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
Bangladesh<http://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(a)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