Linux Top 5: Linux Turns 20, Mandriva cranks it up for 2011 | Linux Today

Linux Top 5: Linux Turns 20, Mandriva cranks it up for 2011

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 31, 2011

“This past week, the Linux Planet continued the celebration of
the 20th anniversary of Linux. The platform that began with that
simple message 20 years ago expanded this past week with multiple
updates from Linux vendors large and small.

1. Fedora 16 Hits Alpha.

The next generation of Red Hat’s community Linux distribution
debuted the first milestone of its next-generation release this
past week.

Fedora 16 includes the GRUB2 boot-loader and better integration
of Systemd. From a security perspective, Fedora has improved on the
SELinux security system with pre-built policies that are faster to
deploy.

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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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