Fedora Core 6 Test 1 released
Thought I chip in too and let World+Dog know that Fedora Core 6 Test 1 has been released. The timing of the FC6 release could not be better. Or worse depending who you ask. The continuing delay of Vista and Office will create more space for Open Source software in general and the upcoming Fedora Core 6 release in particular. Throw in the humongous hardware requirements of Vista and… Well, let’s just say that it’s unlikely that business will shell out the big bucks on expensive new hardware just so they can run Microsoft’s latest and unproven concoction. It will be more likely that businesses will either stick with XP (according to Gartner) or migrate to Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation, Fedora Core 6 or one of the SUSE products etc. Whatever happens, the dynamics in the market will be fun to watch and perhaps we will even get a glimpse of competition in the desktop market. Wouldn’t that be nice for a change? I for one look forward to the new FC6 release. FC5 was a great step forward and the Fedora Core team has done an excellent job. Currently I don’t have any hardware available to try out Test 1. But as with previous releases like FC3, FC4 and FC5 I’ll probably do a fresh install of Fedora Core 6 Test 2 on my laptop and enjoy the ride till FC6 is released. Given the fabulous release that FC5 is today, how bad can a test cycle of FC6 be?