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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Can you feel the burn of “Sulphur” ?
After an unfortunate 2 week delay the Fedora project just announced the release of Fedora 9. Fedora has always been known to be the latest and greatest and this release is no different, rough edges and all. A great deal of hard work has been done to put […]
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008
A frequently asked question is: Where can I find a specific older version of Fedora? The correct answer is: If you CANNOT find it on the official Fedora Mirror List, then chances are it is too old and not supported.
Unless you need an older version for some very specific task, I strongly recommend that you […]
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Thursday, November 8th, 2007
Do you fear the “Werewolf” * ?
The Fedora project just released Fedora 8 with a great deal of enthusiasm. Fedora had been slipping behind in the past few releases and there have always been quality issues, but the team hopes this release will put them back on track.
The highlights from the Release Summary:
Graphics/Multimedia
PulseAudio - […]
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Wednesday, June 13th, 2007
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Thursday, May 31st, 2007
Time for some “Moonshine”!
Even before the official announcement, Max Spevack, leader of the Fedora Project, issued several words with his enthusiasm for all the work put into this release.
If you did not notice the release is called Fedora 7 and not Fedora Core 7 and this represents the most significant change. The previous devision of […]
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Tuesday, March 13th, 2007
Dell’s IdeaStorm provided a method for Dell customers to provide feedback to the company on what consumers really wanted. Not surprisingly, the biggest request was for Dell to pre-installed Linux on their Desktops and Laptops.
Currently there are vendors who support Linux on their computers, however most of this focus has been on enterprise […]
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Sunday, February 25th, 2007
If you pay attention to Linux news, I’m sure you’ve heard that Eric S. Raymond (commonly called “ESR”) has dumped Fedora in favor of Ubuntu. In case you’re wondering who he is, he is the author of The Cathedral and the Bazaar which is one of the best essays about open source development (highly recommended […]
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Tuesday, October 24th, 2006
After some rather clunky Test releases, buggy installers and 3 delays, Fedora Core 6 “Zod” is finally released!
The full list of features can be found on the FC6 Release Summary.
Please download using the official mirror list or through Bittorrent. The release notes give a comprehensive list of changes. There is also a Fedora Core 6 […]
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Thursday, September 14th, 2006
The third and final beta for the upcoming Fedora Core 6 has been made available. Although typically reserved for more experienced testers, the test releases lately have been become more widely used. Improving the quality of the distribution.
The notable features in FC6-Test3 are:
Support for installation from multiple repositories at install-time, including access to […]
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Monday, August 7th, 2006
The second beta for Fedora Core 6 (FC6-Test2) is available for testers and users alike. While FC6-Test1 was made available last June, there was not a significant set of improvements over the FC5 release.
The notable issues in FC6-Test2 are:
All packages recompiled (minus Thunderbird)
Introduction of DT_GU_HASH, a far more efficient symbol lookup table for dynamic linking. […]
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