-------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: Paul W. Frields <[email protected]> > Reply-to: [email protected] > To: fedora-announce-list <[email protected]> > Subject: Announcing Fedora 11 > Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 10:16:34 -0400 > > Ladies and gentlemen of the Royal Explorers Club! Your attention > please. It falls to me to be the host of our proceedings to-day, as we > celebrate a great achievement in the annals of this hallowed > organization -- the discovery of what is truly a magnificent specimen > among all FOSSdom. When Dr. Brattlesworth and I began this safari more > than six months ago, we knew full well the many snares, toils, and > dangers that awaited us along the hundreds of miles of tracking our > quarry across the plains. But we also maintained a steadfast belief > that by living with the land, and becoming part of the larger > ecosystem where this incredible animal takes refuge, we could record > for posterity the way of life of that marvelous creature -- the > Leonidas! > > What's that? Oh, yes, dear me, the slides. I know you didn't come all > this way to hear my prattle, so let's say we, ah, get right down to > brass tacks as it were! Ho-ho! Yes, here we can see an exquisite scene > of the beast at repose, secure in his den, thanks to the mandatory > access control enhancements, which the astute among you will know > better as "SELinux", to his virtualization systems. Upon closer > inspection of his habitat we reveal further improvements to his > virtualization lair, including the merging of KVM and QEMU, stronger > VNC authentication for guests and a much enhanced > virt-manager. Finally, we were able to determine, as you'll see in > this slide, that our crafty king of beasts has secured his lair using > the protection of integrated fingerprint authentication and DNSSEC. > > Next slide please, Dr. Brattlesworth -- Here, we find the quadruped > leaping to action in a flash with its 20-second startup -- and do > observe the animal's graceful form, achieved through kernel mode > setting and Plymouth. We discovered, upon further examination, that > the Leonidas maintains his sleek figure through the help of his new > Presto feature, which allows him to keep his bandwidth trim while > digesting updates that keep him healthy and content. By this point, > Dr. Brattlesworth was positively ecstatic about our discovery, and I > had to calm the poor chap down with some of the local fire-water. That > was a rum morning, wasn't it, my dear fellow? Ha ha! > > Oh, balderdash, where was I? Ah yes, next slide. Here we see a diagram > of the cranial capacity of the average member of his species, compared > with that of our subject the Leonidas. Through a form of advanced > evolution to which Dr. Brattlesworth and I refer as "Free and Open > Source Software Development Methods," he has developed the > sophisticated abilities to comprehend code using GCC 4.4, Python 2.6 > and NetBeans 6.5, and to patrol a much larger area of space quickly, > using his support for the Ext4 file system > > Ah, my favorite slide is next! Here we see the Leonidas at the end of > a day as the full moon rises above the plain, safe and sound with his > new more understandable and flexible volume control. Oh-ho! Perhaps > those among you not asleep in your easy chairs by the fire, or > otherwise engaged in deep conversation, sparked no doubt by our > fascinating presentation, saw my little play at sonic humour. *ahem* > Yes, well. > > So now that you have seen the results of our intrepid safari into the > land inhabited by the Leonidas -- truly a worthy quarry, and a wonder > for us to behold, which we are proud to share with you, our > colleagues, as always. I hope that you, like I -- and I trust my dear > fellow adventurer Dr. Brattlesworth -- are already eager to return to > the veldt and witness the next stage of growth of this superlative > creature. Do enjoy your handouts, which are all provided on this > marvelous new invention called the 'live compact-disc,' and which you > may feel absolutely confident in passing on to your many associates > and other curious passers-by. > > Let us adjourn now to the smoking room for our brandy and cigars! > > * * * > > Get your copy of Fedora 11 today: http://get.fedoraproject.org/ > > For complete details of all the new features: > http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/f11/index.html > > * * * > > If you need assistance with installing Fedora, please check out our > Installation Guide at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/install-guide/f11/ > > Join the many thousands of Fedora participants and contributors: > http://join.fedoraproject.org/ > > If you missed the official launch, attend a Fedora 11 Release Party > near you: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraEvents/ReleaseParty > > > -- > Paul W. 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