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We recently saw a merge proposal from Canonical to replace gnome-software snap with their own Snap Store. Along the similar lines, Red Hat’s Richard Hughes has announced that Fedora will disable snap plugin for GNOME Software. His announcement comes just a day after this. Fedora will disable the snap plugin in its next major update […]
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) has completed its acquisition of Red Hat for $34 billion, thus making it the world’s second-biggest technology acquisition ever. IBM has been struggling to adopt cloud-related technologies. With this deal, IBM will try to go after the market leaders like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google. The deal would position IBM as […]
Fedora is a community-driven Linux distro that’s sponsored by the open source giant Red Hat. As Fedora is the upstream source of the company’s commercial RHEL distro, it’s also used as a testing ground for RHEL. As Linux enthusiasts might already know, Fedora is known as an innovative Linux distro that doesn’t hesitate when it comes […]
In late 2017, Microsoft launched Windows 10 on ARM to let users run its operating system on the ARM processor-powered laptops, especially the ones powered by Snapdragon chips. The company also released a bunch of devices in partnership with OEMs like Asus, HP, and Lenovo, and marketed them as “Always Connected Devices.” Earlier this year, […]
Developed by the community-driven Fedora Project and sponsored by the IBM-owned Red Hat, Fedora Linux distribution is known to feature cutting-edge technologies that often inspire other Linux distros to innovate; the Wayland display server is one such example. Fedora also serves as a testing ground for Red Hat’s commercial RHEL distribution. The Fedora Project recently announced the […]
Fedora is known to offer a bleeding edge Linux desktop experience; other distributions often employ many new technologies that are first implemented by Fedora. It’s also known as RHEL’s testing lab as Red Hat provides the newest features to Fedora users before shipping them in RHEL. Following the same trend, the Red Hat-supported and community-driven […]
Many Linux users familiar with Fedora, CentOS, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux are familiar with YUM, but are oblivious to its origins in the much lesser known Yellowdog Linux, a now discontinued PowerPC variant of CentOS. And now, it seems, YUM is heading in the same direction. Fedora is often referred to as the testing […]
The Fedora Project Leader Matthew Miller has announced Fedora CoreOS. It’s a big announcement as it’s going to serve as the new upstream to Red Hat’s CoreOS. For those who need some context, earlier this year, Red Hat acquired Container Linux by CoreOS. As per the official blog post, Fedora CoreOS is going to be built […]
Red Hat-sponsored Fedora operating system is known for its bleeding edge features and leading the way for other Linux distros. Very often Fedora makes way for technologies that are often adopted by other distro developers. It’s also Red Hat’s testing ground as it acts as the upstream source of RHEL. Fedora 28 is the latest […]
This is Part 2 of Linux Basics In this Part we will talk about your first steps with linux. Logging In and Out: The Linux system distinguishes between different users. As a consequence, you may not be able to start using the computer immediately after it has been switched on. First you must tell the […]
After a few delays, Fedora 27 final release has just been shipped by The Fedora Project. Supported by Red Hat, this community-driven, open source, Linux distro’s latest release brings numerous improvements from Fedora Community and other software projects. In this article, I’ll be listing the major changes in Fedora 27 Workstation spin. For other spins, visit […]
Fedora 27 Beta After a few hiccups and delays, the Fedora Project has finally shipped the beta release for Fedora 27 Linux distro. This is a major milestone before the final version ships later this year in November. A major change that comes with Fedora 27 Beta Workstation is a shift to the latest GNOME 3.26 […]
Short Bytes: Fedora developers are considering a change for the next Fedora 27 release that might infuriate some Linux users. A proposal has been made to ditch the 32-bit releases as they are in rough shape and their bug reports are ignored. If the proposal gets accepted, the current 32-bit Fedora users will have the […]
Short Bytes: Fedora 26 is the latest version of Fedora operating system. This version ships with the default GNOME 3.24 desktop environment andLinux kernel 4.11.8. Fedora 26 also marks the release of a new spin in the form of LXQt desktop edition. The other major change is the Fedora Modular Server preview build. You can […]
Short Bytes: The Fedora Project has finally released Fedora 26 Beta. This release features the GNOME 3.24 desktop environment, Go 1.8, and latest LibreOffice. Apart from the regular Fedora Desktop and Server editions, you can also download Atomic Host, Spins, Labs, and ARM version. The final Fedora 26 release is expected to ship in July. […]
Microsoft brought open source Linux to closed walls of Windows 10 with the help of WSL, i.e., Windows Subsystem for Linux. This achievement was made possible by partnering with Canonical. As a result, the developers and regular users were able to run Bash on Ubuntu on Windows 10 natively. Now, at Build 2017, Microsoft has revealed […]
Short Bytes: The Fedora Project has finally released Fedora 26 Alpha after a couple of delays. This release will be followed by the Beta release on May 30 and Final release on June 27. Fedora 26 Alpha ships with GNOME 3.24 and Python 3.6. The interested users can download this development version and try it […]
If your desktop runs a mainstream release of Linux, chances are you’re vulnerable. If you run a mainstream distribution of Linux on a desktop computer, there’s a good chance security researcher Chris Evans can hijack it when you do nothing more than open or even browse a specially crafted music file. And in the event […]
Short Bytes: Fedora 25 Beta now supports the popular single-board computers Raspberry Pi 2 and 3. Apart from the Workstation version, you can also run Fedora 25 Beta Server. At the moment, the newer Raspberry Pi 3 owners need to useBluetooth and Wi-Fi USB dongles as onboard WiFi/Bluetooth isn’t supported. Unfortunately, older Pis and Zero […]
Short Bytes: The Fedora Project has made the first and only Alpha Release of Fedora 25 available for download. This release ships with the next-gen display server technology Wayland. Based on Linux kernel 4.7, Fedora 25 Alpha comes with tons of updated software packages. As it’s a pre-beta release, the readers are advised to install […]
Short Bytes: What is a Linux Distribution? What’s the thing that distinguishes so many flavors from each other? In this article, I’ve made an attempt to elaborate the things that make these different Linux distros stand out in the crowd and what inspired the creation of multiple Linux distributions. The world of Linux is full […]