Fedora 17: the first impression of the new version of the Linux distribution

A few days ago came out the next version of one of the most popular distributions of Linux. The significance of this release is great - Fedora developed with the active participation of Red Hat, which is based on the batch of free base of the project makes its RHEL. Some have even called Fedora a test ground of Red Hat and believe that this distribution is unstable. Changes in the new version very much, though, let's talk about them in order.I want to start with the system of things, and then gradually move to the desktop environment. The distribution includes recent versions of software - the core GNU / Linux 3.3, etc. The developers continue the process of replacing the classic System V Init new system initialization systemd - scripts change to the unit-files, as well as get rid of ConsoleKit, the possibility of which is duplicated systemd. The product remains in the system but do not use desktop environment. It is worth mentioning the process of replacing a dynamic iptables firewall firewalld and the process of transferring executable files and libraries from the root partition to / usr (/ bin to / usr / bin, / sbin to / usr / sbin, / lib in / usr / lib and / lib64 in the / usr/lib64). The latter should, in particular, to simplify the creation of diskless workstations.In general, the work in full swing and many procedures have not yet finished. Fedora developers are experimenting boldly, so that the system can really be considered a testing ground. Innovations have touched not only the basics - with user environments similar to the picture. First, the updated version of the product (KDE 4.8, GNOME 3.4, GIMP 2.8, etc.), and most importantly - GNOME Shell now works without hardware acceleration of graphics. Given that the developers of Fedora and Red Hat are actively involved in the development of GNOME - this functionality will soon be expected in the mainstream and in other distributions.To list all the innovations thankless task - to learn about features of Fedora 17, please visit the project. Suffice it to say that we have another edition of popular distro with a lot of changes, many of whom could be called experimental. However, this is the case for Fedora ordinary. Yes, the images of the installation LiveCD with custom environments of KDE, GNOME, XFCE and LXDE are available for download. There is also an image of the DVD, with lots of software and so-called. netinst - pared down to a couple of hundred megabytes to install the system image across the network.