subject: Latest Fedora Linux Operating System Desktop [print this page] Latest Fedora Linux operating system desktop
Linux Linux distributor Red Hat the most prestigious in the industry recently announced to stop the development of new desktop Linux, development focused on Enterprise Services
On the development of. RedHat 9 prior's technical support will be discontinued in 2004. But RedHat has launched a new open source project,
This project called Fedora will continue development of new desktop Linux, Fedora currently code named Yarrow had been introduced the first desktop Linux
Release. I have recently downloaded this version. After a period of use, did feel efforts Fedora Linux on the desktop and
Innovation. Talk about the author below during the installation and use of several points.
, Fedora installed closer to the user
Fedora Core 1 3 install CD, I choose a full installation, a total of 5251M. the installation interface is similar to the process in RedHat. of course, Fedora
Installation made some in the author's view is more human-centered improvements, such as:
1.Fedora the entire installation process into two parts
I noted that the Fedora installation process as a whole is divided into two parts, the first part is the partition, copy the selected package, install until you restart, then after reboot
Some configurations, systems can be used directly after the configuration is completed. Place the configuration process to the basic system and restart after the installation is complete, which is similar to the
Windows, and this change just move from Windows to Linux on the user, is undoubtedly more friendly.
2. firewall settings easier to understand
Than the previous Red Hat Fedora firewall settings screen was more concise and understandable, now simply set the firewall to open or close. Unlike the previous
RedHat firewall settings are divided into "High", "Medium", "No firewall" third gear, such as forbidding the.
3. prompt you which will be used a few disc
Fedora has officially begun when you copy a file you will be prompted to what disc, let users do have. Although this is a small change, but
People feel as open source projects the difference between Fedora and Red Hat of businesses in the past, Fedora users feel more taken into account.
Fedora installation also adds some useful features, such as:
1. the screenshot feature
In the graphical installation time, as long as you press the "SHIFT" and "PrintScreen" key, you can screenshot your current installation screen, from
Pictures are saved in the/root/Anaconda-screenshots/directory, this is ideal for those who want to write to is very useful, for I
, They can not in Vmware screenshots.
2. commencement of support through VNC installation
Fedora supports features installed by VNC. This is meaningful for remote installation, even though I have not been trying to, but can support-pass
VNC installation really is an important feature of the Fedora Installer released.
