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Here are the release notes: http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/18/html/Release_Notes/index.html http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/18/html/Relea

by ch0wn 14y ago

Here are the release notes: http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/18/html/Release_Notes/index.html http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/18/html/Release_N...

AndreasFrom 14y ago
And here's the release announcement: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F18_release_announcement https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F18_release_announcement > Heck, we'd even say that getting this release to you has been a mooving experience. Heh.
jpdoctor 14y ago
Anyone want to create highlights for those of us with a short attention span?
- RyanZAG 14y ago
  The firewall daemon firewalld will be the default firewall solution for Fedora 18, replacing iptables. Using firewalld will allow for application of policy changes without reloading, allowing connection states to stay unbroken when rules are changed. UEFI Secure Boot will be supported in Fedora 18. This will allow Fedora to boot on systems that have Secure Boot enabled. Tools are available for administrators to create custom certificates to sign local changes to GRUB or the kernel. Fedora 18 adds FedFS, a mechanism to provide a coherent namespace across multiple file servers. Fedora 18 includes Samba4, which provides improved cross-platform file server support. The X.org server has been rewritten to support 'hot' plugging and unplugging of GPUs. Specifically, this allows Fedora to provide better support for USB connected graphics devices exposed by many modern systems and laptop docking stations. The user is no longer required to restart the X.org server for such devices to be recognised.
  - jpdoctor 14y ago
    Thanks for that. God I hope firewalld has more intuitive config than iptables.
    - scott_karana 14y ago
      It's just a wrapper overtop. That said, it likely is more intuitive :)
    - SwellJoe 14y ago
      I rather like iptables...I have to check the man page whenever I use it, but I'm always able to do what I want pretty quickly.
  - jlgreco 14y ago
    > The X.org server has been rewritten to support 'hot' plugging and unplugging of GPUs. Specifically, this allows Fedora to provide better support for USB connected graphics devices exposed by many modern systems and laptop docking stations. The user is no longer required to restart the X.org server for such devices to be recognised. Does anybody know if this means good things about the state of those nvidia/intel hybrid graphics setups?
    - j_col 14y ago
      I think what you need for that is Bumblebee: http://bumblebee-project.org/ http://bumblebee-project.org/
  - elehack 14y ago
    nit: firewalld does not replace iptables, it replaces system-config-firewall, a GUI, TUI, and startup script generator around iptables. iptables is still the underlying tech, we now just have a much better way to manage it.

by ch0wn 14y ago

Here are the release notes: http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/18/html/Release_Notes/index.html http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/18/html/Release_N...

AndreasFrom 14y ago

And here's the release announcement: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F18_release_announcement https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F18_release_announcement > Heck, we'd even say that getting this release to you has been a mooving experience. Heh.

jpdoctor 14y ago

Anyone want to create highlights for those of us with a short attention span?

RyanZAG 14y ago
The firewall daemon firewalld will be the default firewall solution for Fedora 18, replacing iptables. Using firewalld will allow for application of policy changes without reloading, allowing connection states to stay unbroken when rules are changed. UEFI Secure Boot will be supported in Fedora 18. This will allow Fedora to boot on systems that have Secure Boot enabled. Tools are available for administrators to create custom certificates to sign local changes to GRUB or the kernel. Fedora 18 adds FedFS, a mechanism to provide a coherent namespace across multiple file servers. Fedora 18 includes Samba4, which provides improved cross-platform file server support. The X.org server has been rewritten to support 'hot' plugging and unplugging of GPUs. Specifically, this allows Fedora to provide better support for USB connected graphics devices exposed by many modern systems and laptop docking stations. The user is no longer required to restart the X.org server for such devices to be recognised.
- jpdoctor 14y ago
  Thanks for that. God I hope firewalld has more intuitive config than iptables.
  - scott_karana 14y ago
    It's just a wrapper overtop. That said, it likely is more intuitive :)
  - SwellJoe 14y ago
    I rather like iptables...I have to check the man page whenever I use it, but I'm always able to do what I want pretty quickly.
- jlgreco 14y ago
  > The X.org server has been rewritten to support 'hot' plugging and unplugging of GPUs. Specifically, this allows Fedora to provide better support for USB connected graphics devices exposed by many modern systems and laptop docking stations. The user is no longer required to restart the X.org server for such devices to be recognised. Does anybody know if this means good things about the state of those nvidia/intel hybrid graphics setups?
  - j_col 14y ago
    I think what you need for that is Bumblebee: http://bumblebee-project.org/ http://bumblebee-project.org/
- elehack 14y ago
  nit: firewalld does not replace iptables, it replaces system-config-firewall, a GUI, TUI, and startup script generator around iptables. iptables is still the underlying tech, we now just have a much better way to manage it.