Input / Output Support

• new support for USB 2.0 devices
• support for wireless devices, has been merged into a single "wireless" subsystem and API
• Linux support for Bluetooth devices
• major update for IDE/ATA and SCSI subsystem
• new support has been added for high-speed Se ria l ATA (S-ATA) devices
• Improved File system support for extended attributes and POSIX-style access controls.
• full support for the new (on Linux) XFS filesystem
• improved (and rewritten) support for the NTFS filesystem
• Better support for in and output devices like mice, keyboard, toutchscreen, joystick and gamepads
• New media and audio support ALSA (the "Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) the replacement of the old OSS "Open Sound System"
• first built-in support for Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) hardware

Software

• new support for the IPsec protocols
• improved support for multicast networking
• supports the new and not widely adopted NFSv4 protocol
• many improvements to Windows-style network filesystems