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Fedora 29 Released (techrepublic.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the new-and-improved dept.

ekimd writes: Fedora 29 is released today. Among the new features are the ability to allow parallel installation of packages such as Node.js. Fedora 29 also supports ZRAM (formerly called compcache) for ARMv7 and v8. In addition to the more efficient use of RAM, it also increases the lifespan of microSD cards on the Raspberry Pi as well as other SBCs.

"Additionally, UEFI for ARMv7 is now supported in Fedora 29, which also benefits Raspberry Pi users," reports TechRepublic. "Fedora already supported UEFI on 64-bit ARM devices."

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  1. NP-complete problem by davecb · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Containers are a good mitigation, but see https://research.swtch.com/ver... from Russ Cox for an overview of the underlying (really evil!) problem. My own views? https://leaflessca.wordpress.c... (and others)

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  2. raspberry pi, really? by Espectr0 · · Score: 2

    who would use a kitchen sink distro on the raspberry pi?

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    1. Re:raspberry pi, really? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

      I use Fedora 28 on a raspberry pi for a local DNS. I want something that just runs without user intervention for months. I tried raspbian and raspBSD but neither of them seem to be ready for primetime. There was always some issue popping up whether it be updates not working automatically, or the network disconnecting for no known reason. Fedora just flawlessly does its thing in the background.

  3. Discarding python 2 by Antique+Geekmeister · · Score: 2

    Fedora 29 is, effectively, discarding Python 2 in favor of Python 3. This means that the leading edge packages from Fedora will no longer include options to compile for the older, standard Python 2 built into every RHEL or CentOS release without extensive manual revision.

    1. Re:Discarding python 2 by Chrisq · · Score: 2

      Fedora 29 is, effectively, discarding Python 2 in favor of Python 3. This means that the leading edge packages from Fedora will no longer include options to compile for the older, standard Python 2 built into every RHEL or CentOS release without extensive manual revision.

      Someone has to do it and a decade after release it's about time. This will trickle back to Centos/RHEL eventually but until then the easy thing is if you want to run on Centos/RHEL then build on Centos/RHEL