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Fedora Core 5 review

7.8

Editors' Rating

7.9

Members' Rating

Typical price:Free

Verdict

This distribution delivers the latest Linux gizmos in an easy-to-install package. It's aimed at enthusiasts and developers, and is not for novices; nor is it something you’d want to run your business on... Read Full Review.

Pros

New 2.6.15 kernel
Updated desktop and user tools
New GCC 4.1 compiler
Integrated Xen 3.0 virtualisation
Mono project integration
Latest Apache, MySQL and PostgreSQL servers

Cons

Many of the new features are hard to find
Documentation is sparse
Community support only

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7.9

Average Member Rating

5 Members have reviewed this product

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rupeet gupta

simple and easy

7.0

Anonymous

Good distro overall

8.0

ahmer Khan

Nothing to worry about...

7.0

Malcolm George

Cracking product

9.5

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