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| Contributing Writer: [[User:pcalarco | Pascal Calarco]] | | Contributing Writer: [[User:jasonbrooks | Jason Brooks]] |
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| === First look: Fedora 15 arrives with GNOME 3.0 and systemd (ArsTechnica) === | | === The 5 most popular Linux distributions === |
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| Kara Schiltz forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-May/013926.html</ref> an ArsTechnica article on the release of Fedora 15:
| | "...Fedora clearly has its fans. And, if you work on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) development, it's a really wise idea to keep a copy of Fedora on hand so you can see RHEL's future." |
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| "The community of open source software developers behind the Fedora Linux
| | The full article is available <ref>http://www.zdnet.com/the-5-most-popular-linux-distributions-7000003183/</ref>. |
| distribution announced this week the release of version 15. The update
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| brings an overhauled desktop user interface and a number of noteworthy
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| architectural improvements under the hood.
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| Fedora is a community-driven Linux distribution that is sponsored by Red
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| Hat. It is released twice a year on a six-month development cycle and
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| typically ships with the latest cutting-edge Linux software. Fedora is
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| known for riding ahead of the curve and is often the first Linux distro
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| to introduce major new features. It also serves as an incubation space
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| for emerging Red Hat technologies, particularly in areas like
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| virtualization. It lacks the usability and robustness of some other
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| distros, but its unique technical advantages and high commitment to open
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| source ideology are appealing to system administrators, software
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| developers, and software freedom advocates.
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| The most significant user-facing change in Fedora 15 is the inclusion of
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| GNOME 3.0, a major update of the open source GNOME desktop environment.
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| It brings a completely new desktop shell to Fedora that helps to
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| modernize the user experience. The new shell is built with the Clutter
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| toolkit and requires hardware-accelerated rendering in order to operate.
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| Fedora fortunately does a pretty good job of handling it with open
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| source drivers on many hardware configurations."
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| The full post is available<ref>http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2011/05/first-look-fedora-15-arrives-with-gnome-30-and-systemd.ars</ref>. | |
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| === Fedora 15: More than just a pretty interface (The Register UK) ===
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| Kara Schiltz forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-May/013925.html</ref> a posting on the release of Fedora 15:
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| "The Red Hat–backed Fedora Project has released the latest version of its
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| Linux-based operating system, Fedora 15, into the wild.
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| Despite the similarities of the two leading Linux-based PC operating
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| systems, Fedora has long played second fiddle to Ubuntu in the minds of
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| many Linux fans. Now – for the first time – there are actually major
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| differences between the two distros.
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| For most users, the debate between the two can be distilled down to
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| GNOME 3 versus Unity. But as always, Fedora remains quite a bit
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| different under the surface, as well.
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| With the Unity Shell making waves – and not always good ones – in the
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| Ubuntu community, Fedora 15 offers something of a refuge for those
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| frustrated with the Unity Shell.
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| Unfortunately GNOME 3, Fedora's new default desktop, while in much
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| better shape than Ubuntu's Unity, is still very different than any
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| version of GNOME you've used before."
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| The full posting is available<ref>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/24/fedora_15_review/</ref>.
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| === How GNOME 3 is besting Ubuntu Unity (Techrepublic.com) ===
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| [[User:Sundaram|Rahul Sundaram]] forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-May/013924.html</ref> an article on Gnome 3 compared to Unity:
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| "Takeaway: Jack Wallen was jonsing for GNOME 3 and discovered the best
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| route to this new desktop was Fedora 15 beta. Can you image how
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| surprised Jack was to find out that GNOME 3 blows away Ubuntu Unity?
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| Read on to find out more."
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| Conclusion: "I’d like to drop some props to the Fedora 15 team, as
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| they’re doing an absolutely incredible job with this bleeding-edge Linux
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| distribution. Fedora 15 and GNOME 3 is a serious win-win from my
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| perspective. Give it a go, and you might find that you agree!"
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| The full article is available<ref>http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/opensource/how-gnome-3-is-besting-ubuntu-unity/2551</ref>.
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| === Fedora 15 Released; Comes With Gnome 3 === | | === Why Fedora 18 Will Be The Practical Choice For Vanilla Enthusiasts === |
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| [[User:Sundaram|Rahul Sundaram]] forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-May/013923.html</ref> another posting on Fedora 15 and Gnome 3:
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| "The best features of Fedora 15, which will attract a lot of users is
| | Arnav Kalra posted <ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2012-August/014486.html</ref>: |
| Gnome 3 shell. Fedora 15 will give users a distro which will allow then
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| to explore Gnome 3 with the stability that Fedora 15 offers.
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| Fedora 15 is also introducing Btrfs as a menu item in the installer | | "Fedora 18 (Spherical Cow) and future releases — along with RHEL 7 and future CentOS releases — will be the best way to enjoy a vanilla Gnome 3 experience." |
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| require passing a special option to the installer as in the previous
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| releases. Btrfs availability has moved up a notch as a incremental step
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| towards the goal of Btrfs as the default filesystem in the next release
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| of Fedora."
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| The full article is available<ref>http://www.muktware.com/news/24/2011/1215</ref>. | | The full article is available <ref>http://www.thepowerbase.com/2012/08/why-fedora-18-will-be-the-practical-choice-for-vanilla-enthusiasts/</ref>. |
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| === Fedora 15's five best features (ZDNet.com) === | | === Fedora 18 Linux Set To Package Spherical Cow Load of Features === |
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| [[User:Sundaram|Rahul Sundaram]] forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-May/013922.html</ref> an article about Fedora 15's top five features; Rahul writes:
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| This list doesn't cover major features like systemd and talks about
| | "The clock is starting to tick down on the Fedora Linux release with the feature freeze now in place. As such, now is as good a time as any to take a look at some of the new features that are likely to land when Fedora 18 goes live at the end of the year." |
| Fedora not including Chrome ignoring the fact that Chrome is a | |
| proprietary browser. Chromium is not included for other reasons and
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| quick a search in the wiki documents that. However the list of five
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| The full article is available<ref>http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/fedora-15s-five-best-features/8968?pg=2&tag=mantle_skin;content</ref>. | | The full article is available <ref>http://www.internetnews.com/blog/skerner/fedora-18-linux-set-to-package-spherical-cow-load-of-features.html</ref>. |
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| === Fedora 15 Released, Has GNOME 3, New Search Tool (softpedia) === | | === Fedora 18 schedule slips by a week === |
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| [[User:Sundaram|Rahul Sundaram]] forwarded<ref>http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/marketing/2011-May/013920.html</ref> a listing of features in Fedora 15:
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| "Highlights of Fedora 15:
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| · Linux kernel 2.6.38.6;
| | "At a go/no-go meeting of the Fedora QA Team, the developers decided to postpone the release of the first Fedora 18 alpha by a week. The team unanimously voted to not go forward with the release because of the relatively large number of blocker bugs that are still unresolved." |
| · Btrfs filesystem;
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| · GNOME 3 desktop environment;
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| · Indic typing booster;
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| · Better crash reporting;
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| · Redesigned SELinux troubleshooter;
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| · Gnome Shell user interface;
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| · GTK+ 3.0;
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| · Xorg Server 1.10;
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| · Deja Dup backup software;
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| · LibreOffice 3.3 open source office suite;
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| · Mozilla Firefox 4.0 web browser;
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| · BoxGrinder appliance (virtual machines) builder;
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| · Ledger, double-entry accounting system;
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| · Higher compression in live images;
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| · recoll, full-text search tool;
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| · Dynamic firewall;
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| · IcedTea Java plugin;
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| · RPM 4.9;
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| · Python 3.2;
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| · Rails 3.0.3;
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| · OCaml 3.12;
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| · FreeIPA 2.0;
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| · Maven 3;
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| · GNU Debugger (GDB) 7.3;
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| · GCC 4.6;
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| · Sugar .92 environment;
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| · eCryptfs support in authconfig;
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| · LZMA comperssion for Live images;
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| · Power Management improvements;
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| · Retrace server;
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| · Robotics suite."
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| The full article is available<ref>http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fedora-15-Released-Has-GNOME-3-New-Search-Tool-201867.shtml</ref>. | | The full article is available <ref>http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Fedora-18-schedule-slips-by-a-week-1673640.html</ref>. |
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