The Top Five Benefits of Using Fedora OS in the Linux World
Fedora 18, aptly named “Spherical Cow,” will probably have been released by the time you read this blog. A few months ago, the range voting method used to name Fedora releases ended with over 1300 votes in favor of the winning name. These names are not, of course, the reasons why so many people use this distribution or “cloud image” on our Virtual Private Servers (VPS).
Below is a general list of the top 5 benefits of Fedora operating system distribution.
- Fast Boot
- Great Virtualization
- Graphics
- Automatic Updates
- Security
Fedora operating system is known for its first boot in the offline world. Turning on a PC running Fedora to a GNOME login screen in less than 20 seconds is possible; only achieved in a few operating systems. While it does not hold the record for fastest boot time, Fedora is very fast for a full Linux distribution.
Fedora has always been a market leader in virtualization technologies. In fact, with each release, users can always expect improvements in virtualization features. Perhaps this is due to the fact that Fedora community developers are also heavily immersed in upstream areas such as kernel and KVM hypervisor. Creating and restoring virtual machines is easy through the interface provided. Just remember to have adequate RAM (nothing less than 1GB) if you wish to use graphical installations on virtual machines. You will find cloud based Virtual Private Servers extremely user friendly in launching new servers, ram and disk space.
The array of graphical tools in Fedora operating system distribution is huge. These tools and features give users increased control over their systems. Examples of these include language settings, users, authentications, network shares, web servers and firewalls among many others. Further graphical features include things like 3D support for graphic cards and easy color management.
Bug fixes for Fedora are available, and this makes the system very stable. Fedora developers do not add new features to old versions instead preferring to release bugs fixes. Specific applications, however, are supported by automatic updates. Examples of such applications include Firefox, Linux Kernel, and OpenOffice.org among others. This dispenses with the need to add repositories to unofficial builds.
Since it is a Linux distribution, Fedora lays great emphasis on security. Fedora’s firewall is available right from the start, and customizing it is not difficult. Customization is either carried out though the graphical/user interface or the terminal. Fedora promotes Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) feature that implements multiple security policies. This is not the case with all Linux distributions. Custom security enhancements are also available, and this is just one of the reasons why many web servers run Fedora.