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Just thought I'd mention, the Linux-based operating system Fedora is having its 12th version release tomorrow. Whether you've used Linux before, currently use it, or are just curious, I highly recommend you check this out.
What's special about this release? Well, this is the first time an official "spin" is offered for LXDE, the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment. This is perfect for not only older machines, but also the many netbooks and ultraportables entering the market today, like my Eee PC 900. It runs really fast and smooth, and I've never seen a graphical file manager open as fast as PCManFM. Not even Thunar can match its speed.
Fedora defaults to GNOME (still), and you can get the KDE version from here, but currently the beta (all that's available until tomorrow) for XFCE and LXDE are only available via BitTorrent here. We'll see if they offer direct downloads of these spins, but given the XFCE spins have been around since Fedora 8, and still no direct download is available, this seems doubtful.
If you'd like to, you can use the Live USB option. This way you don't have to waste a CD-R, and you have the ability of testing it out before making any installation decisions.
Once tomorrow comes around, anyway.
What's special about this release? Well, this is the first time an official "spin" is offered for LXDE, the Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment. This is perfect for not only older machines, but also the many netbooks and ultraportables entering the market today, like my Eee PC 900. It runs really fast and smooth, and I've never seen a graphical file manager open as fast as PCManFM. Not even Thunar can match its speed.
Fedora defaults to GNOME (still), and you can get the KDE version from here, but currently the beta (all that's available until tomorrow) for XFCE and LXDE are only available via BitTorrent here. We'll see if they offer direct downloads of these spins, but given the XFCE spins have been around since Fedora 8, and still no direct download is available, this seems doubtful.
If you'd like to, you can use the Live USB option. This way you don't have to waste a CD-R, and you have the ability of testing it out before making any installation decisions.
Once tomorrow comes around, anyway.
