Re: FC5t2 new stuff

["Bryan J. Smith" <b.j.smith@ieee.org>]

"Robert G. (Doc) Savage" <dsavage@peaknet.net> wrote:
> Lotsa stuff in the T2 release notes:

Thanx.  I've been meaning to do a summary of all the changes
as well.

> - mono (!!)   <-- all kinds of discussion possibilities
> here

Yep, Red Hat finally decided there wasn't anything legal
holding it back.  I thought they had mis-interpreted a lot
prior, the Mono team maintains 2 sets of codebases (one ECMA,
one MS compatible).

> - SELinux replaces targeted & strict policies with
> reference policy

This was a much needed move.  Red Hat needs to work with an
external entity where all developers can work on a standard
reference.

Otherwise we'll just get what NT/200x/XP has become --
MAC/RBAC typically disabled.

> - serial mice no longer supported in installer

This was an autodetection move.  Serial mice are the only
things that can't be autodetected, whereas the new input
support will automagically detect and reconfigure on-the-fly
for _any_ PS/2, USB, etc... mouse.

> - No separate SMP kernels for x86_64 -- all provide SMP
> capability

Linux is getting better and better x86-64 support everyday. 
Most don't realize x86-64 (at least AMD) is more than just
64-bit, it's on-par with most switched/meshed RISC
architectures.

> - LinuxThreads library no longer available -- NPTL is only
> thread model

The question then becomes, how is the compat-* support
affected?  One thing I loved about all Red Hat releases is
that they were virtually backward compatible with
applications built for RHL7+ (and RHL6+ in some cases) and
newer.

> Multimedia stuff:
> - rhythmbox, totem, and Helix Player are installed by
> default
> - other stuff, including xmms, Adobe/Macromedia Flash
> Player, Real
> Player, VLC, mplayer, and xine are in extras for licensing
> reasons.

Er, um, only _some_ are in Fedora Extras.
Most are in Livna.ORG.

> - ALSA is default sound system
>         "This means that 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 old
>         limitation disappears." [Too bad there's still a
> lot of stuff
>         that expects OSS.]

Umm, ALSA has an OSS emulation module.  Works fairly good.

> Samba stuff:
> - browsing of Windows shares now possible

It always has been in many apps, but it's now integrated into
Nautilus -- so all GNOME aspects.


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