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.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Matthew said 9:18PM on 3-26-2008
I have Ubuntu running on my laptop. Is there any reason to try out Fedora? It looks the same to me.
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Mark said 7:06AM on 3-27-2008
Is it just me or are they totally ripping off Vista in that screenshot?
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ernetas said 11:16AM on 3-27-2008
I think just for you. KDE always feeled like Windows.
Superevil said 5:39PM on 3-28-2008
Vixta looks more like Vista than Fedora
Animesh said 9:13AM on 4-11-2008
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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