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    Red Hat Gives Away Fedora Core

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    DATE: 2003-11-18 | By Jim Lynch


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    Review: ExtremeTech's Jim Lynch finds the former Red Hat distro is worthwhile for tinkerers, but not ready for corporate deployment. Don't miss the screenshot slideshow.

    Summary: Fedora Core 1

    A reasonably good start for a very promising Linux distro. Tinkerers should give it a shot. Those wanting a bug-free experience should skip this version and wait for the next release.
    Web: http://fedora.redhat.com
    Pros: Easy install, lots of software
    Cons: No MP3/DVD playing and a buggy application install tool
    Price: Free
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    Jim Lynch is the community manager for eWEEK.com, ExtremeTech and PCMag.com. There's been a lot of confusion over Red Hat's new Fedora distro, but very little written about how it performs. We Jim took a look at it. Here's what he came up with.

    In the process of changing its support and development model for non-enterprise desktop Linux, Red Hat has given a gift to the community: Fedora.

    Fedora is essentially a tweaked version of Red Hat 9 -- or Red Hat 10 -- that the company has opened up to outside developers to extend and support. This is good for everyone concerned, and it speaks well of Red Hat as a company for doing it.

    Overall Fedora makes for a decent desktop platform, marred by a few annoying bugs.

    Click to read the full Fedora review.

    Jason Brooks has more details on the Fedora project, which clears up some misconceptions on Red Hat's direction and motives.





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