[ossig] Fedora Core 4 out

[Ditesh <ditesh@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lots of nice stuff in this release, enjoy
http://fedora.redhat.com/download/

  * Improved Productivity 


      * Evince (http://www.gnome.org/projects/evince/) is a document
        viewer for multiple document formats such as pdf, postscript,
        and many others. Evince replaces a whole category of document
        viewers with a single simple application. 
        
      * OpenOffice.org 2.0
        (http://www.openoffice.org/product2/index.php) is an office
        productivity suite. This latest version includes several
        enhancements such as improved Microsoft Office compatibility,
        completely revamped Impress presentation software, and native
        support for the OpenDocument format. This version also
        introduces Base, a fully integrated database management
        software. You can find the extensive list of new features at
        http://marketing.openoffice.org/2.0/featureguide.html.
        
      * Eclipse 3.1 is an open and extensible platform and Integrated
        Development Environment (IDE) that can be used to develop
        software in any language. 
        
  * Support for PowerPC (PPC) Architecture” Refer to Section 3.4, PPC
    Hardware Requirements and Section 5.1, PPC Installation Notes.

  * Improved Security” SELinux is a security architecture that protects
    applications and uses through finely grained security controls. The
    targeted policy that has been active since Fedora Core 3 has been
    improved to cover dozens of more daemons. You can read more in the
    technical release notes Section 4, Overview of This Release.

  * Integrated Clustering Technology ” Global File System (GFS) is an
    open source clustering file system that allows a cluster of Linux
    servers to share a common storage pool. Fedora Core 4 has integrated
    GFS within the system to manage your storage in an efficient way.
    You can read more at http://www.redhat.com/software/rha/gfs/. 

  * Built-in Virtualization ” Xen is a virtual machine that can securely
    run multiple operating systems in their own sandboxed domains. Xen
    has been integrated into Fedora Core to work in a seamless fashion.
    You can read more about Xen at
    http://fedora.redhat.com/projects/virtualization/. 

  * Solid Platform ” Fedora Core 4 includes and integrates the latest
    4.0 version of GNU Compiler Collection which has a rewritten
    optimisation infrastructure and improved support for a native Free
    Java software stack. This includes parts of OpenOffice.org 2.0.,
    Eclipse, and Apache Jakarta, among others. 




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