14 DAY TRIAL // Fedora 11 has officially reached its end of life in terms of updates and support, the organization has announced. The older version, which has been released almost a year ago to the date, will not be maintained from now on with a final call for patches having been already made. Users still running the aging release should think about upgrading to a newer version like Fedora 13 which has been released a month ago.
“Hi all, the final updates push for Fedora 11 will be done around 11:00 UTC on June24, 2010. Please queue any remaining bugfix updates you'd like to get outbefore then,” Fedora’s Josh Boyer announced.
What it means for users is that there will be no more security patches or updates or any updated versions of the programs available for Fedora 11. This leaves Fedora 11 vulnerable to potential attacks in the future so all users are urged to update to the latest version, Fedora 13.
Fedora 11, codenamed “Leonidas,” was released in early June 2009. Fedora 11 introduced the Plymouth graphical boot tool which has since been adopted by other distros including Ubuntu. It also made the switch to EXT4 as the default file system.
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The Fedora Project is a Red-Hat-sponsored and community-supported open-source project. Fedora Linux is an operating system based on the Linux kernel, which focuses on wide access, distribution and free modification.
It's built by a worldwide community (the Fedora Project), which grants access to anyone wishing to further advance the development of open-source software. Fedora 13 is available as GNOME and KDE Live CD editions for 32bit and 64bit platforms, and the usual DVD edition for x86, x86_64 and PPC architectures.
Fedora 13 GNOME Live CD is available for download here on Softpedia. Fedora 13 KDE4 Live CD is available for download here on Softpedia. Fedora 13 “Goddard” DVD is available for download here on Softpedia.