Red Hat Releases Fedora Core 4

Red Hat has just announced the new version of Fedora Core, a week after the company said it was creating the Fedora Foundation to run the project.

Fedora Core 4 (FC4) promises the latest and greatest of the free and open source world, including GNOME 2.10 and KDE 3.4.

In addition to a prerelease version of OpenOffice.org 2.0, the full release of which is still months off, FC4 includes the latest Linux kernel (2.6.11), Firefox (1.0.4), Samba (3.0.14a) and Apache (2.0.54).

Red Hat's developers also introduced a new default desktop theme called Clearlooks, which evolved from the Bluecurve theme, which has been the default since Red Hat Linux version 8.0.

Of particular note with FC4 is that it has expanded beyond its traditional architecture support of x86 and x86-64 to include support for PowerPC.

A content management system(CMS)

A content management system (CMS) is a system used to organize and facilitate collaborative content creation.

CMSs allow end-users ,to provide new content in the form of articles. The articles are typically entered as plain text, perhaps with markup to indicate where other resources such as pictures should be placed.

Types of CMS

Web CMS (WCMS) assists an organization in automating various aspects of web content creation, content management and delivery. Delivery to the web is its primary format, but many WCM systems also deliver to wireless devices.

Transactional CMS or Transactional CMS (TCMS) assists an organization to manage e-commerce transactions.

Integrated DMS (IDMS) assists an organization in managing enterprise documents and content.

Publication CMS (PCMS) assists an organization in managing the publications (manuals, books, help) content life cycle.

Learning CMS (LCMS) or Managed Learning Environment (MLE) assists an organization in managing the web-based learning content life cycle.

Enterprise CMS (ECMS) vary in their functionality. Some support both the web and publications content life cycle, while others support the web content life cycle and either transactional content or customer relationship management content.

eLMS is Changing the way Students are getting educated nowadays

ELearning or Learning Management systems (LMS) is changing the way students are getting educated nowadays. Emergence of Internet has facilitated growth of Learning Management Systems. Elearning courses have used the concept of distance learning but at a faster rate. Traditional distance learning was conducted by mailing the course contents and then student is left alone to study till the test.

E-Learning is gaining popularity because of its obvious advantages.

1. Minimizes travel,
2. Open for working people,
3. No time constraint,
4. Little infrastructure needed

This new paradigm has become a critical component in the mission of academic institutions, which includes imparting the best education to their students, extending the learning process beyond the classroom, improving measurable student success, attracting talented students to the institute and improving its overall image.

Elearning solutions provide, following tools to the educational institutions

1. Chatting (audio/video),
2. Presentations,
3. Conferences and
4. Discussion forum just to name a few.

Learning Management System (eLMS) In Apptility

In Apptility , Learning Systems are built towards,

• Flexibility: To design learning paths


• Customization: To facilitate need-based, just-in-time faster learning.


• Standardization: To be consistent across different Users & Locations.


• Extended Training: To reuse, upgrade & extend content & accommodate modifications.


• Reduced Costs: Time is money. To save overheads in terms of manpower & travel.