Recruit Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 The big Red Hat news is all about its acquisition by IBM, but behind the headlines, Red Hat and its community bread and butter open-source work continues apace. The first proof of this is the release of Fedora 29. This the latest version of community Linux Fedora. Fedora 29 comes in three editions. These are Fedora Server, for servers; Fedora Workstation for Linux desktop users and Fedora Atomic Host, for Linux cloud and container users. All three editions are built from a common set of base packages. This starts from the bottom up with the just released Linux kernel 4.19. Fedora using this barely a week old kernel is emblematic of this Linux design philosophy: Fedora is a bleeding-edge Linux. Thus, as always, this new Fedora release comes with the latest versions of programs, bug fixes, performance tweaks, and enhanced functionality. The Fedora 29 base package includes updated compilers and languages including Python 3.7, Perl 5.28. glibc 2.28, Gloang 1.11, and MySQL 8. All versions of Fedora 29 now includes a modular repository. This is an optional software repository. It gives you the option of installing additional versions of software on independent life cycles. This way you can keep their operating system up-to-date while keeping the version of an application you need even when the default version in the distribution changes. With it you can keep tried-and-true versions of software while your risk-taking sister can use just the released program to work on next year's production software. In both case, you'll still be using the base Fedora operating system. Also: Why Microsoft's Linux love affair was inevitable TechRepublic As sysadmins know, software lifecycles are a challenge in managing modern systems. Some applications need to move quickly so you use get the latest features, while others require a slower cycle to increase stability. This modular approach gives you flexibility in dealing with the traditional Linux distribution approach, which forces you to make this decision based on operating system version. As Fedora Project Leader Matthew Miller, said in a statement: Quote Being able to update specific applications at a speed that works for a developer's unique needs not only provides users more flexibility and control over their environment, but helps keep operations more secure. With modularity now offered across all editions of Fedora 29, users can keep their operating system up to date while still running the version of an application for their specific use-case. The latest version of Fedora desktop-focused edition includes GNOME 3.3.1 as its default desktop. This desktop boasts better performance by using fewer system resources. This enables you more apps at once without performance issues. The version also adds a new Podcasts app and automatically updates Flatpaks, Red Hat's universal application distribution system. While Fedora is often thought of as primarily a desktop Linux, this latest edition is also meant to help developers working with ARM processors and on the Internet of Things (IoT). The most important of these IoT friendly updates is enhanced ZRAM support for swap on ARMv7 and aarch64. The net effect is to improve Fedora 29's performance and reliability on ARM Single Board Computers, such as the ever popular Raspberry Pi. All three versions of Fedora 29 are ready to download today. What are you waiting for? Start downloading already! Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 It's too early to know will it effect Fedora and Redhat's relationship https://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/linux-platforms/articles/relationship-between-fedora-and-rhel IBM has not even took it over yet some people are worried about Fedora's future .. I'm not because i never used it. Ether I use Ubuntu or one based on it or I use Debian or one based on Arch .. theirs plenty of choices out there without using Redhat/Cent OS or Fedora. Quote Q: What's going to happen to Fedora if IBM buys Red Hat? A : Without wanting to sound negative, 'unknwon' is the answer. The Fedora project is sponsored by RedHat, which btw holds the trademark for it. The question here is obviously to what extent the new owner IBM will continue sponsoring the project. I do not speak for RedHat nor for IBM, I have worked for both of these companies and I can say that they have a different way of work. As Fedora has proved to be a successful upstream test platform for things to end up in a production RHEL environment, I would imagine that it would be in the best interest of IBM to continue the sponsorship of the project, as the Fedora community feeds directly into one of their own core products (RHEL is the foundation for many of the cloud computing projects). Having said that, the swallowing of the entire RedHat portofolio by a company (even) of the size of IBM will be a difficult task to perform. IBM contributed to Linux from the very early days is one thing, maintaining the flavor of a distro ecosystem that took years to form is another. If I was a community leader in Fedora, I would be quick to clarify the situation with RedHat management. Even if IBM pulls the plug (again, I hope and imagine that they won't), there is a body of users large enough to create an impetus to fork the project. https://ask.fedoraproject.org/en/question/128211/whats-going-to-happen-to-fedora-if-ibm-buys-red-hat/ IBM works with opensource a lot but Here's why software developers are worried about IBM's $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat Quote IBM, which intends to acquire Red Hat for $34 billion, has promised to preserve Red Hat's commitment to open-source development, but developers aren't convinced. Red Hat is known for distributing its own version of Linux, an open-source operating system, for businesses, and it's beloved in the open-source community as a "huge open-source maven." While IBM has historically been a huge booster of Linux, compared with its peer enterprise companies, developers are worried that its corporate culture will negatively affect Red Hat — especially since IBM is widely perceived as having fallen behind in the cloud wars. This makes it vital for IBM to proceed with a light touch, an expert says. https://www.businessinsider.com/ibm-red-hat-open-source-upset-2018-10 I see IBM and Redhat as amoral meaning they have sold out and they have no morals to be GNU, the 1st one said, never had no morals no way they older than my moms is and even got rich from helping out Nazi Germany .. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ibm-and-nazi-germany/ No large proprietary software company have morals no way they put money above human rights .. Redhat are no different than Google they both got rich from building on top of open source just Redhat are more trust worthy for now but for how long ? Google helps fix the Linux Kernel for there own selfish reasons and they do good work. Fedora is upstream Redhat, they a bunch of lab rats for Paid Enterprise Linux, no different than people who use Windows 10 that are beta testers for Microsoft's Enterprise customers . They some good folks at Fedora, i have nothing against them and wish them the best of luck, just like i do windows 10 users. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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