Right on cue, the Fedora Project has updated its community-sponsored Linux distribution, notable for being "free for anyone to use, modify, and distribute." Fedora 10 features a really nice NetworkManager (no more calling it "NetMangler"), improved printer tools, and a host of enterprise improvements, too.
In an interview today on InternetNews, Fedora Project Leader Paul Frields is claiming that Fedora is actually the largest Linux distribution, with 9.5-to-10.5 million users -- more than Ubuntu's claimed 8 million. I'd have guessed it to be fourth, behind SUSE, Debian, and Ubuntu, if we're talking global users. Counting Linux users is notoriously difficult, though, due to its myriad distribution channels.
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