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Julex was a Knoppix-based live CD distribution. Its aim was to be light-weight so that it works on older computers and was a small file to download.
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| 2024-10-29 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Fedora 41 |
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The Fedora team have announced the availability of Fedora 41. The project's latest release ships with version 6.11 of the Linux kernel, RPM 4.20 and GNOME 47 for the distribution's Workstation edition. This release also removes GNOME's X11 support in the Workstation edition. "Fedora Workstation 41 is based on GNOME 47. Read What's New in Fedora Workstation 41? for details. Notably for command-line users, we've changed the default terminal to GNOME Console. It's more lightweight, but has some nice new features as well. (GNOME Terminal is still there if you need some of the flexibility it offers.) Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop ships with the latest KDE 6.2 release. See What's New in Fedora KDE 41? for more. We also have a new Spin featuring KDE Plasma Mobile. If you're interested in trying something new, take a look at Fedora Miracle! Miracle is a new desktop environment built on Mir and Wayland. " Additional information can be found in the release announcement and in the release notes. Download (pkglist): Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-41-1.4.iso (2,344MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-41-1.4.iso (2,688MB, SHA256, torrent).
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| 2024-09-17 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 41 Beta |
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The Fedora team have announced the release of a new development snapshot, Fedora 41 Beta. This development release removes Python 2, re-introduces the NVIDIA binary driver through the software centre, and upgrades the DNF package manager. "Although it can’t be part of Fedora Linux, we know that the NVIDIA binary driver is pragmatically essential for many people. Previously, NVIDIA driver installation had been removed from GNOME Software because it didn’t support Secure Boot, which is increasingly-often enabled by default on laptops. This change brings the option back for Fedora Workstation users with Secure Boot supported. This is good news for folks who want to use Fedora Linux for gaming and CUDA. The change also helps Fedora stay relevant for AI/LLVM workloads. In Fedora Linux 41, the DNF package management command will be updated to version 5. (DNF5 and bootc will be available on image-based Fedora variants such as Atomic desktops and Fedora IoT.) The new packages will make it simpler to build and update bootable container images based on these variants." Additional details can be found in the Fedora Magazine release announcement. Download (pkglist): Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-41_Beta-1.2.iso (2,279MB, SHA256), Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-41_Beta-1.2.iso (2,609MB, SHA256). |
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| 2024-04-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Fedora 40 |
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Matthew Miller has announced the release of Fedora 40. The new release features GNOME 46, KDE Plasma 6, and PyTorch for deep learning tasks. The release announcement shares the highlights: "Fedora Workstation Edition features the GNOME desktop environment, now updated to version 46. Check out What's New in Fedora Workstation 40? for the highlights! The KDE Spin now includes KDE Plasma 6, and runs with Wayland out of the box. Read more about that and other KDE Spin updates at What's New in Fedora KDE 40? We're also officially reviving the “Fedora Atomic Desktop” brand for all of our variants which use ostree or image-based provisioning. Our technology isn't really 'immutable', so this provides a better grouping. Read more about this at Introducing Fedora Atomic Desktops - but in short, Fedora Silverblue and Fedora Kinoite will remain, while the other desktop variants will become Fedora Sway Atomic and Fedora Budgie Atomic." Download (pkglist): Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-40-1.14.iso (2,189MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-40-1.14.iso (2,491MB, SHA256, torrent).
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| 2024-03-26 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 40 Beta |
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The Fedora team have published a beta snapshot for the upcoming release of Fedora 40. The new beta ships with GNOME 46 and KDE Plasma 6, with the latter offering Wayland as the only login session. "The Fedora Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Fedora Linux 40 beta, the next step towards our planned Fedora Linux 40 release at the end of April. Fedora KDE desktop now ships with Plasma 6, thanks to a lot of hard work from the Fedora KDE Special Interest Group and the upstream KDE project, is Wayland-only. (Don't worry, X11-native apps will still run under Wayland.) Fedora Workstation 40 beta brings us GNOME 46. We're bringing you Podman 5 for container management. The AMD ROCm accelerator framework is updated to version 6. And, we've got the updated language stacks you expect from a new release: LLVM 18 (that's Clang and friends), as well as GCC 14 (with newer glibc, Binutils and gdb). There are many other changes big and small across the release." Additional details can be found in the release announcement. Download (pkglist): Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-40_Beta-1.10.iso (2,178MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-40_Beta-1.10.iso (2,505MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2023-11-07 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Fedora 39 |
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The Fedora project has published a new release, Fedora 39, which includes GNOME 45, an updated version of Inkscape, and updated development tools. This release is also offered in a new atomic desktop flavour which uses the Budgie desktop and is called Fedora Onyx. "On November 6, 2003, the Fedora Project released the Fedora Core 1. One day and twenty years later, we're pleased to bring you Fedora Linux 39, our complete, community-built operating system for desktops, laptops, servers, the cloud, edge devices - and just about anything else you can think of. Fedora Workstation now features GNOME 45, which brings better performance and many usability enhancements, including a new workspace switcher and a much-improved image viewer. If you're looking for a different desktop experience, our Budgie Special Interest Group has created Fedora Onyx, a Budgie-based 'Atomic' desktop in the spirit of Fedora Silverblue. Of course, that's not all - we also have updated desktop flavors featuring KDE Plasma Desktop, Xfce, Cinnamon and more." Additional details are offered in the Fedora Magazine release announcement. Download (pkglist): Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-39-1.5.iso (2,031MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-39-1.5.iso (2,421MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2023-09-19 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 39 Beta |
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The Fedora project has announced a new beta release of the Red Hat-sponsored distribution. The new beta snapshot, Fedora 39 Beta, is a relatively minor upgrade with a number of proposals (such as an upgrade for the DNF package manager) not completing in time to make it into this release. However, the GNOME desktop and LibreOffice have received significant updates: "The Fedora Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Fedora Linux 39 Beta, the next step towards our planned Fedora Linux 39 release at the end of October. Fedora Workstation 39 Beta brings us GNOME 45 (itself also in beta). For everyone who needs a free and open source desktop suite, there’s LibreOffice 7.6. Fedora Cloud images for AWS now default to less-expensive gp3 storage volumes. We also have an update to the GNU Toolchain (GCC 13.2, Binutils 2.40, glibc 2.38, gdb 13.2). Of course, developers appreciate that we include the latest tools, but these updates also include improvements to security and performance that will benefit everyone who uses Fedora Linux." Additional details are provided in the release announcement. Download (pkglist): Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-39_Beta-1.1.iso (2,038MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-39_Beta-1.1.iso (2,424MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2023-04-18 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Fedora 38 |
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The Fedora team have announced the release of Fedora 38. The new release offers the GNOME 44 desktop in the project's Workstation edition. The distribution now features shorter timeout delays when services shutdown, which makes shutting down or restarting the system faster. The DNF5 package manager has been introduced as a technology preview and users are invited to try it out and report on their experiences. "Fedora Workstation focuses on the desktop experience. As usual, Fedora Workstation features the latest GNOME release. GNOME 44 includes a lot of great improvements, including a new lock screen, a 'background apps' section on the quick menu, and improvements to accessibility settings. In addition, enabling third-party repositories now enables an unfiltered view of applications on Flathub. With this release, we've shortened the default timeout when services shut down. This helps your system power off faster - important when you need to grab your laptop and go. Of course, we produce more than just the Editions. Fedora Spins and Labs target a variety of audiences and use cases, including Fedora Comp Neuro, which provides tools for computational neuroscience, and desktop environments like Fedora LXQt, which provides a lightweight desktop environment. And, don't forget our alternate architectures: ARM AArch64, Power, and S390x." The release announcement and release notes offer additional information. Download (pkglist): Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-38-1.6.iso (2,002MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-38-1.6.iso (2,325MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2023-03-14 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 38 Beta |
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The Fedora project has published a beta snapshot of the distribution's upcoming Fedora 38 release. The new beta features GNOME 44, updated development tools, and strict compile flags to protect against common memory attacks. "Fedora 38 Workstation Beta includes GNOME 44. It’s currently in beta, with a final release expected at the end of March. GNOME 44 includes a lot of great improvements, including a new lock screen, a 'background apps' section on the quick menu, and improvements to accessibility settings. In addition, enabling third-party repositories now enables an unfiltered view of applications on Flathub. We always strive to bring new security features to users quickly. Packages are now built with stricter compiler flags that protect against buffer overflows. The rpm package manager uses a Sequoia-based OpenPGP parser instead of its own implementation. If you’re profiling applications, you’ll appreciate the frame pointers now built into official packages. This makes Fedora Linux a great platform for developers looking to improve Linux application performance." Additional information is provided in the Fedora Magazine release announcement and in the changeset document. Download (pkglist): Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-38_Beta-1.3.iso (1,967MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-38_Beta-1.3.iso (2,335MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2022-11-15 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Fedora 37 |
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Matthew Miller has announced the release of Fedora 37. The latest release includes two new editions: Fedora CoreOS, which replaces Atomic Host, and Fedora Cloud returns. "Fedora Workstation focuses on the desktop experience. As usual, Fedora Workstation features the latest GNOME release. GNOME 43 includes a new device security panel in Settings, providing the user with information about the security of hardware and firmware on the system. Building on the previous release, more core GNOME apps have been ported to the latest version of the GTK toolkit, providing improved performance and a modern look. With this release, we’ve made a few changes to allow you to slim down your installation a bit. We split the language packs for the Firefox browser into subpackages. This means you can remove the 'firefox-langpacks' package if you don’t need the localization. The runtime packages for gettext - the tools that help other packages produce multilingual text - are split into a separate, optional subpackage." Additional details can be found in the release announcement and in the release notes. Download (pkglist): Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-37-1.7.iso (1,942MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-37-1.7.iso (2,345MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-Silverblue-ostree-x86_64-37-1.7.iso (2,808MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2022-09-13 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 37 Beta |
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Ben Cotton has announced the release of a new development snapshot for Fedora 37. The new snapshot includes GNOME 43, updated versions of programming languages such as Python and Perl, and removes support for ARMv7 CPUs. "Fedora 37 Workstation Beta includes a beta release of GNOME 43. (We expect the final GNOME 43 release in a few weeks.) GNOME 43 includes a new device security panel in Settings, providing the user with information about the security of hardware and firmware on the system. Building on the previous release, more core GNOME apps have been ported to the latest version of the GTK toolkit, providing improved performance and a modern look. The Raspberry Pi 4 is now officially supported in Fedora Linux, including accelerated graphics. In other ARM news, Fedora Linux 37 Beta drops support for the ARMv7 architecture (also known as arm32 or armhfp)." Additional information can be found in the project's release announcement and in this Fedora Magazine post. Download (pkglist): Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-37_Beta-1.5.iso (1,930MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-37_Beta-1.5.iso (2,340MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2022-05-10 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Fedora 36 |
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The Fedora team have announced the release of Fedora 36. The new release offers desktop users a chance to run GNOME 42 with most applications ported to GTK 4. Fedora 36 also ships with a new version of the Ansible management software while Cockpit can now manage network shares. "Fedora Linux 36 includes the latest release of Ansible. Ansible 5 splits the 'engine' into an ansible-core package and collections packages. This makes maintenance easier and allows you to download only the collections you need. See the Ansible 5 Porting Guide to learn how to update your playbooks. Beginning in Fedora Server 36, Cockpit provides a module for provisioning and ongoing administration of NFS and Samba shares. This allows administrators to manage network file shares through the Cockpit web interface used to configure other server attributes." The release announcement and release notes offer additional information. Download (pkglist): Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-36-1.5.iso (1,924MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-36-1.5.iso (2,248MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-Silverblue-ostree-x86_64-36-1.5.iso (2,634MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2022-03-29 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 36 Beta |
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Tomas Hrcka has announced the release of a new development snapshot of Fedora. The Fedora 36 Beta ships with GNOME 42, LXQt 1.0, and version 3.1 of the Ruby development language. Wayland support running on NVIDIA video cards has been improved and is now supported by default. "Fedora 36 Workstation Beta includes GNOME 42, the newest release of the GNOME desktop environment. GNOME 42 includes a global dark style UI setting. It also has a redesigned screenshot tool. And many core GNOME apps have been ported to the latest version of the GTK toolkit, providing improved performance and a modern look. Fedora Silverblue and Kinoite now have /var on a separate subvolume for new installs, which makes handling snapshots of dynamic data easier to manage independently from the system snapshots. Fans of the lightweight LXQt desktop environment will be glad to see the upstream 1.0 release in Fedora Linux 36. You can install the LXQt Spin directly or install LXQt alongside your existing desktop environment. If you use the proprietary NVIDIA driver, GDM sessions will now use Wayland by default." Additional information can be found in the announcement. Download (pkglist): Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-36_Beta-1.4.iso (1,942MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-36_Beta-1.4.iso (2,218MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-Silverblue-ostree-x86_64-36_Beta-1.4.iso (2,640MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2021-11-02 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Fedora 35 |
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The Fedora team have announced the launch of Fedora 35. The new version of Fedora ships with GNOME 41, the PipeWire audio system, and the WirePlumber session manager. "We switched the default audio system to PipeWire in Fedora Linux 34, and now we're improving this by adding the new WirePlumber session manager. WirePlumber allows for more customization of the policy and rules for audio and video. It provides a richer development experience and adds bindings for most languages. If you enable the third-party repositories that ship in Fedora Linux desktop variants, those repositories are now immediately available. Additionally, enabling third-party repositories now makes selected Flathub applications available via a filtered Flathub remote. This eases access to a curated list of applications that will not cause legal or other problems for Fedora to point to, does not overlap Fedora Flatpaks, and works reasonably well." The release announcement offers further details. Download (pkglist): Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-35-1.2.iso (1,916MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-35-1.2.iso (2,129MB, SHA256, torrent. |
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| 2021-09-28 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 35 Beta |
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The Fedora team have announced a new development snapshot of their popular Linux distribution. Fedora 35 Beta ships with GNOME 41 with an updated software manager, and utilities to improve laptop battery life. "Fedora 35 Workstation Beta includes GNOME 41, the newest release of the GNOME desktop environment. GNOME 41 includes a redesigned Software application that makes it easier to find and install the tools you need. And now when you enable third-party repositories during installation, you’ll get access to flatpaks from Flathub to supplement the Fedora repository. Fedora 35 Workstation also includes power-profiles-daemon, which allows you to choose between optimizing for system performance or battery life. New in this release is Fedora Kinoite—a KDE Plasma environment based on rpm-ostree technology. Like Fedora Silverblue, Kinoite provides atomic updates and an immutable operating system for increased reliability. Fedora Linux 35 builds on the switch to PipeWire for managing audio by introducing WirePlumber as the default session manager. WirePlumber enables customization of rules for routing streams to and from devices." Additional information can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (pkglist): Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-35_Beta-1.2.iso (1,910MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-35_Beta-1.2.iso (2,133MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2021-04-27 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Fedora 34 |
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Matthew Miller has announced the release of Fedora 34, the latest version of the popular Linux distribution sponsored by Red Hat: "I'm excited to share the results of the hard work of thousands of contributors to the Fedora Project: our latest release, Fedora Linux 34, is here." As usual, Fedora ships in several editions and spins, available for the x86_64 and AArch64 architectures. The "Workstation" variant now comes with GNOME 40: "Fedora editions are targeted outputs geared toward specific 'showcase' uses on the desktop, in server and cloud environments, and the Internet of Things. Fedora Workstation focuses on the desktop, and in particular, it's geared toward software developers who want a 'just works' Linux operating system experience. This release features GNOME 40, the next step in focused, distraction-free computing. GNOME 40 brings improvements to navigation whether you use a trackpad, a keyboard, or a mouse. The app grid and settings have been redesigned to make interaction more intuitive. You can read more about what changed and why in a Fedora Magazine article from March." See the full release announcement for further information. Download (pkglist): Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-34-1.2.iso (1,914MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-34-1.2.iso (2,004MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2021-03-23 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 34 Beta |
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The Fedora team have announced the launch of a new development snapshot of their distribution. Fedora 34 Beta introduces a number of significant changes, including GNOME 40, replacing PulseAudio with PipeWire, and the default Btr filesystem enables transparent compression. "After Fedora Linux 33 made BTRFS the default filesystem for desktop variants, Fedora Linux 34 Beta enables transparent compression for more disk space. This increases the lifespan of flash-based media by reducing write amplification for solid-state disks. This compression improves the read and write performance for larger files, with the potential to add significant time efficiency into workflows. With a foundation for future enhancements, we aim to continue adding to these capabilities in future versions. Desktop audio will transition from using PulseAudio to PipeWire to mix and manage audio streams. The supports low-latency for pro audio use cases. PipeWire is better designed to meet the needs of containers and applications shipped in Flatpaks. The integration of PipeWire also creates the space for just one audio infrastructure to serve both desktop and professional use cases for mixing. Fedora 34 Workstation Beta includes GNOME 40, the newest release of the GNOME desktop environment." The release announcement offers further details. Download (pkglist): Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-34_Beta-1.3.iso (1,908MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-34_Beta-1.3.iso (2,019MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2020-10-27 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Fedora 33 |
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The Fedora project has announced the release of Fedora 33. The project's latest version ships with Btrfs as the default filesystem (on the Workstation edition) and runs GNOME 3.38. Each edition now enables the EarlyOOM service to free up memory when heavy processes consume too much RAM and swap space. The project has also made nano the default command line text editor, replacing vi. "No matter what variant of Fedora you use, you're getting the latest the open source world has to offer. Following our 'First' foundation, we've updated key programming language and system library packages, including Python 3.9, Ruby on Rails 6.0, and Perl 5.32. In Fedora KDE, we've followed the work in Fedora 32 Workstation and enabled the EarlyOOM service by default to improve the user experience in low-memory situations. To make the default Fedora experience better, we've set nano as the default editor. nano is a friendly editor for new users. Those of you who want the power of editors like vi can, of course, set your own default." Further information can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (pkglist): Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-33-1.2.iso (1,954MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-33-1.2.iso (1,980MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2020-09-29 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 33 Beta |
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The Fedora team have announced the availability of Fedora 33 Beta. The new development snapshot includes new features, such as using Btrfs as the default filesystem along with GNOME 3.38 as the Workstation edition's desktop. Some editions, apart from just Workstation, now enable the EarlyOOM process killer to avoid reduced system performance when RAM is full. "All of the desktop variants of Fedora 33 Beta - including Fedora Workstation, Fedora KDE, and others - will use Btrfs as the default filesystem. This is a big shift: we've been using ext filesystems since Fedora Core 1. Btrfs offers some really compelling features for users, including transparent compression and copy-on-write. For Fedora 33, we're only defaulting to the basic features of Btrfs, but we'll build out the default feature set to include more goodies in future releases." Further details can be found in the distribution's release announcement. Download (pkglist): Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-33_Beta-1.3.iso (1,934MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-33_Beta-1.3.iso (1,994MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2020-04-28 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Fedora 32 |
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Matthew Miller has announced the release of Fedora 32. The projects latest release upgrades development tools and compilers, removes most of the legacy Python 2 packages, and ships with the GNOME 3.36 desktop. The distribution now includes the EarlyOOM memory monitor which can remove processes which are consuming too much RAM. "No matter what variant of Fedora you use, you're getting the latest the open source world has to offer. Following our “First” foundation, we've updated key programming language and system library packages, including GCC 10, Ruby 2.7, and Python 3.8. Of course, with Python 2 past end-of-life, we've removed most Python 2 packages from Fedora. A legacy python27 package is provided for developers and users who still need it. In Fedora Workstation, we've enabled the EarlyOOM service by default to improve the user experience in low-memory situations." Further details can be found in the distribution's release announcement. Download (pkglist): Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-32-1.6.iso (1,875MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-32-1.6.iso (1,977MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2020-03-17 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 32 Beta |
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Mohan Boddu has announced the release of a new development snapshot of Fedora. The project's new development release, Fedora 32 Beta, includes EarlyOOM to kill off memory hungry processes before they can cripple the operating system. The beta also includes GNOME 3.36 which offers a number of performance improvements. "New in Fedora 32 Workstation Beta is EarlyOOM enabled by default. EarlyOOM enables users to more quickly recover and regain control over their system in low-memory situations with heavy swap usage. Fedora 32 Workstation Beta also enables the fs.trim timer by default, which improves performance and wear leveling for solid state drives. Fedora 32 Workstation Beta includes GNOME 3.36, the newest release of the GNOME desktop environment. It is full of performance enhancements and improvements. GNOME 3.36 adds a Do Not Disturb button in the notifications, improved setup for parental controls and virtualization, and tweaks to Settings. For a full list of GNOME 3.36 highlights, see the release notes." Further details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (pkglist): Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-32_Beta-1.2.iso (1,859MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-32_Beta-1.2.iso (2,151MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2019-10-29 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Fedora 31 |
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Matthew Miller has announced the release of Fedora 31. The new version includes a special isolated container feature called Fedora Toolbox. "If you haven't used the Fedora Toolbox, this is a great time to try it out. This is a simple tool for launching and managing personal workspace containers, so you can do development or experiment in an isolated experience. It's as simple as running 'toolbox Enter' from the command line. This containerized workflow is vital for users of the ostree-based Fedora variants like CoreOS, IoT, and Silverblue, but is also extremely useful on any workstation or even server system. Look for many more enhancements to this tool and the user experience around it in the next few months - your feedback is very welcome. Fedora Editions are targeted outputs geared toward specific 'showcase' uses. Fedora Workstation focuses on the desktop, and particular software developers who want a 'just works' Linux operating system experience. This release features GNOME 3.34, which brings significant performance enhancements which will be especially noticeable on lower-powered hardware." The release announcement offers further details. The Fedora distribution is available in Workstation and Server editions as well as various other community spins. Download (pkglist): Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-31-1.9.iso (1,840MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-31-1.9.iso (2,039MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2019-09-17 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 31 Beta |
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Matthew Miller has announced the release of Fedora 31 Beta. The new development snapshot includes a preview of GNOME 3.34, several package updates, and builds for multiple architectures. For this beta the i686 (x86) installation media has been dropped. This beta also introduces a new Internet of Things (IoT) build. "The newest release of the GNOME desktop environment is full of performance enhancements and improvements. The beta ships with a prerelease, and the full 3.34 release will be available as an update. For a full list of GNOME 3.34 highlights, see the release notes. Fedora IoT Edition: Fedora Editions address specific use-cases the Fedora Council has identified as significant in growing our userbase and community. We have Workstation, Server, and CoreOS - and now we're adding Fedora IoT. This will be available from the main Get Fedora site when the final release of F31 is ready, but for now, get it from iot.fedoraproject.org. Read more about Fedora IoT in our Getting Started docs." The release announcement has further details. Download (pkglist): Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-31_Beta-1.1.iso (1,952MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-31_Beta-1.1.iso (2,028MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2019-04-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Fedora 30 |
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Matthew Miller has announced the release of Fedora 30. The new version of the Red Hat-sponsored distribution ships with GNOME 3.32, PHP 7.3 and version 9 of the GNU Compiler Collection. There is also a new feature called Linux System Roles to help administrators set up modules through Ansible: "Fedora Workstation features GNOME 3.32 - the latest release of this popular desktop environment. GNOME 3.32 features an updated visual style, including the user interface, the icons, and the desktop itself. New to Fedora Server are Linux System Roles - a collection of roles and modules executed by Ansible to assist Linux admins in the configuration of common GNU/Linux subsystems. No matter what variant of Fedora you use, you're getting the latest the open source world has to offer. GCC 9, Bash 5.0, and PHP 7.3 are among the many updated packages in Fedora 30. We're excited for you to try it out." Further details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (pkglist): Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-30-1.2.iso (1,845MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-30-1.2.iso (3,030MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-Silverblue-ostree-x86_64-30-1.2.iso (2,083MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2019-04-02 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 30 Beta |
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The Fedora team has published a new beta release, Fedora 30 Beta. The new development snapshot features GNOME 3.32 and provides packages for the Deepin and Pantheon desktop environments. Performance improvements are also coming to the distribution's DNF package manager: "Fedora 30 Beta includes two new options for desktop environment. DeepinDE and Pantheon Desktop join GNOME, KDE Plasma, Xfce, and others as options for users to customize their Fedora experience. All DNF repository metadata for Fedora 30 Beta is compressed with the zchunk format in addition to xz or gzip. zchunk is a new compression format designed to allow for highly efficient deltas. When Fedora's metadata is compressed using zchunk, DNF will download only the differences between any earlier copies of the metadata and the current version. Fedora 30 Workstation Beta includes GNOME 3.32, the latest version of the popular desktop environment. GNOME 3.32 features updated visual style, including the user interface, the icons, and the desktop itself. For a full list of GNOME 3.32 highlights, see the [GNOME] release notes." Further details are available in the project's release announcement. Download (pkglist): Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-30_Beta-1.8.iso (1,856MB, SHA256), Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-30_Beta-1.8.iso (3,043MB, SHA256), Fedora-Silverblue-ostree-x86_64-30_Beta-1.8.iso (2,093MB). |
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| 2018-10-30 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Fedora 29 |
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Matthew Miller has announced the release of Fedora 29. The project's latest version is being published almost exactly 15 years after Fedora Core 1 was released and is available in many editions and spins for multiple architectures. "This release is particularly exciting because it’s the first to include the Fedora Modularity feature across all our different variants. Modularity lets us ship different versions of packages on the same Fedora base. This means you no longer need to make your whole OS upgrade decisions based on individual package versions. For example, you can choose Node.js version 8 or version 10, on either Fedora 28 or Fedora 29. Or you can choose between a version of Kubernetes which matches OpenShift Origin, and a module stream which follows the upstream. Other big changes include GNOME 3.30 on the desktop, ZRAM for our ARM images, and a Vagrant image for Fedora Scientific." Further details can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (pkglist): Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-29-1.2.iso (1,842MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-29-1.2.iso (2,978MB, SHA256, torrent). A new "Silverblue" edition of Fedora (formerly known as "Fedora Atomic Workstation"), with support for container-focused workflows, is also available: Fedora-Silverblue-ostree-x86_64-29-1.2.iso (2,015MB, SHA256). |
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| 2018-09-25 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 29 Beta |
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The Fedora team has announced the availability of a new testing snapshot. The new beta release, Fedora 29 beta, includes GNOME 3.30, hides the boot loader menu when there is only one operating system installed and modularity is now available across all Fedora editions. "Fedora 28 introduced modular repositories for Fedora Server Edition. For Fedora 29 beta, modularity is available in all editions, spins and labs. Modularity makes multiple versions of important packages available in parallel and it will work with the same DNF you already know. Learn more about Modularity by reading the documentation, or listening to episode 003 of the Fedora Podcast. Fedora 29 Workstation beta provides GNOME 3.30. GNOME 3.30 streamlines performance, adds a new Podcasts app, and automatically updates Flatpaks in Software Center. Fedora 29 beta also includes many other updates: the Fedora Atomic Workstation was rebranded as Fedora Silverblue, the GRUB menu will be hidden on single OS installation." Additional details can be found in the release announcement. Download (pkglist): Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-29_Beta-1.5.iso (1,820MB, SHA256), Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-29_Beta-1.5.iso (2,863MB, SHA256). |
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| 2018-05-01 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Fedora 28 |
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The Fedora team has launched a new release of their popular, Red Hat sponsored distribution. The new version, Fedora 28, introduces some important changes, including the ability to more easily add third-party software to the operating system's Workstation edition. "The headline feature for Fedora 28 Server is the inclusion of the new Modular repository. This lets you select between different versions of software like NodeJS or Django, so you can chose the stack you need for your software. Interested? Check out the documentation for using modules. Also of note: 64-bit ARM (Aarch64) is now a primary architecture for Fedora Server. Fedora 28 Workstation has big news too. For the first time, we're making it easy for users to enable certain third-party software sources, including proprietary NVIDIA drivers. We've worked for a long time to figure out the right way to do this without compromising our ideals, and I think the opt-in approach we're trying now does it well. Read more in the Magazine article on third-party repos, and also check out other F28 Workstation news." Further information can be found in the project's release announcement. Fedora is available in three main flavours (Workstation, Server and Atomic), as well as multiple community spins. Download (pkglist): Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-28-1.1.iso (1,705MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-28-1.1.iso (2,769MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2018-04-03 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 28 Beta |
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The Fedora team has launched a new testing version of their Red Hat sponsored project. The new development release, Fedora 28 Beta, features 64-bit ARM support and GNOME 3.28. VirtualBox guest additions are now included by default. The big new feature though across all Fedora editions is the project's modular repository: "As discussed in Modularity is Dead, Long Live Modularity, we have taken a simpler approach to modules for F28. Instead of a separate modularized operating system, we've added a new Modular Repository alongside the traditional Everything Repository. With the Fedora Server Edition, the Modular repository will be immediately available. You will have access to a few modules today with more to come during the run-up to the F28 release. You can enable Modularity in other Editions and variants of Fedora, but unfortunately, Modules are not yet available through GNOME Software or Plasma Discover. We are working on providing the necessary support to libdnf which these tools (and others) rely on. To use the Modular repo on a Fedora desktop platform, we recommend enabling it inside a container." Download (pkglist): Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-28_Beta-1.3.iso (1,844MB, SHA256), Fedora-Workstation-netinst-x86_64-28_Beta-1.3.iso (571MB, SHA256), Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-28_Beta-1.3.iso (2,756MB, SHA256), Fedora-Server-netinst-x86_64-28_Beta-1.3.iso (571MB, SHA256). |
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| 2017-11-14 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Fedora 27 |
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The Fedora team has announced the release of a new version of their cutting edge Linux distribution. The new version, Fedora 27, ships with GNOME 3.26 which features a new settings panel and a more comprehensive search page. The Boxes virtual machine utility now supports shared folders and LibreOffice documents can be signed with OpenPGP keys. "The Workstation edition of Fedora 27 features GNOME 3.26. In the new release, both the Display and Network configuration panels have been updated, along with the overall Settings panel appearance improvement. The system search now shows more results at once, including the system actions. GNOME 3.26 also features color emoji support, folder sharing in Boxes, and numerous improvements in the Builder IDE tool. Many thanks to the GNOME community for their work on these features. For more information refer to the upstream release notes at GNOME 3.26 Release Notes." Further details can be found in the release announcement and in Fedora's release notes. While Fedora's Workstation edition has been released, the Server edition of Fedora 27 is not expected to be launched until January of 2018. Additional Fedora editions can be found on the project's Spins page. Download: Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-27-1.6.iso (1,556MB, SHA256, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2017-10-03 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 27 Beta |
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The Fedora team has announced the availability of a new test release. The new development snapshot, Fedora 27 Beta, offers many package upgrades and improvements. New software packages include GNOME 3.26 and LibreOffice 5.4. The Fedora Media Writer utility now makes it possible to create Fedora images for SD cards that can be run in ARM devices such as Raspberry Pi computers. "The Workstation edition of Fedora 27 Beta features GNOME 3.26. In the new release, both the Display and Network configuration panels have been updated, along with the overall Settings panel appearance improvement. The system search now shows more results at once, including the system actions, and also the antiquated system tray has been removed to reduce visual clutter and confusion. The Topicons extension is available for use with any applications that have not yet updated. GNOME 3.26 also features color emoji support, older sharing in Boxes, and numerous improvements in the Builder IDE tool. Many thanks to the GNOME community for their work on these features." Further information can be found in the project's release announcement. Download (pkglist): Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-27_Beta-1.5.iso (1,563MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-Workstation-netinst-x86_64-27_Beta-1.5.iso (511MB, SHA256). |
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| 2017-07-11 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Fedora 26 |
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Matthew Miller has announced the launch of Fedora 26. The Fedora distribution is available in three editions: Workstation, Server and Atomic Host and can be run on a variety of hardware, including i686, x86_64 and ARM boards. Fedora 26 features a new partition manager in the Anaconda system installer along with many package updates: "First, of course, we have thousands of improvements from the various upstream software we integrate, including new development tools like GCC 7, Golang 1.8, and Python 3.6. We’ve added a new partitioning tool to Anaconda (the Fedora installer) - the existing workflow is great for non-experts, but this option will be appreciated by enthusiasts and sysadmins who like to build up their storage scheme from basic building blocks. F26 also has many under-the-hood improvements, like better caching of user and group info and better handling of debug information. And the DNF package manager is at a new major version (2.5), bringing many new features." Additional information can be found in the release announcement and in the distribution's release notes. Download (pkglist): Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-26-1.5.iso (1,491MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-26-1.5.iso (2,290MB, SHA256, torrent). Community editions of Fedora can be downloaded from the spins page and torrents can be found on the torrent server. |
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| 2017-06-13 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 26 Beta |
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The Fedora team have released a new development snapshot of their Red Hat sponsored Linux distribution. The new development release, Fedora 26 Beta, features updated versions of the GNU Compiler Collection and Go language. There is also a new partition manager for the Fedora system installer. "Fedora, always in the path of innovation, will ship with the latest version of the GNU Compiler Collection, also known as GCC, bringing the latest language features and optimizations to users and to the software we build. Also the Go Language is updated to the latest version, 1.8, which includes 32-bits MIPS support and speed improvements. One of the most important changes is the addition of 'blivet-gui' to the installer. This provides a 'building-blocks' style partitioning GUI for sysadmins and enthusiast users who are familiar with the details of storage systems." Additional information can be found in the release announcement on Fedora Magazine and in the Fedora 26 change set. Fedora is available in Workstation, Atomic Host and Server editions as well as several other spins. Download (pkglist): Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-26_Beta-1.4.iso (1,449MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-26_Beta-1.4.iso (2,903MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2017-04-04 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 26 Alpha |
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The Fedora project has announced the availability of an early development release of Fedora 26. The new development snapshot, Fedora 26 Alpha, includes GNOME 3.24, a preview of version 7 of the GNU Compiler and Python 3.6. "The Fedora Project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Fedora 26 Alpha. The Alpha release is an important milestone towards the Fedora 26 release later this year. You can download the Alpha versions of Fedora 26 Workstation and Fedora 26 Server from the pre-release pages of the Get Fedora website. Pre-release versions of the Fedora Spins, Fedora Labs, and Fedora for ARM are also available. Fedora Alpha releases are provided for Fedora users to try out the upcoming release. More importantly, Fedora engineers want you to file bugs against the upcoming release. The Fedora 26 Changeset page on the Fedora wiki provides a list of new features provided in Fedora 26." Further information can be found in the list of proposed changes and the common bugs page. Download (pkglist): Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-26_Alpha-1.7.iso (1,373MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-26_Alpha-1.7.iso (2,813MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2016-11-22 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Fedora 25 |
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The Fedora project has announced the launch of Fedora 25. The new version of the Red Hat sponsored community project features version 3.22 of the GNOME desktop environment, a new media writer to make it easier to download and copy the distribution to a USB stick, improved Flatpak support and MP3 playback is now included in the project's official software repositories. "This release includes a plugin for MP3 decoding such as playing music. If you play a MP3 file from your collection, GNOME Software detects it and helps you install the plugin. For developers, Fedora 25 Workstation introduces improved Flatpak support. These enhancements now make it easier to install, update and remove Flatpak software. The improvements make this application packaging standard more user friendly." Additional information can be found in the release announcement. Fedora 25 is available in Workstation, Server and Cloud editions as well as many community spins featuring alternative software and desktop environments. Download (pkglist): Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-25-1.3.iso (1,374MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-25-1.3.iso (1,925MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2016-10-11 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 25 Beta |
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The Fedora Project has announced the release of a new development snapshot of the Red Hat-sponsored community distribution: Fedora 25 beta. The beta release features version 3.22 of the GNOME desktop environment, support for the Rust programming language and a media writer which helps users download and transfer installation images to a USB thumb drive. The new beta ships with Wayland as the default display server with X available as a fallback option. "Wayland is the replacement for the legacy X11 display system. Wayland has been under development for several years. While like most software it still has some bugs, we believe it’s ready to serve as a default that works for many users. Users can still select the old X11 system if necessary to avoid a problem that affects them. Improved Flatpak support in the Software tool: The Software tool has the ability to install, update, and remove Flatpak software where a Fedora system is configured to point to a repo that offers it." Additional information can be found in the release announcement. Download (pkglist): Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-25_Beta-1.1.iso (1,373MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-25_Beta-1.1.iso (1,948MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2016-08-30 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 25 Alpha |
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Dennis Gilmore has announced that the initial alpha build of the upcoming Fedora 25 release is ready for download and testing. "The Fedora project is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the Fedora 25 alpha, an important milestone on the road to our Fedora 25 release in November." With the release announcement unusually void any meaningful details about the release and a complete absence of any release notes, the best document describing Fedora 25 is this Releases/25/ChangeSet page on the Fedora wiki. On the technical side, this alpha release of Fedora 25 comes with a recent development build of the Linux kernel (4.8-rc2) while the Workstation edition runs the GNOME-Shell 3.21.3 desktop, which is also a development build. Images for Power64 and 64-bit ARM (AArch64) architectures are also provided. Download links: Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-25_Alpha-2.iso (1,372MB, SHA256, torrent, pkglist), Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-25_Alpha-1.2.iso (1,774MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2016-06-21 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Fedora 24 |
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The Fedora Project has announced the launch of Fedora 24. The new version of Fedora ships with GNOME 3.20 and the Fedora graphical package manager supports working with Flatpak packages. Though Fedora still uses X as the default display server, Wayland is available as an alternative display technology. "The Fedora 24 Workstation release features GNOME 3.20, with many usability improvements such as easier input device and printer settings, a better search interface, shortcut windows for keyboard commands, and more convenient music controls. Flatpak (formerly xdg-app) is another building-block feature, with Software able to track installed Flatpaks and adding more features in the future as the technology develops. The Software app has also grown features to provide a full system upgrade directly from the desktop from one Fedora release to the next, and the ability to provide labelling as well as reviews of available software. Fedora 24 continues our work on the X replacement, Wayland, a next-generation graphics stack." Further details can be found in the release announcement. Fedora is available in Workstation, Server and Cloud editions. Download (pkglist): Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-24-1.2.iso (1,470MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-24-1.2.iso (1,782MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2016-05-10 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 24 Beta |
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The Fedora team has announced the availability of a new development release of their Red Hat sponsored community distribution. The new version, Fedora 24 Beta, provides users with packages built with version 6 of GNU's Compiler Collection. The new testing release also features GNOME 3.20 and an optional Wayland desktop session. "Under the hood, glibc has moved to 2.23. The update includes better performance, many bug fixes and improvements to POSIX compliance, and additional locales. The new library is backwards compatible with the version of glibc that was shipped in Fedora 23, and includes a number of security and bug fixes. We've also updated the system compiler to GCC 6 and rebuilt all packages with that, providing greater code optimization and catching programming errors which had slipped past previous compilers." Additional information can be found in the project's release announcement. Download: Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-24_Beta-1.6.iso (1,393MB, SHA256, torrent, pkglist). |
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| 2016-03-29 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 24 Alpha |
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The Fedora Project has launched the first alpha snapshot of the distribution's upcoming Fedora 24 release. The new testing snapshot features version 6 of the GNU Compiler Collection and a preview of GNOME 3.20. Wayland is available as a session option, but X remains the default display server. "Workstation features a preview of GNOME 3.20, which was released just after the Alpha was cut. The GNOME 3.20 release is already available in the Fedora 24 update stream. Once you install Fedora 24 Alpha, you can use Software or DNF to update. GNOME 3.20 will of course be part of Fedora 24 Beta and the Final release. We have decided not to make Wayland, the next generation graphic stack, the default in Fedora 24 Workstation. However, Wayland remains available as an option, and the Workstation team would greatly appreciate your help in testing. Our goal is one full release where the non-default Wayland option works seamlessly, or reasonably close thereto. At that point we will make Wayland the default with X11 as the fallback option." Additional information on Fedora 24 Alpha along with the project's Workstation, Server, Cloud, ARM and other spins can be found in the release announcement and release notes. Download (pkglist): Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-24_Alpha-7.iso (1,403MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-24_Alpha-1.7.iso (1,879MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2015-11-03 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Fedora 23 |
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The Fedora team has launched a new version of their Red Hat sponsored Linux distribution. The new release, Fedora 23, is available in multiple editions, including Workstation, Server and Cloud as well as multiple community spins. The latest version of Fedora ships with version 3.18 of the GNOME desktop, LibreOffice 5 and version 4.2 of the Linux kernel. This release sees core utilities, such as the system installer and package manager, ported to Python 3. In addition, software packages have been hardened with memory address randomization built in. "As with every Fedora release, almost every component has a new version, with improvements across the board. Of particular note, Fedora Workstation includes the GNOME 3.18 desktop environment and the LibreOffice 5.0 office suite. Fedora 23 also has important under-the-hood security improvements, with increased hardening for all compiled software and with insecure SSL3 and RC4 protocols disabled. We've also updated all of the software installed by default in Fedora Cloud Base Image and Fedora Workstation to use Python version 3, and the Mono .NET compatible framework is now at version 4. Perhaps most importantly, Unicode 8.0 support now enables the crucial U1F32D character." Additional information can be found in the release announcement and in the detailed release notes. Download (torrents): Fedora-Live-Workstation-x86_64-23-10.iso (1,401MB, SHA256, torrent, pkglist), Fedora-Server-DVD-x86_64-23.iso (2,050MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2015-09-22 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 23 Beta |
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Dennis Gilmore has announced the release of Fedora 23 Beta. This new test release showcases a number of important changes to the Red Hat sponsored distribution. Fedora's new beta release features security hardened packages to protect against memory corruption, GNOME 3.18 is included in the project's Workstation edition and support for security protocols known to be vulnerable (such as SSL3 and RC4) have been removed from the distribution. "Fedora 23 includes a number of changes that will improve all of the
editions. For example, Fedora 23 makes use of compiler flags to improve security by `hardening' the binaries against memory corruption vulnerabilities, buffer overflows, and so on. This is a 'behind the scenes' change that most users won't notice through normal use of a Fedora edition, but will help provide additional system security." The new beta release also includes support for Unicode 8.0. Further details on Fedora Server, Workstation and Cloud editions (as well as community spins) can be found in the release announcement. Download (pkglist): Fedora-Live-Workstation-x86_64-23_Beta-1.iso (1,401MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-Server-DVD-x86_64-23_Beta.iso (2,107MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2015-08-11 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 23 Alpha |
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Dennis Gilmore has announced the availability of a new development release of Fedora. The new release, Fedora 23 Alpha, is the first testing snapshot of the Fedora 23 series. The new testing release features packages built with extra protection against memory corruption. Fedora 23 Alpha also offers support for Unicode 8.0, a preview of GNOME 3.18 and LibreOffice 5.0. "Naturally, GNOME is getting an upgrade, with Fedora 23 containing a
preview of the upcoming GNOME 3.18 release, which is easier to use than ever. There are also many enhancements on the way, such as improvements to Wayland toward making it the default graphical server in a future release; support for ambient backlight drivers for a more responsive display on laptops; and changes to the Software application so it can update system firmware, and be smarter about metered Internet connections. Users that are trying to get a little work done on Fedora will be happy to see LibreOffice 5 in Fedora 23, which includes a lot of new features and improvements: style previews in the sidebar, Word-compatible text highlighting, built-in image crop, UI for data bars in Calc, support for Time-Stamp Protocol in PDF export, support for Adobe Swatch Exchange color palettes, import of Apple Pages files, improved support for HiDPI screens, and significantly improved support for MS Office formats." More information is available in the release announcement. Along with the standard Workstation, Server and Cloud editions, Fedora 23 alpha is available in several spins. Download: Fedora-Live-Workstation-x86_64-23_Alpha-2.iso (1,430MB, SHA256, torrent, pkglist), Fedora-Server-DVD-x86_64-23_Alpha.iso (2,104MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2015-05-26 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Fedora 22 |
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The Fedora Project has launched a new version of the Fedora distribution. The new release, version 22, offers users three separate product lines, each tailored to a specific environment. These three product branches are called Workstation (for desktop use and developers), Server (for traditional server deployments) and Cloud (a minimal image for quick deployments). "We are proud to announce the official release of Fedora 22, the community-driven and community-built operating system now available in Cloud, Server, and Workstation editions. Fedora 22 has built on the foundation we laid with Fedora 21 and the work to create distinct editions of Fedora focused on the desktop, server and cloud. It's not radically different, but there are a fair amount of new features coupled with features we've already introduced but have improved for Fedora 22." The new Workstation release introduces more flexible firewall technology for developers while the Server edition offers XFS as the default file system and a central management console called Cockpit. Fedora Cloud allows administrators to perform atomic upgrades and rollback package updates for the entire system. See the release announcement and release notes for more details. Download (torrents): Fedora-Live-Workstation-x86_64-22-3.iso (1,365MB, SHA256, torrent, pkglist), Fedora-Server-DVD-x86_64-22.iso (2,115MB, SHA256, torrent). Live DVD images featuring alternative desktops and special use cases are available from the Fedora Spins page. |
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| 2015-04-21 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 22 Beta |
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Dennis Gilmore has announced the availability of the beta release of Fedora 22: "The Fedora 22 beta release has arrived, with a preview of the latest free and open source technology under development." The beta release announcement is almost an exact copy of the alpha announcement published last month, with one or two minor modifications; it lists the following changes in the "Workstation" edition's appearance and under-the-covers section: "The Nautilus file manager has been improved to use GActions, from the deprecated GtkAction APIs, for a better, more consistent experience; GNOME Shell has a refreshed theme for better usability; the Qt/Adwaita theme is now code-complete, and Qt notifications have been improved for smoother experience using Qt-based applications in Workstation; the libinput library is now used for both X11 and Wayland for consistent input device handling." Download: Fedora-Live-Workstation-x86_64-22_Beta-3.iso (1,378MB, SHA256, torrent, pkglist). Separate live DVD images with KDE (using Plasma 5), LXDE, MATE and Xfce desktops are also available. |
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| 2015-03-10 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 22 Alpha |
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Dennis Gilmore has announced the availability of the initial alpha build of Fedora 22: "The Fedora 22 Alpha release has arrived, with a preview of the latest free and open source technology under development." The release announcement provides a detailed introduction to the release; here are a few points of interest from the workstation section: "The GNOME Shell notification system has been redesigned and subsumed into the calendar widget; the terminal now notifies you when a long running job completes; the login screen now uses Wayland by default; installation of GStreamer codecs, fonts, and certain document types is now handled by Software, instead of GNOME PackageKit; the Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) now features better notifications, and uses the privacy control panel in GNOME to control information sent...." Here is the download link to the workstation edition: Fedora-Live-Workstation-x86_64-22_Alpha-3.iso (1,459MB, SHA256, torrent, pkglist). Separate live DVD images with KDE, LXDE, MATE and Xfce desktops are also available. |
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| 2014-12-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Fedora 21 |
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Matthew Miller has announced the release of Fedora 21, the latest stable version of Red Hat's community distribution for desktops, servers and the cloud: "The Fedora Project is pleased to announce the release of Fedora 21, ready to run on your desktops, servers and in the cloud. Fedora 21 is a game-changer for the Fedora Project, and we think you're going to be very pleased with the results. As part of the Fedora.next initiative, Fedora 21 comes in three flavors: Cloud, Server, and Workstation. The Fedora Workstation is a new take on desktop development from the Fedora community. Our goal is to pick the best components, and integrate and polish them. This work results in a more polished and targeted system than you've previously seen from the Fedora desktop." Read the release announcement and release notes for detailed information about the release. Download (mirrors, torrents, pkglist): Fedora-Live-Workstation-x86_64-21-5.iso (1,404MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-Server-DVD-x86_64-21.iso (1,953MB, SHA256, torrent). Live DVD images with KDE, LXDE, MATE and Xfce desktops are also available. |
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| 2014-11-04 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 21 Beta |
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Dennis Gilmore has announced the availability of the beta release of Fedora 21, the upcoming new version of the popular Red Hat-sponsored community distribution: "The Fedora 21 beta release is here, and - as usual - is packed with amazing improvements to Fedora, as well as fantastic free and open source software, gently harvested for your enjoyment. As part of the Fedora.next initiative, Fedora 21 will boast three products: Cloud, Server, and Workstation." Highlights of the "Workstation" edition include: "Fedora 21 Workstation includes the latest GNOME desktop. Fedora 21 is tracking GNOME 3.14, which was released in September. GNOME 3.14 includes many new features such as integration of Picasaweb and DNLA media server support in GNOME Photos, a new game called Hitori similar to Sudoku, and much more. A Wayland technology preview is included in this release for GNOME." Here is the full release announcement. Download the "Workstation" edition from here: Fedora-Live-Workstation-x86_64-21_Beta-4.iso (1,345MB, SHA256, pkglist). Live DVD images with KDE, LXDE, MATE and Xfce desktops are also available. |
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| 2014-09-23 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 21 Alpha |
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Dennis Gilmore has announced the availability of the much-delayed alpha release of Fedora 21. This comes almost exactly one year since the project's last alpha release - that of Fedora 20, released on 24 September 2013. From the release announcement: "The Fedora 21 Alpha release has arrived, with a preview of the latest free and open source technology under development. As part of the Fedora.next initiative, Fedora 21 will boast three products: Cloud, Server and Workstation. Note that for the alpha release, the network installers act as generic, 'universal' installers, offering the entire set of Fedora package groups by default, rather than only the groups associated with the product they are meant to represent. Each of the products will build on the 'base' set of packages for Fedora." Download the workstation edition from here: Fedora-Live-Workstation-x86_64-21_Alpha-1.iso (1,328MB, SHA256, pkglist). Live DVD images with KDE, LXDE and Xfce desktops are also available. |
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| 2013-12-17 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Fedora 20 |
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Fedora 20, code-named "Heisenbug" and dedicated to well-known Fedora contributor Seth Vidal who passed away in July, has been released: "We can say with great certainty the Fedora Project is pleased to announce the release of Fedora 20 ('Heisenbug'), which coincides with the 10th anniversary of the creation of the Fedora Project. Fedora 20 comes with GNOME 3.10, which has several new applications and features that will please GNOME lovers. This release includes a new music application, a new maps application, a revamp for the system status menu, and Zimbra support in Evolution. In keeping with Fedora's commitment to innovation, the Fedora community has been pushing to make ARM a primary architecture." See the release announcement and release notes for further details. Download (mirrors, torrents, SHA256): Fedora-Live-Desktop-x86_64-20-1.iso (953MB, torrent), Fedora-Live-KDE-x86_64-20-1.iso (928MB, torrent), Fedora-Live-LXDE-x86_64-20-1.iso (633MB, torrent), Fedora-Live-MATE-Compiz-x86_64-20-1.iso (750MB, torrent), Fedora-Live-Xfce-x86_64-20-1.iso (648MB, torrent). |
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| 2013-11-12 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 20 Beta |
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The delayed beta release of Fedora 20 is out and ready for testing: "The Fedora Project is excited to announce the beta release of Fedora 20, code-named 'Heisenbug'. A community-produced, free, Linux-based operating system, Fedora 20 features some of the latest and best of what the open source world has to offer. The Fedora 20 release coincides nicely with the 10th anniversary of Fedora. The first Fedora release (then called Fedora Core 1) came out on November 6, 2003. Since then, the Fedora Project has become an active and vibrant community that produces nearly a dozen 'spins' that are tailor made for desktop users, hardware design, gaming, musicians, artists, and early classroom environments." Read Red Hat's press release and Fedora's release announcement for further information. Download links (torrents, SHA256): Fedora-Live-Desktop-x86_64-20-Beta-5.iso (944MB, torrent), Fedora-Live-KDE-x86_64-20-Beta-5.iso (922MB, torrent), Fedora-Live-LXDE-x86_64-20-Beta-5.iso (699MB, torrent), Fedora-Live-MATE-Compiz-x86_64-20-Beta-5.iso (744MB, torrent), Fedora-Live-XFCE-x86_64-20-Beta-5.iso (636MB, torrent). |
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| 2013-09-24 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 20 Alpha |
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Kevin Fenzi has announced that the delayed alpha release of Fedora 20 is now ready for testing - complete with Linux kernel 3.11, GNOME 3.10, KDE 4.11, ARM as a primary architecture, NetworkManager improvements and many other goodies: "The Fedora 20 'Heisenbug' alpha release has arrived with a preview of the latest fantastic, free, and open source technology currently under development. The Fedora 20 release coincides nicely with the 10th anniversary of Fedora. The first Fedora release (then called Fedora Core 1) came out on November 6, 2003. Since then, the Fedora Project has become an active and vibrant community that produces nearly a dozen "spins" that are tailor made for desktop users, hardware design, gaming, musicians, artists, and early classroom environments." See the release announcement for a full list of new features and other details. Download (torrents, SHA256): Fedora-Live-Desktop-x86_64-20-Alpha-4.iso (960MB, torrent), Fedora-Live-KDE-x86_64-20-Alpha-4.iso (921MB, torrent). |
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| 2013-07-02 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Fedora 19 |
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Robyn Bergeron has announced the availability of Fedora 19, the new stable version of the Red Hat-sponsored community distribution of Linux: "The Fedora Project is delighted to announce the release of Fedora 19. What's new? Developer's Assistant is a tool for new developers that helps you to get started on a code project by offering templates, samples, and toolchains for a variety of languages; 3D modelling and printing are supported with OpenSCAD, Skeinforge, SFACT, Printrun, RepetierHost, and other tool options; OpenShift Origin makes it easy for you to build your own Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) infrastructure; MariaDB offers a truly open MySQL implementation and is now the default MySQL option in Fedora...." Read the release announcement and check out the detailed release notes to learn more. Download (mirrors, torrents): Fedora-Live-Desktop-x86_64-19-1.iso (951MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-Live-KDE-x86_64-19-1.iso (878MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2013-05-28 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 19 Beta |
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Dennis Gilmore has announced the availability of the beta release of Fedora 19: "We've opened the box for the Fedora 19 'Schrödinger's Cat' beta release and confirmed it's alive! Ready to purr at the latest free and open source technology?" Some of the features include: "3D modelling and printing are enabled through a variety of tools, including OpenSCAD, Skeinforge, SFACT, Printrun, and RepetierHost; OpenShift Origin; Ruby 2.0.0; MariaDB, a community-developed fork of MySQL; Federated VoIP; Developer's Assistant; Syslinux optional boot tool integration; systemd Resource Control; GNOME 3.8, KDE 4.10, MATE 1.6...." Continue to the release announcement for further information. Download links (SHA256): Fedora-Live-Desktop-x86_64-19-Beta-1.iso (951MB, torrent), Fedora-Live-KDE-x86_64-19-Beta-1.iso (888MB, torrent), Fedora-Live-LXDE-x86_64-19-Beta-1.iso (712MB, torrent), Fedora-Live-MATE-Compiz-x86_64-19-Beta-1.iso (693MB, torrent), Fedora-Live-XFCE-x86_64-19-Beta-1.iso (630MB, torrent). |
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| 2013-04-23 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 19 Alpha |
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Dennis Gilmore has announced the alpha release of Fedora 19, the first development build of the popular Red Hat-sponsored Linux distribution: "The Fedora 19 'Schrödinger's Cat' alpha release has arrived with a preview of the latest fantastic, free, and open-source technology currently under development." Some of the more interesting features of this release include: "Developer's Assistant - a tool that helps you to get started on a code project with templates, samples and toolchains for the languages of your choice; Syslinux optional boot tool integration brings simplified booting; systemd Resource Control lets you modify service settings without a reboot; GNOME 3.8; KDE Plasma Workspaces 4.10, MATE Desktop 1.6..." Read the full release announcement for more details. Download (torrents, SHA256): Fedora-Live-Desktop-x86_64-19-Alpha-1.iso (997MB, torrent), Fedora-Live-KDE-x86_64-19-Alpha-1.iso (888MB, torrent), Fedora-Live-XFCE-x86_64-19-Alpha-1.iso (755MB, torrent). |
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| 2013-01-15 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Fedora 18 |
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Fedora 18, the latest stable version of the Red Hat-sponsored community distribution of Linux, has finally arrived: "The Fedora project is incredibly delighted to announce the release of Fedora 18. What's new? The user interface for Fedora's installation software, Anaconda, has been completely re-written from the ground up. Making its debut in Fedora 18, the new UI introduces major improvements to the installation experience. It uses a hub-and-spoke model that makes installation easier for new users, offering them concise explanations about their choices. Advanced users and system administrators are of course still able to take advantage of more complex options. The general look and feel of the installation experience has been vastly upgraded, providing modern, clean, and comprehensible visuals during the process." See the release announcement and release notes for a detailed description of new features. Download (mirrors, torrents): Fedora-18-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso (916MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-18-x86_64-Live-KDE.iso (831MB, SHA256, torrent). |
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| 2012-11-27 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 18 Beta |
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The much-delayed beta release of Fedora 18 is finally ready for testing: "The Fedora project team is excited to announce the beta release of its free, fully-functional Linux operating system, Fedora 18, code-named 'Spherical Cow.' Explore what's new in the Fedora 18 beta, including these highlighted release features: Fedora 18 offers a brand-new version of the GNOME desktop, version 3.6, straight from the upstream development process; updates have also been made to the KDE, Xfce and Sugar desktop environments; additionally, the MATE desktop is available for the first time in Fedora; Fedora's new installer user interface enhances the anaconda installer with improvements in ease of use and installation." Read the full press release for more details. Download (torrents): Fedora-18-Beta-i686-Live-Desktop.iso (757MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-18-Beta-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso (786MB, SHA256, torrent). Live images featuring KDE, LXDE, Xfce and SoaS (Sugar on a Stick), as well as installation DVDs, are also available. |
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| 2012-09-18 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 18 Alpha |
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The delayed alpha build of Fedora 18 has been released: "The Fedora 18 'Spherical Cow' alpha release is plumping up! This release offers a preview of some of the best free and open-source technology currently under development. Features: NetworkManager hotspots improve the ability to use a computer's WiFi adapter to create a network hot spot; the redesigned installation system adds flexibility to the installation process while simplifying the user interface; desktop updates galore - GNOME 3.6, KDE Plasma Workspace 4.9, Xfce 4.10, Sugar 0.98, and the introduction of the MATE Desktop in Fedora." Read the release announcement and release notes for more information. Download (torrents): Fedora-18-Alpha-i686-Live-Desktop.iso (747MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-18-Alpha-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso (775MB, SHA256, torrent). Live images featuring KDE, LXDE, Xfce and SoaS (Sugar on a Stick), as well as installation DVDs, are also available. |
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| 2012-05-29 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Fedora 17 |
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Robyn Bergeron has announced the release of Fedora 17, the latest stable version of the Red Hat-sponsored community distribution of Linux: "The 'Beefy Miracle' hath arrived. We believe this is the beefiest release ever - chock full of features to customize your experience to your tastes. On the desktop, GNOME 3.4 introduces new search capabilities in the activities overview, improved themes, and enhancements to the Documents and Contacts applications. A new application, GNOME-boxes, provides easy access to virtual machines. Additionally, GIMP 2.8 brings new improvements, such as single-window mode, layer groups, and on-canvas editing." See the release announcement and release notes for further information. Download (mirrors, torrents): Fedora-17-i686-Live-Desktop.iso (646MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-17-i686-Live-KDE.iso (695MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-17-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso (645MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-17-x86_64-Live-KDE.iso (692MB, SHA256, torrent).
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| 2012-04-17 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 17 Beta |
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Dennis Gilmore has announced the availability of the beta release of Fedora 17: "We are delighted to announce the availability of the beta release of Fedora 17. This release of Fedora includes a variety of features both over and under the hood that show off the power and flexibility of the advancing state of free software. On the desktop, GNOME 3.4 introduces many user experience improvements, including new search capabilities in the activities overview, improved themes, and enhancements to the Documents and Contacts applications. A new application, GNOME-boxes, provides easy access to virtual machines. Additionally, GIMP 2.8 brings new improvements such as single-window mode, layer groups, and on-canvas editing." Here is the release announcement. Download (torrents): Fedora-17-Beta-i686-Live-Desktop.iso (647MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-17-Beta-i686-Live-KDE.iso (685MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-17-Beta-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso (646MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-17-Beta-x86_64-Live-KDE.iso (682MB, SHA256, torrent).
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| 2012-02-28 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 17 Alpha |
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Dennis Gilmore has announced the availability of the initial public test release of Fedora 17 - featuring the GNOME 3.4 and KDE 4.8 desktops, a development build of GIMP 2.8, and the controversial placement of system files in /usr: "The Fedora 17 'Beefy Miracle' alpha release is available! This release offers a preview of some of the best and meatiest free and open source technology currently under development. End users will see numerous improvements in Fedora 17: GIMP has been updated to the long awaited 2.8 release, with an abundant list of new features, such as the single window mode, layer groups, and on-canvas text editing; improved language and font support - a number of Lohit fonts, enabling Indian script, have been added." The release announcement and release notes are good documents to read while getting the CD images. Download (torrents): Fedora-17-Alpha-i686-Live-Desktop.iso (643MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-17-Alpha-i686-Live-KDE.iso (688MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-17-Alpha-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso (639MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-17-Alpha-x86_64-Live-KDE.iso (684MB, SHA256, torrent).
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| 2011-11-08 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Fedora 16 |
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Fedora 16, the latest version of the popular community Linux distribution sponsored by Red Hat, has been released: "The Fedora Project is pleased to announce the release of Fedora 16 'Verne'. As always, Fedora continues to develop and integrate the latest free and open source software. The following are major features for Fedora 16: enhanced cloud support including Aeolus Conductor, Condor Cloud, HekaFS, OpenStack and pacemaker-cloud; KDE Plasma workspaces 4.7 and GNOME 3.2; a number of core system improvements including GRUB 2 and the removal of HAL; an updated libvirtd, trusted boot, guest inspection, virtual lock manager and a pvops-based kernel for Xen all improve virtualization support." See the release announcement and release notes for a detailed list of new features and other relevant information. Download (mirrors, torrents): Fedora-16-i686-Live-Desktop.iso (605MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-16-i686-Live-KDE.iso (697MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-16-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso (604MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-16-x86_64-Live-KDE.iso (696MB, SHA256, torrent).
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| 2011-10-04 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 16 Beta |
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Dennis Gilmore has announced the availability of the beta release of Fedora 16: "We are proud to announce the availability of the beta release of Fedora 16. It includes a variety of features both over and under the hood that show off the power and flexibility of the advancing state of free software. Examples include: system boot - Fedora 16 introduces GRUB 2, the long-awaited next-generation boot-loader for Linux; services management - this release features better integration of Systemd via conversion to native Systemd services from legacy init scripts in many software components; desktop updates - the two major desktop environments have been updated to the latest releases." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. Download (torrents): Fedora-16-Beta-i686-Live-Desktop.iso (581MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-16-Beta-i686-Live-KDE.iso (670MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-16-Beta-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso (582MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-16-Beta-x86_64-Live-KDE.iso (670MB, SHA256, torrent).
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| 2011-08-23 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 16 Alpha |
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Featuring the GRUB 2 bootloader, a GNOME 3.1 development release, and improved support for virtualisation, the alpha release of Fedora 16 is ready for testing: "The Fedora 16 'Verne' alpha release is available. This release of Fedora includes a variety of features both over and under the hood that show off the power and flexibility of the advancing state of free software. Fedora 16 introduces GRUB 2, the long-awaited next-generation bootloader for Linux. GRUB 2 automatically recognizes other operating systems, supports LVM2 and LUKS partitions, and is more customizable than the previous version." Read the release announcement and release notes for a full list of new features. Download (torrents): Fedora-16-Alpha-i686-Live-Desktop.iso (585MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-16-Alpha-i686-Live-KDE.iso (646MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-16-Alpha-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso (585MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-16-Alpha-x86_64-Live-KDE.iso (645MB, SHA256, torrent).
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| 2011-05-24 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Fedora 15 |
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Fedora 15, a new version of one of the leading and most widely used Linux distributions on the market, has been released. Some of the many new features include support for Btrfs file system, Indic typing booster, redesigned SELinux troubleshooter, better power management, LibreOffice productivity suite, and, of course, the brand-new GNOME 3 desktop: "GNOME 3 is the next generation of GNOME with a brand new user interface. It provides a completely new and modern desktop that has been designed for today's users and technologies. Fedora 15 is the first major distribution to include GNOME 3 by default. GNOME 3 is being developed with extensive upstream participation from Red Hat developers and Fedora volunteers, and GNOME 3 is tightly integrated in Fedora 15." Read the release announcement and the release notes for detailed information about the product. Download (mirrors, torrents): Fedora-15-i686-Live-Desktop.iso (565MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-15-i686-Live-KDE.iso (692MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-15-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso (567MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-15-x86_64-Live-KDE.iso (692MB, SHA256, torrent).
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| 2011-04-19 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 15 Beta |
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Dennis Gilmore has announced that the beta release of Fedora 15 is ready for testing: "We are delighted to announce the availability of the beta release of Fedora 15. Features: GNOME Shell and the GNOME 3 desktop; LibreOffice productivity suite; the Xfce and LXDE spins have been updated, and the Fedora Spins SIG has other offerings tailored to a wide variety of user needs; BoxGrinder creates appliances (virtual machines) from simple plain text appliance definition files for various virtual platforms; the dynamic firewall mode aims to make it possible to change firewall settings without the need to restart the firewall; updates to Python 3.2, Rails 3.0.3, and OCaml 3.12...." See the release announcement and release notes for further information. Download (torrents): Fedora-15-Beta-i686-Live-Desktop.iso (562MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-15-Beta-i686-Live-KDE.iso (691MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-15-Beta-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso (562MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-15-Beta-x86_64-Live-KDE.iso (690MB, SHA256, torrent).
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| 2011-03-08 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 15 Alpha |
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Dennis Gilmore has announced the availability of the alpha release of Fedora 15, complete with GNOME 3, systemd, LibreOffice and many other cutting-edge features: "The Fedora 15 'Lovelock' alpha release is available. This release of Fedora includes a variety of features both over and under the hood that show off the power and flexibility of the advancing state of free software. Examples include: GNOME 3, the next major version of the GNOME desktop; systemd, a smarter and more efficient way of starting up and managing the background daemons; updated programming languages and tools - Rails, OCaml, Python, GDB and GCC; LibreOffice; dynamic firewall management with a D-Bus interface; improved support for eCryptfs...." Read the release announcement and release notes for more details. Download (torrents): Fedora-15-Alpha-i686-Live-Desktop.iso (567MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-15-Alpha-i686-Live-KDE.iso (667MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-15-Alpha-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso (568MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-15-Alpha-x86_64-Live-KDE.iso (666MB, SHA256, torrent).
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| 2010-11-02 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Fedora 14 |
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Fedora 14, a new version of the leading edge, free and open-source operating system with many innovative features, has been released: "Fedora 14, code name 'Laughlin', is now available for download. What's new? Load and save images faster with libjpeg-turbo; Spice (Simple Protocol for Independent Computing Environments) with an enhanced remote desktop experience; support for D, a systems programming language combining the power and high performance of C and C++ with the programmer productivity of modern languages such as Ruby and Python; GNUStep, a GUI framework based of the Objective-C programming language; easy migration of Xen virtual machines to KVM virtual machines with virt-v2v...." More information can be found in the press release, release announcement and release notes. Download (mirrors, torrents): Fedora-14-i686-Live-Desktop.iso (686MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-14-i686-Live-KDE.iso (686MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-14-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso (687MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-14-x86_64-Live-KDE.iso (687MB, SHA256, torrent).
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| 2010-09-28 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 14 Beta |
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Dennis Gilmore has announced the availability of Fedora 14 beta, the distribution's last development build before the final release scheduled for early November: "The beta release is the last important milestone of Fedora 14; only critical bug fixes will be pushed as updates leading up to the general release in early November. Features: the Spice framework for providing a virtual desktop infrastructure; extended utilities for remote or powered-off management of servers; updates in a wide variety of programming languages, including D programming language support and Rakudo Star, an early implementation of the Perl 6 specification; alternative environments like Sugar and software from the MeeGo project; the next-generation systemd management for faster start-up...." Read the release announcement for further information. Download (torrents): Fedora-14-Beta-i686-Live.iso (680MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-14-Beta-i686-Live-KDE.iso (708MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-14-Beta-x86_64-Live.iso (682MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-14-Beta-x86_64-Live-KDE.iso (708MB, SHA256, torrent).
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| 2010-08-24 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 14 Alpha |
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Dennis Gilmore has announced the availability of the first alpha release of Fedora 14: "The Fedora 14 'Laughlin' alpha release is available. This release offers a preview of some of the best free and open source technology currently under development. Features: systemd - a smarter, more efficient way of starting up and managing background daemons; introduction of Spice - a complete open source solution for interaction with virtualized desktops; faster JPEG compression and decompression; introduction of D - a systems programming language combining power and high performance with programmer productivity; the latest desktop environments; improved netbook experience with MeeGo...." Read the release announcement and release notes for a detailed list of new features. Download (torrents): Fedora-14-Alpha-i686-Live.iso (835MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-14-Alpha-i686-Live-KDE.iso (714MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-14-Alpha-x86_64-Live.iso (842MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-14-Alpha-x86_64-Live-KDE.iso (705MB, SHA256, torrent).
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| 2010-05-25 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Fedora 13 |
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Fedora 13, a new version of one of the world's most widely-used Linux distributions for desktops and servers, has been released: "The Fedora Project, a Red Hat, Inc. sponsored and community-supported open source collaboration, today announced the availability of Fedora 13, the latest version of its free open source operating system distribution." Some of the more interesting features in this release include: "A streamlined installer; automatic print driver installation; new desktop applications and enhancements, including Shotwell photo manager, Deja-dup backup software, Pino Identi.ca/Twitter client and Simple Scan scanning utility; NetworkManager improvements; color management; enhanced iPod functionality; enhanced streaming and buffering support in Totem; 3D support for ATI cards via Radeon driver...." See the press release, release announcement and release notes for further information. Download (mirrors, torrents): Fedora-13-i686-Live.iso (675MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-13-i686-Live-KDE.iso (698MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-13-x86_64-Live.iso (677MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-13-x86_64-Live-KDE.iso (700MB, SHA256, torrent).
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| 2010-04-13 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 13 Beta |
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Jesse Keating has announced the availability of the beta release of Fedora 13: The beta release is the last important milestone of Fedora 13. Only critical bug fixes will be pushed as updates leading up to the general release of Fedora 13, scheduled to be released in the middle of May. A universe of new features for end users: automatic print driver installation; desktop enhancements - the Shotwell photo manager, Deja-dup backup software, Pino Identi.ca / Twitter client, and Simple Scan scanning utility; NetworkManager improvements include better Mobile Broadband, Bluetooth, and new CLI abilities; color management; enhanced iPod functionality; experimental 3D graphics support extended to free Nouveau driver for NVIDIA cards...." Read the release announcement and see feature list for more information. Download (torrents): F13-Beta-i686-Live.iso (931MB, SHA256, torrent), F13-Beta-i686-Live-KDE.iso (698MB, SHA256, torrent), F13-Beta-x86_64-Live.iso (941MB, SHA256, torrent), F13-Beta-x86_64-Live-KDE.iso (699MB, SHA256, torrent).
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| 2010-03-09 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 13 Alpha |
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Jesse Keating has announced the availability of the first alpha release of Fedora 13: "The Fedora 13 'Goddard' alpha release is available. Among the top features for end users, we have: automatic print driver installation so when you plug in a USB printer, Fedora will automatically offer to install drivers for it if needed; automatic installation of language packs; redesigned user management interface; color management to better set and control your colors for displays, printers, and scanners; NetworkManager improvements include CLI; experimental 3D extended to free Nouveau driver for NVIDIA cards." See the release announcement and release notes for further details. Download (torrents): F13-Alpha-i686-Live.iso (835MB, SHA256, torrent), F13-Alpha-i686-Live-KDE.iso (714MB, SHA256, torrent), F13-Alpha-x86_64-Live.iso (842MB, SHA256, torrent), F13-Alpha-x86_64-Live-KDE.iso (705MB, SHA256, torrent).
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| 2009-11-17 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Fedora 12 |
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Fedora 12, the latest version of the popular open-source operating systems for desktops and servers, has been released: "The Fedora Project, a Red Hat, Inc. sponsored and community-supported open source collaboration, today announced the availability of Fedora 12, the latest version of its free, open-source operating system distribution. Fedora 12 includes a robust feature set for desktop users, administrators, developers and open source enthusiasts alike. New enhancements available in Fedora 12 include next-generation Ogg Theora video, virtualization improvements and advancements to NetworkManager, among numerous others." See the press release, release announcement and release notes for further information. Download (mirrors, torrents): Fedora-12-i686-Live.iso (654MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-12-i686-Live-KDE.iso (681MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-12-x86_64-Live.iso (656MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-12-x86_64-Live-KDE.iso (685MB, SHA256, torrent).
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| 2009-10-20 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 12 Beta |
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Jesse Keating has announced that Fedora 12 Beta is ready for testing: "We have reached the Fedora 12 Beta, the last important development milestone of Fedora 12. Only critical bug fixes will be pushed as updates leading up to the general release of Fedora 12, scheduled to be released in mid-November. What's new? Optimized performance, smaller and faster updates, NetworkManager broadband and other enhancements, next-generation (Ogg) Theora video, graphics support improvements, automatic reporting of crashes and SELinux issues, new Dracut initrd generation tool, PackageKit plugins, Bluetooth on-demand, Moblin graphical interface for netbooks, PulseAudio enhancements...." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details. Download: F12-Beta-i686-Live.iso (663MB, SHA1, torrent), F12-Beta-i686-Live-KDE.iso (695MB, SHA1, torrent), F12-Beta-x86_64-Live.iso (665MB, SHA1, torrent), F12-Beta-x86_64-Live-KDE.iso (700MB, SHA1, torrent).
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| 2009-08-25 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 12 Alpha |
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Jesse Keating has announced the availability of Fedora 12 Alpha, the first public development release of the distribution's upcoming new version: "Fedora 12 'Constantine' Alpha release is available. Among the top features for end users we have: better webcam support with out-of-the-box support for many new webcams; Empathy as the default instant messaging client; GNOME 2.27.90 beta and KDE 4.3; Network Manager mobile broadband; better free video codec in the improved Ogg Theora video encoder code-named 'Thusnelda'; PackageKit improvements with plugins to install applications from a web browser or command line; PulseAudio improvements; better power management...." Read the release announcement and release notes for a full list of changes, improvements and known issues. Download (torrents): F12-Alpha-i686-Live.iso (697MB, SHA256, torrent), F12-Alpha-i686-Live-KDE.iso (658MB, SHA256, torrent), F12-Alpha-x86_64-Live.iso (705MB, SHA256, torrent), F12-Alpha-x86_64-Live-KDE.iso (715MB, SHA256, torrent).
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| 2009-06-09 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Fedora 11 |
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Red Hat has announced the release of Fedora 11, the latest version of the leading open-source Linux distribution: "The Fedora Project, a Red Hat, Inc. sponsored and community-supported open source collaboration project, today announced the availability of Fedora 11, the latest version of its free open source operating system. The community's eleventh release includes the broadest feature set to date, spotlights developments in software management and sound, improves key virtualization components and introduces Fedora Community, a portal project beta." Read the press release, release announcement and release notes for further information. Download (mirrors, torrents): Fedora-11-i686-Live.iso (688MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-11-i686-Live-KDE.iso (686MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-11-x86_64-Live.iso (691MB, SHA256, torrent), Fedora-11-x86_64-Live-KDE.iso (693MB, SHA256, torrent).
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| 2009-04-28 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 11 Preview |
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Seth Vidal has announced the availability of the preview release of Fedora 11, the last public development build before the final release on 26 May: "This is the Fedora 11 Preview release, we're just a short time from releasing the full shebang. Therefore we need the most testing we can possibly get on this one. Major features: automatic font and mime-type installation; volume control with PulseAudio; Intel, ATI and NVIDIA kernel modsetting; fingerprint readers as an authentication mechanism; IBus input method system for Asian languages; ext4 file system; MinGW (Windows cross compiler)." See the release announcement and release notes for further details. Download (mirror list): F11-Preview-i686-Live.iso (645MB, SHA256, torrent), F11-Preview-i686-Live-KDE.iso (692MB, SHA256, torrent), F11-Preview-x86_64-Live.iso (650MB, SHA256, torrent), F11-Preview-x86_64-Live-KDE.iso (698MB, SHA256, torrent).
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| 2009-03-31 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 11 Beta |
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Red Hat has announced the release of Fedora 11 Beta: "At the end of May 2009, the next release of this groundbreaking distribution, Fedora 11, will be available, with a feature list that dwarfs any previous release. This release will include innovations such as: further improvements to the boot process that include NVIDIA, ATI, and Intel video adapters, using the revolutionary kernel mode setting feature in an effort to cut boot time and provide pleasing visuals; additional enhancements to the PackageKit cross-distribution package manager; new virtualization features; support for cross-compiling Windows applications directly on Fedora using the MinGW environment." Read The Future of Linux: Fedora 11 Beta Available Today and check out the detailed release notes for more information. Download: F11-Beta-i686-Live.iso (647MB, SHA1, torrent), F11-Beta-i686-Live-KDE.iso (691MB, SHA1, torrent), F11-Beta-x86_64-Live.iso (652MB, SHA1, torrent), F11-Beta-x86_64-Live-KDE.iso (691MB, SHA1, torrent).
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| 2009-02-05 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 11 Alpha |
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The first test build of the upcoming Fedora 11 is out: "The Fedora project is proud to present the availability of Fedora 11 (Leonidas) Alpha. The Alpha release provides the first opportunity for the wider community to become involved with testing Fedora 11 by way of Rawhide." Some of the more interesting features of this release include: "Windows Cross Compiler (mingw32-*); ext4 and Btrfs file systems, mew volume control; PackageKit firmware support; GNOME 2.26 development snapshot, KDE 4.2 RC 2 and Xfce 4.6 Beta; NetBeans 6.5, Python 2.6, Git 1.6.1.1." Read the release announcement and release notes for more information. Download the installable live CD images from these Fedora mirrors or via BitTorrent: F11-Alpha-i686-Live.iso (636MB, SHA1, torrent), F11-Alpha-i686-Live-KDE.iso (698MB, SHA1, torrent), F11-Alpha-x86_64-Live.iso (641MB, SHA1, torrent), F11-Alpha-x86_64-Live-KDE.iso (703MB, SHA1, torrent).
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| 2008-11-25 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Fedora 10 |
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The Fedora project has announced the release of Fedora 10: "The Fedora Project, a Red Hat sponsored and community-supported open source collaboration project, today announced the availability of Fedora 10, the latest version of its free, open source operating system distribution. This release includes the premiere of a new graphical boot system called Plymouth, designed to speed up the boot process by taking advantage of a new kernel mode setting feature. Fedora 10 also features increased hardware support for a vast array of webcams, and better handling of printers via both direct physical connections and networks. Further, PackageKit, a software management tool that originally debuted in Fedora 9, has been extended in this release to provide on-demand codec software installation." Read the press release and check out the detailed release notes for more information. Download (mirror list): F10-i686-Live.iso (681MB, SHA1, torrent), F10-i686-Live-KDE.iso (679MB, SHA1, torrent), F10-x86_64-Live.iso (684MB, SHA1, torrent), F10-x86_64-Live-KDE.iso (684MB, SHA1, torrent).
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| 2008-11-04 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 10 Preview |
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Jesse Keating has announced the preview release of Fedora 10: "The Fedora Project is proud to announce the availability of the Fedora 10 Preview release. The Fedora 10 Preview release is our last pre-release offering before we let everyone taste the goods for real. Ingredients include: faster boot using Plymouth; wireless connection sharing; better printing; enhanced software update and maintenance, from RPM 4.6 to PackageKit; virtualization storage; SecTool, security audit and intrusion detection system; glitch-free audio using timer-based scheduling." Read the release announcement and release notes for further information. Download (mirror list): F10-PR-i686-Live.iso (681MB, SHA1, torrent), F10-PR-i686-Live-KDE.iso (650MB, SHA1, torrent), F10-PR-x86_64-Live.iso (686MB, SHA1, torrent), F10-PR-x86_64-Live-KDE.iso (655MB, SHA1, torrent).
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| 2008-09-30 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 10 Beta |
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Jesse Keating has announced the availability of the beta release of Fedora 10: "Fedora 10 Beta: Cambridge's foundations are laid. Just on the heels of the Fedora project's fifth anniversary, the beta of Fedora Linux version 10 (code-named Cambridge) is now available. Among the new, fun, and interesting features: new NetworkManager with connection sharing; improved printer handling; Sectool, an auditing and security testing framework; RPM 4.6, the first big RPM change in several years; new version of PackageKit for managing software, with more fixes and enhancements; new version of PulseAudio; kernel 2.6.27, including better support for WiFi; new icon theme 'Echo', to be completed with the theme graphic 'Solar' in the Fedora 10 release; GNOME 2.24; KDE 4.1; automatic installation of multimedia codecs...." Read the rest of the release announcement for further details. Quick links to download the installable live CDs: F10-Beta-i686-Live.iso (697MB, SHA1, torrent), F10-Beta-x86_64-Live.iso (670MB, SHA1, torrent).
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| 2008-08-05 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 10 Alpha |
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Jesse Keating has announced the availability of the alpha release of Fedora 10, the first development milestone leading towards the stable distribution release in late October 2008: "In an ongoing effort to prevent premature kitten death, the Fedora Project is ecstatic to present the availability of Fedora 10 (Cambridge) Alpha. Test now, make it better now, keep Cambridge on schedule, and protect the kittens in the future. Some highlights: many improvements, bug fixes, and enhancements from upstream; new graphical boot environment; wireless connection sharing; audio improvements to remove glitches; security audit tool; improved webcam support; better IR remote control support; RPM 4.6; OCaml; Haskell." See the release announcement and release notes for further information. A set of live and installation media is available for download from Fedora mirrors or via BitTorrent: Fedora-10-Alpha-i686-Live.iso (697MB, SHA1, torrent), Fedora-10-Alpha-i686-Live-KDE.iso (689MB, SHA1, torrent), Fedora-10-Alpha-x86_64-Live.iso (701MB, SHA1, torrent), Fedora-10-Alpha-x86_64-Live-KDE.iso (693MB, SHA1, torrent).
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| 2008-05-13 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Fedora 9 |
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Fedora 9 has been released: "The Fedora Project, a Red Hat sponsored and community-supported open source collaboration, today announced the availability of Fedora 9, the latest version of its open source operating system distribution. Highlights: PackageKit, a cross-distribution package management solution; GNOME 2.22; KDE desktop 4.0.3 featuring upgrades to core components such as the port to Qt 4; NetworkManager improvements; Firefox 3 Beta 5; SELinux confined web browser; OpenJDK6, the release of Sun Java SDK under a free and open source license; X.Org updates; consolidated dictionary support; Bluetooth enhancements; persistent live USB support; Upstart init daemon; ext4 file system support...." See the formal press release and read the comprehensive release notes for more information. Download the installable live CD images from here: Fedora-9-i686-Live.iso (691MB, SHA1, torrent), Fedora-9-i686-Live-KDE.iso (691MB, SHA1, torrent), Fedora-9-x86_64-Live.iso (693MB, SHA1, torrent), Fedora-9-x86_64-Live-KDE.iso (695MB, SHA1, torrent).
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| 2008-04-18 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 9 Preview |
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Jesse Keating announced the availability of the release of Fedora 9 Preview: "After some minor delays (like all rawhide flights grounded for a few days of repair...), the Fedora Project is proud to announce the release of Fedora 9 Preview! This is a Preview release, it is fairly close to what the final product will be like. This is the most critical release for the Fedora community to use and test and report bugs on. This is the last major public release before the final GOLD Fedora 9 release on May 13th (we hope). For this Preview release, we will be doing a staged offering. The first stage, available now, will be via bittorrent. The second stage, which should be available early next week, will be via our world wide mirroring system, and will include jigdo." Read the complete release announcement for more details. Live images, KDE Live images, CDs and DVD options are available via BitTorrent. Download the desktop live CDs via BitTorrent: Fedora-9-Preview-i686-Live.iso (687MB), Fedora-9-Preview-x86_64-Live.iso (702MB).
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| 2008-03-25 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 9 Beta |
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Jesse Keating has announced the availability of the beta release of Fedora 9. Highlights: "GNOME 2.22, with new features like a helpful world time clock, better file system performance, security improvements, power management at the login screen, the ability to dynamically configure displays, better Bluetooth integration; KDE 4.0.2, which includes a brand new desktop and panel with many new concepts; Firefox 3 Beta 5 featuring a native look and feel; support for resizing ext2, ext3 and NTFS partitions during install; support for creating and installing to encrypted file systems; PackageKit, a cross-distribution package management solution with a yum backend; kernel 2.6.25-rc5." Read the complete release announcement for more details. The installation DVD and live CD images are available for download from Fedora download mirrors or via BitTorrent; quick links to the desktop live CDs for i386 and x86_64 architectures: Fedora-9-Beta-Live-i686.iso (696MB, SHA1, torrent), Fedora-9-Beta-Live-x86_64.iso (708MB, SHA1, torrent).
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| 2008-02-05 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 9 Alpha |
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Jesse Keating has announced the availability of Fedora 9 Alpha, the first development release of Fedora 9: "A funny thing happened on the way into the office today, an Alpha release of Fedora 9 happened!" The new release features Linux kernel 2.6.24, support for resizing ext2, ext3 and NTFS partitions in the Anaconda installer, faster X window system; GNOME 2.21 with GVFS and GIO as a replacement for GNOME VFS, KDE 4.0 as the default KDE with compatibility packages to ensure applications not yet ported to KDE 4 will continue to work, Firefox 3 Beta 2 with desktop integration, the new Places replacement for bookmarks and a re-worked address bar, PackageKit - a cross-distribution package management solution with a complete yum backend, and a number of other improvements. See the release announcement and release notes for a detailed list of new features. Download: Fedora-9-Alpha-Live-i686.iso (698MB, SHA1, torrent), Fedora-9-Alpha-Live-x86_64.iso (745MB, SHA1, torrent). KDE live CD/DVD images, as well as the traditional installation media are also available.
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| 2007-10-04 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 8 Test 3 |
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Jeremy Katz has announced the third test release of Fedora 8: "Fedora 8 Test 3 is here! This is the last test release before the development freeze and a great time to test all those packages that you know and love. Changes from Fedora 8 Test 2: Online Desktop provides a desktop experience designed around online services; package management now features much better performance via yum and friends; the completely free and open source Java environment called Iced Tea is installed by default; CodecBuddy is now included, and promotes free, superior quality, open formats to end users trying to play multimedia content under patent encumbered or proprietary formats; Eclipse 3.3 (Europa), a new release of the great IDE and development platform, is available as part of this release; NetworkManager 0.7 provides improved wireless network management support...." Read the complete release announcement for more information. Download the combined live and installation CD/DVD images via BitTorrent: Fedora-7.92-Live-i686.iso (696MB), Fedora-7.92-Live-x86_64.iso (756MB).
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| 2007-09-13 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 8 Test 2 |
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Jesse Keating has announced the second test release of Fedora 8: "This is the second test release of the Fedora 8 release, which is scheduled for November 8, 2007." Both the release announcement and the release notes are sketchy about the changes in this release, but we know that it does include the latest release candidate of GNOME 2.20, a release candidate of kernel 2.6.23, a new system logging daemon called Rsyslog, and PulseAudio - an advanced sound server which is compatible with nearly all existing Linux sound systems and allows for hot-switching audio outputs. If you are interested in helping to beta test this release, please download the installation DVD and live CD images from these mirrors sites or get them via BitTorrent: Fedora-8-Test-2-i386.iso (2,885MB), Fedora-8-Test-2-x86_64.iso (3,427MB).
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| 2007-08-07 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 8 Test 1 |
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Jesse Keating has announced the release of Fedora 8 Test 1, the first development build of a brand new version of the popular distribution: "We interrupt your rawhide for a moment to make a small announcement. Fedora 8 Test one has been loosed upon the world. Included in this release is a 'Fedora' installable 'choose your own adventure' style set of ISOs and trees for i386, x86_64, and ppc(64). Also included are live images of both the Fedora Desktop and the Fedora KDE desktop. These are available for both i686 and x86_64 (x86_64 is DVD size only). Remember these can be used on USB media via the livecd-iso-to-disk utility available in the livecd-tools package. Test 1 is for 'alpha' users." Here is the full release announcement. The installation and live CD/DVD images are available for download from these FTP/HTTP servers and also via BitTorrent: Fedora-8-Test-1-i386 (2,835MB), Fedora-8-Test-1-x86_64 (3,405MB). Happy testing!
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| 2007-05-31 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Fedora 7 |
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The Fedora Project has announced the release of Fedora 7, code name "Moonshine": "Howdy, cousins! Welcome to our little Fedora hollow, where we've brewed up some mighty, mighty Fedora 7 Moonshine for your enjoyment." The latest version of the popular distribution comes with a number of new features, including "spins", or variations of Fedora built from a specific set of software packages, the latest GNOME 2.18 and KDE 3.5.6 desktops, fast user switching, improved internationalisation support, a new SELinux troubleshooting tool, significantly faster package management utilities, a new kernel-based virtual machine technology, and many other enhancements. Please read the release announcement and consult the release notes for detailed information. A range of installation and live CD/DVD images of Fedora 7 are available for download from public mirrors and also via BitTorrent; get the DVD torrents from here: F-7-i386-DVD.iso (2,766MB), F-7-x86_64-DVD.iso (3,288MB).
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| 2007-04-26 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 7 Test 4 |
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Will Woods has announced the availability of the fourth and final test release of Fedora 7: "The Fedora Project is pleased to announce the release of the fourth and final test release of Fedora 7! Release notes: This test release includes three live images - an i386 Desktop live CD, an x86_64 Desktop live DVD, and an i386 KDE live CD; this test release features GNOME 2.18; the new Echo icon theme is no longer the default; KDE and Xfce, among several other packages, are included in the development repositories, but not on the media; Fast User Switching is now available; the Internet messaging program called 'Gaim' is now known as 'Pidgin'...." Read the release announcement and release notes for more details. The new test CD/DVD images are available for download from Fedora mirrors and also via BitTorrent; quick links to the installable live images: F-6.93-i386-Live.iso (693MB, SHA1), F-6.93-x86_64-Live.iso (778MB, SHA1).
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| 2007-03-29 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 7 Test 3 |
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Jeremy Katz has announced the availability of the third test release of Fedora 7: "I am pleased to announce the third of four test releases for Fedora 7. This test release includes significant new versions of many key components and technologies. The following sections provide a brief overview of major changes from the last release of Fedora: the Fedora Core and Extras software repositories are being merged; this test release includes an i386 ISO for a desktop live CD, an x86_64 ISO for a desktop live image and a new i386 ISO for a KDE live CD; GNOME 2.18; a brand new Echo icon theme; fast user switching; 2.6.21rc5 based kernel..." Read the release announcement for further details. Download: F-6.92-i386-DVD.iso (2,979MB, SHA1), F-6.92-x86_64-DVD.iso (3,642MB, SHA1); also available via BitTorrent.
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| 2007-03-01 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora 7 Test 2 |
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Jesse Keating has announced the second development release of Fedora 7: "I am pleased to announce the second test release for Fedora 7. This test release includes significant new versions of many key components and technologies. The Fedora Core and Extras software repositories are being merged, resulting in a shared infrastructure and a single repository of packages to which everyone is invited to contribute. Fedora 7 Test 2 is packaged initially as a Desktop / Development Workstation / Server implementation, called 'Prime'. This spin is delivered in DVD ISO format only as a trial. Many more packages are available in the development repositories." Read the release announcement and release notes for more information. Live and rescues CDs, as well as installation "Prime" DVDs are available for download via BitTorrent or from one of these mirror servers: F-6.91-i386-DVD.iso (3,041MB, SHA1), F-6.91-x86_64-DVD.iso (3,724MB, SHA1).
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| 2007-02-01 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora Desktop 7 Test 1 |
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Jesse Keating has announced the availability of Fedora Desktop 7 Test 1, a 3-CD, GNOME-only variant of the first development build of Fedora 7: "Fedora 7 Test 1 has been released today. For this particular release, we only did a Desktop spin of the package collection. We are still fine tuning targeted spins of the collection as part of the merger of Core and Extras. We also produced a live CD that has the ability to install to your hard drive, should you wish." That's all we know about the release, since the release announcement gives away very little information and no release notes have been published. Interested beta testers should download the CD and DVD images from Fedora's torrent server or directly from these mirror sites: FD-6.90-i386-DVD.iso (1,948MB, SHA1), FD-6.90-x86_64-DVD.iso (2,133MB, SHA1).
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| 2006-12-23 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Fedora Core 6 Live CD |
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David Zeuthen has announced the release of an official Fedora 6 live CD: "After lots of feedback, bug fixing and testing of the beta live CD announced 3 weeks ago, I'm pleased to announce the first official Fedora live CD. This live CD is based on packages from the Fedora Core 6 (code named 'Zod') and Fedora Extras package collections and is 100% free software. At a glance, the live CD features: Linux 2.6.18, GNOME 2.16 desktop environment, GStreamer 0.10 multimedia framework, X.Org 7.1, AIGLX and Compiz for 3D desktop, lots of applications including, but not limited to Beagle (desktop search), F-Spot (photo management), Evolution (email and calendering), Firefox (web browsing), Ekiga (IP telephony)...." Read the complete release announcement for additional details. Download via BitTorrent or directly from Red Hat's server: FC-6-i386-livecd-1.iso (683MB, SHA1).
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| 2006-10-24 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Fedora Core 6 "Live-Spin" |
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The Fedora Unity project has announced the release of Fedora Core 6 "Live-Spins", a set of Fedora live CDs and DVDs for the i386 and x86_64 architectures: "The Fedora Unity Project is proud to announce the initial release of several Fedora Core 6 Live-Spin CD and DVD ISO images. These Live-Spins are based on the 24 October initial release of Fedora Core 6." The set consists of a GNOME live CD with GNOME 2.16.0 and related applications, a KDE live CD with KDE 3.5.4, a server live CD with Apache, MySQL, PHP and various server administration utilities, and a comprehensive live DVD with GNOME, KDE, XFce and a number of packages from the "extras" repository. For more details please see the release announcement. The CD and DVD images are available for download via BitTorrent only; quick links to the two DVD torrent files: FC-6-i386-LiveDVD-Unity-20061024 (3.33GB), FC-6-x86_64-LiveDVD-Unity-20061024 (3.51GB).
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| 2006-10-24 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Fedora Core 6 |
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Fedora Core 6, code name "Zod", has been formally announced and officially released: "Tremble, Earthlings, for Zod is released from the confines of testing. Zod intends to hammer the servers of the world ... starting TODAY!" On a more serious note, Fedora Core 6 includes significant new versions of many key components and technologies, including improved look and feel for various international languages, the Compiz window manager, GNOME 2.16 and KDE 3.5.3 desktop environments, a refreshing new "DNA" theme, Dogtail - a graphical test and automation framework for the desktop, the GnuCash 2.0 accounting application, and many other enhancements. Please read the release announcement and release notes for further details. Download: FC-6-i386-DVD.iso (3,362MB, SHA1), FC-6-x86_64-DVD.iso (3,899MB, SHA1). The CD and DVD images are also available via BitTorrent.
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| 2006-09-14 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora Core 6 Test 3 |
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Jeremy Katz has announced the third and final test release of Fedora Core 6: "The Fedora Project announces the third and final test release of the Fedora Core 6 development cycle. Notable Features of Fedora Core 6: support for installation from multiple repositories at install-time; GNOME 2.16.0; KDE 3.5.3; an improved look and feel for various non-English languages; new desktop eye candy provided by the Compiz window manager using AIGLX; notification of available software updates via notification bubbles; improved start-up performance of applications; improved speed of various package management utilities; further improvements in the Xen virtualization technology...." Read the release announcement and release notes for more details. The CD and DVD images for three architectures are available from these download mirrors and also via BitTorrent; quick links to the i386 and x86_64 DVD images: FC-6-Test3-i386-DVD.iso (3,339MB) or FC-6-Test3-x86_64-DVD.iso (3,861MB).
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| 2006-08-07 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora Core 6 Test2 |
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Jesse Keating has announced the second test release of Fedora Core 6: "The Fedora Project announces the second release of the Fedora Core 6 development cycle, available for the i386, x86_64, and ppc/ppc64 architectures, including Intel based Macintosh computers." Among the notable features are the ability to install packages from additional yum repositories during system install, functional Java applet plugin for Firefox, new default font (DejaVu), and many package updates. For more information please see the release announcement and release notes. CD and DVD images for the three supported architectures are available from the Fedora Project's BitTorrent server, as well as from a number of download mirrors around the world.
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| 2006-06-21 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora Core 6 Test1 |
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Jesse Keating has announced the release of Fedora Core 6 Test1, the first in the series of development releases leading towards Fedora Core 6: "The Fedora Project announces the first release of the Fedora Core 6 development cycle. Notable features: support for the Intel-based Macintosh platform; ipv6 support in the installer; scim-bridge for improved i18n input; puplet applet for update notifications; new printing system; GNOME 2.15; KDE 3.5.3; 1600+ Extras packages conveniently available via yum." Read the rest of the release announcement for further details. The CD and DVD images for the three supported architectures are available for download from a number of Fedora mirrors, as well as from the FedoraProject's BitTorrent server; here is a quick link to the i386 DVD torrent: fc6-test1-dvd-i386 (3,128MB).
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| 2006-03-20 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Fedora Core 5 |
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The eagerly anticipated Fedora Core 5, code name "Bordeaux", has been released: "The Fedora Project is pleased to announce the release of Fedora Core 5. New desktop applications, advances in security, better localization tools, improved software installation and management facilities and strong Java integration help to make Fedora Core 5 the most innovative Linux distribution ever." For more details please read the release announcement, release summary and release notes. The CD and DVD images for the three supported processor architectures are available from Fedora mirrors and also via BitTorrent; here is a quick link to the i386 DVD torrent file: bordeaux-DVD-i386 (3,103MB).
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| 2006-02-20 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora Core 5 Test3 |
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Fedora Core 5 Test 3 has been released: "The Fedora Project announces the third release of the Fedora Core 5 development cycle, available for the i386, x86_64, and PPC/PPC64 architectures. Notable features: Xen, now with x86_64; package selection within the installer has been reenabled; rebuilt again on later GCC 4.1 snapshot for performance and security; hibernate should be functional on a wide variety of hardware again; PPC install CDs are bootable once again; unified SRPM set instead of one per arch; lots of bug fixes from Test 2 release testing; 1600+ Extras packages conveniently available via yum." Read the rest of the release announcement for more details and download links. The ISO images are available for download from Fedora mirrors worldwide and also via BitTorrent.
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| 2006-01-16 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora Core 5 Test2 |
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The second test build of Fedora Core 5 has been released: "The Fedora Project announces the second release of the Fedora Core 5 development cycle, available for the i386, x86_64, and PPC/PPC64 architectures. Notable Features of FC5 Test2: new logo; package selection within the installer has been reenabled; based on GCC 4.1 for performance and security; GNOME 2.13.4; Pirut (pronounced like a pirate): Package Installer, Remover, Updater Tool; includes pup, the Package Updater Program...." Read the release announcement and release notes for further details. CD and DVD images of the release for three architectures are available for download from a number of Fedora mirrors or the BitTorrent server; here is a quick link to the DVD image for i386: FC5-test2-i386-DVD.iso (2,915MB, SHA1). While you are downloading, take the time to read this comprehensive review at Mad Penguin.
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| 2005-11-23 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora Core 5 Test1 |
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The development of Fedora Core 5 has finally begun: "The Fedora Project announces the first release of the Fedora Core 5 development cycle, available for the i386, x86_64, and PPC/PPC64 architectures. Beware that Test releases are recommended only for Linux experts/enthusiasts or for technology evaluation, as many parts are likely to be broken and the rate of change is rapid. Notable features of FC5 Test1: Modular X.Org; vastly improved Asian language input support with SCIM; kernel based on 2.6.15-rc1; GCC 4.0.2; GNOME 2.12; KDE 3.4.92; Xen 3.0 snapshot for i386; improved Open Source Java...." More details can be found in the release announcement and release notes. The 4 CD set for three architectures is available from Fedora mirrors or as BitTorrent files; here is a quick link to the i386 torrent: FC5-test1-binary-i386 (2,836MB).
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| 2005-06-16 |
NEW • Reviews: Meet Fedora Core 4 |
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The latest issue of Red Hat Magazine includes an interesting overview of the new Fedora Core 4, released earlier this week: "The GNOME 2.10 desktop has several new productivity boosting tools along with some changes in the behavior of how pop-up windows work. In previous versions of GNOME, when using instant messaging clients like GAIM, the moment a message appears, the window tends to steal focus from what you're currently typing or doing, showing you your instant message. This behavior is similar to clicking on a link in an e-mail and having Firefox pop-up in front of your e-mail message." Here is the full story with screenshots. Also in the same magazine: Fedora Extras: Everything but the kitchen sink and Fedora status report. Happy reading!
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| 2005-06-13 |
NEW • Distribution Release: Fedora Core 4 |
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Fedora Core 4 is out: "Ladies and Gentlemen, you may have *thought* you were using the latest and greatest in open source software, but folks, today we have something really, really exciting for you. It purrs. It hums. It mesmerizes. It is ... FEDORA CORE FOUR. That's right, the premier open source operating system has just turned 4 -- four releases that is! But before we tell you how much this is going to cost, here are a few of the fabulous features: GNOME 2.10, OpenOffice.org 2.0 prerelease, Eclipse and a 100% open source Java stack, Fedora Extras, KDE 3.4, PPC. All of that, yes, all of that. But, wait!, before you reach for your wallet, you should hear about a few more of Fedora Core 4's fabulous features...." Here is the full release announcement and, for the more serious types, also the release notes. The ISO images can be obtained via BitTorrent or from a number of download mirrors; here are some quick links to the DVD ISO images for the three architectures: FC4-i386-DVD.iso (2,623MB, SHA1), FC4-ppc-DVD.iso (2,948MB, SHA1), FC4-x86_64-DVD.iso (2,797MB, SHA1).
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| 2005-05-16 |
NEW • Reviews: Quick Look at Fedora's Progress toward Core 4 |
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Mad Penguin has checked out the progress of Fedora Core 4, currently in the final stages of development: "To me, this release is looking like it's going to be pretty speedy. From what I've witnessed so far, it runs much better than any previous Fedora releases... much more responsive. As far as I'm aware, Fedora Core 4 will be the first distribution to be compiled with the new GCC 4.0 compiler, which was released on April 20th. This release is touted to produce much cleaner and faster code than its predecessor, GCC 3.4.3. It's true that Fedora Core 4 test 2 does feel faster, or at least that was my experience, but can it be attributed to the updated GCC? That I'm not entirely sure of, but I'd say it's entirely possible." Read the rest of the review with screenshots.
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| 2005-04-26 |
NEW • Reviews: Plenty to Look Forward to in Fedora Core 4 |
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LinuxPlanet has published a review of Fedora Core 4 Test2: "As a test release, Fedora Core 4 Test 2 shows just how good FC4 will be when it's officially releases. Should you punt FC3 and upgrade? Frankly, not on your primary system unless you don't need the guarantees of an official, complete release. Aside from various minor problems, the only problems I encountered that I felt were extremely serious were those in updating the the system. Fedora has some great mailing lists and forums where early adopters can get assistance from Fedora's huge community of friendly, knowledgeable devotees. It's easy to see why Fedora Core is a popular distribution, and FC4 should be great when it gets here! I'm going to wait for the official release before I upgrade my FC3 system - but I'll definitely try the next test release or release candidate on one of my scratch boxes." Here is the full review with a few screenshots.
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| 2005-04-12 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora Core 4 Test 2 |
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The second test release of Fedora Core 4 is now available for download and testing: "Designed as a general purpose operating system for a variety of uses, Fedora Core 4 Test 2 offers various improvements over Fedora Core 3. People who have used Test 1 will notice the following improvements: GNOME updated to 2.10 final; KDE updated to 3.4.0 final; Firefox updated to 1.0.2; OpenOffice.org update to 1.9.89; and many various bugfixes... Fedora Core 4 Test 2 is available for x86, x86_64, and PPC architectures." Here is the full announcement. The ISO images are available via BitTorrent or from the Fedora mirrors. Quick links to DVD ISO images for the three architectures: FC4-test2-i386-DVD.iso (2,535MB), FC4-test2-x86_64-DVD.iso (2,756MB), FC4-test2-ppc-DVD.iso (2,830MB).
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| 2005-04-10 |
NEW • Distribution Review: Fedora Core 3 |
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Jeremy LaCroix, a 22-year-old technology worker in the credit card industry, has published a very positive review of Fedora Core 3 on NewsForge: "I have been using Linux since Red Hat 7.x back in 2000. I have tried Lycoris, Debian, KNOPPIX, Ubuntu, Mandrake, SUSE, and other distributions, but I've always found myself coming back to Red Hat. When Red Hat stopped development of its free operating system, I was disappointed, but I ended up liking the Fedora Core series, including the latest FC3, even better. Why do I like it so much?" Read the article "My Workstation OS: Fedora Core 3" here.
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| 2005-03-15 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora Core 4 Test 1 |
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The first test release of Fedora Core is now available for download and testing: "It's time for the first test release in the Fedora Core 4 development cycle. FC4test1 is available for i386, x86_64, and (for the first time) PPC/PPC64! Notable features of FC4test1 include: GCC 4.0 as the primary system compiler; GNOME 2.10.0 Beta 2 included; the Eclipse IDE included along with some featured plugins; a solid foundation of Java packages for developers (ant, gcj, tomcat, struts, more classpath stuff) and the ability to possibly run Java applications through gij; lots of package updates; started movement of packages to Fedora Extras; did I mention PowerPC support?" Here is the full release announcement. The ISO images are available via BitTorrent or from one of the Fedora mirrors. Quick links to DVD ISO images for the three architectures: FC4-test1-i386-DVD.iso (2,576MB), FC4-test1-x86_64-DVD.iso (2,796MB), FC4-test1-ppc-DVD.iso (2,853MB).
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| 2004-12-06 |
NEW • Fedora Core 3: A Whole New Level |
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NewsForge has published a review of Fedora Core 3: "If I were a movie reviewer, I would give FC3 a thumbs-up. It is a solid release with few problems, and most of those are specific to certain hardware. Its ease of installation and package management system make it an excellent choice for newbies who want to learn Linux without the horrendous learning curve associated with having to compile everything yourself. Its functional SELinux component is a powerful incentive to install it just to learn what will certainly become a standard in the near future. Indeed, SELinux alone probably takes FC3 to a whole new level." The full story.
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| 2004-09-20 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora Core 3 Test 2 |
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The second test release of the upcoming Fedora Core 3 is now available: "Coming soon to a site near you... for the first time, it's the new, digitally remastered, Fedora Core 3 Test 2! Now, you can take home this never before seen four-disc set, chock full of new software and exciting bonus features! Includes hundreds of new and updated packages over the original edition, including: a minor change to the device model, switching from a static /dev to a dynamic /dev provided by udev; SELinux enablement; the GNOME 2.8 release candidate; KDE 3.3.0; X.org X11 6.8.0. Please report problems at bugzilla." The announcement, release notes (i386). Download (i386): FC3-test2-i386-disc1.iso (638MB), FC3-test2-i386-disc2.iso (635MB), FC3-test2-i386-disc3.iso (637MB), FC3-test2-i386-disc4.iso (384MB). ISO images for the x86_64 architecture and BitTorrent trackers are also available.
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| 2004-08-06 |
NEW • Fedora Core 2 Review |
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A Linux and open-source software consultant has published a review of Fedora Core 2 on DesktopLinux.com: "For the Linux veterans, it's one of the last "free" distributions of GNU/Linux. In spite of its description as a technology proving ground, Fedora II provides Linux users with a good Linux desktop experience. Some analysts have described it as a beta product -- a description with which I disagree. With enterprise level administration tools, policy based lock downs and an in-house update service, Fedora II could occupy a place in the enterprise." Read Tom Adelstein's product review of Fedora Linux Core II with screenshots here.
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| 2004-05-31 |
NEW • Mad Penguin Reviews Fedora Core 2 |
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Mad Penguin has put Fedora Core 2 through a thorough test and this is their conclusion: "Fedora Core 2 is an excellent distribution, which is easy to use, fast, stable and professional. Once you get it installed you'll be impressed with how well the system works and performs, thanks largely to the new 2.6 kernel. At the same time you'll also have a desktop experience which doesn't try and patronise you, instead it focuses on letting you get your work done with the best applications for the job such as OpenOffice.org and Evolution. A growing user community also helps to boost this experience, together with a completely GPL license and no cost of purchase as with SUSE 9.1 and Mandrake 10." The full review with screenshots.
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| 2004-05-29 |
NEW • A Roundup of Fedora Reviews |
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Fedora Core has been out for almost 2 weeks and the first reviews, both good and bad, start trickling in. PCWorld: "Fedora's marriage of kernel 2.6 and Gnome 2.6 makes for a very responsive system that's a pleasure to use." Linux.com: "It's an important step in the evolution of Linux, and I'm glad it's here to experiment with, but I won't be using it for production work anytime soon." OSNews: "Now that I have used Fedora for three days, I am really quite happy with it. The whole system feels snappy, all my regular programs work." LWN: "There is a bug in Fedora Core 2 that causes the hard disk geometry as reported in the partition table to be altered during installation. This change may cause Windows boot failure." OSDir: "While getting a giddy installing Fedora Core 2 on a Sunday afternoon I found this little gem.... Fedora 2 can run on your Macintosh." Happy reading!
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| 2004-05-17 |
NEW • Fedora Core 2 Release Notes |
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Although the official announcement is not expected until Tuesday, 18 May, several news sites have reported the availability of Fedora Core 2 via BitTorrent. This is from Slashdot: "You can grab [Fedora Core 2] in both the 4 CD or DVD versions." The code name of Fedora Core 2 is reportedly "Tettnang" and, since this is a major new release eagerly anticipated by many users, we have taken the liberty to publish the Fedora Core 2 Release Notes on this web site (just to give you something to read while the long download completes). Enjoy your Tettnang, which, by the way, is a town and a major hop growing area in Germany :-)
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| 2004-04-27 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora Core 2 Test3 |
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The third and final development release of Fedora Core 2 (Fedora Core 1.92) is now available: "A test release of Fedora Core 2 is now available from Red Hat and at distinguished mirror sites near you, and is also available in the torrent. Fedora Core has expanded in this release to four binary ISO images and four source ISO images, and is available for both x86-64 and i386. This is the final test release, so please help us nail things down. Please file bugs via Bugzilla, Product Fedora Core, Version test3, so that they are noticed and appropriately classified. Discuss this test release on fedora-test-list." The announcement, release notes. Download (i386): FC2-test3-i386-disc1.iso (632MB), FC2-test3-i386-disc2.iso (637MB), FC2-test3-i386-disc3.iso (618MB), FC2-test3-i386-disc4.iso (230MB); also available via BitTorrent.
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| 2004-03-29 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora Core 1.91 |
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The second test release of Fedora Core 2 is now available. From the release notes: "The goal of this test release of Fedora Core is to concentrate tester efforts on specific parts of the distribution. To that end, please make testing of the following components a priority. SELinux support is now included and enabled by default. In the installer, you can choose to have SELinux in active mode, to have SELinux warn only, or to disable SELinux. This option is present in the firewall configuration screen. In this release, XFree86 has been replaced by a new X11 distribution provided by X.Org. The new X.Org package is based on a prerelease snapshot of XFree86 4.4, and should be seamlessly compatible with XFree86." Read the full release notes and the poetic announcement for more information. Download: FC2-test2-i386-disc1.iso (634MB), FC2-test2-i386-disc2.iso (635MB), FC2-test2-i386-disc3.iso (635MB), FC2-test2-i386-disc4.iso (172MB); also available via BitTorrent.
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| 2004-03-17 |
NEW • Fedora: Road to the Desktop |
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Flexbeta has published an excellent guide to Fedora Core's use as a desktop system: "This article is intended on helping those that are interested in either switching to Linux or are curious as to what Linux has to offer. I will try to cover the basic components of a desktop and how Fedora can perform these basic tasks. We will cover the installation part of Fedora, to playing music, surfing the web and chatting. A bit of info on what Fedora is... 'The Fedora Project is a Red-Hat-sponsored and community-supported open source project. The Fedora project is a merger between Red Hat Linux and Fedora Linux.'" The 6-page story with many screenshots starts here.
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| 2004-03-10 |
NEW • Fedora Core 2 Shows 2.6 Kernel's Stuff |
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eWeek has published a brief review of Fedora Core 2, currently in early development: "Fedora Core 2 is a good general-purpose distribution. It's a particularly good fit for desktop use, in large part because of the wide variety of software that comes precompiled and packaged for Fedora. What's more, Fedora's fast development clip keeps the distribution outfitted with the latest and greatest software." The full story.
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| 2004-03-03 |
NEW • Swapping Red Hat for a Fedora |
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The Star of Malaysia has published a review of the Fedora Project: "I feel that Fedora is more a change of concept and mindset for Red Hat users and developers rather than being merely a Linux distribution. This new structure helps ensure that improvements are churned out a lot faster as Red Hat doesn't have to deal with the headache of solely finding the solution for every user's problems and can concentrate on making the best possible software. Although Red Hat doesn't offer support for it, this doesn't mean there isn't any help. From personal experience, I think it's safe to say that the community backing Fedora is great and as helpful, if not more so, than Red Hat." The full story.
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| 2004-02-17 |
NEW • Review of Fedora Core 2 Test 1 |
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LXer has published a brief review of the first beta of Fedora Core 2, released last week: "When Red Hat announced that it was dropping its free Red Hat Linux and replacing it with Fedora Core, most people in the community wondered about the future of the distribution world. Fedora Core 1 surprised and delighted almost everyone with whom I have spoken, and Fedora Core 2 test 1 seems to demonstrate that they are committed to providing another top-notch free distribution. Bravo, Red Hat!" The full review.
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| 2004-01-04 |
NEW • A Week with Fedora Core 1 |
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LinuxBeginner has spent one week using Fedora Core 1 and these are the author's conclusions: "Even though I had some trouble getting the installer to start up, Fedora looks sharp right from the starting gate. I think Fedora Core 1 would be an excellent distribution for someone who won't be likely to deviate from their defaults too much. Having to go to 3rd parties to get packages for very popular software is a big minus for me. In my opinion, that's what you use a distribution for, and I consider anything less as incomplete. ... I look forward to further Fedora releases, they have a good base to improve upon." The full story with screenshots.
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| 2003-12-22 |
NEW • FedoraNEWS.ORG Launched |
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A new Fedora community web site has been launched at FedoraNEWS.ORG: "FedoraNEWS.ORG is a non-commercial, non-profit organization to serve Fedora Community with useful and helpful information. It is not sponsored by Red Hat but privately funded by Linux enthusiasts like you. The goal of FedoraNEWS.ORG is to create a public community news information site for Fedora Users." FedoraNEWS.ORG, together with FedoraMAIL.ORG was launched by the former developer of the LinuxInstall.org distribution. On a related note, a new Fedora community site for Spanish users, Grupo Fedora en Español, was also recently unveiled.
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| 2003-11-20 |
NEW • Red Hat Gives Away Fedora Core |
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eWEEK has reviewed Fedora Core 1 and this is the author's conclusion: "Overall we like Fedora, but have some reservations. The application install/remove tool problems absolutely must be fixed. We could not recommend this distro to a Linux newbie until that problem was resolved. The lack of MP3/DVD play might also be an issue for some users. Unless you're a tinkerer (and what real Linux geek isn't?), it might make more sense to just wait until the next release and see if the bugs have all been worked out. Once some of the current bugs are fixed, Fedora could be considered for use on the corporate desktop. It already provides a rich array of functionality and comes with lots of excellent software such as OpenOffice, Evolution and GAIM." The 4-page review starts here.
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| 2003-11-12 |
NEW • Review: Fedora Core 1 is a Mild Disappointment |
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OSNews has reviewed Fedora Core 1 and, as the title suggests, the reviewer is not overly impressed: "There is not a chance that I would use Fedora as my main OS at this point. It's got as many bugs as Swiss cheese has holes, multimedia performance (at least with XMMS) and included multimedia feature-set is below par, application installation is a major pain in the rear, and there is no official support anymore for the bugs encountered throughout the experience. If this distro is just serving as a testbed for Red Hat's ideas to see if they work and then move them to their Enterprise product, it just means that Fedora will always be in beta state, whether or not they announce them as final or not." Read the full review.
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| 2003-11-09 |
NEW • Fedora Core 1 Review |
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LinuxElectrons has published a review of the recently released Fedora Core 1: "The Linux community will benefit tremendously from Fedora. With Red Hat's expertise and knowledge combined with a strong community we should expect nothing less than a high performance desktop. So far, this has been the case. IMHO, this is the perfect strategy for Red Hat. They have been battling two extremes, the corporate server market versus the bleeding edge desktop users at retail. These two camps are at odds with one another, corporate wanting slow gradual changes and retail wanting the bleeding edge feature set. Fedora is the ultimate compromise and one community in which I'm a willing participant." The full review with many screenshots.
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| 2003-11-07 |
NEW • Getting to Know Fedora Core 1 |
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OSNews is the first with a review of Fedora Core 1: "I can summarise my experience with Fedora as being a mixed bag of emotions, in some cases it surprises pleasantly (resolution changing for one, and the half-gui boot up) but in other cases there is nothing obviously apparent about this release that hits you in the face with that WOW factor (GNOME looks essentially the same as it did since Red Hat 8.0 came out more or less). Yes there is the ability for up2date to use Yum and APT repositories but for users unfamiliar with that technology then is that really something to go 'hey look what this can do?'" The 3-page review starts here.
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| 2003-10-18 |
NEW • Fedora Test 3 Review |
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LinuxElectrons has reviewed the latest release of Red Hat's Fedora, Test 3: "The Linux community will benefit tremendously from Fedora. With Red Hat's expertise and knowledge combined with a strong community we should expect nothing less than a high performance desktop. So far, this has been the case. IMHO, this is the perfect strategy for Red Hat. They have been battling two extremes, the corporate server market versus the bleeding edge desktop users at retail. These two camps are at odds with one another, corporate wanting slow gradual changes and retail wanting the bleeding edge feature set. Fedora is the ultimate compromise and one community in which I'm a willing participant." The full review with screenshots.
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| 2003-10-13 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora Core 1, Test 3 |
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Red Hat has released a new beta version of Fedora Core, test3, code name "Severn": "Yes, it's another update of the Fedora Core test release, SEVERN. Problems with SEVERN should be reported via bugzilla." Unfortunately, with the exception of the very brief announcement, there is little information available about the release, either on the Fedora web site, which has yet to be updated, or on the FTP mirrors, which lack the usual README and RELEASE-NOTES files, "casualty of the redhat-release -> fedora-release name change", according to this mailing list post. The good news is that they should return with the next release: "It's a known issue, unfortunately discovered early this morning (after the mirrors had already started doing their thing). These files will return in subsequent releases..." So the release notes are missing but the ISO images can be downloaded from here: severn-i386-disc1.iso (636MB), severn-i386-disc2.iso (638MB), severn-i386-disc3.iso (633MB), or via BitTorrent. Existing installations can be upgraded with up2date.
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| 2003-10-10 |
NEW • Fedora Core Linux 0.94 Getting Started |
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This is a very nice article reviewing the new Fedora Linux with many useful tips to get most out of it, all courtesy of JohnMunsch.com: "If you aren't already familiar with installing consumer Linux distributions like Red Hat 9.0 the installation of Fedora Core may take you by surprise. It's graphical, it's simple (at least as simple as installing any recent Windows release), and the final result is graphical, user friendly in lots of areas, and often quite attractive. It's not perfect yet, but it's hard not to think that by the time Microsoft gets around to releasing Longhorn (their codename for the next Windows version) in the 2005-2006 timeframe that Linux will have done a lot of catching up." The full story with plenty of screenshots.
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| 2003-09-25 |
NEW • Development Release: Fedora Core 0.94 (Severn) |
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A first beta release of the newly established Fedora Project (formerly Red Hat Linux) is now available. Some interesting items in the release notes include: "The Red Hat Update Agent (up2date) now supports installing packages from apt and yum repositories as well as local directories. This includes dependency solving and obsoletes handling. Additional repositories can be configured in the /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources file. Fedora Core 0.94 includes Postfix 2.0. If you are upgrading from Red Hat Linux 9 or earlier and were using Postfix 1.x, you should review your Postfix configuration for compatibility with the newer version." Fedora Core 0.94 is the second beta of what was to be a new version of Red Hat Linux; visit the Fedora Project site for further information. The ISO images are available from the many Red Hat mirrors or via BitTorrent. Quick download links: severn-i386-disc1.iso (628MB), severn-i386-disc2.iso (638MB), severn-i386-disc3.iso (604MB).
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| 2003-09-22 |
NEW • Red Hat Launches Fedora Project |
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The much awaited announcement by Red Hat about the future of its Linux distribution is out. The name is Fedora Project: "The goal of The Fedora Project is to work with the Linux community to build a complete, general purpose operating system exclusively from free software. Development will be done in a public forum. The project will produce time-based releases of Fedora Core about 2-3 times a year with a public release schedule. The Red Hat engineering team will continue to participate in the building of Fedora Core and will invite and encourage more outside participation than was possible in Red Hat Linux. By using this more open process, we hope to provide an operating system that uses free software development practices and is more appealing to the open source community. To learn more about the process, refer to About, the Objectives, and the FAQs." Read more...
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