Fedora core 9 release - Delayed until 13 May 2008

[Mutton]

http://fedoraproject.org/static/images/counter/en/fedora9-countdown-16.en.png (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/9/Schedule)

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/9/Schedule

Looks like it is shaping up nicely.
I'm going to install this once it is out.

It doesn't look like Firefox 3 will be released in time, although the current beta and nightly builds are pretty stable.

New features:

Bluetooth (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/BluetoothFedora9)
Ongoing Bluetooth enhancements

Clock Applet (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureClockApplet)
Improve the support for multiple time zones/locations in the clock applet

Dictionary Support (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureDictionary)
Fix the proliferation of dictionaries in Fedora

Full Virt Kernel Boot (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/XenFullvirtKernelBoot)
Xen fully virtualized guests will be able to directly boot a kernel and initrd image and pass kernel boot args

ext4 filesystem (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Ext4)
Add ext4 file system support

Encrypted Filesystems (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureEncryptedFilesystems)
Add built in encrypted file system support

Fast X start up and shutdown (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/OneSecondX)
Increase response time to 1 second from exec to accepting clients

Firefox 3 (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Firefox3)
Upgrade to Firefox 3

Free IPA (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/freeIPA)
Make Identity, Policy and Audit centrally and more easily managed

gcc4.3 (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/GCC4.3)
Update Fedora to gcc 4.3

gdm (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/NewGdm)
Update to new upstream Gnome Desktop Manager (gdm)

Gvfs (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Gvfs)
Gvfs is a userspace virtual filesystem with backends for things like sftp, ftp, dav, smb, obexftp, etc. It is the replacement/successor of gnome-vfs

jigdo (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/JigdoRelease)
Provide jigdo support for obtaining Fedora

KDE4 (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureKDE4)
Replace KDE3.5 with 4.0 and upgrade modules

Live Persistence (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/LivePersistence)
Live USB images persist between booting

More NetworkManager (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureMoreNetworkManager)
Expand the situations in which NetworkManager (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/NetworkManager) can be used and make it more robust

NetworkManager Mobile Broadband (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/NetworkManager-MobileBroadband)
Proper support of GSM and CDMA mobile broadband cards in NetworkManager (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/NetworkManager), including first-class device support like Ethernet and WiFi (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/WiFi) devices

PackageKit (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/PackageKit)
Provide alternative package management system

Partition Resizing (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/PartitionResizing)
Partition resizing at install time

perl5.10 (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Perl510)
Update perl in Fedora 9 to 5.10.0

Pre Upgrade (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/PreUpgrade)
Allow users to depsolve and download only the pkgs they need to upgrade their distro while using the older version

Randr Support (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/RandrSupport)
Use the capabilities offered by the Xrandr X extension throughout the desktop

Second Stage Install Source (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Features/SecondStageInstallSource)
Move install selection to second stage of installer

TeXLive (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureTexLive)
Replace teTeX with TeXLive

Update X Server (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/XserverOnePointFive)
Update X server to at least version 1.5

Upstart (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Upstart)
Replacement for SysVinit (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SysVinit) that allows service management and event-driven initialization

Virtual Authentication (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/VirtAuthentication)
Extend remote authentication to use Kerberos and PAM

Virtual Manager PolicyKit (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/VirtPolicyKit)
Enable virt-manager to run as a unpriveledged user

Xen paravirt_ops (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/XenPvops)
Replacing the current forward-ported XenSource (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/XenSource) code on kernel-xen by a paravirt_ops based implementation, including dom0 suppor

XULRunner (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/XULRunner)
Introducing and ensuring that all the applications that need only the Gecko browser engine are using XULRunner

[TOMMOHAWK_UK]

Interesting, there was a time when Fedora was all that would run on my laptop. That was back in the Fedora Core 5 days.

Ubuntu has served me well in terms of hardware but I am always trying out the alternatives. The Beta is on the mirrors now and I am downloading it as I type - 15 minutes to go apparently!! Lets have a wee look......

[scotty38]

More NetworkManager (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureMoreNetworkManager)
Expand the situations in which NetworkManager (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/NetworkManager) can be used and make it more robust


They're going to have it start earlier in the boot process which will be nice!

As a new Linux user it took me some time to work out why I couldn't mount a remote NFS drive at startup. I realised it was because it was trying to mount before networking had started but didn't know why...

Stopping "NetworkManager" running at S98 and starting "network" at S10 fixed the problem (as you'd expect) :rolleyes:

[TOMMOHAWK_UK]

Anyone considering switching to Linux should consider this distro. As I said previously, I have used Fedora in the past but have been a die-hard Ubuntu user for about 3 years now.

Anyway, I installed the beta of Fedora 9 last night and I must say I am impressed. Once installed and updated (449 updates later) the system booted perfectly, all the hardware seems to work out of the box, just the card reader to test. The display is crisp and much sharper than Ubuntu and the overall feel of the Gnome Desktop is just more polished and refined. It is on a par for quality with openSUSE.

Highly recommended - ubuntu better watch out.

Ken

[Desmo]

Might give this a download and stick it in a VBox. I'm new to linux, Ubuntu being my only OS I've tried, but it can't do any harm to play with some others :)

[RRB]

Seems the release has now been delayed until 13th May.

[mrdinkle]

I was looking forward to playing with it as well. pah

[mrdinkle]

Anyone considering switching to Linux should consider this distro. As I said previously, I have used Fedora in the past but have been a die-hard Ubuntu user for about 3 years now.

Highly recommended - ubuntu better watch out.

Ken

Yup, but have they made adding the proprietry stuff a breeze? I mean ubuntu picked up my atheros chipset wireless and it just works - obviously told me it was restricted, but it does it. Mp3 playback, dvd playback until they make that real simple Ubuntu will stay on top - imo. :grin:

[Codehead]

Come on Tommo mod-monkey change the title, the release has been put off till May. :grin:

[TOMMOHAWK_UK]

@codehead How do I do that then?

Just kidding.......:rolleyes:

[Codehead]

Well, I downloaded the full DVD of this one, then wished that I hadn't bothered. No nVidia driver support, the usual gnome lock-ins, I couldn't get the LiveUSB to work on my new 4Gb stick either .
Back to Kubuntu. :rolleyes:

[scotty38]

Well, I downloaded the full DVD of this one, then wished that I hadn't bothered. No nVidia driver support, the usual gnome lock-ins, I couldn't get the LiveUSB to work on my new 4Gb stick either .
Back to Kubuntu. :rolleyes:

Come on, it's not so bad.... I'm sitting here with a full FC9 install, ATI drivers and all the compiz stuff you could ever want. Took a bit of fiddling but the info's all there on the Fedora site if you want it (and for nVidia too).....

[Codehead]

Oh, I know it's doable, but it involves rolling back the x server to the old version (for nVidia anyway, not sure about ATI) and I'd rather wait for the drivers to catch up.

[scotty38]

Oh, I know it's doable, but it involves rolling back the x server to the old version (for nVidia anyway, not sure about ATI) and I'd rather wait for the drivers to catch up.

Just the same for ATI too.....

[Ikki]

I tried both the KDE and Gnome versions. The KDE version just wouldn't install properly, so I gave up with it. The gnome version installed ok but I couldn't see any reason to move to it from Ubuntu. I guess if you are already running Fedora then it is a useful upgrade. :)