<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><title>1. Welcome to Fedora 15</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="Common_Content/css/default.css" type="text/css" /><link rel="stylesheet" media="print" href="Common_Content/css/print.css" type="text/css" /><meta name="generator" content="publican 2.5" /><meta name="package" content="Fedora-Release_Notes-15-en-US-1-0" /><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Release Notes" /><link rel="up" href="index.html" title="Release Notes" /><link rel="prev" href="index.html" title="Release Notes" /><link rel="next" href="sect-Release_Notes-Changes_for_Desktop_Users.html" title="2. Changes in Fedora for Desktop Users" /></head><body><p id="title"><a class="left" href="http://www.fedoraproject.org"><img src="Common_Content/images/image_left.png" alt="Product Site" /></a><a class="right" href="http://docs.fedoraproject.org"><img src="Common_Content/images/image_right.png" alt="Documentation Site" /></a></p><ul class="docnav"><li class="previous"><a accesskey="p" href="index.html"><strong>Prev</strong></a></li><li class="next"><a accesskey="n" href="sect-Release_Notes-Changes_for_Desktop_Users.html"><strong>Next</strong></a></li></ul><div class="section" id="sect-Release_Notes-Welcome_to_Fedora_15"><div class="titlepage"><div><div keep-together.within-column="always"><h2 class="title" id="sect-Release_Notes-Welcome_to_Fedora_15">1. Welcome to Fedora 15</h2></div></div></div><div xml:lang="en-US" class="section" id="sect-Release_Notes-Welcome_to_Fedora" lang="en-US"><div class="titlepage"><div><div keep-together.within-column="always"><h3 class="title" id="sect-Release_Notes-Welcome_to_Fedora">1.1. Welcome to Fedora</h3></div></div></div><a id="id2925546" class="indexterm"></a><a id="id2909752" class="indexterm"></a><a id="id2904568" class="indexterm"></a><a id="id2912102" class="indexterm"></a><a id="id2951044" class="indexterm"></a><div class="para"> You can help the Fedora Project community continue to improve Fedora if you file bug reports and enhancement requests. Refer to <a href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugsAndFeatureRequests">Bugs And Feature Requests</a>, on the Fedora wiki, for more information about bug and feature reporting. Thank you for your participation. </div><div class="para"> To find out more general information about Fedora, refer to the following pages, on the Fedora wiki (<a href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/">http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/</a>): </div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul><li class="listitem"><div class="para"> <a href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Overview">Fedora Overview</a> </div></li><li class="listitem"><div class="para"> <a href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FAQ">Fedora FAQ</a> </div></li><li class="listitem"><div class="para"> <a href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate">Help and Discussions</a> </div></li><li class="listitem"><div class="para"> <a href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Join">Participate in the Fedora Project</a> </div></li></ul></div></div><div xml:lang="en-US" class="section" id="sect-Release_Notes-Overview" lang="en-US"><div class="titlepage"><div><div keep-together.within-column="always"><h3 class="title" id="sect-Release_Notes-Overview">1.2. Overview</h3></div></div></div><a id="id2972579" class="indexterm"></a><a id="id2945024" class="indexterm"></a><a id="id2854487" class="indexterm"></a><a id="id2924719" class="indexterm"></a><a id="id3005255" class="indexterm"></a><a id="id2951776" class="indexterm"></a><a id="id3000586" class="indexterm"></a><div class="para"> As always, Fedora continues to develop (<a href="http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Red_Hat_contributions">RedHat contributions</a>) and integrate the latest free and open source software (<a href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/15/FeatureList">Fedora 15 Features)</a>. The following sections provide a brief overview of major changes from the last release of Fedora. </div><div class="para"> The following are major features for Fedora 15: </div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul><li class="listitem"><div class="para"> GNOME 3 including the new GNOME 3 shell </div></li><li class="listitem"><div class="para"> KDE 4.6 with the improved Plasma workspace, enhanced core applications, and greater memory efficiency. </div></li><li class="listitem"><div class="para"> Xfce 4.8 with a new panel, Thunar enhancements and more. </div></li><li class="listitem"><div class="para"> Virtualization improvements including Spice support in virt-manager and support for Xen hosts. <div class="note"><div class="admonition_header"><h2>Note</h2></div><div class="admonition"><div class="para"> Throughout this document, we differentiate Spice, the new virtualization UI, from spice, the legacy circuit modelling application, by the use of an upper case S in the former. </div></div></div> </div></li><li class="listitem"><div class="para"> Better compression of live images allowing more applications to be provided on a CD. </div></li><li class="listitem"><div class="para"> System and session management via systemd, providing more consistent configuration and improved boot performance. </div></li></ul></div><div class="para"> For more details about other features that are included in Fedora 15 refer to their individual wiki pages that detail feature goals and progress: <a href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/15/FeatureList"> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/15/FeatureList</a>. </div></div><div xml:lang="en-US" class="section" id="sect-Release_Notes-Hardware_Overview" lang="en-US"><div class="titlepage"><div><div keep-together.within-column="always"><h3 class="title" id="sect-Release_Notes-Hardware_Overview">1.3. Hardware Overview</h3></div></div></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div keep-together.within-column="always"><h4 class="title" id="id2957222">1.3.1. Processor and memory requirements for x86 Architectures </h4></div></div></div><a id="id3015757" class="indexterm"></a><a id="id3024061" class="indexterm"></a><a id="id2950786" class="indexterm"></a><a id="id2853995" class="indexterm"></a><div class="para"> 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. Fedora 15 requires an Intel Pentium Pro or better processor, and is optimized for i686 and later processors. </div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul><li class="listitem"><div class="para"> Recommended for text-mode: 200 MHz Pentium Pro or better </div></li><li class="listitem"><div class="para"> Recommended for graphical: 400 MHz Pentium Pro or better </div></li><li class="listitem"><div class="para"> Minimum RAM for text-mode: 256 MiB </div></li><li class="listitem"><div class="para"> Minimum RAM for graphical: 640 MiB </div></li><li class="listitem"><div class="para"> Recommended RAM for graphical: 1152 MiB </div></li></ul></div></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div keep-together.within-column="always"><h4 class="title" id="id2876745">1.3.2. Processor and memory requirements for x86_64 architectures </h4></div></div></div><a id="id3000629" class="indexterm"></a><a id="id3030608" class="indexterm"></a><a id="id2936710" class="indexterm"></a><a id="id2922801" class="indexterm"></a><div class="itemizedlist"><ul><li class="listitem"><div class="para"> Minimum RAM for text-mode: 256 MiB </div></li><li class="listitem"><div class="para"> Minimum RAM for graphical: 640 MiB </div></li><li class="listitem"><div class="para"> Recommended RAM for graphical: 1152 MiB </div></li></ul></div></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div keep-together.within-column="always"><h4 class="title" id="id2955179">1.3.3. Hard disk space requirements for all architectures </h4></div></div></div><a id="id3000788" class="indexterm"></a><a id="id2810954" class="indexterm"></a><div class="para"> The complete packages can occupy over 9 GB of disk space. Final size is entirely determined by the installing spin and the packages selected during installation. Additional disk space is required during installation to support the installation environment. This additional disk space corresponds to the size of <code class="filename">/Fedora/base/stage2.img</code> (on Installation Disc 1) plus the size of the files in <code class="filename">/var/lib/rpm</code> on the installed system. </div><div class="para"> 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 a larger installation. </div><div class="para"> Additional space is also required for any user data, and at least 5% free space should be maintained for proper system operation. </div></div></div><div xml:lang="en-US" class="section" id="sect-Release_Notes-Feedback" lang="en-US"><div class="titlepage"><div><div keep-together.within-column="always"><h3 class="title" id="sect-Release_Notes-Feedback">1.4. Feedback</h3></div></div></div><div class="para"> Thank you for taking the time to provide your comments, suggestions, and bug reports to the Fedora community; this helps improve the state of Fedora, Linux, and free software worldwide. </div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div keep-together.within-column="always"><h4 class="title" id="id2953164">1.4.1. Providing Feedback on Fedora Software </h4></div></div></div><div class="para"> To provide feedback on Fedora software or other system elements, please refer to <a href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugsAndFeatureRequests"> Bugs And Feature Requests</a>. A list of commonly reported bugs and known issues for this release is available from <a href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F15_bugs"> Common F15 bugs</a>, on the wiki. </div></div><div class="section"><div class="titlepage"><div><div keep-together.within-column="always"><h4 class="title" id="id3001726">1.4.2. Providing Feedback on Release Notes </h4></div></div></div><div class="para"> If you feel these release notes could be improved in any way, you can provide your feedback directly to the beat writers. There are several ways to provide feedback, in order of preference: </div><div class="itemizedlist"><ul><li class="listitem"><div class="para"> If you have a Fedora account, edit content directly at <a href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats"> Docs-Beats</a> page on the wiki. </div></li><li class="listitem"><div class="para"> Fill out a bug request using <a href="http://tinyurl.com/nej3u">this template</a> - <span class="emphasis"><em>This link is ONLY for feedback on the release notes themselves.</em></span> Refer to the admonition above for details. </div></li><li class="listitem"><div class="para"> E-mail the Release-Note mailing list at <code class="email"><a class="email" href="mailto:relnotes@fedoraproject.org">relnotes@fedoraproject.org</a></code> </div></li></ul></div></div></div></div><ul class="docnav"><li class="previous"><a accesskey="p" href="index.html"><strong>Prev</strong>Release Notes</a></li><li class="up"><a accesskey="u" href="#"><strong>Up</strong></a></li><li class="home"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html"><strong>Home</strong></a></li><li class="next"><a accesskey="n" href="sect-Release_Notes-Changes_for_Desktop_Users.html"><strong>Next</strong>2. 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