Fedora15 preemptive experience and Strategy

Fedora is one of the Linux releases for individual desktop users like Ubuntu. It initially evolved from the Red Hat (RedHat) Linux desktop version. The latest Fedora15 was equipped with the Gnome3 desktop environment, there are more than 10 days before the release date (). This article uses Fedora15beta for a rough experience. Fedofa15beta installation can go to the official page http: // fed

Fedora is one of the Linux releases for individual desktop users like Ubuntu. It initially evolved from the Red Hat (RedHat) Linux desktop version. The latest Fedora 15 was equipped with the Gnome3 desktop environment, there are more than 10 days before the release date (). This article will give you a rough experience with the Fedora 15 beta version.

Fedofa 15 beta Installation

You can go to the official page http://fedoraproject.org/zh_CN/get-prerelease free download. Fedora 15 provides two installation media: DVD and LiveCD. The DVD version is large but contains a large number of software, liveCD is relatively simple and can be started directly with CD without installation. You can select it based on your network conditions and requirements. Both versions have 32-bit (i686) and 64-bit (x86_64) versions. If your computer memory exceeds 4 GB and the CPU speed is fast, you can select a 64-bit version. I have installed the 32-bit LiveCD version below.

After downloading the LiveCD ISO image file, you can burn it into a CD file, which can be used for trial or installation as a souvenir. The more fashionable and environmentally friendly method is to copy it to a USB flash drive and then start installation. Please search for the specific method.

Thanks to the new Linux kernel, basically all mainstream computer hardware Fedora 15 can be smoothly driven, including graphics card, sound card, touchpad, camera, Bluetooth, wireless network card, etc, if you use LiveCD to start the system, you can use the "Install to hard disk" tool provided by the system for further installation. The installation of Fedora 15 requires only one hard disk partition larger than 8 GB. A standard simple solution is to divide the hard disk into three partitions: 20 GB allocated to the root partition, and 4 GB allocated to the swap partition, the remaining space is allocated to the home partition, not to Windows.

After starting Fedora 15 beta, you will see the following desktop (that is, the Gnome3 Interface ):

Gnoora 15's desktop environment Gnome3

Gnome3 desktop is very simple, except for a panel on the top, nothing is left, and the desktop does not allow file or application icons. The top left corner of the desktop is a button called Activities. A full-screen summary panel appears when you click or hover the mouse over it ), in the overview panel, you can start a program in the Dock or Application List, switch to a window, switch to a Workspace, or search for an application or recent document. The summary panel can also be activated through the "Super" Key (that is, the Windows key next to the Space key.

Summary panel of Gnome3

This design can free up the most possible space for the desktop, as compared to the Mac OSx desktop:

Mac OSx Desktop

The OSx desktop also has a panel on the top, which also carries global menus. the menus of the current active application will be extracted here. In addition, there is a Dock bar at the bottom, which is used to start the program, switch the window, and display the program notification. Users who often need to work in full screen mode may feel that the Dock bar is more attractive than the practicality (it is undeniable that such desktops are far away from the mall), occupying the screen space and easily distracting their work, in addition, most programs do not need to be used once a month. If only a few commonly used programs are deployed, they will become very abrupt. The Unity desktop of Ubuntu 11.04 also has similar problems.