I can suppose that this is the last entry or rather the last technical entry before we can say goodbye. This post will help you highlight the special features in each of the distros that we've discussed so far. Before that, catch this cool video! (because you would be missing an important and decision-making overview if you doze off!)
Fedora 9, Fedora 10, openSUSE 11.0 and Mandriva Spring all come with the latest KDE, Gnome and Linux Kernel, no doubt about that. As for networking and internet browsing, Fedora 9, Fedora 10 and openSUSE 11.0 comes with Firefox beta 3.0 while Mandriva Spring comes with Firefox 2.0 and Firefox Thunderbird 2.0. All three distros come with the latest version of openOffice.org.
Interactive graphics wise, all three distros are similar with minor differences. For example, openSUSE 11.0 has different types of multi-desktop animation/visuals while Mandriva, Fedora 9 and Fedora 10 have the regular cube-shaped multi-desktop.
Fedora 9 and Fedora 10 have a new feature called the liveUSB boot. This feature allows you to boot up your Linux system using an USB which is particularly useful when Linux users are travelling or use different computers each time they want to boot up Linux. Especially for students and business men who tend to travel or use different computers from their usual. Moreover, bluetooth networking is pretty reliable in these Fedora distributions of Linux. Sending and receiving files from a variety of bluetooth devices is now much more at ease. The Fedora distributions use rhythmbox as their default media player. Fedora 10 has improved web camera functions, finger-print reader and has been proposed to be tablet-friendly too.
openSUSE 11.0's default media player is Banshee 1.0. This is something different from Fedora and Mandriva. Banshee 1.0 is a all in one control centre for entertainment and even assists you in CD burning and podcast management. Another different feature in openSUSE 11.0 is Tasque which is a all-in-all task manager that manages your online and offline daily tasks.
Mandriva's name itself came with a surprise to me. It was interesting to know that Mandriva was formerly known as Mandrake and Mandrake was named after a famous magician. With the usual KDE and Gnome, Madriva comes with another desktop environment called Xfce. Xfce gives another cool desktop environment that is graphically and visually appealing. Mandriva also comes with unique software and applications. For example, Abiword which is a word processor where you can do your documents just like in openOffice.org. Another unique software is HomeBank which allows you to keep track of your daily/monthly financial tasks and management. Mandriva has more than one media centre/entertainment portal, namely, Amarok, Elisa and PulseAudio. Though Mandriva doesn't have Forefox best 3.0, it comes with Midori for web browsing, Hotwire which is an alternative for shell and Conduit that helps you manage uploads into your favourite websites like Picassa.
Thus, that would be the overview of the distros that we’ve seen these weeks. I hope this entry would help you to zoom into one distro that you like and would suit you best. In the last last technical entry, we would glance through the other available distros in town and that would be the finale!
Fedora 9, Fedora 10, openSUSE 11.0 and Mandriva Spring all come with the latest KDE, Gnome and Linux Kernel, no doubt about that. As for networking and internet browsing, Fedora 9, Fedora 10 and openSUSE 11.0 comes with Firefox beta 3.0 while Mandriva Spring comes with Firefox 2.0 and Firefox Thunderbird 2.0. All three distros come with the latest version of openOffice.org.
Interactive graphics wise, all three distros are similar with minor differences. For example, openSUSE 11.0 has different types of multi-desktop animation/visuals while Mandriva, Fedora 9 and Fedora 10 have the regular cube-shaped multi-desktop.
Fedora 9 and Fedora 10 have a new feature called the liveUSB boot. This feature allows you to boot up your Linux system using an USB which is particularly useful when Linux users are travelling or use different computers each time they want to boot up Linux. Especially for students and business men who tend to travel or use different computers from their usual. Moreover, bluetooth networking is pretty reliable in these Fedora distributions of Linux. Sending and receiving files from a variety of bluetooth devices is now much more at ease. The Fedora distributions use rhythmbox as their default media player. Fedora 10 has improved web camera functions, finger-print reader and has been proposed to be tablet-friendly too.
openSUSE 11.0's default media player is Banshee 1.0. This is something different from Fedora and Mandriva. Banshee 1.0 is a all in one control centre for entertainment and even assists you in CD burning and podcast management. Another different feature in openSUSE 11.0 is Tasque which is a all-in-all task manager that manages your online and offline daily tasks.
Mandriva's name itself came with a surprise to me. It was interesting to know that Mandriva was formerly known as Mandrake and Mandrake was named after a famous magician. With the usual KDE and Gnome, Madriva comes with another desktop environment called Xfce. Xfce gives another cool desktop environment that is graphically and visually appealing. Mandriva also comes with unique software and applications. For example, Abiword which is a word processor where you can do your documents just like in openOffice.org. Another unique software is HomeBank which allows you to keep track of your daily/monthly financial tasks and management. Mandriva has more than one media centre/entertainment portal, namely, Amarok, Elisa and PulseAudio. Though Mandriva doesn't have Forefox best 3.0, it comes with Midori for web browsing, Hotwire which is an alternative for shell and Conduit that helps you manage uploads into your favourite websites like Picassa.
Thus, that would be the overview of the distros that we’ve seen these weeks. I hope this entry would help you to zoom into one distro that you like and would suit you best. In the last last technical entry, we would glance through the other available distros in town and that would be the finale!
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