Michael Calore

Fedora Core 6 Released

The Fedora Project has just announced the release of Fedora Core 6. According to the release notes the new version features better “install-time access to third-party package repositories, extensive performance improvements, support for Intel-based Macs, and a new GUI virtualization manager.” The look and feel of Fedora Core 6 have changed a bit too with […]

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The Fedora Project has just announced the release of Fedora Core 6. According to the release notes the new version features better “install-time access to third-party package repositories, extensive performance improvements, support for Intel-based Macs, and a new GUI virtualization manager.”

The look and feel of Fedora Core 6 have changed a bit too with a new default font and theme. Naturally the new version ships with the latest releases of GNOME and KDE, as well as “some additional options in window managers.”

Red Hat claims users will see a noticeable speed boost in application start up, particularly for memory heavy apps like OpenOffice. From the Red Hat press release:

Enhancements in performance in Fedora Core 6 build upon established, underlying systems. The start-up boost that applications such as OpenOffice.org receive is gained from being rebuilt with DTGNUHASH. This hash is optimized for speed and data cache accesses. Another area of enhanced performance is in network file systems, including NFS.

Grab the torrent from the Fedora site.