From the makers of the ever-popular Red Hat Linux comes the new (free) release of Fedora Core 6! It has all kinds of amazing goodies packed with it but here are my favorites:
- New theme (I think this is my new favorite Linux theme)
- GNOME 2.16
- KDE 3.5.4 (the latest version is actually 3.5.5)
- Can run on Intel Macs
- Better virtualization manager
- Extensive performance improvements
One thing that they also mention is that it comes with the latest releases of the most popular software. They specifically mention Firefox but I’ll give you a heads up that this version of Fedora was finalized before Firefox 2 was released, so you’ll have to download it separately if you actually want the latest Firefox.
They also say that there are “extensive performance improvements” which is good to hear. A few months back when I tried Fedora it seemed so sluggish that it actually made Windows feel like a Ferrari. Okay, maybe not that bad but it was pretty slow.
The popularity of the Fedora download must have been a little unexpected because their official homepage is replaced with a low-bandwidth version. You can, however, visit the Fedora Wiki for more information regarding this release and OSDir.com has a great screenshot gallery posted.
I am currently in the process of downloading this from one of their several mirrors that are available. Unfortunately it is 5 ISO images that you have to download to burn onto CD’s…too bad there isn’t just one DVD ISO. I’ll probably end up installing Fedora in a virtual machine before I put it on a partition just so I don’t waste the 5 CD’s and find out that I don’t like it.
Compared to Mandriva 2007, whcih one do you think is more suitable for newbies?
Could you recommend a tutorial on Virtual Machines ? Or some kind of Howto or FAQ ?
I think that Mandriva stays on top of technology and is able to get a lot of really cool things implemented, but for people who are new to Linux I think Fedora would be a little better. Of course Ubuntu is probably the absolute best for newbies not because it is easier to use but mostly because there are a large number of tutorials and guides available.
Are you talking about virtual machines in general or specifically for Linux? There are virtual machine applications available for Windows as well, such as [vmware.com] that allow users to run Linux AND Windows on a Linux OR Windows machine.
I agree with Ryan Ubuntu is very easy to use, especially for person coming from Win XP Pro environment. It has vast amount of how-to on their forums, also there are many website that have tutorials on it, and has very robust software install/uninstall managing system on it. Very friendly for new users, and it just works.
weird, i’m just downloading fedora core 6 dvd image from bittorent
Ahh…they have the DVD images only available as a Torrent download! Probably so that people don’t crush their mirrors. Thanks for pointing that out.
A VM for me to run Linux under Windows. I know of the [microsoft.com] I wanted to read up on it before I experimented. Any pointers ?
I’m actually not a big fan of the Virtual PC so I use VMWare. There is a free version available but you can only run operating systems that people have made available for download already. You can find a [vmware.com] and the download link for the [vmware.com]
Essentially you just download and install the player and then it can run the “pre-installed” operating system.
As far as a guide goes there isn’t really anything good out there yet but Wikipedia has a [en.wikipedia.org] on the different types of virtual machines.
Thanks