Friday Fedora reviews wrap-up
by Jonathan Roberts
Fedora 9 was released last week, and in the wake of it, the Internet has been full of reviews. What’s even more exciting is that the vast majority of the reviews have been overwhelmingly positive. So to celebrate the release, the hard work of all the contributors, and the fantastic welcome that it’s received, we thought we’d share some of the best of the reviews with you.
Linux.com, like many of the reviews, not only picked up on the technical innovation that Fedora leads, but the community that is at the center of everything the project does.
http://www.linux.com/feature/135102
“The Fedora distribution has a reputation for innovation, and the new Fedora 9, released today, is no exception. With features that range from easy filesystem encryption to support for the ext4 format, it includes a wide range of features that are likely to become standard in other distributions in the next six months. But for Paul W. Frields, who became Fedora project leader in February, what distinguishes the release is less the technology than the community that supports it, and how the technology contributes to the larger free software world.”
PC Pro, on the other hand, focused largely on the other two features that have been widely regarded as resounding sucesses for Fedora:
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/196605/red-hat-dons-stylish-new-fedora.html
“Fedora 9 will be put up for download today, and continues the trend of making Linux a more inviting proposition for newcomers…
Fedora 9 also allows you to carry a persistent version of the operating system around on a 1GB or greater USB stick, which maintains all your updates and saved files, meaning you need never leave home without your operating system again.”
And bit-tech.net won the award for the most accurate and succinct report of all:
http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/05/12/fedora-9-leaked/1
“With the official release due tomorrow, it’s clear that there’s plenty for fans of the Fedora distribution to look forward to.”
If you’re interested in reading more reviews about Fedora 9, the project is keeping a regularly updated list of all the reviews they come across, and you can find it at the Fedora Project wiki.