Fedora 9 leaked
The next version of the Fedora Linux distribution, Fedora 9 “Sulphur”, has been leaked into the public domain due to a misconfiguration in one of the European download mirrors.
“mcduck”, a member of the Linux-Noob forums, has posted a series of screenshots detailing the installation of the latest iteration of the popular distribution ahead of the official release tomorrow.
One of the first things that stands out from the screenshots is the choice of the new KDE 4 desktop environment. While the new environment offers plenty of enhancements over older versions some distros have shied away from making it the default option due to compatibility worries, with the latest version of Kubuntu shipping with KDE 3.5.9 in the standard release. Despite the reticence of some other distributions, it's clear that the Fedora team believe KDE 4 is ready for release.
Fedora 9 also introduces support in the installation process for the creation of an encrypted system partition, to keep your private data private.
Also: Fedora 9 is scheduled for release tomorrow. Six months after Fedora 8 was released, Fedora 9 will be available in a variety of “spins” (custom boot images for everything from desktop installs to USB devices) with improved networking and eyecandy.
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