Fedora 11 Leonidas is Released
June 13, 2009 by Clair Ching
Filed under Announcements
The wait is over for Fedora fans as Fedora 11, named Leonidas, because it has been released. You could start with the downloads already. You could get it from the Fedora Project’s download page. There are install CDs and live ones too.
Nifty features:
- 20-second boot-up. How much faster could boot-up times go? But a 20-second boot-up would be nice.
- Automatic fonts and Mime installer. If you’re not familiar with the file format, it’s ok. You could try opening it and you will be prompted if you want to search for the application that will open it. If you’re opening a file in a word processor or something, you will be prompted that the application will install the appropriate fonts.
- GNOME 2.26 – You could get the latest version of GNOME with Fedora 11. And if you’re not a GNOME user, there’s always…
- KDE 4.2 which has PolicyKit-KDE, Network Manager plasma applet among others.
- Invidia graphics cards will use Nouveau as the default driver.
- Access your Microsoft Exchange inbox using OpenChange. You could use Evolution or kdepim with Exchange using OpenChange.
All those features and more are available in Fedora 11. If you’re dying to see some screenshots, you could view h-online.com’s slideshow of Fedora 11 screenshots.
