Desktop Computer Software - Linux-based Fedora Project
Posted on February 6, 2008
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Desktop Computer Software - Linux-based Fedora Project
Tired of Microsoft’s Windows operating systems? Want something more stable but easy to use? What about Free?
Fedora is one flavor of the Linux operating system that can be used on any laptop or desktop computer. It’s a robust, secure, stable, user friendly, free and full featured operating system. It’s very easy to install and use on a ordinary laptop or desktop computer. There are tons of computer software written for it also. It has drivers for most computer hardware and so it is easy to install and configure. I’ve played with Linux for years and really love Fedora 8.
Fedora’s user interface (desktop) is beautiful and first class. Its menu system is logical and streamlined. You can use Mozilla’s Firefox browser and Thunderbird mail client on Fedora. You can also download and install OpenOffice’s suite of applications which includes:
- Writer - word processing
- Impress - presentations
- Math -mathematical equation editor
- Draw - graphics
- Calc - spreadsheet
- Base - database
Fedora is extremely stable on laptops and desktop computers and does not crash like Microsoft Windows. It’s much more secure and will not be threatened by viruses and worms written for Windows. Did I mention that it’s FREE and it runs really well and fast on any laptop or desktop computer?
The installation is very simple because Fedora will detect most computer hardware out there. You simply download the ISO file to your home computer, use a CD or DVD burning application to burn an image to disk. After the burn is complete restart your laptop or desktop computer with the CD/DVD in the drive. Make sure the computer BIOS is set to boot to the CD/DVD drive before the C drive. Your laptop or desktop computer will boot to the image disk and start the installation. You will be prompted throughout the installation for configuration information. It’s really simple. Fedora comes with quite a few useful applications. You should be all set.
Any desktop or laptop computer will run ten times better with Linux than windows. Try Linux on your laptop or desktop computer today.