Fedora 7: The Linux Knight in Shining Armor?

Rahul Sundaram sundaram at fedoraproject.org
Sat Jan 20 03:59:37 UTC 2007


Amadeus W. M. wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:41:03 -0500, taharka wrote:
> 
>> Fedora Core 6 was released on October 24, 2006 and scheduled to come out
>> a half-year later is the seventh major release for the Fedora Project.
>> However, unlike Yarrow, Tettnang, Heidelberg, Stentz, Bordeaux, and Zod,
>> Fedora 7 is shaping up to be the most ambitious release yet. With all
>> the work and reform going into Fedora 7 it poses the question, will
>> Fedora 7 be Linux's knight in shining armor?
>>
>> Full article at;
>> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=627&num=1
>>
>> taharka
>>
>> Lexington, Kentucky U.S.A.
>>
> 
> I'm kind of wary about this division into desktop, kde-desktop and server.
> Will they all come on the same dvd, or do I have to select which one to
> download before installing? If they come separate, and I select (gnome)
> desktop, say, does it mean I can't run k3b or qtparted? Does it mean I
> can't install apache? 

Of course you can. You just have to install them. The spins define what 
packages are in the media.

Can someone please clarify why the separation? On my
> machines there is no clear cut separation between
> desktop/workstation/server. I have countless packages that I bet will be
> from all release types.

Sure.

> Oh, and could someone please make a kernel rpm independent of SELinux?

Why?

Rahul




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