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    Fedora 9

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by Thomas, May 11, 2008.

  1. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Who's siked for this distro? It comes out in 2 days.
    Anyone got a report on the Betas?
     
    Thomas, May 11, 2008
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  2. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    Not psyched. ;)

    I remember trying out the beta version a while back. Looking back on the feature list today, its just getting a lot of things that Ubuntu had a while ago; ie, filesystem encryption, bluetooth, "more robust" network manager, FF3, clock applet.

    Although, ext4 sounds very interesting. I'd like to know how soon Ubuntu developers will integrate this into their distro.
     
    Bog, May 11, 2008
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  3. nizzy1115

    nizzy1115 Notebook Prophet

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    It had better bluetooth in 8 than ubuntu has now. My mouse worked automatically in the installer!
     
    nizzy1115, May 11, 2008
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  4. Gintoki

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    I'd like to see how far it's come, if i find it to be better than Mandriva i may install it over it.
     
    Gintoki, May 11, 2008
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  5. szandor

    szandor Notebook Evangelist

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    fse has been around since fc5 that i know of. bluetooth pre-fc5 with no issues. what is this network manager you speak of? i just run a script for wpa/ifup depending where i'm at. i've tried nm in both fedora and ubuntu and have found them rather cumbersome. i'll give you the ff3 one. unless you mean final fantasy 3. :D clock applet? well, i guess i can't get all psyched about a clock applet either...
     
    szandor, May 11, 2008
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  6. Bog

    Bog Losing it...

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    Most users aren't capable of running scripts... anyways, here is my source:

    http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/9/FeatureList
     
    Bog, May 13, 2008
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  7. Baserk

    Baserk Notebook user

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    Here is a link to a review by 'The Register'.
     
    Baserk, May 13, 2008
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  8. theZoid

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    I hope it plays nice with cross platform networks, 8 sure didn't.
     
    theZoid, May 13, 2008
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  9. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    If this is good, I might move my distro to a Fedora base :)
     
    Thomas, May 13, 2008
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  10. theZoid

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    If you can, try to connect to harddisk on a windows network...tell me if you can ....curious.
     
    theZoid, May 13, 2008
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  11. Thomas

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    Hmmm, I don't have a windows network or access to one for that matter.
    Anyone know how to configure a broadcom card in Fedora?
     
    Thomas, May 13, 2008
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