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Fuduntu Linux
Company / developer Fuduntu Team
OS family Unix-like
Working state Current
Source model Free and open source software and proprietary software
Initial release 7 November 2010
Latest stable release 2013.2[1] / 8 April 2013; 10 days ago
Marketing target General purpose; optimized for portable computers
Update method Yum (PackageKit)
Package manager RPM Package Manager
Supported platforms IA-32, x86-64
Kernel type Monolithic (Linux)
Default user interface GNOME
License Mainly GNU GPL; various other open source licenses. For ease of use, some proprietary items are also included (e.g., Adobe Flash).
Official website www.fuduntu.org
Fuduntu Linux is a Fedora-based Linux distribution created by Andrew Wyatt. It is designed to fit in somewhere between Fedora and Ubuntu (hence the name[2]), and, while optimized for netbooks and other portable computers, it is a general-purpose OS.
After forking Fedora 14 in early November 2011,[3] Fuduntu became an independent distribution and is no longer considered a "remix" of Fedora; it never qualified as a "spin" because it contained packages not included in Fedora.[4]
On a Team Meeting held on April 14 2013, it was decided that Fuduntu would discontinue development and no new versions will be released. Large parts of the team are planning to work on a new rebased OS, most likely with a new name.[5]


Contents

Features

As Fuduntu was originally targeted at the Asus Eee PC and other netbooks,[6] it contains some tweaks to reduce power consumption. Among them, the /tmp and /var/log directories have been moved to RAM disk, and swappiness has been reduced to 10, to reduce the frequency of disk spin-up. In addition, Fuduntu includes the Jupiter power management applet (also developed by Andrew Wyatt), for easy adjustment of CPU performance settings, screen output and resolution, etc.
The default packages include Nautilus Elementary, Adobe Flash, the Fluendo MP3 Codec, VLC, Infinality Freetype, LibreOffice, Gmail, and the nano editor.

Look and Feel

The used icon theme is called "Faenza Cupertino". It features the distinctive square icon set of Faenza. Because it was originally based on Fedora and Ubuntu it has GNOME as window manager, giving the opportunity to change themes, including window frames.[7]

Version history

Following is the release history of Fuduntu:
Fuduntu
Year-month-date Number (Official)
2010-11-07 14.0.8
2010-11-25 14.5
2010-12-06 14.6
2010-12-10 14.7
2010-12-18 14.7-2
2010-12-21 14.7-3
2011-01-05 14.7-7
2011-01-07 14.8
2011-01-16 14.8-2
2011-01-23 14.8-3
2011-01-29 14.8-4
2011-03-11 14.9
2011-06-18 14.10
2011-07-04 14.10.1
2011-09-20 14.11
2011-11-07 14.12
2012-01-10 2012.1
2012-04-01 2012.2
2012-07-02 2012.3
2012-10-01 2012.4
2013-01-07 2013.1
2013-04-08 2013.2

See also

Free software portal
  • Fedora, the operating system on which Fuduntu is based.

References

  1. ^ "Fuduntu 2013.2 Released". 2013-04-08.
  2. ^ Fuduntu.org: Behind the Name
  3. ^ Fuduntu 14.12 Release - Happy Anniversary!
  4. ^ FedoraProject.org: Remix
  5. ^ Fuduntu Team meeting held on April 14, 2013
  6. ^ "Fuduntu Is A Fedora 14 Remix For Netbooks And Laptops ~ Web Upd8: Ubuntu / Linux blog". 2010-11-14. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
  7. ^ Cristalinux.blogspot.com Review on Fuduntu 14.7

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