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Fedora is a Linux distribution created by Red Hat as a community project in 2003. It serves as a source of software innovations for Red Hat Enterprise Linux releases. The latest version, Fedora 17 code named "Beefy Miracle", features the GNOME Shell 3.4 desktop environment and was released in May 2012. It provides full-featured applications for email, instant messaging, media playback, image editing and more through packages like Evolution, Empathy, Totem, Rhythmbox, GIMP and LibreOffice. Fedora also supports large file systems up to 100TB and encrypted file systems through technologies like ext4 and LUKS.

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 Fedora is a Linux-based operating system created back in 2003 as a community distribution called the Fedora Project. It was released along with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, which was to be the next official Linux distribution after Red Hat Linux was discontinued. Its main purpose was to serve as a source of software innovations for the Hat Enterprise Linux releases. This connection between the two Linux distributions explains the origin of the Fedora name – 'fedora' refers to the characteristic fedora hat used in Red Hat's "Shadowman" logo.
 The first set of Fedora releases, known as Fedora Core 1-4, was launched within the period 2003-2005, followed by the Fedora Core 5-6 set in 2006 and Fedora 7 in 2007. Those versions, however, are no longer supported by the Fedora Project. The following Fedora versions – Fedora 8 (introduced in 2007), Fedora 9 (released in the spring of 2008) and Fedora 10 (launched at the end of 2008), are all officially supported by the Fedora project. The latest of them – Fedora 10, code named 'Cambridge', features a whole new set of innovative characteristics such as a new 'Solar' artwork, faster startup with Plymouth, web-based packages installer, ext4 file system support, Sugar Desktop Environment and many others.
Fedora 17 (Beefy Miracle) running GNOME Shell 3.4 Company / developer Fedora Project, (owned by Red Hat, Inc.) OS family Unix-like (based on Red Hat Linux) Working state Current Source model Free and open source software(with exceptions) Initial release 2003-11-16 It was codenamedYarrow. Fedora Core 1 was based on Red Hat Linux 9 and shipped with version 2.4.19 of the Linux kernel, version 2.4 of the GNOME desktop environment, and K Desktop Environment 3.1.a Latest stable release 17 (Beefy Miracle) / May 29, 2012; 5 months ago Available language(s) Multilingual Update method Yum (PackageKit) Package manager RPM Package Manager Supported platforms i686, x86-64 Kernel type Monolithic (Linux) Userland GNU Default user interface GNOME 3 License Various free software licenses, plus proprietary binary blobs. Official website www.fedoraproject.org
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Evolution is a powerful and full-featured email program. In addition to email, Evolution features a calendar, task manager, memo system, and an address book for your contacts.
Empathy is an instant messaging (IM) client that can access Gmail, MSN, AOL, Yahoo!, Jabber, and other IM and chat networks. Empathy also supports Jabber-based VoIP calls & video chat provided by services such as Google Talk.
Totem Movie Player plays movie files of many various formats, as well as DVDs, CDs, and VCDs. Many great plugins exist for Totem that enable you to expand your experience: a YouTube plugin so you can watch YouTube videos without the hassle of a web browser; a UPNP/DLNA plugin so you can stream content off of a home media server; and a publisher that enables you to share your playlists with other users on your network.
Rhythmbox plays CDs, internet radio, and podcasts, and it is also a music collection manager. Not only can you play music on your computer's hard drive; you can also stream from and share to other computers on the network via DAAP or UPNP/DLNA sharing. Want to play music from your Fedora laptop on your PlayStation® 3? Totally do-able via UPNP.
The Gimp is fully- featured and bitmap image editor. Simply use it for simple image cropping, resizing, and red-eye correction, or explore its powerful advanced photo manipulation, digital painting, animation, and special effects capabilities.
Rhythmbox plays CDs, internet radio, and podcasts, and it is also a music collection manager. Not only can you play music on your computer's hard drive; you can also stream from and share to other computers on the network via DAAP or UPNP/DLNA sharing. Want to play music from your Fedora laptop on your PlayStation® 3? Totally do-able via UPNP.
Open, create, and edit presentation slideshows with LibreOffice Impress. Add slide transitions and download free slide templates. You may export presentations as PDF files for easy exchange.
Tell Hamster what you're working on, and it'll time your progress and poke you at regular intervals to make sure you're not distracted! It also generates weekly reports so you can examine how you've spent your week.
If you're an Evolution user, Fedora's desktop clock has some nice integration treats for you. The desktop clock integrates with your Evolution calendar events and task list, displaying your appointments and to- dos right alongside the clock.
IBus is a keyboard input system with a handy little applet built right into the desktop. Do you speak one or more languages that require an advanced input system? IBus lets you add and switch between different input systems so you can write in your preferred language whenever you want.
FREEDOM. FRIENDS. FEATURES. FIRST.
To create a Fedora live CD, you need: a broadband connection to the Internet. a computer with a CD or DVD burner. software that allows you to create a CD from an image file. a blank, writeable CD. The computer on which you intend to install Fedora 17 from the live CD should have: a CD or DVD drive, and the capability to boot from this drive. a 400 MHz processor or faster at least 1 GB of memory (RAM) at least 10 GB of permanent storage (hard drive) space. These specifications represent a bare minimum to use Fedora in graphical mode. Almost any laptop or desktop computer manufactured in recent years will meet these requirements.
The minimum processor speed depends on the end use, the method of installation, and the specific hardware. Although some configurations might work on a Pentium 3, most users should consider a Pentium 4 or more modern processor, or the equivalent processor from other manufacturers. Fedora 17 is able to take full advantage of modern, multi-core architectures. Minimum RAM for text-mode: 768 MiB Minimum RAM for graphical: 768 MiB Recommended RAM for graphical: 1152 MiB
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Large File Systems Fedora 17 will support file systems larger than 16 terabytes on the default file system (ext4). With the latest version ofe2fsprogs, ext4 file systems can now be up to 100 TB. Encrypted File Systems Fedora 17 uses version 1.4.1 of the cryptsetup package, which removes deprecated API calls. In addition, it supports placing LUKS headers on separate devices and the creation of shared, non-overlapping encrypted segments on a single device.
BTRFS btrfs is not available as a target file system during installation. This is a temporary situation and will be resolved in Fedora 18. btrfs is still available after installation. Btrfs (B-tree file system, variously pronounced "Butter F S", "Butterfuss", "Better F S", or "B-tree F S”) is a GPL- licensed copy-on-write file system for Linux. Development began at Oracle Corporation in 2007. It is still in heavy development and marked as unstable. Especially when the filesystem becomes full, no-space conditions arise which might make it challenging to delete files.
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  • 2. Fedora is a Linux-based operating system created back in 2003 as a community distribution called the Fedora Project. It was released along with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, which was to be the next official Linux distribution after Red Hat Linux was discontinued. Its main purpose was to serve as a source of software innovations for the Hat Enterprise Linux releases. This connection between the two Linux distributions explains the origin of the Fedora name – 'fedora' refers to the characteristic fedora hat used in Red Hat's "Shadowman" logo.
  • 3. The first set of Fedora releases, known as Fedora Core 1-4, was launched within the period 2003-2005, followed by the Fedora Core 5-6 set in 2006 and Fedora 7 in 2007. Those versions, however, are no longer supported by the Fedora Project. The following Fedora versions – Fedora 8 (introduced in 2007), Fedora 9 (released in the spring of 2008) and Fedora 10 (launched at the end of 2008), are all officially supported by the Fedora project. The latest of them – Fedora 10, code named 'Cambridge', features a whole new set of innovative characteristics such as a new 'Solar' artwork, faster startup with Plymouth, web-based packages installer, ext4 file system support, Sugar Desktop Environment and many others.
  • 4. Fedora 17 (Beefy Miracle) running GNOME Shell 3.4 Company / developer Fedora Project, (owned by Red Hat, Inc.) OS family Unix-like (based on Red Hat Linux) Working state Current Source model Free and open source software(with exceptions) Initial release 2003-11-16 It was codenamedYarrow. Fedora Core 1 was based on Red Hat Linux 9 and shipped with version 2.4.19 of the Linux kernel, version 2.4 of the GNOME desktop environment, and K Desktop Environment 3.1.a Latest stable release 17 (Beefy Miracle) / May 29, 2012; 5 months ago Available language(s) Multilingual Update method Yum (PackageKit) Package manager RPM Package Manager Supported platforms i686, x86-64 Kernel type Monolithic (Linux) Userland GNU Default user interface GNOME 3 License Various free software licenses, plus proprietary binary blobs. Official website www.fedoraproject.org
  • 6. Evolution is a powerful and full-featured email program. In addition to email, Evolution features a calendar, task manager, memo system, and an address book for your contacts.
  • 7. Empathy is an instant messaging (IM) client that can access Gmail, MSN, AOL, Yahoo!, Jabber, and other IM and chat networks. Empathy also supports Jabber-based VoIP calls & video chat provided by services such as Google Talk.
  • 8. Totem Movie Player plays movie files of many various formats, as well as DVDs, CDs, and VCDs. Many great plugins exist for Totem that enable you to expand your experience: a YouTube plugin so you can watch YouTube videos without the hassle of a web browser; a UPNP/DLNA plugin so you can stream content off of a home media server; and a publisher that enables you to share your playlists with other users on your network.
  • 9. Rhythmbox plays CDs, internet radio, and podcasts, and it is also a music collection manager. Not only can you play music on your computer's hard drive; you can also stream from and share to other computers on the network via DAAP or UPNP/DLNA sharing. Want to play music from your Fedora laptop on your PlayStation® 3? Totally do-able via UPNP.
  • 10. The Gimp is fully- featured and bitmap image editor. Simply use it for simple image cropping, resizing, and red-eye correction, or explore its powerful advanced photo manipulation, digital painting, animation, and special effects capabilities.
  • 11. Rhythmbox plays CDs, internet radio, and podcasts, and it is also a music collection manager. Not only can you play music on your computer's hard drive; you can also stream from and share to other computers on the network via DAAP or UPNP/DLNA sharing. Want to play music from your Fedora laptop on your PlayStation® 3? Totally do-able via UPNP.
  • 12. Open, create, and edit presentation slideshows with LibreOffice Impress. Add slide transitions and download free slide templates. You may export presentations as PDF files for easy exchange.
  • 13. Tell Hamster what you're working on, and it'll time your progress and poke you at regular intervals to make sure you're not distracted! It also generates weekly reports so you can examine how you've spent your week.
  • 14. If you're an Evolution user, Fedora's desktop clock has some nice integration treats for you. The desktop clock integrates with your Evolution calendar events and task list, displaying your appointments and to- dos right alongside the clock.
  • 15. IBus is a keyboard input system with a handy little applet built right into the desktop. Do you speak one or more languages that require an advanced input system? IBus lets you add and switch between different input systems so you can write in your preferred language whenever you want.
  • 17. To create a Fedora live CD, you need: a broadband connection to the Internet. a computer with a CD or DVD burner. software that allows you to create a CD from an image file. a blank, writeable CD. The computer on which you intend to install Fedora 17 from the live CD should have: a CD or DVD drive, and the capability to boot from this drive. a 400 MHz processor or faster at least 1 GB of memory (RAM) at least 10 GB of permanent storage (hard drive) space. These specifications represent a bare minimum to use Fedora in graphical mode. Almost any laptop or desktop computer manufactured in recent years will meet these requirements.
  • 18. The minimum processor speed depends on the end use, the method of installation, and the specific hardware. Although some configurations might work on a Pentium 3, most users should consider a Pentium 4 or more modern processor, or the equivalent processor from other manufacturers. Fedora 17 is able to take full advantage of modern, multi-core architectures. Minimum RAM for text-mode: 768 MiB Minimum RAM for graphical: 768 MiB Recommended RAM for graphical: 1152 MiB
  • 20. Large File Systems Fedora 17 will support file systems larger than 16 terabytes on the default file system (ext4). With the latest version ofe2fsprogs, ext4 file systems can now be up to 100 TB. Encrypted File Systems Fedora 17 uses version 1.4.1 of the cryptsetup package, which removes deprecated API calls. In addition, it supports placing LUKS headers on separate devices and the creation of shared, non-overlapping encrypted segments on a single device.
  • 21. BTRFS btrfs is not available as a target file system during installation. This is a temporary situation and will be resolved in Fedora 18. btrfs is still available after installation. Btrfs (B-tree file system, variously pronounced "Butter F S", "Butterfuss", "Better F S", or "B-tree F S”) is a GPL- licensed copy-on-write file system for Linux. Development began at Oracle Corporation in 2007. It is still in heavy development and marked as unstable. Especially when the filesystem becomes full, no-space conditions arise which might make it challenging to delete files.