| Fedora项目是一份由Red
Hat策划的开放开发项目，它向普通参与者开放并由精英管理者领导，沿着一系列项目目标而前进。Fedora项目的目标是与Linux社区协作，只从开放
源码软件来创建一份完整的、通用的操作系统。其开发过程是以公开论坛的形式进行的。项目将按时间计划，每年作两到三次Fedora的发布，并提供一份公开
的发布日程表。Red
Hat工程组将继续参与Fedora的开发，并且将比以往更多地邀请和鼓励外界的参与。通过采用这样一种更加开放的过程，我们希望能提供一份更加符合自由
软件理念并且对开放源码社区更具吸引力的操作系统。 Jesse Keating has announced the availability of the beta release of Fedora 9. Highlights: "GNOME 2.22, with new features like a helpful world time clock, better file system performance, security improvements, power management at the login screen, the ability to dynamically configure displays, better Bluetooth integration; KDE 4.0.2, which includes a brand new desktop and panel with many new concepts; Firefox 3 Beta 5 featuring a native look and feel; support for resizing ext2, ext3 and NTFS partitions during install; support for creating and installing to encrypted file systems; PackageKit, a cross-distribution package management solution with a yum backend; kernel 2.6.25-rc5." Read the complete release announcement for more details. The installation DVD and live CD images are available for download from Fedora download mirrors or via BitTorrent; quick links to the desktop live CDs for i386 and x86_64 architectures: Fedora-9-Beta-Live-i686.iso (696MB, SHA1, torrent), Fedora-9-Beta-Live-x86_64.iso (708MB, SHA1, torrent). |
