PC World: Six Good Reasons to Try Fedora 16

[Karin Bakis]

Six Good Reasons to Try Fedora 16
Just declared 'gold,' the latest release of this business-focused Linux
distribution will make its official debut on Tuesday.
By Katherine Noyes
Nov 4, 2011 10:19 AM

There are many different Linux distributions, each offering a slightly different flavor of
the free and open source operating system.

fedora linux
Most readers of these pages are probably at least aware by now of Canonical's Ubuntu
Linux, which tends to dominate the headlines by far, but another very popular and
excellent choice is Fedora, the free, community version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Fedora currently ranks at No. 3 in DistroWatch's popularity listings, and late
Thursday the project behind it announced that the next big version--Fedora 16, or
“Verne”--has been officially declared “gold” and ready for release on Tuesday.

If you've been considering sampling a taste of Linux's many benefits for your
business, this new release could be a great one to try because of its particular strength
on enterprise features. Here are six good reasons to test it.


For the full article:
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/243189/six_good_reasons_to_...

Karin Bakis
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Red Hat, Inc.
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