Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Fedora 9 "Sulphur" Alpha Released

Posted by kdawson on from the they-really-spell-it-that-way dept.

JonRob writes "The first development snapshot of Fedora 9 (Sulphur) has been released, providing both a KDE and a GNOME live CD. This is the first of three test releases before the final version of Fedora 9 this April. The alpha features many changes including KDE 4 by default, GNOME 2.21.4, support for creation of encrypted partitions and for resizing EXT2/EXT3/NTFS partitions during install, speed improvements to X, the Linux 2.6.24 kernel, and much more."

3 of 62 comments (clear)

  1. The OS of the FUTURE!!! by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Fedora 9: Sulphur Alpha
    Isn't this a new show on the SciFi channel?

    --
    This guy's the limit!
  2. it smells like sulphur by Reverend528 · · Score: 4, Funny

    of course, that's a sign that there are lots of daemons.

    --
    Badass Resumes
  3. 9? Sulfur? by bmo · · Score: 3, Funny

    I thought Fluorine was 9. Sulfur is 16, last I checked.

    --
    BMO