Developer version of Fedora 8

A big feature of the last few Fedora releases is the ability to spin-up a custom version of Fedora, all with the same tools used to build the distro. Some of these spins have sought a formal recognition, and one of these is the “Fedora, Developer Edition.” Available as a 1.5 GiB live media image (live DVD in this case), it tries to provide all the tools and pieces needed for every type of developer.

This spin is the brainchild of the new Fedora Development SIG, which is open to all members of the Fedora community. You can see a raw list of all the packages that are in the current live spin here.

What’s happening in Fedora is the building of a world-class, top-choice distribution for developers. With the inclusion of a fully-free and open Java stack (IcedTea) and the inclusion of other popular languages such as Mono, not to mention Python et al. Fedora becomes a single distribution that covers a wide range of developer needs.

As many people have learned, one of the great advantages of developing on a Linux distribution is that you get your entire development environment without having to pay for it or download it piecemeal. Just wait until you start seeing all the JBoss.org packages available in Fedora.

If you are interested in supporting the efforts of the Developer Edition, you can join the Fedora Development SIG. You may recognize other members from the Java/IcedTea community.

This entry was posted by Karsten Wade on Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 at 10:26 pm and is filed under PHP, OpenJDK, IcedTea, Fedora, Python, Developer distro. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.