After three last-minute delays, Fedora Core 6 is finally being pushed out the door this morning. Fedora Core 6 is codenamed Zod, and is being released seven months after the much anticipated and well-deserved launch of Fedora Core 5.

Yarrow, Tettnang, Heidelberg, Stentz, and Bordeaux were all exceptional or ground-breaking releases in one way or another, but what is new for Zod? After the release of Fedora Core 6 Test 1, we had written up a small preview of that development release to shed some light on what would hopefully hit the Fedora Core 6 development cycle. Today we will share with you everything that has made the cut for Zod. We have been fortunate enough to obtain an early copy of the final Fedora Core 6 spin, so we have all of the details for you this morning, so grab your coffee and enjoy!

Following in past tradition, Fedora Core 6 will be announced this morning followed by the opening of public mirrors for download. In the Fedora Core 5 release announcement on fedora-announce-list, the creative press release portrayed Bordeaux as a student (after the Stentz release announcement used a toy analogy). We can only wait to see what creative references will be used for Zod. Perhaps some fictional adventure with Superman and General Zod from DC Comics?

When interviewing Greg DeKoenigsberg for the Fedora Core 5 launch, and when sharing our initial thoughts on Fedora Core 6 Test 1, many improvements were being made to Anaconda (the Red Hat installer).

Another leading change with Fedora Core 6 is included support for Compiz with AIGLX.

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