Fedora Linux: Difference between revisions

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===Fedora 9===

Fedora 9, codenamed ''Sulphur'', is due to be released on [[13 May]] [[2008]]. The betapreview release is currently available for download from the Fedora Project website.

Some of the new features of Fedora 9 include:<ref>{{ cite web | url=http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/9/Beta/ReleaseNotes | title=Fedora 9 (Beta) Release Notes | publisher=[[Fedora Project]] | accessdate=2008-01-04 }}</ref>

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* ''[[ext4]]'' will be supported;

* ''[[PackageKit]]'' will be included as a front-end to yum, replacing the default package manager (currently Pirut).

* ''FastOne Second X'' allows the [[X Window System|X]] to go from exec to ready to accept clients in nearly one second.<ref>{{ (thecite goalweb was| one second)url=http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/OneSecondX | title=One Second X | publisher=[[Fedora Project]] | accessdate=2008-05-09 }}</ref>

* Many improvements to the [[Anaconda (installer)|Anaconda]] installer.<ref>{{ cite web | url=http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/9/Beta/ReleaseNotes#head-eaadbfea30e5d3ca0b72a51953519d6f8fd53d3c | title=Fedora 9 (Beta) Release Notes | publisher=[[Fedora Project]] | accessdate=2008-01-04 }}</ref> Among these features, it now supports resizing ext2, ext3 and NTFS file systems, and can create and install Fedora to encrypted file systems.

* ''[[Mozilla Firefox | Firefox]] 3'' will also be included in this release.