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Tuesday, June 08, 2004

Fedora Widens Its Scope

eWeak: "Red Hat Inc.'s Fedora Core 2 is a good general-purpose Linux distribution that ships with a broad selection of open-source software that can capably serve in roles ranging from desktop to server ... Fedora's all about shipping the latest and greatest, which can mean compatibility issues when moving from version to version. The biggest change in Core 2 is the move to the 2.6 Linux kernel—Version 2.6.5—which brings with it application and driver compatibility issues. The Cisco Systems Inc. client for our VPN, for instance, will not yet compile under 2.6, and Fedora Core 2 users can't yet use Nvidia Corp.'s official Nvidia video driver without tweaking and recompiling their kernels (although the Nvidia driver that ships with Fedora does work) ... Fedora Core 2 ships with the latest versions of the KDE and GNOME desktop environments, both of which include usability improvements, such as handy facilities for managing passwords for network shares and, in KDE, Web passwords. Fedora Core 2 also ships with the desktop environment Xfce-4, which is based on the same GTK2 tool kit as GNOME but is lighter-weight and makes a good fit for older hardware."

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