The Fuduntu team has released the latest version of their distro – Fuduntu 2012.3. This release comes third time in their quarterly release cycles which gives some minor updates to keep the system stable. [check out our Fuduntu 2012.2 review]
Fuduntu is a Fedora based distro that ships with Gnome 2.x desktop, gcc 4.6.3, Anaconda 16 and more. GRUB2 has been added in this release to increase compatibility with UEFI support. Some of the major packages in this system are given below:
- Kernel 3.4.4
- Chromium 19.0.1084.56
- Firefox 13.0.1
- Thunderbird 13.0.1
- LibreOffice 3.5.4.2
- GIMP 2.8
- Pidgin 2.10.4
- Grub2 2.0-0.27
- VirtualBox OSE 4.1.16 New Package!
- GCC 4.6.3
- Infinality Freetype 2.4.10
- WINE 1.4.1
In case you were looking for a stable Fedora/RPM based distro with Gnome 2 desktop,. Fuduntu is one of the best choice. You can download it from here.
Saurav Modak
Saurav Modak is an engineering student and FOSS enthusiast who believes that best things in the world, such as software should be free (as in freedom). He is a hard core Arch fan and loves to show off his customized Arch Linux installation to friends. You can connect with Saurav on Facebook, Google+ and Twitter.
