The latest release of the Fedora Linux distribution, built by the Fedora Project community, is now available to download.
Version 10 arrives just over six months after Fedora 9 made its debut, and it comes with a long list of upgrades - including improved networking and the inclusion of OpenOffice 3.0.
Its major features, as listed by the Fedora Project, are as follows:
- Wireless connection sharing enables ad hoc network sharing
- Better setup and use of printers through improved management tools
- Virtualization storage provisioning for local and remote connections now simplified
- SecTool is a new security audit and intrusion detection system
- RPM 4.6 is a major update to the powerful, flexible software management libraries
- Glitch free audio and better performance is achieved through a rewrite of the PulseAudio sound server to use timer-based audio scheduling
- Improved webcam support
- Better support for infrared remote controls makes them easier to connect and work with many applications
- The paths /usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin have been added to the PATH for normal users, to simplify command-line administration tasks
- The online account service provides applications with credentials for online accounts listed on http://online.gnome.org or stored in GConf
Fedora 10 is available as a free download from fedoraproject.org. If you happen to be putting Fedora 10 through its paces, share your experiences in the HEXUS.community forums.
Official product page: fedoraproject.org
