Fedora9 (Sulphur) launches "Chinese version release abstract"

Article title: "Chinese version release abstract" launched by sulora9 (Sulphur ". Linux is a technology channel of the IT lab in China. Includes basic categories such as desktop applications, Linux system management, kernel research, embedded systems, and open source.

On February 23, May 13, the Fedora community officially released the Ora 9 (Sulphur) release code "sulfur ).

The Fedora 9 code is "sulfur" because sulfur can be used in mythology to evict the werewolf, and the "werewolf" is exactly the Ora 8 code.

This version has the following updates:

PackageKiT: PackageKit is a cross-release package management system with a complete yum backend. The purpose of the software is to unify the graphical package management system on all releases, so some latest technologies such as yykit and D-Bus are adopted.

GNOME 2.22: GNOME 2.22 brings about many upgrades. One of them is the GVFS and GIO completed by the Ora developer Alexander Larsson, which are used to replace the old gnome vfs. GVFS provides improved performance, queue-based multi-file transmission, and collaborative PolicyKit improves security. PolicyKit is also developed and maintained by Fedora developer David Zeuthen. it is first introduced in Fedora 8. GNOME 2.22 also brings a world-class clock desktop applet that can display time and weather conditions in different time zones at the same time. Another change introduced in this version of GNOME is the newly designed GNOME Login Manager (AHP ). New features include power management support for login screens, dynamic display support, and PolicyKit integration.

KDE Desktop 4.0.3: KDE Desktop 4.0.3 upgraded all KDE core components to the Qt4 Interface, introducing a series of new frameworks: Multimedia API Phonon; hardware integration framework Solid; new Desktop and panel Plasma; integrated desktop search; mixed effects of KWin and a brand new visual topic Oxygen. During the lifecycle of Fedora 9, KDE will continue to be updated with patches from upstream projects. In the end, Fedora 9 will include KDE July this year released in 4.1.

NetworkManager: The Dan Ora developer Dan Williams makes NetworkManager easier to use than before. New features include the simultaneous activation of multiple devices, Ad-hoc support for establishing networks with unlimited devices, support for PPP dialing through GSM/CDMA mobile phone cards, and support for PolicyKit management.

Firefox 3 Beta 5: Firefox 3 Beta 5 delivers a localized visual experience consistent with the current desktop environment. Other improvements include integrating the address bar of history and favorites functions and improved favorites manager. At the same time, the browser engine XULRunner is also split from the user interface to provide a browser-independent stable interface for other applications that require web page rendering.

SELinux: SELinux can now place browser plug-ins in a security-restricted area for execution, thus avoiding security problems caused by insecure browser plug-ins. This is described in detail in his blog post by the daniora SELinux developer DanielWalsh.

Java: OpenJDK6, Sun Java SDK released by Sun under the open source code protocol, will become the default Java development environment. Very few OpenJDK private property code is replaced by code from the IcedTea project. Now, more Java programs can be run without any additional settings.

Xorg upgrade: It takes about one second to start and close X! In addition, more convenient display configuration and hot plugging support are available.

Unified Dictionary: Now, OpenOffice.org, Firefox, Thunderbird, GNOME and KDE will share the same spelling check dictionary, which will greatly reduce resource and memory consumption.

Bluetooth enhancement: Sending and receiving files with Bluetooth, and accessing peripheral Bluetooth devices through ODBX will be easier.

Anaconda installer: The Fedora system installer, Anaconda, has been greatly enhanced, including: Support for adjusting the ext2, ext3, and NTFS partition sizes during installation; support for creating and installing encrypted file systems; support for ext4 file system installation (you need to add the ext4 boot option to enable this function); support for native installation of GRUB on the EFI x86_64 device; introduce a small image netinst that supports network installation and system recovery. iso.

Seamless upgrade: If you have installed Fedora 7 or Fedora 8, you can use the graphical PreUpgrade tool to upgrade to Fedora 9 securely and conveniently.

Permanent USB Live support: The new LivdCD toolkit supports converting a LiveCD image into a self-starting USB Flash Live system without losing data on the original USB flash disk. The changes to the Live system in the USB flash drive can be permanently stored in the pre-defined space. Now, you can carry the Fedora system and documentation with you, and upgrade the Live system. You can also use liveusb-creator to create a Fedora Live USB flash drive in Windows.

Jigdo download support: Fedora 9 images can be downloaded through jigdo or jigsaw. If you have a site image in your region or you have saved a previous version of the CD image, this method will greatly save the traffic required to download the CD image.

FreeIPA: FreeIPA provides centralized Web and command line interface configuration for Fedora Directory Server, FreeRADIUS, MIT Kerberos, NTP, and DNS services, it allows the network administrator to quickly and conveniently perform authentication, validation, and policy processing.

 Upstart process management: Fedora 9 replaces System V process management with Upstart process management. This change helps ORA greatly speed up process startup and shutdown.

System-level application upgrade: Includes GCC to 4.3, Perl to 5.10, Kernel to 2.6.25-rc5, and TeXLive to replace Tex.

Chinese: WenQuanYi zhenhei is added to the Chinese character pack by default. scim-python is included by default, and scim-pinyin is replaced by scim-pinyin. The default Chinese input method is Ctrl + Space.

Editor's note: The Chinese version of the official release abstract is not ready yet. it should be the first release.