers

For developers, Fedora 12 includes a rich set of development tools, including all popular programming languages, IDEs, and an extensive set of libraries. The most recent versions of emacs, mercurial, and php are included - no need to worry about downloading the latest and greatest, we've got them all. And for developers using Eclipse, version 3.5.1 (Galileo) is included in Fedora 12, along with more Eclipse plug-ins than ever before. And these features are all in addition to the world's most popular web, SQL and application servers, creating a complete development and production environment in one easy to use platform.

How to get started

Intrigued? Want to give Fedora 12 a try?

You can download a LiveCD regardless of what operating system you're running. This will give you a working version of Fedora, complete with common applications, all running off your CD drive - your hard drive won't be touched at all. And when you're ready, installation is just a click away.

And if you're running Fedora 11, upgrading is easy. Refer to our handy documentation for help.

Help make Fedora!

Want to join the Fedora community and help us make the best Linux distribution even better? Get started at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Join. Our diverse community from all over the globe welcomes contributors of all types. From artists to marketers to coders to testers to writers to translators and more, you can get involved. Share what you know or help with something you've always wanted to learn; mentors are always available to help you get started.

We'd love to hear your thoughts on Fedora 12. Have a suggestion? Find a bug? Start by taking a look at the Common F12 bugs to see if it's something we know about. (That page has information on what to do if you don't find your bug, too.)

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+== What's new in Fedora 12? ==
+Fedora 12 (Constantine) is filled with improvements that make Linux better than ever for all types of users. Here are a few of the new things you can expect to see when you try out Fedora 12.
+===Desktop Users ===
-Fedora is a Linux-based operating system that brings the '''latest''' in f'''ree and open source''' software to your desktop / laptop or server.<br />
+{|
-Fedora is built by people across the globe who work together as a community: the Fedora Project.
+|-
-The Fedora Project is open and anyone is welcome to join and contribute or simply use it.
+| style="border: 0; border-width: 0; width: 350px;" | [[Image:Instant-messaging-f12-empahty.png |300px|thumb|left|Empathy in action]]
+| style="border: 0; border-width: 0;" | Fedora features '''Empathy''', an instant messenger that supports chat, video, and audio. You can talk to your friends who are on AIM, Yahoo, Google Talk, Jabber, Live (MSN), MySpace, and many other platforms.
-More information on the Fedora Project is available at the official site of the project http://fedoraproject.org .
+You can even use Empathy to share your desktop with friends, so you can help each other learn and experience Fedora.  By taking advantage of the latest improvements in webcam and video support embedded in Fedora 12, Empathy lets you experience the next generation of IM.
+|}
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+| style="border: 0; border-width: 0;" | '''Support for Bluetooth audio devices''' lets you enjoy audio on your computer without the hassle of wires. That's right - you can stand right up and dance your heart out (or go get a cup of coffee) without losing a beat! Start a voice chat with friends online, or chill out with some tunes in Rhythmbox.
+Fedora's also got great support for many of the devices you use every day.  Whether you're looking to keep your calendar in sync or keep the music flowing throughout your day, Fedora's there for you.  Connect your mobile MP3 player, PDA, or smartphone, and let Fedora 12 unite all your digital entertainment.
+| style="border: 0; border-width: 0; width: 300px;" |[[Image:CChance-bluez-audio.png|250px|thumb|right|Look Ma, no wires! Bluetooth headset support in action]]
 |}
-<!--
-<<IMAGE: People! Fedora community members working together, using Fedora, being happy... perhaps some of Mo's pictures from the last FUDCon that show Fedora folks interacting with Fedora stickers, etc. in hilarious ways.>> -->
+{|
+|-
+| style="border: 0; border-width: 0; width: 300px;" | [[Image:F12-NetworkManager-demo.png|150px|thumb|left|NetworkManager in action]]
+| style="border: 0; border-width: 0;" | '''NetworkManager''' helps you get online and stay online when you're on the go.  With expanded support for mobile broadband, easy Bluetooth phone tethering, and integrated password management, NetworkManager makes surfing and communicating just a click away.
-A fully functional operating system bundled with software '''Free to use''', Free to '''distribute''', Free to '''modify''', Free to '''enjoy''' even for system administrators.
+NetworkManager improvements in Fedora 12 also include:
+* IPv6 for next-generation networking
+* Better support for shared, static, and system-wide network connections
+* A redesigned interface that is simpler to use and understand
+|}
+{|
+|-
+| style="border: 0; border-width: 0;" | '''PackageKit''' finds software for you, whether you're looking for ways to deal with files from friends or just want to explore the over 15,000 packages that Fedora provides for free. You can install entire groups of related software with just a couple clicks, and PackageKit helps you keep your system secure and up to date through its subtle but effective alert system.
-Fedora 12 (Constantine) is the latest version of Fedora, released in November 2009. Fedora follows a 6-month release cycle; the next version will be Fedora 13, available in May 2010.
+PackageKit is even more helpful in Fedora 12, including:
+* A refined interface that is more responsive and informative
+* Support for installing packages directly from the web browser
+* Supports GNOME and KDE
+* An available command-line plugin that finds software to support new commands when you run them
+| style="border: 0; border-width: 0; width: 500px;" | [[Image:F12-PackageKit-demo.png|400px|thumb|right|PackageKit in action]]
+|}
-<<IMAGE: nice F12 screenshot>>
+{|
+|-
+| style="border: 0; border-width: 0; width: 300px;" | [[Image:F12-tabletsupport-photo.png|300px|thumb|left|Comic drawing in Inkscape]]
+| style="border: 0; border-width: 0;" | '''Better than ever tablet support''' allows you to enjoy pressure-sensitive drawing out-of-the-box - no mucking with configuration files required!
-== What's new in Fedora 12? ==
+* Fedora 12's updated version of '''Inkscape''' includes the new pen presets tool which lets you choose from a selection of pens to draw with (including 'dip pen,' 'brush,' 'wiggly,' and 'marker') and also gives you the ability to create and save your own pen styles.
+* '''Gimp's''' brush dynamics tool allows you to control how the velocity and pressure of your tablet pen can effect the opacity, color, hardness, and size of brush strokes.
+* '''Cell writer''' handwriting recognition lets you input text without having to use a keyboard.
+* '''Xournal''' allows you to jot notes on, highlight, and sign PDF documents - no more print, sign, and re-scan. You can even take handwritten notes on digital notebook paper.
+|}
-Fedora 12 is filled with improvements that make Linux better than ever for all types of users. Here are a few of the new things you can expect to see when you try out Fedora 12.
+{|
+|-
+| style="border: 0; border-width: 0;" | There's lots of little fixes as well:
-For desktop users, Fedora 12 is filled with features they are accustomed to in other operating systems.  Desktop spanning allows multiple monitor connections to seamlessly transition windows from one monitor to another; improved webcam support means that video chat is made simpler, so users can video chat with their friends, regardless of what platform they are using. Instant messaging is available with the Empathy application, providing audio and video capabilities. For users watching video on the web, next-generation (Ogg) Theora video provides crisp, vibrant media in both streaming and download form out of the box using Firefox 3.5; audio aficionados will enjoy PulseAudio enhancements, allowing streaming from their system to other clients, as well as pairing with any Bluetooth audio device.
+* Clearer, more navigable menu bars
+* A fresh desktop background theme
+* Icons that help you find your special content folders quickly
+* And much more
-<<IMAGE: screenshot that shows webcam and instant messaging and audio>>
+Office productivity made easy: no matter what you do -- email, web browsing, office applications, graphic design, robotics, electronic design automation, project management, personal databases, amateur radio, webcomics &mdash; you'll find it all here.
-<<IMAGE: happy person listening to music while talking with a friend via webcam>>>
+| style="border: 0; border-width: 0; width: 300px;" |  [[Image:screenshot-xournal-f12.png|300px|thumb|right|Note-taking in Xournal]]
+|}
-These new features are in addition to the range of great open source desktop applications Fedora provides. No matter what you do - email, web browsing, office applications, graphic design, robotics, electronic design automation, amateur radio, webcomics - you'll find it all here.
+[[Image:fudconberlin-inkscaping.png | 200px]]
+[[Image:screenshot-inkscape-f12.png | 276px]]
-<<IMAGE: screenshots of graphic design, electronics, etc. applications>>
+=== System Administrators ===
-<<IMAGE: happy people playing with robots wearing a Fedora tshirt - Jef Spaleta?>>
-System administrators also enjoy a number of improvements with the debut of Fedora 12.  Boot times are improved via a number of enhancements, including the addition of GRUB with ext4 support; a new booting system called Dracut, and Kernel Mode Setting (KMS) enabled by default on systems with NVIDIA, ATI and Intel video cards for a faster and smoother graphical boot.  For cluster administrators, the addition of GFS2 Clustered Samba and improvements in HA (high availability) clustering makes sharing data across machines easier and more reliable.  Fedora also features constant security updates for bulletproof systems, and a number of virtualization improvements have emerged with this release that allow administrators to do things like
+[[Image:Virtualization-demo.png|thumb|400px]]
-<<IMAGE: screenshot of multiple virtual machines and graphical VM monitors laid out, all doing different things>>
+Fedora 12 gives you the future first.  The technologies that make open source the platform of choice for savvy system administrators are all here.  Fast, stable, secure, and ready for you to work your magic.
-<<IMAGE: something screenshot-ish for sysadmins... not sure what we want to do here, screenshot people can get creative, maybe an SELinux screen... or even something that's not a screenshot - a diagram illustrating how much faster the boot time is, etc  maybe something corny comparing old vs. new? here's a screen shot after 30 seconds before, here's a screenshot of 30 seconds now... not sure. just braindumping>>
+A number of improvements are included in Fedora 12 to make your life easier. A new initial ramdisk setup tool called Dracut helps keep boot time as low as possible.  There's now ext4 support for GRUB, and  Kernel Mode Setting (KMS) is enabled by default on systems with NVIDIA, ATI and Intel video cards for a faster and smoother graphical boot.
-<<IMAGE: 4 or more VM monitors with different VMs -XP / Win 7 / 2003 / Fedora 11 - booting and  an other window showing CPU & Memory monitor; or even better some VMs running SQL server (MySQL or whatever as long as it show the execution time) executing a query with a Task Manager CPU & Mem Utilization in first plan, while in the main Screen Fedora's system monitor will be displaying the real recourse consumption>>
-<<IMAGE: screenshot of happy sysadmin sitting in front of a rack> or maybe in front of his/her single monitor / keyboard showing the cluster admin interface?>>
+For those who use Samba, the addition of GFS2 Clustered Samba and improvements in HA (high availability) clustering makes sharing data across machines easier and more reliable.  Fedora 12 also features constant security updates for bulletproof systems, and a number of virtualization improvements have emerged with this release that use memory more efficiently, provide more flexible hardware and network solutions, and boost the performance of virtual guest disk images.  You can even create scripts to perform complex tasks directly on guest disk images.  Fedora 12 helps you unite all the diverse cultures of your virtual guests into a single functional system.
+<!--
+{{admon/note | IMAGE: something screenshot-ish for sysadmins... not sure what we want to do here, screenshot people can get creative, maybe an SELinux screen... or even something that's not a screenshot - a diagram illustrating how much faster the boot time is, etc  maybe something corny comparing old vs. new? here's a screen shot after 30 seconds before, here's a screenshot of 30 seconds now... not sure. just braindumping}} -->
-For developers, Fedora 12 includes a rich set of development tools, including all popular programming languages, IDEs, and an extensive set of libraries.  The most recent versions of emacs, mercurial, and php are included - no need to worry about downloading the latest and greatest, we've got them all.  And for developers using Eclipse, version 3.5 (Galileo) is included in Fedora 12, along with more Eclipse plug-ins than ever before.
+=== Developers ===
+For developers, Fedora 12 includes a rich set of development tools, including all popular programming languages, IDEs, and an extensive set of libraries.  The most recent versions of emacs, mercurial, and php are included - no need to worry about downloading the latest and greatest, we've got them all.  And for developers using Eclipse, version 3.5.1 (Galileo) is included in Fedora 12, along with more Eclipse plug-ins than ever before. And these features are all in addition to the world's most popular web, SQL and application servers, creating a complete development and production environment in one easy to use platform.
-<<IMAGE: Pretty eclipse screenshot here plz, with entertaining code>>
+[[Image:eclipse-pydev.png | x140px]]
+[[Image:fudconboston08-jesse.png | x140px]]
+[[Image:FEL-f12-screenshot.png | x140px]]
+[[Image:Graphpicture.jpg | x140px]]
 == How to get started ==
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 Intrigued? Want to give Fedora 12 a try?
-If you're running Fedora 11, upgrading is as easy as... <<LINK TO FINAL VERSION OF UPGRADE NOTEShttp://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f12/en-US/html/ch-upgrade-x86.html - whatever is linked to from the get.fp.o website on the "upgrade" section>>
+You can [http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora download a LiveCD] regardless of what operating system you're running. This will give you a working version of Fedora, complete with common applications, all running off your CD drive - your hard drive won't be touched at all.  And when you're ready, installation is just a click away.
-Want to try out Fedora before you make a decision? You can also try out Fedora with a LiveCD regardless of what operating system you're running. This will give you a working version of Fedora, complete with common applications, all running off your CD drive - your hard drive won't be touched at all.  And when you're ready, installation is just a click away. <<LINK TO LiveCD>>
-<<Maybe a Live USB image for Atom??>>
+And if you're running Fedora 11, upgrading is easy.  Refer to our [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f12/en-US/html/ch-upgrade-x86.html handy documentation] for help.
 == Help make Fedora! ==
-We'd love to hear your thoughts on Fedora 12. Have a suggestion? Find a bug? See <<<LINK TO BUG FILING PLACE, probably get this link from the QA team>>>
+{|
+|-
+| style="border: 0px; border-width: 0; width=500px;" | [[Image:bytecode-posse_fudconberlin09.png|350px|thumb|left]]
+| style="border: 0px; border-width: 0;" | Want to join the Fedora community and help us make the best Linux distribution even better? Get started at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Join. Our diverse community from all over the globe welcomes contributors of all types.  From artists to marketers to coders to testers to writers to translators and more, you can get involved. Share what you know or help with something you've always wanted to learn; mentors are always available to help you get started.
-Want to join the Fedora community and help us make the best Linux distribution even better? Get started at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Join. Our diverse community from all over the globe welcomes contributors of all types, from artists to marketers to coders to testers to writers to translators and more. Share what you know or help with something you've always wanted to learn; mentors are always available to help you get started.
+We'd love to hear your thoughts on Fedora 12. Have a suggestion? Find a bug? Start by taking a look at the [[Common F12 bugs]] to see if it's something we know about.  (That page has information on what to do if you don't find your bug, too.)
+|}
 == Further reading ==
-Want more? Here are some further resources on Fedora 12, or talk with a community member in our live chat 24/7 at <<<LINK TO WEBCHAT>>>
+Want more? Here are some further resources on Fedora 12, or talk with a community member in our [irc://irc.freenode.net/#fedora live chat 24/7].
-* Fedora 12 release announcement <<<LINK TO FINAL RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT>>>
+* Fedora 12 release announcement (http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2009-November/msg00006.html)
-*  Fedora Overview (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Overview)
+* Fedora Overview (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Overview)
-*  Fedora FAQ (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAQ)
+* Fedora FAQ (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAQ)
 * Help and Discussions (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate)
-* Fedora 12 release notes http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/
+* Fedora 12 release notes (http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/)
 * Fedora 12 feature profiles (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:F12_in-depth_features)
 * Fedora 12 talking points (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_12_Talking_Points)
+* [http://duffy.fedorapeople.org/collateral/release%20notes/f12/ PDF or SVG versions of this document] are available for download and printing. Please remix/translate/share this - it's available via the CC-BY-SA 3.0 unported licence, just like everything else on the Fedora wiki.
+* Translations of this document are also available - if you make a translation, please link to it from this list!
+** [http://proyectofedora.org/wiki/Conoce_Fedora_12 Español]
+** [http://bouska.fedorapeople.org/RN-F12/ French]
+** [http://www.projetofedora.org/wiki/index.php/Fedora_12_notas_de_lancamento Português Brasileiro]
+** [[It_IT/Releases/12/Tour/Introduzione | Italiano]]
+** [[Fedora_12_one_page_release_notes/ru|Russian]]
+=== Five Fun Things in Fedora 12 Video ===
+[[Image:5funthings_thumb1.png|link=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzVkinnQKQU]]
+In fifteen minutes, learn 5 fun things you can do with Fedora 12!
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzVkinnQKQU Part 1 (9 minutes)]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckzE_4Rf8u8 Part 2 (6 minutes)]
+'''Unity hands photo credit: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/wwworks/1384952210/ soccer practice] by [http://www.flickr.com/people/wwworks/ woodleywonderworks on Flickr] - used under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license.
+[[Category:One page release notes]]

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