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Fedora 14 Desktop Edition
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Fedora 14, the latest update to the popular Red Hat-sponsored Linux distro, has been released. Fedora 14, codenamed Laughlin, comes with a number of new features and changes, as well updated packages. The new features should be of interest more to developers and system admins rather than regular desktop users.
"I'm very proud of the work that has been put into Fedora 14," Jared Smith, Fedora Project Leader, said in a statement. "A myriad of contributors have helped to make free and open source software more pervasive with this release."
Basic support for Spice (Simple Protocol for Independent Computing Environments) has been implemented. Spice aims to overhaul the remote desktop features available on Linux.
For now, Fedora 14 includes support for hardware-accelerated 2D graphics, encryption and hardware cursor.
The new libjpeg-turbo has been included, promising to cut loading times for JPEG-encoded images in half.
Developers have more to look forward to. Fedora 14 implements support for the relatively modern D programing language. The Python libraries and tools have been upgraded as well.
Fedora 14 includes several new features for developers, system administrators and open source enthusiasts including:
* Linux kernel 2.6.35;
* GNOME 2.32;
* KDE 4.5;
* X.Org Server 1.9;
* Python 2.7;
* Sugar 0.90.
* Framework software for Spice, a rapidly advancing infrastructure for desktop virtualization
* New debugging features for developers, such as support for dynamic/unplanned memory usage tracking and faster launch thanks to pre-generated indexes
* Powerful remote and out-of-band management capabilities with Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) support
* Updated tech preview of the GNOME shell environment, part of the upcoming GNOME 3.0 release
* A subset of new and innovative software from the MeeGo™ community for an enhanced experience on netbooks and small devices
* OpenSCAP, an open-source framework for the Security Content Automation Protocol, which provides a framework and approach to maintaining system security backed by NIST standards
* Support for emergent programming languages like D, and refreshed versions of popular languages such as Python 2.7, Erlang R14, and the Rakudo Star implementation of Perl 6
Fedora 14 also comes with preview versions of a couple of technologies. The GNOME Shell environment, which is scheduled for release along with GNOME 3.0 next spring, is included as an alternative.
A preview of the Systemd startup system, which aims to replace the current Upstart and System V Init, is also included, but not enabled by default.
Price: Free
Size : 675MB
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