* There is a new directive named %include which
can be used with kickstart. This allows you to include the contents
of other files
as a part of your kickstart configuration.
Kickstart
* There is a new directive named %include which
can be used with kickstart. This allows you to include the contents
of other files
as a part of your kickstart configuration.
Miscellaneous
* ISO images now have an md5sum embedded in them.
To test the checksum integrity of an ISO image, type linux
mediacheck at the installation boot prompt.
* The log file summarizing your installation is
now located in /root as /root/install.log instead of
/tmp/install.log. Upgrade logs have also been relocated to
/root/upgrade.log.
Kernel Notes
Red Hat Linux 7.3 includes the 2.4.18 kernel
* Improved scheduler for lower latency and better
SMP performance
* Support for 802.11Q (VLAN)
* Support for S.M.A.R.T.
* LVM (Logical Volume Management) support
* USB 2.0 support
* LBA48/ATA133 support for drives > 137GB
* Support for Cenatek Rocket Drive solid state
disks
* Older (pre-IDE era) CD-ROM drives are no longer
supported.
Distribution General Notes
Ximian GNOME causes conflicts. The issue is caused
by version overlap between the official Red Hat Linux RPMs and the
Ximian RPMs.
* KDE has been updated to 3.0.0 and includes
usability enhancements
as well as some new applications and features.
Anti-aliased fonts may appear to be non-functioning after the
upgrade to KDE 3.0.0. This issue is related to a feature addition:
* Red Hat Linux now includes a port of the Debian
alternatives
system, as a way to support multiple packages providing a
particular service.
* XFree86 has been updated to version 4.2.0.
Included in this
version is new support for the following graphics chipsets:
ATI Radeon 7500 (2D/3D), Radeon 8500 (2D)
ATI Radeon Mobility M6/M7 (2D/3D)
Intel i830 (2D/3D)
Matrox G550
nVidia nForce
3DLabs Permedia 4
Older S3 (non-Savage, non-ViRGE) chipsets
NOTE: The nVidia GeForce 4 chipset is not supported by the "nv"
driver in XFree86 4.2.0.
* The Evolution mailer/calendar/contact manager
has been added. Evolution includes POP, IMAP, and local mail
support, iCalendar support for calendaring and scheduling, and
integrated contact management and online tasklists.
* MrProject, a project management tool, has been
added. MrProject supports planning and tracking projects, including
Gantt charts,
dependencies, and resource allocations.
* The GnomeMeeting video conferencing application
has been added. GnomeMeeting is an H.323 compliant videoconferencing
tool, which supports H.245 tunneling and also an audio-only mode.
* Support for DVD-R, DVD+RW, and DVD-RW drives has
been included and is available in the dvdrtools package.
* Formatting DocBook XML documents using the XSL
stylesheet language is now possible.
* The DocBook document type definitions (DTDs)
have been merged into one RPM package called docbook-dtds.
* The gPhoto2 package has been added to the
distribution. gPhoto2 is a software application and interface
library for digital cameras.
* The initscripts now disable DMA on IDE CD-ROMs
by default.
* The xscanimage program has been deprecated and
may be removed in a future release of Red Hat Linux. The xsane
program should be used instead.
* The rp3 package has been removed; to configure
dial-up access use the redhat-config-network package.
* The ircii package has been replaced with the
epic package. epic is mostly compatible with ircii scripts and
includes more features
than ircii.
* The mkkickstart package has been removed. The
ksconfig program should be used instead; you can also edit the
/root/anaconda-ks.cfg generated by the
installer.
* The patchutils package of utilities for
manipulating patch files is now included.
* The glibc-kernheaders package has been added and
will replace the kernel-headers package.
* The postgresql package has been updated. To
preserve your data, dump the data using the pg_dumpall command
before upgrading, the restore the data after the upgrade is
complete. Referpg_dumpall(1) man page for more information.
Package Reorganization
Removed from Red Hat Linux 7.3:
* enlightenment
* ext2ed
* fnlib
* gnome-pim
* isapnptools
* kaffe
* libodbc++
* linuxconf
* lout
* mawk
* p2c
* ttfm
* xmorph
* xmailbox
* xrn
* xsysinfo
Deprecated and may be removed from a future version of Red Hat Linux:
* Netscape Communicator 4.7
* XFree86 3.3.x
* junkbuster