Fedora 8 Released

Cat in the Hat writes "Fedora 8 has been officially released. Ars Technica has a run-down of what's new in Fedora 8, including the PulseAudio sound daemon, Nodoka visual style, and a new authentication system. 'Another major change in Fedora 8 is the new PolicyKit authentication system that makes authority escalation more secure. Instead of providing root access to an entire program when it needs higher privileges, PolicyKit makes it possible to isolate individual operations that require higher privileges and put them into system services that can be accessed through D-Bus. Another advantage of PolicyKit is that it will give administrators more control over which users and programs have access to individual operations that use escalated privileges.'"

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So essentially

[dedazo]

They copied a bunch of stuff Windows has had for years (policy) or just got (advanced audio).

I mean that's good and all, that increases pressure on Microsoft to innovate and whatnot. Also for Apple. But it's just funny that when Microsoft copies something they are "stealing" and "incapable of innovation", but when someone else does it (Linux, OS X) it's praise the lord and pas the popcorn.

Troll

[Anonymous Coward]

If you would like to compare and contrast various sound daemons in Linux, including Pulse Audio and Jack with the sound in OSX, and the Virus prone OS, please do so.

If you would like to explain how the security of the Virus prone OS is better, please do so. Please tell us how it's better at preventing Viruses, and explain how SELinux, PolicyKit or whatever is a poor copy of the obviously more secure near monopoly OS. Please tell us how it was invented in a vacuum and was not an idea that already existed.

I look forward to your reply.

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