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Fedora 7 released today

Linuxby Dolores Parker May 31st 2007


Red Hat released Fedora 7 today, a new version of their Linux operating system developed in partnership with the open source community and Red Hat engineers. This is Fedora's first release to merge the Fedora Core and Fedora Extras package repositories under one set of packaging policies. Another first for Fedora 7 is all the software used is released under a free license, and all decision-making is made in public.

The big innovations touted for this release are:
  • Revisor tool - a graphical appliation built on top of Fedora's other build tools that gives flexibility to build an ISO, a live CD, etc. Mike Spevack, Fedora's project leader, feels this is Fedora's crown jewel. Customized versions of Fedora are now possible to an extent that was not available previously.
  • Live CD - first time for Fedora, (however not an industry shake-up here).
  • Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) technology has been integrated with the Fedora graphical virtualization manager tool. KVM provides a full virtualization solution, and users have a choice between KVM and Xen, along with Qemu, in this release.
You can pick up a copy of this new version at the Fedora Project.
Thanks FF!

Tags: fedora, fedora 7, Fedora7, linux, live cd, LiveCd, red hat, RedHat

Eric S. Raymond divorces Fedora

by Dolores Parker Feb 21st 2007


After thirteen years of not-so marital bliss, Eric S. Raymond, co-founder of the Open Source Initiative, is calling it quits on his partnership with Red Hat/Fedora. The final straw came after he spent 4 hours working on what should have been a routine upgrade only to have his entire system rendered unusable. In a scathing open letter posted on various Linux websites and mailing lists, Raymond lays bare his anger and frustration with what he claims is Fedora's "failure of vision which will condemn Fedora to a shrinking niche in the future."

As if that wasn't enough, Raymond goes one step farther by quickly rebounding with Ubuntu, an open source OS which he indicates has risen and addressed the challenges which Fedora never was able to.

Tags: eric s. raymond, EricS.Raymond, fedora, open source, OpenSource, red hat, RedHat, ubuntu

Filed under: OS Updates, Linux, Red Hat, Open Source

Fedora Core 6 now available

Linuxby Jordan Running Oct 24th 2006

Fedora Core 6
Reader Sergio wrote in to tell us that, hot on the heels of last just in time for this week's Ubuntu Edgy release, the final release of Fedora Core 6 is now available. There's lots of new stuff in the latest release of the Red Hat-sponsored, community-driven Linux distribution including an improved installation system, support for Intel-based Macs, improved Xen virtualization support and a new GUI virtualization manager, the Yum update system in place of Up2date, and major performance improvements. As always, the best way to get your hands on Fedora Core is via BitTorrent.

[Thanks, Sergio!]

Tags: fedora, fedora core 6, FedoraCore6, linux, open source, OpenSource, red hat, RedHat, release

Filed under: Internet, OS Updates, News, Linux, Mozilla, Novell, Red Hat, Open Source

When is Firefox not a Firefox?

Linuxby Ryan Carter Oct 3rd 2006

FirefoxThe answer is on Debian. The OS isn't happy with Mozilla's recent hardened stance on their trademark, and doesn't even want to use the Mozilla logos in their distributions. Debian plans to change the name of Firefox in their distros and think it will only take a week to complete. Mozilla doesn't want Firefox to be marketed inside Debian without the logo. It seems that the Debian folks don't like the idea of patches and updates going through Mozilla first. Red Hat and Novell are already doing it. So if you Linux buddies told you to jump off a cliff, would you do it? Well, Debian wouldn't, or so it looks right now. I'm taking bets on names, how about Fiber-fox, or Firbuntu? No? Fine, I give up. Any other clever names for what to actually call Firefox in its altered form from brilliant minds out there?

[Via Slashdot]

Tags: Debian, Firefox, Linux, Novell, open source, OpenSource, Red Hat, RedHat, SuSE

Filed under: Internet, Google, Open Source

The Open Document Alliance welcomes Google

by Chris Gilmer Jul 13th 2006

google joins open document allianceGoogle recently joined the Open Document Alliance. Google recently launched Google Spreadsheets, and purchased the online word processor, Writely, made the move to support the alliance in the development of the open document industry.

The Open Document Alliance is a relatively new organization that launched March of 2006. Its goal is to help the move from paper to electronic. Promoting and enhancing the use of the OpenDocument Format (ODF).

The Alliance's current members include:
  • Corel
  • Google Inc
  • IBM
  • Novell
  • Oracle
  • Red Hat Inc
  • Sun Microsystems Inc
In another move in the Open Doc world, Microsoft announced support for the ODF extension with plug-in translators with their office applications.

Tags: corel, google, ibm, microsoft, novell, odf, office applications, OfficeApplications, open document, open document alliance, OpenDocument, OpenDocumentAlliance, oracle, red hat, RedHat, spreadsheets, sun microsystems, SunMicrosystems, writely

Filed under: Business, Linux

Linux distros compared

Linuxby Victor Agreda, Jr. Apr 5th 2006

linux comparisonIt's not exhaustive, but informative. Joshua Drake has been using Linux professionally for over 10 years, and he shares his opinions and comparisons in an admittedly subjective but thorough comparison of the five major Linux distros for "non geeks." The comparisons are between Red Hat ES, Novell SLES, Fedora FC4, OpenSuSE 10, and Ubuntu Breezy Badger. Notice Linspire isn't in there? Again, this isn't exhaustive, but it's a quick read, especially if you know someone considering Linux, but they don't know which "Linux" to pick. I've been playing with Ubuntu myself lately, and will post some thoughts on it soon.

Tags: comparison, devx, distro, fedora, linspire, opensuse, red hat, RedHat, review, ubuntu

Filed under: Developer, OS Updates, News, Windows, Microsoft, Freeware

Microsoft Virtual Server now free

Windowsby Jason Clarke Apr 4th 2006

Microsoft has taken the wraps off their new pricing scheme for Virtual Server 2005 R2 Enterprise Edition, and the new price is a surprise coming out of Redmond: Free! The Standard Edition of the same product has been terminated, and moving forward there will only be the Enterprise Edition.

This move is being done due to pressure from Novell and Red Hat flavors of Linux which are both shipping with virtualization built in to the operating system. The Longhorn server class operating systems will ship with Windows hypervisor technology, which is a similar form of virtualization that will be based on the same virtual hard disk file format that Virtual Server uses, giving users an upgrade path.

Tags: free, hypervisor, Microsoft Virtual Server, MicrosoftVirtualServer, novell, red hat, RedHat, Virtual Server, VirtualServer

Filed under: OS Updates, Linux, Red Hat, Open Source

Red Hat posts Fedora Core 5

Linuxby Ted Wallingford Mar 20th 2006

The latest edition of Red Hat's community-supported Linux distribution is now available for download. If you're a Linux geek, it doesn't get much better than this. Slashdot is linking to a  video describing the improvements over Fedora Core 4. What's one to do with Fedora Core Linux, you ask?  Well, why not build a bicycle-powered telephone system? Or do some wicked pagination? Or, perhaps coolest of all, build your own Tivo-killer!

Tags: fedora, linux, opensource, oss, Red Hat, RedHat

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