Fedora 20 has new network configuration features and supports ARM devices

To fix some bugs and improve system stability, the latest Fedora Linux is finally coming out in December after a couple of weeks of skipping tickets. Fedora is an open source operating system for RHEL software testing (that is, Red Hat will absorb the software version that is stable in the Fedora system to the RHEL system-translator), what changes will this update bring? Let's take a look.

As early as the end of October, the Fedora Project announced that Fedora 20 official version to delay the release of a week (Fedora project in April and October each year to release a new version, but almost every time in the jump ticket, so the translator's spit). On November 1, the Fedora Project announced the postponement of Fedora 20 for a week. And now the plan again becomes the November 12 release of the beta version, December 17 release of the official version.

The triple jump can not help but let Fedora users sad for a while, but the developers said that the continuous revision of the release plan, is to let Fedora in a more perfect posture to appear in front of the public. (Fedora's pursuit of perfection is in stark contrast to Canonical's Ubuntu pursuit of efficiency strategies.) Ubuntu is more willing to release the new version as planned, which helps it preempt the Linux market. ）

Despite the progress, Fedora users can still have great expectations for this latest and greatest version of the update. For example, to lightweight the desktop, Fedora 20 no longer defaults to installing some software, such as Syslog and SendMail.

NetworkManager adds some useful features, such as support for network bridges and network card bindings, which previously required complex command-line operations to achieve both of these cool features. In a complex network environment, especially in cloud computing and software definition networks (SDN), Fedora is now more appealing to users.

The goal of Fedora 20 is to fully support ARM devices (especially ARM7HL), a goal that allows it to occupy a niche in mobile terminals and some emerging hardware products.

These improvements allow Fedora 20 to be the most visible Linux desktop release of the quarter-especially against the Unbuntu 13.10 released last month. Ubuntu 13.10 brings minimal updates to desktop users. (It's more about server and cloud updates.) ）

As Red Hat company picks stable software versions from Fedora and absorbs them into RHEL, there are many high-end users in the Fedora community. And for these users in the community, this update is also of great significance. They should be able to get the Fedora 20 official version in December (if they don't skip the ticket) and expect Red Hat to add these new features to RHEL.

Via:http://thevarguy.com/open-source-application-software-companies/red-hat-fedora-20-linux-new-networking-arm-features

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