Savoring Flavors of Linux: Fedora

Fedora

Fedora is another popular Linux distro sponsored by Red Hat.Taking on one size fits all approach, the distribution includes a lot of applications like a word processor, spreadsheet, media player and so forth. Fedora does not have as big a user community as Ubuntu and hence does not have as many applications.

Installing the latest version of Fedora(Version 12 titled Reign) on a Pentium III 512 MB was a breeze. Fedora's speed is comaparble to that of Ubuntu.Fedora makes an excellent desktop with a great set of utilities. Its newest release also features improved Bluetooth support.

Fedora is a stable powerful and fast system that makes a nifty desktop.