Dear all, I'm copy pasting the "announcement" we made to various lists" You can also visit Ankur wiki page: http://tinyurl.com/665ofg

======================== Dear Friends, Fedora 9 (Sulphur) is now available - http://get.fedoraproject.org/. It's our great pleasure to inform you that we, Ankur Bangladeshhttp://www.ankur.org.bd/is going to arrange first ever Operating System Release party in Bangladesh on this occassion. The party is going to be a great fun included with "Live USB stick making station (min 1GB)", "Free Fedora 9 DVD distribution", snacks and of course talk on New features of Fedora 9. You are all Invited to the party, come along with your friends.

- To get free DVD please register yourself : * http://tinyurl.com/5srpmt *; we have limited number of DVDs, those will be given away on first come first serve basis. - Bring 1GB USB drive to have Live USB Fedora 9

- Interested persons who want to deliver small talks or share their experience / tips-n-tricks on Fedora, can email us feedback@ankur.org.bd, to enlist their names.

*Date:* Friday, May 16, 2008. *Time: *5:00 pm *Venue: *FREPD Auditorium, Palashi Crossing, Dhaka University Campus. *Location: *FREPD is just opposite of BUET Kacha bazar.

more details: 1. Fedoraproject wiki: *http://tinyurl.com/6pnuxk* 2. Facebook event: *http://tinyurl.com/6j32dt *(login needed)

*Fedora 9 (Sulfur) key features: * Fedora has always been a place where new technologies can be found and worked with. Fedora 9 is no exception. Some major enhancements in Fedora 9 include:

- PackageKit - A new graphical interface for package management. - KDE 4 - Firefox 3 - OpenJDK6 - Encrypted root filesystem support - Preupgrade abilities from Fedora 8 - Persistent Live USB support - FreeIPA for identity management - Upstart - EXT4 support

See you at the party...

Regards Mahay Alam Khan Fedora Ambassador - Bangladesh. GS - Ankur Bangladesh