It's a wee bit later than originally planned, but finally we have a shiny new version of Fedora to play with. Codenamed Leonidas, Fedora 11 brings together a bunch of tweaks and enhancements, described in boring business-like language in the official announcement and with a fantastic, surreal slant in the Fedora mailing list post.

Grab a full-on DVD installer ISO or a smaller CD Live version from this page, and see after the break for a summary of the changes.

  • Boot time cut down
  • ext4 is the default file system
  • Ctrl+Alt+Backspace disabled in X
  • 'bluez-gnome' Bluetooth management tool replaced by 'gnome-bluetooth'
  • For security reasons, you can't log in as 'root' at the GDM display manager
  • 'kpackagekit' is the default package updater in KDE
  • TigerVNC is the default VNC software
  • 'system-config-printer' uses PolicyKit to control access to restricted CUPS functionality
  • Updated volume control applet with better PulseAudio integration
  • New Fedora Games Spin edition
  • Better integration of fingerprint readers
  • 'virt-manager' virtualisation tool has major updates - GUI redesigns and disk usage reporting

    Via TuxRadar