LINUX MAGAZINE DVD FEDORA 8

new Nodoka Gnome theme is also in- for the SELinux mandatory access con- cluded. OpenOffice 2.3 comes with trol system and execution control fea- major improvements to Chart, enhance- tures such as No eXecute and Position ments to the Base report writer, and new Independent Executables (PIE) are in- features for extension developers. cluded in Fedora 8. Fedora also offers The Compiz Fusion 3D compositing support for ELF data hardening, buffer window manager – which merges the overflow detection, and restricted kernel he Fedora project combines the Compiz and Beryl 3D windowing tools – memory access. benefits of Red Hat engineering provides stunning 3D effects. You’ll also FORTIFY_SOURCE, which prevents Twith the freedom and flexibility find new power-management features many common security exploits, has of a community-based distro. The latest and better support for laptops. Network been enhanced to support C++. The SE- Fedora offers advances such as new Manager 0.7 offers better wireless net- Linux version included with Fedora 8 tools, improved looks, and better secu- work management. comes with additional improvements, rity. We are proud to bring you Fedora 8 Multimedia improvements include de- such as new Kiosk support and several as this month’s Linux Magazine DVD. fault support for the PulseAudio sound security policy updates. server and CodecBuddy, a tool for help- Red Hat’s security emphasis is re- What’s New ing users navigate the maze of open and flected in other applications and compo- The latest version of Fedora comes with proprietary multimedia formats. nents throughout the Fedora 8 environ- Linux kernel 2.6.23, as well as the ment. For instance, Fedora comes with Gnome 2.20 and KDE 3.5.8 desktops. Packages new secure remote-management capa- The Fedora art team unveils a new Fedora provides a comprehensive pack- bilities for virtualization tools such as look and feel known as Infinity, and the age-management system for installing Xen, KVM, and Qemu. The graphical and updating applications. The yum firewall configuration tool system- System Requirements package tool offers efficient installation config-firewall is also inside. Processor: Pentium class; Graphics from the command line, and Pirut lets mode, 400MHz or better; you manage packages from the graphic Try It! Text mode, 200MHz or desktop. The Pup updater automatically Red Hat engineers and an active open better. looks for package updates. The latest Fe- source development community help to Memory: Graphics mode, 192MB min- dora comes with performance enhance- make Fedora 8 a feature-rich, user- imum/256MB recom- ments for yum, as well as new features friendly distribution with everything you mended; Text mode: 128MB for Pirut. need to access the web, create office minimum. documents, play music and videos, Hard Disk: The necessary disk space Security Matters manage photos, play games, and more. varies depending on your Fedora’s advanced security tools are evi- We hope you enjoy this month’s Linux configuration. dence of its Red Hat parentage. Support Magazine DVD. I

Figure 1: Logging in is easy with Fedora 8. Figure 2: The Fedora art team turns out another stylish desktop.

18 ISSUE 86 JANUARY 2008

018-019_dvd.indd 18 15.11.2007 14:41:39 Uhr LINUX MAGAZINE DVD

HIGHLIGHTS

Linux Kernel 2.6.23

X.org 7.3

Gnome 2.20

KDE 3.5.8

GCC 4.1.2

yum 3.2.7

Pirut 1.3

glibc 2.7

OpenOffice 2.3.0

Evolution 2.12

Firefox 2.0

Perl 5.8.8

Python 2.5

Xen 3.1.0 DVD? DEFECTIVE replaced. httpd 2.2.6 Defective DVDs will be Samba 3.0.25 Please send an email to [email protected]. Sendmail 8.14.1 MySQL 5.0.45

PostgreSQL 8.2.5

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES [1] Fedora Project: http:// fedoraproject. org/ HELP & SUPPORT [2] Fedora 8 release notes: http:// docs. fedoraproject. org/ The Fedora Project website has a helpful installation guide and other useful release-notes/ f8/ en_US/ documents: http:// docs. fedoraproject. org. You may also want to check out the Fedora [3] Fedora Desktop user guide: FAQ: http:// fedoraproject. org/ wiki/ FAQ. Community help is available through the Fedora http:// fedoraproject. org/ wiki/ Docs/ forum: http:// fedoraforum. org. DesktopUserGuide

Figure 3: Manage your firewall from a handy user interface. Figure 4: SELinux provides mandatory access control.

JANUARY 2008 ISSUE 86 19

018-019_dvd.indd 19 15.11.2007 14:41:52 Uhr