Fedora Core Archive

Review: Fedora 7

Submitted by Rahul 2007-06-04 Fedora Core 46 Comments

DistroWatch reviews Fedora 7, and concludes: "While Fedora doesn't seem to have made great advances in the ease of configuring those finer things in life (like non-GPL drivers and non-free codecs), it's not overly complicated if you're willing to get your hands a little dirty. Once you start needing to customise the machine outside of standard Fedora boundaries though, things can become a little less reliable."

Fedora 7 Released

Submitted by anonymous 2007-05-31 Fedora Core 89 Comments

Fedora 7 has been released. The release features GNOME 2.18, KDE 3.5.6, fast user switching, hotplugging of display devices, a new theme, kvm, the exprimental Nouveau driver, and much more. Read the release notes, and download or view screenshots.

Fedora 7: What, When, and Why

Submitted by Rahul 2007-05-09 Fedora Core 39 Comments

Max Spevack, Fedora Project leader posted a outline and expected impact of the Fedora 7 release: "One of the Fedora Project's success metrics is building and running itself in a way such that no single entity can completely control Fedora's fate. Fedora 7 gets us there, insofar as there is no "secret sauce" in the ability to spin a Fedora distribution. Nothing is hidden."

Fedora Core 5 End of Life

Submitted by anonymous 2007-05-03 Fedora Core 18 Comments

"Several months ago, the Fedora Board (in consultation with Red Hat Engineering) decided to increase the length of time that Fedora releases are supported, in terms of updates. This decision was retroactively applied to Fedora Core 5, allowing it to remain a fully maintained release for several months longer than it would have under the old policy. Fedora Core 5 will reach its end of life for updates on Friday June 29th, 2007."

Fedora 7-test 4 Released

Submitted by RJop 2007-04-26 Fedora Core 58 Comments

"The Fedora Project is pleased to announce the release of the fourth and final test release of Fedora 7! Test 4 is for beta users." Announcement and release notes here. Update: Screenshots.

Announcing Fedora 7 Test 3 (6.92)

Submitted by Rahul 2007-03-29 Fedora Core 24 Comments

Fedora 7 Test 3 has been released featuring both GNOME and KDE based live CDs, a prime spin which combines desktop, workstation and server functionality. The merge of Fedora Core and Fedora Extras repositories and infrastructure is in progress. The major components included in this release are GNOME 2.18, KDE 3.5.6 and a 2.6.21rc5 based Linux kernel.

Fedora 7 KVM Virtualization Howto

Submitted by Michael Larabel 2007-03-03 Fedora Core 4 Comments

"One of the areas where Linux has rapidly progressed is in the field of virtualization. Among the virtualization options are Xen, QEMU, QEMU with KVM, and VMWare. With Fedora 7 it's so easy to use KVM virtualization that you can start virtualizing your favorite operating system and barely even touch the keyboard! In this guide we will tell you how as we work on virtualizing a battery of operating systems from Microsoft Windows Vista to Mandrake 9.2."

Fedora Cleans Its Repositories, Considers Move to Free Software

Submitted by Rahul 2007-03-01 Fedora Core 48 Comments

"The Fedora project is undergoing several changes before the release of its next version. In preparation for Fedora 7, which will fuse the Core and Extra software repositories, Fedora's developers are auditing the repositories for non-free and non-open software that doesn't meet the project's guidelines. Eventually, the project may change its package guidelines to only allow Free Software."

Fedora 7 Test 2 Released

Thom Holwerda 2007-03-01 Fedora Core 31 Comments

The Fedora project has released Fedora 7 Test 2 (6.91). New in this release are Linux 2.6.21rc1, GNOME 2.17.91, a brand new icon set, the merger of Core and Extras, fast user switching, and much more. See the release schedule for more information.

Next Fedora Release Delayed, New Theme Design Selected

Thom Holwerda 2007-02-23 Fedora Core 27 Comments

The Fedora Project Board met this week to discuss issues surrounding the upcoming release of Fedora 7. Though originally scheduled for release on April 26, that date has now been moved back to May 24, dashing the development team's plan to debut the final release at this year's Red Hat Summit. One thing that Summit attendees will see, though, is the artwork that has been selected as Fedora 7's new theme.

ESR Gives up on Fedora

Submitted by Darkelve 2007-02-21 Fedora Core 189 Comments

The following letter was received from Eric S. Raymond, who has sent it to a number of Linux-related publications and mailing lists. It is presented verbatim. "After thirteen years as a loyal Red Hat and Fedora user, I reached my limit today, when an attempt to upgrade one package pitched me into a four-hour marathon of dependency chasing, at the end of which an attempt to get around a trivial file conflict rendered my system unusable."

Fedora LiveCD 7 Test 1 Preview

Submitted by Michael 2007-02-02 Fedora Core 13 Comments

"Earlier this week Microsoft finally shipped its Vista operating system, which has been receiving a fair amount of attention from traditional media sources. However, if Windows is not your thing Fedora 7 Test 1 is now out." Phoronix has some preliminary thoughts on Fedora 7 Test 1.

Fedora 7 Test 1 Released

Submitted by anonymous 2007-02-01 Fedora Core 28 Comments

"Fedora 7 Test 1 has been released today. For this particular release, we only did a Desktop spin of the package collection. We are still fine tuning targetted spins of the collection as part of the merger of Core and Extras. We also produced a LiveCD that has the ability to install to your harddrive."

Fedora Core 6 ‘Re-Spins’ Released

Submitted by anonymous 2007-01-19 Fedora Core 12 Comments

"The Fedora Unity Project is proud to announce the release of new ISO Re-Spins (DVD and CD Sets) of Fedora Core 6. These Re-Spin ISOs are based on Fedora Core 6 and all updates released as of January 11th, 2007. The ISO images are available for i386 and x86_64 architectures via BitTorrent starting Thursday, January 18th, 2007. PPC images will follow within the next 5 days, but will have had only limited testing."

Fedora 7: the Linux Knight in Shining Armor?

Submitted by Michael Larabel 2007-01-17 Fedora Core 64 Comments

"Fedora Core 6 was released on October 24, 2006 and scheduled to come out a half-year later is the seventh major release for the Fedora Project. However, unlike Yarrow, Tettnang, Heidelberg, Stentz, Bordeaux, and Zod, Fedora 7 is shaping up to be the most ambitious release yet. With all the work and reform going into Fedora 7 it poses the question, will Fedora 7 be Linux's knight in shining armor?"

Review of Fedora Core 6 Live CD

Submitted by Rahul 2007-01-12 Fedora Core 6 Comments

Linux.com has a review of the Fedora Core 6 live CD: "The current live CD is very usable. Its package selection makes it an ideal starting point for a new Linux user. It doesn't have OpenOffice.org and uses the freed up space intelligently to include SCIM and translations that'll allow it to reach more users."

28 Improvements for Fedora 7

Submitted by Excel Hearts Choi 2007-01-05 Fedora Core 30 Comments

The Feodra team has posted a set of 28 features for the upcoming Fedora 7 release, of which the biggest is this: "Starting with Fedora 7, there is no more Core, and no more Extras; there is only Fedora. One single repository, built in the community on open source tools, assembled into whatever spins the Fedora community desires."

Long-Term Fedora Linux Support Ending

Thom Holwerda 2007-01-02 Fedora Core 28 Comments

Volunteers are calling it quits on a project called Fedora Legacy to provide long-term support for Red Hat's hobbyist-oriented Fedora version of Linux. "The Fedora Legacy project is in the process of shutting down," said project organizers Jesse Keating and David Eisenstein in a Fedora Legacy mailing list posting Friday. The organizers didn't provide a specific reason for the decision, but a lack of contributions from outside programmers contributed, Keating said in a separate mailing list posting.

Fedora 6 Zod Live CD Released

Submitted by anonymous 2006-12-23 Fedora Core 8 Comments

After lots of feedback, bug fixing and testing of the beta live CD announced 3 weeks ago, The Fedora Project is pleased to announce the first official Fedora live CD. This live CD is based on packages from the Fedora Core 6 and Fedora Extras package collections and is such 100% free software.

Fedora Summit Offers Road map for Community-Wide Changes

Submitted by Rahul 2006-12-19 Fedora Core 16 Comments

When a group of Red Hat Fedora developers, engineers, and mangers got together last month for a three-day summit in Westford, Mass., the goal was to establish short- and long-term plans for future Fedora projects. The brainstorming session resulted in a road map that will lead to changes for the Fedora community as a whole.