Fedora Core 5 Release Notes
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Table of Contents
Welcome to Fedora Core
Fedora Core 5 Tour
What Has Changed Since Fedora Core 4
Road Map
Legal Notice
Providing Feedback for Release Notes
Installation-Related Notes
Architecture Specific Notes
PPC Specifics for Fedora
x86 Specifics for Fedora
x86_64 Specifics for Fedora
Package Notes
Kernel device, module loading, and hotplug changes
Systemwide Search Changes
Mouse Configuration Utility Removed
NetworkManager
Dovecot
Kudzu
No automatic fstab editing for removable media
GnuCash
Mozilla
libstc++ preview
LinuxThreads support removed
Linux Kernel
Version
Changelog
Kernel Flavors
Reporting Bugs
Following Generic Textbooks
Preparing for Kernel Development
Building Only Kernel Modules
User Space Dependencies on the Kernel
Fedora Desktop
Server Tools
system-config-printer
system-config-securitylevel
File Servers
General Information
Netatalk (Macintosh Compatibility)
Web Servers
httpd
php
The PEAR framework
Developer Tools
GCC Compiler Collection
FORTRAN
Eclipse Development Environment
Security
What's New
SELinux
Java and java-gcj-compat
Handling Java and Java-like Packages
Fedora and the JPackage Java Packages
Samba (Windows Compatibility)
Multimedia
Multimedia Players
Ogg and Xiph.Org Foundation Formats
MP3, DVD and Other Excluded Multimedia
CD and DVD Authoring and Burning
Screencasts
Extended Support through Plugins
Games and Entertainment
Networking
Major Kernel Changes 2.6.11 - 2.6.15
User Tools
Virtualization
X Window System (Graphics)
xorg-x11
X.org X11R7 End-User Notes
X.org X11R7 Developer Overview
X.org X11R7 Developer Notes
Database Servers
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Internationalization (i18n)
Input Methods
Fonts
gtk2 IM submenu
Backwards Compatibility
Package Changes
Fedora Extras - Community Package Repository
Using the Repository
About Fedora Extras
Fedora Legacy - Community Maintenance Project
Fedora Project - Freedom to the Core
Colophon
About the Colophon
Contributors
Production Methods
Welcome to Fedora Core
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Fedora Core 5 Tour
You can find a tour filled with pictures and videos of this exciting new
release at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Tours/FedoraCore5.
What Has Changed Since Fedora Core 4
This release is the culmination of nine months of development, and includes
significant new versions of many key products and technologies. The following
sections provide a brief overview of major changes from the last release of
Fedora Core.
Desktop
Some of the highlights of this release include:
● There is a completely revamped appearance with a bubbly new theme and the
first use of the new Fedora logo.
● Early work from the Fedora Rendering Project is integrated into the
desktop. This new project (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/RenderingProject)
is going to provide the technical foundations for advanced desktop
interfaces based on OpenGL.
● Popular desktop environments GNOME and KDE have innovative new versions
included in this release. The GNOME desktop is based on the 2.14 release (
http://www.gnome.org/~davyd/gnome-2-14/), and the KDE 3.5 desktop is the
general 3.5 release (http://kde.org/announcements/announce-3.5.php).
● The latest versions of GNOME Power Manager (http://www.gnome.org/projects/
gnome-power-manager/) and GNOME Screensaver(http://live.gnome.org/
GnomeScreensaver/) provide new and integrated power management
capabilities.
● The new GNOME User Share facility provides simple and efficient file
sharing.
● Suspend to RAM support has also been improved due to infrastructure work
done by the hibernate support.
● The previous graphical software management utilities have been replaced
with the first versions of a new generation of tools. This release includes
Pup, a simple interface for system updates, and Pirut, a new package
manager that replaces system-config-packages. These build on the yum
utility, to provide consistent software installation and update facilities
throughout the system.
● This release of Fedora includes Mono support for the first time, and Mono
applications such as Beagle, a desktop search interface; F-Spot, a photo
management utility; and Tomboy, a note-taking application.
● You can now enjoy enhanced multimedia support with version 0.10 of the
Gstreamer media framework. This milestone release brings major improvements
in robustness, compatibility, and features, over previous versions of
Gstreamer. The Totem movie player and other media software in this release
have been updated to use the new framework.
● There is dramatically improved internationalization support with SCIM in
Fedora Core 5. The SCIM language input framework provides an easy to use
interface for inputting many different non-English languages. SCIM replaces
the IIIMF system used in previous Fedora releases.
● The default Web browser is Firefox 1.5 (http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/
releases/1.5.html), which has many new features for faster, safer, and more
efficient browsing.
● The office applications suite OpenOffice.org 2.0 (http://www.openoffice.org
/product/index.html) now makes better use of general system libraries for
increased performance and efficiency.
● A large number of GTK and GNOME programs take advantage of the Cairo 2D
graphics library (http://cairographics.org/), included in this release, to
provide streamlined attractive graphical interfaces.
● There are new experimental drivers that provide support for the widely-used
Broadcom 43xx wireless chipsets (http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/).
● This release includes libnotify, a library that features simple and
attractive notifications for the desktop.
● Fedora Core 5 now uses gnome-mount, a more efficient mechanism that
replaces fstab-sync, and uses HAL to handle mounting.
● Printing support is improved in this release with the inclusion of the
hplip utility, which replaces hpijs.
System Administration
Improvements for administrators and developers include:
● The Xen virtualization system has enhanced support. The tools to configure
Xen virtual machines on your Fedora Core 5 system now use the standard
graphical installation process, run as a window on your desktop. Fedora
developers have also created gnome-applet-vm, which provides a simple
virtual domains monitor applet, and libvirt (http://libvirt.org/), a
library providing an API to use Xen virtualization capabilities.
● The industry-leading anaconda installation system continues to evolve. New
features for this release include remote logging and improved support for
tracebacks. Package management in the installation system is now provided
by yum. This enhancement is the first step in enabling access to Fedora
Extras from within the installation process.
● Version 2.2 of the Apache HTTP server is now included. This release
provides enhancements to authentication, database support, proxy
facilities, and content filtering.
● The latest generation of database servers are packaged in this release,
including both MySQL 5.0 and PostgreSQL 8.1.
● Several native Java programs are now available compiled with GCJ, such as
the Geronimo J2EE server and the Apache Jakarta Project, in addition to the
Java programs and development capabilities in the previous releases.
● There are new tools for system monitoring and performance analysis. This
release includes SystemTap (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SystemTap), an
instrumentation system for debugging and analyzing performance bottle
necks, and Frysk (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Frysk), an execution
analysis technology for monitoring running processes or threads.
● This release includes system-config-cluster, a utility that allows you to
manage cluster configuration in a graphical setting.
● The combination of Kexec and Kdump utilities provides modern crash dumping
facilities and potential for faster bootup, bypassing the firmware on
reboots. Kexec loads a new kernel from a running kernel, and Kdump can
provide a memory dump of the previous kernel for debugging.
● This release includes iscsi-initiator-utils, iSCSI daemon and utility
programs that provide support for hardware using the iSCSI interface.
System Level Changes
● X.org X11R7.0 is included in this release. The new modular architecture of
R7.0 enables easier driver upgrades and simplifies development, opening the
way for rapid improvement in Linux graphics.
● The GCC 4.1 compiler is included, and the entire set of Fedora packages is
built with this technology. This provides security and performance
enhancements throughout the system.
● The kernels for this release are based on Linux 2.6.16. Refer to the
section on the kernel in these release notes for other details.
● The PCMCIA framework used by laptop and mobile devices has changed. The
older pcmcia-cs package using the cardmgr/pcmcia service has been replaced
with a new pcmciautils package. With pcmciautils, PCMCIA devices are
handled directly and dynamically by the hotplug and udev subsystems. This
update increases both efficiency and performance of the system. For more
information about these changes, refer to http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/
utils/kernel/pcmcia/pcmcia.html.
● SELinux implementation has undergone a major change, with a switch to the
SELinux reference policy (http://serefpolicy.sourceforge.net/). The SELinux
reference policy can support binary policy modules. It is now possible to
move SELinux policies into individual packages, making it easier for users
to ship site-specific policy customizations when required. This version
also adds support for Multi-Category Security (MCS), enabled by default,
and Multi-Level Security (MCS). SELinux continues to offer support for TE
(Type Enforcement), enabled by default, and RBAC (Role-Based Access
Control). Refer to the section on SELinux in these release notes for other
details and links to SELinux resources on the Fedora Project pages.
Road Map
The proposed plans for the next release of Fedora are available at http://
fedoraproject.org/wiki/RoadMap.
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Providing Feedback for Release Notes
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Installation-Related Notes
This section outlines those issues that are related to Anaconda (the Fedora
Core installation program) and installing Fedora Core 5 in general.
Downloading Large Files
If you intend to download the Fedora Core 5 DVD ISO image, keep in mind that
not all file downloading tools can accommodate files larger than 2GB in size.
wget 1.9.1-16 and above, curl and ncftpget do not have this limitation, and can
successfully download files larger than 2GB. BitTorrent is another method for
downloading large files. For information about obtaining and using the torrent
file, refer to http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/.
Architecture Specific Notes
This section provides notes that are specific to the supported hardware
architectures of Fedora Core.
PPC Specifics for Fedora
This section covers any specific information you may need to know about Fedora
Core and the PPC hardware platform.
PPC Hardware Requirements
Processor and Memory
● Minimum CPU: PowerPC G3 / POWER4
● Fedora Core 5 supports only the “New World” generation of Apple Power
Macintosh, shipped from circa 1999 onward.
● Fedora Core 5 also supports IBM eServer pSeries, IBM RS/6000, Genesi
Pegasos II, and IBM Cell Broadband Engine machines.
● Recommended for text-mode: 233 MHz G3 or better, 128MiB RAM.
● Recommended for graphical: 400 MHz G3 or better, 256MiB RAM.
Hard Disk Space Requirements
The disk space requirements listed below represent the disk space taken up by
Fedora Core 5 after installation is complete. However, additional disk space is
required during installation to support the installation environment. This
additional disk space corresponds to the size of /Fedora/base/stage2.img (on
Installtion Disc 1) plus the size of the files in /var/lib/rpm on the installed
system.
In practical terms, additional space requirements may range from as little as
90 MiB for a minimal installation to as much as an additional 175 MiB for an
"everything" installation. The complete packages can occupy over 9 GB of disk
space.
Additional space is also required for any user data, and at least 5% free space
should be maintained for proper system operation.
The Apple keyboard
The Option key on Apple systems is equivalent to the Alt key on the PC. Where
documentation and the installer refer to the Alt key, use the Option key. For
some key combinations you may need to use the Option key in conjunction with
the Fn key, such as Option-Fn-F3 to switch to virtual terminal tty3.
PPC Installation Notes
Fedora Core Installation Disc 1 is bootable on supported hardware. In addition,
a bootable CD image appears in the images/ directory of this disc. These images
will behave differently according to your system hardware:
● Apple Macintosh
The bootloader should automatically boot the appropriate 32-bit or 64-bit
installer.
The default gnome-power-manager package includes power management support,
including sleep and backlight level management. Users with more complex
requirements can use the apmud package in Fedora Extras. Following
installation, you can install apmud with the following command:
su -c 'yum install apmud'
● 64-bit IBM eServer pSeries (POWER4/POWER5)
After using OpenFirmware to boot the CD, the bootloader (yaboot) should
automatically boot the 64-bit installer.
● 32-bit CHRP (IBM RS/6000 and others)
After using OpenFirmware to boot the CD, select the linux32 boot image at
the boot: prompt to start the 32-bit installer. Otherwise, the 64-bit
installer starts, which does not work.
● Genesi Pegasos II
At the time of writing, firmware with full support for ISO9660 file systems
is not yet released for the Pegasos. However, you can use the network boot
image. At the OpenFirmware prompt, enter the command:
boot cd: /images/netboot/ppc32.img
You must also configure OpenFirmware on the Pegasos manually to make the
installed Fedora Core system bootable. To do this, set the boot-device and
boot-file environment variables appropriately.
● Network booting
You can find combined images containing the installer kernel and ramdisk in
the images/netboot/ directory of the installation tree. These are intended
for network booting with TFTP, but can be used in many ways.
yaboot supports TFTP booting for IBM eServer pSeries and Apple Macintosh.
The Fedora Project encourages the use of yaboot over the netboot images.
x86 Specifics for Fedora
This section covers any specific information you may need to know about Fedora
Core and the x86 hardware platform.
x86 Hardware Requirements
In order to use specific features of Fedora Core 5 during or after
installation, you may need to know details of other hardware components such as
video and network cards.
Processor and Memory Requirements
The following CPU specifications are stated in terms of Intel processors. Other
processors, such as those from AMD, Cyrix, and VIA that are compatible with and
equivalent to the following Intel processors, may also be used with Fedora
Core.
● Minimum: Pentium-class — Fedora Core 5 is optimized for Pentium 4 CPUs, but
also supports earlier CPUs such as Pentium, Pentium Pro, Pentium II,
Pentium III, and compatible AMD and VIA processors. Fedora takes this
approach because Pentium-class optimizations actually result in reduced
performance for non-Pentium class processors. In addition, scheduling for
Pentium 4 processors, which make up the bulk of today's processors, is
sufficiently different to warrant this change.
● Recommended for text-mode: 200 MHz Pentium-class or better
● Recommended for graphical: 400 MHz Pentium II or better
● AMD64 processors (both Athlon64 and Opteron)
● Intel processors with Intel® Extended Memory 64 Technology (Intel® EM64T)
● Minimum RAM for text-mode: 128MiB
● Minimum RAM for graphical: 192MiB
● Recommended for graphical: 256MiB
Hard Disk Space Requirements
The disk space requirements listed below represent the disk space taken up by
Fedora Core 5 after the installation is complete. However, additional disk
space is required during the installation to support the installation
environment. This additional disk space corresponds to the size of /Fedora/base
/stage2.img on Installation Disc 1 plus the size of the files in /var/lib/rpm
on the installed system.
In practical terms, additional space requirements may range from as little as
90 MiB for a minimal installation to as much as an additional 175 MiB for an
"everything" installation. The complete packages can occupy over 9 GB of disk
space.
Additional space is also required for any user data, and at least 5% free space
should be maintained for proper system operation.
x86_64 Specifics for Fedora
This section covers any specific information you may need to know about Fedora
Core and the x86_64 hardware platform.
x86_64 Hardware Requirements
In order to use specific features of Fedora Core 5 during or after
installation, you may need to know details of other hardware components such as
video and network cards.
Memory Requirements
This list is for 64-bit x86_64 systems:
● Minimum RAM for text-mode: 128MiB
● Minimum RAM for graphical: 256MiB
● Recommended RAM for graphical: 512MiB
Hard Disk Space Requirements
The disk space requirements listed below represent the disk space taken up by
Fedora Core 5 after the installation is complete. However, additional disk
space is required during the installation to support the installation
environment. This additional disk space corresponds to the size of /Fedora/base
/stage2.img on Installation Disc 1 plus the size of the files in /var/lib/rpm
on the installed system.
In practical terms, additional space requirements may range from as little as
90 MiB for a minimal installation to as much as an additional 175 MiB for an
"everything" installation. The complete packages can occupy over 9 GB of disk
space.
Additional space is also required for any user data, and at least 5% free space
should be maintained for proper system operation.
RPM Multiarch Support on x86_64
RPM supports parallel installation of multiple architectures of the same
package. A default package listing such as rpm -qa might appear to include
duplicate packages, since the architecture is not displayed. Instead, use the
repoquery command, part of the yum-utils package in Fedora Extras, which
displays architecture by default. To install yum-utils, run the following
command:
su -c 'yum install yum-utils'
To list all packages with their architecture using rpm, run the following
command:
rpm -qa --queryformat "%{name}-%{version}-%{release}.%{arch}\n"
Package Notes
The following sections contain information regarding software packages that
have undergone significant changes for Fedora Core 5. For easier access, they
are generally organized using the same groups that are shown in the
installation system.
Kernel device, module loading, and hotplug changes
The hotplug and device handling subsystem has undergone significant changes in
Fedora Core 5. The udev method now handles all module loading, both on system
boot and for hotplugged devices. The hotplug package has been removed, as it is
no longer needed.
Support for hotplug helpers via the /etc/hotplug, /etc/hotplug.d, and /etc/
dev.d directories is deprecated, and may be removed in a future Fedora Core
release. These helpers should be converted to udev rules. Please see http://
www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html for examples.
Systemwide Search Changes
mlocate Has Replaced slocate
The new mlocate package provides the implementations of /usr/bin/locate and /
usr/bin/updatedb. Previous Fedora releases included the slocate versions of
these programs.
● The locate command should be completely compatible.
● The configuration file /etc/updatedb.conf is compatible.
● Syntax errors that slocate would not detect are now reported.
● The DAILY_UPDATE variable is not supported.
● The updatedb command is not compatible, and custom scripts that use
updatedb may have to be updated.
Mouse Configuration Utility Removed
The system-config-mouse configuration utility has been dropped in this release
because synaptic and three-button mouse configuration is handled automatically.
Serial mice are no longer supported.
NetworkManager
Fedora systems use Network Manager to automatically detect, select, and
configure wired and wireless network connections. Wireless network devices may
require third-party software or manual configuration to activate after the
installation process completes. For this reason, Fedora Core 5 provides Network
Manager as an optional component.
Refer to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Tools/NetworkManager for more
information on how to install and enable Network Manager.
Dovecot
Fedora Core 5 includes a new version of the dovecot IMAP server software, which
has has many changes in its configuration file. These changes are of particular
importance to users upgrading from a previous release. Refer to http://
wiki.dovecot.org/UpgradingDovecot for more information on the changes.
Kudzu
The kudzu utility, libkudzu library, and /etc/sysconfig/hwconf hardware listing
are all deprecated, and will be removed in a future release of Fedora Core.
Applications which need to probe for available hardware should be ported to use
the HAL library. More information on HAL is available at http://freedesktop.org
/wiki/Software/hal.
No automatic fstab editing for removable media
The fstab-sync facility has been removed. In Fedora Core , the fstab-sync
program is removed in favor of desktop specific solutions for mounting
removable media. Entries for hotplug devices or inserted media are no longer
automatically added to the /etc/fstab file. Command-line users may migrate to
gnome-mount, which provides similar functionality.
GnuCash
The PostgreSQL backend for GnuCash has been removed, as it is unmaintained
upstream, does not support the full set of GnuCash features, and can lead to
crashes. Users who use the PostgreSQL backend should load their data and save
it as an XML file before upgrading GnuCash.
Mozilla
The Mozilla application suite is deprecated. It is shipped in Fedora Core 5 and
applications can expect to build against mozilla-devel, however it will be
removed in a future release of Fedora Core.
libstc++ preview
The libstdc++so7 package has been added. This package contains a preview of the
GNU Standard C++ Library from libstdcxx_so_7-branch. It is considered
experimental and unsupported. Do not build any production software against it,
as its ABI and so-version will change in future upgrades. To build software
using this library, invoke g++-libstdc++so_7 instead of g++.
LinuxThreads support removed
The LinuxThreads library is no longer available. LinuxThreads was deprecated in
Fedora Core 4 and is no longer available in this release. The Native POSIX
Threading Library (NPTL), which has been the default threading library since
Red Hat Linux 9, has replaced LinuxThreads completely.
Linux Kernel
This section covers changes and important information regarding the kernel in
Fedora Core 5.
Version
This distribution is based on the 2.6 series of the Linux kernel. Fedora Core
may include additional patches for improvements, bug fixes, or additional
features. For this reason, the Fedora Core kernel may not be line-for-line
equivalent to the so-called vanilla kernel from the kernel.org web site:
http://www.kernel.org/
To obtain a list of these patches, download the source RPM package and run the
following command against it:
rpm -qpl kernel-<version>.src.rpm
Changelog
To retrieve a log of changes to the package, run the following command:
rpm -q --changelog kernel-<version>
If you need a user friendly version of the changelog, refer to http://
wiki.kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges. A short and full diff of the kernel is
available from http://kernel.org/git. The Fedora version kernel is based on the
Linus tree.
Customizations made for the Fedora version are available from http://
cvs.fedora.redhat.com .
Kernel Flavors
Fedora Core 5 includes the following kernel builds:
● Native kernel, in both uni-processor and SMP (Symmetric Multi-Processor)
varieties. SMP kernels provide support for multiple CPUs. Configured
sources are available in the kernel-[smp-]devel-<version>.<arch>.rpm
package.
● Virtual kernel hypervisor for use with the Xen emulator package. Configured
sources are available in the kernel-xen0-devel-<version>.<arch>.rpm
package.
● Virtual kernel guest for use with the Xen emulator package. Configured
sources are available in the kernel-xenU-devel-<version>.<arch>.rpm
package.
● Kdump kernel for use with kexec/kdump capabilities. Configured sources are
available in the kernel-kdump-devel-<version>.<arch>.rpm package.
You may install sources for all kernel flavors at the same time. The files are
installed in the /usr/src/kernels/<version>-[xen0|xenU|kdump]-<arch>/ tree. Use
the following command:
su -c 'yum install kernel-{xen0,xenU,kdump}-devel'
Select one or more of these flavors, separated by commas and no spaces, as
appropriate. Enter the root password when prompted.
x86_64 Default Kernel Provides SMP
There is no separate SMP kernel available for the x86_64 architecture in Fedora
Core 5.
PowerPC Kernel Support
There is no support for Xen or kdump for the PowerPC architecture in Fedora
Core 5.
Reporting Bugs
Refer to http://kernel.org/pub/linux/docs/lkml/reporting-bugs.html for
information on reporting bugs in the Linux kernel. You may also use http://
bugzilla.redhat.com for reporting bugs which are specific to Fedora.
Following Generic Textbooks
Many of the tutorials, examples, and textbooks about Linux kernel development
assume the kernel sources are installed under the /usr/src/linux/ directory. If
you make a symbolic link, as shown below, you should be able to use those
learning materials with the Fedora Core packages. Install the appropriate
kernel sources, as shown earlier, and then run the following command:
su -c 'ln -s /usr/src/kernels/kernel-<all-the-rest> /usr/src/linux'
Enter the root password when prompted.
Preparing for Kernel Development
Fedora Core 5 does not include the kernel-source package provided by older
versions. Instead, configured sources are available, as described in this
kernel flavors section.
Instructions Refer to Current Kernel
To simplify the following directions, we have assumed that you want to
configure the kernel sources to match your currently-running kernel. In the
steps below, the expression <version> refers to the kernel version shown by the
command: uname -r.
Users who require access to Fedora Core original kernel sources can find them
in the kernel .src.rpm package. To create an exploded source tree from this
file, perform the following steps:
Do Not Build Packages as Super-user
Building packages as the superuser is inherently dangerous and is not required,
even for the kernel. These instructions allow you to install the kernel source
as a normal user. Many general information sites refer to /usr/src/linux in
their kernel instructions. If you use these instructions, simply substitute ~/
rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel-<version>/linux-<version>.
1. Prepare a RPM package building environment in your home directory. Run the
following commands:
su -c 'yum install fedora-rpmdevtools'
fedora-buildrpmtree
Enter the root password when prompted.
2. Obtain the kernel-<version>.src.rpm file from one of the following sources:
● the SRPMS directory on the appropriate SRPMS CD iso image
● the HTTP or FTP site where you got the kernel package
● by running the following command:
su -c 'yum install yum-utils'
su -c 'yumdownloader --source kernel'
Enter the root password when prompted.
3. Install kernel-<version>.src.rpm using the command:
rpm -Uvh kernel-<version>.src.rpm`
This command writes the RPM contents into ${HOME}/rpmbuild/SOURCES and $
{HOME}/rpmbuild/SPECS, where ${HOME} is your home directory.
Space Required
The full kernel building process may require several gigabytes of extra
space on the file system containing your home directory.
4. Prepare the kernel sources using the commands:
cd ~/rpmbuild/SPECS
rpmbuild -bp --target $(uname -m) kernel-2.6.spec
The kernel source tree is located in the ${HOME}/rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel-
<version>/ directory.
5. The configurations for the specific kernels shipped in Fedora Core 5 are in
the configs/ directory. For example, the i686 SMP configuration file is
named configs/kernel-<version>-i686-smp.config. Issue the following command
to place the desired configuration file in the proper place for building:
cp configs/<desired-config-file> .config
You can also find the .config file that matches your current kernel
configuration in the /lib/modules/<version>/build/.config file.
6. Every kernel gets a name based on its version number. This is the value the
uname -r command displays. The kernel name is defined by the first four
lines of the kernel Makefile. The Makefile has been changed to generate a
kernel with a different name from that of the running kernel. To be
accepted by the running kernel, a module must be compiled for a kernel with
the correct name. To do this, you must edit the kernel Makefile.
For example, if the uname -r returns the string 2.6.15-1.1948_FC5, change
the EXTRAVERSION definition from this:
EXTRAVERSION = -prep
to this:
EXTRAVERSION = -1.1948_FC5
That is, substitute everything from the final dash onward.
7. Run the following command:
make oldconfig
You may then proceed as usual.
Building Only Kernel Modules
An exploded source tree is not required to build a kernel module, such as your
own device driver, against the currently in-use kernel. For example, to build
the foo.ko module, create the following Makefile in the directory containing
the foo.c file:
obj-m := foo.o
KDIR := /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
PWD := $(shell pwd)
default:
$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
Issue the make command to build the foo.ko module.
User Space Dependencies on the Kernel
Fedora Core 5 has support for clustered storage through the Global File System
(GFS). GFS requires special kernel modules that work in conjunction with some
user-space utilities, such as management daemons. To remove such a kernel,
perhaps after an update, use the su -c 'yum remove kernel-<version>' command
instead. The yum command automatically removes dependent packages, if
necessary.
PowerPC does not support GFS
The GFS kernel modules are not built for the PowerPC architecture in Fedora
Core 5.
Fedora Desktop
GNOME 2.14 (or a release candidate) and KDE 3.5.1 are included in Fedora Core
5. The following list includes notable changes to the desktop interface in this
release.
● gnome-power-manager
○ The GNOME Power Manager is a session daemon for the GNOME desktop
environment that makes it easy to manage your laptop or desktop system.
It takes advantage of HAL (which provides a hardware abstraction layer)
and DBUS (Inter Process Communication software) written and maintained
by Fedora Core developers.
● gnome-screensaver
○ The GNOME Screensaver provides an integrated user interface to
screensavers and the lock screen dialog.
● Memory optimizations in the fontconfig and shared-mime-info packages. These
now use shared memory-mapped caches for this data.
● Starting with GNOME 2.12, the terminal option has been removed from the
desktop context menu. The nautilus-open-terminal package in Fedora Extras
provides a enhanced replacement for those who require it. You can install
it with the following command.
su -c 'yum install nautilus-open-terminal'
● In Fedora Core 5, only a small assortment of screensavers is installed by
default. Some users find certain screensavers unpleasant, and other
screensavers may abruptly terminate the graphical interface. This tends to
happen more often with OpenGL animated screensavers provided within the
xscreensaver-gl-extras package, when used with poorly-supported video
hardware. To install these extra screensavers, run the following command:
su -c 'yum install xscreensaver-extras xscreensaver-gl-extras'
Server Tools
This section highlights changes and additions to the various GUI server and
system configuration tools in Fedora Core.
system-config-printer
SMB Browsing Outside Local Network
You can now browse for Samba print shares across subnets. If you specify at
least one WINS server in /etc/samba/smb.conf, the first address is used when
browsing.
Kerberos Support for SMB Printers
The system-config-printer application supports Kerberos authentication when
adding a new SMB printer. To add the printer, the user must possess a valid
Kerberos ticket and launch the printer configuration tool. Select System>
Administration>Printing from the main menu, or use the following command:
su -c 'system-config-printer'
No username and password is stored in /etc/cups/printers.conf. Printing is
still possible if the SMB print queue permits anonymous printing.
system-config-securitylevel
Trusted Service Additions
Samba is now listed in the Trusted services list. To permit the firewall to
pass SMB traffic, enable this option.
Port Ranges
When you define Other Ports in the system-config-securitylevel tool, you may
now specify port ranges. For example, if you specify 6881-6999:tcp, the
following line is added to /etc/sysconfig/iptables:
A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 6881:6999 -j ACCEPT
File Servers
General Information
This section refers to file transfer and sharing servers. Refer to http://
fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/WebServers and http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/
Docs/Beats/Samba for information on HTTP (Web) file transfer and Samba
(Windows) file sharing services.
Netatalk (Macintosh Compatibility)
Fedora includes version 2 of Netatalk, a suite of software that enables Linux
to interact with Macintosh systems using the AppleTalk network protocols.
Use Caution When Upgrading
You may experience data loss when upgrading from Netatalk version 1 to version
2.
Version 2 of Netatalk stores file resource forks using a different method from
the previous version, and may require a different file name encoding scheme.
Please read the documentation and plan your migration before upgrading. Refer
to the upgrade information available directly from the Netatalk site at http://
netatalk.sourceforge.net/2.0/htmldocs/upgrade.html.
The documentation is also included in the netatalk package. Refer to either /
usr/share/doc/netatalk-2.0.2/doc/htmldocs/upgrade.html or /usr/share/doc/
netatalk-2.0.2/doc/Netatalk-Manual.pdf (numbered page 25, document page 33).
Web Servers
This section contains information on Web-related applications.
httpd
Fedora Core now includes version 2.2 of the Apache HTTP Server. This release
brings a number of improvements over the 2.0 series, including:
● greatly improved caching modules (mod_cache, mod_disk_cache, mod_mem_cache)
● a new structure for authentication and authorization support, replacing the
security modules provided in previous versions
● support for proxy load balancing (mod_proxy_balance)
● large file support for 32-bit platforms (including support for serving
files larger than 2GB)
● new modules mod_dbd and mod_filter, which bring SQL database support and
enhanced filtering
Upgrading and Security Modules
If you upgrade from a previous version of httpd, update your server
configuration to use the new authentication and authorization modules.
Refer to the page listed below for more details.
The following changes have been made to the default httpd configuration:
● The mod_cern_meta and mod_asis modules are no longer loaded by default.
● The mod_ext_filter module is now loaded by default.
Third-party Modules
Any third-party modules compiled for httpd 2.0 must be rebuilt for httpd
2.2.
For more information on upgrading existing installations, refer to http://
httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/upgrading.html.
php
Version 5.1 of PHP is now included in Fedora Core. This release brings a number
of improvements since PHP 5.0, including:
● improved performance
● addition of the PDO database abstraction module
The following extension modules have been added:
● date, hash, and Reflection (built-in with the php package)
● pdo and pdo_psqlite (in the php-pdo package)
● pdo_mysql (in the php-mysql package)
● pdo_pgsql (in the php-pgsql package)
● pdo_odbc (in the php-odbc package)
● xmlreader and xmlwriter (in the php-xml package)
The following extension modules are no longer built:
● dbx
● dio
● yp
The PEAR framework
The PEAR framework is now packaged in the php-pear package. Only the following
PEAR components are included in Fedora Core:
● Archive_Tar
● Console_Getopt
● XML_RPC
Additional components may be packaged in Fedora Extras.
Developer Tools
This section covers various developer tools.
GCC Compiler Collection
This release of Fedora has been built with GCC 4.1 as the system compiler,
which is included with the distribution.
Caveats
● You need GDB 6.1 or newer to debug binaries, unless they are compiled using
the -fno-var-tracking compilation option.
● The -fwritable-strings option is no longer accepted.
● English-language diagnostic messages now use Unicode quotes. If you cannot
read this, set your LC_CTYPE environment variable to C or change your
terminal emulator.
● The specs file is no longer installed on most systems. Ordinary users will
not notice, but developers who need to alter the file can use the
-dumpspecs option to generate the file for editing.
Code Generation
● The SSA code optimizer is now included and brings with it better constant
propagation, partial redundancy elimination, load and store code motion,
strength reduction, dead storage elimination, better detection of
unreachable code, and tail recursion by accumulation.
● Autovectorization is supported. This technique achieves higher performance
for repetitive loop code, in some circumstances.
Language Extensions
● The new sentinel attribute causes the compiler to issue a warning if a
function such as execl(char *path, const char *arg, ...), which requires a
NULL list terminator, is missing the NULL.
● The cast-as-lvalue, conditional-expression-as-lvalue, and
compund-expression-as-lvalue extensions have been removed.
● The #pragma pack() semantics are now closer to those used by other
compilers.
● Taking the address of a variable declared with the register modifier now
generates an error instead of a warning.
● Arrays of incomplete element types now generate an error. This implies no
forward reference to structure definitions.
● The basic compiler, without any optimization (-O0), has been measured as
much as 25% faster in real-world code.
● Libraries may now contain function-scope static variables in multi-threaded
programs. Embedded developers can use the -fno-threadsafe-statics to turn
off this feature, but ordinary users should never do this.
FORTRAN
● The GNU FORTRAN 77 front end has been replaced by a new FORTRAN 90/95
recognizer.
Eclipse Development Environment
● Eclipse 3.1M6 is compiled as a native application.
● The C Development Tool (CDT) has been included.
Security
This section highlights various security items from Fedora Core.
A general introduction to the many proactive security features in Fedora,
current status and policies is available at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/
Security.
What's New
PAM module Deprecation
Pam_stack is deprecated in this release. Linux-PAM 0.78 and later contains the
include directive which obsoletes the pam_stack module. pam_stack module usage
is logged with a deprecation warning. It might be removed in a future release.
It must not be used in individual service configurations anymore. All packages
in Fedora Core using PAM were modified so they do not use it.
Upgrading and PAM Stacks
When a system is upgraded from previous Fedora Core releases and the system
admininstrator previously modified some service configurations, those modified
configuration files are not replaced when new packages are installed. Instead,
the new configuration files are created as .rpmnew files. Such service
configurations must be fixed so the pam_stack module is not used. Refer to the
.rpmnew files for the actual changes needed.
diff -u /etc/pam.d/foo /etc/pam.d/foo.rpmnew
The following example shows the /etc/pam.d/login configuration file in its
original form using pam_stack, and then revised with the include directive.
#%PAM-1.0
auth required pam_securetty.so
auth required pam_stack.so service=system-auth
auth required pam_nologin.so
account required pam_stack.so service=system-auth
password required pam_stack.so service=system-auth
# pam_selinux.so close should be the first session rule
session required pam_selinux.so close
session required pam_stack.so service=system-auth
session required pam_loginuid.so
session optional pam_console.so
# pam_selinux.so open should be the last session rule
session required pam_selinux.so open
#%PAM-1.0
auth required pam_securetty.so
auth include system-auth
# no module should remain after 'include' if 'sufficient' might
# be used in the included configuration file
# pam_nologin moved to account phase - it's more appropriate there
# other modules might be moved before the system-auth 'include'
account required pam_nologin.so
account include system-auth
password include system-auth
# pam_selinux.so close should be the first session rule
session required pam_selinux.so close
session include system-auth
# the system-auth config doesn't contain sufficient modules
# in the session phase
session required pam_loginuid.so
session optional pam_console.so
# pam_selinux.so open should be the last session rule
session required pam_selinux.so open
Buffer Overflow detection and variable reordering
All of the software in Fedora Core and Extras software repository for this
release is compiled using a security feature called fstack-protector.
fstack-protector places a canary value on the stack of functions containing a
local character array. Before returning from a protected function, the canary
value is verified. If there was a buffer overflow, the canary will no longer
match the expected value, aborting the program. The canary value is random each
time the application is started, making remote exploitation very difficult. The
fstack-protector feature does not protect against heap-based buffer overflows.
This is a security feature written by Red Hat developers, implementing the IBM
ProPolice/SSP feature. For more information about ProPolice/SSP, refer to http:
//www.research.ibm.com/trl/projects/security/ssp/. This feature is available as
part of the GCC 4.1 compiler used in Fedora Core 5.
The FORTIFY_SOURCE security feature for gcc and glibc introduced in Fedora Core
4 remains available. For more information about security features in Fedora,
refer to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/Features.
SELinux
The new SELinux project pages have troubleshooting tips, explanations, and
pointers to documentation and references. Some useful links include the
following:
● New SELinux project pages: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SELinux
● Troubleshooting tips: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SELinux/Troubleshooting
● Frequently Asked Questions: http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/selinux-faq/
● Listing of SELinux commands: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SELinux/Commands
● Details of confined domains: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SELinux/Domains
Multi Category Security (MCS)
MCS is a general-use implementation of the more stringent Multilevel Security
(MLS). MCS is an enhancement to SELinux to allow users to label files with
categories. Categories might include Company_Confidential, CEO_EYES_ONLY, or
Sysadmin_Passwords. For more information about MCS, refer to http://
james-morris.livejournal.com/5583.html, an article by the author.
Multilevel Security (MLS)
MLS is a specific Mandatory Access Control (MAC) scheme that labels processes
and objects with special security levels. For example, an object such as a
document file can have the security level of { Secret, ProjectMeta }, where
Secret is the sensitivity level, and ProjectMeta is the category. For more
information about MLS, refer to http://james-morris.livejournal.com/5020.html.
CategorySecurity
Java and java-gcj-compat
A free and open source Java environment is available within this Fedora Core
release, called java-gcj-compat. java-gcj-compat includes a tool suite and
execution environment that is capable of building and running many useful
programs that are written in the Java programming language.
Fedora Core Does Not Include Java
Java is a trademark of Sun Microsystems. java-gcj-compat is an entirely free
software stack that is not Java, but may run Java software.
The java-gcj-compat infrastructure has three key components: a GNU Java runtime
(libgcj), the Eclipse Java compiler (ecj), and a set of wrappers and links
(java-gcj-compat) that present the runtime and compiler to the user in a manner
similar to other Java environments.
The Java software packages included in this Fedora release use the new,
integrated java-gcj-compat environment. These packages include OpenOffice.org
Base, Eclipse, and Apache Tomcat.
Refer to the Java FAQ at http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/JavaFAQ for more
information on the free Java environment in Fedora.
Include location and version information in bug reports
When making a bug report, be sure to include the output from these commands:
which java && java -version && which javac && javac -version
Handling Java and Java-like Packages
In addition to the java-gcj-compat free software stack, Fedora Core is designed
to let you install multiple Java implementations and switch between them using
the alternatives command line tool. However, every Java system you install must
be packaged using the JPackage Project packaging guidelines to take advantage
of alternatives.
Once installed properly, the root user should be able to switch between java
and javac implementations using the alternatives command:
alternatives --config java alternatives --config javac
Fedora and the JPackage Java Packages
Fedora Core includes many packages derived from the JPackage Project, which
provides a Java software repository. These packages have been modified in
Fedora to remove proprietary software dependencies and to make use of GCJ's
ahead-of-time compilation feature. Fedora users should use the Fedora
repositories for updates to these packages, and may use the JPackage repository
for packages not provided by Fedora.
Refer to the JPackage website at http://jpackage.org for more information on
the project and the software that it provides.
Mixing Packages from Fedora and JPackage
Research package compatibility before you install software from both the Fedora
and JPackage repositories on the same system. Incompatible packages may cause
complex issues.
Samba (Windows Compatibility)
Fedora can now browse Windows shares, a feature known as SMB browsing. In
releases prior to Fedora Core 5, the firewall prevented the proper function of
SMB browsing. With the addition of the ip_conntrack_netbios_ns kernel module to
the 2.6.14 kernel, and corresponding enhancements to
system-config-securitylevel, the firewall now properly handles SMB broadcasts
and permits network browsing.
Multimedia
Fedora Core includes applications for assorted multimedia functions, including
playback, recording and editing. Additional packages are available through the
Fedora Extras repository.
Multimedia Players
The default installation of Fedora Core includes Rhythmbox, Totem, and Helix
Player for media playback. Many other programs are available in the Fedora Core
and Fedora Extras repositories, including the popular XMMS package. Both GNOME
and KDE have a selection of players that can be used with a variety of formats.
Additional programs are available from third parties to handle other formats.
Fedora Core also takes full advantage of the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture
(ALSA) sound system. Many programs can play sound simultaneously, which was
once difficult on Linux systems. When all multimedia software is configured to
use ALSA for sound support, this limitation disappears. For more information
about ALSA, visit the project website at http://www.alsa-project.org/.
Ogg and Xiph.Org Foundation Formats
Fedora includes complete support for the Ogg media container format, and the
Vorbis audio, Theora video, Speex audio, and FLAC lossless audio formats. These
freely-distributable formats are not encumbered by patent or license
restrictions. They provide powerful and flexible alternatives to more popular,
restricted formats. The Fedora Project encourages the use of open source
formats in place of restricted ones. For more information on these formats and
how to use them, refer to the Xiph.Org Foundation's web site at http://
www.xiph.org/.
MP3, DVD and Other Excluded Multimedia
Fedora Core and Fedora Extras cannot include support for MP3 or DVD playback or
recording, because the MP3 and MPEG (DVD) formats are patented, and the patent
owners have not provided the necessary licenses. Fedora also excludes several
multimedia application programs due to patent or license restrictions, such as
Flash Player and Real Player. For more on this subject, please refer to http://
fedoraproject.org/wiki/ForbiddenItems.
CD and DVD Authoring and Burning
Fedora Core and Extras include a variety of tools for easily mastering and
burning CDs and DVDs. GNOME users can burn directly from the Nautilus file
manager, or choose the gnomebaker or graveman packages from Fedora Extras, or
the older xcdroast package from Fedora Core. KDE users can use the robust k3b
package for these tasks. Console tools include cdrecord, readcd, mkisofs, and
other typical Linux applications.
Screencasts
You can use Fedora to create and play back screencasts, which are recorded
desktop sessions, using open technologies. Fedora Extras 5 includes istanbul,
which creates screencasts using the Theora video format. These videos can be
played back using one of several players included in Fedora Core. This is the
preferred way to submit screencasts to the Fedora Project for either developer
or end-user use. For a more comprehensive how-to, refer to http://
fedoraproject.org/wiki/ScreenCasting.
Extended Support through Plugins
Most of the media players in Fedora Core and Fedora Extras support the use of
plugins to add support for additional media formats and sound output systems.
Some use powerful backends, like gstreamer, to handle media format support and
sound output. Plugin packages for these backends and for individual
applications are available in Fedora Core and Fedora Extras, and additional
plugins may be available from third parties to add even greater capabilities.
Games and Entertainment
Fedora Core and Fedora Extras provide a selection of games that cover a variety
of genres. By default, Fedora Core includes a small package of games for GNOME
(called gnome-games). To install other games available from Fedora Core and
Fedora Extras, select Applications>Add/Remove Software from the main desktop
menu.
Networking
Major Kernel Changes 2.6.11 - 2.6.15
Refer to http://wiki.kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges for a list of major
changes. Some of them are highlighted below.
IPv4 Address Promotion
Starting with version 2.6.12 of the kernel, a new feature has been added called
named address promotion. This feature allows secondary IPv4 addresses to be
promoted to primary addresses. Usually when the primary address is deleted, all
secondary addresses are deleted as well. If you enable the new sysctl key
net.ipv4.conf.all.promote_secondaries, or one of the interface specific
variants, you can change this behavior to promote one of the secondary
addresses to be the new primary address.
Configurable Source Address for ICMP Errors
By default, when selecting the source address for ICMP error messages, the
kernel uses the address of the interface on which the ICMP error is going to be
sent. Kernel version 2.6.12 introduces the new sysctl key
net.ipv4.icmp_errors_use_inbound_ifaddr. If you enable this option the kernel
uses the address of the interface that received the original error-causing
packet.
Suppose the kernel receives a packet on interface eth0 which generates an ICMP
error, and the routing table causes the error message to be generated on
interface eth1. If the new sysctl option is enabled, the ICMP error message
indicates the source address as interface eth0, instead of the default eth1.
This feature may ease network debugging in asynchronous routing setups.
LC-Trie Based Routing Lookup Algorithm
A new routing lookup algorithm called trie has been added. It is intended for
large routing tables and shows a clear performance improvement over the
original hash implementation, at the cost of increased memory consumption and
complexity.
Pluggable Congestion Control Algorithm Infrastructure
TCP congestion control algorithms are now pluggable and thus modular. The
legacy NewReno algorithm remains the default, and acts as the fallback
algorithm. The following new congestion control algorithms have been added:
● High Speed TCP congestion control
● TCP Hybla congestion avoidance
● H-TCP congestion control
● Scalable TCP congestion control
All existing congestion control modules have been converted to this new
infrastructure, and the BIC congestion control has received enhancements from
BICTCP 1.1 to handle low latency links.
Affecting the Congestion Control Algorithm
The congestion control algorithm is socket specific, and may be changed via the
socket option TCP_CONGESTION.
Queue Avoidance upon Carrier Loss
When a network driver notices a carrier loss, such as when the cable is pulled
out, the driver stops the queue in front of the driver. In the past, this
stoppage caused the packets to be queued at the queueing discipline layer for
an unbound period of time causing unexpected effects. In order to prevent this
effect, the core networking stack now refuses to queue any packets for a device
that is operationally down, that is, has its queue disabled.
DCCP Protocol Support
Kernel version 2.6.14-rc1 was the first version to receive support for the DCCP
protocol. The implementation is still experimental, but is known to work.
Developers have begun work to make userspace applications aware of this new
protocol.
Wireless
A new HostAP driver appears in the kernel starting in 2.6.14-rc1, which allows
the emulation of a wireless access point through software. Currently this
driver only works for Intersil Prism2-based cards (PC Card/PCI/PLX). Support
for wireless cards Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2100 and 2200 has been added.
Miscellaneous
● Many TCP Segmentation Offloading (TSO) related fixes are included.
● A new textsearch infrastructure has been added, and is usable with
corresponding iptables and extended match.
● Both the IPv4 and IPv6 multicast joining interface visible by userspace
have been reworked and brought up to the latest standards.
● The SNMPv2 MIB counter ipInAddrErrors is supported for IPv4.
● Various new socket options proposed in Advanced API (RFC3542) have been
added.
User Tools
The IPv4 address deletion algorithm did not take the prefix length into account
up to kernel version 2.6.12. Since this has changed, the iproute2 tool now
issues a warning if no prefix length is provided, to warn about possible
unintended deletions:
ip addr list dev eth0
4: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 1000
inet 10.0.0.3/24 scope global eth0
su -c 'ip addr del 10.0.0.3 dev eth0'
Warning: Executing wildcard deletion to stay compatible with old
scripts. Explicitly specify the prefix length (10.0.0.3/32) to
avoid this warning. This special behaviour is likely to disappear
in further releases, fix your scripts!
The correct method of deleting the address and thus avoiding the warning is:
su -c 'ip addr del 10.0.0.3/24 dev eth0'
Previously, it was not possible to tell if an interface was down
administratively or because no carrier was found, such as if a cable were
unplugged. The new flag NO-CARRIER now appears as a link flag if the link is
administratively up but no carrier can be found.
The ip command now supports a batch mode via the argument -batch, which works
similar to the tc command to speed up batches of tasks.
Virtualization
Virtualization in Fedora Core is based on Xen. Xen 3.0 is integrated within
Fedora Core 5 in the installer. Refer to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Tools/
Xen for more information about Xen.
No PowerPC Support
Xen is not supported on the PowerPC architecture in Fedora Core 5.
X Window System (Graphics)
This section contains information related to the X Window System implementation
provided with Fedora.
xorg-x11
X.org X11 is an open source implementation of the X Window System. It provides
the basic low-level functionality upon which full-fledged graphical user
interfaces (GUIs) such as GNOME and KDE are designed. For more information
about X.org, refer to http://xorg.freedesktop.org/wiki/.
You may use Applications > System Settings > Display or system-config-display
to configure the settings. The configuration file for X.org is located in /etc/
X11/xorg.conf.
X.org X11R7 is the first modular release of X.org, which, among several other
benefits, promotes faster updates and helps programmers rapidly develop and
release specific components. More information on the current status of the
X.org modularization effort in Fedora is available at http://fedoraproject.org/
wiki/Xorg/Modularization.
X.org X11R7 End-User Notes
Installing Third Party Drivers
Before you install any third party drivers from any vendor, including ATI or
nVidia, please read http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Xorg/3rdPartyVideoDrivers.
The xorg-x11-server-Xorg package install scripts automatically remove the
RgbPath line from the xorg.conf file if it is present. You may need to
reconfigure your keyboard differently from what you are used to. You are
encouraged to subscribe to the upstream xorg@freedesktop.org mailing list if
you do need assistance reconfiguring your keyboard.
X.org X11R7 Developer Overview
The following list includes some of the more visible changes for developers in
X11R7:
● The entire buildsystem has changed from imake to the GNU autotools
collection.
● Libraries now install pkgconfig *.pc files, which should now always be used
by software that depends on these libraries, instead of hard coding paths
to them in /usr/X11 R6/lib or elsewhere.
● Everything is now installed directly into /usr instead of /usr/X11 R6. All
software that hard codes paths to anything in /usr/X11 R6 must now be
changed, preferably to dynamically detect the proper location of the
object. Developers are strongly advised against hard-coding the new X11R7
default paths.
● Every library has its own private source RPM package, which creates a
runtime binary subpackage and a -devel subpackage.
X.org X11R7 Developer Notes
This section includes a summary of issues of note for developers and packagers,
and suggestions on how to fix them where possible.
The /usr/X11R6/ Directory Hierarchy
X11R7 files install into /usr directly now, and no longer use the /usr/X11 R6/
hierarchy. Applications that rely on files being present at fixed paths under /
usr/X11 R6/, either at compile time or run time, must be updated. They should
now use the system PATH, or some other mechanism to dynamically determine where
the files reside, or alternatively to hard code the new locations, possibly
with fallbacks.
Imake
The imake utility is no longer used to build the X Window System, and is now
officially deprecated. X11R7 includes imake, xmkmf, and other build utilities
previously supplied by the X Window System. X.Org highly recommends, however,
that people migrate from imake to use GNU autotools and pkg-config. Support for
imake may be removed in a future X Window System release, so developers are
strongly encouraged to transition away from it, and not use it for any new
software projects.
The Systemwide app-defaults/ Directory
The system app-defaults/ directory for X resources is now %{_datadir}/X11/
app-defaults, which expands to /usr/share/X11/app-defaults/ on Fedora Core 5
and for future Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems.
Correct Package Dependencies
Any software package that previously used Build Requires: (XFree86-devel|
xorg-x11-devel) to satisfy build dependencies must now individually list each
library dependency. The preferred and recommended method is to use virtual
build dependencies instead of hard coding the library package names of the xorg
implementation. This means you should use Build Requires: libXft-devel instead
of Build Requires: xorg-x11-Xft-devel. If your software truly does depend on
the X.Org X11 implementation of a specific library, and there is no other clean
or safe way to state the dependency, then use the xorg-x11-devel form. If you
use the virtual provides/requires mechanism, you will avoid inconvenience if
the libraries move to another location in the future.
xft-config
Modular X now uses GNU autotools and pkg-config for its buildsystem
configuration and execution. The xft-config utility has been deprecated for
some time, and pkgconfig *.pc files have been provided for most of this time.
Applications that previously used xft-config to obtain the Cflags or libs build
options must now be updated to use pkg-config.
Database Servers
MySQL
Fedora now provides MySQL 5.0. For a list of the enhancements provided by this
version, refer to http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/
mysql-5-0-nutshell.html.
For more information on upgrading databases from previous releases of MySQL,
refer to the MySQL web site at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/
upgrade.html.
PostgreSQL
This release of Fedora includes PostgreSQL 8.1. For more information on this
new version, refer to http://www.postgresql.org/docs/whatsnew/.
Database Upgrade Across Fedora Core Versions
Fedora Core 4 provided version 8.0 of PostgreSQL. If you upgrade an existing
Fedora system with a PostgreSQL database, you must upgrade the database to
access the data.
To upgrade a database from a previous version of PostgreSQL, follow the
procedure described at http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/
install-upgrading.html.
Internationalization (i18n)
This section includes information related to the support of various languages
under Fedora Core.
Input Methods
SCIM (Simple Common Input Method) has replaced IIIMF as the input method system
for Asian and other languages in Fedora Core in this release. SCIM uses
Ctrl-Space as the default trigger key to toggle on and off the input method,
though it is easy to change the hotkey or add hotkeys with the SCIM setup
configuration tool. When scim-anthy is active Japanese users can now use the
Zenkaku_Hankaku key to toggle between Japanese and ASCII input.
Installation
SCIM should be installed and run by default for Asian language desktops.
Otherwise the required packages can be installed using the language support
section of the package manager or running:
su -c 'yum install <SCIM-IMEs>'
where <SCIM-IMEs> should be replaced by one or more of the following:
● Japanese: scim-anthy
Korean: scim-hangul
Simplified Chinese: scim-pinyin scim-tables-chinese
Traditional Chinese: scim-chewing scim-tables-chinese
Indian and other languages: scim-m17n m17n-db-<language>
You also need fonts for the language. The font packages are named fonts-
<language>, where <language> is one of arabic, bengali, chinese, gujarati,
hebrew, hindi, japanese, korean, punjabi, tamil.
If your desktop is not running in an Asian locale, to activate it in your user
account, run these commands, then logout and login again to your desktop.
mkdir ~/.xinput.d
ln -s /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/scim ~/.xinput.d/default
SCIM applet and toolbar
When SCIM is running, an applet icon appears in the notification area of the
desktop panel. The icon is a grey keyboard icon when SCIM is inactive, and an
Input Method Engine (IME) icon when it is active. When SCIM is active, by
default the SCIM input method toolbar with status information also appears.
Clicking the left mouse button on the applet activates a SCIM language
switching menu for changing the current Input Method Engine. The menu only
appears when an application using the Input Method has focus. Clicking the
right mouse button on the applet or SCIM toolbar activates the setup menu.
SCIM configuration
You can configure SCIM and IMEs using the setup configuration tool available
from the setup menu. In the IME general configuration pane, you can select
which languages or IMEs appear on the language switching menu.
New conversion engines
anthy, a new Japanese conversion engine replaces the old Canna server system,
and libchewing, a new Traditional Chinese conversion engine, has been added.
Fonts
Support is now available for synthetic emboldening of fonts that do not have a
bold face.
New fonts for Chinese have been added: AR PL ShanHeiSun Uni (uming.ttf) and AR
PL ZenKai Uni (ukai.ttf). The default font is AR PL ShanHeiSun Uni, which
contains embedded bitmaps. If you prefer outline glyphs you can put the
following section in your ~/.font.conf file:
<fontconfig>
<match target="font">
<test name="family" compare="eq">
<string>AR PL ShanHeiSun Uni</string>
</test>
<edit name="embeddedbitmap" mode="assign">
<bool>false</bool>
</edit>
</match>
</fontconfig>
gtk2 IM submenu
The Gtk2 context menu IM submenu no longer appears by default. You can enable
it on the command line with the following command:
gconftool-2 --type bool --set '/desktop/gnome/interface/show_input_method_menu' true
Backwards Compatibility
Fedora Core provides legacy system libraries for compatibility with older
software. This software is part of the Legacy Software Development group, which
is not installed by default. Users who require this functionality may select
this group either during installation, or after the installation process is
complete. To install the package group on a Fedora system, use Applications=>
Add/Remove Software, Pirut or enter the following command in a terminal window:
su -c 'yum groupinstall "Legacy Software Development"'
Enter the password for the root account when prompted.
Package Changes
This list is automatically generated
This list is automatically generated. It is not a good choice for translation.
This list was made using the treediff utility, ran as treediff newtree oldtree
against the rawhide tree of 28 Feb. 2006.
For a list of which packages were updated since FC 4, refer to this page:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/PackageChanges/UpdatedPackages
New package adaptx
AdaptX
New package agg
Anti-Grain Geometry
New package amtu
Abstract Machine Test Utility (AMTU)
New package anthy
Japanese character set input library
New package aspell-ru
Russian dictionaries for Aspell.
New package aspell-sl
Slovenian dictionaries for Aspell.
New package aspell-sr
Serbian dictionaries for Aspell.
New package avahi
Local network service discovery
New package axis
A SOAP implementation in Java
New package beagle
The Beagle Search Infrastructure
New package bsf
Bean Scripting Framework
New package bsh
Lightweight Scripting for Java
New package cairo
A vector graphics library
New package cairo-java
Java bindings for the Cairo library
New package castor
An open source data binding framework for Java
New package concurrent
Utility classes for concurrent Java programming
New package dev86
A real mode 80x86 assembler and linker.
New package dhcdbd
DHCP D-BUS daemon (dhcdbd) controls dhclient sessions
with D-BUS, stores and presents DHCP options.
New package ekiga
A Gnome based SIP/H323 teleconferencing application
New package elilo
ELILO linux boot loader for EFI-based systems
New package evolution-sharp
Evolution Data Server Mono Bindings
New package f-spot
Photo management application
New package frysk
Frysk execution analysis tool
New package gecko-sharp2
Gecko bindings for Mono
New package geronimo-specs
Geronimo J2EE server J2EE specifications
New package giflib
Library for manipulating GIF format image files
New package glib-java
Base Library for the Java-GNOME libraries
New package gmime
Library for creating and parsing MIME messages
New package gnome-applet-vm
Simple virtual domains monitor which embed themselves
in the GNOME panel
New package gnome-mount
Mount replacement which uses HAL to do the mounting
New package gnome-power-manager
GNOME Power Manager
New package gnome-python2-desktop
The sources for additional PyGNOME Python extension modules
for the GNOME desktop.
New package gnome-screensaver
GNOME Sreensaver
New package gnome-user-share
Gnome user file sharing
New package gnu-efi
Development Libraries and headers for EFI
New package gpart
A program for recovering corrupt partition tables.
New package gsf-sharp
Mono bindings for libgsf
New package gstreamer-plugins-base
GStreamer streaming media framework base plug-ins
New package gstreamer-plugins-good
GStreamer plug-ins with good code and licensing
New package gtk-sharp
GTK+ and GNOME bindings for Mono
New package gtk-sharp2
GTK+ and GNOME bindings for Mono
New package hplip
HP Linux Imaging and Printing Project
New package hsqldb
Hsqldb Database Engine
New package icon-naming-utils
A script to handle icon names in desktop icon themes
New package icu
International Components for Unicode
New package imake
imake source code configuration and build system
New package iscsi-initiator-utils
iSCSI daemon and utility programs
New package iso-codes
ISO code lists and translations
New package jakarta-commons-codec
Jakarta Commons Codec Package
New package jakarta-commons-daemon
Jakarta Commons Daemon Package
New package jakarta-commons-discovery
Jakarta Commons Discovery
New package jakarta-commons-httpclient
Jakarta Commons HTTPClient Package
New package javacc
A parser/scanner generator for java
New package jdom
Java alternative to DOM and SAX
New package jgroups
Toolkit for reliable multicast communication.
New package jrefactory
JRefactory and Pretty Print
New package kasumi
An anthy dictionary management tool.
New package kexec-tools
The kexec/kdump userspace component.
New package lcms
Color Management System
New package libFS
X.Org X11 libFS runtime library
New package libICE
X.Org X11 libICE runtime library
New package libSM
X.Org X11 libSM runtime library
New package libX11
X.Org X11 libX11 runtime library
New package libXScrnSaver
X.Org X11 libXss runtime library
New package libXTrap
X.Org X11 libXTrap runtime library
New package libXau
X.Org X11 libXau runtime library
New package libXaw
X.Org X11 libXaw runtime library
New package libXcomposite
X.Org X11 libXcomposite runtime library
New package libXcursor
X.Org X11 libXcursor runtime library
New package libXdamage
X.Org X11 libXdamage runtime library
New package libXdmcp
X.Org X11 libXdmcp runtime library
New package libXevie
X.Org X11 libXevie runtime library
New package libXext
X.Org X11 libXext runtime library
New package libXfixes
X.Org X11 libXfixes runtime library
New package libXfont
X.Org X11 libXfont runtime library
New package libXfontcache
X.Org X11 libXfontcache runtime library
New package libXft
X.Org X11 libXft runtime library
New package libXi
X.Org X11 libXi runtime library
New package libXinerama
X.Org X11 libXinerama runtime library
New package libXmu
X.Org X11 libXmu/libXmuu runtime libraries
New package libXp
X.Org X11 libXp runtime library
New package libXpm
X.Org X11 libXpm runtime library
New package libXrandr
X.Org X11 libXrandr runtime library
New package libXrender
X.Org X11 libXrender runtime library
New package libXres
X.Org X11 libXres runtime library
New package libXt
X.Org X11 libXt runtime library
New package libXtst
X.Org X11 libXtst runtime library
New package libXv
X.Org X11 libXv runtime library
New package libXvMC
X.Org X11 libXvMC runtime library
New package libXxf86dga
X.Org X11 libXxf86dga runtime library
New package libXxf86misc
X.Org X11 libXxf86misc runtime library
New package libXxf86vm
X.Org X11 libXxf86vm runtime library
New package libchewing
Intelligent phonetic input method library for Traditional
Chinese
New package libdaemon
library for writing UNIX daemons
New package libdmx
X.Org X11 libdmx runtime library
New package libdrm
libdrm Direct Rendering Manager runtime library
New package libevent
Abstract asynchronous event notification library
New package libfontenc
X.Org X11 libfontenc runtime library
New package libgdiplus
libgdiplus: An Open Source implementation of the GDI+ API
New package libgpod
Library to access the contents of an iPod
New package libgssapi
Generic Security Services Application Programming Interface
Library
New package libiec61883
Streaming library for IEEE1394
New package liblbxutil
X.Org X11 liblbxutil runtime library
New package libnl
Convenience library for kernel netlink sockets
New package libnotify
libnotify notification library
New package liboil
Library of Optimized Inner Loops, CPU optimized functions
New package liboldX
X.Org X11 liboldX runtime library
New package libpfm
a performance monitoring library for Linux/ia64
New package librtas
Libraries to provide access to RTAS calls and RTAS events.
New package libsemanage
SELinux binary policy manipulation library
New package libsetrans
SELinux Translation library
New package libstdc++so7
libstdc++.so.7 preview
New package libunwind
An unwinding library for ia64.
New package libvirt
Library providing an API to use the Xen virtualization
New package libvte-java
Wrapper library for GNOME VTE
New package libxkbfile
X.Org X11 libxkbfile runtime library
New package libxkbui
X.Org X11 libxkbui runtime library
New package lucene
High-performance, full-featured text search engine
New package m17n-db
Multilingualization datafiles for m17n-lib
New package m17n-lib
Multilingual text library
New package mesa
Mesa graphics libraries
New package mlocate
An utility for finding files by name
New package mockobjects
Java MockObjects package
New package mono
a .NET runtime environment
New package mysql-connector-odbc
ODBC driver for MySQL
New package mysqlclient14
Backlevel MySQL shared libraries.
New package nautilus-sendto
Nautilus context menu for sending files
New package nfs-utils-lib
Network File System Support Library
New package notify-daemon
Notification Daemon
New package nspr
Netscape Portable Runtime
New package opal
Open Phone Abstraction Library
New package openCryptoki
Implementation of Cryptoki v2.11 for IBM Crypto Hardware
New package opensp
SGML and XML parser
New package pcmciautils
PCMCIA utilities and initialization programs
New package perl-Net-IP
Perl module for manipulation of IPv4 and IPv6 addresses
New package perl-String-CRC32
Perl interface for cyclic redundency check generation
New package perl-XML-Simple
Easy API to maintain XML in Perl
New package pfmon
a performance monitoring tool for Linux/ia64
New package php-pear
PHP Extension and Application Repository framework
New package pirut
Package Installation, Removal and Update Tools
New package prctl
Utility to perform process operations
New package pycairo
Python bindings for the cairo library
New package pykickstart
A python library for manipulating kickstart files
New package python-pyblock
Python modules for dealing with block devices
New package rhpxl
Python library for configuring and running X.
New package s390utils
Linux/390 specific utilities.
New package salinfo
SAL info tool.
New package scim
Smart Common Input Method platform
New package scim-anthy
SCIM IMEngine for anthy for Japanese input
New package scim-chewing
Chewing Chinese input method for SCIM
New package scim-hangul
Hangul Input Method Engine for SCIM
New package scim-m17n
SCIM IMEngine for m17n-lib
New package scim-pinyin
Smart Pinyin IMEngine for Smart Common Input Method platform
New package scim-qtimm
SCIM input method module for Qt
New package scim-tables
SCIM Generic Table IMEngine
New package squashfs-tools
squashfs utilities
New package system-config-cluster
system-config-cluster is a utility which allows you to manage
cluster configuration in a graphical setting.
New package systemtap
Instrumentation System
New package tanukiwrapper
Java Service Wrapper
New package tog-pegasus
OpenPegasus WBEM Services for Linux
New package tomboy
Tomboy is a desktop note-taking application for Linux and Unix.
New package velocity
Java-based template engine
New package werken.xpath
XPath implementation using JDOM
New package wpa_supplicant
WPA/WPA2/IEEE 802.1X Supplicant
New package wsdl4j
Web Services Description Language Toolkit for Java
New package xdoclet
XDoclet Attribute Orientated Programming Framework
New package xjavadoc
The XJavaDoc engine
New package xmlrpc
Java XML-RPC implementation
New package xorg-x11-apps
X.Org X11 applications
New package xorg-x11-drivers
X.Org X11 driver installation package
New package xorg-x11-drv-acecad
Xorg X11 acecad input driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-aiptek
Xorg X11 aiptek input driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-apm
Xorg X11 apm video driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-ark
Xorg X11 ark video driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-ati
Xorg X11 ati video driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-calcomp
Xorg X11 calcomp input driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-chips
Xorg X11 chips video driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-cirrus
Xorg X11 cirrus video driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-citron
Xorg X11 citron input driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-cyrix
Xorg X11 cyrix video driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-digitaledge
Xorg X11 digitaledge input driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-dmc
Xorg X11 dmc input driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-dummy
Xorg X11 dummy video driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-dynapro
Xorg X11 dynapro input driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-elo2300
Xorg X11 elo2300 input driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-elographics
Xorg X11 elographics input driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-evdev
Xorg X11 evdev input driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-fbdev
Xorg X11 fbdev video driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-fpit
Xorg X11 fpit input driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-glint
Xorg X11 glint video driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-hyperpen
Xorg X11 hyperpen input driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-i128
Xorg X11 i128 video driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-i740
Xorg X11 i740 video driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-i810
Xorg X11 i810 video driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-jamstudio
Xorg X11 jamstudio input driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-joystick
Xorg X11 joystick input driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-keyboard
Xorg X11 keyboard input driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-magellan
Xorg X11 magellan input driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-magictouch
Xorg X11 magictouch input driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-mga
Xorg X11 mga video driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-microtouch
Xorg X11 microtouch input driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-mouse
Xorg X11 mouse input driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-mutouch
Xorg X11 mutouch input driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-neomagic
Xorg X11 neomagic video driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-nsc
Xorg X11 nsc video driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-nv
Xorg X11 nv video driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-palmax
Xorg X11 palmax input driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-penmount
Xorg X11 penmount input driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-rendition
Xorg X11 rendition video driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-s3
Xorg X11 s3 video driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-s3virge
Xorg X11 s3virge video driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-savage
Xorg X11 savage video driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-siliconmotion
Xorg X11 siliconmotion video driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-sis
Xorg X11 sis video driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-sisusb
Xorg X11 sisusb video driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-spaceorb
Xorg X11 spaceorb input driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-summa
Xorg X11 summa input driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-tdfx
Xorg X11 tdfx video driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-tek4957
Xorg X11 tek4957 input driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-trident
Xorg X11 trident video driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-tseng
Xorg X11 tseng video driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-ur98
Xorg X11 ur98 input driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-v4l
Xorg X11 v4l video driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-vesa
Xorg X11 vesa video driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-vga
Xorg X11 vga video driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-via
Xorg X11 via video driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-vmware
Xorg X11 vmware video driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-void
Xorg X11 void input driver
New package xorg-x11-drv-voodoo
Xorg X11 voodoo video driver
New package xorg-x11-filesystem
X.Org X11 filesystem layout
New package xorg-x11-font-utils
X.Org X11 font utilities
New package xorg-x11-fonts
X.Org X11 fonts
New package xorg-x11-proto-devel
X.Org X11 Protocol headers
New package xorg-x11-resutils
X.Org X11 X resource utilities
New package xorg-x11-server
X.Org X11 X server
New package xorg-x11-server-utils
X.Org X11 X server utilities
New package xorg-x11-twm
X.Org X11 twm window manager
New package xorg-x11-util-macros
X.Org X11 Autotools macros
New package xorg-x11-utils
X.Org X11 X client utilities
New package xorg-x11-xauth
X.Org X11 X authority utilities
New package xorg-x11-xbitmaps
X.Org X11 application bitmaps
New package xorg-x11-xdm
X.Org X11 xdm - X Display Manager
New package xorg-x11-xfs
X.Org X11 xfs font server
New package xorg-x11-xfwp
X.Org X11 X firewall proxy
New package xorg-x11-xinit
X.Org X11 X Window System xinit startup scripts
New package xorg-x11-xkb-utils
X.Org X11 xkb utilities
New package xorg-x11-xkbdata
xkb data files for the X.Org X11 X server
New package xorg-x11-xsm
X.Org X11 X Session Manager
New package xorg-x11-xtrans-devel
X.Org X11 developmental X transport library
Removed package Canna
Removed package 4Suite
Removed package MyODBC
Removed package apel
Removed package VFlib2
Removed package anaconda-help
Removed package aqhbci
Removed package cdicconf
Removed package fonts-xorg
Removed package gimp-gap
Removed package gnome-kerberos
Removed package gnomemeeting
Removed package hotplug
Removed package howl
Removed package hpijs
Removed package hpoj
Removed package iiimf
Removed package iiimf-le-chinput
Removed package iiimf-le-xcin
Removed package libgal2
Removed package libungif
Removed package lvm2-cluster
Removed package mod_jk
Removed package nvi-m17n
Removed package openh323
Removed package openmotif21
Removed package pcmcia-cs
Removed package perl-Filter
Removed package perl-Filter-Simple
Removed package perl-Parse-Yapp
Removed package perl-RPM2
Removed package perl-Time-HiRes
Removed package perl-XML-Encoding
Removed package perl-libxml-enno
Removed package python-twisted
Removed package sash
Removed package schedutils
Removed package selinux-policy-targeted
Removed package selinux-policy-strict
Removed package slocate
Removed package struts11
Removed package system-config-mouse
Removed package system-config-packages
Removed package taipeifonts
Removed package w3c-libwww
Removed package xinitrc
Removed package usbview
Fedora Extras - Community Package Repository
Using the Repository
Fedora Extras provides a repository of packages that complement Fedora Core.
This volunteer-based community effort is part of the larger Fedora Project.
Fedora Extras are Available by Default
Fedora systems automatically use both the Fedora Core and Fedora Extras
repositories to install and update software.
To install software from either the Core or Extras repositories, choose
Applications > Add/Remove Software. Enter the root password when prompted.
Select the software you require from the list, and choose Apply.
Alternatively, you may install software with the yum command-line utility. For
example, this command automatically installs the abiword package, and all of
the dependencies that are required:
su -c 'yum install abiword'
Enter the root password when prompted.
About Fedora Extras
As of the release of Fedora Core 5, there are approximately 2,000 packages in
Fedora Extras, built from 1,350 source packages. The following list includes
some popular and well-known applications that are maintained by community
members in Fedora Extras:
● abiword - elegant word-processing application
● balsa - lightweight e-mail reader
● bash-completion - advanced command-line completion for power users
● bluefish - HTML editor
● clamav - open source anti-virus scanner for servers and desktops
● fuse - tool for attaching non-standard devices and network services as
directories
● fwbuilder - graphical utility for building Linux and Cisco firewall
rulesets
● gaim-guifications - enhancements to the Gaim Instant Messenger
● gdesklets - widgets for the GNOME desktop
● gnumeric - powerful spreadsheet application
● inkscape - illustration and vector drawing application
● koffice - complete office suite for the KDE desktop
● mail-notification - alerts you as new mail arrives
● mediawiki - the Wikipedia solution for collaborative websites
● nautilus-open-terminal - extension to the GNOME file manager
● pan - the Usenet news reader
● revelation - password management utility
● scribus - desktop publishing (DTP) application
● xfce - lightweight desktop environment
● xmms - the popular audio player
● lots of Perl and Python tools and libraries
● ...and much more!
Is your favorite open source application missing from Fedora Extras? Package
the application as an RPM, and submit it for review to Fedora Extras. After a
successful review, import it to Extras and you can maintain it there. If you
don't know how to create RPM packages, there are many other ways to get
involved in Fedora Extras and help drive it forward.
To learn more about how to use Fedora Extras or how to get involved, refer to
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Extras.
Fedora Legacy - Community Maintenance Project
The Fedora Legacy Project is a community-supported open source project to
extend the lifecycle of select "maintenance mode" Red Hat Linux and Fedora Core
distributions. The Fedora Legacy Project works with the Linux community to
provide security and critical bug fix errata packages. This work extends the
effective lifetime of older distributions in environments where frequent
upgrades are not possible or desirable. For more information about the Fedora
Legacy Project, refer to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legacy.
Currently the Fedora Legacy Project maintains the following distributions and
releases in maintenance mode:
● Red Hat Linux 7.3 and 9
● Fedora Core 1, 2, and 3
The Fedora Legacy Project will provide updates for these releases as long as
there is community interest. When interest is not sustained further,
maintenance mode ends with the second test release for the third subsequent
Core release. For example, maintenance mode for Fedora Core 4, if not sustained
by the community, ends with the release of Fedora Core 7 test2. This provides
an effective supported lifetime (Fedora Core plus Fedora Legacy Support) of
about 18 months.
The Fedora Legacy Project always needs volunteers to perform quality assurance
testing on packages waiting to be published as updates. Refer to http://
fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legacy/QATesting for more information. Also visit our
issues list at http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-legacy-list/2005-August/
msg00079.html for further information and pointers to bugs we have in the
queue.
If you need help in getting started, visit the project home page on the Wiki at
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legacy, or the Mentors page at http://
fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mentors. If you are looking for others ways to
participate in Fedora, refer to http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/HelpWanted.
CategoryLegacy
Fedora Project - Freedom to the Core
The goal of the Fedora Project is to work with the Linux community to build a
complete, general-purpose operating system exclusively from open source
software. Development is done in a public forum. The project produces
time-based releases of Fedora Core approximately 2-3 times a year, with a
public release schedule available at http://fedora.redhat.com/About/schedule/.
The Red Hat engineering team continues to participate in building Fedora Core
and invites and encourages more outside participation than was possible in the
past. By using this more open process, we hope to provide an operating system
more in line with the ideals of free software and more appealing to the open
source community.
For more information, refer to the Fedora Project website:
http://fedora.redhat.com/
The Fedora Project is driven by the individuals that contribute to it. As a
tester, developer, documenter or translator, you can make a difference. See
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/HelpWanted for details.
This page explains the channels of communication for Fedora users and
contributors:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate.
In addition to the website, the following mailing lists are available:
● fedora-list@redhat.com — For users of Fedora Core releases
● fedora-test-list@redhat.com — For testers of Fedora Core test releases
● fedora-devel-list@redhat.com — For developers, developers, developers
● fedora-docs-list@redhat.com — For participants of the Documentation Project
To subscribe to any of these lists, send an email with the word "subscribe" in
the subject to <listname>-request, where <listname> is one of the above list
names.
Alternately, you can subscribe to Fedora mailing lists through the Web
interface:
http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/
The Fedora Project also uses several IRC (Internet Relay Chat) channels. IRC is
a real-time, text-based form of communication, similar to Instant Messaging.
With it, you may have conversations with multiple people in an open channel, or
chat with someone privately one-on-one.
To talk with other Fedora Project participants via IRC, access the Freenode IRC
network. Refer to the Freenode website (http://www.freenode.net/) for more
information.
Fedora Project participants frequent the #fedora channel on the Freenode
network, whilst Fedora Project developers may often be found on the #
fedora-devel channel. Some of the larger projects may have their own channels
as well; this information may be found on the webpage for the project, and at
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate.
In order to talk on the #fedora channel, you will need to register your
nickname, or nick. Instructions are given when you /join the channel.
IRC Channels
Red Hat has no control over the Fedora Project IRC
channels or their content.
Colophon
About the Colophon
As we use the term, a colophon:
● recognizes contributors and provides accountability, and
● explains tools and production methods.
Contributors
● Andrew Martynov (translator, Russian)
● Anthony Green (beat writer)
● Bob Jensen (beat writer, editor, co-publisher)
● Dave Malcolm (beat writer)
● David Woodhouse (beat writer)
● Francesco Tombolini (translator, Italian)
● Gavin Henry (beat writer)
● Hugo Cisneiros (translator, Brazilian Portuguese)
● Jens Petersen (beat writer)
● Joe Orton (beat writer)
● Josh Bressers (beat writer)
● Karsten Wade (beat writer, editor, co-publisher)
● Luya Tshimbalanga (beat writer)
● Patrick Barnes (beat writer, editor)
● Paul W. Frields (tools, editor)
● Rahul Sundaram (beat writer, editor)
● Sekine Tatsuo (translator, Japanese)
● Steve Dickson (beat writer)
● Stuart Ellis (editor)
● Thomas Graf (beat writer)
● Tommy Reynolds (tools)
● Yoshinari Takaoka (translator, tools)
● Yuan Yijun (translator, Simplified Chinese)
Production Methods
Beat writers produce the release notes directly on the Fedora Project Wiki.
They collaborate with other subject matter experts during the test release
phase of Fedora Core to explain important changes and enhancements. The
editorial team ensures consistency and quality of the finished beats, and ports
the Wiki material to DocBook XML in a revision control repository. At this
point, the team of translators produces other language versions of the release
notes, and then they become available to the general public as part of Fedora
Core. The publication team also makes them, and subsequent errata, available
via the Web.