[Test-Announce] Announcing the release of Fedora 20.
Greetings!
We can say with great certainty the Fedora Project is pleased to announce the
release of Fedora 20 ("Heisenbug"), which coincides with the 10th anniversary
of the creation of the Fedora Project.
Download this leading-edge, free and open source operating system now:
http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora
Detailed information about this release can be seen in the release notes:
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/20/html/Release_Notes/index.html
*** Dedicated to Seth Vidal ***
On July 8, the Fedora Project lost Seth Vidal, a dedicated, tireless, and
brilliant contributor. Seth was a lead developer of Yum and the Fedora update
repository system. He worked to ensure that the technical and community
infrastructure of Fedora worked well and consistently for users and
contributors around the world. Seth touched the lives of hundreds of Fedora
contributors directly and millions of others indirectly by improving the
experience of using and updating Fedora.
The Fedora Project dedicates the Fedora 20 release to Seth and asks that you
join us in remembering his generous spirit and incredible work that helped make
Fedora what it is today. We miss you, Seth.
*** 10 Years of Fedora ***
The Fedora 20 release coincides with Fedora's tenth anniversary. The first
Fedora release (then called Fedora Core 1) came out on November 6, 2003. The
Fedora Project community has grown into an active and vibrant one that produces
a new version of this leading-edge, free and open source operating system
around every six months.
*** Desktop Environments and Spins ***
The Fedora Project strives to provide the best desktop experiences possible for
users, from desktop environment to application selection. We also produce
nearly a dozen spins tailor-made for desktop users, hardware design, gaming,
musicians, artists, and early classroom environments.
Spins are available for download here:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/20/Spins
== GNOME 3.10 ==
Fedora 20 comes with GNOME 3.10, which has several new applications and
features that will please GNOME-lovers. This release includes a new music
application (gnome-music), a new maps application (gnome-maps), a revamp for
the system status menu, and Zimbra support in Evolution.
== KDE Plasma Workspaces 4.11 ==
The Fedora KDE SIG has rebased to KDE 4.11 for Fedora 20. This release includes
faster Nepomuk indexing, improvements to Kontact, KScreen integration in KWin,
Metalink/HTTP support for KGet, and much more.
== Spins ==
Spins are alternate versions of Fedora. In addition to various desktop
environments for Fedora, spins are also available as tailored environments for
various types of users via hand-picked application sets or customizations.
See all of the Fedora 20 Release Spins here:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/20/Spins
*** ARM as a Primary Architecture ***
While Fedora has supported a number of hardware architectures over the years,
x86/x86_64 has been the default for the majority of Fedora users and for the
Linux community in general.
ARM, however, has been making massive strides. It already dominates the mobile
market, is becoming a go-to platform for hobbyists and makers, and is showing
enormous promise for the server market as well.
In keeping with Fedora's commitment to innovation, the Fedora community has
been pushing to make ARM a primary architecture to satisfy the needs of users
and developers targeting the ARM platform.
*** Cloud and Virtualization Improvements ***
The Fedora 20 release continues the Fedora tradition of adopting and
integrating leading edge technologies used in cloud computing. This release
includes features that will make working with virtualization and cloud
computing much easier.
== First-Class Cloud Images ==
The Fedora Cloud SIG has been working hard to provide images that are
well-suited for running as guests in public and private clouds like Amazon Web
Services (AWS) and OpenStack.
If you're using public or private cloud, you should grab one of the
downloadable Cloud Images or find a supported EC2 image, here:
http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora-options#clouds
== VM Snapshot UI with virt-manager ==
Taking VM snapshots is now much easier. Though qemu and libvirt have all the
major pieces in place for performing safe VM snapshots/checkpoints, there isn't
any simple, discoverable UI. This feature will track adding that UI to
virt-manager and any other virt stack bits that need to be fixed/improved,
including adding functionality to libvirt to support deleting and rebasing to
external snapshots.
== ARM on x86 with libvirt/virt-manager ==
You can now run ARM VMs on x86 hosts using standard libvirt tools: libvirt
virsh, virt-manager and virt-install.
*** Big Data ***
The Fedora 20 release includes all the packages you need to run Apache Hadoop
2.2.0. Hadoop is a widely used, increasingly complete big data platform with a
strong, growing com
[Test-Announce] Announcing the release of Fedora 20 Beta!
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Fedora 20 "Heisenbug" beta release has arrived with a preview of the latest fantastic, free, and open source technology currently under development. Take a peek inside: *** What is the Beta Release? *** The beta release is the last important milestone before the release of Fedora 20. A Beta release is code-complete and bears a very strong resemblance to the third and final release. Only critical bug fixes will be pushed as updates up to the general release of Fedora 20. The final release of Fedora 20 is expected in early December. Meanwhile, download the beta of Fedora 20 and help us make it even better: http://fedoraproject.org/get-prerelease We need your help to make Fedora 20 the best release yet, so please take some time to download and try out the beta and make sure the things that are important to you are working. If you find a bug, please report it – every bug you uncover is a chance to improve the experience for millions of Fedora users worldwide. Together, we can make Fedora 20 a rock-solid distribution. We have a culture of coordinating new features and pushing fixes upstream as much as feasible and your feedback will help improve not only Fedora but Linux and free software on the whole. (See the end of this announcement for more information on how to help.) Since it's a beta release, some problems may still be lurking. A list of problems that we already know about can be found at the Common F20 bugs page, found at http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F20_bugs. == 10 Years of Fedora == The Fedora 20 release coincides nicely with the 10th anniversary of Fedora. The first Fedora release (then called Fedora Core 1) came out on November 6, 2003. Since then, the Fedora Project has become an active and vibrant community that produces nearly a dozen "spins" that are tailor made for desktop users, hardware design, gaming, musicians, artists, and early classroom environments. == ARM as a Primary Architecture == While Fedora has supported a number of hardware architectures over the years, x86/x86_64 has been the default for the majority of Fedora users and for the Linux community in general. ARM, however, has been making massive strides. It already dominates the mobile market, and is becoming a go-to platform for hobbyists and makers, and is showing enormous promise for the server market as well. In keeping with Fedora's commitment to innovation, the Fedora community has been pushing to make ARM a primary architecture to satisfy the needs of users and developers targeting the ARM platform. *** Maturity and Advanced Features *** Sometimes it's not the big new features that make a users' experience better, it's the little enhancements or long-awaited tricky features that really help make a new release the bee's knees. === NetworkManager Improvements === NetworkManager is getting several improvements in Fedora 20 that will be welcome additions for power users and system administrators. Users will now be able to add, edit, delete, activate, and de-activate network connections via the nmcli command line tool, which will make life much easier for non-desktop uses of Fedora. NetworkManager is also getting support for bonding interfaces and bridging interfaces. Bonding and bridging are used in many enterprise setups and are necessary for virtualization and fail-over scenarios. === No Default Sendmail, Syslog === Fedora 20 removes some services that many users find unnecessary, though (of course) they will remain available as installable packages for users who might need them. The systemd journal now takes the place as the default logging solution, having been tested and able to manage persistent logging in place of syslog. Also, Sendmail will no longer be installed by default, as most Fedora installs have no need of a Mail Transfer Agent (MTA). === Cloud and Virtualization Improvements === The Fedora 20 release continues the Fedora tradition of adopting and integrating leading edge technologies used in cloud computing. This release includes a number of features that will make working with virtualization and cloud computing much easier. === First-Class Cloud Images === The Fedora Cloud SIG has been working hard on providing images that are well-suited to running as guests in public and private clouds like Amazon Web Services (AWS) and OpenStack. If you're using public or private cloud, you should definitely test-drive the beta images today! === OS Installer Support for LVM Thin Provisioning === LVM has introduced thin provisioning technology, which provides greatly improved snapshot functionality in addition to thin provisioning capability. This change will make it possible to configure thin provisioning during OS installation. === VM Snapshot UI with virt-manager === This change will make taking VM snapshots much easier. qemu and libvirt have all the major pieces in place for performing safe VM snapshots/checkpoints, however there isn
Re: [SPAM] [Test-Announce] Announcing the release of Fedora 20 Alpha!
On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 05:10:43AM -0400, Jaroslav Reznik wrote: > > Alternatively, given the 3 product split being proposed at the FESCo/Board > > level, it would seem simpler to drop the DVD entirely. (And there was much > > rejoicing.) > Or producing three smaller DVDs - we would avoid hitting space constraints > then. There's still some demand for installation DVDs even we do not have > it physical anymore (at least in EMEA). Well, or _two_ DVDs. I don't think there's much value in a cloud image DVD. :) -- Matthew Miller ☁☁☁ Fedora Cloud Architect ☁☁☁ -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
Re: [SPAM] [Test-Announce] Announcing the release of Fedora 20 Alpha!
- Original Message - > Adam Williamson (awill...@redhat.com) said: > > On Tue, 2013-09-24 at 19:51 -0700, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX wrote: > > > On 09/24/2013 07:46 PM, Adam Williamson wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2013-09-24 at 17:08 -0400, Bill Nottingham wrote: > > > >> Łukasz Posadowski (m...@lukaszposadowski.pl) said: > > > >>> Fedora, you did it again. :) But I hoped you would remember this > > > >>> time: 5 > > > >>> gigs do not fit on a single DVD. Oh yes, happy birthday. > > > >> Already filed in bugzilla, not considered an alpha blocker. > > > > The reason being that 5GB *do* fit on a single DVD if it's DL. And, > > > > more > > > > to the point, they fit fine on a USB stick or in a VM, which we figure > > > > is how most people test these days. > > > Why not use 7GB then? > > > > We don't 'aim' for 5GB. We aim for the target size - single-layer DVD > > size - but for Alpha, because it's still pretty possible to test the > > image if it's over-size, we don't block if it goes over size. > > > > > One ISO with Gnome, KDE, Xfce, Exim, Mingw and Wine? > > > > The DVD already has GNOME, KDE and Xfce, and the other things you > > mention seem pretty random and special-interest. > > Alternatively, given the 3 product split being proposed at the FESCo/Board > level, it would seem simpler to drop the DVD entirely. (And there was much > rejoicing.) Or producing three smaller DVDs - we would avoid hitting space constraints then. There's still some demand for installation DVDs even we do not have it physical anymore (at least in EMEA). Jaroslav > > Bill > -- > test mailing list > test@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
Re: [SPAM] [Test-Announce] Announcing the release of Fedora 20 Alpha!
> Alternatively, given the 3 product split being proposed at the FESCo/Board > level, it would seem simpler to drop the DVD entirely. (And there was much > rejoicing.) Oh, my QA soul would be on cloud 9 :-) -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
Re: [SPAM] [Test-Announce] Announcing the release of Fedora 20 Alpha!
Adam Williamson (awill...@redhat.com) said: > On Tue, 2013-09-24 at 19:51 -0700, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX wrote: > > On 09/24/2013 07:46 PM, Adam Williamson wrote: > > > On Tue, 2013-09-24 at 17:08 -0400, Bill Nottingham wrote: > > >> Łukasz Posadowski (m...@lukaszposadowski.pl) said: > > >>> Fedora, you did it again. :) But I hoped you would remember this time: 5 > > >>> gigs do not fit on a single DVD. Oh yes, happy birthday. > > >> Already filed in bugzilla, not considered an alpha blocker. > > > The reason being that 5GB *do* fit on a single DVD if it's DL. And, more > > > to the point, they fit fine on a USB stick or in a VM, which we figure > > > is how most people test these days. > > Why not use 7GB then? > > We don't 'aim' for 5GB. We aim for the target size - single-layer DVD > size - but for Alpha, because it's still pretty possible to test the > image if it's over-size, we don't block if it goes over size. > > > One ISO with Gnome, KDE, Xfce, Exim, Mingw and Wine? > > The DVD already has GNOME, KDE and Xfce, and the other things you > mention seem pretty random and special-interest. Alternatively, given the 3 product split being proposed at the FESCo/Board level, it would seem simpler to drop the DVD entirely. (And there was much rejoicing.) Bill -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
Re: [Test-Announce] Announcing the release of Fedora 20 Alpha!
On Sep 25, 2013, at 2:43 AM, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Wed, 2013-09-25 at 12:42 +0800, Christopher Meng wrote: >> Can we create 1GB/4GB/8GB images separately from now on for different people? > > God, no. Then we have three images to test, check the size of, and prune > while keeping a sane package set for. Do you think we're *short* of > work, or something? > >> I think this may solve the problem a little. > > I don't know whose problems it would *solve*, but I know it'd only > create a lot more for *me* :P To me it seemed self-evidentially facetious because otherwise it's just the lunatic asylum. Chris Murphy -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
Re: [Test-Announce] Announcing the release of Fedora 20 Alpha!
On Wed, 2013-09-25 at 12:42 +0800, Christopher Meng wrote: > Can we create 1GB/4GB/8GB images separately from now on for different people? God, no. Then we have three images to test, check the size of, and prune while keeping a sane package set for. Do you think we're *short* of work, or something? > I think this may solve the problem a little. I don't know whose problems it would *solve*, but I know it'd only create a lot more for *me* :P -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | XMPP: adamw AT happyassassin . net http://www.happyassassin.net -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
Re: [SPAM] [Test-Announce] Announcing the release of Fedora 20 Alpha!
On Tue, 2013-09-24 at 19:51 -0700, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX wrote: > On 09/24/2013 07:46 PM, Adam Williamson wrote: > > On Tue, 2013-09-24 at 17:08 -0400, Bill Nottingham wrote: > >> Łukasz Posadowski (m...@lukaszposadowski.pl) said: > >>> Fedora, you did it again. :) But I hoped you would remember this time: 5 > >>> gigs do not fit on a single DVD. Oh yes, happy birthday. > >> Already filed in bugzilla, not considered an alpha blocker. > > The reason being that 5GB *do* fit on a single DVD if it's DL. And, more > > to the point, they fit fine on a USB stick or in a VM, which we figure > > is how most people test these days. > Why not use 7GB then? We don't 'aim' for 5GB. We aim for the target size - single-layer DVD size - but for Alpha, because it's still pretty possible to test the image if it's over-size, we don't block if it goes over size. > One ISO with Gnome, KDE, Xfce, Exim, Mingw and Wine? The DVD already has GNOME, KDE and Xfce, and the other things you mention seem pretty random and special-interest. -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | XMPP: adamw AT happyassassin . net http://www.happyassassin.net -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
Re: [Test-Announce] Announcing the release of Fedora 20 Alpha!
Can we create 1GB/4GB/8GB images separately from now on for different people? I think this may solve the problem a little. -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
Re: [Test-Announce] Announcing the release of Fedora 20 Alpha!
On 09/24/2013 08:22 PM, Felix Miata wrote: On 2013-09-24 19:51 (GMT-0700) Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX composed: 5GB *do* fit on a single DVD if it's DL. And, more Would anyone waste a DL DVD on an alpha or beta iso? to the point, they fit fine on a USB stick or in a VM, which we figure is how most people test these days. Why not use 7GB then? Do RW DL DVDs exist? Why not 8 to match small USB sticks? One ISO with Gnome, KDE, Xfce, Exim, Mingw and Wine? Sure, why not make everyone who won't HTTP install download the sinks from every room in the house, garage, boat and motorhome just to get the one they actually need? I mentioned 7GB to leave some room for future bloat. Large ISOs are handy because they can be downloaded in the background, then quickly installed from local media. I suppose those on Red Hat's local net might not appreciate that. I install Fedora on a spare machine using PXEBOOT from a mirror on my 1GB ethernet: mirrors.kernel.org::fedora/development/20/x86_64/os I update this often. Rsync makes the updating efficient and parsimonous of bandwith. It would be nice if this rsync were kept completely up to date. It would also nice if Anaconda could use the tree on the local machine -- Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX c...@omen.com www.omen.com Developer of Industrial ZMODEM(Tm) for Embedded Applications Omen Technology Inc "The High Reliability Software" 10255 NW Old Cornelius Pass Portland OR 97231 503-614-0430 -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
Re: [Test-Announce] Announcing the release of Fedora 20 Alpha!
On 2013-09-24 19:51 (GMT-0700) Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX composed: 5GB *do* fit on a single DVD if it's DL. And, more Would anyone waste a DL DVD on an alpha or beta iso? to the point, they fit fine on a USB stick or in a VM, which we figure is how most people test these days. Why not use 7GB then? Do RW DL DVDs exist? Why not 8 to match small USB sticks? One ISO with Gnome, KDE, Xfce, Exim, Mingw and Wine? Sure, why not make everyone who won't HTTP install download the sinks from every room in the house, garage, boat and motorhome just to get the one they actually need? -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
Re: [SPAM] [Test-Announce] Announcing the release of Fedora 20 Alpha!
On 09/24/2013 07:46 PM, Adam Williamson wrote: On Tue, 2013-09-24 at 17:08 -0400, Bill Nottingham wrote: Łukasz Posadowski (m...@lukaszposadowski.pl) said: Fedora, you did it again. :) But I hoped you would remember this time: 5 gigs do not fit on a single DVD. Oh yes, happy birthday. Already filed in bugzilla, not considered an alpha blocker. The reason being that 5GB *do* fit on a single DVD if it's DL. And, more to the point, they fit fine on a USB stick or in a VM, which we figure is how most people test these days. Why not use 7GB then? One ISO with Gnome, KDE, Xfce, Exim, Mingw and Wine? -- Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX c...@omen.com www.omen.com Developer of Industrial ZMODEM(Tm) for Embedded Applications Omen Technology Inc "The High Reliability Software" 10255 NW Old Cornelius Pass Portland OR 97231 503-614-0430 -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
Re: [SPAM] [Test-Announce] Announcing the release of Fedora 20 Alpha!
On Tue, 2013-09-24 at 17:08 -0400, Bill Nottingham wrote: > Łukasz Posadowski (m...@lukaszposadowski.pl) said: > > Fedora, you did it again. :) But I hoped you would remember this time: 5 > > gigs do not fit on a single DVD. Oh yes, happy birthday. > > Already filed in bugzilla, not considered an alpha blocker. The reason being that 5GB *do* fit on a single DVD if it's DL. And, more to the point, they fit fine on a USB stick or in a VM, which we figure is how most people test these days. -- Adam Williamson Fedora QA Community Monkey IRC: adamw | Twitter: AdamW_Fedora | XMPP: adamw AT happyassassin . net http://www.happyassassin.net -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
Re: [SPAM] [Test-Announce] Announcing the release of Fedora 20 Alpha!
Łukasz Posadowski (m...@lukaszposadowski.pl) said: > Fedora, you did it again. :) But I hoped you would remember this time: 5 > gigs do not fit on a single DVD. Oh yes, happy birthday. Already filed in bugzilla, not considered an alpha blocker. Bill -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
Re: [SPAM] [Test-Announce] Announcing the release of Fedora 20 Alpha!
Dnia 2013-09-24, wto o godzinie 07:59 -0600, Kevin Fenzi pisze: > The Fedora 20 "Heisenbug" alpha release has arrived with a preview of > the latest fantastic, free, and open source technology currently under > development. Take a peek inside: > > http://fedoraproject.org/get-prerelease Fedora, you did it again. :) But I hoped you would remember this time: 5 gigs do not fit on a single DVD. Oh yes, happy birthday. -- Łukasz Posadowski -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
[Test-Announce] Announcing the release of Fedora 20 Alpha!
The Fedora 20 "Heisenbug" alpha release has arrived with a preview of the latest fantastic, free, and open source technology currently under development. Take a peek inside: http://fedoraproject.org/get-prerelease *** What is the Alpha Release? *** The Alpha release contains all the exciting features of Fedora 20 in a form that anyone can help test. This testing, guided by the Fedora QA team, helps us target and identify bugs. When these bugs are fixed, we make a Beta release available. A Beta release is code-complete and bears a very strong resemblance to the third and final release. The final release of Fedora 20 is expected in early December. We need your help to make Fedora 20 the best release yet, so please take some time to download and try out the Alpha and make sure the things that are important to you are working. If you find a bug, please report it – every bug you uncover is a chance to improve the experience for millions of Fedora users worldwide. Together, we can make Fedora a rock-solid distribution. We have a culture of coordinating new features and pushing fixes upstream as much as feasible and your feedback will help improve not only Fedora but Linux and free software on the whole. (See the end of this announcement for more information on how to help.) *** Changes *** Fedora prides itself on bringing cutting-edge technologies to users of open source software around the world, and this release continues that tradition. No matter what you do, Fedora 20 has the tools you need to help you get things done. To see how Fedora 20 is evolving from Fedora 19, see the accepted changes here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/20/ChangeSet == 10 Years of Fedora == The Fedora 20 release coincides nicely with the 10th anniversary of Fedora. The first Fedora release (then called Fedora Core 1) came out on November 6, 2003. Since then, the Fedora Project has become an active and vibrant community that produces nearly a dozen "spins" that are tailor made for desktop users, hardware design, gaming, musicians, artists, and early classroom environments. == ARM as a Primary Architecture == While Fedora has supported a number of hardware architectures over the years, x86/x86_64 has been the default for the majority of Fedora users and for the Linux community in general. ARM, however, has been making massive strides. It already dominates the mobile market, and is becoming a go-to platform for hobbyists and makers, and is showing enormous promise for the server market as well. In keeping with Fedora's commitment to innovation, the Fedora community has been pushing to make ARM a primary architecture to satisfy the needs of users and developers targeting the ARM platform. *** Maturity and Advanced Features *** Sometimes it's not the big new features that make a users' experience better, it's the little enhancements or long-awaited tricky features that really help make a new release the bee's knees. === NetworkManager Improvements === NetworkManager is getting several improvements in Fedora 20 that will be welcome additions for power users and system administrators. Users will now be able to add, edit, delete, activate, and de-activate network connections via the nmcli command line tool, which will make life much easier for non-desktop uses of Fedora. NetworkManager is also getting support for bonding interfaces and bridging interfaces. Bonding and bridging are used in many enterprise setups and are necessary for virtualization and fail-over scenarios. === No Default Sendmail, Syslog === Fedora 20 removes some services that many users find unnecessary, though (of course) they will remain available as installable packages for users who might need them. The systemd journal now takes the place as the default logging solution, having been tested and able to manage persistent logging in place of syslog. Also, Sendmail will no longer be installed by default, as most Fedora installs have no need of a Mail Transfer Agent (MTA). == Cloud and Virtualization Improvements == The Fedora 20 release continues the Fedora tradition of adopting and integrating leading edge technologies used in cloud computing. This release includes a number of features that will make working with virtualization and cloud computing much easier. * OS Installer Support for LVM Thin Provisioning: LVM has introduced thin provisioning technology, which provides greatly improved snapshot functionality in addition to thin provisioning capability. This change will make it possible to configure thin provisioning during OS installation. * VM Snapshot UI with virt-manager: This change will make taking VM snapshots much easier. qemu and libvirt have all the major pieces in place for performing safe VM snapshots/checkpoints, however there isn't any simple discoverable UI. This feature will track adding that UI to virt-manager, and any other virt stack bits that need to be fixed/improved. This includes adding functi
