DesktopLinux: Product Review of Fedora Linux Core II | Linux Today

DesktopLinux: Product Review of Fedora Linux Core II

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 8, 2004

“We put Fedora through rigorous tests in a production
environment. We installed it on three systems using two strictly as
desktops and one as a workstation and server. The workload included
producing commercial documentation, remote administration of six
high traffic servers, a sales and secretarial desk. This allowed us
to see how Fedora would perform over several days in the real
world.

“The workstation/server ran on a Gateway 550 Pentium III with
384 MBs of PC 100 RAM, a 3Com Ethernet card and an ATI Rage 128 AGP
video card. We configured it as a samba and NFS server. We also
utilized it as a print server with a Brother 1440 Laser printer and
an Epson 777 color printer. Finally, we attached an UMAX 3400
scanner…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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