-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Lets try again. its really Fedora 17 Beta, we have not yet entered a time vortex and skipped ahead, But now is a great time to work on or see what will be coming next in Fedora 18 :) El Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:17:02 -0500 Dennis Gilmore <dennis@xxxxxxxx> escribió: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Look, up in the sky! It's a bird, it's a plane, it's... the Beta > release of Beefy Miracle! Flying 'round the world at the speed of the > intertubes, delivering progress, mustard, and freedom to the masses. > > We are delighted to announce the availability of the Beta release of > Fedora 17. Want to get a taste of the future? Download it now: > > http://fedoraproject.org/get-prerelease > > == What is the Beta Release? == > > The Beta release is the last important milestone of Fedora 17. Only > critical bug fixes will be pushed as updates leading to the general > release of Fedora 17 in May. We invite you to join us in making > Fedora 17 a solid release by downloading, testing, and providing your > valuable feedback. > > Of course, this is a beta release, meaning that some problems may > still be lurking. A list of the problems we already know about is > found at the Common F17 bugs page, seen here: > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F17_bugs > > == Features == > > 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. Here are just a few of the new > features: > > 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, the newest > version of the GNU Image Manipulation Program, brings new > improvements such as single-window mode, layer groups, and on-canvas > editing. > > For developers: You never sausage a great array of development tools! > Fedora 17 includes a pre-release of Juno, the release of the Eclipse > SDK expected in June 2012. Java 7 (and OpenJDK 7) is the default > Java runtime and Java build toolset, and GCC 4.7.x is now the primary > compiler in Fedora. Other language refreshes include shipping Ruby > 1.9.3, the latest stable version of the Ruby language, PHP 5.4, the > latest PHP stack, and Erlang has also been updated to the R15 release. > > Under the hood, and in the cloud: The Cluster stack in Fedora > includes numerous and significant updates for both high availability > and load-balancing applications. Fedora 17 utilizes Linux kernel > 3.3, with improved btrfs and ext4 filesystems, GMA (poulsbo) graphics > and Broadcom wireless chipset support, and numerous other bug fixes > and enhancements. Firewalld is now the default firewall solution in > Fedora, providing dynamic firewall configuration capabilities. > Finally, OpenStack, a collection of services that can be used to set > up and run cloud compute and storage infrastructure, has been updated > to the latest release, 2012.1 (Essex). > > And that's only the beginning. A more complete list and details of > all the new features in Fedora 17 is available here: > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/17/FeatureList > > We have nightly composes of alternate spins available here: > > http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/ > > == Contributing to Fedora == > > For more information on common and known bugs, tips on how to report > bugs, and the official release schedule, please refer to the release > notes: > > http://docs.fedoraproject.org > > There are many ways to contribute beyond bug reporting. You can help > translate software and content, test and give feedback on software > updates, write and edit documentation, help with all sorts of > promotional activities, and package free software for use by millions > of Fedora users worldwide. To get started, visit > http://join.fedoraproject.org today! > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAk+Ne14ACgkQkSxm47BaWfco0ACfYPMYksWFNiuW/BthjBJty295 > +i0An1r7eJRDlhVLU4hILwzjK3Q/ziRE > =Iu27 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk+NfRoACgkQkSxm47BaWfec8QCgvMw9X2gKYSnckgeoamz70+dk zUsAoKHdReHgvA2UKALVQXxp9qN7EbtT =T+8k -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- announce mailing list announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/announce
