Fedora 9 beta Linux distro released

Posted Mar 26th 2008 3:00PM by Brad Linder
Filed under: OS Updates, Linux, Red Hat, Open Source, Beta

Fedora 9 beta is available for download today, with a final release scheduled for April 29. The latest version of the free (as in beer) cousin of Red Hat Linux comes with a number of major updates, including support for the latest versions of the KDE and GNOME desktop environments. Here are a few highlights:

Uses the 2.6.25-rc5 Linux kernel
GNOME 2.22 with world time clock, improved file system performance, and security improvements
KDE 4.0.2 with a completely redesigned desktop manager look and feel, and integrated desktop search
Firefox 3 Beta as the default web browser
Support for resizing ext2, ext3, and NTFS partitions during installation

One of the more noticeable improvements will be the fact that Fedora includes a new free Flash plugin for Firefox out of the box, so you'll be able to watch YouTube within seconds of booting up your system. You can find a complete list of changes in the Fedora 9 beta release notes.

[via Flexbeta]

Tags: fedora, fedora-9, fedora-9-beta

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3-26-2008 @ 9:18PM

Matthew said...

I have Ubuntu running on my laptop. Is there any reason to try out Fedora? It looks the same to me.

3-27-2008 @ 7:06AM

Mark said...

Is it just me or are they totally ripping off Vista in that screenshot?

3-27-2008 @ 11:16AM

ernetas said...

I think just for you. KDE always feeled like Windows.

3-28-2008 @ 5:39PM

Superevil said...

Vixta looks more like Vista than Fedora

4-11-2008 @ 9:13AM

Animesh said...

Please don't compare it with vista. Vista sucks out the hardware to give out so called 3d effects. Maybe the programmers in Microsoft forgot to copy the full code for framebuffer cache, so refreshing the screen takes zillion minutes.
Or maybe hardware vendors paid them to steep the software requirements. KDE is much better, and will always be....

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