This is also the first release that comes in different sub-versions or spins, GNOME and KDE desktop environment based bootable live images that can be installed to a hard disk. These spins are meant for desktop users who prefer a single disk installation and for sharing Fedora with friends, family, and event attendees. There is a regular image for desktops, workstations, and server users. This spin provides a good upgrade path and similar environment for users of previous releases of Fedora. The set of DVD images which includes all software available in the Fedora repository.
This spin is intended for distribution to users who do not have broadband Internet access and prefer to have software available on disc. Expect improvements on performance, desktop use and administration.
Just recently, Red Hat Enterprise Linux added a feather on its cap by getting approval for EAL4 Augmented with ALC_FLR-3 certification. The certification was awarded by the National Information Assurance Partnership's (NIAP) Common Criteria Evaluation and Validation Scheme for IT Security program, making Red Hat Enterprise Linux at par with Sun's Trusted Solaris operating system.
Personally, this just proves that open source can provide a safe and secure environment, contrary to the fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD) that have been circulating. Now, I wonder when Ubuntu will get its certification.
Going to the other flavors, Ubuntu released version 7.0.4, code-named Feisty Fawn, last Thursday. This same code-base becomes the basis for Kubuntu, a KDE-based Ubuntu version, and Edubuntu, Ubuntu for Education. This new release also introduces Sun's products as part of the package. Sun included Netbeans 5.5, Java 6, GlassFish Java Application Server and Java DB. Java application development became first class citizen on Ubuntu. Being one of the Sun Java Champions, I welcome this new addition. If only I can install Ubuntu 7.0.4 as a guest OS on Parallels Desktop running on my Mac OS X.
Debian is one of the major Linux distributions available today. With some recent changes in the Debian leadership with Sam Hocevar getting elected as its leader, version 4, code-named "Etch", has officially been released.
If you are using one of the Debian-based distributions such as Linspire/Freespire, Knoppix and Ubuntu, I recommend that you wait for the update. It is inevitable.
New Releases For December
Particularly noteworthy is the first ever Lilliput Lane sculpture from the Isle of Man. The island has a history as stormy as its seas, but this has also resulted in the rich cultural heritage it boasts today. The island's architecture bears witness to its varied history. In fact, it's no surprise that William Wordsworth felt drawn to visit the shores of this island so frequently.
The sculptors of Lilliput Lane were truly spoiled for choice when it came to deciding which cottage would make the best first Isle of Man Cottage. Would it be Peel Castle, perched on Man's rocky west coast, whose round tower was originally part of a celtic monastery? Perhaps Ballamoar Castle would prove to be the inspiration, with its cool, slate gret stone and sweeping lawns. In the end it was the quaint proportions of The Manx Dovecote that won the day. Doubtless every Lilliput Lane Collector would agree that this delightful building situated on the North West Coast of The Isle of Man is a deserved winner of the accolade - Lilliput Lane's Isle of Man Number One.
This year's Club membership cottage is Nutkin Cottage . Any avid walker with a fondness for the beautiful fells around Grasmere will instantly recognise this beautiful cottage found on the edge of Deerbolts Wood. This is a typical picturesque Lakeland Cottage ? picturesque meaning not just pretty to look at, but in architectural terms, it refers to the golden era of Victorian Cottage building, which chose the best local features and materials to create buildings that look as though they've always been there.
Another Lilliput Lane Collectors? Special for 2008 is Hazelnut Hall. Traditional lakeland architecture at its best! This was no humble dwelling, but the home of George Browne, a wealthy yeoman farmer. It was built in 1626 at a time when Troutbeck benefited from having an absentee Lord of the Manor, and so its social system was made up of prosperous ?statesmen? or Yeoman Farmers like the Breowne family, who lived in this house for some 400 years until 1943, when it passed to the National Trust.
Unlike its more aggressive cousin, the wasp, bees are a welcome visitor to summer gardens, hovering about the flowers and gathering nectar to take back to their hives. The bee kingdom is resposible for creating remarkable structures that have influenced full-size human architecture. The traditional bee-hive shape can be seen in many buildings, such as Little Beehives - a delightful circular cottage, found at Chilworth in Buckinghamshire. Perfectly recreated by Lilliput Lane, its stuccoed brick walls have purely decorative rustic tree trunks attached.
On the same ?bee? theme, few Lilliput Lane collectors will be able to resist Honeybees & Summer Breeze cottage from the picturesque village of Old Warden in Bedfordshire. Built in the late nineteenth century by the Shuttleworth family in a sympathetic style to blend in with the houses built by the estate's former owner, Lord Ongley, this was originally three estate cottages. This delightful sculpture is the 2008 Anniversary Cottage.
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