After Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala), Mandriva Linux 2010.0 and openSUSE 11.2, the
time has come for Fedora fans to grab the final release of the Fedora 12 operating system, announced now by the Fedora
Project developers.

What's New in Fedora 12?

· Linux Kernel 2.6.31.5;
· Dracut, the new booting system;
· Plymouth graphical boot splash;
· KDE 4.3.2;
· GNOME 2.28.0;
· New artwork;
· Empathy Instant Messenger;
· Moblin support;
· Better webcam support;
· Spanning desktop support;
· Improved HD video codecs;
· Network Manager mobile broadband for GSM networks;
· EXT4 is the default filesystem;
· x86 optimized for the Intel Atom processors (compiled for i686);
· RPM XZ compression;
· Guest virtual machines for KVM;
· Automatic bug reporting tool (ABRT);
· New NetworkManager with better IPv6 and Mobile Broadband support;
· Improved power management support;
· Support for Intel BIOS-RAID;
· Better support for Intel hardware;
· Clustered Samba support;
· Improved PulseAudio;
· Improved PackageKit;
· Improved KVM virtualization;
· Fedora Studio;
· BSoD (Bluetooth Service On Demand);
· NFS4;
· NetBeans 6.7;
· Ogg Theora 1.1.0;
· PolicyKit 1.0;
· Improved SystemTap.
More details about the release can be found in the release notes, and
on the  What's new in Fedora 12 web page. Fedora 12 is available to
download for 32 and 64-bit x86 systems as a DVD or LiveCD image.