Download Fedora 15

The Linux distribution Fedora has arrived at version 15. Fedora is the non-commercial successor to Red Hat Linux, which has been targeting the enterprise market since 2003 as Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Fedora 15 ships with Gnome by default, but versions such as KDE, Xfce, or LXDE are also available. In version 15 we find Gnome version 3, KDE and XFCE have also been replaced by newer versions and OpenOffice.org has had to make way for LibreOffice.

The following are major features for Fedora 15:

• GNOME 3 including the new GNOME 3 shell
• KDE 4.6 with the improved Plasma workspace, enhanced core applications, and greater memory efficiency.
• XFCE 4.8 with a new panel, Thunar enhancements and more.
• Virtualization improvements including Spice support in virt-manager and support for Xen hosts.
• Better compression of live images allowing more applications to be provided on a CD.
• System and session management via systemd, providing more consistent configuration and improved boot performance.

For more details about other features that are included in Fedora 15 refer to their individual wiki pages that detail feature goals and progress here.