{"id":37,"date":"2008-05-14T22:28:40","date_gmt":"2008-05-14T15:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.iwayvietnam.com\/tuanta\/2008\/05\/14\/fedora-9-is-finally-out\/"},"modified":"2008-05-14T22:34:04","modified_gmt":"2008-05-14T15:34:04","slug":"fedora-9-is-finally-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.iwayvietnam.com\/tuanta\/2008\/05\/fedora-9-is-finally-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Fedora 9 is finally OUT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear my friends and colleagues,<\/p>\n<p>Fedora 9 is finally OUT with many many new features and enhancements. Here are some highlights for the new release:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Release Highlights<\/h2>\n<p lang=\"en\">\n<table summary=\"Latest Release Notes on the Web\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td rowspan=\"2\" align=\"center\" valign=\"top\" width=\"25\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/docs.fedoraproject.org\/release-notes\/f9\/en_US\/stylesheet-images\/tip.png\" alt=\"[Tip]\" \/><\/td>\n<th align=\"left\">Latest Release Notes on the Web<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">       These release notes may be updated. To view the latest release       notes for Fedora, visit:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/docs.fedoraproject.org\/release-notes\/\">http:\/\/docs.fedoraproject.org\/release-notes\/<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p lang=\"en\">\n<p><h3>Fedora Tour<\/h3>\n<p>You can find a tour filled with pictures and videos of this       exciting new release at       <a href=\"http:\/\/fedoraproject.org\/wiki\/Tours\/Fedora9\">http:\/\/fedoraproject.org\/wiki\/Tours\/Fedora9<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\">\n<p><h4>Release Summary<\/h4>\n<p>For a less technical user friendly summary of the important changes in this release, refer to:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fedoraproject.org\/wiki\/Releases\/9\/ReleaseSummary\">http:\/\/fedoraproject.org\/wiki\/Releases\/9\/ReleaseSummary<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\">\n<p><h3>New in Fedora<\/h3>\n<p>This release includes significant new versions of many key       components and technologies. The following sections provide a       brief overview of major changes from the last release of Fedora.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\">\n<p><h4>Spins<\/h4>\n<p>Fedora includes several different         <a href=\"http:\/\/fedoraproject.org\/wiki\/CustomSpins\"><em>spins<\/em><\/a>,         which are variations of Fedora built from a specific set of         software packages. Each spin has a combination of software to         meet the requirements of a specific kind of end user. In         addition to a very small <code>boot.iso<\/code> image for         network installation, users have the following spin choices:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>             A regular Fedora image for desktops, workstations, and             server users. This spin provides a good upgrade path and             similar environment for users of previous releases of             Fedora.<\/li>\n<li>             One of several Live images that can be run from a disc or             USB flash device, and can be installed to hard disk as             desired. Refer to the             <a href=\"http:\/\/fedoraproject.org\/wiki\/Docs\/Beats\/Live\">&#8220;Live&#8221;<\/a>             section for more information about the Live images.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More custom spins are available at         <a href=\"http:\/\/spins.fedoraproject.org\/\">http:\/\/spins.fedoraproject.org<\/a>. These Live         images can be used on USB media via the         livecd-iso-to-disk utility available in the         livecd-tools package.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\">\n<p><h4>Jigdo<\/h4>\n<p>Fedora releases are also available via Jigdo. This distribution         method can improve the speed of obtaining the installation ISO         images. Instead of waiting for torrent downloads to complete,         Jigdo seeks the fastest mirrors it can find via the Fedora         Project Mirror Manager infrastructure, and downloads the bits it         needs from these mirrors. To optimize seeking these bits, you         can tell Jigdo to scan a DVD or CD you already have, and cut         down on redundant downloads. This feature becomes particularly         useful if you:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>             Download all the test releases and then get the final             release, in which case you have 90% of the data already with             each subsequent download.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>             Download both the DVD and the CD set, in which case the DVD             holds 95% of the data needed for the CD sets.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>             Download any combination of the above.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p lang=\"en\">\n<p><h4>Features<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>             This release features             <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gnome.org\/start\/2.22\/notes\/C\/\">GNOME             2.22<\/a>. GNOME now includes a webcam photo and video             creation utility called <strong>Cheese<\/strong>,             improved network filesystem support, a new international             clock applet, Google Calendar support and custom email             labels in Evolution, a new Remote Desktop Viewer, improved             accessibility features, and             <strong>PolicyKit<\/strong> integration.<\/li>\n<li>             KDE 4.0.3 is available in the KDE Live image as well as the             regular DVD.<\/li>\n<li>             Xfce 4.4.2 is available as part of this release.<\/li>\n<li>             <a href=\"http:\/\/fedoraproject.org\/wiki\/NetworkManager\">             NetworkManager<\/a> 0.7 provides improved mobile             broadband support, including GSM and CDMA devices, and now             supports multiple devices and ad-hoc networking for sharing             connections.  It is now enabled by default on             installations from DVD, CD, the network, and Live images.<\/li>\n<li> \t    The Fedora installer, <strong>Anaconda<\/strong>, \t    now supports partition resizing for ext2\/3, NTFS \t    filesystems, creating and installing to encrypted file \t    systems, improved Rescue Mode with FirstAidKit, \t    independent locations for the second stage installer and \t    the software packages. A redesigned, \t    larger <code>netboot.iso<\/code> image now features \t    a second stage installer partly for this reason.<\/li>\n<li> \t    Live USB images now support persistence, so your data and \t    setting changes will be preserved even after rebooting.<\/li>\n<li> \t    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.packagekit.org\/\">PackageKit<\/a>, \t    a new set of graphical and console tools, with a framework \t    for cross-distribution software management, has \t    replaced <strong>Pirut<\/strong> in this release \t    of Fedora. The <strong>PackageKit<\/strong> \t    graphical updater is available instead \t    of <strong>Pup<\/strong>. Behind <strong>PackageKit<\/strong>, \t    the performance of <code>yum<\/code> has been \t    significantly improved.<\/li>\n<li> \t    FreeIPA makes managing auditing, identity and policy \t    processes easier by providing web-based and command line \t    provisioning, and administration tools to ease system \t    administration. FreeIPA combines the power of the Fedora \t    Directory Server with FreeRADIUS, MIT Kerberos, NTP and \t    DNS to provide an easy, out of the box solution.<\/li>\n<li> \t    <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ext4\">Ext4<\/a>, \t    the next version of the mature and stable ext3 filesystem \t    is available as a option in this release. Ext4 features \t    better performance, higher storage capacity and several \t    other new features.<\/li>\n<li> \t    This release of Fedora uses \t    <a href=\"http:\/\/upstart.ubuntu.com\/\"><strong>Upstart<\/strong><\/a>, \t    an event-based replacement for \t    the <code>\/sbin\/init<\/code> daemon.<\/li>\n<li> \t    Firefox 3 brings a number of major improvements including \t    a native look and feel, desktop integration, the new \t    Places replacement for bookmarks, and a re-worked address \t    bar.<\/li>\n<li> \t    The completely free and open source Java environment \t    OpenJDK 6 is installed by \t    default. <a href=\"http:\/\/fedoraproject.org\/wiki\/IcedTea\">IcedTea<\/a> \t    7, derived from OpenJDK 1.7, is no longer the \t    default. <a href=\"http:\/\/fedoraproject.org\/wiki\/IcedTea\">IcedTea<\/a> \t    includes a browser plug-in based on GCJ, and is available \t    for both x86 and x86_64 architectures. GCJ is still the \t    default on PPC architecture.<\/li>\n<li> \t    <a href=\"http:\/\/fedoraproject.org\/wiki\/OpenOffice\">OpenOffice.org<\/a> \t    2.4, with many new features, is available as part of \t    Fedora 9.<\/li>\n<li>             Fedora now includes             <a href=\"http:\/\/perldoc.perl.org\/perldelta.html\">             <strong>Perl 5.10.0<\/strong><\/a>, which             features a smaller memory footprint and other improvements.<\/li>\n<li> \t    Fedora now \t    includes <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tug.org\/texlive\/\">TeXLive<\/a> \t    to replace the older, unmaintained TeX distribution.<\/li>\n<li>             Fedora 9 features a 2.6.25 based kernel.<\/li>\n<li> \t    Kernel crashes can be more automatically reported to \t    <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kerneloops.org\/\">http:\/\/www.kerneloops.org\/<\/a> and diagnosed \t    in a friendly way via the kerneloops \t    package installed by default. Crash signatures are \t    commonly referred to as oopses in Linux.<\/li>\n<li>             Work on the start-up and shutdown in X has yielded             noticeable improvements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p lang=\"en\">\n<p><h3>Road Map<\/h3>\n<p>The proposed plans for the next release of Fedora are available at       <a href=\"http:\/\/fedoraproject.org\/wiki\/RoadMap\">http:\/\/fedoraproject.org\/wiki\/RoadMap<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear my friends and colleagues, Fedora 9 is finally OUT with many many new features and enhancements. Here are some highlights for the new release: &nbsp; Release Highlights Latest Release Notes on the Web These release notes may be updated. 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