Fedora 9(Sulphur) Released

Written by BinnyVA on May 13, 2008 – 11:33 pm -

Fedora 9 has been released - I have been waiting for this. For those of you who don’t know, Fedora is my distro of choice. I have been using Fedora since Fedora Core 3. And I will be upgrading to the latest release as soon as I get my hands on it.

Fedora 9 Launch

I have started the download - but I have a 256kbps internet connection - and it will take around 4 days for the download to complete. After the install, I will write a review on it. I can’t wait to see the new KDE!

I have began a process of backing up my data so that nothing will be lost during the upgrade. No matter how careful I am, I always manage to loose something in the upgrade. Yeah, I know - Murphy’s Law. I hate Murphy. I am waiting to see what I loose this time. Last time it was my database. Luckily I was able to restore it from my backup - but the data entered after the backup was lost.

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3 Comments to “Fedora 9(Sulphur) Released”

Sumesh from Blog Creativity Says:
May 15th, 2008 at 9:53 pm
Hehe, it is the bane of Indians to be stuck on 256 Kbps “broadband”.

Atleast you’re not on a 150 Kbps line as I am (will get 512 Kbps in June, as a silver lining in the cloud )

I’m wondering - why aren’t you using Ubuntu, or maybe Gentoo (if you’re that adventurous)?
BinnyVA Says:
May 15th, 2008 at 11:28 pm
I was on Fedora for a long time - I have not seriously thought of moving away. But its not due to loyalty - I am a fan of KDE and not the distro.

I like Gentoo - its the recommended distro for KDE. But its repository is not as large as Debian or Fedora. And Ubuntu is not an option for me - it uses Gnome.

Now Kubuntu - yes, I have had some thoughts about that one.
Fedora 9 Installed - And Uninstalled » LinDesk Says:
May 20th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
[...] As promised, I installed Fedora 9 - and promptly moved back to Fedora 8. The problem is not Fedora - its KDE. KDE 4 is not yet ready for normal use. And if you are a KDE user, I would suggest that you stay away from Fedora 9. [...]

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