[in the news] Fedora 13 Boasts Many Leading-Edge Enhancements

eWeek 6.16.10 Fedora 13 Boasts Many Leading-Edge Enhancements By Jason Brooks Since its first version, in 2003, Red Hat's Fedora Linux has been the best place to track what's on the leading edge of Linux and open-source <http://www.eweek.com/#> software. Of course, the trouble with running on the leading edge is that it's easy to get cut, and the Fedora distribution's fast development pace has required a certain amount of bug-squashing tolerance from its users. Fedora 13, which began shipping in late May, boasts many of the leading-edge enhancements—and few of the rough spots—that I've come to expect from the popular Linux-based operating system. In particular, I appreciated the work the Fedora team has done in the area of security and permissions, with progress toward more granular rights management <http://www.eweek.com/#> through Fedora's PolicyKit framework, and an implementation of the SELinux (Security-Enhanced Linux) framework that remained, for the most part, tucked away unobtrusively in the background. Full post: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Applications/Fedora-13-Boasts-Many-Le...