Five Features of Fedora Ten
Fedora 10’s release is coming up at the end of this month, all the features are decided, so why not take a look at what to expect?
- A Cleaner Startup Fedora 10 is expected to have a much improved startup. In addition to a faster time to boot, there are supposed to be less flickers and glances of text. The goal is to have a fast startup without any flickers out of the GUI.
- Better Hardware Support As with every new release, Fedora 10 is supposed to have better out-of-the-box hardware support. This release, the focus is on remote controls, webcams, and printers. If you have a troublesome device of any of these types, you will probably want to check out Fedora 10.
- First Aid Kit Mess up your system? No problem with Fedora 10. First Aid Kit combines numerous methods for recovering messed up systems into one automated, safe process. This should be good for tinkerers and anyone who has a habit of messing up their systems.
- More Desktop Environments Fedora 10 is also going to feature some new less common desktop environments. LXDE, a lightweight, modular everyday desktop environment as well as Sugar, the OLPCs interface, will both be included for you to try out, or even use day-to-day.
- Online Service Integration Perhaps the most interesting new feature of Fedora 10 is the integration with web applications, though the GNOME Online Desktop. Functionality is still fairly limited, but you should be able to log in to some accounts, such as your GMail account and enjoy some integration between your desktop and the cloud. GNOME Online Desktop may not be the most impressive feature today, but it certainly stands to be in the future.
November 7th, 2008 at 5:17 am
I will probably be switching to Fedora 10 from Kubuntu 8.10. In my experience, Fedora’s consistently had better hardware support and their distros are often rock solid as long as you don’t expect extra fancy looks like you get with OpenSUSE. But the hassle of constantly adjusting my conf and x.org settings with the Ubuntu family has grown tiresome for me.
November 7th, 2008 at 7:29 pm
I’m gonna give this a try until Ubuntu 9.04 comes out. Even if I like 8.10, I feel like a change of scenery wont hurt. Apart from the fact that I have not got my hands dirty with fedora yet (like with the smörgåsbord of dists I used before ubuntu), so I’m just really curious.
November 10th, 2008 at 6:59 pm
Nah, nice theme, but after 3 days, i miss apt. although ubuntu could use some first aid kit magic (though i haven’t had a chance to use the feature yet.).
November 24th, 2008 at 7:14 am
i think this is cool.. i am waiting for it to be published!=)