__/ [ No Spam ] on Friday 01 June 2007 14:58 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> Fedora 7 Prime "Moonshine"
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Out with the Core and in with the Moonshine. Fedora 7 (named
>> | Moonshine) is shipping today and marks the merge of Fedora Core
>> | and Fedora Extras along with bringing KVM virtualization into
>> | the limelight, a new installable LiveCD, a new build system,
>> | new wireless firmware, and other desktop improvements. Here
>> | are some screenshots of Fedora 7.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=733&num=1
>>
>>
>> "Foresight Linux 1.3 is out!"
>>
>> http://www.foresightlinux.com/
>
> Glad to hear the news! I went to download the Live CD and noticed
> that the file dates are for May 2006 (not 2007). Any reason I should
> be concerned about this? The file name seems right - Fedora 7 and KDE
> (or something like that).
>
> While I'm thinking about it, there seems to be two live CD's, one with
> KDE in the title and one without KDE in the title. What is the
> difference? My guess is that the non-KDE is the GNOME distribution,
> but not sure.
There's a KDE version as well:
Fedora 7 Release Adds Installable KDE Live CD
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| The Fedora Project has announced the immediate availability of
| their latest release, Fedora 7 (Moonshine) including, for the
| first time, a KDE live CD/DVD showcasing KDE and KDE applications,
| which can also be installed to the hard disk, resulting in a
| regular Fedora installation with KDE.
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http://dot.kde.org/1180620522/
You can install GNOME and KDE have them work interchangeably. In fact, you
can even build your own Feodra 7-based distro (all from the GUI), which
contains both KDE /and/ GNOME.
Remixing Fedora 7
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| Fedora 7 hits the streets on May 31st. One of the most exciting
| features of the Fedora 7 release is the fact that users can remix
| the Fedora code in any variety of ways. Tools are provided that
| allow the user to build either a customized LiveCD or installable
| ISO, and to reach out to any 3rd-party RPM repositories and pull
| in packages from them at compose time.
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http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/05/31/remixing-fedora-7/
Use the checksums to verify that what you get from the torrent/mirror is
'kosher'.
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