Fedora 12 Released

Fedora 12 was released yesterday. This latest version of Fedora continues the tradition of integrating the latest free and Open Source Software into a unified and usable distribution.

Fedora is a Linux-based operating system that showcases the latest in free and open source software. Fedora is always free for anyone to use, modify, and distribute. It is built by people across the globe who work together as a community: the Fedora Project. The Fedora Project is open and anyone is welcome to join. The Fedora Project is out in front for you, leading the advancement of free, open software and content.

Fedora 12 contains many new features and improvements, including:

  • Improved WebCam support
  • Better Video Codec
  • Audio Improvements
  • Better Power Management
  • Automatic bug reporting tool
  • Bluetooth on demand
  • Virtualization enhancements
  • Still more security improvements
Processor and memory requirements for Intel X86 architecture:
  • Recommended for text-mode: 200 MHz Pentium Pro or better
  • Recommended for graphical: 400 MHz Pentium Pro or better
  • Minimum RAM for text-mode: 128 MiB
  • Minimum RAM for graphical: 192 MiB
  • Recommended RAM for graphical: 256 MiB
I will be evaluating Fedora 12 during the next few weeks and will post a review here as soon as practical. If you are a customer of Millennium Technology Consulting LLC, I will contact you with a recommendation when I believe it is appropriate to upgrade to Fedora 12.

categories News | dboth | datetime November 18, 2009 7:43 am