I am very much pleased with windows 8 and it is really fast, fluidic and cool, but I felt awesome with Fedora 17. I am posting it actually months later than when it happened. You know, life is a bitch ad she kept me busy.
Beefy Miracle delivers a pretty healthy assortment of improvements over its predecessor, including support for GNOME Shell even in the absence of 3D acceleration. It also addresses the tablet revolution by adding multi-touch support to the OS and moved to a unified file system.
There is an unusually large amount of new features in this release. There’s a great mix of new stuff for everyone, from developers to end users. Fedora is now recommending the 64-bit version over the 32-bit version for all users. But 32-bit is still available for those who want or need it. It is quite “beefy” in that it packs a lot of new features, updated software, and general improvements across the board. I have to admit there are a lot of changes that are behind-the-scenes and aren't visually apparent to end users.
A large portion of the changes in Fedora 17 are backbone changes or updates as well as improved developer tools. Fedora 17 ships with the Linux kernel version of 3.3.4, but this will regularly get updated to the latest and greatest throughout the release’s lifespan. Users of the Open-stack software (which is a major tool that can be used to create public and private clouds) will rejoice that it has been updated to the latest version code-named “Essex”.
Fedora 17 also introduces support for JBoss Application Server 7, a tool used as a Java application service. The Fedora Project has also taken the first steps toward a “unified file system” where multiple similar folders (such as /usr/bin and /usr/sbin) are merged into one folder, which simply aims to make the file system more sane.
Fedora 17 has upgraded to Gnome 3.4, which offers many bug fixes, an improved application search experience, smooth scrolling, and application menus (which are accessible by clicking on the application name in the top left of the shell). The updated Gnome desktop environment also offers a refreshed Epiphany browser, now simply called “Web”. This is great for anyone who simply wants a browser that works without using extensions and the like. It doesn't come pre-installed in Fedora, but it’s a few clicks away by installing the epiphany package. KDE has also been upgraded to the latest 4.8 version.
GIMP has also been updated to the new version 2.8, where the most prominent feature is the new single-window mode.
The most interesting improvement for me is Fedora 17 adds support for automatic multiseat. Automatic multiseat is a term that simply describes this – currently with any Linux distribution you can have as many users as you’d like logged into a console (locally and remotely). Each user can do whatever they please at the exact same time as everyone else who’s logged in. Now apply that scenario to full graphical desktop environments. Automatic multiseat allows multiple graphical sessions to exist on the same system so long as the additional hardware is plugged in (monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc.).
This now means that multiple people can log into their desktops without any issues while only working on one physical system. As today’s system specs are more than capable of handling this, you can save time, electricity, heat, space, and money by having multiple people work with one system.
So finally what do I say..??? You should give a try on this and I hope you will like it.
See Also ::
F17 release announcement - FedoraProject https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F17_release_announcement
History of Fedora release names - FedoraProject https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/History_of_Fedora_release_names
You can get this hot new release for free, code named “Beefy Miracle”, by going to the download page(http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora-options).
and i guess it is the best Linux release till date. ...........
and i forgot to tell ya, the empathy messenger is cool and when you set your status to online , it is friggin awesome to stay connected..
beleive me , it is fuckin awesome.. checkout screenshots below..
