| Fedora Core 5 goes gold |
Mar. 20, 2006
Red Hat's Fedora Project Monday announced the release of Fedora Linux Core 5 (code-named "Bordeaux"), which offers several new desktop applications, advances in security, better localization tools, improved software installation and management facilities, and tighter Java integration, the project said.
Fedora Core 5, which includes a 2.6.15 kernel and optional desktop, server, and system apps, has a new look and feel, with new menus and user interface, according to the project.
The new version went gold only five days later than the Fedora team had anticipated last January.
Fedora Core 5 features some new desktop applications. They include:- Tomboy, a new ("simple and handy") note-taking tool
- F-Spot, which manages digital photographs
- Beagle desktop search, which resembles Apple's Sherlock or Google Desktop on PCs and helps users find something in a chat log, an email, or a web page they visited days ago
Power management has been improved, thanks to Gnome Power Manager, included in this release. Additionally, the Gnome screensaver package is included, with a new Fedora screensaver to accompany it, the team said.
Fedora Core 5 also features updated versions of old favorites such as Firefox 1.5 and OpenOffice.org 2.0.2, a new enhanced database front end, a mail merge wizard, and better PDF-exporting capabilities. The latest versions of both Gnome 2.14 and KDE 3.5 bring added options to the Fedora desktop, according to the project.
Finally, the Fedora Core 5 desktop features new advances in multimedia applications built around the free Xiph.org codecs, the team said.
The Fedora Project is described as a Red Hat-sponsored and community-supported open-source project, rather than a supported product of Red Hat, Inc. The goal is to work with the Linux community to build a complete, general purpose operating system exclusively from free software, the project says. Fedora Project has public forums and open processes, and is a "proving ground" for new technology that may eventually make its way into Red Hat products, the project adds.
Some screenshots of Frdora Core 5 are available here and here. LinClips offers an interesting view of Fedora Core 5 in its screencast.
Download availability
Fedora Core 5 is available for free download on 32- and 64-bit x86 platforms, as well as PowerPC processors. The distribution comes in five CD iso images or a single DVD image, and is available at various Fedora mirror sites.
Those preferring a BitTorrent download of the i386 DVD file can go here (3,103 MB).
Users on slow Internet connections can also order the discs from various vendors for around $5 to $10.
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