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diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.29.07/Thu/fedora7.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.29.07/Thu/fedora7.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 84ffb5a..0000000 --- a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/05.29.07/Thu/fedora7.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,17 +0,0 @@ -Red Hat released the new Fedora 7 this morning. This version of the popular Linux distribution sees the unification of the Core and Extra components, which is why the name is now just Fedora, rather than Fedora Core. - -The biggest news in Fedora 7 though is the new build system which simplifies the development of custom branches and tailored versions of the OS. - -Max Spevack, Fedora's Project Leader, [writes in an announcement][1] to the Fedora mailing list, "the entire Fedora toolchain has been freed... every step in the distribution-building process is completely open." - -What that means for developers is that it is much easier to modify and compile custom builds of Fedora geared toward derivative devices. - -Spevack claims that the new release gives developers the "ability to create appliances to suit very particular user needs." - -Fedora 7 includes the usual suspects of Linux tools including version 2.6.21 of the Linux kernel, GNOME 2.18 and well as KDE 3.5.6 for the desktop and Xorg 7.3 which offers better support for multiple monitor setups. - -The [complete release notes][2] can be found on the Fedora site and the live CD distribution can be downloaded from a [variety of mirrors][3]. - -[2]: http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/f7/en_US/ "Fedora Release Notes" -[3]: http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/publiclist/Fedora/7/x86_64/ "The Fedora Mirror System" -[1]: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2007-May/msg00008.html "a few words about Fedora 7"
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