Fedora 10 goes live: your download awaits

Just six short months after Fedora 9 hit the tubes, in flies Fedora 10 to give you something new to tinker with over Thanksgiving break. The latest iteration of the Linux-based OS bundles in OpenOffice 3.0 and touts a "wide range of improvements in areas such as virtualization management, networking, boot time and security." Don't mind us, though -- you can delve as deep as you like in the release notes while your download progresses.

[Via PC World]

[Craig B. @ Nov 26th 2008 3:17AM]

Pure awesomeness. Of course, it has to come like 1 week after I got Compiz to work with my freaking nvidia card, damnit....

[Techie @ Nov 26th 2008 4:13AM]

I'm new to Linux and was thinking about installing uBuntu. Can anyone tell me the difference between Fedora 10 versus uBuntu?

[Patriks7 @ Nov 26th 2008 4:34AM]

http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en-us&q=fedora+10+vs+ubuntu&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

[Anonymous Coward @ Nov 26th 2008 4:37AM]

@Techie: The latest Fedora is really nice, but the package management (installation of software/drivers etc..) in Ubuntu is way better. So id recommend Ubuntu.

[Techie @ Nov 26th 2008 5:06AM]

@ Anonymous Coward: Thank you, that's what I really want to hear. I was concern about the drivers the most.

[maty @ Nov 26th 2008 5:31AM]

Hmm, Compiz should work better with nVidia installing-wise. Make sure its a fairly recent card you're running (so 8600+).

Mandriva come with all the graphical drivers necessary for compiz to work instantly on most cards and has ndiswrapper installed and in a nice GUI, you just browse your windows partition and wham, drivers for anything.

I'll try this towards Christmas. I've got a load fo work to do over the next few weeks on my home machine, once that's done, formatting, I'm waving goodbye to Vista and reverting to good ol' XP. Will give Fedora 10 a try whilst I'm at it.

(Side note: getting rid of vista thanks to wireless gaming lag and the inability play games across mulitple montiors. DX10 I can live without).

[Ihar `Philips` Filipau @ Nov 26th 2008 5:39AM]

BTW, easiest way to try the new OSs is the VirtualBox or VMware Player. You can download premade virtual disk images for Ubuntu and I think that Fedora 100 images would appear soon.

If you are newcomer to Linux, Ubuntu is of course best choice. One only have to keep in mind that Ubuntu by trying to provide best user experience hides many stupid details. After sometime you might want to know all the stupid details - and by then you might know more about Linux and make more knowledgeable choice about Linux distro. (Generally you should check distro alignment with your personal goals: do you want stability; or fresh software; or bells&whistles; or development platform; etc).

[Macdelaney @ Nov 26th 2008 10:06AM]

@Techie
If you are really new, you could try Linux Mint, it's based in ubuntu but more user-friendly, i hear its a great distro for begginers, although it has the same problem that ubuntu does, you can use for over a year, and still know nothing about linux, it's up to you.
I'm using Arch right now, it's really "hard" compared to ubuntu-like distros, but you are obliged to learn stuff just to get everything running.

[asdffdsa @ Nov 26th 2008 11:38AM]

@Techie

Not much of a Techie is you are new to linux and can't find the answer youreself, eh?

[Josh @ Nov 26th 2008 11:45AM]

@Anonymous Coward: I think what you meant to do was this: http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=fedora+10+vs+ubuntu

[TI89THUG @ Nov 26th 2008 3:22AM]

Your failure to be first makes me glee with joy.

[gad get @ Nov 26th 2008 4:16AM]

@ TI89THUG

"...makes me glee with joy."

Saywha?

[Daren @ Nov 26th 2008 3:22AM]

fail

[gad get @ Nov 26th 2008 6:28AM]

Fail!

[)ROFL( @ Nov 26th 2008 3:22AM]

Nice! Sam Fucktard!

[digitallysick @ Nov 26th 2008 3:22AM]

Fedora was always very stable for me, and looked good, had a clean feel to it

[pizzaman @ Nov 26th 2008 3:26AM]

are you talking about a woman?
it s a freaking OS dude it doesn't have a clean feel to it! it s not a condom either!

[gad get @ Nov 26th 2008 4:33AM]

@ pizzaman

Yeah, I'd like a medium pepperoni with mushrooms, double the cheese.

[mick @ Nov 26th 2008 3:23AM]

congrats you have enough lack of a life to be the first poster on so many engadget's posts

[)ROFL( @ Nov 26th 2008 3:26AM]

Failed reply has failed.

[PyRo1509 @ Nov 26th 2008 3:31AM]

I'm so un733t i didnt even know what this was...

[Dillon @ Nov 26th 2008 3:42AM]

Well I for one am going to stick with my buddy Ubuntu.

[gad get @ Nov 26th 2008 4:31AM]

Well I for one am going to stick with my buddy Vista. Sure, he's got problems, but his heart's in the right place, and he's never let me down when I needed him.

[bboston7 @ Nov 26th 2008 5:14AM]

@Gad Get

HA! You must be new to Windows.

[gad get @ Nov 26th 2008 6:25AM]

Actually, I've been using Windows for about 15 years. Vista's highly underrated.

[Macdelaney @ Nov 26th 2008 10:08AM]

I agree, vista is extremely underrated, it worked fine for about 8 months on my pc.
I'll stick with Arch though

[CosterMonger @ Nov 26th 2008 10:15AM]

@gad get
only underrated because Microsoft handed out Vista Capable & Vista Ready Stickers like snowflakes.

[Wiigee @ Nov 26th 2008 4:13AM]

downloading (and seeding) now! Next step is to partition my HD, since my designated linux lappy died *note: DONT push the button on peoples Chrome bags!!!!!!!! Its not funny when their laptop breaks!

[ethana2 @ Nov 26th 2008 7:57AM]

Dare I ask what a Chrome bag is?

[jorvay @ Nov 26th 2008 9:13AM]

Yes, I'm genuinely curious as well.

[EricC @ Nov 26th 2008 12:29PM]

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=chrome+bag&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=

[Andir3.0 @ Nov 26th 2008 2:17PM]

Sounds like a bad design if opening the bag while someone is holding it will cause the contents to fall out.

[gad get @ Nov 26th 2008 4:14AM]

@ TI89THUG

"...makes me glee with joy."

Saywha?

[Andy @ Nov 26th 2008 4:17AM]

They release these versions too often for me.

[MarbleMind @ Nov 26th 2008 7:24AM]

Release early, release often... that's the linux credo.

[ethana2 @ Nov 26th 2008 7:48AM]

I'm having my mom just stick with her preinstalled Ubuntu LTS. New release every three years or something I think.

[ean5533 @ Nov 26th 2008 12:06PM]

@ethana2: Ubuntu is released every 6 months; specifically, once ever May/June, and once every Oct/Nov. The LTS versions are SUPPORTED for three years, which I think is what you meant. However, the LTS versions are released every year (in May/June), not every three years.

[eternity0022 @ Nov 26th 2008 5:53AM]

always loved fedora, always will :)

[absinthe party @ Nov 26th 2008 7:31AM]

As have I! It's about time it makes a comeback.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedora

[ethana2 @ Nov 26th 2008 7:51AM]

http://www.google.com/trends?q=apple%2C+ubuntu%2C+fedora%2C+suse%2C+debian
I shouldn't be mean, but... come back from where?

[absinthe party @ Nov 26th 2008 8:02AM]

err... I'm referring to the fedora, a classy clothing article, not Fedora the OS. You just made this awkward, for both of us.

[hjljh @ Nov 26th 2008 4:26PM]

Don't you mean this?
osx, ubuntu, fedora
http://www.google.com/trends?q=osx%2C+ubuntu%2C+fedora&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all&sort=0

[Jerome Domingo @ Nov 26th 2008 7:11AM]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought this was Engadget - the gadget blog, not a linux news feed like DistroWatch. What was the reason to post this here?

[waterboy99troop @ Nov 26th 2008 7:27AM]

very simple... linux runs on computer...

do you harsh on every windows and mac OS posts too?...

[jorvay @ Nov 26th 2008 7:28AM]

Engadget has a long-standing history of headlining various OS releases. Why? Because my fancy computer is just a humming box without an OS, and new-and-improved OSes mean all of the sudden your gadget (computer) has new features.

So, new OS = gadget with more features...even though the gadget is physically still the same.

[ethana2 @ Nov 26th 2008 7:43AM]

'OMFG 10.5.1.2.7b IS 0UT¹¡!!'
Engadget covering OS releases isn't new, but they seem to have realized that OSX doesn't run on non-Apple hardware.
Since fedora and suse release later than us, every release is basically guaranteed to be better than ours somehow.
...unless they ignore the innovations we bring to the table so they can keep whining about their absence, which actually seems likely..

[Félix @ Nov 26th 2008 8:06AM]

Your will be done dear sir : you are wrong therefore I correct you :
Would you make that kind of comment if this article was about Mac OS X 10.6 ?
Answer : no.

This blog talk about gadgets : PCs, Mac, Smartphones, useless USB crap, etc..
What's the point in presenting a smartphone if you don't say a word about the OS ?
an a PC...? or a MID?

Vista / OS X / Linux / Android / Palm OS / whatever bullshit Moto puts in the crapphones are not off topic here.

[Jash Sayani @ Nov 26th 2008 7:13AM]

I used OpenSUSE 10.3 but installing apps was a pain with Terminal. Using the "make" command for compiling the app and installing it.... I am back to Windows XP.

However, am downloading Debian for my server....

Fedora's interface looks impressive. Will check it out on a VM.

[Tohe @ Nov 26th 2008 7:47AM]

I don't have any experience with OpenSUSE, but in Fedora you can install binary packages (RPM) from a repository by simply typing:

yum install 'name-of-package'

I believe that in Ubuntu you do something like:

apt-get 'name-of-package'

Either one installs whichever program as well as its dependencies. For more info google Apt or Yum, and while you are at it look up Beryl for some nice graphical interfaces.

[ethana2 @ Nov 26th 2008 7:45AM]

If you're using 'make' instead of 'yum', ur doin it rong.
..unless they had an old version of something, and in that case I would build a package for you, but I only know ubuntu packaging, not suse, and I only know enough to update a package, not to package something new.