2. Fedora is a Linux-based operating system created
back in 2003 as a community distribution called the
Fedora Project. It was released along with Red Hat
Enterprise Linux, which was to be the next official Linux
distribution after Red Hat Linux was discontinued. Its
main purpose was to serve as a source of software
innovations for the Hat Enterprise Linux releases. This
connection between the two Linux distributions explains
the origin of the Fedora name – 'fedora' refers to the
characteristic fedora hat used in Red Hat's "Shadowman"
logo.
3. The first set of Fedora releases, known as Fedora
Core 1-4, was launched within the period 2003-2005,
followed by the Fedora Core 5-6 set in 2006 and Fedora 7
in 2007. Those versions, however, are no longer supported
by the Fedora Project. The following Fedora versions –
Fedora 8 (introduced in 2007), Fedora 9 (released in the
spring of 2008) and Fedora 10 (launched at the end of
2008), are all officially supported by the Fedora project.
The latest of them – Fedora 10, code named 'Cambridge',
features a whole new set of innovative characteristics such
as a new 'Solar' artwork, faster startup with Plymouth,
web-based packages installer, ext4 file system support,
Sugar Desktop Environment and many others.
4. Fedora 17 (Beefy Miracle) running GNOME Shell 3.4
Company / developer Fedora Project,
(owned by Red Hat, Inc.)
OS family Unix-like (based on Red Hat Linux)
Working state Current
Source model Free and open source software(with
exceptions)
Initial release 2003-11-16 It was codenamedYarrow.
Fedora Core 1 was based on Red Hat
Linux 9 and shipped with version
2.4.19 of the Linux kernel, version 2.4
of the GNOME desktop
environment, and K Desktop
Environment 3.1.a
Latest stable release 17 (Beefy Miracle) / May 29, 2012; 5
months ago
Available language(s) Multilingual
Update method Yum (PackageKit)
Package manager RPM Package Manager
Supported platforms i686, x86-64
Kernel type Monolithic (Linux)
Userland GNU
Default user interface GNOME 3
License Various free software licenses, plus
proprietary binary blobs.
Official website www.fedoraproject.org
6. Evolution is a powerful
and full-featured email
program. In addition to
email, Evolution features a
calendar, task manager,
memo system, and an
address book for your
contacts.
7. Empathy is an instant
messaging (IM) client that
can access Gmail, MSN,
AOL, Yahoo!, Jabber, and
other IM and chat
networks. Empathy also
supports Jabber-based VoIP
calls & video chat provided
by services such as Google
Talk.
8. Totem Movie Player plays
movie files of many various
formats, as well as DVDs, CDs,
and VCDs. Many great plugins
exist for Totem that enable you
to expand your experience: a
YouTube plugin so you can
watch YouTube videos without
the hassle of a web browser; a
UPNP/DLNA plugin so you can
stream content off of a home
media server; and a publisher
that enables you to share your
playlists with other users on your
network.
9. Rhythmbox plays CDs,
internet radio, and podcasts, and
it is also a music collection
manager. Not only can you play
music on your computer's hard
drive; you can also stream from
and share to other computers on
the network via DAAP or
UPNP/DLNA sharing. Want to
play music from your Fedora
laptop on your PlayStation® 3?
Totally do-able via UPNP.
10. The Gimp is fully-
featured and bitmap
image editor. Simply use
it for simple image
cropping, resizing, and
red-eye correction, or
explore its powerful
advanced photo
manipulation, digital
painting, animation,
and special effects
capabilities.
11. Rhythmbox plays CDs,
internet radio, and
podcasts, and it is also a
music collection manager.
Not only can you play music
on your computer's hard
drive; you can also stream
from and share to other
computers on the network
via DAAP or UPNP/DLNA
sharing. Want to play music
from your Fedora laptop on
your PlayStation® 3? Totally
do-able via UPNP.
12. Open, create, and edit
presentation slideshows
with LibreOffice Impress.
Add slide transitions and
download free slide
templates. You may export
presentations as PDF files
for easy exchange.
13. Tell Hamster what
you're working on, and
it'll time your progress
and poke you at regular
intervals to make sure
you're not distracted! It
also generates weekly
reports so you can
examine how you've
spent your week.
14. If you're an Evolution
user, Fedora's desktop
clock has some nice
integration treats for
you. The desktop clock
integrates with your
Evolution calendar
events and task list,
displaying your
appointments and to-
dos right alongside the
clock.
15. IBus is a keyboard input
system with a handy little
applet built right into the
desktop. Do you speak one
or more languages that
require an advanced input
system? IBus lets you add
and switch between
different input systems so
you can write in your
preferred language
whenever you want.
17. To create a Fedora live CD, you need: a broadband connection to
the Internet.
a computer with a CD or DVD burner.
software that allows you to create a CD from an image file.
a blank, writeable CD.
The computer on which you intend to install Fedora 17 from the
live CD should have: a CD or DVD drive, and the capability to boot
from this drive.
a 400 MHz processor or faster
at least 1 GB of memory (RAM)
at least 10 GB of permanent storage (hard drive) space.
These specifications represent a bare minimum to use Fedora in
graphical mode. Almost any laptop or desktop computer
manufactured in recent years will meet these requirements.
18. The minimum processor speed depends on the end use,
the method of installation, and the specific hardware.
Although some configurations might work on a Pentium 3,
most users should consider a Pentium 4 or more modern
processor, or the equivalent processor from other
manufacturers. Fedora 17 is able to take full advantage of
modern, multi-core architectures.
Minimum RAM for text-mode: 768 MiB
Minimum RAM for graphical: 768 MiB
Recommended RAM for graphical: 1152 MiB
20. Large File Systems
Fedora 17 will support file systems larger than 16 terabytes
on the default file system (ext4). With the latest version
ofe2fsprogs, ext4 file systems can now be up to 100 TB.
Encrypted File Systems
Fedora 17 uses version 1.4.1 of the cryptsetup package,
which removes deprecated API calls. In addition, it
supports placing LUKS headers on separate devices and
the creation of shared, non-overlapping encrypted
segments on a single device.
21. BTRFS
btrfs is not available as a target file system during
installation. This is a temporary situation and will
be resolved in Fedora 18. btrfs is still available after
installation.
Btrfs (B-tree file system, variously pronounced "Butter F
S", "Butterfuss", "Better F S", or "B-tree F S”) is a GPL-
licensed copy-on-write file system for Linux. Development
began at Oracle Corporation in 2007. It is still in heavy
development and marked as unstable. Especially when the
filesystem becomes full, no-space conditions arise which
might make it challenging to delete files.
