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: jmbuser; November 25th, 2008

Current Mood:: happy

Congrats to the Fedora Project team members for another great release!

The semi-annual Fedora release is nothing short of miraculous.

Check out Fedora 10 by downloading it at http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora.

On a personal note, my new $DAYJOB prevents me from participating as much as I would like. However, I continue to follow the Fedora Project on a daily basis via mailing lists and an occasional IRC visit.

...and I hope to be more active in the near future.

Tags: fedora, linux

Lycanthropes, Primates and Pomaceous Fruit

: jmbuser; November 8th, 2007

Fedora 8 (code named "werewolf") is now available for all the world to use, modify and enjoy.

It's been almost exactly four years since Fedora 1 saw the light of day. Tremendous progress has been made in a relatively short time.

In contrast, a certain monopolistic software company (code named "800-pound gorilla") spent 5 years producing a new OS. Due to popular demand, its previous OS, first released in 2001, has a new lease on life.

I would be very surprised if someone insisted on running a previous version of Fedora with all the improvements made over the years.

Even a cranky old geek recommends that new PC users buy a Mac. This is very good advice since Fedora dual boots pretty nicely on an Apple.

Congratulations to the Fedora Project and upstream Free and Open Source communities.