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The first Fedora release influenced by the Fedora.next initiative
Fedora 21 is now available to the general public, representing the first OS release to come out of the Fedora.next initiative, which emphasizes increased modularity and flexibility that go beyond the desktop. It's a new vision for Fedora, in terms of the way it's developed and the types of users it's targeting, and with Fedora 21 come three different variants -- Fedora 21 Cloud, Fedora 21 Server, and Fedora 21 Workstation.
"With Fedora 21, we are able to address specific use cases across the desktop, the server room and the cloud, bringing to light new developer tools, enabling specific server roles, and providing a powerful, lightweight host for containerized applications," said Matthew Miller, Fedora project leader.
Though the three variants take aim at meeting specific user demands in different areas, each one is built from a common base set of packages -- they contain the same Linux kernel, RPM, yum, systemd, and Anaconda. In other words, the foundation is the same, even though they spread their wings in different directions.
Fedora 21 Cloud provides images for use in private cloud environments, like OpenStack, and Amazon Machine Images for use on Amazon Web Services. It also has a base image to enable creation of Fedora containers.
The Server version introduces three new technologies to handle the management and installation of discrete infrastructure. They include Rolekit (provides a Role deployment and management tooklit for admins), Cockpit (web-based user interface for configuring, managing, and monitoring servers), and OpenLMI (remote management system built on top of Distributed Management Taskforce -- Common Information Model for scripting management functions across machines).
Finally, Fedora 21 Workstation offers a streamlined software installation, experimental Wayland support, and DevAssistant to automate the setup process for a larger number of language runtimes and integrated development environments.
You can find out more about each one here.
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Fedora 21 is now available to the general public, representing the first OS release to come out of the Fedora.next initiative, which emphasizes increased modularity and flexibility that go beyond the desktop. It's a new vision for Fedora, in terms of the way it's developed and the types of users it's targeting, and with Fedora 21 come three different variants -- Fedora 21 Cloud, Fedora 21 Server, and Fedora 21 Workstation."With Fedora 21, we are able to address specific use cases across the desktop, the server room and the cloud, bringing to light new developer tools, enabling specific server roles, and providing a powerful, lightweight host for containerized applications," said Matthew Miller, Fedora project leader.
Though the three variants take aim at meeting specific user demands in different areas, each one is built from a common base set of packages -- they contain the same Linux kernel, RPM, yum, systemd, and Anaconda. In other words, the foundation is the same, even though they spread their wings in different directions.
Fedora 21 Cloud provides images for use in private cloud environments, like OpenStack, and Amazon Machine Images for use on Amazon Web Services. It also has a base image to enable creation of Fedora containers.
The Server version introduces three new technologies to handle the management and installation of discrete infrastructure. They include Rolekit (provides a Role deployment and management tooklit for admins), Cockpit (web-based user interface for configuring, managing, and monitoring servers), and OpenLMI (remote management system built on top of Distributed Management Taskforce -- Common Information Model for scripting management functions across machines).
Finally, Fedora 21 Workstation offers a streamlined software installation, experimental Wayland support, and DevAssistant to automate the setup process for a larger number of language runtimes and integrated development environments.
You can find out more about each one here.
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