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Miscellaneous New Features

1.3 Miscellaneous New Features

Other miscellaneous features of Red Hat Linux 6.0 are:

1.3.0.1 Enhanced Font Support

TrueType fonts are now supported in Red Hat Linux 6.0.

Dynamic font loading is now supported and can be used as a font-server on a local machine.

Please Note: Those of you who upgrade will not have this feature until you edit your fontpaths. To do this you must edit the /etc/X11/XF86Config file. Scroll down until you see fontpaths listed. Replace them all with FontPath ``tcp/localhost:7100''. You must also verify that xfs, the X Font Server, is running. By issuing the command /sbin/chkconfig --add xfs you will insure that it starts at system boot time.

1.3.0.2 Enhanced Initscripts

While booting and shutting down the system, Red Hat Linux 6.0 users are now able to easily see if a service has failed by displaying OK, PASSED or FAILED at the right-hand side of the screen.

1.3.0.3 Switchdesk Feature

Switchdesk, just as the name implies, allows you to easily switch between different desktop environments such as GNOME, AnotherLevel or KDE. Simply run ``switchdesk'' and choose your desired interface.

1.3.0.4 Latest Stable 2.2 Kernel Included

Red Hat Linux 6.0 includes the latest stable version of the 2.2 Linux kernel.


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