ITworld 11.1.10 ITworld review: Fedora 14 is leading-edge Linux If you want to live right on the cutting edge of what Linux can do, then Fedora is the Linux distribution for you By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols I like Fedora, Red Hat's community Linux distribution, a lot. But, let me warn you right now, that it's not a Linux for beginners. That's not to say that the newest version of Fedora, Fedora 14 Laughlin <http://fedoraproject.org/get-prerelease>, is hard to use. It's not. But, if you need a lot of handholding as you explore Linux, I think you'll be better off with Ubuntu. [clip] On the other hand, there are some really neat, new features in Fedora that do work well. I have to say though that they're going to be more exiting for system administrators and developers than they are someone just running Fedora at home. Easily the most important of these is the arrival of of Simple Protocol for Independent Computing Environment (SPICE <http://www.spice-space.org/>). This is a desktop presentation service protocol, like Microsoft's RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) and Citrix's ICA (Independent Computing Architecture), that you use to run thin-client desktops. [clip] Fedora also includes a new interface: MeeGo <http://www.itworld.com/meego>. This is the interface for the MeeGo operating system, which is meant for netbooks, Mobile Internet Devices (MID) and embedded devices. While not as well known or as mature as Android <http://www.itworld.com/android>, MeeGo shows great promise. By making it available on Fedora, developers can develop applications for MeeGo. Another interesting feature is you need not run Fedora at own on your own desktop or server. You can now run Fedora on the Amazon Elastic Computing Cloud <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/EC2> (EC2) service. Full post: http://www.itworld.com/operating-systems/126064/itworld-review-fedora-14-leading-edge-linux?page=0%2C0 -- marketing mailing list marketing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing
