[dot] Fedora 9 Released with KDE 4.0.3

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From: Kevin Kofler <>
Dept: sulphur-below-oxygen
Date: Tuesday 13/May/2008, @08:33

Fedora 9 Released with KDE 4.0.3
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   The Fedora Project [http://fedoraproject.org/] has announced the
release of Fedora 9
[https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2008-May/msg00007.html],
codenamed "Sulphur". As your periodic table
[http://edu.kde.org/kalzium/] will tell you, Sulphur is the element
below Oxygen [http://www.oxygen-icons.org/], a fitting release name for
the third major distribution to ship KDE 4.0 (congrats to Mandriva and
Kubuntu for getting there first) and the first to make it the only
version of KDE. Fedora 9 includes KDE 4.0.3
[http://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-4.0.3.php]. Unfortunately,
KDE 4.0.4 [http://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-4.0.4.php] was
released too late to make it in, but there is no need to despair, it is
already available in updates-testing and is expected to become a stable,
tested update in a few days. To support your existing KDE 3 applications
such as Kontact, Amarok and K3b, Fedora 9 includes compatibility
libraries
[http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/f9/en_US/sn-BackwardsCompatibility.html#sn-KDE3-Development-Platform-Librates]
from KDE 3.5.9 [http://www.kde.org/announcements/announce-3.5.9.php]. As
always, the KDE Live CD is installable. New in Fedora 9, the live image
can also be converted
[http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/04/08/interview-jeremy-katz-on-fedora-live-cds/]
to a persistent USB key
[http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/LivePersistence]. The release
notes [http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/f9/en_US/] have a
section dedicated to KDE 4
[http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/f9/en_US/sn-Desktop.html#sn-KDE].


     In addition to the inclusion of KDE 4 as the default KDE
[http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureKDE4], Fedora 9 also
comes with other major new features
[http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/9/FeatureList], such as the
switch [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Upstart] to Upstart
[http://upstart.ubuntu.com/] to handle system startup, an improved
NetworkManager
[http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureMoreNetworkManager]
including support for mobile broadband
[http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/NetworkManager-MobileBroadband]
and systemwide configuration, a new
[http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/XserverOnePointFive], fast
[http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/OneSecondX] version of X.Org
X11, TexLive replacing tetex
[http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureTexLive], unified
spellchecking dictionaries
[http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/FeatureDictionary] and much
more.

     If that was not enough to convince you, you can have a look at some
screenshots [http://www.linux-noob.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=3455]
showing KDE 4 on Fedora 9. (The first few screenshots are of the
installer, so scroll down to see the KDE ones.)