<div class="gmail_quote">Dear all, I'm copy pasting the "announcement" we made to various lists" You can also visit Ankur wiki page: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/665ofg">http://tinyurl.com/665ofg</a> ======================== Dear Friends, Fedora 9 (Sulphur) is now available - <a href="http://get.fedoraproject.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://get.fedoraproject.org/</a>. It's our great pleasure to inform you that we, <a style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" href="http://www.ankur.org.bd/" target="_blank">Ankur Bangladesh</a> 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. <ul><li>To get free DVD please register yourself : <a href="http://tinyurl.com/5srpmt" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/5srpmt</a> ; we have limited number of DVDs, those will be given away on first come first serve basis.</li> <li>Bring 1GB USB drive to have Live USB Fedora 9 </li></ul><ul><li>Interested persons who want to deliver small talks or share their experience / tips-n-tricks on Fedora, can email us <a href="mailto:feedback@ankur.org.bd" target="_blank">feedback@ankur.org.bd</a>, to enlist their names.</li> </ul><div><div class="Ih2E3d"> Date: Friday, May 16, 2008. </div>Time: 5:00 pm </div>Venue: FREPD Auditorium, Palashi Crossing, Dhaka University Campus. Location: FREPD is just opposite of BUET Kacha bazar. more details: 1. Fedoraproject wiki: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/6pnuxk" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/6pnuxk</a> 2. Facebook event: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/6j32dt" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/6j32dt</a> (login needed) Fedora 9 (Sulfur) key features: <div class="Ih2E3d">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: <ul><li>PackageKit - A new graphical interface for package management.</li><li>KDE 4</li><li>Firefox 3</li><li>OpenJDK6</li><li>Encrypted root filesystem support</li><li>Preupgrade abilities from Fedora 8</li><li>Persistent Live USB support</li> <li>FreeIPA for identity management</li><li>Upstart</li><li>EXT4 support</li></ul> </div>See you at the party... Regards Mahay Alam Khan Fedora Ambassador - Bangladesh. GS - Ankur Bangladesh </div>