| Fedora 7 impressive due to customization options |
Jun. 06, 2007
 Review -- After devoting most of its efforts the past couple years to realizing the advanced server technology goals of Red Hat's Enterprise Linux product, the community-powered Fedora Project has turned its attention toward catching up with the distribution and packaging advances of its Linux rivals.
eWEEK Labs tested the fruit of these efforts -- Fedora 7 -- and we were impressed to see how amenable to customization this popular Linux-based operating system has grown.
Fedora 7's tools for building custom versions, or spins, will make it easier for groups to create Fedora variants, in the way that Ubuntu backers have spun off the KDE-centric Kubuntu and XFCE-based Xubuntu from the project's GNOME-oriented offering.
Fedora's new tools also open the door to building so-called software appliances.
What's more, Fedora 7 has continued to make progress on the advanced technology fronts that dominated previous Fedora releases. In particular, Version 7 sports a noticeably more mature version of Red Hat's graphical virtualization manager.
To read the rest of Jason Brooks' eWEEK.com review, go here.
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