Number 9, number 9. Fedora 9 Preview has been cleared for takeoff! [LWN.net]

Number 9, number 9. Fedora 9 Preview has been cleared for takeoff!

Posted Apr 19, 2008 18:49 UTC (Sat) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946)
In reply to: Number 9, number 9. Fedora 9 Preview has been cleared for takeoff! by gravious
Parent article: Number 9, number 9. Fedora 9 Preview has been cleared for takeoff!

You mention the triggers support in dpkg fork in Ubuntu but note that RPM has triggers for a
long time. While it isn't used much in Fedora, it can be quite handy indeed. Similarly RPM
also supports multi-lib and file based dependencies. 

GDM in Fedora is a new rewrite 

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/NewGdm

It supports nice features like smoother interaction, power management and accessibility even
from the login screen and others. There are still some missing pieces however. 

For voice and video support, you might want to consider Empathy which just recently gained
these features. Also SELinux issues are quickly handled in fedora-selinux list and bugzilla.
General issues with the pre releases can be discussed in fedora-test list too. 

Lastly, you are quite welcome. Keep providing us more feedback esp on the mailing lists where
developers interact often.

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Number 9, number 9. Fedora 9 Preview has been cleared for takeoff!

Posted Apr 20, 2008 13:46 UTC (Sun) by gravious (guest, #7662) [Link]

Hi there,

Multi-lib clearly rocks. I avoided Fedora 64-bit because of the pain I had with Ubuntu 64-bit.
I will re-install and try it out when F9 hits the mirrors because I feel like my Athlon 64 is
going to waste :)

Ah, the new GDM looks cool. If I may be so bold though, I consider the lack of a GUI tool to
configure GDM a regression. Maybe the new inproved GDM should have been held back by one
release until all the pieces were in place? An internet search reveals that I am not the only
one wondering what happened. It's not a big deal. I was just surprised and I have been forced
to learn a bit more about Gconf than I wanted to!

I will follow F10 using the mailing lists and Bugzilla as you suggest.