Fedora 8--Review | Linux Today

Fedora 8–Review

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 9, 2007

[ Thanks to Michael for this link.
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“Fedora 8 is the latest release from the Fedora project and it
is just packed with a slew of exciting new features. Some of the
more notable features are Pulse Audio (new Linux Sound System),
Codec Buddy, Online-Desktop, Compiz and Gnome 2.20. Fedora 8 also
offers a new theme (unique to Fedora) and more visual treats for
the desktop user. After using Fedora 8 from the various Release
Candidates to the final Fedora 8 release, I came away impressed
with the overall release, but wished a few quirks and bugs were
ironed out before the final release.

“The most disappointing aspect about the release would be its
finicky installer. Sure if you have certain hardware, you may never
go through the troubles I encountered, but my setup is hardly what
you would call esoteric…”

Complete
Story

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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