The Fedora Linux distribution, to be frank, isn’t meant for all and sundry. Linux veterans who looked forward to a more user friendly desktop Linux Mint 11 will appreciate what Fedora Linux brings to the table far more than anyone else, in all likelihood. The novices to Linux who wish to test the waters of the world of Ubuntu ought to try out Ubuntu 11.04 instead, as it offers a lot more usability out of the box. However those Linux users who want to take their Linux experience to the next level, beyond the kid glove treatment given by Ubuntu, can truly discover the possibilities of Linux through fedora software.

All operating systems have applications, which are essential in the operation of a computer. The very management of the associated hardware and software is only made possible due to the environment provided by operating systems.

Linux operating systems are based on UNIX. Computers, servers, game consoles, mobile phones – Linux is ubiquitous in today’s world. Linux is undoubtedly at the fore of the open source movement. It is almost, if not completely, free, and the source codes of its various distributions are open for every programmer worth his/her salt to fiddle around with.

Linux represents a revolution, and an independence of sorts against proprietary operating systems. The underlying idea that has gone into the creation of Linux is absolutely contrary to the motives of corporations like Microsoft and Apple. Linux is all about creating an open, transparent system, where users and programmers collaborate to create the products (that is, the software) they need all by themselves. The varied distributions of Linux have all been made to cater to their own niches, and all of them share their source code with their consumers. Thus, while a proprietary operating system is made with the basic idea of monopolizing its code and extracting the maximum possible profit from it, Linux is meant to unite people, and facilitate their ability to choose what they want in their own operating system.

Linux has been an operating system in vogue lately, and with good reason. It offers a very viable alternative to proprietary operating systems, chief among them being Microsoft Corporation’s Windows OS, and Apple Inc.’s Macintosh OS. It has moved on from a nascent stage of catering to only open source enthusiasts to a more generalized category of people. Distributions such as Ubuntu are geared towards a demanding audience that comprises of more than tech geeks. However, it can be a big ask of a novice (to the world of Linux) to completely move on from the proprietary operating system he/she has been using always. The only viable alternative left is to find a sort of middle ground, and that is, to have the old and the new operating systems to run together at the same time. This will ensure that the individual has enough time to have trial runs and a sufficient teething period in the new environment (while he/she learns how to use Linux in general), while also leaving the option of falling back to the old operating system for general tasks. Thus, this article deals with how to use Linux in a dual boot system.

Linux is a free open source operating system developed by Linus Torvalds. He made it available to general public through General public license (GNU). According to this license, you can alter, modify, develop and redistribute the software with same privilege that you acquired when you download it. Being a open source software, it has been extensively modified and altered by many developer communities. These enhanced operating systems are available for use and distribution as free or paid products. You might find it difficult to figure out the best Linux operating system. Some of the best Linux operating systems are:

VMware has announced a new technology called VMware AppBlaster, that will allow to remote applications from any OS to any OS using any HTML 5 web browsers. This means when AppBlaster is released you will be able to run any application under any OS you desire as long you have an HTML 5 web browser (Did some one scream Chrome Browser on Google chrome netbook?). Although when VMware announced the technology in VMworld 2011 did not mention anything about  Google chrome netbook, but guess what browser was used in the demonstration!! You guessed it right Google Chrome Browser, though it was running on Apple MAC in the demo but that does not make a different a Chrome Browser is a Chrome Browser nonetheless the OS it runs on. The funny part the presenter has mentioned Chrome Browser during the demo at least twice!! Don’t get me wrong, I am not implicating that VMware is doing this to help Google Chrome Netbooks to take over the netbook/laptop market, but Google Chrome Netbooks will definitively benefit from that.

Dual booting is a common practice with plenty of Linux users. Dual booting refers to the act of installing two separate operating systems on the same computer. Each OS is given its own partition, which tends to be inaccessible for all practical purposes to the other OS. Transferring files between two systems can prove to be a significant challenge, and this article deals with sorting out an issue like that.

KDE and GNOME are two of the most popular desktop environments on the Linux operating system. They are developed by two separate communities of developers, with some APIs that are unique and the others, which are common. This makes it easier for third party applications to be developed, as well as there is a common environment to work on. As an end user, you may find each of them to have their own strengths and weaknesses, and depending on which of the two align to your needs more, there can be a significant level of variation in usability.

The KDE and GNOME variants of common distros are often characterized by their naming system itself. For instance, Ubuntu’s default desktop environment is GNOME, while the KDE variant is known as Kubuntu.

The Apache HTTP server is a software package used to run and maintain web servers. It was and is hugely popular; from the initial growth of the Internet to the current scenario, Apache is said to serve every two out of three websites.

Apache is frequently used in tandem with the Linux networking environment, making them both invaluable to plenty of web servers. In light of the huge amount of traffic website servers need to handle, it is essential that the Apache software’s performance is optimised to the fullest.

Ubuntu is a relatively new Linux distribution, based on Debian. It is a free operating system that unabashedly welcomes people to download and share it. Despite being owned by a UK-based company called Canonical Ltd., it retains its open source roots completely, so much as to its very name being derived from an African philosophy that stresses on ‘humanity’.

Canonical releases a new version of Ubuntu every six months, so as to keep the OS absolutely up to date, and revamped, if need be. It also guarantees long term support for each major release for at least five years.