Dev Fu focuses on the fresh and free OpenJDK 6 in Fedora 9 (Sulphur) because this is great news for developers. Especially developers who want to use the best software because it�s free and it doesn�t suck. However, there is much more of interest for developers than just OpenJDK:
- Developers using Fedora as a workstation/laptop to develop on:
[list] - gcc 4.3, perl 5.10
- NetworkManager has had huge improvements, making it one of the best wireless experiences on laptops for any operating system; it now supports a wide range of mobile broadband solutions
- Live USB with persistence means your favorite development environment in your pocket now lets you carry around and update your projects.
- Eclipse that runs well on Linux runs best on Fedora, and subsequently Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Use the Microsoft Windows-based tool livecd-creator to create live instances of Fedora on USB flash media
- KDE 4 and GNOME 2.22 for great desktop environments
- Partition resizing at install time, including NTFS partitions
- Pre Upgrade, to upgrade an older installation directly
- � and OpenJDK 6!
[/list] - Developers targeting the environment for applications:
[list] - D-Bus improvements
- More libvirt, the virtualization API
- ext4, begin working now with the next iteration of this stable and standard file system
- XULRunner now the common engine for Gecko using applications
- Common dictionary used across applications fixes proliferation of dictionaries
- freeIPA provides a common account system that can be adopted for an application
- As Java based applications begin to get packages in to Fedora, many should land in Fedora 9. Hear that, JBoss.org fans?
- � and OpenJDK 6!
[/list] - Developers managing systems, such as testing and build:
[list] - func, the Fedora Unified Network Controller
- cobbler, rapid provisioning services
- oVirt, the WebUI virtual machine manager, and Virtual Machine Manager, the desktop client
- � and OpenJDK 6!
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For a good general overview of Fedora 9, read Fedora Project Leader Paul W. Frields article in Red Hat Magazine, �Fedora 9: Get yours and get involved�. The full feature list for Fedora 9 is also a good read.
