Headlines - Fedora 9 now available

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Version 9 of Linux-based operating system, Fedora, is now available to download.

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still doesn't come with the files on the install media to use it on a ps3 - though the release notes give you instructions on the required extra steps

I'll be giving it a shot on my laptop later and report my experience.

Alright, I played around for Fedora for some of the day, here's some of my personal points on it:

+ Anaconda works fairly well and painlessly
- Doesn't allow wireless configuration for adding "Extra Fedora Packages" repo at install time, and doesn't give an option for alternative desktop environments and/or window managers out of the box.
+ Bleeding edge Gnome, some snazzy new desktop effects
- GDM login, looks rather bland, and less smoothed off compared to Fedora 8.
+ virt-manager package available
- SELinux eats it
+ gnome-packagekit, first half decent attempt at a unified package manager wrapper for Gnome.
- Group tabs are somewhat randomly broken
+ Linux 2.6.25
- No stable nVidia drivers (not a problem for my laptop, but may for some), nVidia users will need to download the beta drivers
+ YUM still improving
- still RPM based, and slower than most binary package managers

Personally I think Fedora 9 is *too* bleeding edge, it hasn't had time to mature and many of it's oob packages are far too young to be tossed into production headlong. Also, SELinux for a desktop install is nothing short of a neusence. While it may be great for servers where that level of fine grain access control is wanted, I really wouldn't use Fedora 9 as a Redhat clone for servers, CentOS is much better in this regard.