Fedora 20 Linux Updates Open Source Virtualization and Cloud

Grazed from TheVarGuy. Author: Christopher Tozzi.

Here’s a Christmas gift you don’t even need to pay for: Fedora Linux, the open source operating system supported by Red Hat (RHT), has introduced Fedora 20, the latest and greatest version of the platform. Code-named "Heisenbug" (yes, that’s a geek pun), the release brings updates for the open source cloud, virtualization and more.

Perhaps the biggest new feature in this release is official support for ARM as a primary architecture, which could help drive Fedora adoption not only on mobile but also in the emerging ARM server world. As Red Hat noted: "While x86/x86_64 serves as the default architecture for the majority of Fedora users, ARM is rapidly growing in stature and already dominates the mobile world. Beyond mobile and the maker movement, ARM shows great promise as a powerful and cost-effective technology for the server world."…

Fedora 20 is also designed to make deployment in and of the cloud more seamless. It is available in the form of what Red Hat calls "first-class cloud images" tailored for running as guests in Amazon Web Services (AWS) and OpenStack clouds. Improvements to the libvirt virtualization infrastructure also make it possible to run ARM guests on x86 Fedora hosts, another feature that certainly won’t hurt Fedora’s appeal in the server market…

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