Fedora 12 feature list

Release of Fedora 12 scheduled 2009-11-03

1. Tusnelda

- Next generation open video codec

2. x86 Support

- Changing the base architecture to i686 and optimizing for current 32-bit processors

3. XZ Rpm Payloads

4. Grub with Ext4 support

- don’t need to make boot partition which isn’t ext4

5. Multiseat

6. NetworkManager System Connections

7. Better Webcam Support

8. Bluetooth service on demand

9. Dracut

- New booting system (conventional: initial ram disk or initrd)

- A event based framework designed to be distribution independent, will provide much flexibility.

10. DisplayPort

- Enhanced support for DisplayPort in X and kernel drivers

11. Empathy

12. PolicyKit 1.0

13. Systemtap Static Probes

14. liblvm

15. NetworkManagerIPv6

16. NFS Client IPv6

17. debuginfo file system

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ref. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/12/FeatureList

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_12_Alpha_release_notes#What.27s_New_in_Fedora_12_.28codename.29_Beta

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/12/Schedule

GRUB with Ext4 Support

Fedora 11 included Ext4 by default however GRUB in that version did not support Ext4 and hence required a separate boot partition formatted as Ext3 or Ext2. Fedora 12 now includes a updated version of GRUB with Ext4 support.