Red Hat Releases Fedora 11

Red Hat has officially released Fedora 11, a Linux distribution for developers that is a testbed for features for its flagship Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) product. Fedora is the largest of many free software creations of the Fedora Project, a partnership of free software community members from around the globe. Because of its predominance, the word "Fedora" is often used interchangeably to mean both the Fedora Project and the Fedora operating system. Red Hat releases a new Fedora distribution twice a year.

The new Linux distribution, named "Leonidas", was made available for download in June. It includes OpenChange, which promises to give any e-mail client native access to Microsoft Exchange. The technology uses an open-source version of Mapi, Microsoft's Messaging Application Programming Interface, to do this. In addition, it provides several virtualization improvements, including an upgraded console, a redesigned creation wizard for virtual-machine guests, and SELinux support for guests.

Other new features are better support for fingerprint readers and the inclusion of the ext4 file system as default. Fedora 11 also comes with the MinGW Windows cross compiler, which allows developers to cross-compile software for Windows while remaining in a Linux environment, according to Red Hat. Also improved in Fedora 11 is the kernel mode setting, that supports more video cards from ATI, Intel, and NVIDIA. Perhaps the most obvious improvement will see as a result of the upgraded kernel mode setting feature is accelerated boot-up time, which the organizers of the volunteer-based Fedora Project said is down to 20 seconds.

End users will enjoy added benefits such as "mime-type" detection and revamped volume control. The former allows for automatic detection (and installation if the user so desires) of applications that can handle unknown file-types. The latter simplifies the user's sound experience. Red Hat releases a new Fedora distribution twice a year. Learn how to master other Red Hat programs by signing up for IT training that teaches students how to become more knowledgeable professionals. Computer based training is easiest for those too busy to attend offsite classes due to busy schedules.

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