Fedora 7 Released - Now without 'Core'

The next version of Fedora is released on May 31st 2007. It is called "Fedora 7" not "Fedora Core 7". Fedora 7 is the first release where the development was one hundred and one per-cent in the community. All the code was merged into a single external repository to achieve same great distribution quality and more over, even more high-quality developers able to work directly with the code and improve the flavor of over 7500 packages.

The Fedora Project is a collection of projects sponsored by Red Hat and developed as a partnership between the open source community and Red Hat engineers. The goal of Fedora is the rapid progress of free and open source software and content. Public forums, Open processes, Rapid innovation, Meritocracy and transparency - all in pursuit of the best operating system and platform that free software can provide.

The Newest Features added to the older version of fedora includes several modifications in the following categories

1. For the first time, Fedora includes several different spins, which are variations of Fedora built from a specific set of software packages. Each spin has a combination of software to meet the requirements of a specific kind of end user.
2. In this release, the performance of yum, Pirut, and Pup have been significantly improved.
3. Significant changes are made in Desktop and System Administration sections.

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