Fedora 9 Review

Fedora 9 Review

With Fedora 9, the Fedora project continues its tradition of being the most innovative major distribution, combining new applications from other distributions as well as its own inventions. However, in no other release has Fedora walked the line between leading edge and bleeding edge so precariously. At times, as with its updating of subsystems and its selection of desktop software, Fedora 9 manages to innovate without inconveniencing users. But, in other cases, most notably in the changes to package installation, the project has chosen innovation over usability.

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Like earlier releases, Fedora 9 offers a wealth of installation alternatives, and introduces some of its own. The download page offers 32- and 64-bit DVDs and CDs, and live media for both GNOME and KDE desktops. Alternatively, you can create a bootable USB flash drive — an option that, starting in Fedora 9, includes the ability to store your own data and permanently alter the installation. Other choice include the Unity subproject’s supply of custom spins. If none of these choices suits you, you can create your own install image using Revisor.

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Comment by kapardhi on May 28, 2008

Really i like fedora from fedora version 2
this is major advancement of fedora releases
spred linux
specially fedora
becasue it is true open source
have fun lol
nice article

Comment by Adealia Artist on June 05, 2008

I hate to be the person to tell you that the emperor has no clothes but Fedora 9 has serious problems. I will just cover one. Why did the developers to replace purit with a junk featureless 0.x version of package manager and not allow you to install purit. The thing does not allow multiple selections. That is just one problem. Thank god for 2.x yumex. These guys got to understand that many in the world now depend on Fedora for enterprise work. Maybe that is not the game they want to play but that is how the world has responded and they now have a responsibility to the world and should have gratitude to RED HAT for getting the ball rolling. We have to give them bad reviews or they don’t learn.

Comment by leslie Satenstein on June 07, 2008

Fedora 9 has a few qwerks that are due to Gnome and not due to the base software. Fedora 9 is a distribution that is simplifing the installation and maintenance procedures at the same time.

An earlier complaint in a comment that Pirut from Fedora 8 is missing is true, what has replaced it is substantially better. One nice advantage of the replacement, is that by right-clicking on an installed package, it can be uninstalled. I only discovered that by exploring the options.

What would make Fedora9 a true winner in the desktop arena would be the installation of non-free no-source software, software for media, for certain drivers and other. Recognize this fact. In software that has no free access to source, one does not know if the contents of that software has unauthorized patented logic. Patents block innovation and hold the USA ransom. The Consequences are that the USA has fallen behind in all software innovation. The best innovative software is now originating outside of the USA.

Leslie

Comment by Irfan on August 25, 2008

I liked the new fedora 9 but there is an issue, when ever i tried to installed any software whether RPM or source it says permission not available. Could it be due to Beta Release or something else?

I liked the new fedora 9 but there is an issue, when ever i tried to installed any software whether RPM or source it says permission not available this situation continues even with root account. Could it be due to Beta Release or something else?