Red Hat Releases Fedora Core 4

[Daniel]

Red Hat has released Fedora Core 4, a free version of Linux the company is using to advance virtualization, programming tools and other software at the frontier of open-source development.

Among other features, Fedora Core 4--released Monday--comes with the Xen virtualization software, which lets multiple operating systems run on the same computer. Xen competes with software from EMC's VMware and with Microsoft virtual machine products.

Additionally, the new Fedora was built using the new version 4 of GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection--tools that translate human-written source code into computer-readable binary instructions. GCC 4 brings a new framework that its advocates hope will lead to better performance.

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[pharoah]

ok i have asked similar questions on other forums and it normally starts a flame but i dont think it will here.why would anyone want linux first of all let me say i have never used anything but windows i have read so many complaints about linux
not working with this or that hardware,ive also heard that the functionality of it with certain websites isnt that good especially sites useing alot of flash based menu's etc so does anyone have an idea what are the advantages of linux from what i have read i would have to assume none but i could be wrong i just dont know

[Daniel]

To be honest, I'm not a Linux pro but i've studied linux from the 'Server' side of it ...

I will respond to your question, basically Windows vs Linux. Please if I'm wrong correct me. Ther are alot of Linux bistros ... Knopix, Ubuntu etc... They vary from UI and functionality, nothing major from what I've used. People use Linux mainly on servers, I'm talking about business servers and such. Schools and colleges from what I know do not make use of Linux for their servers, and the main reason is because of a contract with Microsoft or something similar, but anyways.

Some people prefer Linux, basically because it's alot faster than Windows. Recent versions can still run on old PCs which are able to only use Windows 98 not any other recent Windows version. And since Linux can do all the stuff Windows can, it's better than Win 98 and free :P But... sometimes it's a huge headache to find specific drivers for your hardware, this is the most difficult part of it.

I've browsed using Linux too and found no problems at all. So basically you choose what OS to use from the hardware you have, from the budget, preference, and usage regarding organisations.

Business does it the other way round, they choose hardware for the OS rather than choosen the OS for their PC.

Was this of any help? hehe