Preview Fedora 9/ update

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Preview Fedora 9/ update

zogger

Mon May 12 20:17:00 -0700 2008

Open+Source+Software.

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A nice preview of the Fedora 9 which will be released tomorrow. A lot of choices and a lot of new features, live USB boot option with persistence, option for Ext 4 file system and encrypted partitions, KDE 4 available, etc. update: released, Fedora 9 download page.

.."The Fedora team has clearly spent a lot of time trying to refine some of the smaller, but perhaps more common user interface elements in some thoughtful ways. Take, for instance, the new setting that allows you to manage power settings from the login screen. It's a small tweak but it makes shutting down simple. There's no need to login when you wake from hibernate - just shut down straight from the login screen. Similar attention to these basics can be found throughout the new release."

ed.z.: Well, have fun tomorrow you lucky fatpipes guys...I am relying on mule train delivery, one of each of the Gnome and KDE live offerings..

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GenKreton

Tue May 13 08:52:56 -0700 2008
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I have been using gentoo nearly exclusively since a few months after it's founding, with the exception of my BSD installs. I've lost some patience with a few matters and am looking to try something new. How does Fedora compare to the ohh-so popular Ubuntu? And do any of these all encryption during the installation? I take my disk encryption seriously and absoltely require it. I helped bring dm-crypt and loop encryption to Gentoo and am not afraid to get dirty, it's just easier if it's there in the install.

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Edward S. Marshall

Thu May 15 12:28:42 -0700 2008
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Disk encryption is one of the more useful new features in F9, and it's available out of the box; no special voodoo required. Notes from the development of the feature are available if that's interesting to you, and the Fedora Encryption and Privacy Guide may touch on a bit more that's up your alley.

As for a comparison to Ubuntu...feh. Religious fights don't interest me, and that's all that can come of that question.

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N. Dan Smith

Tue May 13 09:25:20 -0700 2008
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Zogger, I have torrented the KDE live disc already, want me to FedEx it? :-)

thanks for the offer!

zogger

Fri May 16 15:33:13 -0700 2008
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Sorry about delay in replying, spaced out. Anyway, I already ordered the gnome version, we'll see how that goes when it shows up. I understand a lot of guys are having probs with nvidia cards, which is what I have, so I will wait and see how the livna updates work out. I may actually just go for the fedora 8 respin instead with all the updates. Or...dunno yet. I keep wanting to build a more secure and easier to use internet appliance thing that runs all from RAM, in that case I'll need a way smaller distro, probably have to make it custom myself..