I'm not really much of a Fedora fan - my tastes run more towards Debian - but a lot of people really love that distro. If you want to find out more about the various flavors of Fedora Core, definitely check out "The evolution of Fedora Core Linux", which is just that: an overview of the 5 versions of FC we've seen, along with screenshots and more. It's pretty cool, and even I - a non-Fedora user - found it very interesting, if nothing else than from a historical perspective. I love stuff like this. Anyone know of any others? (Check out all of our posts on Fedora Core.) ...

My buddy Robert, who I help to run the CWE-LUG with, is really good about posting instructions on the CWE-LUG wiki whenever he does something new. I just found that he posted some "Notes on Installing [Fedora Core 3] on a machine with a NIC on a LAN with DHCP", which some of you may find helpful. And since it's a wiki, if there's anything you can add, please do so. I mean, my gosh - it's a wiki! ...

In one form or another, it's still the most popular distro out there … Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 RH just announced the new release of RH Enterprise Linux version 4, its latest in the line of business-oriented Linux. You too can read the press release and check out the product page. NewsForge has a review of RHEL4 up: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4: An overview". Jem, the reviewer, isn't really enthusiastic about this release: "little left to be excited about … utterly useless … fared poorly with our standard test machines … a mediocre improvement". The comments below the review take issue with Jem's views, so read them for an opposite POV. SearchEnterpriseLinux has a pretty in-depth 3 page review of the new release. He finds a couple of weird issues - RH claims that OpenOffice.org is installed, but it's not, for instance - and in the end, he says it's a good release, but " What's disappointing about RHEL 4 is that I don't see anything particularly ...

My buddy Robert just sent me this message: Even if the Fedora home page doesn't say so, the downloads page has the FC4R2 downloads: http://fedora.redhat.com/download/test.html also, FC2 is moving to Fedora Legacy: http://fedoralegacy.org/ If you're a Fedora Core person, ya know what to do. (Check out all of my posts on Fedora Core.) ...

I'm cleaning out my bookmarks, Bloglines clippings, & del.icio.us links, & here are a bunch on Fedora Core. Enjoy! Fedora Core 4 KDE Screenshot Tour 47 screenshots of KDE running on FC4. The Present and Future with Fedora Core 4 A really useful & informative series of questions & answers. Some of these are key, so check this out. Review: Fedora Core 4 Another nice little blog review of FC4 that's positive overall, but does mention a few negatives. (Check out all of my posts on Fedora Core.) ...

I'm cleaning out my bookmarks, Bloglines clippings, & del.icio.us links, & here are a bunch on Fedora Core. Enjoy! A quick look at Fedora Core 4 Seb Payne in his blog takes a look at new stuff in FC4. Nice job, Seb! Meet Fedora Core 4 By the dudes who brought you the software: what's new, what's cool, & why you should try out FC4. Essential reading if you're an FC user. The Amazing Fedora Core 4! The official announcement, with download links. Really, you oughta read this if you're using FC4. (Check out all of my posts on Fedora Core.) ...

I'm cleaning out my bookmarks, Bloglines clippings, & del.icio.us links, & here are a bunch on Fedora Core. Enjoy! REVIEW: A Cold Look at Fedora Core 4 Yes! Finally! Some negative thoughts about FC4! There is balance in the Force. Ya gotta admit, he brings up good points. Installing Fedora Core on the Mac mini Yeah, Mac OS X is awesome, but wouldn't it be kinda neat to run Linux on that way cool Mac Mini? Admit it … now you're thinking about it, ain'tcha? A look at Fedora Core 4 A short look at this "obust, secure, and feature-packed system". (Check out all of my posts on Fedora Core.) ...

I'm cleaning out my bookmarks, Bloglines clippings, & del.icio.us links, & here are a bunch on Fedora Core. Enjoy! Review: Fedora Core 4 NewsForge in a very short look at FC4, especially it's problems and annoyances. Practical Guide to Red Hat Linux: Fedora Core and Red Hat Enterprise Linux A good book review of what appears to be a worthwhile book for those interested in Red Hat, FC, & RH Enterprise Linux. White Box Enterprise Linux 4 RC1 Screenshot Tour 76 screenshots of this Red Hat Enterprise Linux clone. (Check out all of my posts on Fedora Core & Red Hat.) ...

Today we're looking at Red Hat on the Open Source Weblog. We've already talked about Fedora Core 3, so now let's look into the future, at Fedora Core 4 beta. Fedora Core 4 Test 2 Screenshots OSDir.com has a wonderful collection of 98 - count 'em, 98! - slides showing all aspects of FC4T2. Wanna know what's coming? Take a look at this! Impressions of Fedora Core 4 Test 2 A short piece comparing & contrasting FC3 & FC4 in the areas of Installation, First boot, Desktop environment, New Applications, Media, Package Manager, & Overall. He likes it, finding it more stable and faster. A quick look at Fedora's progress toward Core 4 An excellent overview, with descriptions, screenshots, links, & lots of good info. Here's a look at the software that's coming: Linux kernel 2.6.11-1, GCC 4.0, GNOME 2.10, KDE 3.4.0-6, OpenOffice.org 2.0 beta (1.9.100), Novell Evolution 2.2.2, Native Eclipse 3.1M5, GIMP 2.2.6. That's a quite nice (& ...

Today is Red Hat day on the Open Source Weblog, so we're going to look at all things Red Hat, including Fedora Core, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and even CentOS (more on that one later!). For now, let's take a looksee at FC3. My Workstation OS: Fedora Core 3 A short review (actually, more straight praise than review) by a young man who really likes FC: "Everything works, and there's nothing more that I could ask for." Goodness! (Nope, not a lot out there right now on FC3. Ah well. There'll be a lot more throughout the rest of the day.) (Check out all of my posts on Fedora Core.) ...

Go here: http://www.fedoratracker.org/tracker.py Click Repositories. Select your type of repository. Select your Fedora version. Select how you want your results to display. Press Submit Query. Wait … Go hog wild with the resulting list! ...

So I'm reading this review of Fedora Core 3 last night, when I notice that Dag Wieers, the main dude behind the best Fedora Core APT repository, has responded to the review in the comments. I noticed in particular this bit o' info in the last para of his comment that I think bears pointing to: Something the article could have mentioned is the new Smart Package Manager that is the first tool that allows to use _all_ repositories in a very smart way. It avoids conflicts, allows users to control what package they want for what distribution and in fact gives the user control. It does not force the user to choose one over another, it allows users to pick what they need. You can find the Smart Package Manager RPM package for FC3 at: http://dag.wieers.com/packages/smart/ and it comes pre-configured with 13 (!) repositories, even with fedora.us and livna.org, although fedora.us is not yet active. Smart has been designed from the bottom up by Gustavo Niemeyer, the same person that ported apt to ...

As most of you reading this know, Red Hat now costs money. Oh sure, you can use Fedora Core, but that's not really Red Hat. In typical open source fashion, others have sprung up with free clones of Red Hat's OS. So, if you love Red Hat but don't love paying for it, give one of these alternatives a try: CentOS Linux Tao Linux Scientific Linux White Box Enterprise Linux Anyone know any others that are explicitly clones of Red Hat? Leave 'em in the comments below! (Check out all of our posts on Red Hat, Fedora Core, & CentOS.) ...

One of the biggest problems with YUM has always been that it lacked a GUI. A while back this lack was solved, & I wanted to draw your attention to the solution: GYUM. The Fedora Core site has an oh-so-brief look at this much-needed piece of software. (Check out all of my posts on YUM.) ...

FreeSpamFilter.org is a new site which provides comprehensive instructions on how to create spam fighting mail proxies and mail relays using different UNIX-related operating systems, from Fedora and RedHat to Debian, Gentoo and OpenBSD. (Check out all of our posts on spam.) ...