Open source Fedoraproject.org has released the beta of Fedora 9 signaling the code's readiness for testing by early adopters.
Fedora 9, code-named Sulphur, was released Tuesday and features a number of improvements including FreeIPA, which helps administrators centralise authentication and identity management.
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