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This document provides the release notes for Fedora 18. It describes major changes offered in the <span class="productname">Spherical Cow</span> as compared to Fedora 17. For a detailed listing of all changes, refer to the Fedora Technical Notes.
</div></div></div></div><hr /></div><div class="toc"><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="sect-Release_Notes-Welcome_to_Fedora_18.html">1. Welcome to Fedora 18</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="sect-Release_Notes-Welcome_to_Fedora_18.html#sect-Release_Notes-Welcome_to_Fedora">1.1. Welcome to Fedora</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="sect-Release_Notes-Welcome_to_Fedora_18.html#sect-Release_Notes-Overview">1.2. Overview</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="sect-Release_Notes-Welcome_to_Fedora_18.html#sect-Release_Notes-Feedback">1.3. Feedback</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="sect-Release_Notes-Welcome_to_Fedora_18.html#sect-Release_Notes-Dir-Change">1.4. Release Notes Directory Change</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="sect-Release_Notes-Changes_for_Sysadmin.html">2. Changes in Fedora for System Administrators</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="sect-Release_Notes-Changes_for_Sysadmin.html#idp12791328">2.1. Kernel</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="sect-Release_Notes-Changes_for_Sysadmin.html#idp13288104">2.2. Installation</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="sect-Release_Notes-Changes_for_Sysadmin.html#idp18226632">2.3. Boot</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="sect-Release_Notes-Changes_for_Sysadmin.html#idp10505928">2.4. Security</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="sect-Release_Notes-Changes_for_Sysadmin.html#idp11780112">2.5. File Systems</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="sect-Release_Notes-Changes_for_Sysadmin.html#idp17826000">2.6. Virtualization</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="sect-Release_Notes-Changes_for_Sysadmin.html#idp12491544">2.7. Web Servers</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="sect-Release_Notes-Changes_for_Sysadmin.html#sect_Cloud">2.8. Cloud</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="sect-Release_Notes-Changes_for_Sysadmin.html#idp16986528">2.9. Database Servers</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="sect-Release_Notes-Changes_for_Sysadmin.html#idp11557504">2.10. File Servers</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="sect-Release_Notes-Changes_for_Sysadmin.html#idp11220960">2.11. Samba</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="sect-Release_Notes-Changes_for_Sysadmin.html#idp17075448">2.12. System Daemons</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="sect-Release_Notes-Changes_for_Sysadmin.html#idp12445328">2.13. Server Configuration Tools</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="sect-Release_Notes-Changes_for_Sysadmin.html#idp11265936">2.14. Xorg</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="sect-Release_Notes-Changes_for_Desktop.html">3. Changes in Fedora for Desktop Users</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="sect-Release_Notes-Changes_for_Desktop.html#sect-Desktop">3.1. Desktop</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="sect-Release_Notes-Changes_for_Desktop.html#idp10589328">3.2. Productivity</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="sect-Release_Notes-Changes_for_Desktop.html#idp11763912">3.3. Networking</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="sect-Release_Notes-Changes_for_Desktop.html#idp7904560">3.4. Internationalization</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="section"><a href="sect-Release_Notes-Changes_for_Developers.html">4. Changes in Fedora for Developers</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="sect-Release_Notes-Changes_for_Developers.html#idp18161200">4.1. Development</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="sect-Release_Notes-Changes_for_Developers.html#idp10836384">4.2. Development Tools</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="sect-Release_Notes-Changes_for_Developers.html#idp12099304">4.3. GCC Tools</a></span></dt><dt><span class="section"><a href="sect-Release_Notes-Changes_for_Developers.html#idp8331456">4.4. <span class="productname">D</span>
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